[Northkeep] Was Heraldic Question

[maidenhair]

This is my body, eat of it'
this is my blood, drink of it.
sounds like cannalbilism to me.

maidenhair
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:54 PM
Subject: [Northkeep] Was Heraldic Question


> Earlier comments posted:
>
> >>well at least in christianized areas.
> >>what about the creative anachronist part?
> AND
> >>Often time those hiding groups of non Christians of Europe
>
> Unless your talking about Latvia and parts of Lithuania then there was no
> recorded "pagan" religion during the historical period we are
> "re-enacting"(to use that term in the loosest and broadest sense).  Sorry
but
> this underground religion stuff is a modern, New Age creation, just like
> Wicca, it was created during the good old 20th Century, most likely the
60's.
>  Did people of Europe have superstitious practices, yea verily.  These are
> well recorded, and generally have some Christian part of a "spell" that
> involves saying the name of a saint or "numeric magic" from a significant
> occurrence in the Bible.  The use of astrology is also very well
documented.
> For a look at late medieval practices I'd recommend  K Thomas RELIGION AND
> THE DECLINE OF MAGIC.
> >From what I've read and studied about "pagan" religions of Europe, most
> people had no problem converting to Christianity, because it was a
definite
> step up and away from those very brutal practices.  The idea of the
peaceful,
> matriarchic nature religions is a whimsy.  The studies of the people that
> practiced these religions, through contemporary accounts and modern
> archeology show that these groups practiced human sacrifice and blood
soaked
> ceremonies(Norse, specifically, have accounts of ceremonial rape and live
> burials).  Even the Malleus Maleficarum advises that witches are in an
> individual relationship with devils, and not part of some vast underground
> group.
>
> Alton
> "suffer not a witch to live"
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