Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Uchronic history XI : the river Styx has been found back !

by Jean-Jacques COURTEY, Doctor in Economic Geography, Ph. D
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The XXIst century seems to be in a deep rupture with the previous ones, on surface.
Anyhow, it doesn't mean it will be so different : in two thousand years, love and peace were rarely present on Earth in spite of good words. And it will be most likely the same now, especially if a Military War was over suddenly bursting out in the Mediterranean area (because a dispute between Greece and Turkey concerning a huge gas offshore deposit, France being with its warships on the side of Greece), or in Asia (between China and India for instance, about Ladakh).
Yet, amazingly old cults are finding back their way, such as the Greek-Roman religion, with its pantheon of Gods and Goddesses.
Near Cuma (Naples area), in Baia, the old river Styx has been found back.
It is circulating underground, near the ancient temple of the scarlet-robed Sibyl (c. 720 BC).
The latter hasn't to defend herself anymore from Etruscans...or long afterwards Christians.

It must be recalled there was a long ritual to be followed before being admitted in presence of the wealthy Sibyl : rich offerings, refined dishes and beverages, as well as valuable gifts were compulsory, and consultants had to wait for three days before being introduced to the Seer, and finally be able to ask her their haunting question.
So then, her answer was considered as a jewel, and had the value of Gold !
The institutional and determining role of the Sibyl of Cuma was clearly established, from Etruscan to Roman time. It was similar to the one of the Pythie of Delphes in Greece, in the temple of Apollo.
The "Sibylline Books" at the number of nine, which are said to have notably predicted the rise of Rome, and then the one of  Christianism... and the sudden rebirth of the Ancestral Olympian Religion with the Doomsday prophecy and the Disillusion of human beings, are still hidden about them.


For a lot of previous pupils, the Styx is the name of a very famous river in the Greek-Roman mythology.
Till nowadays, it was just taken as a symbolic river, and then not a real one.
For many people, it was simply the expression of outmoded beliefs coming from the once allmighty Olympian Religion !
Our time, yet so chaotic, incoherent, and often unfair, is considering itself too highly, when glancing at the so-called "backward past"...except when everything seems suddenly lost or uncontrollable !
Then, our modern reality so often unscientific, when analysed objectively at the time of the world confining/deconfining, and now the local reconfinings (as well as the compulsory mask almost everywhere), is nearer to Hell than Paradise !

It has to be added that the Greeks of Great Greece and the Romans were considering the river Styx as real as the Tibre for instance, and not as a simple invention.
And the Styx is precisely the underground river leading either to the Elyseum Fields ("Paradise"), or more frequently to the Kingdom of Hades (Pluto) - just called "Hell" in a simplified way.
It's not simply the river of a forgotten past, but on the contrary the river of an uneasy present and unknown future, often so worrisome. Hades (Pluto) was the elder brother of Zeus (Jupiter), the King of Olympian Gods and Goddesses.
And the fact the river Styx has finally been found back and localized geographically, is not insignificant at all !


Now, Progress seems clearly to be in the human beings' back, to be realistic.
We are living at a time of "Green Wave", and one is constantly pointing the finger on it.
Soon, you might have to pay for the right of simply breathing with this new version of Capitalism.
Since the beginning of Christian era, the constant point has been Guilt accompanied with Fear.
And the new "priests" of the seemingly poor Earth, will start to show they can be more inflexible and harsher than ever, if nobody tries to moderate them.
Nobody is holding absolute truth about the future of our planet, which has always been functioning in connection with an underestimated Cosmos. And the actual superpower of Mother-Earth (called "Gaia" under her Olympian name) is stronger than her "self-proclaimed defenders" are thinking, whatever they are genuine or simply opportunist !

Half-jokingly, the Cave Age could be the next horizon, with a more shared bludgeon or stick this time between men and women. For the ones who have known the old school system of the Sixties, mind your fingers !
And our new unwished era, is marked by an apparent collapse of human civilizations, with a fast desintegration of full societies, and a complete loss of their values.
At the same time, the solidity of Earth can easily be doubted, both figuratively and literaly.
But by chance, the rediscovering of the river Styx and its underground meanders in Baia, is creating a kind of "Temporal gate" opening on a forgotten Age : the Age of Olympian Gods and Goddesses.
Very recently, you could even see "a surprising protesting Athena" in Portland (Oregon, USA) !
Strangely the revivification of the Ancient World, could help us to reshape our time in a more positive and hopeful mode, but only if we can adapt.
In that way, among the Olympians who are back and other key-actors too, those who are able to create and invent smart and passionating ways of living would be now welcome !






The relaunching of the Styx river, circulating underground in the South of Italy (Campania, Naples area, around 190 km of Rome), can be taken as a Call from... a not so mythic Underworld.
If this antic site wasn't definitively lost, it means that nothing can really be lost !

Since 2002, year of its rather successful exploration in full, this ancient world has certainly something to teach us. The rediscovery of the remains of the subterranean Kingdom of Hades and his wife Persephone, wasn't disappointing at all.
This astonishing event in a dark period, can be taken as a sign something unexpected might happen on our Earth !

Our present time is synonym of chaos and destabilizing confusion, but Christians are not specifically more lost than others. They knew it would come, because of "the Apocalypse of Saint John".
And the beliefs in Paradise and Hell coming from the Greek-Roman religion have been integrated from a long time now. So then, the point of our article is just a question of geographical location after all !

As a matter of fact, a lot of "pagan" traditions have been silently integrated in the liturgy without people realizing it.
If you consider Christianism as a vast unsaid synthesis, what it is in fact since two thousand years, through the mithraic and the Greek-Roman contributions notably, it might appear rather ambivalent.
Anyhow, the time flies and a new era seems to profile itself, obliging people to dive into the unknown...or more precisely the forgotten !

Human beings have abandoned Nature, but Nature has never forgotten its despaired children, whatever they are genuine or naughty. Other surprises connected to the amazing survival of the Ancient World and its immediate rediscovery, might occur on Earth.
Only the "Great Judge" Saint John was warning solemnly about, is not wondering if we are heading towards a Golden Age, or at the opposite a Lead Age ?

Yet in this time of worldwide "pestilence" with the pandemic of COVID-19, the future will answer clearly that question by playing apparently "yoyo" with figures, whatever they are repeated 6 (with their present unidentified variant "Omega 616") or not .
And the messages of Our Lady of Fatima (Portugal, 1917), confirmed by the impressive and moving warnings of Our Lady of Akita (Japan, 1973-1981...and 2019 too), are quite clear about it !

