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<title><![CDATA[Patrice Chaplin featured in Mystical Legends documentary: 'Girona, A City Of Secrets']]></title>
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<dc:creator>Xochi (sōchē) Adamé</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Explore the hidden mystical past of the medieval city of Girona, in Northern Spain! Join filmmaker C]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Explore the hidden mystical past of the medieval city of Girona, in Northern Spain! </strong>Join filmmaker Carrie Kirkpatrick as she retraces the steps of <strong><a href="http://www.patricechaplin.com/bio.html" target="_blank">Patrice Chaplin</a></strong> to discover Girona&#8217;s Jewish past and its links to Rennes Le Chateau and the Holy Grail! </p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/7180485"><strong>Watch the full-length Mystical Legends documentary <em>Girona, A City Of Secrets</em>! </strong></a>Available online now at<strong>  </strong><a href="http://vimeo.com"><strong>Vimeo</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="http://vimeo.com/7180485"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1501  aligncenter" title="Patrice on Mystical Legends" src="http://questbooks.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/patrice-on-mystical-legends1.jpg?w=300" alt="Patrice on Mystical Legends" width="300" height="249" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><a href="www.patricechaplin.com" target="_blank">Patrice Chaplin</a></strong> is the author of <em><strong><a href="www.patricechaplin.com" target="_blank">City of Secrets: One Woman&#8217;s True-life Journey to the Heart of the Grail Legend</a></strong>.</em> </p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Chaplin&#8217;s sequel memoir to <em>City of Secrets</em> is scheduled for release by </strong><a href="www.questbooks.net" target="_blank"><strong>Quest Books</strong></a><strong> in 2010!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Buy Patrice Chaplin&#8217;s current release, <em>City of Secrets</em>, now on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Secrets-Womans-True-life-Journey/dp/0835608719/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1256159389&#38;sr=8-2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>! </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>For more info vistit </strong><a href="http://www.patricechaplin.com" target="_blank"><strong>PatriceChaplin.com </strong></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dark Night in Retrospect [2]]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday [September 27, 2009], at 10:00 PM Eastern [02:00 UTC], I was back on Mystic Politic]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a name="N1"></a>This past Sunday <span class="GreeText">[September 27, 2009]</span>, at 10:00 PM Eastern <span class="GreeText">[02:00 UTC]</span>, I was back on <a target="_blank" href="http://mysticpolitics.com/">Mystic Politics</a> for Part II of my exploration into The Dark <span class="PurpText">[k]</span>Night and the crazy synchronicity surrounding it. Downloads of the show are available <strike>at the host&#8217;s site</strike> on <a target="_blank" href="http://audioam.blogtalkradio.com/show_673283.mp3">blogtalk radio</a> <span class="OrgFire">[FIXED]</span>. {<a href="#R1">*1</a>} You can also use the below player:</p>
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<p>For those not in the <a target="_blank" href="http://mysticpolitics.com/chat">Chat Room</a>, you missed out on Stygian Port <span class="PurpText">(aka ViolatoR)</span>, talking about anal sex and <strike>harassing people</strike> making friends. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif' alt=':evil:' class='wp-smiley' />  I&#8217;d like to thank those <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;familiar faces&#8221;</span> who made it and participated, notably: DazOotz, Deciph, Karin8, JackC, Lamarv, Matshanley, Mudpuppy97, StompingEvil, and ViolatoR.</p>
<p><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxjokerclap.gif?w=480&#038;h=240" alt="clapping joker" width="480" height="240" /></p>
<p><span class="GreeText">Hope I didn&#8217;t forget anyone.</span> Do note, to the right of these exact words, there is presently a poll taking place in regards to wordpress&#8217;s new rating/voting feature. So far, <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;I like puppy dogs and kitty cats&#8221;</span> is out in the lead. Not sure exactly what the proper course of action pending such a result would be.</p>
<p>We got into ChristIan Ba&#8217;al&#8217;s mutliple roles and penchant for being cast as one suffering from split personalities. Safe to assume there&#8217;s a good reason for that. The Prestige poster reminds us, <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;Are You Watching Closely?&#8221;</span> Lest we forget, there was Ba&#8217;al&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTihsJQHt48">infamous insane rant</a> against the lightman on the set of Terminator.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbalecrazy.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbalepsycho.jpg?w=220&#038;h=220" alt="american psycho" width="220" height="220" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxprestige.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxprestige.jpg?w=260&#038;h=220" alt="the prestige" width="260" height="220" /></a></p>
<p>Not mentioned <span class="PurpText">[durning the show]</span> was Bale&#8217;s first role at twelve years old in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092965/">Empire of the Sun</a>. Let&#8217;s see, you&#8217;ve got a young boy trained in ballet, being directed by <span class="GreeText">[alleged]</span> &#8220;dirty old man&#8221; Steven Spielberg. I think [forces behind] South Park gave us <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/g4d6spark.jpg">a pretty good hint</a> as to what may have happened to the young &#8220;Christian.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbalerina.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbalerina.jpg?w=190&#038;h=270" alt="bale ballet" width="190" height="270" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbaledoll.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbaledoll.jpg?w=290&#038;h=270" alt="psycho doll" width="290" height="270" /></a></p>
<p>For those who missed my prior blogs, here&#8217;s the Disney <a href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2008/12/g5xdisney.jpg">rim job</a> and the Disney <a href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/cdm4facial1.jpg">facial</a>. But, I&#8217;ve already summed up Disney <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/brf2disney.jpg">in one pic</a>. Thanks to a <a target="_blank" href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/dark-night-retrospect/#comment-5307">comment from Deciph</a>, I was reminded of our ballerina&#8217;s role in another gender bending story:</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dnxvelvet1.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dnxvelvet1.jpg" alt="gold velvet" width="130" height="175" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dnxvelvet3.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dnxvelvet3.jpg" alt="dig the rear" width="175" height="175" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dnxvelvet2.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dnxvelvet2.jpg" alt="gold mine" width="175" height="175" /></a></p>
<p>I guess the Dark Knight dropped enough hints as to why the Joker thought Bruce Wayne was practically <span class="GreeText">&#8220;begging for it.&#8221;</span> While that may not qualify as a justifiable rape defense, you can at least see why the Clown thought the <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;familiar place&#8221;</span> would appreciate his acquaintance and why Batman might <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;see fireworks&#8221;</span> as a result.</p>
<p><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxgaycooper.jpg?w=170&#038;h=240" alt="cooper" width="170" height="240" /><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxgaywayne.jpg?w=310&#038;h=240" alt="BLE" width="310" height="240" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve <a target="_blank" href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/a-true-blue-sexual-review/#Tokyo">already written about Bill Kaulitz</a>, the lead singer from Tokio Hotel and lesbian agenda poster boy before <span class="PurpText">[hm, this trend of "hipsters" respelling words incorrectly is surely part and parcel of the dubming down agenda]</span>. Hence, I wanted to find a new picture to add here, and found a &#8220;good&#8221; one of the young <strike>man</strike> lady <span class="PurpText">[right]</span>.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxtokyohumor.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxtokyohumor.jpg?w=320&#038;h=210" alt="flashing girls" width="320" height="210" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxtokyoboy.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxtokyoboy.jpg?w=160&#038;h=210" alt="gender bender" width="160" height="210" /></a></p>
<p>I also found the above <span class="PurpText">[left]</span> image from a series showing a bunch of <strike>fans</strike>, <strike>future whores</strike> mindless bimbettes <span class="GreeText">[¿useless eaters?]</span> greeting him outside his hotel. There are so many levels of wrong with that picture, but flashing your titties to a gay boy, <strong>that</strong> is the definition of insanity <span class="PurpText">[<a target="_blank" href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/mystic-clowstrike/#Titties">as someone was kind enough to remind us</a>]</span>. Speaking of <strike>Bill</strike> <em>Willhemina,</em> here&#8217;s <strike>his</strike> <em>her</em> adhoc rendition of &#8220;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTmGGiGQlsM&#38;boytoy">It&#8217;s Raining Men.&#8221;</a> </p>
<p><span class="GreeText">Hallelujah!</span> Lastly, the series was taken/posted by a mysterious voyeur, and <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxtokyogirls.jpg">the last of them is revelatory gold</a>. <span class="GreeText">&#8220;Fuck You, Pervert,&#8221;</span> or the German equivalent, is my guess at the words leaving the top hole of the <strike>young lady</strike> hapless whore in the middle of all the little girls around her <span class="PurpText">[and their <strike>mothers</strike> feeders/trinket-providers]</span>. I&#8217;d recommend she stay out of Transylvania, as her inability to see her own reflection in the mirror, might lead to someone driving a wooden stake through her, um, <span class="GreeText">&#8220;heart.&#8221;</span> Rats, this means by next time I vacation on the Greek Isles, the average German girl will be just as stupid and worthless as an American one. {<a href="#R2">*2</a>}</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkinseytime.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkinseytime.jpg?w=140&#038;h=200" width="140" height="200" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkinseymouth.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkinseymouth.jpg?w=200&#038;h=200" width="200" height="200" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkinseyliam.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkinseyliam.jpg?w=140&#038;h=200" width="140" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>Depending on how far back you wanna trace the blame game for the agenda, I&#8217;m sure part of it could be assigned to another homosexual poster-boy of his time, <span class="PurpText">&#8220;dOCTOr&#8221;</span> Alfred Kinsey. Indubitably, as the revelatory Time cover makes clear, the man was promoted well beyond the length of his feeble reach. Though Kinsey may <a target="_blank" href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/whore-box-orifice-b/#R6">have spoken highly of me</a>, I just cannot return the favor. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=':wink:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Heck, the center image makes clear, that even back then <span class="GreeText">[1956]</span>, subtlety escaped the average moron. <span class="GreeText">&#8220;You Need to Suck Dick, Shiksa&#8221;</span> is the implied title of that record <span class="PurpText">[yes, released as an LP]</span>. <span class="GreeText">Oy veh, <strike>Doctor</strike> Murray, oy veh!</span> <span class="OrgFire">[¿O-V?]</span> As for Liam, does playing Kinsey, being Batman&#8217;s, ahem, <a target="_blank" href="http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#History">&#8220;mentor&#8221;</a> <span class="OrgFire">[¿WTF?]</span> and also &#8220;crossing swords&#8221; with a flamboyant gay man in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114287/">Rob Roy</a> qualify him too?</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxupside.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxupside.jpg?w=480&#038;h=200" alt="the truth" height="200" width="480"></a></p>
<p>As said back in my initial write-up, the movie, under the layers of brain-fucking, drops more than enough hints as to who won and what really happened. All you/we have to do is decipher them. The Joker may riddle, but at least, he is not lying.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxpunked.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxpunked.jpg?w=480&#038;h=200" alt="the truth" height="200" width="480"></a></p>
<p>When the <span class="GreeText">&#8220;good guys&#8221;</span> stoop to such levels <span class="PurpText">[as Gordon and Batman]</span>, than all is lost. Per my interpretation, that was the point of the movie. Some credit for the &#8220;pop culture&#8221; addition to the above image, goes to an unrecalled voice in the chatroom.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxrubble.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxrubble.jpg?w=320&#038;h=190" alt="another reminder" width="320" height="190" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxhagee.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxhagee.jpg?w=160&#038;h=190" alt="john hagee fund" width="160" height="190" /></a></p>
<p>Aside from <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnreldiablo.jpg">the scene</a> reminding us buildings don&#8217;t fall unless <b>all</b> d<span class="PurpText">et</span>onations go off <span class="OrgFire">[¿hm, like in a "money bomb"?]</span>, and <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/ud1darkwtc.jpg">the promo poster</a>, I had forgotten the above <span class="PurpText">[left]</span> shot. Someone really wanted <strike>us</strike> <em>the popcorn munchers</em> to remember 9/11 and why &#8220;they&#8221; <b>need</b> &#8220;them&#8221; <span class="PurpText">[as <em>V for Vendetta</em> reMinded us and them]</span>.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxwtcface.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxwtcface.jpg?w=210&#038;h=180" alt="wtc face" width="210" height="180" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/brf3joker.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/brf3joker.jpg?w=270&#038;h=180" alt="burn face" width="270" height="180"></a></p>
