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Hailing Another Mary
What then do we know of the mystery surrounding Cosa's 1500 map which shows
the new world divided into circles? First, Cosa got it right! He wasn't
using Cabot's discoveries but was relying on a hidden tradition of knowledge
that went back at least a thousand years; second, he placed Cape Breton exactly
where it belongs - as the centre of one of the circles.
The Cosa map contains another vital clue in our quest to find the grail. It is dedicated to the Magdalene Madonna. Gardner informs us that the Knights Templar brought back information from Jerusalem that disproved the apostolic succession from Peter to the popes. They found the Jerusalem Church documents that gave the succession to the children of Jesus and the Magdalene, with Mary, the wife of Jesus, being, rightfully, the true mother of the Holy Grail dynasty. These documents had been lost since the Jewish Wars of 68-72 AD.
The Notre Dame cathedrals were all dedicated to the Magdalene, and the Roman church, in its attempt to wipe out the Grail dynasty, decided that all other churches would be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. They further declared that she could only be portrayed in blue and white robes, “so as not to grant her any rights to ecclesiastical office in the male-only priesthood.”
As a result, the Magdalene was “portrayed by the world’s great artists wearing the red mantle of cardinal status, the black robe of a Nazarite High Priestess, or the green cloak of fertility, and there was nothing the church could do about it.” (Gardner, Bloodline of the Holy Grail)
In 1127 AD, a few years after the founding of the Knights Templar, they petitioned the pope to have their rule written in the vernacular, the Old French language. One change in the rule was significant, in that it was a complete reversal of the Latin rule. The Templars were charged to “go where the excommunicated knights are gathered.” The Latin rule forbade them to do so.
They were the Grail protectors. They were admonished to go where the church had no jurisdiction, the other Outremer, America. They would journey over many times in next 200 years before their downfall in 1307, bringing sustenance and hope to the hidden refugees, the Grail heirs. Hence we see on the Cosa map two images of the heretical Madonna, the wife and child of Jesus. She is dressed in the red robe of a cardinal, and under it, the black dress of the Nazarite High Priestess.
The Magdalene should have been the first recognized pope, with her children inheriting the thrones of the Earth. Instead she is the stone-rejected by the builders of the church, one who will “become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?” (Matt: 21:42) So, there’s hope for the future, that the true heirs of the Holy Grail will one day rule, and the land will flourish.
The Cosa map contains one final clue in our quest. There’s a line that connects Europe with America.
The Cosa map has become a precious document in our search for the grail in Cape Breton. First it shows North and South America under the gaze of Christopher, the Christ Bearer. Second it has two images of the heretical Madonna, the Magdalene. Third, and undoubtedly the most useful clue in our search, we found a line leading from La Rochelle to the centre of Mi’kma’kik. The map tells its story in symbol and allegory, like any good code. And we’ve cracked that code and call the Cosa map for what it is, an old grail map showing the refuge of the grail heirs.
Someone else is dressed in the green robe of fertility. And she’s also wearing the red robe of cardinal status. Our Lady of Guadalupe wears that attire, and her portrait was painted by someone of rare genius, unmatched, even today.
At this point in the narrative, it is safe to conclude that it really doesn’t matter whose portrait is painted on the tilma. The right eye image shows a real family, flesh and blood descendants of the image portrayed. That she shows up in America twenty years after the Cosa map was produced confirms our theory that, by 1531, the grail heirs had been successfully hidden in the bosom of native America.
What does it mean? It means, dear reader, that when
Christ returns, he will be native American. Until he reveals himself, he will
be treated like any native American today. We will ignore him, be rude to him,
think we are better than he is. Then when we realize that the joke is on us,
the modern day Roman citizens, we will probably try to crucify him.
Christ was born into a society that was under the yoke of the conqueror. Roman rule lasted from 66 BC with Pompey’s subjugation of Judea to the 136 AD Simon bar Kochba’s last Messianic war, which effectively ended the reign of the Jerusalem church. Christ was anointed king of Judea, had ruled for three years when he fell victim to political intrigue, was betrayed, tried and executed, according to Roman law.
He will be born again into a society that is still under the boot of the conqueror, a victim of a more insidious conquest, one even the conqueror denies participating in. If indeed the grail is about Jesus Christ at all. From what we’ve uncovered it doesn’t appear to be about a man at all. The grail mythos concerns a woman, a member of a near-mythical sorority, the Immaculati, a woman priestess of light. The Magdalene, who anointed Christ king, is more the quarry in the hunt for the grail.
