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syrakhanistan · 25 days ago

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Barrière d'Enfer (The Gate of Hell)

[Excerpt from an internal report of the Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı) circa 1944-1947; with regards to a secret expedition between the Istanbul and Paris Universities to investigate the Byzantine Archival record related to the Hundred Years' War.]

In early 1919, following the end of hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Entente Powers alongside the de facto end of the Ottoman sultanate, but before the beginning of the National Struggle, forces from the Entente (particularly French and British troops) began a years-long occupation of the city formerly known as Constantinople (now Istanbul).

During this time, extensive archeological expeditions from the victorious powers were performed within the city as well as other occupied territory in Anatolia. One particularly interesting find (between 1919 and 1921) to a group of French researchers, assisted by members of the İstanbul Dârülfünûnu (now University of Istanbul), was a series of documents found primarily in newly discovered former Byzantine archives underneath the Palace of Manganae ruins (with other related documents found in other both former Byzantine and later Ottoman archival records upon further inspection as well as excavation, particularly in Ankara, Smyrna (now Izmir), and Sinop).

These vague sources of new information related predominantly to previously unrecognised (or, more likely, forgotten - given the age of the documents) trading relations between the later Capet dynasty and early House of Valois and the then-Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. The documents, initially benign, seemingly took a much more unorganised and, frankly, odd tone by the mid-to-late 15th century, even before the Ottoman conquest of the Byzantines (the secret trade relations would seemingly continue even under the Ottoman Empire until the late 18th century when it stopped abruptly). This change coincided with the usage of a new coded cipher - one we have yet to break fully; but the parts that have been understood seem to indicate a large yearly transfer of slaves between the Byzantines, and later the Ottomans, and the French kingdom, alongside a substance oddly referred to as 'blessed mortar' (roughly written as mübarekhavan). It was, and still is (somewhat), unknown if this is literal or a coded phrase.

Whatever the slaves and the mortar were for, it quickly became clear under further scrutiny of the discovered archives that sudden and new secret trade was at the direct request of the French crown; and, with further translation and deciphering success blossoming in the late 1930s and early 1940s, a location of delivery for the traded goods was found to be in Northern Paris. A co-operative expedition was sponsored by both the Turkish government and the Third French Republic, but delayed due to French occupation during the Second World War.

The expedition, now sponsored not just by the two governments, but also by both of the governments' security apparatuses due to the need for security amid the thought of possible explosive remains from the war, finally began in earnest in late 1945. However...

[The excerpt continues. However, of note from this point herein, is a piece of evidence - a diary, as well as a few photos, by one of the expedition workers, named [REDACTED], former head of archeology at the University of Istanbul.]

Day 1:

Arrived at Basilica of Saint-Denis in Northern Paris alongside around 30 peers from both France and Istanbul (plus some French and Turkish soldiers as requested). Likely won't be necessary as Paris escaped much of the war's terror seen in other European cities, but better safe than sorry. Fighting in the Liberation of Paris seemed to be largely contained to the centre of Paris, so the church (cathedral?) remains in good condition.

Discovered new entrance to the famed Catacombs of Paris within the church basement, tucked in behind a surprisingly sturdy pillar. [REDACTED] estimates pillar installed circa 1800? Pillar successfully extracted, given to French authorities, roof propped up safely.

Very cold today! Hopefully underground might be warmer.

Day 2:

Group has entered Catacombs proper. Very careful; apparently the Parisians haven't seen a section of the Catacombs this pristinely kept.

Disproportionate number of dead buried here. Largest mass graves, particularly from Plagues during 1300s-1400s, centre around Cimetière des Innocents, with aggregate number following construction of Catacombs in late 18th century being near 2 million. Numbers here alone... more than any four cemetaries later combined in Innocents put together. Numbers to be made note of.

Getting colder? Odd.

Day 3:

So many skulls. Too many.

New documents found in half-buried desk ledger; mass graves of criminals as well as slaves executed here. Why? Human sacrifice?

Ledger documents ~250,000 slaves between 1500-1600 period alone. Also makes reference to blessed mortar substance seen in Istanbul Archives, but does not explain. Photos taken, but not too clear when printed. Ledger extracted, sent upstairs for examination.

Discovered impromptu-looking prison area. Possible slave holding cells?

Two peers from my team excused themselves for religious reasons. I accepted, promised not to mark down.

French researcher found loose tiling laid oddly onto an earthen wall. Improper exposure to elements upon examination lead to the wall crumbling, almost injuring researcher; revealed new tunnel. Large set of ornate metal doors held within. Security team and workers estimate a few days to get open - thicker than expected or needed for age of doors - so taking break to examine discoveries thus far.

Day 7:

Doors opened, another set of tunnels, deeper than any found in Catacombs across Paris.

Tunnels first lead to what appears to be central hub of sorts, with an impressively kept map. Delicately taken upstairs for study; on inspection, hub area appears to connect all the cemeteries in Paris (and surrounding area) to the Catacombs and this section in particular. French authorities deeply interested, have sent teams to locations marked on map for inspection and locating new entrances to catacombs.

This hub location under the Basillica is unique... Second, far more ornate and properly stone-masoned, set of tunnels. Again, unlike any other found in Paris - far more like Byzantine tunnels beneath old Constantinople, or older networks found in Derinkuyu and Kaymakli. Sent sample of stonework for analysis.

[Mil-Int Note: Later and modern analysis of the sample discovered by [REDACTED] confirmed suspicions; masonry found in deeper sections almost wholly made from stone found not in Paris, but in Ottoman territories - specifically, the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem. Medieval French kings might have interest in supposed 'holy' stone... but for what?]

