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ravenslynch

8 years ago

“Scratch a bit at the thin topsoil of Irish Catholicism,” the saying goes, “and you soon come to the solid bedrock of Irish paganism.”... paganism and Catholicism in Ireland are joined twins that can not be separated. They are not opposites, as archaeologist Proinsias MacCana has pointed out, for in Ireland pagan ways and beliefs formed an “extraordinary symbiosis.” ...paganism and Christianity in Ireland need each other to live.

Patricia Monaghan, The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit

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certifiedgrrrlkisser

1 year ago

if i were a medieval christian peasant i would totally be a cloistered nun and i think maybe a life of prayer and contemplative solitude would be really good for me. however it is the year 2024 and i'm a dyke and also jewish and very proud of being jewish and i have no connection to catholic beliefs, only a hyperfixation on the daily rituals of monastic life.

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