Arcadia Discussion Zone

O.K.

Sorry, Andrew isn`t with Patrice`s group, but he is in Spain. I asked

the tour photographer about the tree in the painting (or the artifact there), the monastery

chapel is the last site on their trip and that`s where it is.

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Caelum, did you ever hear about the mysterious note reproduced in Patrice's book City of Secrets, the one on hotel stationery that couldn't have existed until at least fifteen to sixteen years after its date of 1968? I guess she's found the portals for time travel...

TCP

Caelum - Did you click on "Photos" to see all of the pictures on Patrice`s page?

I did - some great stuff in there.

Well, they do say "necessity is the Mothers of Invention" and "where there's Smoke on the Water there's fire..."

... in the sky.

Or the boy's room.

TCP

I went to college in So. Calif. near Frank Zappa`s home town. He

was very interested in making movies about babes in outer space and he started

singing to fund his cinema project. I knew friends of his who were stained glass

artists. It was near the Claremont Colleges - a safe place to be in the late `60s.

Hi, I'm just seeing this question now, but not having PC's book right in front of me I couldn't say. Since PC doesn't navigate/read this forum, perhaps you could write this question directly to her on her facebook fanpage? Patrice checks her fanpage frequently and would be very happy to directly address any questions or comments.
http://facebook.com/patricechaplin

Also, if anyone is interested, I am working on uploading as many photos as I can from our May 2011 trip to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patriceingirona/

this is a work in progress, so bare with me as far as uploading and labeling.

It is true that something special is in the works for September. PC's fanpage will be updated with all new events and news, and I will make sure to post info here also.

Three of Cups !
Xochiquetzal

of for goodness' sake!
is this all you have to say? correcting an homonym spelling?

Well, she is after all a professional publicist, you know, someone who writes public press releases...

O.K., O.K., so it should be "Bear with me".

Caelum, I took the 007 volcanic lake down from Patrice`s wall (some of the

ladies wanted to know whether they could swim in it), but it`s still up in the collection

of photos. No problem, it`s appropriate. As one read more and more of Patrice`s books

and the body count rises, one realizes that one of the characters has a 007 license.

In "The Portal' on page 300....close to the bottom.....she mentions walking on a path that leads to a small stone chapel.......inside this chapel she lights a candle and asks Patrice to take a look......(Patrice) "Finally, the artefact on the chapel wall took my attention. Painted on the wood, the colour was still vibrant, hardly flaking, even thought the artifact had been painted in the seventeenth century. It was rectangular, with a top curved into a semicircle and no frame."(Lilliane) "Have you seen it before?".....just what is this artefact???Or painting? ?????? thanks

I'm on the phone with Patrice, and I'm copying the message I posted to Jilly's inquiry, Patrice's response about this artifact: " I'm on phone with Patrice, so I am transcribing what she was saying. No, we did not visit this pl...ace when on the tour, it is in France, Patrice believes this small forest chapel hut was taken down when that Kabbalist passed away some years ago. Patrice describes this artifact as relatively small, but bigger than a book, and in very good condition. She says other students of this journey have seen this piece. Patrice says this hut was used for ritual, and that the artifact had ritualistic meaning. She believes that this artifact, as well as the Kabbalists other material was taken to the head of the society in Girona, with some going to Sion, Switzerland where the Kabbalist spent time, for the purpose of sorting through. Some is/will be handed over to public figures for research purposes. Patrice says this has also happened with the other Kabbalist, Ingrid's material. Ingrid passed away some months ago, and her material was taken down to Girona during our tour's stay there, where they also held a memorial service for Ingrid. I remember this going on, but I, nor the attendees, attended this memorial. Patrice hopes this comment is helpful. Let us know if there are any other particulars you would like to know about! " —Xochi Adame Let me know if you have questions/comments

(ie. What does it look like?!!).

The most famous ecdysiast of all, portrayed on Broadway.

hmmm.....would using nude models for Joanna of Castile's Entry to Brussel's (1496) count as combining the two?

The Judgement of Paris.... "au nud, et de femmes vives".... seems to have been well recieved at the time.