Day 8:

Further deep exploration authorised by both governments and universities. Supplies given in case of emergency.

Hub location further studied, before entering the second set of tunnels. Tunnels is somewhat innaccurate - seems to be mostly staircases. Estimates seem to put the trail as an odd semicircle, going through the north to the south of Paris, directly under the Place Denfert-Rochereau, then back around to the north, under the Palace d'Louvre before reaching back beneath the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Depth estimate is... just under a kilometre. Should be impossible - the lowest depths previously known of the Catacombs was roughly 50 metres.

Tunnels finally gave way to a set of chambers. Seems almost like an underground house-bunker; rudimentary bedroom, hole-in-the-ground, a small chapel. Further into the house reveals another set of those massive metallic doors - this time, painted an odd dark red. Another few days will be needed to breach. Suppose this house will be our camping ground.

The temperature is dropping further.

Day 9:

Rats seem to have eaten some of our supplies. Holes discovered.

Worms in some of our food??

Our water supplies keep freezing.

Chapel was interesting to deeply examine; cross and the icon of Mary both made of solid gold. Wooden seating is in pristine condition. Taking turns to sleep in the chapel - the warmest area of the house.

The candles we find in this house never burn down their wicks.

Three of our French colleagues apparently got into an argument; one of them ran off back into the Catacombs. Hopefully they returned to the surface safely.

[Mil-Int Note: A single French university scholar did indeed return to the surface on the 9th day of the expedition. They were taken to the hospital almost instantly afterwards due to collapsing, wherein they were found to have suffered major internal damage predominantly due to the bends (decompression sickness), but ended up recovering. They refused to explain what had happened, only begging for a rescue team to be sent down. No team was sent, as communications continued to be working fine through the telephone wires set up to the team below, where no issues were reported.]

Day 10:

Everyone is hearing a dripping sound. We can't find the source of the noise, though.

Going through more findings found inside the house, including a large but moth-eaten Bible (a 15th century version, complete with illustrations and in Vulgate Latin), some tapestries that have long since faded, and an incomplete painting depicting some sort of battle (given the dating of the Bible, it could be a depiction of a battle during the Hundred Years' War).

More ledgers were founded stored in one of the rooms, these ones even older than the ones previously found in the Catacombs. It includes a vague but disturbing description of blessed mortar - originally, an aggregate concrete-like mixture of mortar using stones transported from the Crusader Kingdoms via the Byzantines mixed with blood and bones from live human sacrifices, at a mixture of 10 people per 1 quintal of stone mixture (200 people per tonne of mixture; a quintal being an archaic French weight of roughly 50 kilogrammes). It does not, however, give any indication of what the 'blessed mortar' mixture was necessary for, aside from construction of... something.

One of my colleagues went to the hole-in-the-floor, seemed to lock the door, and then we heard not a peep for hours. Someone tried the door, finding it unlocked, with no trace of my colleague.

Something is knocking on the other side of the sealed metal doors.

Everyone is reporting a recurring nightmare. Memories are vague, but we all remember a burning cathedral, a bloodied crown, and a butterfly with feathered wings.

it is watching us. we can't tell from where.

Day 11:

Good news at last; the new supplies finally arrived, including the necessary materials to breach the crimson doors. Upon opening, a pleasant gasp of warm air filled the house, finally giving us a reprieve from the chill.

The stairs here are solid. Stone, strong, structure appears to be more akin to a road, likely used for the transport of supplies.

The stairs become a spiral, going down and down further, until breaching into a most marvellous place.

The staircase ended with a large corridor, filled with golden statues of angels with no faces. At the end, another set of doors - these ones solid oak, but unlocked. We opened the doors, and found ourselves at a decent height above a vast chasm... cave? Cavern?

A city was down here. An entire city of wooden Medieval houses, streets, dim windows, carts in the roads, all perfectly preserved. We took some photos from this high angle, before descending down a steep set of winding stairs built into the side of the cavern.

I'm not sure why I expected the city to be populated, but it seems as though the whole area was almost frozen in time. No people, no skeletons, yet the streets are filled with signs of life. Windows left open, even bowls of what appears to be fresh food on some tables. Some of our team even swear they can hear conversations in French, whispers in the moyen français or Ancien Francais d'Oile.

Looking back up from the streets, there almost seems to be an artificial sky. The cavern roof must have been painted somehow, complete with realistic looking clouds. There also seem to be odd circles in the sky, almost ritualistic.

Speaking of ritualistic circles, as we moved through the underground city, similar odd circles seemed to keep cropping up. In particular, in the houses of the rich who could afford written books from the Church or other sources (the European printing press presumably not having been made by Gutenberg yet), all the pages where written words should be were replaced with the same unusual runic language seen in both the ritual circles reoccuring around the area, as well as the same language seen in some ancient (and late pre-modern) documents and ruins... The same odd language I saw while working in Diyarbakir's tombs, in some sections of the Byzantine Archives.

One of the French special forces soldiers surprised us by explaining that some of the landmarks, particularly one of the distant towers, was familiar to him; it appears that the city is a Medieval fascimile of the French city of Rouen, north-west of Paris. Why would a replica of Rouen be under Paris?

the ground is crawling

We decided to keep moving through the town, studying it, taking notes, the camera still taking photos for further inspection later. We collectively agreed to end the expedition after reaching the replica of Rouen's cathedral, at the centre of the cavern. We settled down for the night after reaching what appeared to be the original Rouen Château Bouvreuil (an old citadel that had long since been demolished in the real Rouen), just west of the cathedral.

