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English Heritage Actually Acknowledging English Heritage For Easter Apparently Creates Outrage

/ Curwen Ares Rolinson / 1 Comment

Always interesting what generates the "outrage". This was from the Daily Mail ; article headline: "English Heritage sparks outrage after telling children Easter was not originally Christian". And you know what? They're absolutely correct. Here's Bede upon the subject, writing in the early 700s AD upon then-recently Christianized Anglo-Saxons' custom, from his 'Reckoning of Time' … Continue reading English Heritage Actually Acknowledging English Heritage For Easter Apparently Creates Outrage

Sharada NavRatri – And The War Rites Of The Indo-Europeans

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atPk8JoJ138 It's currently Sharada NavRatri for we Hindus (the Nine Nights of the Goddess Durga ,  Chandika / Chamunda ) - and so therefore, a look at the observance in light of its Indo-European context. This includes the correlate Goddess-oriented War Rites undertaken by both the Romans (in the form of the Quinquatria dedicated to … Continue reading Sharada NavRatri – And The War Rites Of The Indo-Europeans