Secrets of the Cathars & Mysteries of the Magdalene Tour June 2015 October 2014 and a friend mentions a book, ‘The Book of Love.’ This book is an ancient tome hidden somewhere in a small Tuscan village, a gospel according to Jesus Christ. History and reading, my two loves…I jump on the Internet and […]
Sabi Sands Game Reserve Flying from Cape Town we arrived in Skukuza Airport at 12:30 pm. Skukuza is in Sabi Sands Game Reserve, Kruger Park. We were staying at Dulini Lodge www.dulini.com for the next four days. Skukuza airport was recently reopened after extensive renovations. With beautiful timber floors and ceiling, the terminal is a […]
Rome Saturday 23rd of January 2pm and I am two hours late. I have been flying for twenty-eight hours. At home it is 11pm Saturday night. Virginia is already here having arrived from Munich a couple of hours earlier. She is excited, happy. We are spending a week together in Italy, a 60th birthday celebration […]
You had me at…I hate that bitch too. The crashing waves and Phoebe’s quiet sobs were all that broke the silence. From the verandah, the friends watched the red sun settle for the evening. What could they say? A broken heart could not be mended with words. A lone sea eagle screeched above. Simone disappeared […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
The waves arched their back, rolled and crashed leaving a dirty brown froth along the beach. She zipped up her coat. Sunglasses protected her eyes but the sand provided a late afternoon facial as it swirled and twisted in a vortex brought about by The Fremantle Doctor. Summer was quickly disappearing caught between this south-west […]
