tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post794996113196919769..comments2024-02-19T07:06:52.139-05:00Comments on Twilight Language: Normandy: 3 Dead in Church Hostage IncidentLoren Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-59672170588865479592016-07-30T19:43:38.044-04:002016-07-30T19:43:38.044-04:00I've been corresponding with the author Peter ...I've been corresponding with the author Peter Levenda and he was intrigued by the symbolism of the coat of arms. He sent me this comment and gave me permission to post it here:<br /><br />=====================<br /><br />I just had a look at the coat of arms of Saint Etienne du Rouvray, where the Catholic priest was killed and the hostages taken.<br /><br />The central image of the eight-spoked wheel caught my attention. Immediate thoughts of the Wheel of Dharma, of course, but then I looked more closely and realized that it is the tenth card of the Major Arcana of the Tarot: The Wheel of Fortune. <br /><br />In the Waite-Rider deck, the wheel has eight spokes with the Egyptian gods Anubis and Typhon (dog and serpent respectively) on either side. That's Death and Evil. Represented here by two leopards.<br /><br />The crozier at the top of the coat of arms is represented in the oldest forms of the card by the goddess Fortuna holding a sceptre. In the Waite deck, by a sphinx holding a sword. It is said the French priest was beheaded.<br /><br />I mean, it's pretty much the same imagery as the Tarot card. <br /><br />Meanings vary, of course, but are always along the lines of a major change taking place, a kind of roulette wheel of chance and transformation of possibilities.Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-15379989636934004392016-07-26T12:23:13.170-04:002016-07-26T12:23:13.170-04:00Bonjour.
The priest was Jacques Hamel. Hamel mean...Bonjour.<br /><br />The priest was Jacques Hamel. Hamel means hameau/hamlet.<br />Hamel-in ?!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916028193072117761noreply@blogger.com