<p>Beyond thermite, dancing Israelis, TV fakery, mini-nukes, short-sales, insurance scams, Zionist comptrollers, missing trillions, and the resulting &#8220;truth&#8221; movement, there was a lot more to the ritual involved on 9/11 than most are <span class="GreeText">willing</span> to contemplate. I don&#8217;t know why the &#8220;face&#8221; on the right syncs with the face on the left, but <a target="_blank" href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/crafty-tentacles-of-love/">the portal meme</a> is with us, and whenever one is opened, logic suggests it&#8217;s a two-way door. </p>
<p>If there was <strong>nothing</strong> to it, I doubt someone would have taken the time to create a fake face in the smoke <span class="PurpText">[other side of the building]</span> to confound the public mind. </p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxchezhell.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxchezhell.jpg?w=480&#038;h=320" alt="the truth" height="320" width="480"></a></p>
<p>For those who&#8217;ve been following my blog, you know I care little for a &#8220;real&#8221; [new] 911 Investigation, and see little point in such, for that will, at most, produce nothing other than a few sacrificial scapegoats for the fire, and just placate the same masses who missed the entire point of this movie. Far more pressing to me, is that people &#8220;wake up&#8221; to the hell <span class="GreeText">they are putting themselves in</span>. </p>
<p>We played an Elvis song during the show, and now another comes to mind, from a song appropriately entitled, &#8220;New Amsterdam&#8221; <span class="PurpText">[i.e., "New York"]</span>: <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;The transparent people who live on the other side, living a life that is almost like suicide.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxtsa.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxtsa.jpg?w=480&#038;h=180" alt="tsa" height="180" width="480"></a></p>
<p>This is the world Batman/Wayne wants us peasants to live in. <span class="GreeText">What an asshole!</span> <em>If he wasn&#8217;t such a little whore, this Rebel would fuck him <strong>too</strong>.</em> If such thoughts sound extreme/insane to you, then perhaps, this song <span class="PurpText">[played during show]</span> is about me: <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;Here I am on the far side of crazy. Here I am the mortal enemy of man.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxdresden.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxdresden.jpg?w=340&#038;h=200" alt="dresden fire" width="340" height="200" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/brf6attagirl.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/brf6attagirl.jpg?w=140&#038;h=200" alt="atta whore" width="140" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>Another undeniable truth spoken by Ledger&#8217;s Joker was regarding how people will accept all sorts of madness and <span class="GreeText"><b>un</b></span>sanity, as long as it <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;goes according to plan.&#8221;</span> Oh, the horrors we have tolerated <span class="PurpText">[such as above]</span>, and we are tolerating <span class="GreeText">[Darfur, Palestine, Iraq, Sri Lanka, et al]</span> on schedule. The death toll of 911 was but a hiccup in comparison, yet <span class="GreeText">&#8220;<span class="OrgFire">unplanned</span>&#8220;</span> <span class="PurpText">[publicly]</span> &#8230; hence, &#8220;everyone lost their mind.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxprince.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxprince.jpg?w=480&#038;h=200" alt="the truth" height="200" width="480"></a></p>
<p>The conversation between Dent and Rachel, subtly put in as party banter, was a veritable <span class="PurpText">&#8220;goldmine&#8221;</span> of truth. Surely, the words were lost on the average viewer:</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="OrgFire">Rachel: &#8220;Harvey Dent, scourge of the underworld. Scared stiff by the trust fund brigage.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Harvey: &#8220;You <em>cannot</em> leave me <strong>alone</strong> with these people.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="OrgFire">Rachel: &#8220;The whole mob&#8217;s after you and you&#8217;re worried about these guys?&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Harvey: &#8220;Yea. Compared to this, the mob doesn&#8217;t scare me.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The really sick fucks aren&#8217;t walking among us or hiding in imaginary vans, wating to pounce on us. They attend lavish parties, occasionally appear on LifeStyles of The Rich and Famous, and laugh at the fools who &#8220;brand&#8221; themselves with their names. Kubrick obviously knew that. Hm, <span class="GreeText">&#8220;Harvey&#8221;</span> was the name of a famous rabbit.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sexstargate.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sexstargate.jpg?w=480&#038;h=240" height="240" width="480" /></a></p>
<p>One important fact time and <span class="GreeText">chaos</span> prevented me from sharing during the show, was a little find about Janus, aka Two-Face, aka Obamanaton. Janus was the patron deity of beginnings and endings, and also <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;of openings and closings, of entrances and exits, and hence the god of the door or gate that opened both ways.&#8221;</span> In other words, of stargates.</p>
<p><a name="N3"></a>Unfortunately, aside from discussing the notion of a &#8220;star&#8221; as representative of an anus, I didn&#8217;t have enough time to get into the stargate concept; that beyond the anus as a place to put one&#8217;s cock in <span class="PurpText">[per society's indoctrinated <a target="_blank" href="http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ponyo/">ponyo</a>graphic mores]</span>. The stargate topic is a veritable show unto itself. Come to think of it, whenever some Hollywood mogul tells a young <span class="PurpText">[and soon to be naked]</span> actor/actress, <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;Baby I&#8217;m gonna make you a star,&#8221;</span> <strong>technically</strong>, they aren&#8217;t &#8220;lying.&#8221; {<a href="#R3">*3</a>}</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxgrimm.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxgrimm.jpg?w=240&#038;h=180" alt="brothers grimm" width="240" height="180"></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxmatrix.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxmatrix.jpg?w=240&#038;h=180" alt="the matrix" width="240" height="180"></a></p>
<p>We got into Atlantean Time&#8217;s excellent well of related syncs, <a target="_blank" href="http://atlanteanjournal.blogspot.com/2008/03/heath-ledger-and-five-points-of-rennes.html">Heath Ledger and the Five Points of Rennes le Chateau</a>. Shame he&#8217;s not writing anymore. In consideration of the Burning Ring, the above pictures remind me, that in countries that didn&#8217;t undergo the bullshit <span class="PurpText">[and degrading]</span> feminist movement, women learned to wield their power subtly; <span class="GreeText">letting</span> their man serve as the &#8220;facade&#8221; of power. Hm, the red dress makes me wonder if that was implied for the Matrix&#8217;s Merovingian?</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxrendevil.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxrendevil.jpg?w=240&#038;h=180" width="240" height="180"></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxrenlucy.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxrenlucy.jpg?w=240&#038;h=180" width="240" height="180"></a></p>
<p>Much has been made of the demon/devil sculpted at the Renes Le Chateaux. But for me, that guy is far less scary than the Whore from Hell and the creepy blond-haired Demon Spawn she&#8217;s holding. Come to think of it, the proximity of the two above sculptures at the Chateaux is giving me a whole <em>Damien/Rosemary&#8217;s Baby</em> vibe.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbustwotwo.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbustwotwo.jpg?w=480&#038;h=174" alt="all aboard" height="174" width="480"></a></p>
<p>All aboard Bus 22! <span class="GreeText">Or, not.</span> May have to expand on &#8220;death becomes her&#8221; one day. Coincidentally <span class="PurpText">[whatever the fuck that means]</span>, a <span class="OrgFire">Catch 22</span> is a metaphor for a &#8220;no-win situation,&#8221; and the name of Joseph <span class="GreeText">Hell</span>er&#8217;s famous novel. For some reason, I had been under the <span class="PurpText">[false]</span> impression, he also wrote of the horrors of Dresden in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440180295/celticrebel-20">Slaughterhouse-Five</a> <span class="PurpText">[a la the star]</span>.</p>
<p>The idea of a knife/sword being representative of a phallus goes back quite a ways in Hollywood. Per the pictures below, so does the gay agenda. Oh, how obvious!</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxzorro1.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxzorro1.jpg?w=160&#038;h=240" alt="zorro" width="160" height="240" /><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxzorro2.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxzorro2.jpg?w=160&#038;h=240" alt="zorro" width="160" height="240" /><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxzorro3.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxzorro3.jpg?w=160&#038;h=240" alt="zorro" width="160" height="240" /></a></p>
<p>Unfortunately <span class="PurpText">[depending on perspective]</span>, didn&#8217;t have time to get more into the gay agenda, for which I had created the below image from Entourage for the show. Afterwards, I was reminded there was an episode where Drama and Turtle, per the script, accidentally <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;crossed swords,&#8221;</span> while sharing some whore between them.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxenterme.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxenterme.jpg?w=480&#038;h=360" alt="cock-fest" width="480" height="360" /></a></p>
<p>Didn&#8217;t have enough time to get into the <span class="GreeText">&#8220;x-box&#8221;</span> either, suffice to say that you will see one in just about every major studio movie made of the <span class="PurpText">[at least]</span> last 20 years. Nor, did I get into the victim-to-be &#8220;selecting&#8221; the <span class="OrgFire"><em>burning/flaming</em></span> red wig.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxboxone.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxboxone.jpg?w=480&#038;h=200" alt="x-box" height="200" width="480"></a></p>
<p>For those curious as to my <span class="GreeText">&#8220;emergenpy,&#8221;</span> both the snake and the frog lived to hop/crawl another day. Per my neighbors, the next day they got up, to find the frog parked right in front of their door, as if to express his gratitude for saving him. </p>
<p>The kitten which made a <span class="GreeText">surprise guest appearance</span> is the latest addition to the Rebel family. His name is Perseus and he&#8217;s got a &#8220;fuck-all kick-ass&#8221; personality. Named him after the Perseids Meteor Shower, which me and friends were out watching, when this scrawny little guy <span class="PurpText">[roughly 4/5 weeks old]</span>, walked out to the middle of nowhere to greet us. He and the dog started playing together and in unison, my friends remarked, <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;You know this means you have to keep him.&#8221;</span> Of course. Note to any Medusae  intent on paying me a visit: you are fucked!</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxboxtwo.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxboxtwo.jpg?w=480&#038;h=200" alt="red wig" height="200" width="480"></a></p>
<p><a name="N4"></a>Yea, I did use a couple of Bible quotes. There is much wisdom contained in the book, but it&#8217;s like deciphering movies, you have to look past bullshit aimed at the Eucharist-munching masses. Speaking of same, I find a well of endless humor that they use the Bible to describe homosexuality as an <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxbamanation.jpg">abomination</a> <span class="PurpText">[¡!]</span>, while quoting the version dedicated to one of the biggest poofers ever, King James. {<a href="#R4">*4</a>}</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkingjames.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxkingjames.jpg?w=480&#038;h=240" alt="the gay king" width="480" height="240" /></a></p>
<p>I have to apologize. After last week&#8217;s show, I had about an hour of material left over. Prior to this week&#8217;s show, I expanded on some areas and added about two hours of material to it. Next time I do a show <span class="GreeText">[no, there won't be a Dark Knight III interview]</span>, I&#8217;ll have a better idea of the handwritten note to hour ratio.</p>
<p>Also didn&#8217;t have time to get into the two lunatics below, but I really love the first image, so have to share it. Worth noting, the sis informed me that Pluto <span class="PurpText">[i.e, the "planet" according to people with a few brain cells left in their head, and "something else" per those whose head is filled with nothing but shite]</span>, is moving to Capricorn this year <span class="GreeText">[<a target="_blank" href="http://the11thcontinuum.com/pluto_and_the_418_cycle.htm">the "when" debatable</a>]</span>, a place it hasn&#8217;t incidentally been since <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/fchjones.jpg">1776</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxjonesy.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxjonesy.jpg?w=360&#038;h=260" alt="crazy jonesy" width="360" height="260" /></a><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxshayler.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxshayler.jpg?w=120&#038;h=260" alt="david shayler" width="120" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>On the night after the show, I&#8217;m up at my bar, and for some god-damn reason, a few people are asking me about my blog. <span class="GreeText">&#8220;Not a good intro week,&#8221;</span> I&#8217;m cursing, as the front page article was the one where I spoke of <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;fucking Jehovah up the ass.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Anyway, one guy wanted to &#8220;talk&#8221; about movies, and I was grimacing <span class="GreeText">[internally]</span>, cause I&#8217;ve learned that when most people say &#8220;talk&#8221; they mean, <span class="GreeText">&#8220;they talk, and you listen,&#8221;</span> and usually go off on tirades about politics and other matters I couldn&#8217;t give two shits about. This guy insisted on talking about the many layers of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/">Shawshank Redemption</a> and I played along, until it <span class="PurpText">[the below scene]</span> exploded in my skull:</p>
