Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Deconfinement -- France Comes out of the Lock-down



The excitement had been building for weeks. Ever since the lock-down on October 20, 2020, a big part of life in France has been unavailable: restaurants, bars, cafés. Darkened windows. Chairs upside down on top of tables. Empty streets. Unemployed thousands. This has been the scene thanks to coronavirus’ third trip around France (and Europe). The numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rose to such highs that the government did the only thing it could do: keep people from congregating and spreading the disease. 

Sports stadiums, “unessential” stores, museums, theatres had to close as well. Churches reconfigured their pews to reduce the numbers of people from sitting too closely to each other. From time to time over the past year schools closed. Masks were required inside buildings and outside on many city streets. Gel dispensers were set up as an added welcome to the entrance of stores. Sometimes tickets were distributed to limit the number of shoppers allowed in the store at the same time. Plastic shields separating workers from customers or clients were installed everywhere. Fines were imposed on those violating the rules. Borders were closed, too. Police became vigilant in getting people to wear masks or in preventing them from traveling too far from home during certain periods.

This year, just as things began to look better, a variant appeared in England around January and began spreading into France and across Europe. In March, curfews were imposed on the hardest hit areas and later to the entire country. Travel from home was limited to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). Then, people couldn’t get vaccinated due to limited supplies of vaccine. Then a panic about AstraZeneca's after-effects made several European governments, including France, shy away from distributing this vaccine. 

Things began to change once the vaccines finally arrived in mid-April. The numbers of cases and hospitalizations started to decline as people were vaccinated: caregivers, the oldest, and those in senior citizen homes went first. By mid-May people aged 50+ years were going in droves to “vaccine-o-dromes” (stadiums and gymnasiums) to get their shots. Schools opened. Curfews and travel restrictions loosened. But the big day, the one that would open the cities to a nearly normal life again was Wednesday, May 19, 2021, and everyone was looking forward to it. 

 

Restaurants, bars, and cafés had been preparing for the day for weeks. They scrubbed their floors, dusted their walls and lamps, re-cleaned their kitchen areas, and set-up their tables at appropriate socially-distanced spaces—one meter apart. Only outside dining is available right now. In June, indoor dining would open to 50 percent capacity. Meanwhile, fishers and meat producers are increasing their supplies. Businesses were seeking employees.


Tourism began opening up again. Buses and campers are spotted on the road and in parking lots. Tourists are asking locals for directions and walking around with maps. Pilgrims are back again, too, with their backpacks and walking sticks. People are planning their summer vacations. 


 

 Le Petit Train, which offers 45-minute, on-the-road tours of Le Puy, re-started its tourist season.

 

 

 

 

San Michel, considered a museum, was closed during the lock-downs. It re-opened its doors on this special day.



 

The May 13 Ascension Thursday holiday saw large numbers of people boarding trains for the weekend. Debates about people wearing masks on the beaches during the summer began. Relief, joy, and rekindled hope in the warming spring months have had a new meaning this year for tourists and tour agencies alike.  

 
In the Centre Ville of Le Puy-en-Velay, the excitement of this big day going back to normal was in the air. Even cool temperatures and the threat of rain could not keep people away. For the past year the streets have been practically abandoned. Now it’s obvious the importance that stores, restaurants, bars, and cafés play to the city’s vitality and life on the street. 


I was overcome with the joy of the day as well. As I walked down the streets, I waved to shopkeepers and gave a couple of them a thumbs-up and was reciprocated with big smiles. I stopped at Martine’s lace shop where we take our pilgrims and guests to literally applaud her re-opening. Relief crossed her face knowing that the worst was over. This was such a dramatic change from just before the first lock-down 14 months ago when her face was creased with dread.


From May 19 until mid-June, restaurants can only serve on their terraces, so the tables and chairs have re-appeared as have the menu boards enticing diners for their next meal. Some cafés added tables to their storefronts or they have made themselves more attractive with cushy pillows, plants, or other things that command people's attention.

 

The tables in Place du Plot were nearly filled with people ordering ice cream dishes, galettes, salads, beer, and the usual coffee drinks. Dogs barked at other dogs wanting to play. Children buzzed around their parents. People interacted with each other with vigor as though everyone had been on vacation for a year and just returned.

 

I spoke French to strangers on this day more than I have ever done. Part of the reason was that my language skills have improved enough that I can more comfortably interact with others. However, the real reason was that I was just glad to see other people—and they were willing to take time to talk with me. Oh, we are such a social species!