It is my belief that the grail is resident in native America, waiting for time and circumstance to join in revelation of that fact. And it is to one tribe in particular, the keeper of the Eastern Door, the
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Welcome to
The Library of Hope
Where Creation and Science are One Thought
Here you will find the many incredible works of genius Joan
Hope, who found ancient castle ruins and an ancient Holy Well in Nova Scotia,
Canada in 1972... described as "Nova Scotia's best kept secret"
In Loving Memory of Joan Hope
October
4th, 1916 - July 9th, 2007
Joan Hope had an amazing life of which some she
wishes to share with you. She wants you to know of her observations and
experiences in Nova Scotia, Canada from 1969 to 1990, and what has transpired
since she moved away. Joan kept journals and documented everything that she
experienced and uncovered during the years of excavating the Castle site she
(and we) believe is the infamous "Lost City of Gold and Furs,"
Norumbega. Many things happened during this time of discovery which includes
witnessing many UFOs and a Black Hole as well as ghosts and other esoteric and
paranormal events. These experiences led Joan to investigate the history of
Nova Scotia in connection to this castle and it's Holy Well of pristine water.
The information found on this website has been compiled into a series of
individual books on various subject matters connected to Joan's experiences in
those years.
Terrible lies have been written about Joan and the castle ruins of Norumbega; but this website, built by volunteers, is online to set the public record straight and to tell the true story as it really happened, by the woman who found the ruins herself, excavated the artifacts, had them authenticated and researched the site for 18 years before moving away in 1990, continuing to research ever since. Joan was very humble but firm in her beliefs, with a highly intelligent genius IQ of 152 graded by Mensa in 1949 (I believe her IQ had been higher), she was a very wise multi-sensory woman that many people found unconventional and other worldly. It took people with open minds already familiar with other worldly happenings and what's believed to be unconventional, to help Joan publish her work. She was also very kind & loving, compassionate, a writer, a researcher, a talented artist, a horticulturist, a historian, world traveller, humanitarian, righteous, brave, bold, altruistic, mysterious, intuitive, a good friend, a devoted wife and youth hostel mother to many young people over the years and Joan loved cats, and boy did they love her! Joan had no children of her own, and therefore no grandchildren, which gave her plenty of free time to research... these truths about Nova Scotia are her babies. Consider us the babysitters...
She was a Lady of Truth, Justice and Balance.
One foot in the Garden. One foot on the stone.
Struggling to find some common ground.
This
is Joan at the castle site with uncovered ruins in the
background, digging her garden in 1973, at 56 years old. All those stones
and walls were covered with dirt and junk from previous owners and were just
little mounds and hills all over the property. Many stones are cut by man
and many artifacts were found by Joan, that now may be lost.
...And the truth of this world through her experience, is far more fantastic than any science fiction you will ever read, but will cost you nothing but your time to know about. Here you will have access to read all of Joan Hope's controversial works about Nova Scotia absolutely FREE. Joan has drawn to her the volunteer forces she needs now to publish the knowledge and experience she has documented, and place it in the public domain where it belongs. This is not about making money, it's about real TRUTH & FREEDOM of which both are in short supply.
"History is a lie agreed upon"
- Voltaire
Forget everything you have been taught about the non existent "ancient history" of the Western World, it is all lies perpetuated by evil people in control of the media, the education system and the governments, also known as corporate funding. "Christopher Columbus" and John Cabot did not "discover" America and Canada. "Columbus" never even saw the North American continent and until the day he died would not take credit for discovering a new land. He wanted to find India and to be remembered for discovering the trade route to the west. They only let the secret out to the truly evil conquerors. Many researchers know and believe this now. This land has been occupied for all time by many different peoples from all over the world trying to escape tyranny and exploring the ocean. Nova Scotia is rich in every resource needed for survival, and then some. Much of Nova Scotia's natural resources, including the purest gold in the world, man made and natural shelters have been hidden from the people by evil. We are in a land of plenty, to those who recognize it and can utilize it for survival and prosperity. We are in this time called the poorest Province in Canada only because of what evil doesn't want you to know about Nova Scotia. Please remember that they have failed, they always fail. Truth will be known, truth is being remembered.
