Chartres and the Lady of the Pillar

The next stage on the mission was to head to Portsmouth catch the ferry to Caen and drive to Chartres. We stayed at a great spot - Hotel Sant Yves (on the site of an ancient monastery).

The following day we were joined with Ute from Germany - so all three of the main European nations represented - England, France and Germany with a guiding light from the United States of America.

We first visited the statue of Melchizedek

Then had a tour of the crypt and went deep in to the past - to the first Christian church and earlier to the roman times and earlier.

Then performed the main ceremony in front of the Lady of the Pillar.

The madonna used to be black, but along with the rest of the building it has been "restored" and made white again.

I had a profound experience during the ceremony. I was taken deep in the history of plagues, sufferings and joy of being human and living through the ecstasy and agony of life - to get here and be at the birth of the New Human - Homo Divinicus. So many people are tuning into the next evolutionary step - from Sri Aurobindo to Jean Houston in the Quantum powers course. I felt the presence of the birth here in front of the Madonna and child.