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Uchronic history X : was Nostradamus wrong about "Henri Roy de France Second" ?

by Jean-Jacques COURTEY, Doctor in Economic Geography, Ph. D
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Nostradamus (December 14th, 1503 - July 2nd, 1566) has dedicated his world famous masterpiece, untitled "Les oracles de Nostradamus" (The oracles of Nostradamus") to "Henri Roy de France Second" (1555).
Obviously, his "Letter to Henri King of France Second" has got a double meaning.
First, it is an address to the King of his time Henri II (1519 - 1559), whom he is talking more precisely in the famous quatrain I-35 by warning him from a mortal danger, but also to a King to come in a far future who will be considered as a Savior in a time of total chaos, pestilence, and general exhaustion. Nostradamus was both a Doctor in medicine and an Astrologer.
In Latin beside "number two", the other main meaning of "Secundus" is "secourable" in French ("helpful" in English).
The latter has to take this "name of Reign" (Henri) to answer the Seer, and show him beyond centuries he received and understood his fateful letter, if he is consenting to intervene.
However in the now extinct "Kingdom of France", this is usually taken as a mere legend by approximatively cartesian minds, nothing more than outdated nostalgy - or otherly said a "childish" and "romantic" expectation .
Who knows then, when only one thing is frightening approximate cartesians, the seemingly biting Dust Wind - a bit like the one of Egypt getting along the mythic King Scorpio ?
The fact this "new Henri" is designed as the "Great Chiren Selin", with a Turk turban, is another deep mystery !

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Nostradamus became terrifically famous after the accomplishment of one of his main prophecies : the unlucky accident of tournament of King Henri II of France (June 30th, 1559).
The latter died on July 10th, 1559 in horrible sufferings, the broken lance of his opponent having pierced his right eye in between his golden helmet, and provoked a nasty and deadly abscess to his brain.
The doctor of Henri II, Ambroise Paré (1509 ~ 1510 - 1590) did his best, but he couldn't save him owing to the gravity of his injuries. Nowadays, he is sometimes critized for not having tempted the operation of the last chance : trepannation. But nothing is proving that present medicine would have saved him either.
Nostradamus' quatrain quoted I-35 (Century One - quatrain 35) is considered as having clearly predicted this portentous event.

The precise quatrain is the following :

 "Le lyon jeune le vieux surmontera,               "The young lion will overcome the older
                                                                                  one,
 En champ bellique par singulier duelle :        In a field of combat in single fight :
 Dans caige d'or les yeux luy crevera,               He will pierce his eyes in their golden cage,
 Deux classes une, puis mourir, mort               Two breakings in one, then he dies, a crual
 cruelle."                                                                 death."


It must be underlined Nostradamus went to Paris in 1556 to personally warn Catherine de Médicis (1519 - 1589) about her husband's risk of death after a joust (as predicted in the quatrain I-35). Thus, it is established the "old lyon" (old lion) was clearly Henri II, the lion being the traditional symbol for a King in heraldry.
And the "young lyon" has been considered to be Gabriel de Lorges, Ist Earl of Montgomery (1530 - 1574) : he was the Captain of the Scottish Guard of the King, and the symbol of Scotland is a red rampant (standing) lion surrounded by red lilies, on a golden background. And he is supposed to have carried such a shield on that day, and not his own coat of arms.
Yet, about the "young lyon", the interpretation could have been a bit too fast.
As a matter of fact, Gabriel of Montgomery was neither King nor Prince heir of the throne. Above that, the "young lyon" can mean more precisely the son of the "old lyon", who he was not at all !

Does this show Nostradamus predicted this awful death, by making a small mistake in his quatrain ?
Sometimes, the Seer has been critized for this apparent imprecision.
But, don't forget that he is quoting there was two different breakings in this tournament, and not only one !
Another determining point is historically established : Montgomery didn't want to fight anymore the King after the first assault, where both of them heavily broke their lances. He was worried to provoke an accident, and he didn't want to injure the King or worse kill him.


You can realize then that the second breaking didn't happen straight away, as this Scottish nobleman declined several times to combat anymore. But, the King was starting to feel offended with his repeated declinations. And here comes an unofficial and yet not totally unknown version (on the other side of the Channel), of what might have happened that fateful day "Rue Saint Antoine" in front of the "Hôtel des Tournelles" in Paris. It has to be quoted in an aside the place was destroyed by order of Catherine de Médicis, and that thereafter it has finally become the famous "Place des Vosges".
The Dauphin François (1544 - 1560) who was at the side of Montgomery had put on, by the time of the talks, his armour to play - they were around the same size. To avoid Montgomery the anger of his father, he would have suddenly proposed to replace him discreetly in the tournament. So then, he wouldn't be accused of crime of "lese-majesty".
And Montgomery would have accepted to get the start of quarrel over.

Hence, when the return game was finally granted, the King Henri II  (the "old lyon"), would have fought against his own son François (the "young lyon"), who was too young and so clumsy with his lance.
And it's him who might have provoked the accident by inexperience, by injuring very badly his father in the eye : his lance broke and slipped under the visor of the golden helmet of the King.
After this fateful event, Montgomery would have taken the responsability on himself. He didn't want to betray the secret he shared with the Dauphin, especially he had to become the King of France. Unhappily, he was prisoner of an unexpected situation he had tried to avoid with all one's strength !
At the King's death, his son François (husband of Queen Mary Stuart - 1542 - 1587), was proclaimed François II, King of France !
Before dying, King Henri II had forgiven Montgomery about this unfortunate accident...but the Queen Catherine de Médicis hadn't. Years after, in 1574, Montgomery who had become protestant in between was arrested in Normandy, emprisoned first in the castle of Caen, and then lead to the Conciergerie Jail in Paris. Sentenced to death, he was beheaded in "Place de Grève" in Paris on June 26th, 1574, not officially for that reason !





The most astonishing in this tragical issue is that Henri II had been warned at least twice about his risk of death after a joust, not only by Nostradamus of course, but also by another famous Astrologer of that time in 1556, Luc Gauric or Luca Gaurico (1476 - 1558)...who was also Bishop !

This Italian character proximate of the Pope, had equally been very precise, by talking of cecity and death.
The strange thing about him who was called a liar and a bigmouth by "the Connetable" of the King Henri II, is that he was defended by the King himself : the latter shut "the Connetable" up, by saying that sometimes there are "some truths" in what Astrologers are predicting !

The most plausible explanation about the behavior of Henri II, is that he felt in representation, because of the celebration of two important marriages sealing the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559) with the King of Spain and the Holy Germanic Roman Empire. And for that reason, he wanted to show everybody his "bon plaisir" was answered by anyone !

So coming back to the quatrain we analyzed (I-35), Nostradamus was impressively right, and quite precise.
He was not wrong in his forecasting of the future, which was sticking litteraly to the reality - still more than people usually think !
The problem with his prophecies is not they are erroneous, but that they happen over suddenly in an uncloudy way, just because human beings are constantly unwise !

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Uchronic history IX : the "Kuleshov Effect" doesn't work only in cinema !

by Jean-Jacques COURTEY, Doctor in Economic Geography, Ph. D
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Today, we are going to study about the "Kuleshov Effect", which is considered as a typical effect of cinema. It is directly coming from Film Editing.
This effect is deriving from the famous Russian film Director, Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov (1899 - 1970).
So people intend to think this effect only applies to cinema.
But it's not true in fact. As life itself is like a gigantic movie for every person on Earth, it is obvious that this cognitive bias can also apply to their own life, or more widely...to collective life.

