October 5, 2021 Ani Williams “Whatever the gods do, they do by song….All things are summoned by this praise song and encouraged to come joyfully into being.” — Marius Schneider, …

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Chateau Lordat and Visions of John

   ‘Magdalene and John the Virgin will tower over all my disciples and all  men who shall receive the mysteries.’ 

Pistis Sophia codex

“Al cap dels sèt cent ans, verdejara lo laurèl. The laurel will flourish again in 700 years”

This quote was said to be a prophecy given by a Cathar Parfait in the 13th century. Seven centuries after the 1244 massacre at Montsegur, many souls would be reborn to take up the torch and return to this land called Languedoc, to find the fragments of the Cathar church of love, the peaceful way of the dove.”

“For author C.S. Lewis, the troubadours “…effected a change which has left no corner of our ethics, our imagination, or our daily life untouched.”

Echoes of the troubadour’s song can still be heard across the lands of Oc, ringing in the silence and the song of the nightingale, in the melody of flowing springs and sometimes a chanson from a modern minstrel. Since the beginning of time, the music of nature and of muse wove a spell that sustained the harmonious patterns across the landscape and between earth and heaven.

Once upon a time in the faraway Land of Oc, the spirit of the Troubadour was returning and spreading across the countryside. New stories of the Grail quest were emerging and inspired the people. Poetry and songs of hope and love were rising out of twelfth century Europe, sung in medieval chateaux, meadows, mountain fortresses—new art rising up like a sleeping giant who greets the dawn of a new day.

An interview with Patrice Chaplin by Ani Williams. According to Patrice, the Cabala traditions and the rituals practiced by the secret society of Girona, used chant and sacred sound for raising one’s energy and opening ‘the portal’.

by Jean Houston– Interview and commentary by Ani Williams “One of the potencies of The Odyssey lies in its origins: It is bardic. People spoke and sang this great poem. …

The Hero and the Goddess Read More »

An interview with author Patrice Chaplin by Ani Williams on November 24, 2008 Additional commentary © December 2008 by Ani Williams All photos copyright © Ani Williams unless otherwise noted. …

City of Secrets Read More »

2007 article.  All copy and images © Ani Williams “…to penetrate the mysteries of music is to prepare for initiation into those fathomless mysteries of man and cosmos.” — Joscelyn …

On Earth As It Is In Heaven Read More »

Our Lady of Guadalupe— Dark-skinned Madonna of the New World “In her name— Whose Love is Endless, Who has never abandoned us. On the contrary, we have left Her too …

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by Ani Williams c2003 “The Earth lifts its glass to the sun And light–light is poured. A bird comes and sits on a crystal rim And from my forest cove …

Mary Magdalene Mistress of the Grail Read More »

by Ani Williams (Original article written in 2003, with an updated intro with new information in June 2019) “And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well …

Maria Magdalena Read More »

Qoyanaskatsi is a Hopi word meaning a world out of balance, and according to traditional elders in the Hopi tribe, we are now in the middle of this cycle of chaos and great change.

by Ani Williams, July 2000 The sky and its stars make music in you. — Dendera wall inscription Frankincense and myrrh wafted through the great pillars in the temple at …

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by Ani Williams (This article appeared in the Feb/Mar 2000 issue of Four Corners Magazine) “…an unsung land is a dead land: since if the songs are forgotten, the land …

Riding the Celtic Songlines Read More »