Mysticism Quiz 

Week 1

As the Fintry Trust Library is closed for the time being, Librarian Derek Parker has set a Mysticism Quiz to keep us occupied. We will post a link to 10 questions in the newsletter each month. Here is the first set of questions:-

Travels – who made the following journeys:

1.  to the Celestial City via the Slough of Despond?

2.  from Egypt to the Promised Land?

3.  to Ithaca via Circe’s Isle?

4.  from Bethlehem via Egypt to Nazareth?

5.  up Mount Purgatory to Paradise?

6.  sailed to Iona in 563AD

7.  from Troy to Italy via Carthage?

8.  from Mecca to Medina?

9.  from Jarrow via Lindisfarne to Durham?

10. from Rome to Canterbury in 597AD

Answers below

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1.  to the Celestial City via the Slough of Despond? (Bunyan’s Christian)
2.  from Egypt to the Promised Land? (Moses and the Israelites)
3.  to Ithaca via Circe’s Isle? (Odysseus/Ulysses)
4.  from Bethlehem via Egypt to Nazareth? (Mary, Joseph and Jesus)
5.  up Mount Purgatory to Paradise? (Dante)
6.  sailed to Iona in 563AD (St. Columba)
7.  from Troy to Italy via Carthage? (Aeneas)
8.  from Mecca to Medina? (Mohammed)
9.  from Jarrow via Lindisfarne to Durham? (The Venerable Bede)
10.  from Rome to Canterbury in 597AD (St Augustine)