To celebrate the day, I ordered a cup of espresso at one of my favorite outdoor cafés. It had appeared last year that they were going out of business and selling their store. However, the familiar faces were working behind the counter again, and I was relieved that they were still around. As I sat at one of the small tables appropriately distanced from the others, I did what I usually do: sip my coffee, indulge in some people watching, and check the Internet. After 45 minutes of savoring the open air, I decided to move on to my other favorite café for their famous sable cookies (similar to pecan sandies). When the waitress came back with my bill, I was so happy to be there that I gave her a tip. She seemed a bit taken aback because tips are included in the bill. “I’m just happy to see you,” I told her. She smiled and appreciated my small gesture. 

 

On to my favorite patisserie for my sable where I had a nice conversation with a young woman server and a roughly-dressed older man whose dog was lying on the floor. Several tables had been placed outside the café while those left inside were stacked with chairs to prevent anyone from using them—in compliance with the national mandate that only terrace service was allowed. 
 

As the young woman served me my sable, the man asked me about myself. I told them I was from the USA and that I’d been in France for four years and was still learning French. I quipped that TV news anchor Anne-Sophie La Pix was helping me understand it better because she speaks correct French without the colloquialisms that are in films. The man complimented me on my French, and we parted ways full of happiness and joy. 


Around the Centre Ville the outdoor cafés crowded with people talking to their friends in animated ways. It was like old times again! Most of the shops were open, and some people stood looking at displays in the store windows while others went inside. Masks are still required inside stores and people throughout the pandemic have been cooperative in wearing them. Most people were not wearing a mask outside, however. It was as though they were taking time to breathe the local air after being shut off from it by the thin paper or cloth coverings over their noses and mouths.


However, as excited as everyone seemed to be on this re-opening day, there were still many restaurant owners who remained hesitant about re-starting their operations because of several obstacles to normal management, according to L’Éveil, the local newspaper. Restaurants must restrict each table to six people and indoor dining areas are off-limits until June 9, the third of four stages of re-opening the country. Because of the spacing between tables—one meter apart—they are not able to fit as many people onto their terraces and they have been denied more space on the public sidewalks.

Having enough staff to run the restaurant is also a problem. Some former servers have been benefiting from unemployment benefits and are slow in getting back to work. Then, having enough clients to pay for staff puts owners in a monetarily tight squeeze. Some restaurant owners are limiting the menu to one item to reduce their costs.

The curfew that was imposed on all of France in early April has been extended from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. until June 9 when it will be 11 p.m. Meanwhile, taking reservations has been a nightmare for restauranteurs because of cool temperatures and intermittent rain and wind. One owner said that he had received calls off-the-hook on Monday in anticipation of Wednesday’s re-opening. However, the unpredictable weather would make outdoor dining difficult. Some owners are outright resisting taking reservations. On June 30 the curfew will end.

Another big aspect of "deconfinement" has been the re-opening of cinemas, theaters, museums, concerts, and sporting events. The Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, promised that “all cultural sectors” would be helped during the weeks of gradual reopening of cultural places. The government is working with these establishments on protocols, seating capacity, safe distancing, curfews, and compensation funds for ticket offices. Sale of confectionery, popcorn and catering services will remain prohibited initially. Then, to overcome the “wall of 150 French films and 250 foreign films” awaiting release, the minister hopes that distributors will manage to agree on “a concerted schedule”.

As for museums, for now a threshold of 8 square meters per visitor will be imposed, however, it may be relaxed to 4 square meters per visitor on June 9. 

The French love musical concerts and they have missed them over the past year. However, these potential super-spreader events will remain closed at this time until some “test concerts” take place in Paris and Marseille. The government will then work to define protocols for future re-openings in other cities.

The TV news showed people lining up with great joy to get into cinemas. Bars showed young people toasting each other with their beers at the re-opening. Everyone believes that the pandemic will soon be over and that life will go back to normal. However, the government remains vigilant in watching the stats on the number of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths to determine when normal has arrived.

 

 

Tourism, which accounts for 8% of France's GDP, had been decimated—down 41 percent or 61 billion euros (nearly $74.6 billion) from 2019, said Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne in a TV interview. During pre-pandemic days, over 90 million foreign tourists visited France. The economic impact of the tourism sector also affected 2 million people with direct and indirect jobs in the industry, including the hospitality and catering businesses. The tourism that did take place in France was largely by the French people who traveled in France rather than traveling abroad (Anadolu Agency, January 8, 2021), but that couldn't make up for the regular tourism. Europe lost $1.3 trillion in tourism over the past year.