Lev Kuleshov was a very original man, who introduced the role of cognitive bias based upon short term memory, to explain how it was possible to modify the perception a spectator had of a serial of pictures following each other. The key to him was the way the film was actually edited, and obviously the choice of the pictures' sequence. With this work happening after the film itself, you could even create a different film, by using the way human brain is decoding informations, and establishing links between successive images, even they have nothing to do together initially.
Hence, our brain is autonomously and automatically creating a new logic, without the intervention of our conscious mind. This way was of course revolutionary, and this strange psychological mechanism has been widely used by Soviet Cinema for its propaganda...or by other ones equally !


That's why the "Kuleshov Effect" or "K effect" is considered as a very important cognitive bias, involving short term memory. As most psychological effects, it is an unvolunteer effect.
But you can easily understand what Kuleshov underlined, has from a long time been used by other people than film Directors.
Politicians, ideologists, scientists or anyone wanting to lead you thinking a certain way have also been able to use it, even before it was given this controversial name.
We say controversial, because still nowadays some specialists are denying Kuleshov really put on evidence the "K Effect" in 1921, with a big K.

Previously, it was argued that it was his disciple Vsevolod Pudovkine who put it on evidence. But as he was working during all the experiment under his strong presence and direction, this superficial explanation has been removed.
So finally, it has been argued Lev Kuleshov didn't precisely name it this way in his written works, which is a rather byzantine and irrelevant appreciation.
The reality is this intellectual - coming from an aristocratic family -, clearly demonstrated this "Effect" to all the students of his class. And this "Effect" connected to the process of Film Editing, was very logically given his proper name afterwards !
And the British-American Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcok (1899 - 1980), recognized the genious of Lev Kuleshov !


To be specific, Lev Kuleshov made in 1921 a short film about the Tsarist Movie Idol Ivan Mosjukine (1889 - 1939), who became a French-Russian star of cinema - often considered as the First Star of the History of World Cinema !
As an Actor (he became also a Director and a Scenarist), he was filmed in three different occurrences, with the same poker face (unexpressive then) : in front of a plate of a soup, then a girl in a coffin, and finally a woman on a sofa.
When he showed it to his students, they all observed that the expression of his face was different in each situation...which wasn't the case at all actually !

Hence, the Kuleshov Effect is a visual way to induce a certain perception and to introduce "non sequitur" (what is not following the premises) not only in a movie... but also in your everyday life if you don't pay attention.
The artificial controversy made around Lev Kuleshov himself, is just there to divert your mind from realizing it. The Kuleshov Effect is inducing a cognitive bias, and operates wherever and whenever you even don't think about it.
The magic of Cinema is not a vain word !


With the "K effect" we are entering the scope of possibilities. And what you see is just one of them : this point must never be forgotten and have to stay in your mind.
The editing of pictures - with their rearrangement - is thus determining, in order to produce a certain perception or sight-reading, and a pre-oriented understanding obviously. It can then easily induce a special visual effect !
Alfred Hitchcock, the famous British-American Director previously mentioned, admired a lot the fundamental discovery of Kusheshov that he personaly praised : he used it many times for the success of his most famous movies. And to demonstrate the power of his works, he explained it was not necessary for each shot to have a meaning by itself : the meaning was given by the final arrangement of pictures with the Film Editing !

You cannot do so much in front of a heavy repetition of the same images, connected to an insistent sound...especially when it's done several times a day through your TV for instance.
It would oblige you to stay alert and make a flashback to the message (s) you received image after image. As it is tiring and technically complicated, normally you wouldn't have the patience to do it.
It is working beyond your consciousness and your free will (the utmost of cognitive psychology).
The paradox of penetrating intelligence is that it often passes for futile.






Cinema is founded on a great optical illusion. It is worldly in essence, with festivals as prestigious as the 1st festival of Cannes (fixed from 1 to 20 September 1939).
The latter was cancelled on August 29th, 1939 by its initiator, the French Minister of National Education and Fine Arts Jean Zay (1904 - 1944), because of a dramatic event : the announcement of the German-Soviet Pact. This Pact was just immediately preceding the Dantzig incident and the invasion of Poland, already prophesied by H. G. Wells in 1933 in "The shape of things to come" - with the overlooked theme of an ignored scientific council seizing power in the background.
This first Festival was equally the first reading of the geographical and historical events happening at once, with the start of the Second World War for that time.

Through the Kuleshov Effect (sometimes also called "Effect of Recency", in technical words), you litteraly absorb what is shown to you once edited : you "drink" unvoluntarily.
As other striking examples, just watch the pre-selected dark images of the Moon surface, or Mars surface which are always shown to you ! Some specialists are often pushing the funny humour to just enlarge them under the puzzling name of fake hoaxes, and ask you not to see what you suddenly can see : so neither the "Lunar Pitris" nor the "Martian Taïga" are existing. As they explain, there is a "parallax" problem with the supposingly low quality Earthling Equipment. And they didn't change the brand yet !

For what is beyond cinema, you feel often you are jockeyed ...and you could be right !
Of course, if you are aware about that, it is up to you to say : Ha ! Ha ! Not this time, cunning fellows !
You should never forget Freedom, True Knowledge, and Life Enjoyment are the most precious treasures you have to protect in this life.
They are directly echoing your natural right to choose for yourself, your discernment, and your aptitude to the so agreable sense of wonder.
So never give them up... and put the light on !
 

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

A la redécouverte de célèbres personnages VII : Maria et Claudia, ou l'heureuse fin d'un drame conjugal !

par Jean- Jacques COURTEY, Docteur en Géographie Economique, Ph. D
traduit et adapté de l'anglais et de l'italien par lui-même
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Voici la traduction et l'adaptation en français de nos articles intitulés "Rediscovering famous characters VII : Maria and Claudia, or the happy end of a marital drama !", et "Riscoprendo personaggi famosi VII : Maria e Claudia, o il felice de un dramma coniugale !", respectivement publiés sur "Global Politics and Economics" les mardi 17 septembre 2019 et lundi 2 mars 2020".

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Aujourd'hui derrière le titre des deux précédentes versions de cet article (en anglais et en italien), nous voulons en fait parler d'un homme très célèbre à travers le monde entier.
Vous le connaissez sans nul doute, mais l'angle que nous avons choisi pour le redécouvrir va sûrement vous surprendre !
Essayez de deviner de qui il peut bien s'agir, à travers la révélation de choses étonnantes concernant Maria et Claudia, ces deux femmes qui furent si importantes pour lui et pour l'Histoire !
Et préparez-vous à de formidables découvertes !

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L'histoire commence en Palestine, à l'époque où c'était une province Romaine.
Un homme innocent fut condamné à mourir à la façon Romaine, pour trouble à l'ordre public.
Le problème pour celui qui devait prononcer cette sentence, venait de ce qu'il était totalement contre la mort de cet innocent. Il ne le considérait pas du tout comme un ennemi de Rome, mais comme un homme sage. Et il essaya réellement de son mieux de lui éviter cette mauvaise fin.
A un moment, il pensa vraiment que le choix final qu'il avait laissé au peuple l'aiderait.
Mais non, des circonstances contraires l'obligèrent nolens volens à prononcer la fatidique sentence !
Sa très jolie femme elle-même, Claudia Procula, essaya de sauver cet "homme juste" en intercédant en sa faveur, mais il ne put rien faire. Et cela marqua pour lui le début d'un drame conjugal personnel.

