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the stroppy rabbit enlightenment the stroppy rabbit i care not much for a man s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it abraham lincoln about me home showing posts with label enlightenment show all posts showing posts with label enlightenment show all posts thursday march 13 2008 the enlightenment and contemporary paganism some notes i gleaned from enlightenment britain and the creation of the modern world by roy porter it was interesting to see the origins of some the ideas we now hold dear it seems to me that modern paganisms are empiricist whereas revealed religions are a priori and essentialist or systematic this would go a long way towards explaining the lack of any formalised theological system in modern paganisms apparently p 56 the idea of the pineal gland as the seat of the soul comes from descartes it was part of his attempt to separate the body from the soul mainstream christian thought had insisted on the unity of body and soul because of the doctrine of bodily resurrection descartes insistence that body and soul were separate represented a mechanistic view of the universe he also didn t believe that animals had consciousness the phrase the book of nature comes from early science and the writings of francis bacon in particular circa 1620 in 1605 bacon as lord chancellor separated science from theology in order to get round the problem of churchmen who were wary of prying into god s secrets bacon said that theologians studied the bible whereas natural philosophers studied the book of nature p 56 the idea of the priesthood of all believers is a protestant idea originally found in greek orthodox christianity which has fed directly into modern paganisms and which was strongly influenced by locke s empiricism locke said that the mind matures from ignorance the tabula rasa to knowledge by gaining practical experience through the senses his ideas of rational self responsibility tie in nicely with the idea of direct contact with the divine pp 69 71 another similarity is the belief in formulating your own belief system every man in this enlightened age having been fully instructed by those genteel and easy conveyances of knowledge newspapers and magazines presumed to have the liberty of making a philosophy and i might add indeed a religion for himself alexander catcott indeed it was during the enlightenment that some early advocates of a return to paganism began to make themselves heard including erasmus darwin who wrote about linnaeus sexual system of plant classification in terms of classical mythology and believed that sex was the basic principle of life william hamilton excavator of pompeii and herculaneum and richard payne knight a friend of josiah wedgwood and william hamilton s publisher p 273 of course the seeds of romanticism were planted in the enlightenment with the cult of the sublime i had always assumed that the romantics were the major impulse behind the pagan revival despite the strong christian streak in romanticism expressed in among other things gothic architecture so i was interested to see these pagan impulses in the enlightenment one also thinks of the enthronement of the goddess reason i also think the pendulum swinging from reason to romance has not stopped oscillating and we are still feeling the reverberations posted by yewtree at 3 12 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels enlightenment pagan paganism pagans and science rationalism religion science older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2024 1 may 1 all eyes on rafah 2014 5 july 1 april 1 march 2 january 1 2013 7 december 1 october 1 september 1 february 2 january 2 2012 41 december 2 november 2 october 2 september 5 august 3 july 2 june 1 may 2 april 5 march 6 february 4 january 7 2011 23 december 3 october 2 september 3 august 1 july 7 june 3 may 2 april 1 march 1 2010 54 october 1 september 14 august 1 july 7 may 3 april 4 march 12 february 7 january 5 2009 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