And there are three that bear witness in
earth, the Spirit,
and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
- 1 John 5:8
...You
must let go of evil religious dogma used to divide and conquer us all...
What is an example of dogma? When you read the Bible yourself you will
find out that no where does it say the "forbidden fruit" is an apple.
In fact, the word apple appears only 11 times in the Bible, all in favorable
light, no reference to the
Tree of life or Knowledge and doesn't appear in Genesis at all.
Someone just decided it must be an apple for whatever reason.
Let
go of what religion teaches...
but not Creation...not God...not Love...not Light...not Faith...not Peace...not
Hope
Discover scientifically for yourself what the Good Book of Life (The Holy
Bible),
the written word of righteous people love (God) divinely instructed because
they cared,
telling you what you need to know is healthy and what is not on this planet.
...discern the truth and how to survive and be happy from your own life
experiences...
from your own health issues be it mental, spiritual, physical or emotional.
Don't forget to include in your Bible studies The Dead Sea Scrolls,
The Nag Hammadi Library and other Bible Gospels discovered to be
older,
The Apocryphon of John & The Gospel of St. Thomas are the oldest.
The King James Bible, the first Bible available to the general public
in 1611, interpreted in Shakespearean prose with "th" and
"est" added to words is none other than the "Serpentine
knowledge" which when spoken reaches into your soul and touches your
heart, moves you, motivates you to feel, to act, our souls very purpose.
Click the link below for the 1611 version of The King James Bible and
get to work.
The world energy grid needs you to feel good and act accordingly.
"All the world is a stage, and all the men
and women merely players.
They have their exits and entrances; each man in his time plays many
parts."
-William Shakespeare
The King James
Bible
Watch
out for the science dogma as well. This realm of study is just as controlled by
evil minds as religion, if not more so. Much of science and what is taught as
truth are only scientific theories and hypothesis, not proven facts. Two
examples of science dogma taught as fact are the "Theory of
Evolution" (from Primates) and the "Continental Drift Theory".
These are accepted as truth when they have not been proven.
Where are you written into the Bible?
Does your bloodlines experiences hold a light of truth?
Are you worried about what is happening in the world?
Do you know who you really are?
Do you know what your ancestors did to shape the history of this world?
Are you doing what they did, or are you undoing what they did?
Do you already have a key for "salvation" within you?
Can you find the Bible passage that describes your experience?
Did you know there is one for every thing that you do, every way that you feel?
We are One in these pages.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Matthew
7:7- Luke 11:9 (KJV)
For if you do not seek for yourself, evil (FEAR driven beings distant from LOVE) will cleverly dictate what it wants you to believe about the world, because evil places itself where it benefits most. It co-insides. It taps all your senses. It offers you things you want. You must realize good, trusting people of the world, that of course, evil is in every important place of educational, social, media, commerce, arts & entertainment, healthcare and political decision making positions. It's only logical that to control the masses you must control what the masses think they know and what they think they want, but more so, what they really need...like water, food, shelter and clothing...is it not in our figuring out the difference between what we want and what we need in life the most manipulatable part of life's journey? This is where evil waits to lead you to temptation, where fear of not attaining what is socially expected is the driving force. It takes a long time before you begin to realize what is really happening in the world around you, what evil is doing to direct you in every moment. Most of your desires are not really yours, we want what we think we should want. The electron energy surrounding a deceitful person does not exist in a proton Heaven, you cannot get in with it. Only the truly righteous get through the Gates. So make your peace and get your emotions out of the darkness, out of the houses of pain where you may reside in Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath or Pride. Forgiveness is your ticket to Heaven. Your tears of joy your pathway in.
"Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of
the vine,
until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
Mark 14:25
"But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this
fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."
Matthew
26:29
What if Nova Scotia is Viking Leif Erikson's "Vinland the
Good?"
What is "Vinland the Good?" Why was this such "Good News"
that he found it?
And why was he called "Leif the Lucky?"
As a newly converted "Christian" and believer of Jesus Christ
while exploring the ocean, was Leif Erikson looking for the one God
(Love)?
Looking for Jesus Christ (Truth, Light, Peace, Compassion, Healing, Hope,
Faith)?
Did the energy of Jesus Christ envelope, or "choose" Leif? Was Leif
in love?
Were our ancestors more intelligent than we have been taught to believe?