Deux jours après - donc avant que l'homme ne soit exécuté -, Claudia se sépara de lui et le quitta brutalement, car elle était très en colère. Il pensait qu'elle voulait retourner à Rome car elle était de la Famille Impériale, puis se rendre à "Narbo Martius" (Narbonne, dans la Gaule Romaine) où elle était née.
Sur ce, le centurion qui devait diriger l'exécution publique vint le voir, et lui dit qu'évidemment les jambes de cet homme seraient brisées comme à l'habitude dans ce cas. Mais le Grand Romain dont nous parlons lui interdit absolument de faire cela.
Cette malheureuse histoire avait déjà causé suffisamment de dommages dans sa vie personnelle. Il ne voulait pas heurter davantage sa femme, si un jour une réconciliation était possible.

Il savait que son épouse avait été extrêmement impressionnée par cet homme innocent, qu'elle voyait comme une personnalité lumineuse - tout comme lui d'ailleurs.
Et il était au courant qu'entre temps, Claudia était devenue très amie avec Maria, la femme du sage, une femme très belle également.
Elle voulait en apprendre davantage à leur sujet, tout connaître de leurs croyances rafraîchissantes, ainsi que de leur mode de vie antérieur.
Avez-vous deviné à ce stade qui est notre personnage du jour ? Pas encore probablement, mais vous sentez que ça vient !


Après la mort de cet innocent, quelque chose d'extrêmement inhabituel se produisit.
Il y eût rapidement des rumeurs selon lesquelles cet homme était réapparu vivant, et sans aucune blessure sur le corps (ni aux pieds, ni aux mains, ni au flanc), à sa femme Maria en premier.
Cet événement était prodigieux. Le Grand Romain eût vent de ces nouvelles très rapidement, et son entourage lui conseilla de faire taire ces rumeurs. Mais il fit exactement le contraire, avec l'espoir secret que la femme qu'il aimait lui pardonnerait et reviendrait vers lui, si elle apprenait la bonne nouvelle.
Il se sentait soudainement heureux et tremblait de joie. Pourtant, Claudia ne revint pas, et il fut alors réellement triste et déprimé.

Subrepticement, il apprit finalement qu'elle réconfortait Maria et voulait l'aider à quitter la Judée pour un abri plus sûr. Et c'est elle qui suggéra à sa nouvelle amie de trouver refuge en Gaule Narbonnaise, sa région natale (la plus ancienne colonie Romaine, fondée en 118 avant Jésus-Christ).
En effet, Maria connaissait quelques difficultés inattendues avec un certain Simon, qui était un précédent ami de son mari. Il voulait prendre sa succession, et déniait ce rôle à son beau-frère Jacob, et à elle-aussi évidemment puisqu'elle était une femme.
Il arriva que Jacob fut assassiné (par un certain Saül). Maria se sentit plus que jamais en danger pour sa vie, et il devenait urgent de partir.

Au lieu d'empêcher Maria de s'en aller, le Grand Romain, avec l'espérance durable de retrouver un jour sa femme Claudia, créa pour elles des facilités discrètes pour émigrer vers la Gaule Narbonnaise.
Et en même temps, craignant que quelque chose de mal ne lui arrive, il la protégea dans l'ombre avec ses espions.
Finalement, Maria put prendre un bateau Romain. Elle pensait que cela était seulement dû à l'aide de Claudia. Mais durant le voyage qui la menait vers la Gaule Narbonnaise, elle se rendit compte que le mari de cette dernière était aussi impliqué dans son sauvetage : elle reçut indirectement de lui une seconde bourse pour ses dépenses supplémentaires.


Après son débarquement en Gaule Narbonnaise, Claudia la rejoignit à son tour.
Elle parlèrent très longuement, et Maria lui demanda de pardonner à son mari, qui n'était pas un mauvais homme. Claudia fondit alors en larmes en se remémorant son bonheur conjugal passé.
Maria ajouta que si son mari avait été forcé par des circonstances adverses à commettre une faute, il avait tout fait pour la réparer depuis : de ça, elle pouvait témoigner.
Et de toute façon, son époux innocent était à nouveau vivant, donc elle lui avait déjà pardonné quant à elle.

A partir de là, son souhait le plus cher était qu'ils se réconcilient et reviennent ensemble.
Claudia fut touchée au plus profond de son cœur par ses mots apaisants. Et, elle se sentit du même coup stressée que son mari bien aimé ne soit pas à ses côtés.
Mais de façon totalement inattendue, les événements aidèrent Claudia à réaliser son souhait le plus cher.
Des troubles éclatèrent soudainement en Judée, et comme le mari de Claudia ne put rien faire pour les stopper, il fut rappelé à Rome...et exilé en Gaule Narbonnaise !

Etrangement, beaucoup d'historiens ont considéré qu'il s'agissait d'une grande défaite pour lui...alors que cela a abouti au contraire à être sa plus grande victoire dans la vie !
La résurrection de Jésus, qui était définitivement marié (Saint Jean, III-29), avait finalement provoqué un miracle totalement inattendu : la réconciliation passionnée de notre mystérieux personnage du jour avec sa femme Claudia.
Après avoir langui, ils étaient réunis pour de bon dans la félicité la plus totale !




A titre d'épilogue, grâce à l'heureux accident de cet exil, notre Grand Romain Pontius Pilatus, ex-préfet de Judée put enfin revoir sa femme bien aimée, Claudia Procula, qui lui avait pardonné !
Il en résulta qu'il devint l'un des tous premiers "Chrétiens" comme sa femme, selon des sources Chrétiennes Orientales !  

Voilà, vous connaissez son nom maintenant ! Mais nous avons l'intuition que vous aviez déjà deviné qui était notre mystérieux personnage du jour : "Ponce Pilate" en Français !
Seulement, vous ne saviez pas qui était Claudia Procula, et vous n'auriez jamais imaginé que cette Princesse Romaine ait été l'une des premières Chrétiennes, dans ce qui est présentement le Sud de la France !

Et Maria, l'autre très importante personnalité féminine qui présida à cette réconciliation, était Marie-Madeleine (Marie de Magdala), conjointe de Jésus-Christ : elle accosta effectivement aux Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer, et mourut à La Sainte Baume près de "Massilia" (Marseille) des années après !

Le Christianisme a souvent pris des chemins inattendus, pour finalement connaître l'ascension à Rome, et par delà le monde.
Ses débuts fourmillent d'étonnants détails, que la plupart des croyants ignorent encore de nos jours, deux millénaires après !

L'Eglise Copte d'Egypte comme l'Eglise Ethiopienne, célèbrent dans les faits le "couple Pilate" tous les 25 juin, comme des Saints Chrétiens, ce qui semble presque totalement ignoré en Occident.

Mais même Saint Paul (auparavant appelé Saül de Tarse), qui ne montra jamais de sympathie notable envers Marie-Madeleine, reconnut dans ses écrits le rôle joué depuis le tout début par de grandes Dames Romaines comme Claudia - ainsi qu'il l'appelait !