Day 12:

she is here

she wants us to stop

we cannot stop

Day 13:

Odd... it appears we all sleptwalked, or something. Transported back to the edge of the town.

tried to leave

wooden doors locked. soldiers can't even blow it up or shoot it down. weird ritual circle glows on it?

[Mil-Int Note: The recovered camera had a photo of the door, depicting the ground covered with shrapnel and ash from the usage of explosives, as well as the glowing circle of runes seemingly levitating above the doorway, a crude drawing of some sort of bird in the centre of the circle.]

Day 15:

out of food

one of our soldiers started killing his comrades before being put down by the french soldiers

the water was turned to wine??????

Day 19:

The remnants of our group - two French soldiers, one French university scholar, one Turkish soldier, and myself and one of my colleagues as the remnants of the Istanbul University group - finally reached the cathedral. It's warm here. We lounged under the sun on the steps for a moment.

A set of solid golden doors had replaced the central doors of the cathedral's front towers; the north and south towers had no doors, replaced with flat concrete of some kind, that weird bird ritual circle on them. After [REDACTED]'s explosive demise, we know not to touch them anymore.

The cathedral's interior is apparently unchanged from the modern version up above, according to the Frenchman from Rouen - which is odd, given that the modern cathedral has had extensive modifications and expansions from the cathedral of the 15th century.

One glaring issue was, yet again, another set of stairs, warm wood painted red, descending down a spiral staircase into a central descending segment under the the cathedral at the centre of the descending at the centre of the

nto red it's flesh the hole is blood

at least there's not more doors. but more stairs... banisters are bones the smell

don't know, stopped counting:

me and the french soldier from rouen are the last ones

friend from work fell down a few flights ago. found him when we reached the bottom. pancake of jam.

But there was a bottom. A floor. At some point just before the end, the stairs became regular stone once more, with wooden banisters encrusted with golden rings.

another corridor. no doors this time, just a blank black space barred by the bird symbol.

frenchman sighed and pushed it. seemed solid, opened like doors despite being invisible.

we're directly above the city? floating in void. i can sit down though, take a rest.

[Mil-Int Note: The diary ends here. What happens next is collated from a fragmented video and photos, with a description for easier reading. The video is unusual, as the camera taken by the team into the Catacombs was not a video camera with video film.]

The camera swings from side to side; it's being held at the hip by one of two people. The flip of pages and pen to paper in the background indicates that Professor [REDACTED] was the person holding the camera.

"Mon dieu... Professor, I need you here with me." The French soldier comes into view of the camera, motioning for the Professor. The camera's view swings upwards, briefly showing the diary on the 'floor' - the solid void, floating above the pristine medieval settlement - before settling once more on the Professor's hip.

The pair appear to wordlessly move forward in tandem, tip-toeing across the ant-sized city below, towards the area above the cathedral.

The camera is shaking, but a photo taken at this time-stamp shows... something. A glow in the direction they are moving.

The video footage breaks here, and the photos end. However, the footage comes back after a few fixes.

The professor has collapsed, bleeding, the blood pouring into the abyss and going directly through the solidified void. The video shows the French soldier kneeling, putting his hand on the dead man's shoulder, before standing.

Upon standing, he no longer blocks the view of the video footage - revealing an... extraordinary sight. A statue of some sorts, glowing, depicting an abomination, a dragon-like creature with six eyes and butterfly wings, hair flowing out from behind two horns and alongside caterpillar-like legs. Standing above the dragon, and decidedly not a statue yet frozen like one, is what appears to be a young woman with dark blonde hair in full-plate armour, a shadow-like gauntlet criss-crossed with gold on her left arm, a sword that is nearly blinding in her other hand and impaling the forehead of the dragon.

The video's audio is that of static. A whisper can be heard at one point, a gutteral noise, nearly drowned out by the static cries and sobbing of an unseen woman. It roughly translates to:

"Venez, bon monsieur. Remplissez votre devoir envers la France..."

'Come, good sir. Do your duty, for France.'

The soldier, wobbling and stumbling towards the statue, dripping blood from various orifices, appears to oblige the whispers. He moves forward, before dramatically collapsing onto the statue, a single arm wrapping itself around the glowing blade.

A veritable cacophony of sounds breaks into the audio of the video, shrieks, cries, a noise like glass shattering. The camera falls through the previously-solid void, spinning wildly, catching occasional glimpses of flashes, the sound of metal rending, a woman's cry, before the film abruptly ends upon, presumably, hitting the ground.

[The excerpt from the military intelligence report returns.]

...some cost and minor injuries to recover any trace. While nothing remained of the house or anything past it, the camera and diary - alongside several untidy piles of clothing and flesh - had been left outside the metal doors from the Catacombs hub area. The doors themselves are completely sealed now, as it appears to be pointless to go through them - given that the other side of the doors is now a flat face of earth and dirt, with no discernable entrance of any sort.

Both Ankara and Paris decided, particularly upon reviewing the evidence, to close shut the continued investigation of the Byzantine Archives and the excavation of the delivery point of the slave purchases, as well as to suppress any information surrounding the expedition, through bribes, blackmail, and violence. Any economic purpose for further examinations or excavation seems to be at odds to the potential risk of life or the potential to damage the remaining centuries-old artifacts discovered prior to opening the metal doors.