Were the Vikings really the violent savages history continually portrays them
to be, or were they special bloodlines of strong people, highly intelligent,
expertly trained warrior explorers, coming in peace to trade, fighting when
forced?
Could Leif Erikson read? Did he have a copy of the Bible and science
tools to find God's Country? "The Promised Land"
"Who has measured the waters in the hollow
of his hand, measured Heaven with a span
And calculated the dust of the Earth in a measure?"
Isaiah
40:12
Where and What is "God's Country"
that all Peoples speak of?
"Heaven on Earth"
Do you know where it is? Is it somewhere?
Do you know how to get there? Will you be welcomed in the end?
Are you looking for...
..."The New
Jerusalem"...
..."Arcadia"..."Zion"..."The Garden of Eden"...
..."Utopia"..."Shangri-La"..."Seventh
Heaven"..."Elysium"..."Nirvana"...
..."Gan Eden"..."Olam
Haba"..."Jannah"..."Houri"..."Sidrat
al-Muntaha"...
..."Celestial Kingdom"..."Spirit
World"..."Elysium"..."Empyrean"..."Hesperides"...
..."Annwn"..."Tír na nÓg"..."Mag
Mell"..."Valhalla"..."Asgard"..."Svarga"..."Aaru"...
..."The Land of Milk &
Honey"..."Wonderland"..."Paradise"..."Pearly
Gates"...
"The Summerland"..."Myth of Er"..."Fortunate
Isles"...
"Golden Age"..."The Guf"..."Well of Souls"...
..."The
Kingdom of Heaven"...
And where was "Eldorado" and "The Islands of the
Seven Lost Cities of Gold?"
And what about the infamous "Isle of Demons?" What was that all
about?
"In
my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."
John
14:2
"And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
John
14:3
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman."
John
15:1
"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in
me."
John
15:4
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth
in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing."
John
15:5
Did Leif Erikson believe "the vine"
in "Vinland the Good" was connected to Jesus Christ?
To the Holy Grail?
"Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on
Earth, as it is in Heaven"
Matthew 6:10
Did Leif Erikson believe Jesus when he said he
was going to prepare a place for our "salvation"?
Did he find Jesus' Holy place with all the hidden natural resources?
What is "salvation" anyway? What will we be saved from? Is it
just ourselves?
...Could
one thing be we are saved from the greatest addiction mankind has ever known...
...Electricity...The
False Light...
Look
what we have done to the Earth and to each other to maintain our addiction!
We justify it at every turn. We are only trying to maintain it.
Only now are people beginning to wean themselves off of the "dealer"
with solar
and wind power, but not everyone can or will be able to do this.
We are all hypocrites in our desire to save the Earth with varying methods
when really, truly, we all know it but turn the blind eye.
It is simply a flick of the switch by us, or obliteration of the power
grid by Mother Nature.
Do you know how to survive without any electricity at all?
Therefore,
here it is...on the 44:44º latitude, so you may find it.
This is so you will know what was sought and found centuries ago
by Knights in Christ, lovingly and scientifically recommenced
and preserved for your continued survival in the name of Jesus
Christ.
In the name of Love.
This water is Holy. This water is Living. This water is Healthy. It is Eternal, for you.
So
when the Nova Scotia power grid fails, and it will,
and the illusion of life we have created around it is realized, and
this generation is thirsty for the first time, "city folks" will
be heading
for the highest peak in the west, Charring Cross, New Ross District,
Lunenburg County, called by the Lnu (Micmac/Mi'kmaq) "wild potato
area"
a land a thousand years ago covered with vines on top and pure gold underneath.
The same potato vines found covering the land of the Inca and their pure gold.
Here you will find as did many before you, Holy pristine drinking water.
Our most important resource.
There may be six more Holy Wells for our "salvation" in
Nova Scotia that served six more cities covered in 24 karat gold.
On what rivers would those cities have been?
Climate
change is upon us because of "heavenly bodies" entering
our Solar System soon and will increase for many years to come.
It is going to become much hotter, then much colder.
Natural and man made underground shelters and provisions
must be the focus for those seeking the truth of our "salvation."
Preparedness dispels fear and preserves life.
The Holy Wells must be found to serve the huddled masses.
