satan rising—vicar of lynch
"When I heard through country gossip of the strange happening at Lynch which had caused so great a scandal, and led to the disappearance of the deaf old Vicar of that remote village, I collected all the reports I could about it, for I felt that at the centre of this uncomprehending talk and wild anecdote there was something with more meaning than a mere sudden outbreak of blasphemy and madness."
Excerpt From
Trivia
Logan Pearsall Smith
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that very short story of the vicar of lynch found in logan pearsall smiths book of trivia.
it records smiths research of the vicars descent into paganism. he had met and spoke to the vicar one day. they talked about the vicars research into antique traditions that had lingered in christianity.
what smith had heard was the vicar disappeared after performing the mass in an unorthodox manner on one day. a mass that shocked his congregation. it seems the vicar had began reintroducing elements of the great old worship into his mass.
smith gives his theory on what actually happened based on conversations with the congregation. strange vestments and alter props, something about the alter boys, animal blood and at least one naked body on the alter.
we never know exactly what happened to the vicar of lynch, he had passed away or was living in a maniac asylum, according to the congregation. a cautionary tale for our times. nothing new under the sun.
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