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[tree_and_leaf]

There are times - believe it or not - when I try to think about other things than theology, high churchmanship (or Star Trek, latterly, but that's by the way).

Recently, though, I feel that the universe is not helping, what with picking "More Tales of the City" as a nice distracting non-thesis related read - only to discover a bizarre plot element about a "high church Episcopalian cannibalism cult", whose members sat on the roof of the cathedral eating amputated body parts as the sacering bell was rung during the Mass going on below them,* which I found too surreal to be actually as disgusting as it probably ought to be (anyway, I do not believe Maupin's depiction of Anglo-Catholic cannibals. Quite apart from the multiple levels of theological and ethical fail, there was no incense anywhere.)

And then there's today's Doonesbury, which has strayed into bizarrely theological territory....

* Am desperately trying not to associate this with the somewhat surreal Visit London High Tea campaign:

See? Sometimes I think about other things... like tea! Time for another cup, I think....

Comments

[sara]

Ah, see, but that was more of a commentary on the bishop of California at the time -- see also Philip K. Dick's The Transmigration of Timothy Archer -- than a commentary on Episcopalians per se.

HTML fail...I haven't had enough tea yet....

[tree_and_leaf]

Ah, one of those things one misses by not knowing the context! Thanks.