[UA] Re: Saint Cecil

[Kenneth Hite]

At 6:52 PM -0500 9/22/0, Erik wrote:

>The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, fourth ed. (1997) lists Saint Cecilia, then
>a Saint Cecilius, then moves on to good ol' Saint Cedd, the saxon sects
>machine.  Cecilia was a she who held out on Valerian in the 5th century.
>Here's the writeup on Saint Cecilius:
>
>"...bishop of Grenada (date uncertain).  All that can certainly be said
>about him is that he was the first bishop of Grenada.  Legend claimed he was
>one of seven disciples of James the great, supposedly consecrated by Peter
>the Apostle to be bishops in Spain.  In reality, as in France, apostolic
>origins cannot be claimed for the early bishoprics.  Cecilius more probably
>belongs to the 3rd century than the first.  Feast: 1 February (or 15 May)."
>
>In other words: go nuts, man.

My own explanation for "St. Cecil" is that the story of "St. Cecil and the
Moor" is allegorical, and that the Order knows it.  Their name in fact
comes from "caecus," Latin for "blind."  The Cecilites voluntarily blind
themselves to magick by refusing to use it*, and (more importantly) help
keep the world blissfully blind to it by destroying it, taking the "if
thine eye offend thee, pluck it out" approach as their text.  Makes it much
cooler than going around pestering imaginary Spanish bishops.

Kenneth Hite, LHN

* Well, that's what their doctrine says, anyway.  But a protection against
magick isn't -really- magick, is it, Father?



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