My spiritual exercises
ponedjeljak, 30.01.2017.
GRACE KELLY = ELIZABETH OF LUXEMBOURG
At the time of her wedding with Prince Rainer III of Monaco in 1956, Grace Kelly was one of the most prominent Hollywood actresses. In her last film, „The High Society“, she wore her engagement ring and sang a duet along with Frank Sinatra, „True Love“. The couple met when she attended the Cannes film festival in 1955. She had a photo session with Prince Rainer at his palace. When she returned to USA, they had a private correspondence resulting in prince's visit to America and official proposal, at the end of the year.
As a matter of fact, it seems that 42-year old prince-bachelor was in a way 'forced' to get married, because a treaty of Monaco and France states clearly that if monarch doesn't produce a heir, small state will be turned back to France. Although Prince Rainer denied that he was pursuing a wife, at press conference in US, it was evident that that was his principal concern there. He was asked „"If you were pursuing a wife, what kind would you like?" Rainier smiled and answered, "I don't know – the best."
It seems that Prince’s long postponed official marriage proposal was not just accidental, and that he didn’t chose Kelly for his wife just because of her pretty face – he simply found (though probably subconsciously) incarnation of his soulmate of his queen, from an earlier life.
His recognizable ‘Mexican’ look, with moustaches, is, because he really is, at least in part, of Mexican descent (Rainier's father was a half-French, half-Mexican who adopted his wife's surname, Grimaldi.) But, it is surprising that one prominent European ruler of the 15th century, also bore quite similar image. His name was Albert II of Germany, and he was king of Hungary and Croatia, as well. Albert was born in Vienna as the son of Albert IV, Duke of Austria, and Joanna Sophia of Bavaria. (By interesting coincidence, son of Prince Rainer and Grace Kelly is also named Albert II.)
In 1422 Albert married Elisabeth of Luxemburg, the daughter of the King Sigismund of Hungary (later also Holy Roman Emperor and Bohemia), and his second wife, the Slovenian noblewoman Barbara of Celje. Thus she became queen consort of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia.
Elizabeth of Luxembourg, was obviously a beautiful woman, who reminds very much of actress Grace Kelly. Her paternal grandparents were Emperor Charles IV and Elizabeth of Pomerania. Her maternal grandfather was the Ban of Slavonia Count Herman II of Celje, whose parents were Count Herman I of Celje and Catherine of Bosnia, who descended also from Nemanjić kings of Serbia and from Catherine of Hungary, a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary.
She suffered an unhappy fate (similarly as Grace Kelly), as she was determined to contend (after her husband’s death in 1439 for her patrimony on her son's behalf, which led to a civil war. The conflict ended with the queen's death at the age of 33.
petak, 27.01.2017.
KING HENRY IV ISSUE - INCARNATIONS
I've already found out earlier who were incarnations of five (out of six) Henry IV Bollingbroke's children with his wife Mary de Bohun. For that last one, I had suspicions, if not outright thought that it's impracticable. I thought at first that it was impossible to detect anything out of the man whose only smaller part of his face peeked out of the armour (I'm talking about the statue of Thomas, Duke of Clarence). Then, I tried to help myself with Photoshop, and cut out the peeking part, supplementing it with tan, instead of green color. Picture got bit clearer, but still far from the solution. Then I singled out about dozen pictures of celebrities, mostly actors, who seemed to me more or less plausible lookalikes. Eventually, I narrowed my search to only two – Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas. My last choice was the latter one, and I think he was the right one. So, in my opinion, Thomas, Duke of Clarence present incarnation is nobody but – actor Kirk Douglas. Now we have all the Henry IV issue, that is, their incarnations:
Henry V, King of England [1386-1422] – PETER FONDA (1939)
Thomas, Duke of Clarence [1388-1421]– KIRK DOUGLAS (1916)
John, Duke of Bedford [1389-1435]– GENE WILDER (1935-2016)
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester [1390-1447]– MICHAEL CAINE (1933)
Blanche, Electress Palatine [1392-1409]– JANE FONDA (1937)
Philippa, Queen of Denmark [1394-1430] – COBIE SMULDERS (1982)
srijeda, 25.01.2017.
