I have nothing insightful to say in response, but I wanted you to know that I read through this (a few times) and appreciate the breadth of your reply.

...I do recall having a conversation with another pagan recently in which she was being courted by new Capital Letter Big Gods, and was trying to figure out if she should answer the call and how that might affect her relationship with the other gods she works with and thinking “this is so very out of my depth... my ‘magical’ world is not that big or that powerful. And I think I prefer it that way.”