As we perused the calendar of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine this morning, as is our wont, we came across the usual upcoming list of off-the-beaten-trail artistic and religious events. We know the Cathedral is always a little quirky, but if O’Reilly catches onto this stuff, we’ll go from “left-wing jihadis” to “debauched Wiccans” in no time flat.
Tomorrow, Christians make nice with the forces of evil with the
Halloween Extravaganza & Procession of Ghouls
Fri. Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. & 10 p.m.
This year’s feature is Nosferatu, the 1922 silent film classic.
And if that isn’t enough heathen for you, wait ’til next month, when you have the
27th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration
Thur. Dec. 14, Fri. Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Sat. Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Join Paul Winter, the Paul Winter Consort and other special guests for an intimate Solstice Concert.
What’s next? Roman bathouse orgies? Druidic human sacrifices? Mayans ripping out people’s hearts as Mel Gibson smiles on? We just don’t know.
2 Comments
@Anonymous Soooo…. you know about the Emperor Constantine and how he and others merged Christian ritual with those that went bfore it, right, which you learned in Core?
@Aaah And you know that that’s pretty much implied in the article, right?