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One of the many occupational hazards that I come across from time to time when I'm out in nature are dangerous creatures like this Crocodile.
There I was, happily walking along the stream and whoooaaahhhh there it was!
Luckily for me it was of the friendly variety and even agreed to me balancing a few stones on it's snout and giving it a pine cone headdress, as long as it got a feature on Flickr.
So here we are. I lived to tell the tale and post the photo. Phew!
Dans le piège photographique du jour... Une nonne et...
Et un joli rayon de soleil à travers les portes de la Maison d'Ozé !
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my Corona-vocation will be documenting wildness on my five acres in West Central Florida... nothing serious...just a witness to the beauty.
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The Vocation
Fotocamera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 s
Lente: 24 mm
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Nikkor AF-S FX 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
6M16 Wilton Efw Terminal to Knowsley Freight Terminal
DB Class 66, 66017
Luddenden Foot
19th November 2020
In a certain sense, Adam's sin was a sin arising from inquisitiveness, if such an expression be admissible. Originally, Adam saw contingencies in the aspect of their relationship to God and not as independent entities. Anything that is considered in that relationship is beyond the reach of evil; but the desire to see contingency as it is in itself is a desire to see evil; it is also a desire to see good as something contrary to evil. As a result of this sin of inquisitiveness - Adam wanted to see the "other side" of contingency - Adam himself and the whole world fell into contingency as such; the link with the divine Source was broken and became invisible; the world became suddenly external to Adam, things became opaque and heavy, they became like unintelligible and hostile fragments. This drama is always repeating itself anew, in collective history as well as in the life of individuals.
A meaningless knowledge, a knowledge to which we have no right either by virtue of its nature, or of our capacities, and therefore by virtue of our vocation, is not a knowledge that enriches, but one that impoverishes. Adam had become poor after having acquired knowledge of contingency as such, or of contingency in so far as it limits. We must distrust the fascination which an abyss can exert over us; it is in the nature of cosmic blind-alleys to seduce and to play the vampire; the current of forms does not want us to escape from its hold.
Forms can be snares just as they can be symbols and keys; beauty can chain us to forms, just as it can also be a door opening towards the formless.
Or again, from a slightly different point of view: the sin of Adam consists in effect of having wished to superimpose something on existence, and existence was beatitude; Adam thereby lost this beatitude and was engulfed in the anxious and deceptive turmoil of superfluous things.
Instead of reposing in the immutable purity of Existence, fallen man is drawn into the dance of things that exist, and they, being accidents, are delusive and perishable.
In the Christian cosmos, the Blessed Virgin is the incarnation of this snow-like purity; She is inviolable and merciful like Existence or Substance; God in assuming flesh brought with Him Existence, which is as it were His Throne; He caused it to precede Him and He came into the world by its means. God can enter the world only through virgin Existence.
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Frithjof Schuon
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Quoted in: The Essential Frithjof Schuon (edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
You are an extraordinary.
You are attentive.
You are passionate.
You have the vocation
You are available despite the uncertain times.
I dedicated my projet of the week to you
Tribute to a woman who makes me proud.
My nurse
My Woman
My Wife
I love you xxx
Jakob regarda l’elfe avec étonnement.
- Mais qu’est-ce que c’est que cette histoire de prétendant ?
- A quoi bon t’informer sur ce sujet puisque tu n’en es pas un ? Répondit l’esprit en le fixant avec malice.
Il avait répondu par une question, pensant que Jakob serait suffisamment curieux pour exiger une réponse. Mais il se trompait.
Le jeune homme, sans doute fatigué de sa longue route et se disant que peut-être, il était indiscret, se contenta de soupirer. Puis il répondit :
- Très bien, à ta guise. Je suppose que je finirai par savoir de quoi il retourne quand j’atteindrai la capitale.
- Encore faudrait-il que je t’ autorise à poursuivre ta route.
- Tu pourrais me l’interdire ?
- Bien sûr. Je ne suis pas le gardien du royaume pour rien, sache-le.
- Tu as donc le pouvoir de m’empêcher de parler au comte Smiroff ?
- D’une certaine façon. Surtout celui de te faire arrêter par les soldats du comte. Qui te mettront directement au cachot en attendant ton procès.
- C’est ridicule, je n’ai commis aucune faute.
- Pour le moment...Comment comptes-tu survivre à Kalamine ? Car si tu veux pouvoir demander l’aide du comte Smiroff, il faudra que tu lui prouves que tu mérites son attention.
