Thats why I said 'of all things; the book is unreadable now and Zimmer-Bradley was an awful person, it is embarrassing to admit that was the book that allowed me to see the 'pagan' perspective. Upon reflection I related to the main character and how she was treated by her family, so it was upsetting to me when her world died, I missed m…
Thats why I said 'of all things; the book is unreadable now and Zimmer-Bradley was an awful person, it is embarrassing to admit that was the book that allowed me to see the 'pagan' perspective. Upon reflection I related to the main character and how she was treated by her family, so it was upsetting to me when her world died, I missed most of the grown up stuff with it being above my head.
One of the other issues that contributed to my loss of faith was the forgiveness, and protection of predators within church and scapegoating the child victim - for tempting. So it was quite a shock when I heard her backstory, but explained why I was unable to reread her book as an adult.
I went down some rabbit holes, I have come to more of the Roger Scruton perspective that religion, at its best, is the expression of the sacred - he was really the only christian that resonated, tho I don't know what to make of his fondness for Kant + Hegel - I cannot decode their work. But have also a fascination to pre-christian belief systems - but that is very difficult to uncover without the new age woo.
Ah, gotcha - should have picked up on the 'of all things' qualifier lol.
I share the fascination with pre-Christian religion. Looking at how much Christianity was informed by previous spiritual traditions, my working hypothesis is that there's something very real and deep there, something that goes back a very long time indeed, and that it can be uncovered by following the threads connecting contemporary to historical traditions. The new age stuff certainly adds a lot of noise - it's mostly made up wishful thinking developed up justify the self-indulgence of 70s hedonists. Books like The Ancient City were immensely clarifying in terms of determining what our ancestors in the pre-Christian era really believed.
Thats why I said 'of all things; the book is unreadable now and Zimmer-Bradley was an awful person, it is embarrassing to admit that was the book that allowed me to see the 'pagan' perspective. Upon reflection I related to the main character and how she was treated by her family, so it was upsetting to me when her world died, I missed most of the grown up stuff with it being above my head.
One of the other issues that contributed to my loss of faith was the forgiveness, and protection of predators within church and scapegoating the child victim - for tempting. So it was quite a shock when I heard her backstory, but explained why I was unable to reread her book as an adult.
I went down some rabbit holes, I have come to more of the Roger Scruton perspective that religion, at its best, is the expression of the sacred - he was really the only christian that resonated, tho I don't know what to make of his fondness for Kant + Hegel - I cannot decode their work. But have also a fascination to pre-christian belief systems - but that is very difficult to uncover without the new age woo.
Ah, gotcha - should have picked up on the 'of all things' qualifier lol.
I share the fascination with pre-Christian religion. Looking at how much Christianity was informed by previous spiritual traditions, my working hypothesis is that there's something very real and deep there, something that goes back a very long time indeed, and that it can be uncovered by following the threads connecting contemporary to historical traditions. The new age stuff certainly adds a lot of noise - it's mostly made up wishful thinking developed up justify the self-indulgence of 70s hedonists. Books like The Ancient City were immensely clarifying in terms of determining what our ancestors in the pre-Christian era really believed.