Some years ago, talking to my grandma Monique, I told her about a dream I 've had.
I was on a castle, surrounded by water. Even now I remember all the details. The green garden, the river passing under the castle, the grey walls. I was there.
Granny Monique loved history and René Descartes. She smiled and says:
- Let's find out which castle was that.
She got a pictures book about castles around the Loire River. Showing me the pictures she told me that Loire is her favourite place on earth.
As she turn the pages, I got a shock . There, in front of me, the castle of my dream. Chenonceau Castle. A dejavú hits me hard, and at that moment I was sure I’d been there in the past.
Granny, decartian and besides her catholic beliefs, used to tell us about our ancestors the Celtics and Atlantis. The reason of that was the region she came from: Aurignac, a small village on the bottom of Pyrenees.
I told her about my deja vu. She looked at me, not surprised at all, and said:
- Oh! This castle belonged to Henri II ’s mistress: Diane de Poitiers. Let’s find out more about her!
She got a thick book from the shelf and says:
- There it is!
*”Remembered as a beautiful woman, she had a nice figure, and maintained her good looks well into her fifties, which was immortalized in art. Only two signed paintings by the great artist Francois Clouet are known to exist, one being a painting of Diane. The subject of that painting shows her seated nude in her bath. She sat for other paintings of the time, often topless or nude, other times in traditional poses. All seem to depict a vibrant and attractive woman. Diane possessed an extreme intellect and a political astuteness to the point that the King trusted her to write many of his official letters, and to even sign them jointly with the one name: HenriDiane. She was, in fact, the "brains behind the throne", and even in charge of the royal children's education. She was extremely confident, and her maturity and loyalty to Henri II made her his most dependable ally in the court. Her position in the Court of the King was such that when Pope Paul III sent the new Queen Catherine the "Golden Rose", he did not forget to present the royal mistress Diane with a pearl necklace. Within a very short amount of time she wielded considerable power within the realm. The king's total adoration for Diane caused a great deal of jealousy on the part of Queen Catherine, particularly when Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had the Château d'Anet built for her, and gave her the beautiful Château Chenonceau that Catherine had wanted for herself. However, as long as the king lived, the Queen was powerless to change this.
Granny looked at me and with a smile:
- Perhaps you were Diane on your earlier life… who knows?
I nodded, blushing:
- hm hm...
After many years searching for Diane, I got surprised when I saw her emblem: the three interlaced crescents, the Triple Goddess, the original trinity, the three faces of the Great Goddess .
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*text about Diane de Poitiers extracted from Wikipedia.
I was on a castle, surrounded by water. Even now I remember all the details. The green garden, the river passing under the castle, the grey walls. I was there.
Granny Monique loved history and René Descartes. She smiled and says:
- Let's find out which castle was that.
She got a pictures book about castles around the Loire River. Showing me the pictures she told me that Loire is her favourite place on earth.
As she turn the pages, I got a shock . There, in front of me, the castle of my dream. Chenonceau Castle. A dejavú hits me hard, and at that moment I was sure I’d been there in the past.
Granny, decartian and besides her catholic beliefs, used to tell us about our ancestors the Celtics and Atlantis. The reason of that was the region she came from: Aurignac, a small village on the bottom of Pyrenees.
I told her about my deja vu. She looked at me, not surprised at all, and said:
- Oh! This castle belonged to Henri II ’s mistress: Diane de Poitiers. Let’s find out more about her!
She got a thick book from the shelf and says:
- There it is!
*”Remembered as a beautiful woman, she had a nice figure, and maintained her good looks well into her fifties, which was immortalized in art. Only two signed paintings by the great artist Francois Clouet are known to exist, one being a painting of Diane. The subject of that painting shows her seated nude in her bath. She sat for other paintings of the time, often topless or nude, other times in traditional poses. All seem to depict a vibrant and attractive woman. Diane possessed an extreme intellect and a political astuteness to the point that the King trusted her to write many of his official letters, and to even sign them jointly with the one name: HenriDiane. She was, in fact, the "brains behind the throne", and even in charge of the royal children's education. She was extremely confident, and her maturity and loyalty to Henri II made her his most dependable ally in the court. Her position in the Court of the King was such that when Pope Paul III sent the new Queen Catherine the "Golden Rose", he did not forget to present the royal mistress Diane with a pearl necklace. Within a very short amount of time she wielded considerable power within the realm. The king's total adoration for Diane caused a great deal of jealousy on the part of Queen Catherine, particularly when Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had the Château d'Anet built for her, and gave her the beautiful Château Chenonceau that Catherine had wanted for herself. However, as long as the king lived, the Queen was powerless to change this.
Granny looked at me and with a smile:
- Perhaps you were Diane on your earlier life… who knows?
I nodded, blushing:
- hm hm...
After many years searching for Diane, I got surprised when I saw her emblem: the three interlaced crescents, the Triple Goddess, the original trinity, the three faces of the Great Goddess .
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*text about Diane de Poitiers extracted from Wikipedia.