Monday, June 1, 2020

Just science-fiction XLIII : the biopic of XBZ38 and ZBEL27, singers of "Zag" on tour on Earth !

by Jean-Jacques COURTEY, Doctor in Economic Geography, Ph. D
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Usually we intend to consider that if they are existing, ETs want absolutely to conquer and dominate Earth. So the Military is the main approach...which those very clever beings don't understand well.
That's why, they consider us as very aggressive and unpeaceful.
In reality, most ETs are not seeing Earth as a potential battlefield, but on the contrary as a source of fun - whatever it can be a huge zoo, or an adequate location in this galaxy to entertain themselves or beloved people, for instance.
They like Art (Creation then) beyond what we habitually imagine. Under that new approach, Music for example is terribly important for them.
So today our new article of "Just science-fiction" will be dedicated to XBZ38, the Andromedan star singer of "Zag"...and his seductive girlfriend ZBEL27.
They are making a totally imaginary tour on Earth, of course !

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XBZ38, a very famous singer of "Zag" (a funny mix of Charleston, Swing, and Disco) on Andromeda would agree with our presentation. He was dreaming to be selected for an Earthling biopic with his girlfriend.
Then, he would even accept to be interviewed for amusement.
Music is a way for him to show up...without being really seen.
Don't forget human beings don't normally pay a precise attention... to what is just in front of them ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha !
The real name of XBZ38 is Erk, but he doesn't like it. That's why he changed it for his scene name : XBZ38 !
XBZ38 is in love with ZBEL27, who is a funny girl with her cute little ears.
They met at a Gig on Earth (in Miami, USA), not on Andromeda, even they are both coming from over there. As a matter of fact, Florida is the GHQ of Andromedans, since the "non existent" Corporative Treaty of 1954 with UN. It is even thought they might have discretely helped NASA (1958), for the creation of its Space Center Launches complex in 1959 (in Cape Canaveral).
Sometimes, when they are alone XBZ38 calls his girlfriend Lika : she told him her parents named her like that when she was born.
XBZ38 is mischievous with her. He adores caressing her ears : it always transports him of joy !
And in return, she rubs his nice nose with delicacy and tenderness to demonstrate her adoration !


For most ETs the phenomenon of attraction, called on Earth "falling in the blue love at the first sight", is extremely common. It is also unbelievably researched.
They are uncomplicated at the difference of many Earthlings : with their rather romantic side, they welcome gentle responses.
And quite a lot of them are just living to know this happy state, only in search of a nice contentment.
At the opposite, on Earth a lot of people don't believe in love at first sight. Above that, love is usually bothering them, as it looks futile, childish or irrational to their quickly aging eyes. They are too often obsessed by wanting to know who dominates who.
And even they sometimes can do it themselves, they are rarely happy in life.
If Success in Life was measured by the ability to deeply fall in love and to be loved like on Andromeda for instance, most Earthlings would appear as complete losers !
In Orlando (Florida, USA), Andromedans have even created for fun an "MBL" (L standing for Love), in order to replace "MBA" among them : they find the latter out of fashion and boring !
Above that, the area of Orlando with Disneyworld (1971), is recalling them with a deep nostalgy their Andromedan home, full of fantasy.
Supremacy has never been the ultimate target of Andromedans...that's why they reach it so often accidentaly, unlike Earthlings.

The main hit of XBZ38 is "Zag Zag" (a demonstrative love song, expressing amorous passion), and the one of ZBEL27 is "Yig Yig" (a spicy love song of "Zag") !
And they like a lot dancing together a typical circular dance of Andromeda, with a sudden squash up : they call it "the passionate peck".
Quite frequently, to imitate Earthlings they kiss each other. They find it very agreable and so amusing. And they often laugh heartily about it !
XBZ38 is like mesmerized when his girlfriend is suited like a vamp : she is his "Betty Boop", and he adores her !
"Betty Boop" is now an old animated cartoon (created in 1930 by the Polish-American Max Fleischer). But it is still very fashionable among Andromedans : they appreciate its evergreen simplicity and its cosy warmth. And above all, she is so cute !
They feel just amazingly happy when they watch her : they are litteraly "melting", at hearing and seeing the feminine expressions and attitudes of this lovely and ever young girl !





As an epilog, let's say XBZ38 and ZBEL27, those very young people of Andromeda (they are just 62 in Earthling computation, which is nothing when you can live centuries), appreciate a lot being on our zany planet !
Due to their inner mechanism of Rejuvenation, they are like "surfing" on years passing !

But, it's true they are paying a great attention to keep healthy, especially on Earth.
When they are travelling here, they always use their traditional medecine, the Earthling one appearing sometimes chaotic and not safe enough to their eyes (because of the stutterings of science). They prefer living very long "empirically", than dying fast "scientifically" !

They can mix discretely with human singers, as their appearance is astonishingly similar.
And this mimetism helps them a lot to blend in with the crowd. That way they look rather ordinary, and then normal.
Sometimes, they try also - with some success - absurd jokes, to be on the same wavelength as their counterparts !

When they wear blue jeans, they are just like millions and millions of people on Earth : nobody is taking that as a "uniform" - the way it could appear, seen from Andromeda.
What is funny is that colour suits them very well, as they have bluish-violet reflects on the scene, when singing. But spectators usually take those reflects for after effects, and not the suddenly visible reflects of their skin under certain spot lights !

By not being a threat this way, XBZ38 and ZBEL27 are quite easily accepted and even admired. And nobody knows from where they are really coming.
They are just considered as eccentric singers when they are in Florida or somewhere else, among many other eccentric people !
So usually, in their zany environment, they don't need to use their secret weapons to defend themselves in a flash. They take Life as a Gift !

Friday, May 1, 2020

Just science-fiction XLII : beyond reincarnation, Buddha's clarification and Roswell !

by Jean-Jacques COURTEY, Doctor in Economic Geography, Ph. D
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Today we are going to make a transverse analysis between what is supposed about reincarnation, Buddha's clarification...and Roswell.
And as usually, this article has to be taken as a masterpiece of imagination of course : id est "Just science-fiction" !

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Nowadays reincarnation has become a fashionable belief worldwide, including among Christians.
It is certainly due to the very strong imprint of the New Age movement : it is appearing as a vast and syncretic spiritual movement which started in the Sixties, and was influenced by "Theosophy" and "Gnosis".
Normally, the main point of Christianity is resurrection, not reincarnation.
With resurrection, the same person is rebirthing in the same body. The best known example is Jesus Christ.
With reincarnation, on the contrary, we are supposed to be reborn in a different body as a baby, after an undertermined period following death.

The main problem about reincarnation, is the deep amnesia we are suffering when we are reborn.
In that way, it can appear as a very illogical system.
As reincarnation is officially based upon the law of Karma (litteraly "action"), it is implying reward or punishment in connection with the good or bad actions of our past lives.
But the problem is everybody has to improve in this present life according to this law of retribution...without knowing what he or she did in another life.
And this paradoxical and uneasy process can last a very long time.

