Where have all the Pagans gone?

It's the dawn of a new year and a new decade.  Each preceding decade was defined by certain styles, music, pop culture and other factors.  It will be interesting to see what will define the 2020's.  Over the past decade I've noticed a shift in how people view religion and as time goes on I see more and more people leaning towards the Earth religions rather than the mainstream Abrahamic traditions. There are several spiritual/metaphysical shops in my area and they're always busy. People from all walks of life are rediscovering their ancient roots.

Paganism is the general umbrella term that encompasses all of the other Earth religions - Wicca, Druidsim, and so forth.  My friend and I were having a discussion the other day and she made the comment that someone should coin a new work to replace the word Paganism because it has a somewhat negative connotation.  This is unfortunate, but true.  Members of the early church often lumped  Paganism into the same class as Satanism and Devil worship, and its followers were declared heretics but nothing could be far from the truth!  Anyone who knows anything about Pagans know that they are good people who want to honor the Earth and embrace the connections we have to our planet and to each other.  The Earth religions follow the progression of the seasons, the harvests, the solstices, equinoxes and lunar cycles. and to be clear, Paganism had no concept of Hell or Satan. Those are ideas conceived by the Christian churches.  In actuality, the word Pagan is derived from the Latin word Paganus which means country dweller.

Most people who follow the Earth religions today are not country dwellers, so the term in its original context doesn't really apply anymore.  So theoretically, if we were to find a new term to replace the word Pagan, that would give it a more positive connotation what would that term be?

I've wracked my brains trying to come with something brilliant but I think I fell short.  I came up with Earth Magick, Terra Magick ot Gaia Magick to replace the word Paganism and something like Earth Child, Earth Mage or Earth Gnostic to describe its followers or perhaps something like Terra - gnostic or Gaia-gnostic.  Terra and Gaia are alternate names for the Earth and gnostic means knowledge.  Or how about Terra - mage?   Or perhaps we could blend several languages together and come up with something like Nouveau Terran?

Let this be food for thought for everyone who reads it and maybe one day someone will come up with a creative new term that inspires and conveys a positive message and is worthy enough to become an entry in Webster's dictionary.

Thanks for your time and Happy New Year!