<p><a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxshawshank.jpg"><img src="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dnxshawshank.jpg?w=480&#038;h=240" alt="shawshank redemption" width="480" height="240" /></a></p>
<p>So, Morgan, aka God, aka Lucifer, just happened to go by the  name of <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;Red?&#8221;</span> Oh, man! Sometimes, <span class="PurpText">(a)</span> even with this world&#8217;s parabolically rising level of ignorance, I should have some faith in my fellow man, and <span class="PurpText">(b)</span> I too need to stop talking long enough to listen. A <span class="GreeText">&#8220;river of shit!&#8221;</span> The <span class="GreeText">&#8220;other side!&#8221;</span> Oh, as another very famous carpenter, Karen, once crooned, <span class="OrgFire">&#8220;We&#8217;ve only just begun.&#8221;</span></p>
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Oct 2009: <a href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/dark-night-retrospect-two/">Dark Night in Retrospect [2]</a>
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<p class="GreeFoot"><a name="R1"></a>*1: Now, that Mercury is out of retrogade and all my computers are working, should perspiration and inspiration ever meet, I may combine the two shows, normalize and trim-out the dead NSA air, upload somewhere, and attach here <span class="NormText">[right here]</span>. Gods/Planets be willing, of course. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=':wink:' class='wp-smiley' />  [<a href="#N1">LB</a>]</p>
<p class="GreeFoot"><a name="R2"></a>*2: A Fräulein was always worth a shag back in the days. But then again, my German readers might guess it&#8217;s been a few years since. I should make an image that reads: <span class="NormText">Tokio Hotel: &#8220;Whores check in, but they don&#8217;t check out.&#8221;</span> [<a href="#N2">LB</a>]</p>
<p class="GreeFoot"><a name="R3"></a>*3: For those who missed the Karl Rove pic, <a href="http://celticrebel.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/brf3patrick.jpg">here it is</a>. After the show, <a target="_blank" href="http://thestygianport.blogspot.com/">Violator</a> reminded me that in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/">Team America, World Police</a>, when the producer invites the young actor/star inside his limo, he responds: <span class="NormText">&#8220;I&#8217;m supposed to get in your car and let you put your finger inside me.&#8221;</span> For more info on the Stargate in the [new] Atlantis, <a target="_blank" href="http://celticrebel.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/hammer-and-anvil-vi/">follow the white-rabbit</a> <span class="OrgFire">[but, <strong>only</strong> if your heart is pure]</span>. [<a href="#N3">LB</a>]</p>
<p class="GreeFoot"><a name="R4"></a>*4: Yes, King James wo so fabulous, that he was often referred to as &#8220;Queen James,&#8221; openly. His first &#8220;love&#8221; was his little cousin. Heck, even the sickening homage to his solar predecessor, the <strong>female</strong> queen (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/">Elizabeth</a>), strongly hinted at it. Yes, the <span class="NormText">&#8220;sun shone out of his behind.&#8221;</span> [<a href="#N4">LB</a>]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[♫ Patrice Chaplin's 'City of Secrets' Inspiration for Corjan de Raaf's Newest Single! ]]></title>
<link>http://questbooks.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/%e2%99%ab-patrice-chaplins-city-of-secrets-inspiration-for-corjan-de-raffes-newest-single/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Xochi (sōchē) Adamé</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Pop singer/songwriter Corjan de Raaf is known for writing &#8220;songs with a head, a tail and a sto]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pop singer/songwriter </strong><a href="http://www.raafmusic.nl/over-de-raaf/" target="_blank"><strong>Corjan de Raaf</strong></a><strong> is known for writing &#8220;songs with a head, a tail and a story in between.&#8221; Corjan&#8217;s latest release, <em>City of Secrets (The Grail in You)</em>, is based on Hollywood&#8217;s </strong><a href="http://www.patricechaplin.com/bio.html" target="_blank"><strong>Patrice Chaplin</strong></a><strong> and her recent memoir <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0835608719/?tag=googhydr-20&#38;hvadid=3017671011&#38;ref=pd_sl_95b1pxgpva_e" target="_blank">City of Secrets: One Woman&#8217;s True-life Journey to the Heart of the Grail Legend</a></em>.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/RSZm2U9Ym0A&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/RSZm2U9Ym0A&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>&#8220;When her book <a target="_blank href="><em>City of Secrets</em></a> was published in 2004, it caused quite a stir. The book basically recounts how a young woman gets involved with the keeper of the Grail in the Spanish city of Gerona. The book, which is an autobiographical account, is beautifully written and has many touchpoints with the mysteries that are so dear to me. My next single will be called City of Secrets. It’s a song written for Chaplin about her book. Fortunately, she loved the lyrics and the music and even let me use a picture of her on the cover&#8230;City of Secrets is an up-tempo addictive pop song. It is a love song again but not like any other<img class="alignright" src="http://www.raafmusic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/raafje1.jpg" alt="" width="187" height="259" /> one you’ve heard I think. The song will have it’s TV premiere in the <a href="http://www.reality-entertainment.com/films/titles/gardiners-world-the-alternative-tv-show" target="_blank">Philip Gardiner show</a>. I am slowly releasing it to the internet channels as we speak. You might want to have a peep <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Secrets-Grail-You/dp/B002ORU5OI/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dmusic&#38;qid=1252858235&#38;sr=8-8" target="_blank">here</a>.&#8221; <br />&#8211;Corjan de Raaf</p>
<p>Corjan has just released his first full-length album ‘Scenes’. Corjan is probably best known in the international world of Mystery Hunters for his contributing  research into the <a href="http://www.rlcresearch.com/enigma-of-rennes-le-chateau/" target="_blank">Mystery of Rennes-le-Château</a>, the enigma around the French priest Bérenger Saunière. Today, Corjan de Raaf’s website <a href="http://www.rlcresearch.com/" target="_blank">RLC Research</a> is one of the biggest and most authoritative english sites in the field. De Raaf also co-founded <a href="http://www.rennessence.com/" target="_blank">Radio Rennessence</a>, a mystery podcast website that includes a large number of audio interviews with authors and researchers.</p>
<p>Connect with <a href="http://www.raafmusic.nl/" target="_blank">Corjan de Raaf</a> on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/corjanderaaf?ref=name" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/corjanderaaf" target="_blank">@corjanderaaf</a> !</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.apple.com/nl/itunes/affiliates/download/?trackName=City%20of%20Secrets%20%28the%20Grail%20In%20You%29&#38;artistName=Corjan%20de%20Raaf&#38;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fa1.phobos.apple.com%2Fus%2Fr1000%2F044%2FMusic%2Fd0%2F86%2Fe6%2Fmzi.qnuqmkkt.100x100-75.jpg&#38;itmsUrl=itms%3A%2F%2Fax.itunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum%3Fi%3D331267772%26id%3D331267676%26s%3D143452%26uo%3D4%26ign-mscache%3D1&#38;albumName=City%20of%20Secrets%20%28the%20Grail%20In%20You%29"><img class="alignleft" src="http://amplifiedgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/itunes_icon.png" alt="" width="40" height="40" /></a>   <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Secrets-Grail-You/dp/B002ORU5OI/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dmusic&#38;qid=1252858235&#38;sr=8-8"><img class="alignleft" src="http://wire.ggl.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/amazon_logo_sm.png" alt="" width="81" height="34" /></a>Buy the single <em>now</em>:</p>
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<link>http://larocheauxloups.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/les-projections/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Codex Rhedae, l&#8217;Evangile selon Bérenger Saunière, poursuit sa route. Sortie officielle des pre]]></description>
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<link>http://mundodesconocido.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/sintonia-alfa-lenigmatic-tresor-dels-catars/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pau Tristany</dc:creator>
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<link>http://area51blog.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/rennes-le-chateau-le-grand-mystere/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Guieu nous parle dans son émission Les portes du Futur du mystère de Rennes le Château&#8230;]]></description>
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<link>http://bunhill.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/rennes-le-chateau-the-magdala-tower/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bunhill</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Toutes les étoiles en parlent Jeudi 11 juin sur IDFM]]></title>
<link>http://area51blog.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/toutes-les-etoiles-en-parlent-jeudi-11-juin-sur-idfm/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Era</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Jeudi 11 juin à partir de 23 heures, Georges Combe sera l’invité de Jean-Claude Carton sur La discus]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Jeudi 11 juin à partir de 23 heures,  Georges Combe sera l’invité de Jean-Claude Carton sur<a href="http://idfm98.free.fr/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2430" title="v10_logo" src="http://area51blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/v10_logo.jpg" alt="v10_logo" width="113" height="77" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2431" title="Georges_Combe_002" src="http://area51blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/georges_combe_002.jpg?w=132" alt="Georges_Combe_002" width="132" height="150" />La discussion portera sur Maître Philippe de Lyon et des lieux secrets de Lugdunum, de Berlioz et Rennes-le Château</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Vous pouvez intervenir pendant l’émission en composant le 01 34 12 12 22 (numéro non surtaxé) et aussi grâce au message live en haut à gauche sur la page d’accueil de la radio.  <!--more--></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Georges Combe est né à Lyon.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Après une licence et une agrégation de lettres, il enseigne à Lyon quelques années, puis se consacre à sa véritable passion, les images et les films. Avec quelques amis, il fonde une société de production à Lyon “les films du Plateau” qui produira pendant 14 ans plusieurs centaines de films (courts métrages, documentaires, fictions, films institutionnels, etc…). Il réalise aussi des films d’auteur comme Aran ou la dernière Atlantide, Un Amour de Berlioz.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Puis désireux de plus de liberté dans ses choix de films et de sujets, il s’installe à Paris comme réalisateur indépendant, où il réalisera pour les chaines de télévision de nombreux documentaires pour la télévision sur des sujets essentiellement historiques ou artistiques :</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L’île des morts</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L’enluminure au Moyen Age</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Les années romantiques</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le repas chez Simon</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Où sommes-nous, quelle heure est-il ? (les mesures de l’espace et du temps)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L’histoire du festival de la Chaise-Dieu</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le musée des Beaux arts-de Lyon Lyon site historique (Lyon patrimoine mondial de l’humanité)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Voyage en Franc-Maçonnerie</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La peinture lyonnaise</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Marie-Madeleine en Provence</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Carnac (sur un texte de Jean Rouaud sur les alignements )</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le château d’If (sur un texte de Dominique Fernandez),</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Rennes-le-Château (du trésor au vertige)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De Saunière à Da Vinci</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le Voyage alchimique…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Depuis quelques années Georges Combe vit à nouveau près de Lyon.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le site de Jean-Claude :</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://etoilesducoeur.fr/edc/part/carton_jc/idfm/tleep.php">Toutes les étoiles en parlent </a></p>
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<link>http://neoconscienceblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/toutes-les-etoiles-en-parlent-jeudi-11-juin-sur-idfm/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Era</dc:creator>