Is it
you who is destined to find one in the name of love? Is it you whose bloodline
remembers love and will be written into the history books receiving glory unto
God, complete forgiveness for "sins" (electron energy output) and
"salvation" for this truth? Your Mind, Body and Soul filled
with proton energy of goodness will be saved because the proton bloodline of
Jesus Christ loves you and yours and has prepared a place for all of us in love
with the world.
Fear not! All will be revealed in time for our "Salvation."
The Holy Well
after a makeshift wooden top for safety was put on and a pump attached in 1973.
The Holy Well was hidden and buried under dirt, junk and covered with a pre-war
car hood.
The Holy Well is lined right to the bottom at 60 feet (18meters) with
interlocking perfectly
cut stones to make it water tight, yet is still above the Gold River below.
The Holy Well's water source is unknown to the local Fire Department as it is
unlike all
the water in lakes, rivers, streams and ponds surrounding the mountain top, and
in all of New Ross.
A few times the Holy Well's water rose 60 feet to the top and overflowed on to
the property
soaking everything around the yard. There was a castle mote at one time which
is
now a foot path at the bottom of the ancient Well Tower and going around the
back of the castle.
The Holy Well has an unusual design as it "flares" at the bottom and
is quite a bit larger,
yet is still lined with stones all the way down. One theory is that there is no
water source,
but some kind of water filtering mechanism built underground, possibly
connected to
uranium and gold, as there are uranium and gold mines in New Ross and near the
Holy Well of water at Lourdes in France.
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last words of Joan of Arc as she began to burn
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Visitors
, that protect the grail in this Time of
Disbelief.
The Rebirth of Lnuey
A major theme prevalent in the Sons of Membertou CD is rebirth, the Rebirth of
Lnuey, the Way of the People. Vision quests are returning. Pow Wows, dancing,
singing, smudging, and drumming are all aspects of this spiritual and cultural
awakening.
First Nations' self-government, with Education and Justice fast-tracking into native hands, is becoming a reality despite a battle still being waged over every salmon, eel and cord of wood in the Supreme courts. Perhaps with self-government the Vision Stone will be returned to its rightful place in Chapel Island.
Is it the Holy Grail? Joseph Campbell believes that the Holy Grail was a stone that was brought to Earth by the neutral angels after the "war in Heaven." Because "neutral" angels, who are neither too good nor too evil, were involved, then the Grail Stone represents the middle way - the middle path, a harmonic balance between good and evil. The concept is, again, Manichean, symbolized by the piebald knight: half white, half black. Manicheanism was ruthlessly wiped out in the Albigensian Crusade. Its tenets are very much a part of native stories, however, where piebald characters are common.
There is also a Christian Grail, a chalice filled with the last-blood of the wounded Fisher King in the guise of Jesus Christ. We've seen others as well: arks, gae bulgas, plates and pots. We've read of bloodlines, so that the grail may symbolize a DNA link with the divinity.
What is the Holy Grail, you ask? Whatever it is, it brings something: inner peace, wisdom, wealth. You won't find it unless you ask a question, however. Who serves this cup? is the traditional request; but Joseph Campbell thinks it's more like, Does that bleeding wound hurt? Are you all right? Can I help?
He says that the key to finding the grail is compassion, and he may be right. But, what happens if you find the Holy Grail and it's a stone, and you don't think stones are worth anything, so you just throw it away.
There's a cute story in The Old Man Told Us that helps to illustrate the point. Someone asked an elder if all the stones thereabouts were alive. The old man pondered for some time on his answer, then said, "No, but some of them are."
Some stones glow red hot when placed in a fire, others crack, while still others explode. Knowing which is which would be helpful.
The Vision Stone doubles as a cooking stone, and is then called a Grandfather stone. It gets red-hot and when you place it in the soup water it immediately starts the boiling process. The stone is considered alive. It has the added advantage of mineralizing the soup so that coupled with their eating habit of gorging themselves on a large animal, trying to finish the pot in one sitting: eat, sleep, eat. It purged their digestive system and added to their long, healthy lifestyle.
We've explored the possibility that our concept of history may be wrong, and we've found evidence which suggests that a world renowned artifact, the Holy Grail, may be in the possession of the Mi'kmaq, hidden in Kelly's Mountain or buried near the "Passage of the Youth." A thorough search may uncover it yet.
We’ve even discovered a local titan, a Cronus-like character named Kluskap, who either sleeps inside Kelly’s Mountain or is the mountain, itself. We’ve seen him awaken and defend his sacred ground from intrusion, stopping a rock quarry from locating there, and bestowing prosperity to his People of the Dawn.
