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You’ve seen this before: Mont-Saint-Michel — the Wonder of the Western World

Published July 6, 2024 by tindertender

By @Culture_Crit

Did you know it has a twin, 200 miles away, also named after St. Michael?

That’s where things get really strange…

This is the “twin”: St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall, England.

It’s also a tidal island with a chapel, remarkably similar to its French counterpart, and only accessible at low tide.

Here’s a map of the two. You can draw a line between them just over 200 miles long as the crow flies.

But what happens if you keep extending that line?

You get this: a straight line all the way from Ireland to Israel. Along it are 7 medieval monasteries linked to the Archangel Michael.

What are they, and is this just a strange coincidence?

St. Michael is one of the biblical archangels. He’s best known for defeating Satan in the New Testament, and is usually depicted with a sword or spear during this heroic moment.

Each point on the line has a curious link to him…

The westernmost point is an island called Skellig Michael. Medieval monks started worshipping here in the 7th century, and built a church honoring Michael around 950 AD.

Next is St. Michael’s Mount. A monastery was built here in the 8th century, and it was later gifted to the same Benedictine order of Mont Saint-Michel.

But local legend says the link is far older, and Michael was sighted here by fishermen in 495 AD.

Then, Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy. People call it the 8th Wonder of the World for obvious reasons — it can be hard to believe it’s a real place.

This one has the most curious origin story of all…

In 708 AD, an oratory was built here by a local bishop. He had been visited by Michael in a series of visions and instructed to build a shrine on the island…

Why? Because this was the exact point at which Saint Michael defeated Satan (in the form of a dragon).

This is stated in a 9th century Latin text recording the origins of Mont-Saint-Michel.

Next is Sacra di San Michele, at the peak of Mount Pirchiriano (near Turin).

It’s also on an impressive pinnacle, and its origin story is a vision of St. Michael. In 980 AD, he appeared to a hermit and instructed him to build an abbey here.

Next is even older. The Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo is the oldest shrine dedicated to St. Michael in Europe.

8th century writings say he appeared in 490 AD, and again in 663 — when his spectacular apparition helped the Lombards defeat invaders in battle.

Then, a small Greek island called Symi. Most of its religious buildings are dedicated to Michael, including this one in Panormitis. It dates all the way to 450 AD, and was built around a miraculous icon of Michael…

Last is the Stella Maris Monastery in Israel, on Mount Carmel — close to Nazareth.

It’s also a vantage point, but not dedicated to St. Michael. It’s where the prophet Elijah lived, built over a small grotto of his…

Similar imagery to Michael is associated with Elijah, wielder of a sword.

And the monastery is dedicated to the Virgin Mary — Queen of Angels. Perhaps it’s fitting that the line ends here, at the entrance to the Holy Land…

So, what is this all about? Some say the line represents the stroke of St. Michael’s sword that sent Lucifer to Hell.

But how accurate is the line exactly?

order to capture all of 7 points in an arc connecting the end points, the line has to be about 20km wide.

Sacra di San Michele falls exactly in line with the two extremes.

This is what’s known as a “ley line”. Of course, you can draw them between all sorts of places and eventually find one. There’s even another relating to St. Michael across England:

They’re usually put down to sheer coincidence. But what about this one?

Well, there are many more accounts from the Middle Ages of him appearing miraculously across Europe, and plenty of other sites bearing his name.

But these are the most beautiful and significant of all, arranged curiously in one great swing of a sword.

Were they named intentionally by medieval Christians to form a line? Or did they simply fall into place…

Looking at Mont-Saint-Michel, it’s certainly hard not to conclude it was divinely created…

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Pilgrims have come from afar for 1,000 years.

To cross to it from the shoreline is known as taking the “paths to paradise” — and it’s easy to see why…

Hi-Voltage!

Published May 2, 2024 by tindertender

The energy feels combative.

Powerful responses and reactions are possible now.

