Christian Magic, Part II

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned Christian magic, Christian charms and spells, common enough in the Middle Ages but pretty much extinct now. Find that post here. And I left the subject wondering what happened to this custom. Why did it disappear? The charms weren’t particularly pagan, so it can’t be that everybody suddenly […]

The cold, hard light of romanticism.

What deluded miserable creature doesn’t want to feed the hungry, heal the sick, and thwart the unjust? It’s not only fair and right and good, it’s even cheaper that way. That’s just cold, hard reality. So we have a world full of serious, sober-minded men and women doing their best to make this all happen. […]