On Nov. 18, 2004 the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre opened its doors to the public for the first time. In a video made to dedicate the main banquet room, called the Kluskap Room, we see that, according to local belief, Kluskap is fully awake and is directing the rebirth of Lnuey. This rebirth will be accomplished with the return of all land formerly taken being given back to the Mi’kmaq, all 230,000 square miles of land and sea.
Then we found, along the vision quest route itself, a shrine to Our Lady of the True God, and after viewing the artwork along the Tepeyac Trail, we came to realize that when He returns He will be a son of the True Man, lnu.
Or, the Grail might not be about a person but a process, and I'll let Malcolm Godwin, author of The Holy Grail describe it:
"Along with the wounded heroes and the wondrous cauldrons, there appears an underlying theme in the Celtic mythology of a Paradise Lost. This Paradise called Logres was an enchanted reality, an Otherworld - a middle earth, which paralleled our own world. This was a world of abundance and riches and a land full of wells and springs. At these sacred watering places where the veil between the worlds was the thinnest, fair maidens, the keepers of these sacred wells, would feed travelers from golden cups and pitchers. Drinking from these golden vessels would allow the pilgrim to pierce the veil between the worlds and to perceive a oneness with paradise.
"As the story goes, this paradise was peaceful and productive until an evil King named Amangons invaded Logres. He and his soldiers kidnapped the maidens, ravished them in the process and stole their sacred chalices. Their violence and violation change the realm of Logres from a paradise into a barren wasteland that still exists to this day.
"We are told that the land of Logres' lost the Voices of the Wells.' The barren wasteland which was the result bespeaks a loss of contact with the Otherworld. It would appear that the Grail hero, the one who is eventually to "free the waters" has to discover the meeting place between worlds where he can re-establish the precious links between the female sovereignty and the kingship of the realm.
"This fruitless land waits for a time when once again the Grail will appear to all with its light shining and its message spreading for all to hear. Paradise will be restored. The king will be healed. The maidens will return. The wells and springs will flow once again with the golden essence of happiness, love and freedom. This will occur when there is a realization, a caring and a honoring of the wholeness of life: the equality of the Goddess-Queen and the God-King, the female and the male, the Earth and the Heavens a true Oneness for all. This is the vision we need to hold in our minds and our hearts as we live the message of Divine Humanity and embark on our own Inner Grail quest. For in healing ourselves we begin the process of healing the Earth." (The Holy Grail, Malcolm Godwin, Viking Penguin, New York, New York. 1994, pg. 20.)
The Grail, then, is about finding a connection with Mother Earth and living in harmony with her. It is also about our own personal lives, and how we'd like to live them, in a wasteland or an edenic paradise. But we have to make the choice. We have to ask, who serves the Grail? Who serves Bounty, Harmony, Hope? And we have to answer, without hesitation, I do! I serve the Grail...
So, are we more able to recognize the Holy Grail now that we're reading the last few lines in this grail story? I hope so. But if not, then I leave you with this one thought: Question everything, everything you read, hear and see, so that each question becomes a search for the truth. Sometimes finding the answer isn't as exciting as the quest itself, but at least you won't be accused of coming upon the grail, and not asking, who serves this ( . . . and here, you supply your own definition of what the grail means to you . . . ).
Before I leave this quest to others, I would like to offer a poem: sometimes it compresses a thought the way other forms of writing can't. I wrote it to help explain what the grail might mean to me. I call it:
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Seventy-Five Lines on White |
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The Cry of the Suicide Can't
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Fine, How's Yours?
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The Fairies' Cave Would
you like to come along A
magic wand you'll have to hold A
sapphire at the silver door Adorned
with diamonds are their wings. They
sing their little song of yore. We
fly on wings of diamonds, Once
you sing this magic song,
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Doing the math
Land
Claim Per Province
Prince Edward Island
100% = 2,200 mi2
Nova Scotia 90% of 20,400 sq. mi2 = 18,360 mi2
Newfoundland island 50% of 42,000 mi2 = 21,000 mi2
New Brunswick 30% of 27,551 mi2 = 8265 mi2
Total land in circle 49,825 mi2
Mi’kma’ki 2702 x 3.14 = 228,906 mi2
% of land to circle = 50,000 / 229,000 * 100 = 21.8%
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