Monthly Archive: December 2016

The sun sparkled on a calm ocean. She perched on a sand dune, watching. ‘He’s not your type.’ ‘What do you mean not my type?’ ‘Look at him. He’s never still. He flies’ at break next speed. He’s always trying to better himself.’ ‘And, what’s wrong with that.’ ‘It’s pointless…why bother learning more than the […]

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Today, our last day together, we will visit Minerve, another Cathar stronghold and site of persecution and death. For all the history of death and sadness in both Montsegur and Minerve, it is possible to find places of beauty and peace within their surrounds. Minerve is perched high above the meeting place of two rivers […]

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Not for your sake was the world generated—but you were born for its sake…Iamblichus. Our search for knowledge and the art of remembering prior to being born is our life’s goal…according to Socrates. Our souls are immortal. We must remember that knowledge, to bring ourselves back to the value of wholeness. Many of us walk […]

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This morning, excitement pervades the group. Today we are officially pilgrims. Today, those of us willing will climb the holy mountain Montsegur, the ancient symbol to Catharism. At an altitude of 1200 metres the Chateau de Montsegur is perched precariously on a rock formation called a pog. An Occitan word meaning peak, hill or mountain. […]

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She danced to the music of the piper as he played his tune beside the fire. Feathered winds lifted her into the air…her spirit ran free. She wore a garland of flowers in her hair and a dress that sparkled in shades of carmine. She knew the dangers, but lost in the evocative sounds of […]

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Wednesday 24th June. Today we are visiting Notre-Dame-de-Marceille in the village of Limoux and the mysterious castle of Rennes-le-Chateau. Over the last few days I have heard so many stories about Saint Martha, St Salome, the connection between Grimm’s fairytales and the stores of St Germaine. Stories of Mary after she came to France, stories […]

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‘A penny for your thoughts,’ he said. ‘Did you know pennies are walked on, walked over, forgotten, worthless? Are my thoughts worthless?’ He hadn’t meant that at all but he knew when not to argue. ‘Did you also know there are 27 million victims of human trafficking who are walked on, walked over, forgotten…used for […]

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