Who else still has questions about the artifact? On pg. 300 does it say that the chapel was made of wood?

Was the artifact a painting? What else shall we ask Xoche to inquire of Patrice?

"The 2,000-year-old town of Sion is the capital of Valais, or Wallis, a canton that is roughly 3/4 French-speaking and lies along the Rhône River between Lake Geneva and the Furka Pass (Furka Pass - see poster below). Although Valais has been part of the Swiss Confederation only since 1815, Sion has had a Catholic bishop since the 4th Century and enjoyed near-sovereign status during the Middle Ages.


Today, Sion is more of an administrative and market center than a tourist magnet--a role that makes it all the more appealing to visitors who want to sample the "real Switzerland." Yet it does have its share of tourist attractions, most notably the fortress of Château de Tourbillon and an 11th-Century church, Notre-Dame-de-Valère (see photo).


The château and church are built on a pair of steep hills that rise dramatically from the plain along the river Rhône. The château is little more than a ruin with a view, but the Valère church is still going strong after more than 800 years. It also has what is claimed to be the world's oldest functioning organ, along with a cantonal museum that houses prehistoric objects, Roman artworks, furniture from the days when Sion's bishops lived and ruled like princes, and examples of local crafts.

Other attractions in Sion:
Sion has a Natural History Museum with recently discovered dinosaur fossils, a Museum of Art, a Museum of Antiquities, and a cathedral (Notre-Dame-de-Glarier). Allow time for a visit to the Maison Supersaxo (east of the Place de la Planta), where you can get a taste of 16th Century luxury living."

"At Sion –Vaudemont was found sea stars fossilized from 170 million years ago. They are called lily of the sea. The sea stars were dug up at Holy Marguerite Cross opposite the hill Sion –Vaudemont. A statue of Rosemertha was uncovered at Sion. She was goddess of fertility" - from L. on the "Sion, Switzerland" thread.

"Sion was occupied during the Neolithic era but it seems to have started to really develop during the Celtic times.

It takes its name from the Latin word Sedunum, itself derived from the Celtic tribe that lived there, the Seduni. It was occupied by the Romans with the rest of the surrounding area in the 1st century BCE. The town-hall is said to contain several Roman inscriptions, one of which found at Sion memorializes the Roman presence: Civitas Sedunorum Patrono.

The Roman Catholic diocese of Sion is the oldest in Switzerland and one of the oldest north of the Alps."

"Priory of Sion to Sion = 171kms -1hr 48mins by car" - from Roscoe on that same thread.

Patrice says that the "artifact" was in a stone chapel, it was a painting of a woman

on a ladder leaning against a round tree. Instead of holding fruit as in Patrice`s dream,

she was cutting staves for each pilgrim.



The structure was removed to Sion, Switzerland?! What was it, a tipi?

...

Cabaret dancer.

Now that you mention it Roger (the ecdysiast/writer combo), guess who became a

dancer in Pigalle while she was waiting to hear from Jose Tarres in the mid-50s? Her

career didn`t last long, she managed to catch her headdress on fire - that and her

high-heeled shoes were her entire costume. Those were her lean and hungry times.

...

...

Patrice wrote in one of her books that she was able to retrieve the cross when she was able to repay the man who lent her money. It was an important priest`s cross and it went with the office that was held by Jose. The cabaret dancer photo isn`t of Patrice personally. I think that the hole in the floor of the old house just may have been due to problems with the water pipes - who knows? Ah, the wallpaper - that`s my favorite scene when she peeks in and sees the fancy wallpaper and the gold chair. That has to do with the real identity of Guilliaume if it was decorated in the time of Sauniere.
There`s a photo from the latest Girona tour of the Charlemagne sundial and the Barraca. The San Pedro de Roda incident could have been a plan rather than a spontaneous trip. The taxi driver took them up, but he didn`t plan it. Lucia had taken artifacts and the figure told her to return them. It could have been a Society scene set up just for her, it shook her up.
Describe the Arques road incident in more detail please.

...

...