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@seenunseenmag 22/ Yet the vast breaks in through the particular, and Britain’s peculiar history—its precise convergence of demographic, cultural and mytho-religious forces—may be disclosing an unrecognized eschatological dimension and harbinger of the larger wholeness taking form.

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Apr 5, 2023 @holland_tom @dcsandbrook: we need another special on English paganism!

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The prominence of the 'Green Man' on Charles's invitation — a mystical, pagan symbol of rebirth — is a declaration of what he really intends for his reign, hiding in plain sight.
So ready for the Mystic King!

[Image of wedding invitation]

Except the Green Man isn't pagan.
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Copy of tweet thread here: Apr 5, 2023 @holland_tom @dcsandbrook: we need another special on English paganism! Subtweet: The prominence of the 'Green Man' on Charles's invitation — a mystical, pagan symbol of rebirth — is a declaration of what he really intends for his reign, hiding in plain sight. So ready for the Mystic King! [Image of wedding invitation] Except the Green Man isn't pagan.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 5 Apr 2023

@cilekver @holland_tom @TomMcTague @dcsandbrook The Green Man represents a planetary, prophetic prototype, combining several Quranic, Biblical and ancient mythical heroes including the Islamic prototype of Elijah, Khezr, the Green Man of Islam and, concurrently, 'Anglo-specific' theological, mythic and folkloric personas.

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @AimeTim @profntwright end\ In Britain this matters politically. Ecological breakdown and demographic change are being read through fear and nationalist threat. But the deeper possibility is prophetic: land, climate, peoples and faiths drawn toward reconciliation in Britain’s mythic and religious soil.Quoted by@AimeTim @profntwright end\ In Britain this matters politically. Ecological breakdown and demographic change are being read through fear and nationalist threat. But the deeper possibility is prophetic: land, climate, peoples and faiths drawn toward reconciliation in Britain’s mythic and religious soil.