A very famous man made, circa the VIth or Vth century BC, a clarification about reincarnation : the married Prince Siddhartha Gautama from Nepal, better known under the name of Buddha ("the Awakened").
The most annoying with Karma is its very appearent unfairness, and its flock of sufferings said to be due to desires.
You are supposed to perfect yourself in a new life, when you ignore totally what you might have done in a previous life.
As a matter of fact, when you are reborn with a new "Vehicle" (your new body), you have normally completely forgotten your anterior life.
To be precise, this is not entirely true, as we are said to keep memory of our previous life till we become 2 years old.
The problem is that as a baby, nobody will listen to you, or understand your lisps.
And if you are in the rarest case - by remembering until 6 years old -, everybody will think your child imagination is too strong !



About this "amnesia" we have got every time we are reborn, Buddha made a determining clarification, and intended to bring beginnings of solution.
You can use special techniques (meditation, good food and drinks, tantras, mudras, sutras, mantras...) to find back the memory of who you were, and definitively free yourself from the wheel of reincarnations !
Hence, Buddha is very important for the noticeable mantra "OM MANI PADME HUM" ("the jewel of lotus").
The latter when repeated numerous times constantly, is said to give back memory about our previous life...and even our previous lives if recited quite a lot ! The only problem is not to stay locked around 2 years old (when you were a baby), in this present life !
The final way of Buddha is based upon Dharma ("what is sustaining"), not Karma ("action"... provoking a reaction, often interpreted as a punishment) !

Buddha's life is not always well known by some buddhists.
We remember an anecdote of the past, when a buddhist man asked us to teach him who was exactly Buddha ? We answered, it should be him to explain us who he was, and not us as we were not buddhist.
But he insisted, so we told him what we knew about him, by trying to be objective (non judgemental).
He didn't know he had more than 32 teeth (40 in fact !) and some other peculiarities - a very long tongue for instance - showing he was presdestined to be a charismatic spiritual leader.
Nowadays, there is a story about his left canine which would have escaped his incineration after his death. It is officially kept in the "Temple of the Tooth Relic" in Kandy (Sri Lanka).
Amazingly, such a tooth is symbolizing a way to directly access the "Library of our lost memories". But, it's not sure people take it this way.

As he smiled, we added that Buddha himself was sometimes a fun, by not taking himself too seriously, and accepting not to be perfect.
And we pointed out the striking moment he suddenly reached the final awakening, under his banian fig tree : someone just sat down close to him, and started to eat and drink as if he wasn't there, which was rather provocative as he was starving and so thirsty.
Buddha then said : "How hard it is not to eat when you are hungry, and how hard it is not to drink when you are thirsty !" And he stopped immediately his very long meditation of two years.
Obviously just after, he ate and drank a lot to catch back the lost time. With this small excess, he felt suddenly better and reviving. After that, good food and drinks, as well as a behavior spousing nature stayed always of special importance for him : that's why he is habitually represented smiling with a big tummy !
The fact he had predicted himself the final transmutation of his new path (for Now as it seems), with a new Buddha - not necessarily oriental - called "Milefo", is connecting him to something from beyond the Cosmos.



At this point, you may wonder what reincarnation and Buddha have got to do with Roswell ?
In July 1947, when there was the Roswell accident of flying saucers everybody has heard in New Mexico (USA), among the survivors there was of course a Zeta (the famous "J. Rod"), but also a female ET of another specie calling herself "Airl".
Her civilization she was naming "the Domain", appears wider than Andromeda.
Generally, we are taught she was injured and died sometimes after, with a controversial autopsy.
The big problem is that it seems it wasn't caused by the accident with "J.Rod", but by the electroshocks of bad scientists to make her speak at the end - about the secret technology of flying saucers.
When she was well treated at the beginning, she gave a lot of interesting informations by telepathy to the military nurse who was kindly looking after her.
But, when scientists started to interfere she refused to communicate anymore by warning humans : they should always be careful with cunning scientists and their scenarios to reach supreme power !

She told the military nurse human beings don't understand anything to their real origin, as well as their true history.
And the reason is connected to the deliberate amnesia, imposed upon them once they are reborn.
Earth in her presentation is just a "Jail Planet" to exile banished people.
Then the way reincarnation is usually introduced is completely wrong. And the question of personal improvement has never been the real point : the true point is to prevent people to remember...and escape !
Anyhow, if your only aim is to improve yourself, it's not a bad thing in itself. And you are welcome of course. 
Yet to her, the reincarnation process is only linked to the survival of  the remains of the "Ancient Empire" !

In that acception, she added that her coming on Earth was connected to her brothers and sisters stuck on Earth from this ancient time : the time of  the "Annunaki" - "the Offsprings of (the God) Anu" coming from the Sky - in Sumer (presently Iraq).
In her message, she was counting on benevolent people of Earth to help her disclosing it.
She came on Earth as a pilot and an engineer, but also as a representative of her highly developped civilization...to bring a message of hope to the 3000 remainers of an "ET batallion" lost on Earth thousands of years ago. She knew they spread on all Earth since that time, which made complicated to find them back all.
She explained a lot about the kind of silicone composing her apparent skin and body, by quoting it was just an enveloppe or a  practical "vehicle" she could leave anytime !
She said that, at the opposite of her, those 3000 super-intelligent creatures were stuck in their enveloppe because of the very strong Earthling "Force-Field".
They had stayed for too long on Earth. And that was why they had never been able to leave it, and to come back home. But she wanted to tell them they are neither abandoned, nor forgotten !






In conclusion, "Airl" unveiled the secret of those 3000 ETs connected to the old Annunaki of Sumer, who are stuck on Earth since that time, by being prisoners of their human enveloppe and the unescapable mechanism of reincarnation.
Her message is now making sense with the return of old Gods on our planet, after a so long time.
It might have secretly been made possible at the favor of the confining imposed willy-nilly on Earth presently, by avoiding human curiosity. The top arrival occurred on last April 29th, when some observers made a confusion between their huge Vessel and an enormous asteroid - which didn't hit Earth obviously. They might have used a "Rakshasa Generator of Phase Change", making them able to travel in the space at a speed reaching ten times the speed of light !

Airl was thus describing reincarnation as a prison of the mind and accessorily of the body. According to her, it has absolutely not the challenging aim to improve human beings through Karma, but on the contrary to emprison for ever people on Earth, considered as a "Jail Planet" (Hell). Sometimes, it is also true it can appear as a zoo for the tourism of ETs (Purgatory). So then, to her Earth is rarely a source of happiness, even it may happen occasionally (Paradise).
Hence, the potential coming back of old Annanuki's Gods on our planet could be a complex issue, for a New Phase of History : a new balance of presence and power would have to emerge with other important ET species and Earthlings.

She repeated the most important for human beings and her lost comrades, was to tear the veil of the deliberate amnesia imposed upon them once they are reborn.
Earth in her presentation was just initially an isolated planet to punish people called the "Divergents", who were used to exploit gold, copper and other important minerals. And sometimes, it was used to give entertainment for fun also.
Then, the way reincarnation is usually presented is wrong, and very partial.
And the question of personal improvement has never really been the main point : the true point is to prevent people to remember...and free over suddenly themselves !

