Thursday 20 December 2012

This is the Ancient Celtic Cross outside Phillack Church Hayle.Both the Christian Faith and Pagan ideas are blended into a single whole

 I took the photo sometime ago. The  Risen Christ is clearly visible with the braiding. The braiding is symbolic of the forces of earth that bind man to the cosmos that signifiy his death. Mankind is in ancient Celtic mythology tangled in sins and in bonds. The mythology is of Indo Germanic origin. In India the god Varuna was worshipped and known as the Master of the Bonds.
        
The Risen Christ breaks the bands of death and releases mankind into Eternal Life. The figure of the Risen Christ is surrounded by the sun. It proclaims the new cult of the Logos that had come down to the earth and symbolized this with the sun centre of the earthly cross.The horizontal is added which represented the earth to the vertical descent of the Logos. The sun symbol symbolizes the Logos or Word, the Risen Christ who is the light and life of mankind. The Prologue of St John's Gospel expresses this central truth of Christianity. In the beginning was the Logos, the Word...( John 1-14) And the Word was made flesh and tabernacled among us.
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  1. jadis21 December 2012 at 01:40

    C S Lewis wrote that pre Christian creation and sacrifice myths were a way of preparing the World for the Incarnation. He quotes the examples of Baldur and Horus.

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    1. Petroc21 December 2012 at 01:42

      Thanks for that Jardis. Its a timely reminder of how the pagan world was also prepared for the ultimate Revelation.

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  3. Deborah21 December 2012 at 02:14

    Fr Malcolm there are Celtic monuments on Anglesey. I admire and benefit from Celtic spirituality. Did you hear John Bell of the Iona Community this week on Thought for the Day. I replayed it because it was so good.

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  4. Petroc21 December 2012 at 02:44

    Hello Deborah,

    No alas I didn't hear John Bell. It will probably be on i player.

    I too have gained much from Celtic Spirituality. I have a wonderful little book by George F. MacLeod - The Whole Earth Shall Cry Glory..Iona Prayers.

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  5. jadis31 December 2012 at 15:02

    Dear Fr Malcolm

    I wish you a happy and holy 2013. I am on chauffeuring standby tonight, and packing to go to see my sisters.

    I imagine the weather is fairly Poldarkish tonight near you. Hope the roof holds.

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  6. John-Francis Friendship5 April 2017 at 02:43

    Thanks for your recent comment on my Blog. If you let me have your email address I will respond. Best wishes.

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