I got into a bit of a ranting mood last night while watching a rather interesting tv program called Pagans and Pilgrims . To cut a long story short Pagan sites were built on by the church starting in the year 400 AD . The church benefited from the kudos and spiritual history of these sites and erased the Pagan knowledge in the process . Importantly they didn't destroy these sights , they just merged with them . Most of the old knowledge was lost . Of course the churches main religious festivals eclipsed the same dates as the Pagan celebrations or feasts . Christmas and Easter for example . Its pathetic and petty and extremely clever or parasite like . Fact .
This was a long time ago and religions have always tried to delete each other in competition so I guess its nothing new......but im still angry !
I wonder how life was for those ancient Britons . Did they follow the moon cycles in making their plans ? Probably . Would they have mystical experiences near places like Tintagel or Boscastle . I think so . Now imagine that life style as mainstream . With that amount of belief and purposely being in tune with the sun , moon ,sea ect life must have been fairly heady judging by the fraction ive experienced . Of course only a small percentage of " power " is apparently left at the western power point of Tintagel according to writers in the know .
I wrote a post after visiting the excellent Durham cathedral and how it used occult/ mystical items in its lay out . I shall dig it out and re-post it . So who was the greatest victor in this Christian / Mystical faceoff im not sure . I know for example the Anglican church is bringing back shrines to saints that were destroyed in Henry the 8th reformation . For Christianity to survive modern times it must turn back the clock to more earthy times . People care about the environment today .They dont care so much for morals or been told how to live .
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