The Kabbalah Code by James F. Twyman

Author:James F. Twyman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hay House
Published: 2009-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Saint-Roch and

the Cross Pattée

Shaddai el Chai

We left the church but paused on the steps. “Something happened, didn’t it?” Phil inquired.

I told him everything I experienced, and he listened intently. I talked about following the Yud, feeling that it would lead me in the right direction. Then I noticed the cold spot in front of the icon, ultimately sensing the presence of the beautiful nun. Finally, I explained how chanting the name Yah seemed to awaken her, as if she had fallen into a deep prayerful trance. Once awakened, she was able to see the icon as a portal—her gate or path to freedom. She then vanished, merging with the icon she so adored.

Phil smiled. “That’s really amazing. An interesting detour, as it were, if in fact it was a detour. Very different from the other two, wouldn’t you agree?”

“Thankfully,” I answered. “After the ghost in the painting, I was ready for the nun.” We turned onto St. Honoré and began to walk. Phil’s pace was brisk. I could see he was in a hurry to get to our next destination. “Where are we off to now?” I asked, doing my best to keep up.

“We’re going to a church dedicated to a 13th-century saint named Saint Roch. It’s just up the street here on the left.”

“I’ve never heard of him.”

“Very interesting person, as you’ll see. From the moment he was born, he was a miracle. His mother was unable to conceive, so when her son came into the world, everyone thought it was an act of God. This was supported by the fact that he had a birthmark on his chest, a small red cross that grew as he grew. He was known for it. His family was very affluent in Montpellier, and both his parents died when he was 20. He was meant to be governor of the area and to wield great influence over the region, but he instead decided to follow the example of St. Francis of Assisi. He gave everything to the poor and went to Rome. When he arrived, the city was in the midst of a great plague, and Roch became known as a healer. Whenever he would make the sign of the cross on individuals, they would live. A little later, he became ill and was expelled from the city. The only way he survived was by training a local dog to bring him bread to a little hut he’d built. Fascinating story, don’t you think?”

“Does it have some relevance to what we’re doing here?”

“That’s what we’re here to find out. I’m intrigued by the cross on his body—a red cross, no less, like the Templars—and also how he would heal people. So far, all the places we’ve visited today had something in common: there was significant Templar influence in the architecture or in concrete symbols, such as the Templar cross, the cross pattée. In the case of the Church of the Assumption, we were guided by the four-lettered name of God, the Tetragrammaton.

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