I know that it has be a long time since anyone has posted on this thread, but I would like to give reason to think about this...
We as christians do many things that have a PAGAN foundation. Such as: Easter & Christmas, not the Jesus part of corse, but many christians practice in the other things that go along with both of these events. I thought that I would not when I had children the whole santa stuff, but give meaning to the gift giving as God gave His Son. But as you begin to look into some of the other small traditions we do during these Christian events, you will find that many of them come from pagan beginings. Such as: my favorite, decoration of the christmas tree is a great example, or how about the date of christmas, not the real day Christ was born on but again began from a pagan worship. Eggs at Easter, wonder why, well they come from pagan worshiping, the sexual desire to be fertile, and what else but bunnies to be that symbol. There are many others that is just a few.
What is at the the heart?? If you have read the Circle Maker, as I did before I even found this page, you can easily see that the purpose is not to move you away from God or to teach you to pray what you want, but to move you to be in pray to see what God wants. I pray that someone who maybe led by man and his limited understanding of God will seek God and be surprised, we do not understand God's ways, if God tells you not to, He still can tell me to, the same Spirt directs both, but God is the one to know the heart.