tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4050613830749097277..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Wyrd And Providence - Part IVAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-11006275403290024942010-02-10T23:23:33.455-05:002010-02-10T23:23:33.455-05:00Never underestimate the influence of climate and l...Never underestimate the influence of climate and landscape. My parents lived awhile in Ely, near Cambridge. Like Holland, the landscape is dreary, wet, tho rich soil for growing crops. Grey skies and depressing dank cold tho green country. Prone to flooding. Cromwell's house is in Ely. During the British Civil War he stabled the horses of his Roundhead army in Ely Cathedral and the Puritans smashed those images of saints and Mary still in the Lady Chapel. Hard, aesthetically cruel and determined people. I have Puritan ancestors so I can say it. Also there is always the theory that there was a high preponderance of mood disoderscand social misfits who could not fit in and get along in England. In manic, expansive mode founding new churches and colonies. In depressive mode brooding over eternal damnation. I do not mean to sound flippant--dozing, stranded by closed home airport, on Red Cross cot at OHare. But climate enormously affects temperament. Perhaps theology also?Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-45978175404444084672010-02-06T08:54:50.988-05:002010-02-06T08:54:50.988-05:00I think you've got a point...at the very least...I think you've got a point...at the very least, the old idea of <i>wyrd</i> can't be ruled out as a proximate cause.<br /><br />Of course, neither can the Plague be ignored.<br /><br />The rest of your thoughts are interesting...I am reminded of the writing style used by William Bradford in his <i>Of Plimouth Plantation</i>. <br /><br />Every event that happened to the colony is introduced by the phrase "And it pleased the Lord to....". <br /><br />That phrase, and the ideas behind it, agree with the notion that you're trying to spell out.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.com