25-01-2011, 05:59 PM
The Wiki on Chialism/Milennialism is worth a brief browse, I think.
Wiki entry on Chialism
Arguably, the title of an as yet unpublished book that Fulcanelli is said to have written is Finis Gloriae Mundi (end of the worlds glory) which curiously is the title of a painting by Spanish baroque painter Juan Valdez Leal:
![[Image: 592px-Finis_gloriae_mundi_from_Juan_Valdez_Leal.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Finis_gloriae_mundi_from_Juan_Valdez_Leal.jpg/592px-Finis_gloriae_mundi_from_Juan_Valdez_Leal.jpg)
In this painting the body of the Pope has decayed - possibly signifying the dogma of the "Last Pope" which many believe will be the successor to the current incumbent, Pope Benedict XVI, the "Panzer Pope". Others, however, speculate that Benedict XVI is the last pope.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
But the second body is preserved immaculate and uncorrupted and is the body of a Portuguese Templar Knight. Make of this what you will.
Juan Valdes Leal was not a particularly prolific artist but he covered some interesting territory. In another painting "In Ictu Oculi" (in the twinkling of an eye):
![[Image: 590px-In_ictu_oculi.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/In_ictu_oculi.jpg/590px-In_ictu_oculi.jpg)
There is more papal imagery associated with death.
It has always struck me as interesting that in the lower part of this painting a silver handled walking stick points towards an open book of door in an apparently randomly open book showing a sketch of what appears to be a mansion. And "Mr. Death" as Monty Python once referred to the Grim Reaper is snuffing out the flame of a candle above what appears to be the tiara and regalia of a pope. To one side are parts of body armour that, once again, imply a knightly presence.
It's all rather curious....
Wiki entry on Chialism
Arguably, the title of an as yet unpublished book that Fulcanelli is said to have written is Finis Gloriae Mundi (end of the worlds glory) which curiously is the title of a painting by Spanish baroque painter Juan Valdez Leal:
In this painting the body of the Pope has decayed - possibly signifying the dogma of the "Last Pope" which many believe will be the successor to the current incumbent, Pope Benedict XVI, the "Panzer Pope". Others, however, speculate that Benedict XVI is the last pope.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
But the second body is preserved immaculate and uncorrupted and is the body of a Portuguese Templar Knight. Make of this what you will.
Juan Valdes Leal was not a particularly prolific artist but he covered some interesting territory. In another painting "In Ictu Oculi" (in the twinkling of an eye):
There is more papal imagery associated with death.
It has always struck me as interesting that in the lower part of this painting a silver handled walking stick points towards an open book of door in an apparently randomly open book showing a sketch of what appears to be a mansion. And "Mr. Death" as Monty Python once referred to the Grim Reaper is snuffing out the flame of a candle above what appears to be the tiara and regalia of a pope. To one side are parts of body armour that, once again, imply a knightly presence.
It's all rather curious....
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14