Real life... association with Thief - by clearing
Azaran on 14/2/2017 at 19:32
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http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2013;volume=11;issue=2;spage=187;epage=197;aulast=ormsby) A real life parallel to the Mechanists destroying Pagans and their natural sacred sites
Three of the sites visited in West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, were former sacred groves-Nongsynrih, Nonglyngkien, and Sakwang. As a resident of Nonglynkien explained, once the sacredness was gone, they cut all the trees and sold them. A different resident of Nonglyngkien said, "because of Christianity, they don't do the ceremonies anymore." One resident of Sakwang said the forest is no longer sacred, "We worship God in church, so we don't have to worship in the forest anymore." A resident of the town of Mawkyrwat recounted that, "after conversion [to Christianity], the old belief was not effective anymore. Therefore, in the 1960s, they destroyed all of the forest... An auction was declared. All the villagers went into the forest and chose the trees they wanted to buy." Similar practices continue today as the management designation of sacred groves is changed to less strict forest types, such as community forests that can be occasionally harvested (see Ormsby 2011). This may not be solely because of religious reasons, but rather due to economic pressures to use the timber in the sacred groves.
gamophyte on 22/2/2017 at 16:12
Quote Posted by pukey brunster
Here's a pic of the chapel that served as an inspiration for the Hammer's chapel in my mission. There's also a shady garden aside the chapel that feels very quiet and Thiefy to me.
I'll have to stop by that place if I take a CA trip, hope I don't bop anyone across the head there getting too into it.
pukey brunster on 22/2/2017 at 16:20
Quote Posted by gamophyte
I'll have to stop by that place if I take a CA trip, hope I don't bop anyone across the head there getting too into it.
You should - it's actually a HUGE, beautiful, sprawling cemetery with a lot of worthwhile stuff to look at. I have some family buried there that we try to visit when we're in the area. But just don't go poking around looking for where the stars are buried.. they tend to frown upon that ;-)
JarlFrank on 24/2/2017 at 22:20
Also, don't break into any tombs unless you have holy water with you. You never know if some of those buried Hammerites are haunts!