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Mystical Life in Anglo-Saxon England – Conversion

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Part Two: Anglo-Saxon Conversion As part of the research for my forthcoming novel, Murder at Elmstow Minster, I have delved into Anglo-Saxon spirituality – ‘pagan’ and Christian. In Part One of this series, I concluded by saying that there were some core aspects of pagan spirituality that would be certain to cause conflict with evangelising …

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Mystical Life in Anglo-Saxon England

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Part One: ‘Pagan’ Spiritual Beliefs If I were to venture a breathtakingly broad generalization of the spiritual history of the Anglo-Saxons, I would use the metaphor of a giant interconnected system of rivers and streams with ‘pagan’ (i.e. non-Christian) and some Christian waters intermingling with tolerance and little impediment up to the Conversion period. From …

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