tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post4658288264439250312..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: Mare de Déu de MeritxellDauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-22377240999115155602012-03-21T13:06:04.910+01:002012-03-21T13:06:04.910+01:00I never heard the proposal story. Wow. And the s...I never heard the proposal story. Wow. And the security aspect....they'd have you in irons these days, at least in the US! :)Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-86034165294687360922012-03-21T05:54:01.308+01:002012-03-21T05:54:01.308+01:00Thank you, gabriele gray (GG), for your thoughtful...Thank you, gabriele gray (GG), for your thoughtful comments! Daurade shares your fascination with the history, which needs, as you say, no "burden" of conspiracy theory.<br /><br />And you two are making me jealous! I only have two trips to France worth mentioning--and both were fast. First, I hitch-hiked through, and was picked up an actual race car driver driving his actual race car. The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-36921190532707748122012-03-18T11:41:34.722+01:002012-03-18T11:41:34.722+01:00Yeah, life in France is pretty cool. I think afte...Yeah, life in France is pretty cool. I think after ten years I could never live in the US again, sadly. Maybe New York City! That said, it can be annoying some times.<br /><br />I agree with learning a lot about English when studying French. In many ways one is an extreme dialect of another.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for the advice. I've seen that Park on signs and have never made the Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-76153071947933558192012-03-16T15:04:07.722+01:002012-03-16T15:04:07.722+01:00I wish I had lived there! I went for my first vis...I wish I had lived there! I went for my first visit (vacation) in 2000 and went back almost every year until 2010...lost my job, no work, old enough to retire but not enough money to travel to France--which is why I love reading blogs about Aude & Ariege--part of me is still there. <br />Depending on the age of your children you might consider the Prehistoryic Park near Tarascon-sur-Ariege (gabriele grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127869830708518973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-76508947693142536672012-03-16T13:16:48.953+01:002012-03-16T13:16:48.953+01:00Great comment! Thanks for you encouraging words. ...Great comment! Thanks for you encouraging words. I agree that the history of the Aude is fascinating enough without going crazy with pseudohistorical conspiracy theories, Rennes le Chateau mythomania etc. The Black Madonna penomenon is pretty odd. I see a lot of so-called "Black Madonnas" that are in fact not black. I don't know how or why they get identified that way. Even Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-44549074491593477652012-03-14T10:39:13.276+01:002012-03-14T10:39:13.276+01:00I'm new to your site and I love it!
I think so...I'm new to your site and I love it!<br />I think some of the original black madonnas came about because they were plain wood, not polychromed and the combination of the sap in the wood and the smoke from the candles and incense darkened the wood naturally.<br />There is a similar story about the Black Virgin of Marceille (near Limoux in the Aude department) (being found by a farmer in the gabriele grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127869830708518973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-19414927251839547952012-03-06T07:34:40.814+01:002012-03-06T07:34:40.814+01:00I'm a goofball. I should have mentioned that....I'm a goofball. I should have mentioned that....but it didn't even occur to me (on this occasion). I'm not sure that's the case, but it did cross my mind that it is related somehow to the Moorish occupation of Spain....Andorra created as a buffer state against them in a way. Also, many other BVs are linked in some way to the Moors--Monserrat, Sabart, Thuir among others. What Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-18787190488888716232012-03-06T06:50:04.818+01:002012-03-06T06:50:04.818+01:00Cool photos and nice job contrasting your reaction...Cool photos and nice job contrasting your reaction to these against the literature on the BV.<br /><br />Regarding the last example: Is it possible that this is just an attempt to show European saints as lighter skinned than the Middle Eastern Madonna?<br /><br />Just trying to rule out any other possible hypotheses...The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.com