INCARNATIONS OF RENAISSANCE FRENCH KINGS
I've already mentioned, in some earlier post, that King Charles VII (1422-1461) could be Vladmir Putin. It seems that not only he was the king of France who defeated England, and established again French rule in Northern France, but that his father, Charles VI (1380-1422) - was incarnation of his predecessor as president of Russia – Boris Yeltsin.
Son of Charles VII was Louis XI (1461-1483). His nowadays incarnation is popular TV presenter and earlier member of the band 'Squeeze', Jools Holland. Consequently, he is son of Putin, in his past incarnation. But, in his still earlier incarnation he was also Louis II of Naples, father of Rene d'Anjou.
It seems that the only Frenchman, among the kings of 15th century, was actor Jean Paul Belmondo, as King Charles VIII (1463-1498). (As the son of Louis XI, consequently, he is son of Jools Holland, in the past incarnation.) His wife, Italian actress Laura Antonelli, corresponds as well, to the picture of the queen. (We two share the same birth-place.)
He was succeded by the King Louis XII (1498-1515), whose incarnation is Simon Le Bon, singer of the band Duran Duran. His wife, Queen consort, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry is incarnation of Yasmin, Simon Le Bon's wife. The singer of Duran Duran is of French descent, according to both his father's and mother's side.
We have another famous showbiz couple, Sean Penn and Madonna, who in their 15th century incarnation were King Francis I (1515-1547), and his wife, Archduchess of Austria Eleanor. Early in his reign, he began construction of the magnificent Château de Chambord (staircase in shape of ‘DNA’ double helix,), inspired by the architectural styles of the Italian renaissance, and perhaps even designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
ponedjeljak, 23.01.2017.
KING HENRY VI 'KEY PLAYERS'
I'm not going to tell you yet about the incarnation of the very king, Henry VI, but of 5 of his, so to say, 'key players', whom he trusted and have great confidence.
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford was brother to King Henry V, and acted as regent of France for his nephew, King Henry VI. In 1420 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy [incarnation: Bryan Ferry] allied himself with Henry V of England under the Treaty of Troyes. In 1423 the marriage of Philip's sister Anne of Burgundy to John, Duke of Bedford, regent for Henry VI of England, strengthened the English alliance. His incarnation is actor Gene Wilder.
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester was the fourth and youngest son of Henry IV and his first wife Mary de Bohun, the brother of Henry V, and the uncle of Henry VI. Upon the death of his brother in 1422, Humphrey became Lord Protector to his young nephew Henry VI. His incarnation is the actor Michael Caine.
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick was a member of the royal council and in 1413 was Lord High Steward at the Prince's coronation as Henry V of England. The next year he helped put down the Lollard uprising, and then went to Normandy as Captain of Calais and represented England at the Council of Constance. His incarnation is the actor Gerard Depardieu.
John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was a noted English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, as well as the only Lancastrian Constable of France. He was appointed in 1445 by Henry VI (as king of France) as Constable of France. Before that, he was also Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lord High Steward of Ireland. His nowadays incarnation is George W. Bush.
Henry Beaufort was the second of the four children of John of Gaunt and his mistress (later wife) Katherine Swynford, Beaufort was born in Anjou, an English domain in France. Henry IV in 1399,made Bishop Beaufort Lord Chancellor of England. Bishop Beaufort and the child king's other uncles formed the Regency Government of England 1422-1437, and in 1424, Beaufort became Chancellor once more. Pope Martin V finally appointed Beaufort as Cardinal in 1426. In 1427, he made him the Papal Legate for Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia, and directed him to lead the fourth "crusade" against the Hussites heretics in Bohemia. I think that incarnation of Cardinal Henry Beaufort is Cardinal Franjo Kuharić [i.e. Francis Cook], born in former Yugoslavia, and after 1990, the first Cardinal of new state, Croatia.
petak, 20.01.2017.
STEPHANIE OF MONACO = ISABELLA OF BOURBON
Here we have an example of aristocratic incarnations, from aristocratic families in past life, but also another example, of previous life aristicrat, being incarnated in a – working class family. Daniel Ducruet, professional body-guard, married in 1995 princess Stephanie of Monaco, although he was just the son of the manual labourer. But, in previous incarnation he was – Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy. It is interesting that his father, Philip the Good, had the same fate, being incarnated in a working class family (that is, he is the son of Bryan Ferry, in past incarnation).
