***THE OPPOSITE OF ECUMENE?***
Ecumene: http://monstevr.livejournal.com/592831.html
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eldritch#Etymology
Middle English from earlier elrich, equiv. to OE el- (“foreign, strange, uncanny”) (see else ) + rīċe "realm, kingdom" (see rich ); hence “of a strange country, pertaining to the Otherworld”; cf. OE ellende "in a foreign land, exiled" (c. Ger. Elend "penury, distress"), Runic Norse alja-markir "foreigner"
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eldritch#Quotations
1790 - Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skriech and hollo. (I'm just shocked at how recently English was crazy.)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rich (Whoa. Nouveau Reich.) (Edit (10:53 PM): On a similar note, I misread this as, "Iconocaust.") (Edit (2:01 AM, Friday, June 12, 2009): It occurs to me that aside from its Shoah-connotations, the word "iconocaust" simply means the "burning of (the) icon(s)." Until I figure out the historical significance of the Iconocaust in the context of the history of whatever world I put it into, it doesn't contrast that much from "iconoclasm." The only difference is the means by which the icon(s) are destroyed: breaking vs. burning. ...FURTHER WORDPLAY YIELDS TO MY MIND'S CONSIDERATION THE TERM "HOLOCLASM," WHICH I GUESS WOULD JUST BE THE NAME FOR THE ULTIMATE DISASTER THAT LORD SAVAGE AVERTED IN CASTLE CAER-BLOOD-RAVEN-ON-SQUID-QUO-PRO.)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eldritch#Etymology
Middle English from earlier elrich, equiv. to OE el- (“foreign, strange, uncanny”) (see else ) + rīċe "realm, kingdom" (see rich ); hence “of a strange country, pertaining to the Otherworld”; cf. OE ellende "in a foreign land, exiled" (c. Ger. Elend "penury, distress"), Runic Norse alja-markir "foreigner"
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eldritch#Quotations
1790 - Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skriech and hollo. (I'm just shocked at how recently English was crazy.)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rich (Whoa. Nouveau Reich.) (Edit (10:53 PM): On a similar note, I misread this as, "Iconocaust.") (Edit (2:01 AM, Friday, June 12, 2009): It occurs to me that aside from its Shoah-connotations, the word "iconocaust" simply means the "burning of (the) icon(s)." Until I figure out the historical significance of the Iconocaust in the context of the history of whatever world I put it into, it doesn't contrast that much from "iconoclasm." The only difference is the means by which the icon(s) are destroyed: breaking vs. burning. ...FURTHER WORDPLAY YIELDS TO MY MIND'S CONSIDERATION THE TERM "HOLOCLASM," WHICH I GUESS WOULD JUST BE THE NAME FOR THE ULTIMATE DISASTER THAT LORD SAVAGE AVERTED IN CASTLE CAER-BLOOD-RAVEN-ON-SQUID-QUO-PRO.)