[Main Blog Post] [Book] Thoughts on The Idea of the Holy

[jprussell]

I just wrapped up Rudolf Otto's The Idea of the Holy and decided to organize my thinking a bit with a post. As always, I'd love to hear what you think.

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miasma

[(Anonymous)]

I'm having problems following the threads on this, so I'll just plop this information in. Still dopey from knee surgery.
Galina Krasskova is a polytheistic reconstructionist with some interesting points of view. She has written quite a bit about miasma in ancient religion -- and is rather scornful the modern neopagan tendency to see everything as rainbows and unicorn. So you might like to check her blog both for her thoughts and for sources. She is also an artist who creates lovely prayer cards for various deities.

Rita

Re: miasma

[jprussell]

Hi Rita,

Thanks for your comment, and I hope the dopiness passes quickly! Anaesthetics are no joke.

Thank you also for the recommendation. In a bit of what seems like it must be synchronicity, Krasskova's With Clean Minds and Clean Hands, her book on miasma that I've been eyeballing for a while, arrived just yesterday (along with her Honoring the Ancestors)! I'm actually a semi-regular commenter on her blog and have several of her prayer cards.

All of which is to say, that's a very astute recommendation for something I might find helpful and interesting, so thanks again!

Jeff