Jakob réfléchit. La seule chose qu’il savait faire depuis son enfance, c’était fabriquer et enchanter des instruments de musique qui apaisent, font sourire, pleurer, danser, mettent fin à des guerres ou à de mauvais sortilèges. Cela suffirait-il pour intéresser le dirigeant du royaume ? Il en doutait mais répondit tout de même :
- Je compte m’établir comme luthier.
L’elfe siffla.
- Mazette, rien que cela ! Mais qui me prouve que tu connais réellement ce métier ? Tu pourrais très bien vouloir juste me berner en me disant ce qui te passe par la tête.
Jakob haussa les épaules.
Son interlocuteur choisit alors de le prendre au sérieux mais exigea une preuve de son talent.
Le jeune homme soupira à nouveau et sortit de son gilet un petit paquet enveloppé d’un mouchoir, le déplia et en tira un minuscule violon. Puis il toucha l’instrument qui grandit et lorsqu’il fut à la taille désirée, il s’en saisit et commença à jouer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxSKnznvVpk
Ygresil comprit vite que son interlocuteur connaissait son affaire. Et lorsque la musique envahit tout le bosquet jusqu’à le faire frémir en continu, il ne put que se rendre à l’évidence de la capacité d’éloquence musicale de Jakob.
- Très bien, tu sais au moins séduire ton auditoire. Ce qui est une qualité recherchée ici.
Mais si tu veux exercer ton métier, il te faudra la collaboration des arbres. Y as-tu pensé ?
Jakob sourit. Il savait aussi enchanter les arbres et savait repérer au premier coup d’oeil les meilleurs bois pour faire différents instruments. Aussi il répondit sans détour à l’elfe :
- Je crois pouvoir les convaincre de m’aider dans cette entreprise.
Ygresil parut satisfait de cette soudaine spontanéité. Il eut un sourire en coin, fouilla sous sa barbe de lierre, en sortit deux documents ornés d’un sceau qu’il tendit à Jakob.
- Alors, puisqu’il en est ainsi, je vais te fournir un laisser-passer et une patente du comté. Tu pourras t’adresser à mon amie Erminie pour te fournir logement et atelier. Elle t’indiquera aussi où tu pourras couper et récolter le bois dont tu auras besoin.
Prends le temps de réaliser les meilleurs instruments du royaume. Le comte n’aime pas les médiocres et encore moins les artisans qui négligent leur ouvrage. Et quand véritablement tu seras prêt, préviens-moi par l’entremise d’Erminie. Je parlerai de toi et je t’octroierai un rendez-vous de présentation au palais. Mais d’ici là, considère-toi en période d’essai. Si véritablement tu montres ta valeur, je saurai m’en souvenir.
Jakob sourit :
- Très bien. Je relève le défi. Tu seras content de moi, je te le promets.
---- procession of Holy Agate, Catania (Sicily). On February 4th: the procession makes the so-called "external tour" which touches some places of martyrdom of the young Saint Agate in the Catania city. On February 5th: he procession take place along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street of Catania, Etnea street, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders long candles of varying thickness, while the "candlemas" anticipate with their passage the arrival of the float of Saint Agatha. ----
---- processione di Sant'Agata, Catania (Sicilia). Il 4 febbraio: il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio della giovane "Santuzza Agata" nella città catanese. Il 5 febbraio: il corteo avanza lungo via Etnea, la principale strada di Catania, in questo giorno i devoti porteranno in spalla ceri di tutte le misure, che verranno accesi all’imbrunire, anticipando, insieme al passaggio delle “candelore” l’arrivo della vara di Sant’Agata. -----
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In the city of Catania (Sicily) in occasion of the feast of her patron Saint Agatha, which took place on the 3, 4 and 5 February (this dates commemorates the martyrdom of the young Saint), and on 17 August too (this date celebrates the return to Catania of her remains, after these had been transferred to Constantinople by the Byzantine general Maniaces as war booty, and there remained for 86 years), when the Sicilian city is dressed up to feast, with a scent of orange blossom and mandarins, and its citizens show that they possess an extraordinary love and bond with the young martyr saint Agatha.
The religious sicilian feast of Saint Agatha is the most important feast of Catania, its inhabitants from five centuries, during the three days of the feast in honor of her "Santuzza" (young Saint), create a unique setting, with celebrations and rituals impressive, which means that this event is regarded as the third religious festival in the world (some say the second ...) after the "Semana Santa" in Seville and the "Corpus Christi" in Cuzco, Peru. Unlike other religious holidays, more sober, to Sant'Agata highlights a vocation exuberant typical of the south Italy, who loves to combine the sacred with the profane.
The cult of the young Santa dates back to the third century, when the teenager Agatha was martyred for refusing the roman proconsul Quintiziano. One year after the death of the young Agatha, on 5 February of the year 252, his virginal veil was carried in procession, and it is said it was able to save Catania from destruction due to a devastating eruption of Mount Etna.
