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 …
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.
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.