Carefully keep in check the urge to toss out everything and everyone as trash.

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/alerts-watches-and-warnings

https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/solar-flares.html

https://spaceweather.app/

Sun news May 2: Bye bye, AR3654

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/SMOS_and_Swarm_team_up_to_spot_huge_solar_storm

https://www.space.com/solar-flare-coronal-hole-space-weather

Cloud Seeding – Hold On!!!!!

Published April 22, 2024 by tindertender

I thought this was a “conspiracy theory”?!?!

Are they flooding their own selves … clearing the way for their future?

https://videopress.com/v/QiKTkqyj?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

“Eclipse” Common Sense?

Published April 9, 2024 by tindertender

Let There Be Peace on Earth

Published February 28, 2024 by tindertender

Into the New

Published February 14, 2024 by tindertender

In life I have learned not to take things too seriously. The slanderous rumors, the defamation of character, the theft and willingness to keep anything of value from me, life was one of scarcity, trial and tribulation. Friendless, partnerless … and the world did it’s best to break me. You can probably relate.

In my experience, i didn’t take anything too seriously, for to do so would be to relinquish the open mindedness required for solution creation. Or so it felt.

These days folks are going to need to learn to take it a little more seriously. Recognition is afoot. Your essence and effort is noted, and a reward, or new role and compensation may soon arrive.

Teaching the youth, molding minds … it begins with one’s own personal mental and emotional stability. If there isn’t stability, chaos will be the result.

You’re going to need to be an steady now.
You’re coming into leadership.
The time of childish frivolity may be over, unless it’s recess time. 😉

A new cycle begins.

The shedding has occurred.

It’s time for rebuilding.

The Firmament

Published January 2, 2024 by tindertender

The sky is blue because it’s the waters of the heavens. The previous deluge was caused by a hole being punctured in the firmament. Ninmah swore her children would never be drowned again. You see Elon’s rockets exploding in a burst when it hits the firmament? They’re trying to drain the heavenly waters, create a breech.

Can You Help Us?

Published November 6, 2023 by tindertender

Turtle woman is making an offering of wampum to the plants of the river.

“Please”, she asks, “can you help us?”

She explains how we need the rivers to be clean and she acknowledges the plants as the cleaners of the river.

She speaks to the wampum and thanks them also for the light they bring the world.

She talks to the plants for a long time. Telling them what is happening. She explains that the two legged have lost their ways. But there are still some who remember. She tells them about the babies that are coming who need clean water. She cries for her grandchildren.

The plants, being loving and generous, wait for her to finish speaking and then they tell her they have heard her prayers. They agree to help. They are gentle. They never have an unkind word to say about anyone.

From the shore a young person sings a turtle song. Unbeknownst to them, turtle woman is pleading for the world only a short distance below at the bottom of the river.

#TheEarthIsMyGoverment

Everything is Amazing!

Published October 15, 2023 by tindertender

“Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement, [to] get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness. Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power… Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.”

~Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
(January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Joshua_Heschel

Earth CPR ~ Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run

Published October 14, 2023 by tindertender

“The earth is a living, throbbing organism. It needs CPR ~ Conservation-Preservation-Restoration ~ on a regular basis:

“Conservation: We’ve got to use our resources rationally. We haven’t been all that rational these last brief millennia.

“Preservation: We’ve got to preserve what we can never replace. That’s what wilderness is. That’s what biodiversity is, and we’re getting rid of both faster than anybody has ever done.

“Restoration: We’re bright enough to build back, to restore the rivers we’ve dammed, the forests we’ve clearcut, the seas we’ve bloodied, polluted, and strip-mined with drift nets; the mountains we’ve bolted and bulldozed, the deserts we’ve spoiled or mistakenly created; the ozone layer we’ve punctured. We can’t restore a lot of things that are gone, but we can certainly restore human integrity.”

“You have opportunities, seize them.”

~ David Brower, Let The Mountains Talk, Let The Rivers Run