In 1244, over two hundred Cathars were burned alive at Montségur. The Church called it victory. The mountain called it awakening. Their fire became prophecy.
🌿The Cathar community must have been so wonderful, full of enlightened souls & advanced thinkers; & Montsegur such a peaceful hilltop with beautiful views of hills all around, as far as the eye could see.🌿It’s sobering & disheartening to witness the Good Men & Women being killed by Empire, as has happened way too often throughout history. God’s Love cannot be destroyed, & yes we can know God without bishops interceding for us.🙏
This story always gives me deja vu with a side of hair raising shivers. You tell it beautifully. Thank you.
It’s as if some memories live in the bones, not the mind. Maybe that shiver is the body remembering what the soul already knows.
🌿The Cathar community must have been so wonderful, full of enlightened souls & advanced thinkers; & Montsegur such a peaceful hilltop with beautiful views of hills all around, as far as the eye could see.🌿It’s sobering & disheartening to witness the Good Men & Women being killed by Empire, as has happened way too often throughout history. God’s Love cannot be destroyed, & yes we can know God without bishops interceding for us.🙏
The Empire always fears those who remember that love needs no license.
Montségur was not just a hill, it was a mirror showing the Church what Christ actually looked like before they replaced him with a crown and a sword.
Yes, a beautiful community, the best of Christianity.🌅The siege of Montsegur reminds me of the siege of Megiddo.
Once again - i will fill the bath with laurel & spikenard essential oil & soak & feel & listen, this time with music 🎵
Sounds like the perfect kind of baptism—one scented with memory, music, and mystery. May the water remember you kindly.