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  1. Crosbie

    LIVE from the Camino A better start from sjpp today

    Jolly good. Others seemed to indicate that no-one enjoyed my Templar pontifications. :-} I took the peremptory closure of the thread as an indication that any continuance on my part was unwelcome. As for other observations, I think I'd try the start in a more leisurely fashion next time, e.g...
  2. Crosbie

    The Way by Michael Sheen

    Yep, i eventually deduced it from "magnesitas'.
  3. Crosbie

    The Way by Michael Sheen

    From Zubiri to Urdaniz, the Camino passes the rather large Magna industrial plant. Could be some kind of mineral extraction facility given many large piles of sands in various grades.
  4. Crosbie

    The Way by Michael Sheen

    Yup, me too. I then thought it was a BBC remake, 'updated, done better, with more diverse cast, etc.', and then i thought, oh, but the BBC can't afford filming on location, so will do it around Port Talbot. Or, maybe, it'll be about hard core pilgrims setting off to SdC all the way from Port...
  5. Crosbie

    The Way by Michael Sheen

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/the-way-first-look-images Is this deliberate? It's going to be easy to confuse this with The way starring Martin Sheen.
  6. Crosbie

    LIVE from the Camino A better start from sjpp today

    Next day was similar, but 2-3c warmer. Today, a tad warmer still.31-32c in Pamplona.
  7. Crosbie

    LIVE from the Camino A better start from sjpp today

    About 17c early in sjpp and then steadily rising to 20c when overcast, and up to 25c when sunny, after 8km and until just before spanish border. Remained around 22c thereafter. One 5 minute moderate rain shower midway.
  8. Crosbie

    LIVE from the Camino A better start from sjpp today

    Torrential rain yesterday in sjpp. Today is pretty damn perfect hiking weather. Not too hot. Overcast with sunny spells. I've just arrived at Roncesvalles. I am walking like a Mondoshewan as in the movie 5th Element. My biggest regret is not buying blister prevention patches that were on the...
  9. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Incidentally, jurisprudentially speaking, one is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty... You need a better judge, let alone a defense lawyer.
  10. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Funnily enough I have spoken to an audience of about 100 lawyers at one of the world's top law firms: Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer.
  11. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Neo: What is the Matrix? Trinity: The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to. As allegories go, The Matrix is pretty good. Neo=Neophyte. Trinity=Father, Son, Holy ghost=3 pillars of Freemasonry (+ Jacob's Ladder, viz Jacob of The Temple)...
  12. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Believe it or not, but I was part of Cinesite's 3D VFX/CGI team just before it relocated to the US to work on The Matrix. I didn't fancy moving to the US. :-/
  13. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Well, given the difficulty of providing evidence, I have been reluctant to address your several complaints regarding some historical records of Solomon's Temple being inconsistent with my claims. But, I thought I could at least suggest to you that there has been deliberate obfuscation, if not...
  14. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Bear in mind that the Templars have taken pains to confuse the historical record concerning The Temple and themselves, and thereby confound the majority of researchers. Per #142, prior to the 9th century, the Temple was pristine. Given the proto-Templars recognition of The Temple's stupendous...
  15. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Are you trying to suggest that I'm contradicting myself? This really is clutching at straws, semantic quibbling, and resorting to diversionary tactics. My comment in #204 stands. #206 was pointing out to #205 that 'most important' does not mean that there have not been other events in...
  16. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    I just said 'the most important thing to happen'. This does not mean that there have not been other events in mankind's history that have been 'more consequential to more people'.
  17. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    In case it needs ephasising, the 9th century desecration of Solomon's Temple (Holy of Holies & Ark), and its consequent rescue & guardianship by The Templars, is the most important thing to happen in the last few millennia of mankind's history. And that's an understatement. ;-)
  18. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    So, by some, in the 9th century, The Temple (of God or Solomon), was also known as Jacob's Temple (or Altar). So, wittingly or unwittingly, relics from Iacob (Old Testament), became known as the remains of Sant Iago (New Testament). It'd throw some people off the scent eh?
  19. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Thanks to everyone's encouragement, I have come up with a third possibility: It was recognised to be an excellent opportunity to create a raison d'etre for an increased militarised presence in the Iberian peninsula, and thus a means of steadily persuading the retreat of the Moors. Naturally...
  20. Crosbie

    Templiers/Hospitaliers wrt the CdS pilgrimage?

    Here's some bedtime reading for those interested in romantic notions of a connection between Saint James the Greater Apostle, and the Zodiacal constellation of Sagittarius (Campo Stellae, or not): https://www.uv.es/~fores/OrlinLena.uk.html It is rather academic, given Jacob (Iacob -> Iago) is...

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