<guid>http://neoconscienceblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/toutes-les-etoiles-en-parlent-jeudi-11-juin-sur-idfm/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeudi 11 juin à partir de 23 heures,  Georges Combe sera l&#8217;invité de Jean-Claude Carton sur La]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-879" title="Georges_Combe_002" src="http://neoconscienceblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/georges_combe_002.jpg?w=132" alt="Georges_Combe_002" width="132" height="150" />Jeudi 11 juin à partir de 23 heures,  Georges Combe sera l&#8217;invité de Jean-Claude Carton sur <a href="http://idfm98.free.fr/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-880" title="v10_logo" src="http://neoconscienceblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/v10_logo.jpg" alt="v10_logo" width="113" height="77" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La discussion portera sur Maître Philippe de Lyon et des lieux secrets de Lugdunum, de Berlioz et Rennes-le Château</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Vous pouvez intervenir pendant l&#8217;émission en composant le 01 34 12 12 22 (numéro non surtaxé) et aussi grâce au <span><a href="http://idfm98.free.fr/index10.php" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"> message live en haut à gauche sur la page d&#8217;accueil de la radio.</span></span></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Georges Combe est né à Lyon.<br />
Après une licence et une agrégation de lettres, il enseigne à Lyon quelques années, puis se consacre à sa véritable passion, les images et les films. Avec quelques amis, il fonde une société de production à Lyon &#8220;les films du Plateau&#8221; qui produira pendant 14 ans plusieurs centaines de films (courts métrages, documentaires, fictions, films institutionnels, etc&#8230;).<br />
Il réalise aussi des films d&#8217;auteur comme <em>Aran ou la dernière Atlantide</em>, <em>Un Amour de Berlioz</em>.</p>
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Puis désireux de plus de liberté dans ses choix de films et de sujets, il s&#8217;installe à Paris comme réalisateur indépendant, où il réalisera pour les chaines de télévision de nombreux documentaires pour la télévision sur des sujets essentiellement historiques ou artistiques :</p>
<p><em>L&#8217;île des morts<br />
L&#8217;enluminure au Moyen Age<br />
Les années romantiques<br />
Le repas chez Simon<br />
Où sommes-nous, quelle heure est-il ? </em>(les mesures de l&#8217;espace et du  temps)<br />
<em>L&#8217;histoire du festival de la Chaise-Dieu<br />
Le musée des Beaux arts-de Lyon<br />
Lyon site historique</em> (Lyon patrimoine mondial de l&#8217;humanité)<br />
<em>Voyage en Franc-Maçonnerie<br />
La peinture lyonnaise<br />
</em><em></em><em><a href="http://www.dorianefilms.com/doriane_fiche.php/mariemadenprovence.html" target="_blank">Marie-Madeleine en Provence</a><br />
Carnac</em> (sur un texte de Jean Rouaud sur les alignements )<br />
<em>Le château d&#8217;If</em> (sur un texte de Dominique Fernandez),<br />
<em>Rennes-le-Château</em> (du trésor au vertige)<br />
<a href="http://www.imineo.com/sauniere-da-vinci-georges-combe/31/extrait-gratuit-825.htm" target="_blank"><em>De Saunière à Da Vinci</em></a><br />
<a href="http://www.voyage-alchimique.com/" target="_blank"><em>Le Voyage alchimique</em></a><em>&#8230; </em></p>
<p>Depuis quelques années Georges Combe vit à nouveau près de Lyon.</p>
<p>Le site de Jean-Claude :</p>
<p><a href="http://etoilesducoeur.fr/edc/part/carton_jc/idfm/tleep.php">Toutes les étoiles en parlent </a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Was Joan of Arc a Peasant Girl? The Evidence Says No!]]></title>
<link>http://dachadwick.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/was-joan-of-arc-a-peasant-girl-the-evidence-says-no/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dachadwick</dc:creator>
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<p>The story of a passionate, religiously devout nineteen year old woman saving France has long been a favorite of school girls (myself included), but how realistic is it?</p>
<p>As the story goes, Joan was born in 1412 in Domremy, France to Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romee who also had a number of other children. At age 13 she began to have visions of angels while tending the animals in the fields. These visions were of the saints, Michael, Marguerite and Catherine. They told her that she was the maid who would save France. These conversations went on for several years. The young girl spent a great deal of time in church talking with the priest and praying. When she heard church bells ringing Joan would drop to her knees where ever she happened to be.  She told the voices, her “counselors” that she was just a girl and could not do as they demanded.  She did not even know how to go about saving France. </p>
<p>In her late teens the voices rather aggressively insisted that Joan do as commanded, it was God’s wish.  This was no easy task, but turned out to be much easier than it should have been for an illiterate peasant girl. She began by talking her cousin into escorting her to see Robert Baudricourt, captain of Vaulcoulers. At first Baudricourt blew Joan off and sent her back home insisting that she needed a good spanking. He finally relented after some months and took her to see the dauphin (prince) Charles. Placing Charles on the throne was the vehicle required by the voices for saving France.</p>
<p> The first clue that things were not quite as they seemed was the fact that Charles, instead of just officially meeting the girl, hid among his courtiers to see if she would recognize him. Recognize him? How would a peasant’s daughter know someone she had not seen or had any interest in before? This has been viewed as a miracle, proof that God guided her as Joan went right to him. It does not seem to have occurred to anyone that perhaps Charles already knew Joan and her parentage and feared the consequences of the meeting.  He also did not trust her until she told him a secret in private, which was probably what he wanted to hear-that Charles VI was his father.  It must ever have occurred to him that maybe Isabeau was not his mother, even though they had formed no bond whatsoever. </p>
<p>Charles was eventually convinced of her mission with much influence from his guardian, Yolande of Aragon who was married to Louis II of Anjou, her father- in-law was Charles V of France and her son, Rene d’Anjou, who would ride with Joan throughout her military career. Joan was eventually given an army by the dauphin Charles and the opportunity to oust the English, so that he might be crowned. </p>
<p>Joan displayed an extraordinary ability to led men and an uncanny knowledge of artillery, not to mention that she could ride as well as any of the combat veterans. She often had her own methods of accomplishing military objectives as her voices disagreed with the strategies of the commanders. They were victorious and the dauphin Charles was crowned, but not in Paris as Joan had hoped. That great city was still held by the English.</p>
<p>This is the point where things begin to go wrong for the passionate young woman. Charles no longer wished to keep up military campaigns as they were expensive (and he was a bit of a sniveling wimp) and he was now King of France, Charles VII.  Joan was becoming an inconvenience. If Joan had just gone back home she probably would have lived out her life uneventfully, but she truly believed in a united France and could not see that diplomacy would accomplish that goal. She continued the fight.</p>
<p>Joan was captured at Compiegne on May 30, 1430 when the town folk closed the draw bridge and would not let it down for fear of losing the city to the English. She was held prisoner and moved several times until her Condemnation trial. Joan’s ransom could have been paid by Charles VII, but instead she was sold to the English. The Bishop of Beauvais, Pierre Cauchon, went to great efforts to be appointed her judge even though the case was out of his jurisdiction.  She was found guilty of heresy and burned at the stake May 31, 1431.</p>
<p>It was with Cauchon that the mother of Charles VII, Isabeau of Bavaria, drew up the Treaty of Troyes, which knocked him out of the line of succession, thus requiring the intervention of Joan of Arc in the first place. Her grandson, Henry VI of England would rule when old enough and until then his father, Henry V would rule as regent. The problem with this arrangement was that both Charles VI and Henry V died within a few months of each other leaving the infant Henry and Charles de Ponthieu to vie for the French throne.   </p>
<p>Is it really such a mystery why Isabeau of Bavaria would team up with the Bishop of Beauvais, Pierre Cauchon, in the Treaty of Troyes to side step the dauphin Charles when it became clear that he was not king material, and make her grandson, Henry VI the next heir to the French throne?  Isabeau’s daughter was Catherine de Valois, queen of England. The power would have stayed in the family with young Henry on the throne.  Isabeau has been painted in a very bad light thoughout history, perhaps without just cause.    </p>
<p>There had always been rumors about the parentage of Charles VII; most gossip consisted of Charles being the illegitimate son of Isabeau of Bavaria and Louis II, his uncle. He was very self conscious and defensive of such ideas and the talk continued well after the Maid of Lorraine burned at the stake.</p>
<p>Twenty-five years after Joan’s death a Rehabilitation Trial was ordered by Charles VII, which determined that the first trial was unfair and the reputation of Joan the Maid was restored. There was a great effort made to establish her roots in Lorraine as the daughter of the two lower class residents of Domremy, Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romee.</p>
<p>This is a very condensed version of the life of Joan of Arc, but will allow us to examine a few of the alleged “facts” of the case.  </p>
<p>When I first began writing my novel, <em>Rennes le Chateau: The Point of Origin</em>, I didn&#8217;t really believe that Joan was illegitimate aristocracy or that she could have escaped the stake, however, I began to look at her story like the law student I am and asked what I considered obvious questions.  I also found surprising, but entirely logical answers. </p>
<p>In villages like Domremy it was unlikely that a family would have lived so exposed with marauding, unemployed knights running about raping, pillaging and setting people on fire. As the story goes the inhabitants of Domremy would run to the fortified town of Greux for safety.   Such a scenario is not very reasonable. There simply would have not been enough time or warning for entire families, which would have included the elderly and infants, to even run the short distance to Greux. Villages like Domremy were most likely occupied by healthy male farm laborers who could have defended themselves. Families lived in more secure walled towns.</p>
<p>There are other problems with the Joan growing up in Domremy story. The first being, which town called Domremy was it? In the fifteenth century there were four other villages on the Meuse River called Domremy and others called Greux.  If it were indeed the village now in the department of the Vosges, there is a question about the house reputed to have belonged to her parents, Jacques d&#8217;Arc and Isabelle Romee. The house now shown to tourists was built in 1481, long after she allegedly died in 1431, by the son of Charles VII, Louis XI.  </p>
<p>Even the identity of Jacques is questionable as I point out in the book, </p>
<p><em>&#8220;The man who was supposed to be Joan’s father had several names throughout the time period; Jacques Tart, Jakes Delarch and Jacques d’Arc, so his identity is questionable. There was a man named Arc who was the tax collector for the Duke of Lorraine, but he did not live in Domremy.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>The fact that people attacked Isabelle Romee at the beginning of the Rehabilitation Trial is perhaps a good sign that people knew that she was not Joan’s mother. The Rehabilitation Trial is amazing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it is used to declare that the life of Joan of Arc is the most well documented of all medieval historical figures.</p>
<p>Indeed, there were a great many witnesses claiming to know her and at first this is impressive, until you consider that we are talking about fifteenth century France when a person was considered old at age 40 and lucky to see age 50. Twenty-five years later, we have nearly everyone who knew Joan as a girl still alive and their memories crystal clear. Not just clear, they also tell the exact same stories with the same details and this should catch the attention of any first year law student.</p>
<p>So who was Joan of Arc really? In a nutshell, since it took an entire book to develop this theory,  she was the legitimate daughter of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria. Charles was indeed the illegitimate one and he knew it. Why would the king and queen of France wish to switch babies? The first motive would the most obvious in that they wanted a male heir. The Salic Laws prevented females from inheriting titles, thus putting France at the mercy of whomever Joan married. The second reason could have been that when Joan began hearing voices and dropping to her knees at the sound of church bells, her parents feared that Joan had inherited the same mental illness as her father, Charles VI and they could not take the political risk that Joan being queen of France would have involved. Isabeau had often taken the reins of the kingdom when the king would gallop down the palace halls howling like dog. The political landscape of fifteenth century France was volatile and fractured at best. France could not afford another weak king.</p>
<p>A thorough reading of the Condemnation Trial transcript sheds a different light on the questions asked of Joan and her responses when you consider that she was royalty. It would also explain why a nineteen year old woman (though she was probably closer to age 24) would speak to men as equals or inferiors and order nobility around without a second thought. A royal upbringing would also explain why Joan seemed to know so much about military strategy, particularly artillery, and her excellent horsemanship skills.  If Joan were really the true queen of France it would explain the hatred displayed by some of the English and the obsessive need of Charles VII to use the whole Maid of Lorraine story to convince people she was a disillusioned nobody.</p>
<p>The real truth of the Joan of Arc story will probably never be known, but it is not the set in stone tale that historians declare it to be. There are far too many unanswered questions and more than enough reasonable doubt that Joan was not an ignorant peasant girl.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rennes-Le-Château. Historia, enigmas y descubrimientos.]]></title>
<link>http://tejiendoelmundo.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/rennes-le-chateau-historia-enigmas-y-descubrimientos/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 08:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://tejiendoelmundo.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/rennes-le-chateau-historia-enigmas-y-descubrimientos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[     ¿Pueblo de Dios? &#8220;Terribilis est locus iste&#8221; (Este lugar es terrible) es la inscrip]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web of Gold - The secret history of a sacred treasure - by Guy Patton and Robin Mackness]]></title>
