tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post1429780644954275707..comments2023-10-26T10:34:06.191-04:00Comments on A Chick Who Reads: Historical Fiction Book Tours Guest Post: Sophie PerinotThe Mistress of the Darkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-52956265472345242142012-10-17T13:07:48.733-04:002012-10-17T13:07:48.733-04:00Love hostorical fiction! I would love to read this...Love hostorical fiction! I would love to read this!Literary Chanteusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618034360122552670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-24928305703475694382012-10-17T08:40:25.218-04:002012-10-17T08:40:25.218-04:00Didn't know there were such thing as hair-shir...Didn't know there were such thing as hair-shirts, would love to read the book, thanks for the giveaway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14494178286691177141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-17964327003340247472012-10-16T11:07:10.801-04:002012-10-16T11:07:10.801-04:00Interesting post, thanks for sharing and for the g...Interesting post, thanks for sharing and for the giveaway!mamabunny13https://www.blogger.com/profile/03812634171027857183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-63096398502112397952012-10-14T21:28:51.651-04:002012-10-14T21:28:51.651-04:00While I had heard of hair shirts (not from my dad)...While I had heard of hair shirts (not from my dad) I had never seen one before so thanks for sharing the information. Also it makes sense to think of "sackcloth" from the Bible as a hair shirt, since the purpose seems to be the same. (I'm still not sure of the purpose of the ashes. Humiliation? Or does the alkaline burn the skin?) Anyway thanks for an illuminating post!Kate Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09286095357993261335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-1657331249827539902012-10-14T13:26:28.064-04:002012-10-14T13:26:28.064-04:00I often find extreme behavior bizarre. Thanks for...I often find extreme behavior bizarre. Thanks for the giveaway.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393994484025283872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-19470137709624813342012-10-13T22:18:52.515-04:002012-10-13T22:18:52.515-04:00Very interesting post.
maynekitty///at///live...Very interesting post. <br /><br />maynekitty///at///live///dot///com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-29332355467068280372012-10-13T16:37:34.237-04:002012-10-13T16:37:34.237-04:00Very interesting post.Very interesting post.bn100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-51253668348551806292012-10-13T11:21:57.335-04:002012-10-13T11:21:57.335-04:00Mistress of the Dark I am with you on that 110% Mistress of the Dark I am with you on that 110% Sophie Perinothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034725608525210673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-63628519749848742172012-10-12T20:19:56.838-04:002012-10-12T20:19:56.838-04:00Very interesting post and a great giveaway! Thank ...Very interesting post and a great giveaway! Thank you!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712609643827468445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-56805512802610408942012-10-12T18:48:44.025-04:002012-10-12T18:48:44.025-04:00Lenten obligations? It is so terrible not to eat m...Lenten obligations? It is so terrible not to eat meat on Friday? That is the only observation other than fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. I'll take that over a hair shirt any day. This is coming from a Roman Catholic.The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-16350712913453758512012-10-12T12:47:40.639-04:002012-10-12T12:47:40.639-04:00Sl J -- Excellent points.
My husband, who is Ro...Sl J -- Excellent points. <br /><br />My husband, who is Roman Catholic, would absolutely agree with your Aristippus based point.<br /><br />I do think, however, that there is (or can be) a quantitative difference between Lenten observances and the sort of hair-shirt wearing that Louis and other devotees did. Lent, however rigorously you observe it, is for a limited time period. Men like Louis indulged in self-mortification pretty continuously. I am not particularly comfortable with extremes--in religion or anything else for that matter.Sophie Perinothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034725608525210673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-52109087013720176602012-10-12T11:14:28.048-04:002012-10-12T11:14:28.048-04:00Mortification is still very much a part of the Cat...Mortification is still very much a part of the Catholic zeitgeist. There's no qualitative difference between wearing a hair shirt and mortifications like lenten obligations, priestly celibacy, and redemptive suffering. Investigate modern Catholic movements like Opus Dei and you'll find quiet hints of words like 'the cilice' and 'the discipline'. I know many people who wear a scapular, and it's woolen and meant to itch.<br /><br />While I'm theologically uncomfortable with self-induced suffering (I suspect God is quite capable of deciding how much pain is appropriate for this world; to me it's presumptuous to add more to it), I would suggest that the hair shirt is actually the more modern attitude than that which is common today: that Aristippus came before Jerome; that comfort is a more primitive doctrine than self-denial.<br /><br />When our lives focus on the good and easy things that this rich moment in history affords us, we're praying to the very oldest gods of all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653815023719399243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671618213078080040.post-25009424568624854962012-10-11T18:38:04.683-04:002012-10-11T18:38:04.683-04:00I still can't wrap my head around it, but very...I still can't wrap my head around it, but very interesting still. jewels1328https://www.blogger.com/profile/13401745791848139308noreply@blogger.com