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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject:
<span class="gi">LL-L "Resources"</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Beste Sandy,<br>
<br>
You wrote:<br>
<br>
> From: Sandy Fleming <<a href="mailto:sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk">sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk</a>><br>
> Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2010.05.12 (03) [EN]<br>
><br>
> > From: Hellinckx Luc <<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>><br>
> ><br>
> > For some reason, a vision of Pete Murphy with a long black cape,<br>
> > entered my mind. Can get pretty chilly during those long flights ;=)<br>
> I can't imagine Pete Murphy in a long black cape.<br>
<br>
I did mean "Peter Murphy", the Bauhaus-singer. Saw him crawling out
of a coffin a couple of years ago during a gig in Belgium (Lokeren). He was wearing a
long black cape...I couldn't discern if he had his fangs on, but he kept the
cape on for quite a while. Which isn't that odd for a godfather, is it?<br>
<br>
Unless you can find proof that vampire bats are particularly fond of the
Lowlands, I'd suggest we continue this banter on Facebook...Ron suddenly showed
up on my radar ;=)<br>
<br>
Reminds me btw, of a bat I had in my sleeping room last year...getting it out
was sooo difficult! I had opened all the windows, turned the lights on and off,
made all kinds of noises...even briefly thought of playing a Throbbing Gristle
tune that supposedly contains infrasonic vibrations...no use of course, Bose
901 doesn't go that low. I left the room, keeping an eye on it from the
hallway...quite often the bat flew right at an open window, only deciding the
very last moment to make a sharp turn and stay inside. Decided to leave the
scene, and returned after an hour...it was gone. Maybe it did sense my presence
in a way? ;=)<br>
<br>
Now there I have the connection with your uncanny story in the crypt about the
"Ferranti Spectre"...Ron has left the building again ;=)<br>
<br>
That brings me to the more general subject of "guardian angels".
Where there's ghosts, there are also often spirits offering protection. It's
only a short hop from "genius" to "genie" to an Arabic
Djinn <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">جني</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<br>
Djinns are now considered more evil and playful by nature, but in pre-islamic
days the Ginnaye were quite like their Roman counterparts Genius (the divine,
transcendental part of every human being) and goddess Juno (aka Lucina ~
bringer of light).<br>
<br>
China has Zhong Kui, 鍾馗, notorious catcher of meanies
and commander of 80 000 demons (compare with Lucifer, both light-bearer and
fallen angel).<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhong_Kui" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhong_Kui</a><br>
<br>
I have a huge painting of him hanging here...similar to this one, but even more
fearful:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/35wtfo4" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/35wtfo4</a><br>
<br>
Now I wonder of course if we have homegrown truly Lowlandic "protective
spirits" too?<br>
<br>
This could all be related to the so called "third man experience". A
phenomenon that mountaineers often describe as an intervening
"person" to whom they can talk in very extreme circumstances and who
lends psychological support. There's a try at a scientific explanation here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/lj9xyc" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/lj9xyc</a><br>
<br>
(inbuilt switch triggering the temporo-parietal junction of our brains)<br>
<br>
Finally...the flight of a bat is interesting...according to popular Chinese
belief, evil spirits are stupid and predicatable, they always move along
straight lines. That's why inside a compound, often a wall is erected, right
behind the entrance gate. This wall protects the yard from evil spirits, 'cause
they bump right against it and aren't clever enough to make a bypass ;=)<br>
<br>
Mmm...guess this only happens when one is working too long on a Mac...the
genie-effect ;=)<br>
<br>
Kind greetings,<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</span></p>
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