TheAnthroGeek James Mullooly
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The Mary Month of May
The title of this post plays on,"The Merry Month of May", a poem by Thomas Dekker (c. 1572–1632), an English playwright and indexes the Spring Rite. Not Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a ballet that caused a riot at its premier May 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. The rite of spring Dekker references is Beltane, a grand Gaelic festival that marked the start of summer.
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The “Mary” Month of May
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://theanthrogeek.com/2021/05/01/the-mary-month-of-may/
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Feast of St. Mary Magdalene: Prostitute, Wife of Jesus or Apostle to the Apostles?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://theanthrogeek.com/2020/07/22/feast-of-st-mary-magdalene-prostitute-wife-of-jesus-or-apostle-to-the-apostles/