In fact, it is fairly rare, even among the Heortlings, who are religious fanatics compared to most other peoples, with adult initiation rates close to unity (in contrast, initiation in Dara Happa is not much more common than devotion is among Heortlings). Most people need to live with the help of as many gods, spirits, and whatever else that they can bribe, and cannot afford to shun some powerful local spirit because they are "nominally" theist (except that the spiritist/theist/wizardry trichotomy is beyond what the average Gloranthan knows or cares about).
This was covered by Greg somewhere, within the last year or so, but hanged if I can find it, now.
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