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| I heard most of this on the way home the other night http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09gfcgy - an episode of 'beyond belief'. I thought it very much fed into that perennial tma favourite topic of sacred places. Naturally it was focusing on Christianity with a bit of other faiths / cultures thrown in. But also some stuff about the seasons and the spinning of the earth and paganism. And even a nod to 'but convince me this isn't all guff'. Which was quite nice really. thought you might like it. Or at least find it interesting. There was a bit of an eyebrow -raising moment where someone suggested that there's archaeological evidence for the direction people walked round circles. But I fear that really is guff because I can't imagine what that could be. Glad to be told should it be true. A bit that sticks in my mind is the common idea of doing things sunwise, clockwise, east to west. But that (apparently) the followers of Shintoism in Japan go the other way because that way they greet the sun rather than following it. I could do with greeting a bit of sun right now. Reply | with quote |  28th November 2017ce 22:44 4 replies: Re: Sacred directions (nigelswift) Re: Sacred directions (Evergreen Dazed) Re: Sacred directions (tjj) Re: Sacred directions (goffik) |
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