" As opposed to their mental outlook, it must be assumed that in the case of their bodily movements they had become like two dancing partners who had grown so accustomed to a combined movement as a pair, and so trained to the impulses of the other partner that a simultaneous step or turn was inevitable. It was a conditioning of the mind rather than a compulsion of the spirit. "

Garage Sell

1 - A night to dismember

2 - $$$$$

3 - Amoureux comme des faux adultes

4 - Morbid Mamelouk

5 - le rongeur mystère

Jell'O Rama : Entre utopie sociale et cauchemar chromophobe

Conjoined Twins de Christine Quigley - Extraits

" The first known autopsy in the New World was performed on conjoined twin girls in San Domingo in 1533 and confirmed that each child has a complete set of organs. The autopsywas conduced at the request of a priest who had christened them and was vindicated for having baptized them as two individuals. "

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Bones with Bling The amazing jewelled skeletons of Europe

"A pair of American tourists pause in surprise in the centre of the nave of the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in the small, rural Bavarian town of Rott-am-Inn. Their attention is fixed on a pair of beautifully jewelled, articulated skeletons in niches on the walls of the church, where one might normally expect to find side altars. Reposing inside glass cases, the bones are covered in a finely filigreed costume of golden leaves and precious stones, and jewels mark their mouths and eyes.

“Who are they?” one of the visitors inquires.

“I’m not sure about one of them,” their local guide explains, “but the other is Constantine the Great.”

“Constantine? The Roman Emperor?” asks the visitor, now visibly puzzled. “It seems… well, very unlikely that his skele ton would be in this church.”

“Well, this is what I’ve been told,” the guide sheepishly replies.

The identification of the skeleton in Rott-am-Inn as the Emperor Constant ine is dubious, but he is only one of several such skeletons, usually found in small parochial churches in Germany and Switzerland, fully articulated and covered over with gold, silver, and gems. They represent a curious and largely forgotten piece of Catholic history from a time when clairvoyant priests would use their powers to ascertain the remains of saints and martyrs. "

http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=15795

Voici un lien vers l'excellent article de Paul Koudounaris sur les squelettes enjolives de l'Europe chretienne.

Fake-ieval : La poétique arcboutée du Gothic Revival americain

Durant la seconde partie du XIXème siècle, l'Angleterre victorienne s'enfonce dans une nostalgie médiévale, ressassant le passé sublimé des légendes arthuriennes et renouant en architecture avec le style gothique et ses galbes flamboyants. Aux Etats-Unis, cette vogue qui consiste à appliquer les principes de l'architecture sacrée sur des constructions civiles est un paradoxe fascinant. Ce n'est un secret pour personne, l'Amérique n'a jamais eu de Moyen Age et, jalouse de sa consoeur britannique, a souhaité se construire des ruines neuves et mutantes, qu'on retrouve parfois coincées entre les gratte-ciel des quartiers d'affaires. Le Gothic Revival américain n'est pas un revival à proprement parler, c'est surtout l'expression nostalgique d'un passé qui n'a jamais existé et n'a jamais été vécu. Ces étranges bâtisses, châteaux de la Hammer transplantés en milieu urbain sont pour moi l'une des plus étonnantes manifestations du « saudade » portugais.

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