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1beatles1964
I'm reading The Vampire Lestat for probably the 4th or 5th time and this time around I'm seeing things different this time around then previously. For example:
Before I joined LT and the Pagan and Wiccan groups it never really caught my attention before now about how much Paganism plays a role in The Vampire Lestat. I mean how Marius describes the story of how he became a vampire and talks about the Wicker Man and Woman sacrifices
"And all these people who must die are guilty of some wrongdoing"
The sacrifices took place in The Sacred Grove in the forest
"And before sunrise, go into the Mother Earth you escape the lght. She will protect you"About serving "the Holy Mother and rule only by the light of the moon and how the sun is their enemy"
How "only the old ones who have long served the Great Mother survived and is still around"
"To thrive on the blood of evildoers and even of the innoncent who were sacrificed to the Mother"
"A great silver caldron of water stood before the altar, and as the priests sang, a chain of prisoners was led to this caldron, their arms bound behind their backs"
"The voices were singing in concert around me as the priests placed the flowers in my hair, on my shoulders, at my feet"
About how "The Druids surrounded me now and we proceeded to the sacred tree again, the hymns dying to a litany which commanded me to remain within the oak to sanctify the forest, to be its guardian, and to speak kindly thorugh the oak to those of the priesthood who would come from time to time to ask guidance of me"
In the past whenever I read the book I just thought of The Vampire Lestat as another book in The Vampire Chronicles and didn't recognize or even understand the Paganism part of the story. Now that I feel I have a much better understanding then I previously did of the Paganism aspect of the book I'm enjoying it a whole lot more, and would go as far to say the Paganism aspect of the book has made it a much better book too.
Any comments?
Beatles1964
Before I joined LT and the Pagan and Wiccan groups it never really caught my attention before now about how much Paganism plays a role in The Vampire Lestat. I mean how Marius describes the story of how he became a vampire and talks about the Wicker Man and Woman sacrifices
"And all these people who must die are guilty of some wrongdoing"
The sacrifices took place in The Sacred Grove in the forest
"And before sunrise, go into the Mother Earth you escape the lght. She will protect you"About serving "the Holy Mother and rule only by the light of the moon and how the sun is their enemy"
How "only the old ones who have long served the Great Mother survived and is still around"
"To thrive on the blood of evildoers and even of the innoncent who were sacrificed to the Mother"
"A great silver caldron of water stood before the altar, and as the priests sang, a chain of prisoners was led to this caldron, their arms bound behind their backs"
"The voices were singing in concert around me as the priests placed the flowers in my hair, on my shoulders, at my feet"
About how "The Druids surrounded me now and we proceeded to the sacred tree again, the hymns dying to a litany which commanded me to remain within the oak to sanctify the forest, to be its guardian, and to speak kindly thorugh the oak to those of the priesthood who would come from time to time to ask guidance of me"
In the past whenever I read the book I just thought of The Vampire Lestat as another book in The Vampire Chronicles and didn't recognize or even understand the Paganism part of the story. Now that I feel I have a much better understanding then I previously did of the Paganism aspect of the book I'm enjoying it a whole lot more, and would go as far to say the Paganism aspect of the book has made it a much better book too.
Any comments?
Beatles1964