Investigations into the evidence within the photos and film footage, particularly with regards to the statue, the girl, and the runes, have all also been closed - mostly due to lack of concrete evidence, and no extra leads to go towards. The Professor's mention of Diyarbakir as another source of the runes proved fruitless - and, indeed, the Istanbul University group that attempted to perform continued excavation on the possible site he referred to only proved to be worthless as they damaged a set of related ruins and archeologically important architecture, including nearly destroying a cultural landmark.

In terms of recognition, while difficult, the families of our soldiers were given stipends and sent to different places far from urban areas; the Professor and his team were labelled as dying in an accident related to a different archeological expedition happening at the same time (at the Lascaux cave complex in southern France), and summarily but posthumously given various awards.

That being said, our co-operation with France greatly benefitted both sides, encouraging further diplomatic and military dialogue during and following the incident. In particular, both Ankara and Paris have a joint interest in the possibility of developing biological or chemical weapons based upon substances that might have been in place during the expedition, including a full mark-up of the substance known as blessed mortar (with one hypothesis being that the specific set of mines where the stone was brought from reacting badly to a miner's blood, which instilled a psychological or cultural scare into the governments at the time based on superstitions).

[The Turkish military intelligence report ends here. However, an exclave of the Military Salvation Front in the mid-1990s discovered the report in an archive. The following was made as an addendum.]

MSF forces converging on [REDACTED] base discovered this unusual report. Suffice to say, [REDACTED] took immiediate interest in the contents of it.

Operation Baphomet was set up to investigate...

[A further report was made by a team of Marines from the Syrakhanistan executive branch in the early 2000s. The following is heavily censored.]

Operation Baphomet was semi-sucessful. However, [REDACTED]...

...source of power with red... Excavations took note of... translations quickly...

...Extraction of the Beta object, unlike the Theta-Zeta object, proved only somewhat easier...

...Communications between it and our teams proved forthcoming, and...

...virtually unlimited potential to...

...dangerously unstable yet [REDACTED]...

...with that in mind, Operation Bal des Ardents has commenced as a continuation of Baphomet. Co-operation with France via easing of military and diplomatic relations would make it easier, but espionage can always be an option. This could...

...estimates at...

...finally, to establish and...

...harvesting the...

...deep interest to us. Her advice and continued help is of paramount importance, even if it does risk [REDACTED][REDACTED][REDACTED][REDACTED]. But, with that [REDACTED]...

Continued success is likely.

As always,

The First prevails. There is much work to be done.

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pierre-hector · 5 months ago

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Les fondements occidentaux du yoga

Le père Jean-Christophe Thibaut nous enseigne sur les dérives occidentales du New Age, de l'ésotérisme, du yoga, du magnétisme, de la divination, etc.

L’ésotérisme se fonde sur un vision du monde, de l’homme, de la divinité, inspirée des pensées païennes (philosophie néo-platonicienne, mythes antiques, etc.) et sur une “connaissance secrète” (tradition primordiale) transmise pas initiation aux initiés.

L’occultisme (et les pratiques occultes) est la mise en pratique de cette connaissance occulte (magie, divination, astrologie, spiritisme, etc.).

Dans les pratiques occultes, il y a la recherche de la guérison et du bien-être et/ou la connaissance et la divination.

On distingue trois grandes racines aux pratiques occultes : 1. le yoga, la place du corps et les états modifiés de consciences ; 2. le magnétisme et la notion d’énergie ; 3. la magie, la guérison, la divination.

1. Le Yoga

Jusqu’au XIXe siècle, en Occident, on ne connaissait pas les religions orientales. C’est la société de théosophie, issue du spiritisme, fondée par Helena Blavatsky (proche de la franc-maçonnerie) et le “colonel” Olcott, qui fondirent un syncrétisme amalgament l’ésotérisme occidental, le bouddhisme tibétain, l’hindouisme et autres, en 1875. Le but était de fonder une religion qui englobe toutes les religions.

En 1893, cette société de théosophie organise à Chicago le premier parlement mondial des religions [excusez du peu]. Un nommé Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), Indien hindouiste formé dans les écoles protestantes britanniques, y fait plusieurs discours qui favoriseront la connaissance et la diffusion de l’hindouisme en Occident. Il y reçoit l’ovation de 7000 personnes.

Brièvement, le yoga indien est une voie religieuse dont le but ultime est de parvenir à l’illumination par la méditation. L’Éveil est un état d’union avec le “dieu” intérieur (âtman) ou d’absoption de l’âtman dans l’Absolu (le Brahman). La voie du yoga passe par différentes étapes dont la dernière est l’état de Samadhi durant laquelle l’esprit du yogi réalise la “réalité ultime”.

En 1924, Tiramulai Khrishnamacharya choisi le hata yoga (yoga de l’effort) pour être adapté aux attentes des Occidentaux en s’inspirant de la gymnastique suédoise et du culturisme. C’est lui qui donne aux postures [asanas] les noms poétiques de “salutation au soleil”, “la cigogne”, [“l’arbre”, “le guerrier”], etc.

“Dès que le yoga s’exporte, il est marketé pour les Occidentaux. On le rend plus physique, on [en] gomme les aspects religieux tout en lui donnant une patine traditionnelle, on en fait une source de bienfaits, voire une alternative à la médecine.” (Marie Kock, spécialiste de l’histoire du yoga)

À ce stade, le yoga est une gymnastique exotique, mais qui porte en épithète un terme religieux, comme on détournait des termes comme chapelet, oraison [ou rosaire – ndr] pour en faire autre chose [un art martial, par exemple – ndr].

