…created, I always assumed, that it was dreamed up by some bishops of Rome, some synod or something. It was dreamed up by St. Patrick to convert the pagan Irish, to convince them that fairyland was part of the christian man. And he was so successful in…

…then there are thousands of these things. And it raises the question, were they always there or what's going on? St. Patrick, who brought Christianity to Ireland, found this belief. And also Anita makes the point about sensitivity. In irish folklore, there's…

…he found this belief in fairyland so powerfully entrenched in these people that he invented purgatory. Purgatory was invented by St. Patrick to convert the Irish. And then when word was carried back to Rome that Patrick, who was this great bishop…

…That is exactly the deal. And their dead souls is what they are. Interestingly, the whole notion of fairyland is when St. Patrick arrived in Ireland to convert the pagan Irish to Christianity, they were practicing what is called the fairy faith. They…

…get anywhere converting the Irish unless he made a place for this phenomenon. So he invented purgatory. Purgatory was invented by St. Patrick. It was not church doctrine before that time. And he then, very successfully. And if you are not Catholic or don't…

…idea came out of the roman contact with gnostic ideas, but I discovered in writing the introduction for the fairy faith that St. Patrick invented the idea of purgatory, and he invented it when he was converting the Irish to Christianity. He did it as a…

…the gospel message for their own purposes. I discovered, to my amazement, that that isn't what happened at all. That St. Patrick is the person responsible for purgatory, because he wrote Purgatory into christian doctrine in order to convert the celtic…

…Britain and Ayr. His chief germanic manifestations are Woden and Thor, his chief Celtic, Manannan Maclare. Again, he is St. Patrick carrying the new faith, again, strongbow leading the anglo norman conquest, again, Cromwell conquering with a bloody hand. Most…

…yet happened. Nor a voice from afire bellowed mishe. Mishe to tartuff. The arkpetric tartuffe is celtic, for thou art baptized. So St. Patrick has not yet baptized in Ireland. Not yet, though Venice soon after. And the venison is a pun on Venice. And…

…exactly the deal. And they're. And they're dead souls is what they are. Interestingly, the whole notion of fairyland is when St. Patrick arrived in Ireland to convert the pagan Irish to Christianity, they were practicing what is called the fairy faith. They…

…get anywhere converting the Irish unless he made a place for this phenomenon. So he invented purgatory. Purgatory was invented by St. Patrick. It was not church doctrine before that time. And he then very successfully. And if you are not catholic or don't…

…with early Christianity. But when I began looking into this, I discovered that the idea of purgatory was invented by St. Patrick, and it was invented specifically, specifically to convert the pagan Irish, because the pagan Irish believed in the land of…

…the gospel message for their own purposes. I discovered, to my amazement, that that isn't what happened at all, that St. Patrick is the person responsible for purgatory, because he wrote Purgatory into christian doctrine in order to convert the celtic…