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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Perhaps it would be apposite for me to mention that The Bangles' 1989 hit single "Eternal Flame" resulted from a visit that the group made to Graceland. On seeing a plastic box, one of them asked "What's in that?", to which the reply came "That's the eternal flame!" (It was a reasonable question, the flame was out at the time...) Paul Simon's 1986 song "Graceland" also commemorates a pilgrimage (at least semi-fictitiously.) John Briggs ---- Paul Chandler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I've been in Rome and Graceland and saw much more devotional sobbing in > Graceland, so I agree with George. Relics and pilgrimages and the like as > much (post-)modern phenomena as ancient and medieval. Grave-goods are making > a comeback. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html