CW: death. Another day, another funeral
Published at 8:37 am on November 4th, 2022
Filed under: The Family, Dear Diary.
Keyword noise: North Somerset, Failand, paganism, religion, autumn, The Children, countryside, England, folk custom, giant redwoods, green space, photography, rural, Somerset, woods, sequoias.
Keyword noise: Books I Haven't Read, reading, religion, paganism, Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Goodbye To All That, poetry, history, mythology, fake history, fake mythology, Ancient Britain, anthropology, archaeology, Blodeuwedd, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Gwydion, Mabinogi, Mabinogion, Cad Goddeu, Cymru, Wales.
What happens after you die
Published at 9:53 pm on November 25th, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
Or, another post on death, discussed somewhat bluntly
Published at 8:14 pm on November 10th, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
In which we ponder why both serious historians and the entertainment industry were dealing with the same subject at the same time
Published at 10:46 pm on July 7th, 2012
Filed under: Artistic, In With The Old, Media Addict, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: 1970s, belief, Blood on Satan's Claw, Bristol, Cry Of The Banshee, The Cube, cultural history, film, folklore, Keith Thomas, magic, paganism, religion, Religion And The Decline Of Magic, Ronald Hutton, Vincent Price, Wicca.
In which we discuss a suitable Sunday topic
Published at 8:05 pm on October 16th, 2011
Filed under: The Family, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: Africa, Ancient Egypt, archaeology, ark, Ark Of The Covenant, The Bible, Biblical, Channel 4, Deuteronomy, documentary, drum, Egypt, Exodus, Harare, Israelites, Jerusalem, Judaism, Moses, Old Testament, relic, religion, reliquary, ritual, television, Torah, Tudor Parfitt, Zimbabwe.
Keyword noise: Africa, archaeology, ark, Ark Of The Covenant, The Bible, Biblical, Caitlin lectures you, Channel 4, documentary, drum, Egypt, Harare, Israel, Israelites, Jerusalem, Judaism, Lemba, Moses, Old Testament, relic, religion, reliquary, ritual, television, telly, Temple, Torah, Tudor Parfitt, tv, Zimbabwe.
In which we praise Parliament, a very rare thing
Published at 9:01 am on May 21st, 2008
Filed under: Political.
Keyword noise: abortion, birth, BUPA, Catholic, Jim Dobbin, medicine, Nadine Dorries, parliament, religion, Ruth Kelly, science.
In which we wonder what the filmmakers were thinking
Published at 6:32 pm on August 5th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
Keyword noise: Biblical, Christianity, comedy, Evan Almighty, film, god, Judaism, Noah, politicians, religion, unfunny.
In which we don’t always believe in belief
Published at 4:29 pm on May 7th, 2007
Filed under: Unbelievable, The Family.
In which major international issues do not disturb the local parish
Published at 1:37 pm on February 14th, 2007
Filed under: The Family, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: Anglicanism, Christianity, church, conservatism, gay rights, homophobia, parish church, Peter Akinola, religion, Rowan Williams, schism, The Mother.
In which we know where the bodies aren’t buried
Published at 11:17 pm on February 5th, 2007
Filed under: In With The Old, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: archaeology, artefacts, burial, conservation, curation, East Yorkshire, funerals, human remains, paganism, prehistory, preservation, reburial, religion, ritual, skeletons, Yorkshire.
In which we beware the homophobes and have milky tea
Published at 9:56 pm on January 9th, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict, Political.
Keyword noise: Anne Atkins, BBC, bedsit, Big Dave, books, Books I Haven't Read, Christianity, Yuletide, Christmas presents, house hunting, House Of Leaves, literature, London, Mark Z Danielewski, presents, radio, reading, religion, shopping, studio flat, Thought For The Day.
In which we refuse to get superstitious about the date
Published at 8:34 am on June 6th, 2006
Filed under: Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: Antichrist, apocalypse, C S Lewis, Christianity, Daniel, devil, End Times, Narnia, number of the beast, numerology, religion, Revelation, round numbers, Satan, superstition, symmetry, The Last Battle, The Omen.
In which we wonder where religions come from
Published at 8:15 am on May 3rd, 2006
Filed under: Dear Diary, Unbelievable.
In which we go dragon-killing
Published at 9:47 pm on April 23rd, 2006
Filed under: Political.
In which we wonder about the motives behind sacrifice
Published at 5:19 pm on April 14th, 2006
Filed under: Political, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: Christianity, crucifixion, death, Easter, Good Friday, illegality, international law, Iraq, Jesus, Malcolm Kendall-Smith, martyrdom, Millenarian, pacifism, Passion, publicity, RAF, religion, sacrifice, war.
Or, remembering religious books
Published at 10:38 pm on April 3rd, 2006
Filed under: Artistic, Unbelievable.
In which we ponder religious motives
Published at 7:32 pm on March 26th, 2006
Filed under: Political, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: captives, Christianity, fanaticism, freedom, hostage, Iraq, martyrdom, monasticism, Norman Kember, pacifism, peace, religion, war.
In which we discuss an evil man
Published at 6:24 pm on September 3rd, 2005
Filed under: Political, Unbelievable.