Archive for June, 2011

Relics past and present

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

The cult of the relic is back with with us today, and the power for a relic to enthrall is not at all diminished. In the Middle Ages, the dead who had lived exceptionally holy lives, became unbelievably powerful. Grisly items hewn from the bodies, hair, teeth of such individuals (even breast milk) were, and still are, housed in great [...]

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