RE: The Assumption of Mary
August 15, 2021 at 10:06 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2021 at 10:09 pm by Bucky Ball.)
Today (8/15) is actually the celebration of the "Dormition" of Mary.
Since she was conceived (Immaculate Conception) without Original Sin, she didn't have to die.
So before the Assumption, we have the Dormition.
Mary fell asleep, and just appeared to have died, then we assumed she went to heaven.
There actually is a lot to be said for her "ideal" place in Western Civilization, and what happens later in the "ideal' of "courtly love" etc
in Medieval literature.
Since she was conceived (Immaculate Conception) without Original Sin, she didn't have to die.
So before the Assumption, we have the Dormition.
Mary fell asleep, and just appeared to have died, then we assumed she went to heaven.
There actually is a lot to be said for her "ideal" place in Western Civilization, and what happens later in the "ideal' of "courtly love" etc
in Medieval literature.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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