À partir des années 1960, des gourous indiens viennent en Occident avec un enseignement plus traditionnel du yoga dans leurs bagages. La dimension physique (asana) cède la place à la méditation (dhyana) pour parvenir à un état d’éveil. Le yoga vise désormais une transformation spirituelle.

Le yoga est inspiré du tantrisme qui est une voie ésotérique hindouiste et bouddhiste. Le yoga enseigne que les exercices de souffle [prânâyâma] permettent d’ouvrir les chakras et de faire l’expérience de l’éveil de la kundalini. L’illumination recherchée est perçue comme un état de plénitude, de bien-être, tant physique que psychologique. Il s’agit en fait d’un état de transe, d’ouverture sur le “monde invisible”.

Le prânâyâma se présente comme une méthode qui permet au prânâ (“souffle spirituel universel” [associé par d’aucuns au pneuma]) de pénétrer et de purifier le corps et l’esprit. L’hyperventilation provoque un état modifié de conscience pouvant aller jusqu’à induire un état de transe.

“Le yoga conduit à un état de fusion cosmique, induisant des états modifiés de conscience similaires à ceux que l’on peut obtenir par la transe ou par des rites initiatiques. Rien d’étonnant dès lors que ceux qui pratiquent un certain temps le yoga ou autres techniques analogues, se découvrent dotés de pouvoirs préternaturels. […] Un état modifié de conscience provoqué par des techniques longuement éprouvées par des yogis, peut provoquer des phénomènes d’emprises démoniaques.” (Josèphe Verlinde, L’Expérience interdite)

Rem du rédacteur. : Josèphe Verlinde que le père Thibaut prononce “vers l’Inde”, ça s’invente pas ; le Belge dira “veur Line de”.

La méditation du yoga cherche à provoquer une enstase, une plongé en soi-même pour découvrir son moi profond que le père Thibaut nomme “dieu intérieur” [Michel Odoul écrit “maître intérieur” ; C. G. Jung parle de “soi” et, en parallèle avec le travail des alchimistes, une plongée dans l’inconscient pour sauver notre âme qui a besoin de rédemption].

La méditation chrétienne et la prière permettent une extase, une union (non une fusion), une communion d’amour avec un Dieu transcendant.

Selon le père Thibaut, le yoga est tourné vers soi, la prière est tournée vers une altérité et dans ce cas, le yoga empêche de s’ouvrir à une altérité, son accès nous devient impossible.

“Le souci de l’harmonie de l’homme avec son environnement est important, mais nous constatons qu’il devient progressivement un absolu, une aliénation qui nous empêche de porter tout notre effort sur le vrai enjeu de notre vie : l’accueil de la grâce divine au nom de Jésus-Christ. […]

Pour ceux qui pratiquent le yoga assidûment, il devient progressivement un ‘art théurgique’, à savoir une voie d’auto-divination [1]. L’incompatibilité avec le christianisme saute aux yeux : nous croyons certes que nous sommes appelés à participer à la vie divine (2 P 1, 4), mais par grâce, c’est-à-dire par l’action de l’Esprit-Saint, et non par nos propres efforts ou par immersion dans les énergies créées de ce monde.” (Josèphe Verlinde, L’Expérience interdite)

2. La magnétisme et l’énergie

(cf. vidéo)

3. la magie, la guérison, la divination.

(cf. vidéo)

‣ Chaîne Youtube « Dieu sauve », « Occultisme, ésotérisme et foi chrétienne, Père Thibaut, luciférien devenu prêtre Part2 », pub. 8 oct. 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx-F7d9_JhQ (cons. 8 sept. 2024).

‣ Ill. : groupe FB « Santé partagée/Naturocoaching », https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=458638719601024&set=pb.100063646984560.-2207520000 (cons. 9 sept. 2024)

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[1] C’est bien ce dont C. G. Jung nous met en garde : ne pas identifier le soi au moi, ce qu’il nomme “inflation du moi”. Il évoque la fin tragique de Nietzsche à ce sujet dans son chapitre “Confrontation avec l’inconscient” de son autobiographie dictée à Aniela Jaffé : Ma vie.

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superdorkcat · 7 months ago

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Upcoming Magical Girl Projects

Magical girl fans are finally eating good after years of starvation. So good, in fact, that I decided to make a list of magical girl projects in development. This is a continually updating list whose history can be found here.

You and Idol Precure - The 22nd season of the Precure franchise, You and Idol will replace the currently airing Wonderful Precure on February 2, 2025. While walking her dog, Uta Sakura comes across Purirun, a fairy searching for the legendary Idol Precure to save her homeland from the Chokkiri Gang. Uta then transforms into Cure Idol to take back the "sparkle" of her neighbors after it's stolen by a Chokkiri agent.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Walpurgisnacht Rising - The fourth PMMM movie, which will pick up where Rebellion's massive cliffhanger left off. While originally slated for late 2024, it has since been delayed to winter 2025.

Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love! - The magical boy series is getting a new movie in winter 2025 as part of the celebrations for its 10th anniversary. The movie will be a time travel story that picks up a decade after the original series.

Maebashi Witches - A TV original production by Sunrise, Maebashi Witches is a coming of age story focused on a quintet of high schoolers who are approached by a strange and mysterious frog named Keroppe, who recruits them to become the titular group. Now working in a magical flower shop, the girls use the "Witchverse" pocket dimension to grant people's wishes with the power of song and dance. Has the same writer as Bocchi the Rock (Erika Yoshida) and is premiering spring 2025.

