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Hi Perceval, I’m doing the same sort of stuff (mosty in Somerset)… Not only do we have St Michael churches in a straight line but also, spaced out 11 miles apart; it has to be design, not coincidence.
I have visited many churches in my time; too many to count; how many times have you read the church guide book and it say something along the lines of,
“The oldest part of this church is the Norman bits, blah blah, … built upon the site of an earlier wooden Anglo Saxon church, that was destroyed in fire…’
This is so common in my area, its almost as if, post 1066, all the wooden saxon churches were destroyed and the Normans started from scratch; but I’ve never read anything anywhere to confirm this… odd, methinks.
Sorry Simon, my friends have drawn a blank with this Pocklington chap,no references can be found.
Chretien de Troyes
(Notes taken from ‘The Complete Romances of Chretien de Troyes’ introduced by David Staines.)
Guesstimation; born circa 1140 died before 1200. Very little is actually known about his life.
His ‘Knight of the Cart’ shows his connection with the royal court of Champagne. As he begins this romance with extended praise for Countess Marie of Champagne,
Marie Countess of Champagne was the eldest daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France. She married ‘Henry the Liberal’ Count of Champagne in 1159.
In Chretien’s own words, in the forward of ‘The Knight of the Cart’,
“… Christien is beginning his book of the Knight of the Cart. The Countess presents him with the matter and the meaning, and he undertakes to shape the meaning…”He worked for nobility. Writing what they commissioned or requested he wrote. Same to with ‘Le Conte du Graal’, he didn’t invent it completely, Count Philip of Flanders gave Chretien a ‘history’ and Chretien wrote it into Romance. (Chretien says this himself)
Champagne was a hotbed. David Staines writes,
“…The court of Champagne was the center of literary activity. Among the many writers associated with the court were, aside from Chretien, Andreas Capellanus, the lyric poet Gace Brule, and the romancer Gautier de Arras…”Chretiens ‘Le Conte du Graal’ was dedicated to and commissioned by Philip the Count of Flanders (cousin and close friend of Marie of Champagne)
Philip became Count of Flanders in 1168, left on the 3rd crusade in 1190 and died in the Holy Land in 1191… so ‘Le conte du Graal’ had to of been started before 1191.
Marie’s marriage in 1159 and Phillips death in 1191 are the only ‘fixed marker dates’ to which any biography of Chretien can be speculated… how long he lived before or after these dates, no one knows.
re USM, I always loved ‘Sheriff Fatman’
When questing with Richard, this song ‘Under the Milkyway’ by the Church, was our anthem and now, nostalgic favourite, not because of its lyrics, just its ambience really
see video here on Youtube,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNhR-PrT … e%20church
In the 90′s, Enigma Sadness part 1, was good to drive to; now mostly I just stick on Morrissey or the Cure. I know others prefer Vaughn Williams and other classic stuff… and of course ‘Jerusalem’ is popular to others… “I shall not cease from endless fight, nor shall my sword, sleep in my hand…” etc.[/url]
I’ve not heard of de Pocklington Simon; I’ve asked a knowledgable friend (whose going to get back to me after the weekend;… thats if he can find anything.)
Trouble with these old knights of the past, their names have different spelling variations in different documents. So called ‘Queens English’ wasn’t ‘fixed’ until the 1800′s, so most names were written down phonetically, which can make searching for characters an extra struggle.
Wow!
It would be interesting to learn how this persons ‘exploration’ of SP continued.
Most of Tanya’s dreaming seems to be anxiety related.
I’ve experience that ‘thinking you have woken up and pottered around’ only to then wake up and do what you’ve just dreamt… its a pretty wierd feeling.
Happened to me at the ‘Clumps’ near the river Isis, during the Michael Line Rally in 1991. Camping on the hill, with Richard Ward and Paul Weston, Alex Langstone, John and Kerry Horrigan and others. I was sleeping in a tent; woke up; chatted blearrily to everyone, unmade the tent (in all its fiddly details) then we all slowly made our way back down the hill to go and find breakfst somewhere… then I woke up in the tent and lived it all for real!
It’s wierd, like Tanya seeing which pjs her son would be wearing, a combination of lucid dreaming and premonition!
Tanya; your dreams can improve, and your memory of them, if you keep a dream diary beside your bed. You dont have to write down every dream, just the ones that seem interesting, and by doing this you’ll find that you’ll develop a greater recollection of what you dreams contained.
In my experience there are many different types of dream
Gobbledy gook of your day before; created by random thoughts just spinning around your head.
Dreams where you are a victim or frightened in some way; these are usually your brain putting scenes and pictures to your worries and anxieties.
Erotic dreams which are, well, just good fun really!
then you start getting those ‘interesting’ dreams which seem to be more real and vivid and spiritually significant, as if your soul is doing things in other realms… (and I believe it is)
I often dream of places and people that I have not yet been to and have yet to meet; or I can dream of someone I havent seen for a very long time and then the next day they phone or turn up!
Dreams can get scary if you are full of fear and worry or tired and worn down; but they can also be fascinating and magical if you stay calm and just ‘go with the flow’.
Thanks Simon
I dont think the forums are too numerous yet. But I understand your concern, how about a ‘General Psychic Area’ under ‘General Chat’.
Encouraging Self Developement is what I believe in the most, but of course, you should check out other peoples opinions and get other peoples insights, of course.
There are probably many ‘psychic fairs’ and ‘readings’ type of psychics (who are quite justifiably trying to earn a living from their skills) who would enjoy being involved with Questing too… I do some artwork for money and some purely for love, Psychics should be no different with their talents.
How to bring the Questers and Reader-psychics together? now there’s a challenge
Hi Tanya,
This really is’nt the right place.