<link>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/web-of-gold-the-secret-history-of-a-sacred-treasure-by-guy-patton-and-robin-mackness/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pretium</dc:creator>
<guid>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/web-of-gold-the-secret-history-of-a-sacred-treasure-by-guy-patton-and-robin-mackness/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to these guys, the Romans sacked the Temple of Jerusalem and carted off its goodies to Rom]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>According              to these guys, the Romans sacked the Temple of Jerusalem and carted              off its goodies to Rome whence it was again plundered by the Visigoths.              This people eventually settled in an area comprising southern France              and northern Spain. And when they in turn were threatened by the expanding              Franks, the treasure was secreted around about their last great fortress              at what is now Rennes-le-Chateau.</p>
<p>The                authors believe this was the first of no less than three treasures                (the other two being those of the Knights Templar and the &#8220;heretical&#8221;                Cathars) to be hidden in this region and that over the intervening                centuries various interested parties, with varying degrees of success,                have sought to recover them. The list includes British Intelligence,                the Nazis, a whole range of bizarre individuals and last, but by                no means least, certain factions within the French government who,                the authors assert, have altogether unwholesome links to the wartime                Vichy regime. A tangled web of gold indeed !</p>
<p>The                book traces the history of the treasures and investigates the stories                behind those who may (or may not) have unearthed all (or part of)                any of the three. The story of Bérenger Saunière,                the impoverished parish priest of Rennes-le-Chateau is told, of                how his renovations in the church with Visigothic foundations unearthed                something of world-shattering implication. The involvement of the                Priory of Sion is discussed, as well as the alleged dabbling and                skulduggery perpetrated by other sinister underground movements.</p>
<p>As                its title implies, this is a very complex book covering as it does                not only the history of the treasures supposedly hidden in the Languedoc,                but also the modern day implications of what those treasures might                symbolise were they to be recovered and returned to their rightful                owners.</p>
<p>There are so many fingers in this pie, there&#8217;s no room for                the filling !</p>
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<link>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/the-tomb-of-god-by-richard-andrews-paul-schellenberger/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pretium</dc:creator>
<guid>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/the-tomb-of-god-by-richard-andrews-paul-schellenberger/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Entranced by the story of Rennes-le-Chateau, a small village in southern France where the local prie]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Entranced                by the story of Rennes-le-Chateau, a small village in southern France                where the local priest, Bérenger Saunière, is reputed                to have discovered documents of world shattering consequence during                renovations of his rundown parish church, the authors embarked upon                a quest to find a solution to the mystery.</p>
<p>They ended up with a                whole heap more than they initially bargained for. What started                as a localised treasure hunt eventually led to a conclusion that,                if proved right, will shatter the belief structure of millions of                Christians and destroy the very foundation on which the Church in                Rome is founded.</p>
<p>Initial analysis of the alleged documents found                in the church at Rennes-le-Chateau led to the involvement of the                eminence gris that permeates the entire mystery, the Priory of Sion,                an organisation claiming not only descent from the Knights Templar                but also guardianship of a secret knowledge that could shake the                world.</p>
<p>The trial leads through a study of various renaissance paintings                the authors feel have been precisely constructed to encode a secret.</p>
<p>This one&#8217;s got the lot ! Ancient tombs located on geographical lines;                an intellectual treasure hunt through topographical features; coded                latin inscriptions carved into headstones that stand above empty                graves; the involvement of the Knights Templar and last, but by no                means least, a map that purports to pinpoint the burial site of                someone (or something) that will turn the world on its head.</p>
<p>Oh                lordy, this one&#8217;s a cracker !</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Holy Blood, Holy Grail - by Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, Richard Leig]]></title>
<link>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/holy-blood-holy-grail-by-michael-baigent-henry-lincoln-richard-leig/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pretium</dc:creator>
<guid>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/holy-blood-holy-grail-by-michael-baigent-henry-lincoln-richard-leig/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is the                one that started the whole thing off. It began as a simple investigation                into the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau and how an ostensibly impoverished                rustic priest, Bérenger Saunière, became rich seemingly                overnight. So poor he had to conduct renovations on his rustic parish                church himself, he appears to have discovered something hidden in                a pillar dating back to Visigothic times that supported the altar.                Trips to Paris followed soon after and Bernard Saunières                was suddenly a very wealthy man. What did he find ?</p>
<p>Enter the Priory                of Sion, an eminence gris that would figure hugely as the formerly                localised mystery went global. This shady organisation contacted                the authors on several occasions and put obscure hints and clues                (or were they red herrings) in their path.</p>
<p>Claiming to be an off-shoot                of The Knights Templar and the guardians of a secret that could                rock the Christian world to its very foundations, the information                provided by these people would take the authors on a roller-coaster                ride of investigation and discovery, leading them to a startling                conclusion.</p>
<p>And would it be capable of shaking the Christian world                to its very foundations. Oh yes. You bet !</p>
<p><span class="bodytext">-              Also published as The Holy Blood &#38; The Holy Grail</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Key to the Sacred Pattern: The untold story of Rennes-le-Chateau - by Henry Lincoln]]></title>
<link>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/key-to-the-sacred-pattern-the-untold-story-of-rennes-le-chateau-by-henry-lincoln/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a thoroughly entertaining book and is probably best read (as I did it) immediately after the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This                is a thoroughly entertaining book and is probably best read (as                I did it) immediately after the book mentioned above, Gerard de                Sede&#8217;s Accursed Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau. It documents the                history of Henry Lincoln&#8217;s involvement in the mystery at Rennes                right from the very beginning (his reading of de Sede&#8217;s book) through                all his cloak-and-dagger dealings with the Prieure de Sion and culminating                with his latest take on what he considers the Treasure of Rennestrue nature of the                treasure to be.</p>
<p>The                story of his journey includes not only a cast of the usual suspects,                many of whom we are already familiar with, but also some complete                and utter nutters who have been attracted to the Rennes-le-Chateau                mystery by the prospect of buried gold. Lincoln relates his dealings                with all of them. It is very interesting to watch his ideas and                speculations on what lies behind the mystery evolve from the initial                material dream of hidden treasure to the now more spiritual view                that sacred geometry is reflected naturally in the very topography                of the mountains surrounding Rennes itself.</p>
<p>What                the reader has to decide is whether or not Henry Lincoln is now                tarred with the Prieure de Sion&#8217;s brush. That is, have his dealings                with them and their predilection for red herrings and word games,                tainted the books that Lincoln now puts out ? How much of what is                in this book can be taken at face value ? Are his theories what                they seem ? It&#8217;s all getting very confusing, but it&#8217;s damned good                stuff. Oh yes indeed !</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ 	 	   The Accursed Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau - by Gerard de Sede]]></title>
<link>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/the-accursed-treasure-of-rennes-le-chateau-by-gerard-de-sede/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the English translation of the book that got the whole Rennes-le-Chateau show on the road. I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="bodytext">This is the                English translation of the book that got the whole Rennes-le-Chateau                show on the road. It&#8217;s the book that Henry Lincoln (co-author of                The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) picked up in some grotty old                bookstore for &#8220;holiday reading&#8221; and then realised it contained                far more than the ramblings of a French journalist down on his luck                and after a quick buck by trotting out a sensationalist story of                buried treasure. This is the book in which were first printed the                copies of the documents supposedly discovered by Berenger Sauniere                in the Visigothic pillar of his parish church at Rennes-le-Chateau.                Lincoln reportedly spotted the &#8220;code&#8221; latent in the documents                and everything took off from there.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The book itself                is quite cute, taking us through the by now familiar story of Sauniere&#8217;s                discovery and his subsequent (and highly suspicious) meteoric rise                from rags to riches. Because it is, in essence, the first book in                the Rennes Mystery genre, it is uncluttered with all the other speculation                that has since jumped on the bandwagon and is therefore a good opportunity                to focus solely on the events surrounding Sauniere at Rennes-le-Chateau.</p>
<p class="bodytext">But be warned                ! Cute is deceptive ! It transpires that the author, Gerard de Sede,                was put up to publish the book in the first place by none other                than that wonderful cloak-and-dagger mob, the Prieure de Sion. According                to de Sede, he published the book under the Prieure&#8217;s instructions                in the hope that &#8220;someone like Lincoln&#8221; would spot the                clues that lay scattered through its pages and bring the mystery                of Rennes to the eyes of the world. A strange way of going about                it ? I&#8217;ll say ! Read the book and make up your own minds.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cracking The Da Vinci Code - Simon Cox]]></title>
<link>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/cracking-the-da-vinci-code-simon-cox/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="bodytext">The huge success of Dan Brown&#8217;s &#8220;The Da Vinci Code&#8221; will come as no surprise to anyone whose quest has taken them to study the events surrounding the enigma of Berenger Sauniere and Rennes-le-Chateau. Although a work of fiction, the book has served to bring to the public arena the issue of the Magdalene Deception perpetrated by the Catholic Church. Many other themes are woven into the fabric of the story that will be familiar to any visitor to this website genuinely interested in its content.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Simon Cox, the editor-in-chief of <em>Phenomena </em> a magazine dedicated to challenging accepted dogma, has produced one of the many books spawned from the Da Vinci Code&#8217;s success, attempting to enlighten any interested party as to the facts behind the fiction.</p>
<p><span class="bodytext">Cox&#8217;s book is laid out alphabetically (it starts with &#8220;Adoration of the Magi&#8221; and ends with &#8220;Vitruvian Man&#8221; with roughly a page or two on each subject in between) and although a little short on really meaty detail it does serve as a good reference source and contains an extensive bibliography for further reading.</span></p>
<p><span class="bodytext">We&#8217;d probably recommend reading the Da Vinci Code first though</span>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar - Steven Sora]]></title>
<link>http://templarlore.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/the-lost-treasure-of-the-knights-templar-steven-sora/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pretium</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Well, well, well. What&#8217;s this one all about then? A very, very strange, very, very cleverly co]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.fishpond.co.nz/product_info.php?ref=1268&#38;products_id=1291351&#38;affiliate_banner_id=1" target="_blank"><img class="alignright" src="http://www.fishpond.co.nz/affiliate_show_banner.php?ref=1268&#38;affiliate_pbanner_id=1291351" border="0" alt="The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery" /></a>Well, well, well. What&#8217;s this one all about then? A very, very strange, very, very cleverly constructed shaft on an island in a bay in Nova Scotia that has so far defied all attempts at excavation. Who would sink such a cunning shaft and what lies at the bottom?</p>