Princession Orchestra - A TV original coming in spring 2025, Princession Orchestra is based on a concept by Akifumi Kaneko, one of Symphogear's co-creators. The land of Alicepia's peace is destroyed when monsters called Jammerwocks attack, prompting a trio of young girls to step up the plate to protect the realm.

Winx Club - The western magical girl classic is getting a CGI reboot. While comments by Iginio Straffi imply that certain characters who were introduced later in the original series (such as Roxy and Nabu) will appear earlier, no specific plot details have been revealed so far. The series is coming to Netflix late 2025.

New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Panty & Stocking is getting a second season after over a decade that's coming out sometime in 2025. A teaser trailer confirmed the OG voice cast's return and announced the production staff, but plot details are still unclear.

Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. season two - Magilumiere is getting a second season, which was announced after the broadcast of season one's finale. No other details have been revealed.

Untitled Symphogear movie - A new Symphogear movie was announced in late 2023. However, no further details have been revealed.

Hua Xianzi: Zhi Mofa Xiang Dui Lun - A co-production between Tencent Video and Toei Animation's Shanghai branch, this anime is being billed as a "remake" of Lunlun the Flower Fairy. The heroine is Rumi, an apprentice at a homemade perfume studio who awakens as a Flower Child due to the power of a family heirloom. She's tasked with collecting and purifying the Rainbow Flower's scattered petals, only to clash with another Flower Child along the way and discover the surprising past of her feline mentor/sidekick.

Studio Pierrot's new anime - Studio Pierrot, which has made a variety of magical girl anime from TV originals like Creamy Mami to adaptations such as Tokyo Mew Mew, has announced that they're creating a new TV original magical girl anime. No specific details have been disclosed, but the caption for the teaser image ("I want you to sing once more...") implies that it'll be a magical idol anime.

Lolirock season three - After Lolirock's second season ended with a cliffhanger all the way back in 2017, it seemed like the story would never get a proper conclusion. However, the series's creator and director, Jean-Louis Vandestoc, announced on his Instagram in 2023 that creative meetings for a third season have begun.

Magic Knight Rayearth revival - TMS Entertainment is making a new Magic Knight Rayearth anime in honor of the franchise's 30th anniversary. Unfortunately, it's currently unknown what the format will be.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance - A new installment in the seminal Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, this will be a new TV anime to celebrate the series's 20th anniversary. No other details are confirmed, but it will presumably be connected to the upcoming EXCEEDS manga that will begin in 2025.

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card season two - The sequel to the magical girl classic is getting a second season that will adapt the rest of the manga.

Magical Girl holoWitches - A multimedia project starring six VTubers as fictionalized versions of themselves who work as both streamers and magical girls who save people when they get trapped in the magical Holocas World. There was a four minute extended trailer in May 2024, but the anime's proper premiere date is unknown.

I Don't Want to Be a Magical Girl - An indie project by Kiana Khansmith, which follows the story of a burnt out magical girl named Aika. While she ran away from her duties in pursuit of a normal life, her position as a Protagonist™ causes her to get dragged into adventures anyway. Khansmith is currently hard at work on the pilot, which has a voice cast consisting of Anairis Quinones, Bennett Abara, Christine Marie Cabanos, Aleks Le, Shara Kirby, Michele Knotz, and Marieve Herington.

New Ojamajo Doremi thing - As part of the celebrations for the franchise's 25th anniversary, Toei Animation released two new music videos for the series' 1st OP and 4th ED with the promise that a new project will be made if the videos reach a combined 5 million views. This goal has since been met. Due to the girls being adults in the videos, the new project will presumably be an adaptation of the Ojamajo Doremi 16-20's sequel series of light novels.

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weirdlookindog · 5 months ago

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Émile Bayard (1837–1891) - The Evocation of Spirits

Illustration from Paul Christian’s 'Histoire de la magie', 1870

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fashionbooksmilano · 1 month ago

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Le Style Cocteau

Patrick Mauriès

Editions Assouline, Paris 1998, 80 pages, 16x27,5cm, ISBN 9782843 230929

euro 30,00

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Virtuose de la parole et du trait, personnalité médiatique avant l'heure, " Paganini du violon d'Ingres ", selon ses propres termes, Jean Cocteau ne réduisit pas l'art à une esthétique, mais en fit un véritable art de vivre. C'est ce qui assure sa modernité. " Un coup de baguette, et les livres sont écrits, le cinéma tourne, la plume dessine, le théâtre joue. " Patrick Mauriès esquisse une cartographie personnelle de ce " prince des poètes ", s'attachant en particulier à mettre en relief le génie des lieux dont il fit preuve tout au long de son existence, et la magie singulière, inspirée des trucages de cirque ou de baraque foraine, qui habite chacune de ses créations.