Psychic Questing is’nt about readings and predicting futures, Really it is just about research and investigation, using psychic methods.
For what you are asking you’d be better off going to a Psychic Fair next time there is one near your neck of the woods. Or better still, (and this is what I think you should do) learn to do readings for yourself, either Tarot or Astrology or something similar.
Being single with 4 kids must be really hard at times (I know it is as my mum brought three of us up on her own; I’m a grown up ‘housing estate’ kid!)
Financial things, well, you just need to get clever. find other ways of earning money with what freetime you have. Working from home (like ebay selling) or get more work whilst your young uns are at school (if they are too young and are at home you wont be able to do this. You also need to think long term so maybe imagine what it is you’d like to be doing and see what’s available at night school (just one evening a week (and classes begin next month) could put you in an entirely different world this time next year, and its a way to meet new people
Relationships are difficult to find. True love is rare, until it comes a long why not just have fun with your friends? If you are unhappy and ‘full of need’, you wont attract love. Love comes to a happy heart.
My advice would be, learn the tarot or some other oracle. Work hard and keep busy, and above all, try to laugh and encourage a happy heart.
I know its difficult…
… but you must try
To not try is to not live; you’ll start dying inside, and your children need their mum to be a ‘happy mum’ or your children will start carrying your pain around with them too… you have to make life happen Tanya, it starts with you, not someone reading a deck of cards (read the cards yourself, they’ll teach you a lot.)
Hope I’ve helped
Yuri.
Hello Tanya
Welcome to the community (its been a bit quiet of late but it has its moments)
I think many are away with the summer holidays.
Dont be shy and feel free to start any topic about questing, (or anything at all in the ‘general chat’ section
Cheers
Yuri.
Quote:but its it the creation of something new, not previously found at a site, or the manipulation of the inherent energies, thus ‘remodelling’ the existing presence?An interesting idea.
I also think that spirit without physical form, will adapt itself to ‘appear’ in a way that is suitable for the given situation… so whereas a Catholic would be conviunced that they’d seen the Virgin Mary, a British pagan might say they had seen Bride, or a quester, Elen; probably the White Lady is all these things… conjuring up the form of Galadriel/Titania that we’ll relate to.
I do belief that the spirit world mirrors our minds, and will form itself towards our thoughts, to communicate with us,. As if ‘spirit’ were trying to speak ‘our’ language.
If you had no physical body and you wanted to form a body to appear to someone, and thus you could shape into any form you like, what shape would you form into?
… I’d probably be some darkly clad medieval type
Generally about anything between 3 and 8 pages of A4… type the essay in Microsoft Word, with font size 16 (which is pretty large, but when reduced into the A5 booklet, is the right size… though Oddvar can sort all that out for you) So, what that is in number of words I am not so sure… also you can send Oddvar a few images to go along with your essay.
Issue 9 is being gathered together at the moment… the first 6 issues were compiled into the Templar Papers paperback. When Oddvars done issue 12 (end of 2007) they’ll be a second paperback compilation… so you could find your essay on the shelf in Waterstones! lol.
Issue 8 is doing well, in just the last two months it has sold 200 copies at Roslyn Chapel alone!
Oddvar is also starting off as a publisher for others. He is going to produce my Gwyn booklet for me… I’m working on it at the moment (need to do about 10 nice illustrations for it) but it should be on the shelves by Xmas… which’d be cool (no pun intended) as Gwyn is a variant of the ‘Winter King’.
I tend to view them as seperate things.
a Ghost, (in the traditional sense of a ‘dead person’), I think, like in life, can move from one place to another… and is a willing guide or guardian of a place or legacy.
A Genius Loci, or ‘Spirit of a Place’, to me, like Gaia being the spirit of the planet earth; – a Genius Loci is it’s own sentient being and was never a ‘living human being’.
Just today, I was talking to a friend who has always felt a strong emotional pull towards Stonehenge. I myself feel the same magnetic obsessive pull towards Glastonbury Tor… simply the ‘Spirit of the Place’ calls one’s inner spirit… love of land itself rather than the ghost of a living person.
A Site Guardian could be a ‘form’ created by the Genius Loci or the spirit of a dead person who in life, loved this place dearly, and still cares for it; so it could be either ?
Anyway, that’s kind of how I see things.
Nice idea Andy, I’m happy to chat about anything really… its good fun popping in and out of conversations… a ‘General Chat’ forum would be good… maybe Simon will knock one up for us (I think he’s busy at the moment with house moving)
Shame it was such a small turn out, wished I’d been there
I’m curious about JtB’s grave, was this deduced from the speaker’s own research/theory or is this a ‘traditional site’ long considered John’s grave?
I dont know how well advertised this event was. I heard about it from friends but didnt see any posters or flyers anywhere.
Quote:In a series of sermons entitled “Faith and Place”, which followed the publication of The Da Vinci Code, he wrote: “I am passionate that the promotion of this place should not be based upon mystery, paganism, Masonic or Templar secrets; such an approach is, I believe, profoundly misguided.”Then, he really should’nt be there… the place is a pagan/masonic mystery shrine.
You cant blame the popularity of the place on Dan Brown. It was popularised decades ago by the ‘Holy Blood and the Holy Grail’, and the custodians themselves actually, actively promoted its esoteric potential, having Robert Brydon (scottish Templar historian) and Dr Karen Ralls of Oxford University, create a Masonic/Templar museum display/room at Rosslyn Chapel itself… thus Dan Brown was inspired… because Rosslyn blew its own trumpet!
Just shows you what small deeds can grow into, like rolling a snowball, eventually it becomes a great fat snowman’s belly
If he does’nt love the building and all its myth then the priest should leave.