<p>The author thinks it would have to be something pretty damn valuable for it to be worth going to all that trouble for. Pirate gold perhaps? There are some links in the area to Sir Francis Drake, Elizabeth the First&#8217;s legitimised high seas thug. Could he have sequestered away some of his hard earned pillaging from the Spanish bullion fleets here? Or maybe some other pirate&#8217;s bounty sits at the bottom of the so-called money-pit awaiting someone clever enough to overcome the booby-traps?</p>
<p>There is another candidate. It is rumoured that the Knights Templar had advance warning of the issuance of the Papal Bull announcing the demise of the order on Friday 13 th October 1307, and spirited the treasure of the Paris Temple away to their ships before Philip the Fair could lay his grubby hands on it. The Templar fleet left their base at La Rochelle and sailed out of history, never to be heard of again. Amongst other things, the treasure was said to include the lost hoard from the Temple of Jerusalem as well as whatever Messrs. Hugues de Payen and co. had uncovered during their highly dodgy excavations under the Temple Mount between 1118 and 1127.</p>
<p>Did the treasure find its way via a specially constructed chapel in southern Scotland to Nova Scotia&#8217;s Money Pit? Rosslyn Chapel, an edifice we have visited personally, does have some exceedingly weird carvings amongst which are depictions of plants which at the time could only be found on the North American continent. So what, you might say? Well, the strange thing is that these carvings were made several decades <em>before </em>Columbus is accredited with the discovery of America. Is this evidence that the Sinclair family (some members of which are known to have participated in voyages of discovery) removed the hoard buried beneath Rosslyn to a place of greater safety? The author certainly thinks so.</p>
<p>To back up his hypothesis, Steven Sora fills in a lot of background, much of which will be familiar to regular visitors to this website; the story of the Templars after their forced dispersal, their subsequent involvement in the Scottish Independence movement, and the mystery of Berenger Sauniere and Rennes-le-Chateau.</p>
<p>So, what&#8217;s down the pit? It&#8217;s a very clever piece of engineering. Who&#8217;ll be smart enough to outfox the designer?</p>
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<link>http://mamozzi.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/terremoto-sara-stato-almeno-un-terre-camion/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(clicca per ingrandire) Stasera è stato bello forte&#8230; non mi era mai capitato di vedere ballare]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">(clicca per ingrandire)</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Stasera è stato bello forte&#8230; non mi era mai capitato di vedere ballare anche la televisione!!! Eppure sul sito dell&#8217;<a href="http://kharita.rm.ingv.it/Gmaps/rec/index.htm" target="_blank">INGV</a> dice che non è stato poi tanto forte&#8230; boh?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Beh, comunque tornando a cose più serene, il <strong>concorsone</strong> possiamo rifarlo oggi! </p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Chi indovina per primo cosa stavano guardando in TV i signori mamozzi?<br />
&#8230;BRIX! Tu sei fuori concorso!!!!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />
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<p style="text-align:left;">Ciao!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gabriel Knight, you liar! - A visit to Rennes-le-Chateau]]></title>
<link>http://hardydev.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/gabriel-knight-3-rennes-le-chateau/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Deep in the Languedoc mountains&#8230; shrouded in darkness&#8230; lies Rennes-le-Chateau &#8211; th]]></description>
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<link>http://saintmaxent.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/la-pietra-perduta-parte-seconda/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In mezzo alla linea dove &#8220;M&#8221; taglia la linea piccola La pietra fu scolpita dal Marchese ]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-weight:normal;">La pietra fu scolpita dal Marchese Paul Urbain de Fleury nel 1792: poco prima di partire per un lungo esilio, riproduceva un messaggio di origine templare. Le iniziali &#8220;P.S.&#8221; potrebbero indicare: &#8220;Prioratus Sionis&#8221;, mentre la scritta &#8220;Praecum&#8221;, che capeggi sul tutto potrebbe essere come una firma, in quanto indica: &#8220;Gli Araldi di Cristo&#8221;: denominazione adottata dei Templari nel XIII secolo. La decifrazione del messaggio è tuttora un autentico rebus, si pensa a un&#8217;indicazione geografica, ma che cosa si doveva cercare? E perchè mai il marchese l&#8217;abbandonò proprio in quel luogo? Il nobile Fleury fu un personaggio veramente enigmatico, parlerò di lui e dei Catari nella seconda parte dell&#8217;articoli. L&#8217;ingegnere Ernest Cross, invece, era un amico intimo dell&#8217;abate Berénger Saunière, fu lo stesso archeologo che decodificò l&#8217;epitaffio sulla lastra tombale della marchesa Marie de Negre. Lui ritenne che le incisioni delle due stele erano in stretta correlazione tra loro. Purtroppo gli archivi personali e la biblioteca dell&#8217;ingegnere, furono trafugati nel 1960 da alcuni sconosciuti. Sfogliando un vecchio libro dove lo studioso Pietro Bormia analizza i misteriosi simboli e le diciture poste sul monumento della &#8220;Porta Magica&#8221; di Roma (4), mi son accorto, che quella lastra, rassomiglia molto alla riproduzione invertita di uno schema alchemico (Vedi sopra a destra) dove il Bormia discute della &#8220;Tavola Smeraldina&#8221; di Ermete Trismegisto (5). Forse è solo un caso, o forse quella vestigia non è soltanto una semplice indicazione, ma nasconde qualcos&#8217;altro&#8230;forse. L&#8217;esistenza stessa della &#8220;Dalle de la Coumesourde&#8221; è un autentico dilemma, il suo testo era ancora visibile nel 1960, prima di essere stato scalpellato delle solite mani ignote, la pietra poi, sparì nel nulla. Un serio ricercatore affermò di averla fotografata prima della sparizione; secondo lo studioso Pietro Marino, potrebbe trattarsi di una piastra trovata alcuni anni fa nel presbiterio della chiesa di Rennes <strong>(6)</strong>. Sempre fra le alture di Rennes si trova un menhir, nella cui roccia un tempo era scolpito il busto di un personaggio non identificato, (la tradizione popolare parla del Re Merovingio Dagoberto II &#8211; vedi figura accanto). Il parroco Henry Boudet, con un gesto apparentemente inspiegabile, fece tagliare il masso, portando a valle e depositando presso la sacrestia della propria chiesa, il rimanente busto. Le pietre spaccate vengono dette &#8220;Massi d&#8217;Orlando&#8221;, lo scrittore Umberto Cordier rivela che&#8230;: </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:normal;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-81" title="rennespini_foto3" src="http://saintmaxent.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/rennespini_foto3.jpg" alt="rennespini_foto3" width="227" height="232" />Si può avere la rottura spontanea di emblemi o monumenti, per una sorta di &#8220;magia simpatica&#8221; indotta. <strong>(7)</strong>. Non so se questo è il caso di Boudet, ma non escludo l&#8217;ipotesi che quella insolita azione, nasconda un rituale esoterico. Ad ogni modo, sulla nuca di quel busto, si dice che un tempo erano cesellate delle parole in lettere greche, disposte a comporre un&#8217;iscrizione a forma di palindromo, Precisamente:</p>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;">Si tratta di uno strano messaggio criptato (chiamato anche SATOR), che non è mai stato interamente decodificato. La deduzione più verosimile della frase potrebbe essere la susseguente:<br />
</span> <span style="font-weight:normal;">Il seminatore dell&#8217;Aeropago detiene le ruote dell&#8217;opera</span><span style="font-weight:normal;">&#8220;. L&#8217;elegia pur essendo di origine paleo-cristiana, la si ritrova in diverso luoghi d&#8217;Europa (a Rennes le Chateau sembra che ve ne siano state ben 3), in particolare è frequente in alcuni siti templari, l&#8217;ordine era senz&#8217;altro a conoscenza del suo reale significato. Lo studioso Rino Camillieri afferma che c&#8217;è soltanto una possibilità su diecimila miliardi di miliardi, che quella complessa combinazione sia dovuta al caso, lui stesso avanza l&#8217;ipotesi di un&#8217;origine non terrestre, non umana, e, con il vocabolo &#8220;ruote&#8221;, s&#8217;indicherebbe: &#8220;chiavi&#8221;, &#8220;passaggi&#8221;, &#8220;porte&#8221; (8). Ma quali porte? S&#8217;interessarono a quel &#8220;quadrato magico&#8221; i più grandi esperti della cabala: la dottrina ebraica che esaminava il senso più intimo e segreto della Bibbia; e le ricerche su quell&#8217;enigma li ricondusse all&#8217;ermetismo. Anche i preti di Rennes Le Chateau erano dei grandi studiosi: Antoine Gelis conosceva alla perfezione la storia anticha di quei luoghi, Henry Boudet era un esperto archeologo e nei suoi libri dece diverse allusioni ai misteri &#8220;Eleusini&#8221;, mentre Berénger Saunière, prima di recarsi a Parigi per far decodificare le sue antiche pergamene, si dedicò ad ore ed ore di studi, incontrandosi con diversi &#8220;ermetisti&#8221;. Di certo (come afferma Rico Gusetto) Saunière era a conoscenza, ancor prima dei suoi ritrovamenti, di storia templare; inoltre fece diverse riunioni con l&#8217;amico: il deputato Camillo Dreydus: massone-templare, nonchè direttore del giornale &#8220;La Nation&#8221; di Parigi. Tra i tanti misteri, un vecchio documento denominato dossier &#8220;Rubant&#8221;, il quale si basa su un testo datato 1308, asserisce che Filippo il Bello, quando depredò le carte della Milizia del Tempio, ignaramente s&#8217;impossessò di copie falsificate; redatte dai monaci stessi molto tempo prima, proprio in previsione di un attacco all&#8217;ordine. Se è così che fine hanno fatto i certificati originali? Potrebbero essere finiti negl&#8217;archivi della Prioria di Sion? Forse la verità che i Templari nascosero dietro allo sventolare dei loro mantelli, non appartenevano soltanto a questo mondo, ma anche a mondi lontani, posti aldilà di certe &#8220;porte&#8221;. Ma loro vollero lasciare una &#8220;porta&#8221; aperta a chi un giorno saprà ascoltare in silenzio, il senso di quelle parole o di quei graffiti scolpiti suoi muri di vecchi castelli (9), oppure su alcune pietre oramai erose dal tempo.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:normal;">4: L&#8217;autore Pini Pier Luigi ci tiene ad evidenziare che è stato il primo ricercatore (almeno in Italia), a trovare collegamenti fra i misteri di Rennes le Chateau e l&#8217;enigma della Porta Magica di Roma. Ed è stato sempre lui a scoprire certe similitudini tra un quadro di Nicolas Poussin: &#8220;L&#8217;autoritratto&#8221; e una pisside marmorea detta: &#8220;Stele di Rivart&#8221;, rinvenuta a Stenay in Lorena.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:normal;"> 5: Presente nello studio storico di Pietro Bormia: &#8220;La Porta Magica di Roma&#8221;, edizioni Phoenis.<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight:normal;">6: Indicazione data dal ricercatore Pietro Marino in una discussione privata con Pini Pier Luigi.<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight:normal;">7: Citato nella &#8220;Guida ai luoghi misteriosi d&#8217;Italia&#8221; di Umberto Cordier, Edizioni Piemme.<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight:normal;">8: Dal libro &#8220;Il quadrato magico&#8221; di Rino Camilleri, Edizioni Rizzoli.<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight:normal;">9: Allusione ai geroglifici ritrovati nel castello di Gisors, oppure a Chinon e a La Romieu.</span></p>
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<p>Gerusalemme&#8230;anni remoti. La mano di uno sconosciuto archivista, nascose fra le pagine di una bibbia un antico papiro, dove vi era scritto: &#8220;<em>Sotto il regno di Nerone, fu edificato in Gallia, in un luogo chiamato Redhae, (Rennes le Chateau) un tempio dedicato a Iside che, sotto l&#8217;impero di Tito, nell&#8217;anno 70, prese il nome di Magdala</em> <strong>(1)</strong>.&#8221; Perchè un documento ritrovato nella Città santa, indicava un luogo così lontano alle pendici dei Pirenei? Chi trascrisse quelle parole? Fu forse la mano di un Cavaliere Templare a custodire quel foglio? La fondazione dell&#8217;ordine è avvolta in un trincerato silenzio, si pensa intono all&#8217;anno 999, all&#8217;epoca della prima crociata, ma stranamente solo nel 1119, venne ufficializzata. Come molti ricercatori anch&#8217;io son convinto che dietro questi cavalieri vi era una confraternita interna: una regia occulta. Jean Marcques Rivière affermò; &#8220;<em>Esisisteva all&#8217;interno del Tempio una fazione che perseguiva scopi nascosti di potenza, sostenuti da un esoterismo rigoroso&#8221;. </em>Nel 1310 Raoul de Presles dichiarò ai delegati pontefici:<em> &#8221;Il precettore della commenda di Laon: frà Gervaso de Beauvais, mi ha più volte detto che nell&#8217;ordine vi era una regola così straordinaria e segreta che avrebbe preferito la morte, alla sua rivelazione!&#8221;. </em>Anche lo studioso Giulio Malvani <strong>(2)</strong> parla di una regola segreta che si divideva in due statuti: quello dei &#8220;Frati Eletti&#8221; e quello dei &#8220;Frati Consolati&#8221;. Lo scrittore discute di una &#8220;ristretta cerchia&#8221; all&#8217;interno dell&#8217;ordinanza, citando alcuni articoli riservati della regola degli Eletti, dove vi si legge: &#8220;<em>Capitoli segreti e relative procedure: porte chiuse, disporre una sentinella sul tetto!