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#Style Cocteau #Jean Cocteau #Patrick Mauriès #prince des poètes #art books #fashionbooksmilano

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diceriadelluntore · 2 months ago

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Storia Di Musica #350 - Miles Davis Quintet, Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet, 1958

Per essere stata una piccola casa editrice musicale, la Prestige di Bob Weinstock è infarcita di leggende, come ho un po' raccontato in queste belle (per me, e spero pure per chi le ha lette) storie musicali novembrine. Che oggi toccano l'impressionante traguardo dei 350 dischi, e come tradizione vuole tocca a Miles Davis. Weinstock capì agli inizi degli anni '50 che Davis aveva un talento gigantesco sia come musicista ma forse ancora di più come band leader, tanto che fu uno dei suoi più grandi sostenitori ad intraprendere la costruzione di un suo gruppo. E Davis alla prima occasione dimostrerà il suo fiuto per la genialità musicale e nello scegliersi i musicisti, formando quello che è uno dei grandi gruppi di sempre, e apice dell'hard bop. Davis sceglie un giovane sassofonista della scuderia Prestige, John Coltrane, che in pochi anni diventerà uno dei giganti della musica del '900 e quella che è la sezione ritmica per eccellenza del genere: Red Garland al pianoforte, Paul Chambers al basso e contrabasso e Philly Joe Jones alla batteria. Siamo nel 1955: come accennato, Weinstock era uno che metteva la praticità davanti all'estetica, e spinge il quintetto a registrare. I musicisti la prendono come un'occasione per provare come suoneranno il repertorio dal vivo. Davis ha già registrato con la Prestige il suo primo disco da 12 pollici, The Musings Of Miles, nel 1955 con Oscar Pettiford al basso, e vedendo l'aura del personaggio crescere enormemente come seguito, Weinstock pubblicò in vari Lp tutte le registrazioni su disco da 10 pollici che Davis, con varie formazioni, aveva fatto agli inizi degli anni '50. Ai leggendari studi Van Gelder, Davis e il suo quintetto registrano in due date, passate alla storia del jazz: l'11 maggio e il 16 ottobre del 1956. Sono già così affiatati e coesi, la magia e la bravura a livelli così alti, che registrano moltissimo materiale, che il buon Weinstock è ben felice di avere, dato che ha notizie sicure che la Columbia vuole mettersi Davis sotto contratto, cosa che avverrà alla fine dello stessio anno, il 1956. Per questo motivo, e per la bellezza della musica, le intere quattro registrazioni vengono pubblicate come 4 dischi: Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet nel 1957, Relaxin' nel 1958, Workin' nel 1960 e Steamin' nel 1961. Sebbene Davis sia già passato ad altre magie stilistiche già nel 1958, quando pubblica quel capolavoro che è Milestones, i 4 dischi sono considerati insieme non solo uno dei gioielli del catalogo Prestige, ma come lo stato dell'arte del bop nella seconda parte degli anni '50.

Scelgo Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet nella tetralogia perchè è unanimemente considerato il lavoro più palpitante e musicalmente ineccepibile, sebbene il repertorio scelto fosse, e da questo il titolo, il lato più intimo e dolce dei brani registrati. In questo disco la tromba di Davis, con i suoi interventi delicati e strutturati sulla ripresa di poche note caratteristiche del brano, diventerà iconica, tanto che chiunque pensi solo di avvicinarsi al suo stile verrà etichettato come "davisiano". Tra l'altro persino nelle versioni rimasterizzate più recenti, quelle del 2005 nientemeno che da Van Gelder in persona, rimangono ancora gli intermezzi di dialoghi all'inizio di ogni brano, dove Davis discute con i musicisti sul da farsi. In scaletta 6 brani, tutti standard, che in questa registrazione troveranno la loro forma definitiva: If I Were A Bell è un brano scritto da Frank Loesser per il famosissimo musical Guys And Dolls (uno dei grandi successi di Broadway, che ispirò il film Bulli E Pupe con Marlon Brando e Jean Simmons), qui è nella sua versione decisiva con gli assoli di Garlad e Coltrane e la tromba di Davis, che qui usa una sordina Harmon che diventerà una sorta di feticcio tra i trombettisti. You're My Everything è una canzone del 1931, altra canzone da un musical epocale è I Could Write A Book di Rodgers e Hart, cantata nella versione originale da Gene Kelly nel musical Pal Joey come It Could Happen To You, tratta dal film della Paramount And The Angels Sing del 1940. Due invece sono i brani scritti da jazzisti: Oleo è un brano di Sonny Rollins, il quale era molto stimato da Davis: i due spesso hanno suonato insieme, ma mai con assiduità, avendo un grande rispetto reciproco. L'altro brano è Woody 'n' You di Dizzy Gillespie, uno dei tre arrangiamenti realizzati da Gillespie per la big band di Woody Herman, anche se all'epoca non venne utilizzato; gli altri due erano Swing Shift e Down Under.

Nasce in questo disco la sintonia musicale quasi sincronica di Davis e Coltrane, che nel 1959 porteranno ai picchi inarrivabili di Kind Of Blue: la sezione ritmica diventerà lo standard, tanto è che Coltrane, che inizierà i suoi lavori solisti proprio con la Prestige, se li porterà appresso.

Il quintetto lavorerà fino al 1960, non senza dissidi e pause, primo fra tutti il fatto che Red Garland porterà Coltrane alla dipendenza dall'eroina, cosa che Davis non gli perdonerà mai (tanto è vero che Garland non suona in Kind Of Blue). Chambers, un genio, anche lui attraverserà una devastante dipendenza dalla droga e addirittura morirà per complicazioni da tubercolosi nel 1963, a 33 anni.

Nel 2006 la Concorde Records, che detiene il catalogo Prestige, pubblicherà in una scintillante confezione box da 4 cd The Legendary Quintet Sessions, che ai 4 capolavori aggiunge 'Round Midnight, presente in Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants e una serie di registrazioni inedite in jazz club e show in televisione. Un tesoro per gli appassionati più accaniti, ma per un approccio genuino e affascinante al jazz basta ascoltare la bellezza del disco di oggi, una delle innumerevoli magie di Miles Davis.

