I was wondering if it is possiple not to use the word pagan . I
unterstand the definition and accept it ,but it does little to help
unterstand the PEOPLE called PAGAN or culture or specific practices .
Each 50 years or so the invading CHRISTIAN CHURCHES seem to change and
eventually take on the pagan (plural )practices until it is hard to
diferentiate one from the other .
A PAGAN could be described with date ,region ,specific culture or
perhaps most importantly the culture that is labeling them PAGAN .
I do not buy the concept of pagans believing in MANY gods the majority
appear to believe in ONE GOD . The practice of various prayers appear no
different then , the trinity , saints Mary ,the black MADONNA ECT .
I am finalizing my notes on solar use in EPISCOPAL CHURCHES IN AMERICA .
The premise is that the structures were built for the dual use of
worship and for a pratical rite of passage . Man thru ritual and
unterstanding of science ,and geometry presented thru the interplay of
light and shadow to define the divine nature of GOD . The goal would be
to escape the earthly bonds and be released in to the divine where
spirituality would deliver you to a wisdom let alone an appreciation of
GOD .
Interestingly one CHURCH not only tells time and ritual like
stonhenge but appears to use stone for the floor which were used at
STONE HENGE . I think they were 1600 PAGANS (SCOTS under a CELTIC KING
CHARLES II not ANLIGAN CHURCH )
> Andrew Lynch wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anyone on the list could suggest where to find specific
> > reference to the 'sacred bowl/ And knife of flint', perhaps in connection
> > with solar ritual, sacrifice, pagan precursors of Easter, etc. The poet,
> > Francis Webb, was Catholic, but fond of comparative religion and popular
> > anthropology. I couldn't find anything in the one-volume edition of Frazer,
> > which he owned.
> >
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