You must remember your past lives to realize who you really are, before you can suddenly free from your mental jail...and possibly get out of your body to travel anywhere you want in the Cosmos !
In that way the concept of "Vehicle" (for the body) you can travel from, used by Buddha, was luminous.
And this is what Buddha, who was one of them according to "Airl", has clearly accomplished !

What is new now is that Rakshasas (the old Gods of the ancient Annunaki, sometimes considered to be behind the Mithraic religion too) have changed their mind about Earth.
It is important to quote that they are foes of Zetas - small Greys -, who are the most numerous group of ETs on our planet (around 50% of the total).
Thus, it could be important to keep the eyes on the Sky, rather empty at the moment, to watch any unusual movement.
Everyday people are heavily repeating on TV that tomorrow will be different from yesterday, after the world confining - as if it was almost a wish : they could happen to be right, but in a way they didn't expect after last March ("Mars" in French ) !

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Histoire uchronique VI : dans la Prison de la Conciergerie, une fleur peut en cacher une autre !

par Jean-Jacques COURTEY, Docteur en Géographie Economique, Ph. D
traduit et adapté de l'anglais et de l'italien par lui-même
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Après les versions anglaise et italienne de notre récit, respectivement publiées sur "Global Politics and Economics" les 30 août 2019 ("Uchronic history VI : in the Conciergerie Jail, a flower can hide another one ! ") et 1er novembre 2019 ("Storia u-Cronaca VI : nella Prigione della Conciergerie, un fiore puo' nasconderne un altro ! "), voici leur traduction et adaptation tant attendues en français.

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Durant la nuit du 1er au 2 août 1793, autour de quatre heures du matin, la Reine Marie-Antoinette fut transférée de la Prison du Temple à l'angoissante "Prison des Condamnés", la Conciergerie.

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Ce nouvel article pourrait vous émouvoir davantage que d'habitude, parce que nous allons révéler des détails-clés sur l'un des mystères les plus sensibles de l'Histoire.
Nous ne voulons pas vous bouleverser, mais cela peut arriver !
Comme il y a plusieurs parties dans notre article, vous pouvez faire une pause si vous vous sentez un peu sans dessus dessous.
C'est aujourd'hui - le vendredi 30 août 2019, NDLR - le 226ème anniversaire de l'évasion de la Reine Marie-Antoinette de la Prison de la Conciergerie à Paris : il s'agit d'un événement "seulement pour vos yeux" (resté top secret donc).
Il a impliqué non seulement le Baron de Batz qui fut accusé après coup d'avoir été son organisateur suprême, mais aussi plusieurs autres acteurs inattendus dans une situation très embrouillée et si périlleuse.
En prenant connaissance d'éléments-clés qui vont vous être révélés, vous serez en mesure de vous faire votre propre opinion, bien sûr.
Mais en premier lieu, préparez-vous à quelque chose que vous n'auriez absolument jamais imaginé s'être déroulé ainsi !

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Beaucoup de gens ont lu "Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge", publié par Alexandre Dumas en 1846. Dans ce roman historique, après avoir échoué à sauver la Reine dans la Prison du Temple à Paris, il se cachait dans la "Maison Dixmer", et voulait encore une fois tenter de la sauver...
Le vrai nom de ce Chevalier, qui fut un acteur controversé de la Révolution Française, était Alexandre Gonsse de Rougeville (1761 - 1814). En fait, Dumas a changé le nom de "De Rougeville" en "De Maison Rouge", à sa requête personnelle.
Mais depuis le tout début, il y avait une confusion notable entre deux personnages historiques : cet homme, et le Baron Jean de Batz (1754 - 1822).
Cette confusion vint probablement de l'opération de sauvetage de la Reine, à la Prison de la Conciergerie justement, qui impliqua comme organisateur parallèle notre chanceux Baron, parfois aussi appelé Jean-Pierre de Batz. Nous parlons bien sûr de l'imbroglio estampillé "Conspiration de l'Oeillet".
Dans cette nouvelle prison, la Reine fut complètement isolée, car ses enfants et sa belle-soeur Madame Elisabeth (1764 - 1794) étaient restés à la Prison du Temple, après la séparation effective du 2 août 1793.
La cellule actuelle montrée aux touristes à la prison de la Conciergerie n'est pas précisément la sienne, parce que la conformation des lieux a été complètement modifiée depuis lors.
Difficilement abritée derrière un paravent, la Reine était surveillée jour et nuit par deux gardes. Son seul mobilier était un fauteuil de canne, deux chaises, une simple table et un petit lit.

Une autre confusion venait du fait que, la soit-disant "Conspiration de l'Oeillet" ait été attribuée au Baron de Batz.
En réalité, l'idée originale est venue de façon surprenante du Comité de Salut Public, pour des raisons de haute politique.
En effet, c'était seulement un subterfuge visant à discréditer davantage la Reine avant sa mort planifiée, en utilisant le malchanceux et un peu naïf De Rougeville : il se démènerait en vain pour une illusion de sursaut.
Mais par dessus tout, c'était une façon d'en finir avec la légende de Sauveur du Baron de Batz, qui n'aurait pas la possibilité de faire quoi que ce soit !
Ce plan tortueux et cruel prévoyait de laisser d'abord De Rougeville approcher la Reine et lui proposer de s'évader, pour refermer le jeu sur elle au dernier moment !
En tant que Maître-Espion, le Baron de Batz qui était au courant du projet de De Rougeville, sentit que quelque chose n'allait pas la conception de son plan : il lui paraissait être à courte vue, et trop facile. Et il doit être ajouté aussi, qu'il se sentait personnellement défié !
Il savait que cet ancien "Chevalier du Poignard" était certainement un homme d'action, même s'il le considérait comme impressionnable et quelque peu imprévoyant.
Il pensait d'ailleurs que dans cette circonstance, il était vraisemblablement manœuvré par son compatriote d'Arras : Maximilien de Robespierre (1758 - 1794).
C'est pourquoi, il décida de piéger ce dernier ainsi que son Comité, dans leur fausse "Conspiration de l'Oeillet".
Après tout, cela lui fournissait l'opportunité inattendue qu'il recherchait pour sauver la Reine, avec un plan simple mais ingénieux : court-circuiter le Comité avec une intervention anticipée, en utilisant toutes les facilités artificiellement créées par ce même Comité pour le succès de sa contre-opération.
Simultanément, l'avantage pour lui était qu'il resterait fidèle à sa légende !

