I fought very hard through that same paragraph as you did, and finally think I figured it out.
The author is upset that modern witches are appropriating from Christianity the "Good vs. Evil" narrative. Calling Trump evil, or saying Hillary is in a satanic cult is equally lacking in sophistication in the authors view.
Pre-Christian paganism, was able to practice religion without framing everything in a binary Good vs Evil debate, and that appears to have been lost in the modern movement. The Green Knight and the Beowulf example are magical forces more closely resembling forces of nature, rather than evils that must be overcome.
Apologies if I am misrepresenting the argument. In my opinion the 'women hating women' element in the authors piece was not central to the argument they were making in this paragraph, and would have fit better in other places further down the essay.
The author is upset that modern witches are appropriating from Christianity the "Good vs. Evil" narrative. Calling Trump evil, or saying Hillary is in a satanic cult is equally lacking in sophistication in the authors view.
Pre-Christian paganism, was able to practice religion without framing everything in a binary Good vs Evil debate, and that appears to have been lost in the modern movement. The Green Knight and the Beowulf example are magical forces more closely resembling forces of nature, rather than evils that must be overcome.
Apologies if I am misrepresenting the argument. In my opinion the 'women hating women' element in the authors piece was not central to the argument they were making in this paragraph, and would have fit better in other places further down the essay.