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Quote #4
Later, Feather Mae renounced all religion that was not based on the experience of physical ecstasy—thereby shocking her Baptist church and its unsympathetic congregation. (1.6.33)
Meridian isn't the only member of her family to have a spiritual experience at the Sacred Serpent. For Feather Mae—Meridian's great-great-grandmother—this experience is nothing less than mind-blowing, shattering all of her preconceived notions about religion in an instant. Feather Mae is proof that you don't have to be conservative and straight-laced to believe in a higher power.
Quote #5
The Sojourner [...] filled her with the same sense of minuteness and hugeness, of past and present, of sorry and ecstasy that she had known at the Sacred Serpent. (1.13.2)
At the Sacred Serpent, Meridian felt like she was dying, like she was completely disconnected from reality itself. At the Sojourner, she achieves a similar effect in a different way: instead of making her feel like she's dead, it connects her to the past. For Meridian, this connection to her ancestors is an important part of spirituality.
Quote #6
"So God fixes the road in front of your house, does he?" she asked, using her Northern logic. (1.14.30)
It's not like Lynne isn't correct here—if the old woman wants things to change, she needs to take action herself. The problem is that Lynne doesn't understand the emotional power of religion because religion never played a part in her own upbringing.