Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
> Though i'd not heard the story before, Jim Bugslag's recounting of the
> fabulous adventures of FitzEisulf, Gimp, et al. sounded perfectly
> resonant with and typical of the examples given and examined by Patrick Geary
> (_Living With the Dead_), as best i can remember them.
>
> Looking over the previous discussion of these matters in the list's archives,
> i note that Megan McLaughlin turned us (me) on to an
> interesting essay by Thomas Head, "The Development of Hagiography and the Cult
> of the Saints in the Later Middle Ages..." at the Orb site:
>
> http://orb.rhodes.edu/encyclop/religion/hagiography/france.htm
>
> And, Phyllis Jestice noted Lester Little's "examples of the ritual humiliation
> of saints in his _Benedictine Maledictions_."
>
> Luciana's admonition to us to refrain from "seeing devotions to the
> saints as a quaint, if often charming, mental aberration" sounds about right
> to me, but i'm afraid we'll have to part company if she meant to imply much of
> a correspondance between "believers, modern or medieval," even though it may
> well be that to both "saints are real people...."
>
> To my belief, belief, by definition, is precisely "mental construction," and
> Medieval (or Ancient, Pre-Columbian, Australian aboriginal, yadda) mental
> construction is/was as markedly different in kind from that of a "Modern"
> denizen of the "First World" as, well, their respecitve architectural
> constructions.
>
> And "German idealism and Marx" are just the tip of the iceburg seperating
> these universes.
>
> This idea and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee pretty much
> anywhere in California.
>
> Best to all from here,
>
> Christopher
>
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Christopher,
Thanks, I'll look up Thomas Head's essay, nad you are right, Marx and
Hegel are but the tip of the iceberg. Nevertheless, five dollars will
get you (and other distinguished members of this list) more than a cup
of coffee in New York, if you ever cross the Hudson. Good wishes
Luciana
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