Few religious figures allow their sacred texts to be reconciled with others from different traditions. Even if the latter were religious texts, being associated with another religion or sect is enough reason to disregard them. Nevertheless, it is difficult to think about contemporary questions like “reconciling religion/faith with science/reason” or openness to the other, without delving deeply into the works of the Dominican monk Thomas Aquinas.
Long before the advent of Judaism and Christianity, the world tree was a sacred conduit between the material and spirit worlds that bestowed gifts upon The Christmas tree originated as the World Tree, once believed to bestow gifts from the cosmos.
Let's explore the history of witches, the queens of Hallowe'en. Witches inhabit spaces where religion and folklore overlap. The classic Hallowe'en witch,
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