The festivities begin with the procession of the "Candlemas", that are giant Baroque wooden "candlesticks" paintings in gold, each representing an ancient guild (butchers, fishmongers, grocers, greengrocers, etc.), which are brought by eight devotees; the candlemas anticipate the arrival of the "float" of Saint Agatha during the procession. Devotees, men and women, wearing a traditional garment similar to a white bag, cinched at the waist by a black rope, gloves and a white handkerchief, and a black velvet cap, and it seems that such clothing evoke nightgown with the qule the Catanese, awakened with a start by the touch of the bells of the Cathedral, welcomed the naval port, in 1126, the relics of the Holy which fell from Constantinople. On float, consisting of a silver chariot sixteenth of thirty tons, which is driven by a double and long line of devotees with the robust and long ropes, takes place the bust of Saint Agatha, completely covered with precious stones and jewels. On February 4, the parade celebrates the so-called "external path" that touches some places of martyrdom in the city of Catania; the next day, the 5 instead the procession along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street, Via Etnea, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders the long candles of varying thickness, there are some not very big, others are fairly heavy, but some skim exceptional weights.
I am posting here, on Flickr, photographs taken during the two days of February 4 and 5 of this year 2023.
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Nella città di Catania (Sicilia) in occasione della festa della sua giovane santa patrona Agata, che ha avuto luogo come ogni anno il 3, il 4 ed il 5 di febbraio (questa data commemora il martirio della Santa giovinetta), festa che viene ripetuta anche il 17 agosto (questa data rievoca il ritorno a Catania delle sue spoglie, dopo che queste erano state trasferite a Costantinopoli da parte del generale bizantino Maniace come bottino di guerra, spoglie che ivi rimasero per 86 anni); per questa occasione la città siciliana è vestita a festa con profumi di fiori d'arancio e mandarini, coi suoi cittadini che mostrano di possedere uno straordinario amore e legame con la giovane martire Agata.
Gli abitanti di Catania, oramai da cinque secoli, nei tre giorni della festa in onore della "Santuzza", danno vita ad una scenografia unica, con celebrazioni e riti imponenti, che fanno si che questo evento sia considerato come la terza festa religiosa al mondo (qualcuno dice la seconda ...) dopo la "Semana Santa" di Siviglia ed il "Corpus Domini" a Cuzco, in Perù. A differenza di altre feste religiose, più sobrie, quella di Sant'Agata mette in luce una vocazione esuberante tipica del meridione, che ama unire il sacro col profano.
Il culto della giovane Santa risale al terzo secolo, quando l'adolescente Agata fu martirizzata per aver rifiutato il proconsole romano Quintiziano. Un anno dopo la morte della giovane Agata, avvenuta il 5 febbraio dell'anno 252, il suo velo virginale venne portato in processione, e si narra esso riuscì a salvare Catania dalla sua distruzione a causa di una devastante eruzione del vulcano Etna.
I festeggiamenti iniziano con il corteo delle "candelore", le quali sono dei giganteschi e pesanti "candelabri" in legno, in stile barocco, dipinti in oro, ognuna rappresentante una antica corporazione (macellai, pescivendoli, pizzicagnoli, fruttivendoli, ecc.), che vengono portati da otto devoti: esse anticipano l'arrivo della "vara" di Sant'Agata durante la processione. I devoti, sia donne che uomini, indossano un tipico indumento simile ad un sacco bianco, stretto in vita da una cordicella nera, guanti ed un fazzoletto bianchi, ed infine una papalina di velluto nero, sembra che tale abbigliamento rievochi la camicia da notte con la quale i Catanesi, svegliatisi di soprassalto dal tocco improvviso delle campane del Duomo, accolsero al porto navale, nel 1126, le reliquie della Santa che rientravano da Costantinopoli. Sulla vara, costituita da un carro argentato cinquecentesco di trenta quintali, trainata da una doppia e lunghissima fila di devoti tramite delle robuste e lunghe funi, prende posto il busto di Sant'Agata, completamente ricoperto di pietre preziose e gioielli. Il 4 febbraio, il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio nella città catanese; il giorno dopo, il 5, il corteo percorre il "giro aristocratico", che percorre la strada principale, la via Etnea, salotto buono di Catania. In questo giorno i devoti portano in spalla dei lunghi ceri di vario spessore, ce ne sono alcuni non molto grossi, altri sono discretamente pesanti, ma alcuni sfiorano pesi eccezionali.
Io sto postando qui, su Flickr, fotografie realizzate nelle due giornate del 4, e del 5 febbraio di quest'anno 2023.