Pagan Resurgence

So I recently noticed my last final is on December 21st, the winter solstice, and I am considering invoking all the Pagan gods to help me ascertain success in that endeavor. This NY Times article shows I'm not the only one, either. I'd love to meet all these people and sacrifice a goat with them. After all, what is more natural, more instinctive to humans than a bacchanalian gathering to honor the elemental forces that surround and transfix us?