Lyrics from an excellent Pink Floyd song, and also a reality this morning.
At the time of the eclipse, one of my friends was 10,000 feet up a Chinese mountain, camera and assorted filters in hand, hoping to capture the total eclipse. At the same time, I staggered out of bed and made my way to the back bedroom, my planned location for capturing the a shot of the partial eclipse. All that waking up early and walking ten metres was for nothing, the sky was overcast and it was raining again, no eclipse for me. Still, I congratulated myself on making the effort.
Searching for photos on the web I came across an article by Dan Murphy, describing some of the beliefs in India when an eclipse comes along. In rather condescending tones, he tells of the superstitions that surround eclipses and concludes “For outsiders, the extent to which superstition still figures in personal decisions may be a surprise.”
Mr. Murphy writes for the Christian Science Monitor……..
Comments 🔗
2009-07-22| Billy saysI do hope that you are not for one moment casting doubts on the officially verified feeding of 5,000 people with one bag of fish and chips, or the geezer who walked on water and stuff like that … if so then you are no more than a “Doubting Thomas” and will be cast into this really neat place in the middle of the earth where there are chambers where you will be tortured and burned to death every day and eat shit - and if your iPhone is not actually taken away from you upon your arrival then you will certainly not be able to get a signal. Hell they call it apparently.
2009-07-23| Kevin R. Jones saysMay the Lord God smite you both down, heathen scum.
2009-07-23| Spike saysThanks Kevin; let me guess, Ohio?
Of course I would not for a moment challenge existing myths, although personally I lean towards the Church of the Seven Day Hedonists. I find their emphasis on the little publicised “turning wine into a lot more wine” miracle to be very refreshing; especially with an appropriate cheese and a fine sunset.
2009-07-23| Billy saysWonder what the R. stands for?
2009-07-23| Spike saysRepugnant?