#miles davis quintet #relaxin' with the miles davis quintet #1958 #recensione

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mrsines · 3 months ago

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Jalousie

À la demande de @harknessshi en espérant que ça va te plaire.

29"Pouvez-vous s'il vous plaît arrêter d'être si jaloux pendant une seconde"

Agatha x Lecteur

Reader, membre du Coven d'Agatha, se tenait là, entourée par ses anciennes amies et nouvelles compagnes d'aventure. Leurs regards se croisaient dans une ambiance chargée d'électricité, alors qu'elles se préparaient à affronter la nouvelle épreuve, celle d'Alice. L'air était saturé d'excitation et d'anticipation, chaque sorcière arborant un style rock qui tranchait avec le passé traditionnel de leur magie. Reader, avec son jean similicuir noir qui brillait légèrement sous les lumières, dégageait une aura de confiance. Son t-shirt en col en V noir, ajusté à sa silhouette, ajoutait une touche de mystère, tandis que sa veste rouge flamboyante, presque comme une armure, attirait tous les regards.

Agatha, bien qu'elle se tenait parmi elles en tant que leader, ne pouvait s'empêcher de jeter des coups d'œil vers Reader. Les souvenirs de leur amitié à Salem, teintés de rires et de secrets partagés, s'entrelaçaient avec le ressentiment causé par la quête insatiable de pouvoir d'Agatha. La tension entre elles était palpable, un mélange de nostalgie et de rivalité, comme une danse délicate entre le passé et le présent. Reader, consciente de ce regard insistant, ressentait un frisson parcourir son corps , à la fois intriguée et méfiante.

Autour d'elles, Jen, Alice et Lilia, et l'adolescent pleine de fougue, semblaient prêtes à plonger dans l'inconnu. Les éclats de rire et les murmures enthousiastes résonnaient, mais pour Reader, tout cela était assourdi par le poids de son histoire avec Agatha.

Dans l'atmosphère électrique de la salle, Jen ne pouvait s'empêcher de contempler Reader, son regard captivé par sa beauté saisissante. La façon dont Reader ajustait sa veste rouge, les mouvements fluides de ses bras, la manière dont ses cheveux tombaient en cascade sur ses épaules, tout cela faisait battre son cœur un peu plus vite. Jen, déterminée à ne pas laisser passer sa chance, prit une profonde inspiration et s'approcha de Reader.

« Hé, tu sais que cette veste te va à merveille ? » lança Jen avec un sourire charmeur, sa voix douce mais pleine de confiance.

Reader tourna la tête, surprise, mais un sourire se dessina sur ses lèvres. « Merci, Jen. »

« Tu es absolument incroyable, » répondit Jen, s'approchant un peu plus, ses yeux pétillants d'admiration. « Je veux dire, qui d'autre pourrait porter du similicuir et du rouge avec autant de classe ? »

Agatha, observant la scène de loin, plissa les yeux, un regard noir et méfiant s'installant sur son visage. Elle ne pouvait s'empêcher de ressentir une vague de jalousie en voyant Jen flirter avec Reader sous son nez.

« Jen, tu devrais peut-être te concentrer sur l'épreuve plutôt que sur… disons, des distractions, » intervint-elle d'une voix glaciale, le ton chargé de menace.

Reader, consciente de la tension qui montait, essaya de garder son calme. « Je pense que nous avons tous besoin d'un peu de distraction avant de plonger dans ce qui nous attend, tu ne pense pas Agatha ? » dit-elle, lançant un regard complice à Agatha

« Exactement ! » s'exclama Jen, ignorant délibérément le ton d'Agatha. « Et puis, je suis sûre que nous allons toutes briller. Mais je dois admettre, Reader, que c'est toi qui voles la vedette. »

Le regard d'Agatha se durcit encore plus, mais elle ne pouvait pas s'opposer à l'énergie qui émanait de Jen et Reader. La tension était palpable, une bataille silencieuse entre l'amitié, la rivalité et l'attirance.

~oOo~

Agatha était assise dans la cabine de son, le regard perdu dans le vide, la tension palpable dans l'air. Chaque fois qu'elle voyait Jen s'approcher de Reader, une vague d'irritation l'envahissait. Elle levait les yeux au ciel, sa frustration se manifestant par un léger soupir.

Reader, qui avait remarqué l'humeur d'Agatha, décida de la suivre. Elle entra dans la cabine et ferma doucement la porte derrière elle.

"Peux-tu s'il te plaît arrêter d'être si jalouse pendant une seconde ?" demanda Reader, son ton léger mais direct.

Agatha éclata de rire, un son qui trahissait une nervosité sous-jacente. "Je ne suis pas du tout jalouse," répondit-elle, feignant l'indifférence.

Reader croisa les bras, un sourire amusé sur le visage. "Ah, donc je peux passer tout mon temps avec Jen, ça ne te dérange pas ?"

Agatha leva à nouveau les yeux au ciel, silencieuse, son expression trahissant son malaise. Reader s'approcha d'elle, s'asseyant sur le bord de la chaise.

"J'aime bien te voir jalouse, mais ce n'est pas ce qui te va le mieux," ajouta-t-elle, son regard perçant cherchant à capter l'attention d'Agatha.

Agatha détourna le regard, mais un léger sourire se dessina sur ses lèvres. "Tu sais que je préfère quand tu es avec moi," murmura-t-elle finalement, la jalousie se mêlant à une affection indéniable.

#agatha harkness x reader #agatha all along #agatha x reader

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