</em>&#8220;. Ma perchè tanta riservatezza? Cosa nascondevano i monaci e chi erano questi &#8220;Eletti&#8221;? In quegl&#8217;anni era presente in Palestina una confraternita occulta: i &#8220;Padri di Nostra Signora di Sion&#8221;; costoro seguivano dottrine ascetiche legate agli Esseni e ad una setta ebraica stanziata ad Alessandria d&#8217;Egitto: &#8220;I Saggi della Luce&#8221;. Questi &#8220;saggi&#8221; si dissero depositari di sapienze derivate dall&#8217;&#8221;ermetismo&#8221;. Alcuni studi riferiscono anche Goffredo di Buttiglione: l&#8217;eroe della prima crociata, nonchè fondatore della &#8220;Prioria di Sion&#8221;, ne fece parte; e forse non è un caso che l&#8217;ordine &#8220;Priorato di Sion&#8221; si definisce tuttora come una società di stampo ermetico. Potrebbero essere stati proprio loro: i &#8220;Priori di Nostra Signora di Sion&#8221;, la holding ristretta degli Eletti; sicuramente a Gerusalemme ebbero dei contatti con i Templari. I quali, per un certo periodo, svolsero alcuni scavi clandestini presso il Tempio di Re Salomone, là dove insolitamente presero alloggio. Un&#8217;aureola di misteri li accomuna con i ritrovamenti di antiche reliquie come l&#8217;Arca dell&#8217;Alleanza, il Sacro Graal, il candelabro a 7 braccia: la Menorah, la lancia di Longino e la Sindone: l&#8217;effige del volto di Cristo. Ma quale Cristo, quello Cattolico o quello Gnostico? Personalmente penso che durante la loro storia cercarono e forse scoprirono o nascosero il corpo del Messia, ma a mio parere tutte queste ricerche furono finalizzate al rinvenire di nozioni sull&#8217;alchimia, sulla cabala, sulla numerologia, sulla geometria sacra, sull&#8217;ermetismo e sui più grandi misteri dell&#8217;universo. Sapienze occulte che la stessa immagine di Gesù impersonificava o di cui ne era uno dei custodi. L&#8217;ermetismo era l&#8217;analisi sui segreti della natura, nacque tra le piramidi d&#8217;Egitto, dove il suo fondatore, Ermete Trismegisto, nascose l&#8217;antica conoscenza. Lo studiarono profondamente grandi scienziati, matematici, filosofi, artisti, tra i quali: Pitagora, Platone, Marsilio Ficino, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rebelais, Nostradamus, Isaac Newton, Athanassius Kircher. Fu proprio il genio tedesco a rilasciare la seguente definizione: &#8220;<em>La scienza occulta è quella parte dello scibile che studia i fenomeni soprasensibili</em>&#8220;. I sacerdoti dell&#8217;Antico Egitto (quindi anche i &#8220;Saggi della Luce&#8221;, affermo io) e i filosogi neoplatonici, la chiamarono &#8220;ermetismo&#8221;: cioè &#8220;vitalizzazione&#8221;. Un esempio di vitalizzazione sono i monumenti egizi, ed io penso che lo siano pure le strane sculture presenti nella chiesa di Rennes Le Chateau, denominate le &#8220;Statue Viventi&#8221;. Inoltre i Templari come i Re Merovingi e i Catari veneravano profondamente Maria Maddalena e furono maestri sapienti dell&#8217;Astrologia, dell&#8217;Astronomia. Si presuppone che, proprio alla santa furono dedicate le maggiori cattedrali gotiche, edificate da associazione di liberi muratori (massoni), i quali seguirono alla lettera i loro progetti, ispirati, a quanto sembra da mappe stellari, che disegnano sul suolo della Francia, la cosiddetta configurazione della costellazione di Virgo (Vergine). Lo studioso Rico Guseto in uno scritto inedito, riferisce queste testuali parole: &#8220;<em>Il segreto templare prende via sulla rotta di Algol, stella raggiante della costellazione di Offiuco (Serpentario)!</em>&#8221; Le stesse stelle, afferma ancora il Guseto facevano da coordinate nei viaggi di una loro nave: la &#8220;Stella Maris&#8221;. La costellazione è ispirata alla figura di Asclepio: un enigmatico personaggio della mitologia, l&#8217;allievo prediletto di Ermete Trismegisto. Offiuoco rappresenta il 13° segno dello zodiaco, è ricordato nell&#8217;oscuro libro della &#8220;Prioria di Sion&#8221;; &#8220;Le serpent rouge&#8221;, viene associato alla dea madre Iside e simboleggia la palingenesi, la resurrezione, la rinascita dopo il diluvio. Fra le loro orazioni, oltre alla Maddalena, i Templari onoravano particolarmente San Giovanni Battista. Alcune leggende asserivano che, dopo la sua morte, il santo ascese nello inferno al fine di prendere dimestichezza con i demoni, e predicare la parola di Gesù tramite un &#8220;Quinto Vangelo&#8221; a noi ignoto <strong>(3)</strong>. Erano profondamente cristiani, quei monaci, lo erano fino al punto di sacrificare la propria vita in nome di Dio. &#8220;N<em>on per noi Signore, non per noi, ma per la gloria del tuo nome!</em>&#8220;. Questo era il loro motto; eppure, con il volgere del tempo, vennero irresistibilmente attratti da forme di idolatria; adoravano il capo di un dio barbuto chiamato &#8220;Baphometto&#8221; o la testa di una dea denominata &#8220;Caput Virgo 56&#8243;. Così iniziarono a perseguire strane credenze come l&#8217;arte divinatoria dei tarocchi, o il potere dei talismani. Parlava (e parla) perlappunto di talismani, un antichissimo testo di origine egizio-babilonese intitolato: &#8220;La meta del saggio&#8221;, l&#8217;opera soprannominata successivamente &#8220;Picatrix&#8221;, discute di alcuni segreti della scienza ermetica. Il libro subì la censura del Vaticano. Come ipotizza un mio amico: il ricercatore Franco Ceccarelli, anch&#8217;io credo che a tradurre il trattato dalla lingua araba e poi divulgarlo in Europa furono i Templari. E&#8217; accertato che conoscevano quel libro in maniera approfondita. Tutte queste questioni lascerebbero presumere una conversione dell&#8217;ordine verso alcuni aspetti di superstizione. Non è assolutamente vero, anzi credo che non rinunciarono mai al loro ideale di fede, ma cercarono di spingersi più in là tentando di esplorare il mondo immateriale. I monaci nella loro grande cultura, probabilmente giunsero in contatto con i misteri che non vollero violare, forse per il bene dell&#8217;umanità. Addirittura cercarono di nascondere le loro scoperte, i loro affari, ideando persino un alfabeto segreto. Comunque sia, una delle prima trattative dei Templari, nel 1147, quando erano ancora in Terra Santa ad eseguire i loro scavi clandestini, fu l&#8217;acquisto di alcuni ettari di terreno nella sperduta valle dell&#8217;Aude. In particolare nella zona di Rennes Le Chateau istallarono ben 12 commanderie nell&#8217;arco di 20 Km&#8230;Come mai tutto questo interesse? L&#8217;antica fortezza posta a nido d&#8217;aquila sul monte Bezù, apparteneva al signore Bernard de Sesmond (sismondi): si trattava di un nobile d&#8217;origine Visigota, il quale possedeva parentele in Germania. Non era un Templare, ma con i cavalieri mantenette frequenti rapporti, fin quando, nel 1051: poco prima di morire, fu ammesso all&#8217;ordine. Non è certo se i suoi beni furono confiscati dalla congregazione, o se, come sembra, rimasero in possesso agli eredi. Di sicuro si sa che un contingente della Milizia del Tempio si stanziò presso la sua dimora, e i rapporti tra i frati e la famiglia rimasero affiatati. All&#8217;epoca (1152-54) fu eletto Gran Maestro del Tempio e della Prioria di Sion, Bernard de Blanquefort, le cui radici <span>potrebbero</span> risalire al casato di Renne Le Chateau e uno dei suoi diretti discendenti fu il papa Clemente V. In quegl&#8217;anni, sotto al suo comando, degli sconosciuti operai tedeschi presidiarono il maniero, e, circondati da un alone di rigorosa clausura, eseguirono dei misteriosi lavori (di miniera o siderurgici) sui quali si dispose la massima segretezza. In seguito: verso il 1240, i Templari inviarono sul Bezù un gruppo di monaci, che, provenendo dal Roussillon, erano soggetti al dominio dei reali di Aragona, perciò rimasero indipendenti dal Re di Francia: Filippo il Bello. Questa trattativa fu condotta con grande riservatezza, tramite il coinvolgimento di un parente di Bernard de Sesmond: il templare tedesco Hoton d&#8217;Aniort: persona vista con molti sospetti dal Vaticano; capitanava il gruppo il Seigneur de Goth: un nipote del papa Clemente V. La stessa dinastia degli Aniort assieme a quella dei Voisin, fu coinvolta in un fatto avvenuto sul Bezù nel 1340: una stranissima falsificazione di monete a cui partecipò pure il nipote di un altro pontefice: Benito XII. La questione finì con il delitto del siniscalco di Carcassone: Guillame de Servin, ma l&#8217;indagine venne insabbiata. Cosa c&#8217;era sotto? Perchè la storia dei Templari è costellata da scavi clandestini, da sotterfugi, da delitti, da intrighi della corte e del clero o da individui che fanno il doppio gioco? Difficile rispondere. Col passar degl&#8217;anni l&#8217;ordine venne accusato di eresia e perseguitato dai tribunali dell&#8217;&#8221;inquisizione&#8221;. Fu soppresso dal papa Clemente V, tramite la bolla &#8220;Vox clamantis&#8221; per volere del re Filippo il Bello, il suo Gran Maestro Jaques de Molay e altri dignitari furono messi al rogo il 13 marzo 1314, ma per motivi citati prima, i provvedimenti non riguardarono la fortezza di Bezù. Si afferma sempre che furono destituiti perchè divenuti troppo ricchi e potenti, ma nessuno mai si ricorda della seguente storia&#8230;.</p>
<p>Diversi anni fa, verso il 1920 l&#8217;abate Cabanièr: parroco di St.Just le Bezù, redasse dei manoscritti annuali sulla sua parrocchia e su Rennes Le Chateau. Il prelato s&#8217;interessò di una visita anonima di Filippo il Bello e di un suo padre a Brenac (presso Rennes), dove incontrarono un cugino: il cavaliere Templare Udant d&#8217;Aniort. Cosa si riferirono non si sa; si sa solo che quest&#8217;ultimo, dopo il processo all&#8217;ordine, fu liberato segretamente per comando dello stesso sovrano. Ma invece di rifugiarsi presso la sua potente famiglia, si rifugiò sul Bezù: nelle terre di Pierre de Voisin: all&#8217;ora signore di Rennes e Blanchfort. Cosa nascondeva quest&#8217;individuo? Non è trapelato nulla, anche perchè i dossier furono conservati nella chiesa di St.Just fino al 1940: data della sua morte. Il suo successore il curato Cyr Izard li cercò invano, senza ritrovarli mai più. &#8220;L<em>a sparizione dei documenti originali e delle sue copie</em>&#8221; &#8211; Dichiarò il canonico Meziers &#8211; &#8220;r<em>esta un vero e proprio enigma!</em>&#8220;. </p>
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<div>Quello non fu l&#8217;unico enigma&#8230;Nel luglio del 1984 persone ignote eseguirono dell&#8217;escavazioni illegali nella cappella del Bezù; con il tentativo di profanare una cripta sotterranea, scomparvero alcuni oggetti preziosi. Ho potuto constatare che all&#8217;interno della pieve, si trova una statua di Giovanni Battista scolpita dal padre Jean Marie Viennay (vedi foto). Il padre ebbe a che far con le anomale apparizioni mariane avvenute a Notre Dame de La Salette (Grenoble): un&#8217;oscura vicenda coinvolse il Vaticano, gli Asburgo, con società segrete come il &#8220;Priorato di Sion&#8221; o lo &#8220;Hieron Val d&#8217;Or&#8221;;la cronaca narra di riti sessuali fra strane suore e strani esoteristi; come l&#8217;abate Boullan. Un&#8217;oscura vicenda che corre parallela ai misteri di Rennes. Ma ritornando a quegli scavi clandestini, il sindaco e le autorità decisero di murare la botola che conduceva nei sotterranei. Significativo fu il titolo apparso sul giornale &#8220;Le Midi Libre&#8221; del 16/04/1985: &#8220;<em>La cripta della chiesa del Bezù, rivela il segreto dei Templari?</em>&#8220;. Il giornalista Andrè Galoup, scrisse in merito: &#8220;<em>Si sanno poche cose su questa cripta, si parla di sarcofagi di gente nobile e di una pietra che potrebbe rivelare importanti informazioni sulla dinastia di certe famiglie</em>&#8220;. Io ritengo che la questione sia da ricollegarsi all&#8217;assassinio di un prete: don Bernard Monge, avvenuto a Niort de Sault nel 1742. Ma quella stele, a cui alludeva il giornalista non fu l&#8217;unica strana pietra che riguardava i Templari; altre pietre si trovarono in quella zona, sparirono misteriosamente&#8230;All&#8217;interno di una roccia, nei paraggi di una vecchia mansio templare: la fattoria della Coumesourde; nell&#8217;anno 1928, l&#8217;ingegnere Ernest Cross scoprì un&#8217;antica dalle, dove erano incisi due triangoli sovrapposti, con ai vertici due sigle: &#8220;Sae&#8221; e &#8220;Sis&#8221;, mentre all&#8217;interno, fra due croci patenti, appariva una frase composta volutamente con un latino sgrammaticato e dal significato enigmatico:</div>
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<p>1: Citato nel nastro: &#8220;Les mystères de Rennes le Chateau&#8221; da Cecilia Carreras e Henry Buthion.</p>
<p>2: Dal libro: &#8220;Della sapienzialità templare&#8221; di Giulio Malvani, Edizioni Penne e Papiri</p>
<p>3: Giulio Malvani &#8220;Della sapienzialità templare&#8221;, Edizioni Penne e Papiri</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8221; Nel 1153 un nobile di quella regione, un uomo che simpatizzava per i Catari, divenne Gran Maestro dell&#8217;Ordine del Tempio. Si chiamava Bertrand de Blanchefort e la sua dimora era situata su una vetta a pochi km da Bezù e da Rennes le Chateau. Bertrand de Blanchefort, che presiedette l&#8217;Ordine dal 1153 al 1170, fu probabilmente il più interessante di tutti i Gran Maestri dei templari. &#8220;</p>
<p>&#8221; Pochi anni dopo il riconoscimento ufficiale dei templari, Bertrand era entrato a farne parte: non solo, ma aveva donato loro terreni nei dintorni di Rennes le Chateau e di Bezù. Nel 1156, quando Bertrand era Gran Maestro, a quanto si dice l&#8217;Ordine fece arrivare nella zona un contingente di minatori di lingua tedesca. Questi operai erano soggetti a una disciplina severa, quasi militare. Era loro proibito di fraternizzare con la popolazione locale e venivano tenuti rigorosamente segregati. Fu addirittura creata una speciale istituzione giudiziaria, la Judicature des Allemands, per dirimere i problemi legali che li riguardavano. Ufficialmente avevano il compito di sfruttare le miniere d&#8217;oro sulle pendici della montagna di Blanchefort: le miniere l&#8217;oro che erano state completamente esaurite dai romani quasi mille anni prima.<br />
Nel diciassettesimo secolo alcuni ingegneri ebbero l&#8217;incarico di studiare le prospezioni mineralogiche della zona e di redigere rapporti dettagliati. Nel suo rapporto uno di loro, Cesar d&#8217;Arcons, parlò delle rovine che aveva trovato, ciò che restava dell&#8217;attività degli operai tedeschi. In base alle sue ricerche, dichiarò che i tedeschi non dovevano aver estratto minerali. E allora che cosa avevano avevano fatto? Cesar d&#8217;Arcons non era sicuro: forse lavori di fusione, forse lavori di costruzione in metallo, forse addirittura lo scavo di una cripta sotterranea per creare una specie di deposito.&#8221;<br />
Tratto dal libro: <a href="http://tracker.tradedoubler.com/click?p=10388&#38;a=1320307&#38;g=0&#38;url=http://www.bol.it/libri/scheda/ea978880453488.html">Il Santo Graal</a>, di M. Baigent, R. Leigh, H. Lincoln<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-69" title="lebezupinnacolicastello" src="http://saintmaxent.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/lebezupinnacolicastello.jpg?w=300" alt="lebezupinnacolicastello" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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<description><![CDATA[  Un cadavere sui binari   Il 21 febbraio 1967, uno strano omicidio attirò l&#8217;attenzione degli ]]></description>
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<p>Un cadavere sui binari</p>
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<p>Il 21 febbraio 1967, uno strano omicidio attirò l&#8217;attenzione degli esoteristi e degli esperti di spionaggio internazionale. Un cadavere decapitato fu trovato tra i binari a Melun, sulla linea ferroviaria Parigi-Ginevra. Era stato buttato giù dal treno? Da chi? Chi era?</p>
<p>La polizia francese lo identificò come il corpo di Fakhar ul Islam, un giovane pakistano da poco espulso dalla Germania comunista.</p>