Stephanie of Monaco, daughter of Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, was in former incarnation countess Isabella of Bourbon. She was the daughter of the reigning Duke of Bourbon, and his Burgundian wife, Agnes, daughter of John the Fearless, the powerful Duke of Burgundy.
And finally their daughter Pauline Ducruet, was in the most powerful position in her previous life, because, as Mary of Valois, duchess of Burgundy, she married (in 1477) Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I, who ruled as emperor over Germany, Hungary and Croatia, and also as archduke over many other territories in Europe. She is not married yet, but I guess, when she marry, the one will be incarnation of the emperor Maximilian I.
srijeda, 18.01.2017.
JOHN OF GAUNT = AL PACINO
We must not overlook John of Gaunt (1st Duke of Lancaster), as from him descend all the Lancaster, York and Tudor kings. He was son of the king Edward III and lived in 14th century, and younger brother of prince Edward, called the Black Prince.
I've been musing for a while, even longer than over the forementioned, over the picture and possible incarnation of John of Gaunt. I was already feeling some kind of faintness and I was ready to give up, when all of a sudden, some voice whispered 'Serpico'. Yes... no other picture could match better, I thought. When I downloaded pictures from the 70s movie 'Serpico' (even if I was already sure), the similarity of features stunned me again.
From the small picture presenting the royal wedding it's evident that queen was of fair complexion, and consequently there could be no doubt that jer present incarnation is Beverly D'Angelo, Al Pacino's second wife. (It seems, in my humble opinion, that Lancaster queens were the most beautiful, of all queens, in general.)
I guess if there are (up to now) surnames Pacino, Fonda, then the surname of the incarnation of the third Lancaster king, Henry VI, must also at least sound Italian J
ponedjeljak, 16.01.2017.
FONDA FAMILY = HOUSE OF LANCASTER
Intensely looking at the picture of Blanche of England (that is, sister of Philippa, mentioned in previous post), I tried in vain to decipher her present incarnation. Then I just accidentally came upon the photo of young Jane (Seymour) Fonda, and just in a moment I was convinced (compairing with photos of some other actresses - Natalie Wood, for example, and others). That is that. Now we have Cobie Smulders' sister, from the previous life. But that's not all, concerning herself. Namely, by the beginning of the 16th century, Blanche got married, for the Louis III, Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Similarity of Louis III with her husband Tom Heyden is really stunning, and leave no doubt of their past life as the nobility couple.
For a long time I was wondering who the incarnation of king Henry V could be. I was only sure that it's not Laurence Olivier not Kenneth Brannagh, who both impersonated that historical character on the big screen. All at once, after discovering Blanche incarnation, things started to move at high speed, as practically in no time I got to know both who were royal couple Henry V and Catherine of Valois, and Henry IV and Mary de Bohun.
Of course, the profile of Jane's brother Peter is so peculiar, that again no doubt could be about it. It is not easy to imagine the main character of the movie „Easy Rider“ as a king, but just picture his profile with shaved head – and again, that is that. Features of his wife, Margaret 'Parky' de Vogelaere, also correspond perfectly. So, she is incarnation of Catherine of Valois, and consequently sister of Jerry Hall (Michelle of Valois) in her former incarnation.
And finally, Henry IV (actually, father of Henry V) is nobody but – Peter's father Henry Fonda. As Henry the Fourth wore a small beard, I've tried to find suitable photo of Henry Fonda also bearded, from a cowboy movie. Again there is similarity for the marital partner as well, because his wife Frances Seymour bears similarity with Henry IV wife Mary de Bohun.
srijeda, 11.01.2017.
COBIE SMULDERS = PHILIPPA OF LANCASTER
Philippa of Lancaster, was sister of King of England Henry V, who ruled in 15th century. By marriage of Danish king Eric she became the Queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
King Eric incarnated again in 19th century now as sculptor Herman W. Bissen. Then he became director of the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Art. He is author of the authentic sculpture of Queen Philippa, simply because he done the statue by his subconcious mind, as remembrance of his quondam wife. It is less likely that he made it according to the image of his (then) actual wife. Subconciously, he was longing after his queen (whether or not she was incarnated in 19th century, is under question mark), whom he will meet in next life, this time incarnated as actress Cobie Smulders (How I Met Yor Mother). They incarnated so to say simoultaneusly, both at the beginning of April 1982. It is also interesting to point out that Taram plays currently the role of one British king (George III), in a Broadway musical "Hamilton".
