Incredible descriptions of the action - I'm on the edge of my seat!
I'm intrigued by the idea of WILDNESS/nature being seen as NOT favorable. TAMED/farmed land (with man made structures like a church) is seen as the MORE favorable place.
In one place you are damned. In the other place you are redeemed.
There is duality in everything. I wonder about why it has to be separated? It ALWAYS exists together.
I love the inclusion of the holly!
"Valkyrur,” he whispered of the old religion and touched the holly beneath his cloak."
I'm intrigued by the "old religion" and the comfort of the protection of the holly he wears under his cloak.
I looked it up after reading the chapter. Holly was a Pagan protection talisman but then ALSO became a Christian one where it represented Jesus and the crown of thorns.
The holly is still HOLY- they just changed the reason.
"Surrounding them was the living woodland that tied the earth to the old dark ways. Satan’s ground, where adulterers hid and scoundrels stole away. A place of spiders and serpents. God deem it be cut away and made fields for planting."
I just saw the 2022 National Geographic documentary The TERRITORY concerning the Brazilian Amazon and illegal deforestation. It focuses on the the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people (who participated in filming).
IT IS CHILLING HOW MUCH THIS CHAPTER REFLECTS SOME OF THE VERY SAME ISSUES HAPPENING IN BRAZIL RIGHT NOW AS I WRITE THIS.
And the stakes are so high. It forces one to confront issues of life and death and the future of the planet. Profit is part of the reason deforestation is happening. But I was struck by how many of the people illegally cutting down trees in the Amazon truly believe they are doing the work Christ would want them to do. They will clear the land and farm and have children who will follow in the path of Christ.
Incredible descriptions of the action - I'm on the edge of my seat!
I'm intrigued by the idea of WILDNESS/nature being seen as NOT favorable. TAMED/farmed land (with man made structures like a church) is seen as the MORE favorable place.
In one place you are damned. In the other place you are redeemed.
There is duality in everything. I wonder about why it has to be separated? It ALWAYS exists together.
I love the inclusion of the holly!
"Valkyrur,” he whispered of the old religion and touched the holly beneath his cloak."
I'm intrigued by the "old religion" and the comfort of the protection of the holly he wears under his cloak.
I looked it up after reading the chapter. Holly was a Pagan protection talisman but then ALSO became a Christian one where it represented Jesus and the crown of thorns.
The holly is still HOLY- they just changed the reason.
"Surrounding them was the living woodland that tied the earth to the old dark ways. Satan’s ground, where adulterers hid and scoundrels stole away. A place of spiders and serpents. God deem it be cut away and made fields for planting."
I just saw the 2022 National Geographic documentary The TERRITORY concerning the Brazilian Amazon and illegal deforestation. It focuses on the the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people (who participated in filming).
IT IS CHILLING HOW MUCH THIS CHAPTER REFLECTS SOME OF THE VERY SAME ISSUES HAPPENING IN BRAZIL RIGHT NOW AS I WRITE THIS.
And the stakes are so high. It forces one to confront issues of life and death and the future of the planet. Profit is part of the reason deforestation is happening. But I was struck by how many of the people illegally cutting down trees in the Amazon truly believe they are doing the work Christ would want them to do. They will clear the land and farm and have children who will follow in the path of Christ.