<p>A quanto pare, Fakhar ul Islam, in quel periodo era vettore di comunicazioni riservate per conto di organizzazioni clandestine.</p>
<p>Al momento del delitto portava con sè una borsa, di cui non si trovò mai più traccia e che, forse, era stata la causa del delitto stesso.</p>
<p>La borsa conteneva documenti riguardanti il tesoro di Rennes-Le Chateau.</p>
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<p>La valigetta in pelle</p>
<p>La valigetta in pelle di Fakhar ul Islam è probabilmente la stessa menzionata nei cosiddetti &#8216;Dossiers Segreti&#8217;. </p>
<p>Questi &#8216;Dossiers&#8217; sono in realtà uno zibaldone fatto di appunti, mappe della Francia al tempo dei Merovingi e notazioni sui presunti discendenti di Cristo e della Maddalena. </p>
<p>Si tratta di misteriosi testi, compilati negli anni Sessanta e conservati dalla Biblioteca Nazionale di Parigi, dove, per un certo tempo, fu praticamente impossibile consultarli.</p>
<p>Chi aveva scritto i &#8216;Dossiers Segreti&#8217;?</p>
<p>Erano firmati da un certo Henri Lobineau, un nome che corrisponde ad una strada di Parigi, dove era stato ad abitare un tale Leo Schidlof, uno strano antiquario austriaco, cui il governo americano aveva negato il visto d&#8217;ingresso negli Stati Uniti, reputandolo coinvolto in storie di spionaggio politico. <br />
chidolf aveva firmato con il nome di Lobineau. La figlia di Schidolf ha sempre negato, successivamente, circostanze strane e interessi esoterici legati alla vita del padre, ma ammise che Schidof era sospettato dal controspionaggio americano. </p>
<p>Dopo aver redatto i Dossiers sotto il falso nome di Lobineau, Schidolf morì, nel 1966.</p>
<p>In questo preciso momento entrò in azione Fakhar ul Islam, il quale forse trasportava altri documenti già in possesso dell&#8217;antiquario, essendo in contatto con un non meglio identificato &#8216;agente da Ginevra&#8217;.</p>
<p>Questi strani personaggi erano solo degli esaltati visionari che affiancavano gli eccentrici scrittori di storie esoteriche attivi negli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta o erano parte di un&#8217;organizzazione che mirava a rivelare grandi verità nascoste? L&#8217;omicidio di Fakhar farebbe pensare a forti interessi in gioco.</p>
<p>Il tutto da prendere con le dovute cautele</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I Cagots, chi erano?]]></title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I <strong>Cagots</strong> costituivano, nei territori a cavallo del confine franco-spagnolo, una parte della popolazione segregata per motivi ancor oggi abbastanza misteriosi. Rappresentarono un fenomeno atipico e particolarmente singolare. Nel corso dei secoli sono stati vittime di una sorta di razzismo popolare, fortemente radicato a livello locale, in genere condannato sia da parte del clero &#8211; perché i <em>cagots</em> erano cristiani &#8211; sia da parte dell&#8217;aristocrazia che aveva un suo buon motivo per condannare gli eccessi dei paesani su cui gravavano corvè e imposte da cui i <em>cagots</em> erano esentati, essendo dei paria messi al bando della società. La loro sorte infatti può essere paragonata solo con quella degli intoccabili dell&#8217;India.</p>
<p>Il fenomeno dei Cagots riguarda soprattutto il sud-ovest della Francia (Guascogna, Paesi baschi, valli pirenaiche) e il nord della Spagna (Navarra, Aragona). A seconda dei luoghi e dell&#8217;epoca i Cagots furono chiamati anche <em>Chrestians</em> o <em>Crestias</em> (prima del XVI secolo), <em>Gézitans</em> (a partire dal XVI secolo), <em>Gahets</em> (Bordeaux, Agenais, Landes), <em>Agots</em> Paesi baschi, <em>Capots</em> (Armagnac).</p>
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<p>I Cagots sono dei paria che nel Medio Evo erano diffusi su entrambi i lati dei Pirenei e che la superstizione popolare vedeva come oggetto di disprezzo e orrore.</p>
<p>Un altro nome loro riservato era « Crestias », « Chrestia » o « Christianus », sinonimo in bearnes<a class="new" title="Bearnese (pagina inesistente)" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bearnese&#38;action=edit&#38;redlink=1">e</a> di « lebbroso », che compare nei testi verso l&#8217;anno 1300. Nel Medio Evo la lebbra indica svariate malattie: la lebbra rossa, quasi sempre mortale; la lebbra bianca o lebbra tubercolare che presenta sintomi simili ma può essere stabilizzata. Tutte queste malattie ispirano la paura del contagio e sono tenute isolate fuori dei villaggi.</p>
<p>Il termine <em>Chrestians</em> indicava i cristiani <em>ariani</em>, di religione ariana, religione adottata dai Longobardi, dai Visigoti e dagli Ostrogoti. All&#8217;inizio conquistatori, questi popoli furono successivamente sconfitti dai Franchi ed è possibile che i loro discendenti si siano rifugiati lontano dalle città e mescolati ai lebbrosi. Nei testi antichi, <em>christianus</em> è indissociabile da <em>lebbroso</em> e spesso utilizzato al suo posto.</p>
<p>I Cagots sono detti anche « Giézitains », « Gésitains », « Gésites » con riferimento al personaggio biblico Guéhazi (il cui nome ebraico non può non ricordare Guéhenne), servo di Élisée, lebbroso a causa della sua cupidigia. L&#8217;Antico Testamento (2 Re, capitolo 5), racconta che si riteneva che la lebbra si diffondesse attraverso i vestiti, ma anche per difetti morali.</p>
<p>Oltre ai nomi già citati, sono usati anche <em>Gafets</em> o <em>Gaffets</em>, <em>Agotas</em>, e nella Contea di Bigorre <em>Graouès</em> o <em>Cascarrots</em>. A Bordeaux sono numerosi e si chiamano <em>Ladres</em> o <em>Gahetz</em>. Si trovano loro tracce anche nell&#8217;Anjou con il nome di <em>Capots</em> o <em>Gens des Marais</em>, e in Bretagna con i nomi di <em>Caqueux</em>, <em>Caquins</em> o <em>Caquous</em>. Secondo una ipotesi, il termine di cagot potrebbe anche derivare da « <em>cans goth</em> » : i « cani di Ghoth » nel VI secolo. Si è creduto che fossero ciò che resta degli antichi Visigoti, che dominarono a lungo l&#8217;Aquitania: da ciò sarebbe disceso il nome ingiuroso di Cagots (caas goths, chiens goths), che sarebbe stato loro attribuito dai vinti. Peraltro, il termine di <em>cagot</em> è comparso verso il 1550, il che rende questa ultima ipotesi ben poco credibile. Il nome presenta anche una analogia con la parola greca « <em>cacos</em> » che significa « cattivo », simile alla parola bretone « caqueux » dello stesso significato, ma verosimilmente e più semplicemente dal tardo latino « <em>cagare</em> ». L&#8217;etimologia resta dunque molto incerta.</p>
<p>Le cronache li indicano spesso anche con le denominazioni di <em>Caqueux</em>, <em>Cacous</em>, <em>Capos</em>, <em>Gaffos</em>, termini dispregiativi che significavano lebbrosi &#8211; li si credeva infatti colpiti da questa orribile malattia. Li si definiva anche <em>Canard</em> (<em>Oche</em>), perché dovevano portare sui loro abiti il segno di una zampa d&#8217;oca per farsi riconoscere.</p>
<p>Si deve notare che in alcuni testi del XVI secolo, il termine <em>cagot</em> e i suoi equivalenti sono utilizzati come sinonimi di <em>lebbroso</em>. Fino alla metà del XX secolo, <em>cagot</em>, impiegato come un insulto, significava anche <em>idiota del villaggio</em>, <em>bigotto</em> o <em>gozzuto</em>.</p>
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<p>Sono state date le spiegazioni più disparate sulle loro origini. È comunque verosimile che nel corso dei secoli si siano mescolate differenti popolazioni. Le loro origini sono probabilmente numerose come i nomi loro attribuiti,ciascuno dei quali ha una spiegazione diversa. Ciononostante, queste restano misteriose, e sono state invocate più teorie. Si è parlato dei Visigoti sconfitti dai Franchi, di musulmani che avevano trovato rifugio nelle vallate pirenaiche durante la Riconquista della Spagna operata dai re Cattolici, di musulmani sconfitti al momento dei loro raid in Francia nell&#8217;VIII secolo o fatti prigionieri al momento della Riconquista, di ebrei, di catari, di gitani, di lebbrosi o degli esclusi dalla società (vagabondi, senza terra, figli cadetti, banditi, ecc.). È possibile che i primi siano stati i discendenti di un popolo sconfitto o da fuggiaschi che trovarono rifugio fuori delle città nelle sole comunità in cui erano certi che nessuno avrebbe osato cercarli: quelle dei lebbrosi.</p>
<p>Secondo Alain Guerriau, ricercatore del CNRS, la riorganizzazione della società feudale nel sud-est della Francia nei secoli XII e XIII, ha creato, in un contesto economico e politico consolidato, una categoria di esclusi (figli cadetti, senza terra) che ne vivevano ai margini.Si sarebbe quindi creata un amalgama tra questi e i lebbrosi, che nella stessa epoca erano rifiutati dalla società. In seguito, quando fu dimenticata la loro origine, i fantasmi di ciascuna epoca prestarono loro differenti storie. Come si è già visto, lo stesso nome di « cagot » è di origine incerta.</p>
<p>A differenza delle discriminazioni basate sulla razza, la religione, la lingua, che possono essere diffuse da teorici o da politici senza scrupoli, questa segregazione è rimasta locale e per lo più arbitraria: la nascita in una famiglia di Cagots era sufficiente a determinare per il resto della vita la condizione di Cagot. La paura della lebbra è senza dubbio all&#8217;origine della discriminazione di questa popolazione messa al bando prima dalla popolazione medievale e poi da quella moderna, facendo la funzione di capro espiatorio per esorcizzare la paura di questa malattia di cui si ignorava l&#8217;origine e che all&#8217;epoca non si sapeva curare. Li si accusava dunque di avvelenare i pozzi; li si diceva dannosi e malefici, si pretendeva perfino che fossero stregoni, coloro che gravavano con tutti i mali e i vizi, i portatori di tare inverosimili quali l&#8217;assenza di lobi alle orecchie, l&#8217;avere i piedi e le mani palmati, o di essere gozzuti. Fantasmi evidenti della sequenza fisica della lebbra, mentre il gozzo era una malattia tipica delle popolazioni montane prive di iodio nel nutrimento. L&#8217;isolamento e la consanguineità infine spiegano dei casi di ritardo mentale in questa popolazione, ma si può supporre che la loro percentuale non fosse molto differente al resto della popolazione locale. Si supponeva emanassero un odore nauseabondo e alcuni documenti li descrivono a volte bassi e bruni di colorito olivastro, talvolta alti e con gli occhi azzurri. In realtà non si evidenzia chiaramente alcuna origine razziale omogenea o particolare, e nulla li distingue dal resto della popolazione. Dei medici furono nominati esperti dal parlamento di Bordeaux e dovettero concludere che erano esenti da qualsiasi patologia.</p>
<p>Sui Cagots pesarono numerose prescrizioni, alcune solo in forma orale, ma altre trascritte nei « fors » (leggi) di Navarra e del Béarn del XII e XIII secolo. Essi dovevano portare un segno distintivo, generalmente una zampa d&#8217;oca ritagliata da una stoffa rossa e cucita sulle vesti (a Marmande nel 1396, il regolamento precisa che i Gahets dovranno portare, cucito sulla loro biancheria, sul lato sinistro, un segno di stoffa rosso, lungo una mano e largo tre dita). Non avevano un nome di famiglia; solo un prenome seguito dalla menzione « Chrestians » o « Cagot » figurava sui loro atti di battesimo, e le cerimonie religiose che li riguardavano si svolgevano generalmente a notte fonda. Alla loro morte, erano sepolti in un settore separato del cimitero o in un cimitero a parte. Erano autorizzati a sposarsi solo tra loro. Benché Cristiani, erano relegati in fondo alle chiese nelle quali potevano entrare solo attraverso porte speciali molto basse, per obbligarli a curvarsi all&#8217;ingresso; a loro era riservata un&#8217;acquasantiera speciale. Essi infine vivevano in quartieri speciali, spesso antichi lebbrosari. Non dovevano camminare a piedi nudi (cosa abituale per i poveri) e in alcune regioni dovevano segnalare la loro presenza con una raganella di legno. Non era loro risparmiata alcuna umiliazione, fin nei minimi particolari. Vivendo come proscritti e colpiti da tabù, pesavano su loro un gran numero di interdizioni dettate dalla superstizione: alcuni mestieri erano loro vietati, generalmente tutti quelli che avevano relazione con elementi ritenuti capaci di trasmettere la lebbra, come la terra, il fuoco e l&#8217;acqua (che dovevano attingere a fontane loro riservate). Non erano quindi mai coltivatori. Egualmente erano loro vietati i mestieri che avevano rapporti con l&#8217;alimentazione. Non dovevano portare alcun oggetto tagliente, quindi né armi né coltelli, ma curiosamente li si trova a esercitare professioni come il chirurgo e gli si riconoscono volentieri doti di guaritori. Le donne erano spesso ostetriche; fino al XV secolo le donne cagots ebbero addirittura l&#8217;esclusiva di tali attività. Essi erano invece autorizzati a maneggiare il legno, per cui erano frequentemente carpentieri o muratori, taglialegna o bottai. Se gli strumenti di tortura erano di legno, cosa frequente nei paesi e nei villaggi, potevano essere boia o falegnami, costruttori di bare o affossatori, funzioni che non miglioravano la loro immagine, né per conseguenza la loro sorte, presso le popolazioni locali. Le professioni che esercitarono più spesso furono quelle di intrecciatori di vimini, di cordai e di tessitori. Pagati in natura, non ricevevano salario e costituivano quindi una manodopera a buon mercato. Furono, di conseguenza, esentati dalle imposte, almeno fino al regno di Luigi XIV quando nel Béarn contavano 2500 anime. Essi riscattarono allora, con lo strumento finanziario che compensava le imposte a cui erano stati esentati, il loro « affrancamento » per decreto reale. Queste condizioni di vita li facevano spesso dipendere dalla carità pubblica, in particolare da quella della Chiesa e delle fondazioni destinate a soccorrere i bisogni dei lebbrosi ritornati dalle Crociate. È la rivoluzione francese che permette loro di divenire cittadini a tutti gli effetti, così come gli ebrei e i protestanti.Nello stesso XIX secolo si trovano tracce di questa razza oppressa nell&#8217;ovest e nel mezzogiorno della Francia; e malgrado i progressi civili, la prevenzione ispirata da questi sventurati non era ancora scomparsa. Sarà necessario attendere la fine del XIX secolo e il rimescolamento della popolazione dovuto all&#8217;esodo dalle campagne provocato dalla crescente industrializzazione per far scomparire i pregiudizi di cui erano ancora oggetto, non più sotto forma di discriminazione ma come ingiuria, una delle quali è l&#8217;utilizzo del termine cagot, ancora oggi in uso nel sud ovets della Francia senza che se ne conosca più l&#8217;origine.</p>
<p>Ai Cagots, dobbiamo la la piccola chiesa di Saint Salvayre che si trova nelle colline che circondano Alet le Bains. Si racconta che l&#8217;edificio fu costruito su precise indicazioni dei Cavalieri Templari.<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-55" title="image018s" src="http://saintmaxent.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/image018s.jpg?w=128" alt="image018s" width="128" height="93" /></p>
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