tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post5621935282121410641..comments2024-03-20T01:03:09.526-07:00Comments on phantsythat: anniversarysusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-49136498631981858832016-03-12T08:29:58.717-08:002016-03-12T08:29:58.717-08:00Hi Lindsay,
Thanks so much for your interesting re...Hi Lindsay,<br />Thanks so much for your interesting response. You might find the following article regarding Celtic barbarism as interesting as I did a little earlier:<br /><br /><a href="http://historum.com/ancient-history/34736-celtic-headhunters.html" rel="nofollow">Our knowledge of the pre-Christian Celtic world is based almost exclusively on two sources – the archaeological remnant of their civilization, and the writings of their Greek and Roman contemporaries. The former is frustratingly incomplete, the latter is full of biases, stereotypes, and romanticism reminiscent of the “noble savage” mythologies of more recent centuries. The popular Roman historians especially delighted in depicting the Celtic peoples of Gaul, Britain, Spain, and Northern Italy as barbarians, headhunting warriors who charged into battle drunk and naked, eager to harvest prisoners to sacrifice to their brutish forest-gods.</a><br /><br />Thinking about Druidism, I have to wonder just how brutish the forest gods actually were and just how much of the story was propaganda spread by the Romans. Doubtless, those were brutal times that we wouldn't wish to return to. <br /><br />However, considering what I read in the news regularly, I tend to doubt our race has become generally less barbaric over the course of history. It occurs to me that the people responsible for allowing the disaster of the nuclear power plants at Fukushima could certainly be described that way and it's best not to spend too much time thinking about other recent examples of atrocities. I wish it weren't so and I'm always glad to read more positive interpretations of a past we'll never really know. <br /><br />All the best<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-20532990917868029062016-03-11T19:11:55.750-08:002016-03-11T19:11:55.750-08:00Hi Susan,
Thanks for an interesting post and subj...Hi Susan, <br />Thanks for an interesting post and subject matter. It was thought the early Celts were involved in head hunting and tribal warfare war just as it was the case for most groups then, so I am afraid I’m a tad skeptical over the claim Celtic thought contributes magnificently to a philosophy of compassion deriving from its sense that everything belongs in one diverse, living unity society. <br />Of course then there must have been far more affinity to the animal kingdom and to nature but possibly more by way of existential necessity. Certainly the idea of reverence for all life to underpin a more compassionate response as championed by Donohue has of course rather obvious merit, but I think his thoughts echo more modern philosophical underpinnings. But thank goodness we are not so quick to slit one another’s throats over differing beliefs as we have been in the past – with still some notable exceptions. <br />Best wishes <br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.com