CHAPTER X

THE TESTIMONY OF CHRISTIANITY 442-55

Lough Derg a Sacred Lake originally--Purgatorial Rites as Christianized Survivals of Ancient Celtic Rites--Purgatory as Fairyland--Purgatorial Rites parallel to Pagan Initiation Ceremonies--The Death and Resurrection Rite--Breton Pardons compared--Relation to Aengus Cult and Celtic Cave-Temples-- Origin of Purgatorial Doctrine pre-Christian--Celtic and Roman Feasts of dead shaped Christian ones--Fundamental Unity of Mythologies, Religions, and the Fairy-Faith.

SECTION IV

MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FAIRY-FAITH; AND CONCLUSIONS