Dr. Sinclair Grey III – The Challenge For Clergy On Easter Sunday
You are correct in your article, Sinclair, about the origins of Easter and other days celebrated in Christendom. The fact of these origins is a study unto itself.
The High Holy days of the Celtic people adopted into Christianity were part of the compromise made by the European conquerors who as missionaries by bloodshed spread the gospel of Christ! Because the Celtic people were unable to be defeated in war the work of one man made the connections that led to the transformation of a people from their spiritual practices grounded in the exaltation of the Goddess to the patriarchal religion of Western Christianity that did not hold the value of women in high esteem, and unlike the ancient Celtics despise the Earth, our Mother.
It is too easy to not know the history of one's belief system and it is also wrong to be ignorant of the why of one's religion. But, sadly most wait to be told and fed the remnants of the truth.
Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
March 27, 2016
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