De Rougeville visita Marie-Antoinette le mercredi 28 août 1793, avec l'Inspecteur des Prisons et Chef de la Police Jean-Baptiste Michonis (1735 - 1794), qui était aussi membre de la Commune de Paris et limonadier. A cette occasion, De Rougeville laissa tomber au sol un tout petit message dissimulé derrière les deux œillets de sa boutonnière, où il lui proposait de s'évader.
Et c'est ainsi que très naturellement ces fleurs donnèrent leur nom à la "Conspiration", qui était en réalité déjà en train d'être piratée par le Baron de Batz. Mais, il n'apparaît pas que De Rougeville s'en soit rendu compte : il prenait le Baron de Batz pour un très riche banquier Royaliste essentiellement, et pas pour un maître d'œuvre. D'ailleurs, il pensait qu'il n'avait pas besoin de lui, car ses économies (400 Louis d'or et un grand nombre d'assignats) lui paraissaient suffisantes pour acheter les gardes.
Or, juste avant cette surprenante visite, la Reine Marie-Antoinette avait eu vent que De Batz préparait quelque chose : le changement d'attitude de ses deux gardes les plus proches et les paroles qu'ils avaient laissées s'échapper, montraient qu'il les avait tout simplement achetés parmi d'autres personnes, en cette période de disette. Et elle avait éperdument confiance dans le Baron.
C'est pourquoi, elle fit un signe discret d'acquiescement à De Rougeville lors de cette fameuse visite, pour lui montrer qu'elle acceptait de s'échapper, cette fois-ci.
Le même jour, l'un des gardes lui dit d'ailleurs de se préparer pour "la répétition de vendredi soir à 11 heures et demie".

"Le prochain vendredi soir" était le 30 août 1793, et non la nuit du lundi 2 au mardi 3 septembre 1793, planifiée par De Rougeville et Michonis durant leur nouvelle visite du même jour.
Elle était un peu déroutée, mais elle pensait que quelqu'un cherchait à garantir le succès de l'opération.
Quoi qu'il en soit, durant la nuit elle put passer tous les guichets sans incident... et même la sortie qui donnait sur la rue. Elle était si délicieusement surprise de pouvoir faire quelque pas dans la rue librement, dans l'obscurité !
Quand elle voulut retourner à l'intérieur à la fin de "la répétition", une femme cachée dans l'ombre la stoppa gentiment : elle lui souffla à l'oreille de s'en aller tranquillement en suivant son ami le Baron, qui était à côté d'elle .
Il allait être minuit. Et cette femme qui lui ressemblait beaucoup et était habillée comme elle, entra alors dans la Prison de la Conciergerie à sa place : c'était Cornélia (Cornélie) de Galéan, qui était prête à donner sa vie pour la Reine.
Le plan de génie de De Batz avait été de greffer sa propre intervention sur la fausse "Conspiration de l'œillet" du Comité, en utilisant intelligemment les facilités créées pour l'occasion. C'est pourquoi, il avait procédé à cette Substitution avec un Sosie, juste avant la mise en œuvre du projet de De Rougeville et de Michonis.
En même temps, il avait planifié de laisser De Rougeville essayer de sauver la fausse Reine, Cornélia de Galéan. Et s'il réussissait miraculeusement cette fois-ci, elle aussi pourrait finalement être rescapée, même si elle était prête à mourir à la place de la Reine.
De cette façon, elle ne serait restée que trois jours entiers à la Prison de la Conciergerie !

La nuit du lundi 2 au mardi 3 septembre 1793, De Rougeville et Michonis revinrent pour leur opération. Tout semblait se passer à merveille ; ils purent passer tous les guichets très facilement avec la prisonnière, jusqu'à la grille de la sortie. Elle donnait sur la "rue de la Barillerie", maintenant appelée "Boulevard du Palais" (depuis 1864)...et sur la Liberté.
Mais le garde changea soudainement d'avis et empêcha la fausse Reine de sortir.
De Rougeville et Michonis insistèrent pour qu'elle puisse sortir dans la rue selon leur plan, mais il refusa obstinément. Eux, ils pouvaient s'en aller ensemble, mais la "Citoyenne Capet" devait être ramenée à sa cellule !
De Rougeville pensa immédiatement qu'il n'avait pas donné assez d'argent au garde.
Quoi qu'il en soit, le fait est que De Rougeville et Michonis abandonnèrent !
Et le 3 septembre 1793, ce garde fit un rapport de l'incident à son supérieur, qui informa à son tour le Comité de Salut Public. La soit-disant "Conspiration de l'Oeillet" était amenée en pleine lumière, même si c'était une fausse, et le jeu semblait terminé.
C'est aussi la raison pour laquelle l'intervention de De Rougeville n'est pas proprement considérée comme une vraie par quelques historiens, qui doutent de sa réalité.
Ils peuvent, car s'il avait utilisé la force comme à son accoutumée, il aurait probablement pu sortir et s'enfuir avec la fausse Reine (donc pas la vraie Marie-Antoinette).
A sa décharge pour ce second échec, il semble qu'il ait été complètement cloué sur place par l'attitude autoritaire du garde, qui fut si soudaine et si définitive.





Pour conclure, le dernier garde avait fait semblant d'être acheté, selon le scénario mis en place. Et le Comité de Salut Public, après une rapide vérification, célébra l'échec de sa fausse "Conspiration de l'Oeillet" en riant à gorge déployée, totalement certain que la Reine ne s'était pas échappée de son mauvais tour !

Chose étrange, De Batz fut ensuite accusé d'avoir été son organisateur suprême, et donc ni le Comité évidemment, ni De Rougeville directement. Pourtant, Michonis, rapidement arrêté quant à lui comme complice, finira guillotiné le 17 juin 1794.
Et presque quarante jours après le soit-disant "échec" de cet embrouillamini, le 12 octobre 1793, la prisonnière fut interrogée sur sa "trahison" de la Nation et sur "son" fils, et on lui dit brutalement qu'elle serait jugée trois jours plus tard, le 15 octobre 1793.

Rapidement condamnée à mort, elle fut exécutée le 16 octobre 1793 à 12 heures 15 au lieu du matin. En effet, Robespierre, Maître du Comité, voulait éviter l'ennuyeuse mésaventure du 21 janvier 1793 à propos du Roi et de son Sauveur de dernière minute le long du "52 rue de Beauregard" à Paris, le Baron de Batz.
Pourtant à sa grande surprise, le Baron ne fit aucune apparition et il commença à se demander pourquoi, en craignant de façon soudaine d'avoir commis une énorme erreur !

Il avait tout à fait raison de penser ça, parce que Jean de Batz n'avait aucune raison d'intervenir pour sauver une Reine déjà sauvée !
La fausse "Conspiration de l'Oeillet" avait en fait été doublée très astucieusement par son opération anticipée de Déception : la "Contre-opération des deux Oeillets", où Robespierre et ses acolytes s'étaient faits complètement avoir !

En tant qu'épilogue uchronique, la seconde "Cornélia de Galéan, Marquise de Janson" (1755 - 1834), alias Marie-Antoinette mourut naturellement à 79 ans à Paris, alors que la Révolution était terminée, et que Robespierre et ses plus proches comparses avaient été guillotinés depuis longtemps !
L'Histoire peut vraiment être si ironique parfois !

Bien sûr, il vous appartient de penser et de repenser à cette "Black Op" du Baron de Batz, qui fut si étonnante. Mais souvenez-vous qu'un œillet blanc peut facilement cacher un autre œillet blanc, pour des raisons évidentes de succès, quand l'honneur et la renommée d'une légende vivante sont défiés !
"L'homme invisible" comme le surnommait Robespierre, avait encore frappé !