Plagiarism is the Highest Form of Praise

I felt a mixture of jealousy and pride as I perused John Beckett’s recently published book, The Path of Paganism, and noted that he didn’t credit the source of his “Four Centers of Paganism” idea, neither in the text nor the bibliography.  Maybe Beckett forgot the origin of his idea.  Or maybe it has something to do with me (and a couple dozen other Pagan bloggers) leaving Patheos, where Beckett chose to stay. In any case, I’ve decided that plagiarism is the highest form of praise.