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I am researching RELIGIOUS RITUAL as displayed in ARCHITECTURE . It
appears that this may have been a way to practice religious discipline
with prejudice.
The most striking example is in the book of BEDE where it is explained
that a church must be built to allow the sun of god on healing wings of
an angel to enter the church that is JESUS CHRIST ...after the MOON .
The refusal of the (Scots?) ended in the killing of some 2000 of their
religious leaders . If IAM not mistaken they were only off by several
days . (I wonder if with the new calender they were actually right .)
My theory is that the ROMANS brought to ENGLAND architecture not suited
for a 52 degree latitude so that the sun would perform differently then
they were accustomed .
Although the use of the sun was quite common in all religion the
EPISCOPAL ,which is now ANGLICAN at least in the SOUTH of AMERICA ,
seem to be almost solely in alignment with the SOLAR year.
The problem I have with researching ENGLAND is its complex mixture of
people having reached the island at various times often from the same
country but separate by 100 s of years .
The churches Iam researching tend to be influenced by the DANISH
,DUTCH ,SCOT ,AND OLD LONDON (SAXON ?). All blended into SCOTS under
CHARLES II.
The primary focus is CHURCH alignment to WINTER SOLSTICE the lowest
angel of the sun. This is seen in the burial of honored person in the
NORTH EAST CORNER . The sun will light the object from dec 21 to dec 25
.
CROSS QUARTER DAYS will mark another object niche in the wall or another
grave centrally located within the church .
The practice which is most easily identified is a NICHE in the wall
which most likely held ashes. The location is struck by the sunlight
and then "walked down the aisle to the rising sun . The tombs are then
located on the east end of the church yard . At this location I observed
three sets of femurs and skulls at one end of a vault and what appeared
to be ashes on the east end . PHOTOGRAPHS were taken .
My study is hampered by the vast mystery or secretive CHRISTIAN
RELIGIONS ,often looked at like the "who buried PAUL PHENOMENON
BEATLES 1969 ' meaning any an all symbolism is grouped into one ANSWER
.
However: I still pursue analytical study and hope to see which
influences predominate .The answer seems to be hidden in the MEDIAEVAL
ERA where so much has been based on the WRITTEN word which is
representative of only a few .
To any of the above rituals strike a light within your studies ?.
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