Sacred places and opening hearts
Old St John ruins.
The first documentary evidence of the church dates from 1201, sited close to the sacred spring of St John the Baptist which issues from just east of its chancel, making one think that this must be an ancient site whose sacredness predates Christianity.
A biography of the church on the Facebook page Haunted History says a charter of 1353 granted permission for an annual three-day fair on Boughton Green to celebrate the nativity of St John the Baptist.
Woodcrafts and agricultural implements were sold on the first day, festivities with wrestling and horse racing on the second and cattle were sold on the third.
There was a turf maze known as "The Shepherd’s Race", which was still visible in 1946, but the land is now ploughed as farmland. (www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/history...)
Mike Oldfield ~ Ommadawn
This place isn't always treated with the respect it deserves. It's off the beaten track location and ancient history attracts thrill seekers and ghost hunters.
Reconciliation is not an end point of practice. It's a beginning place for continuing to free your heart.
Phillip Moffitt, “May All Things be Reconciled”
I'm focused these days on forgiveness and in so doing I'm addressing issues that I make a point of at least trying .... to overcome fears and open my heart.
Not easy but necessary, and this way the responsibility lies firmly in my hands.
Sacred places and opening hearts
Old St John ruins.
The first documentary evidence of the church dates from 1201, sited close to the sacred spring of St John the Baptist which issues from just east of its chancel, making one think that this must be an ancient site whose sacredness predates Christianity.
A biography of the church on the Facebook page Haunted History says a charter of 1353 granted permission for an annual three-day fair on Boughton Green to celebrate the nativity of St John the Baptist.
Woodcrafts and agricultural implements were sold on the first day, festivities with wrestling and horse racing on the second and cattle were sold on the third.
There was a turf maze known as "The Shepherd’s Race", which was still visible in 1946, but the land is now ploughed as farmland. (www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/history...)
Mike Oldfield ~ Ommadawn
This place isn't always treated with the respect it deserves. It's off the beaten track location and ancient history attracts thrill seekers and ghost hunters.
Reconciliation is not an end point of practice. It's a beginning place for continuing to free your heart.
Phillip Moffitt, “May All Things be Reconciled”
I'm focused these days on forgiveness and in so doing I'm addressing issues that I make a point of at least trying .... to overcome fears and open my heart.
Not easy but necessary, and this way the responsibility lies firmly in my hands.