 

Sources:

L’Éveil, Le grand nettoyage d’avant ouverture, May 19, 2021 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/pandemic-leaves-tourism-in-france-down-by-40-/2103560

https://www.leveil.fr/paris-75000/loisirs/cinemas-theatres-musees-concerts-les-modalites-de-reouverture-et-les-aides_13948698

  https://www.lamontagne.fr/paris-75000/actualites/couvre-feu-deplacements-bars-restaurants-decouvrez-le-calendrier-du-deconfinement_13946962/


Saturday, April 3, 2021

Alchemical Symbols in the Middle Ages

Alchemists were the precursors to our modern-day chemists in that they studied and worked with elements of the Earth in order to combine them and transform them into something else. In their search for the "Philosopher's Stone," the alchemists tried to turn base metals like lead or copper into gold or silver.  Alchemy centered on the belief that art could imitate or reproduce Nature. Thus, creating gold, the purest of all the metals, was an attempt to reproduce and purify nature.

Alchemy came to Europe starting in the 8th century and to France in the 12th century, courtesy of the Arabs in Spain, but it actually goes back 4,000 years to ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece. It was also practiced in India from about 1200 BCE, and in the Byzantine Empire and in the Islamic world between about 700 and 1400 CE. 

The Catholic Church became uncomfortable with this esoteric knowledge (that which was only known by a few). Pope John XXII's Papal Bull of 1317 condemned it. On January 13, 1404, King Henry IV of England signed a law making it a felony to create gold and silver out of thin air. As a result, some alchemists were persecuted, shunned, or considered quacks. They went underground but communicated with each other through a series of secret symbols. During the 16th century, alchemy faded away as science and the Age of Reason emerged.

Alchemy was based on Aristotelian science, which contended that the world began in chaos and without form. Matter emerged from four elements, each of which was seen as having two qualities:

  • Air   (fluid and hot)
  • Fire   (hot and dry)
  • Earth   (dry and cold)
  • Water  (cold and fluid)

Alchemists believed that removing a quality from each of two elements could produce a third. For instance, fire and water with dry and cold removed produced air. Alchemists' experiments were based on processes of dissolving, separating, reconstituting, and recombining matter. (https://crossref-it.info/articles/404/alchemy )

Alchemists also believed that all matter came from sulfur and mercury, which represented the male and female aspects of Nature, respectively. Combined in circumstances of cold or hot, dry or wet, matter was transformed into different properties. Consequently, by mixing substances together in a crucible, alchemists tried to reproduce Nature through purification.   

Another aspect of alchemy involved the search for stones and crystals that had healing properties. Lithotherapy emerged as a healing practice and the Lapidaries or texts recorded this knowledge. Certain stones and crystals were thought to attract the favor of the gods or at least to bring out the virtues the stones held in an effort to heal wounds, sickness, and discomforts like headaches. People would sometimes wear the stones as jewelry or rub the stones on their wounds for relief. Stones were linked to particular saints, classes of angels, and other areas of Christianity. Hildegarde de Bingen (1098-1179), a nun renowned for healing science, worked with magnetic stones, magnets, and venom from poisonous reptiles. Plants eventually became associated with healing stones.

During the 14th century, alchemy became associated with alcohol. Practitioners created the "elixir of life", yet another aspect of healing in an effort to produce a long and healthy life.

Alchemy also played a role in spirituality. Since alchemy was all about transformation, it made sense to align spiritual transformation to the symbols, codes, and references of alchemical transformation. These signs and symbols were frequently carved into churches, buildings, and walls as well as stained glass windows, sculptures, and coats of arms.

Called the "language of the birds," alchemy combines rebuses with word games, anagrams, analogies, and correspondences so that its initiates could recognize each other. They etched them and a host of symbols into the stones of church architecture. During the 15th century, builders started posting alchemical signs and symbols onto the city streets and on houses.

Alchemy in Europe was never taught in the universities since the focus was on the subjects of the trivium (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy). Instead, masters schooled their apprentices and students clandestinely. 

Although alchemy was not considered a science, it layed the groundwork for modern chemistry. It also produced some amazing products and processes:

  • Inks, dyes, paints and cosmetics
  • Glass-making, ceramics, and leather tanning
  • Distillation, extraction and the preparation of various liquors
  • Mixing and purification of substances used in medicine.

And, from the alchemical tradition come some common words that we use today:

  • Combination
  • Purification
  • Distillation
  • Mollification (softening)
  • Fermentation
  • Coagulation
  • Separation
  • Re-combination
  • Transformation
  • Transmutation


Alchemists generally worked alone in solitude and wrote about their experiences. However, they paved the way for modern science, philosophy, and spirituality.

 


Sources

Les Dossiers de L'Histoire: La Vie des Français au Moyen Age (Paris: Novembre 2020).

https://occult-world.com/ouroboros/

https://crossref-it.info/articles/404/alchemy 

 

L'Éveil, December 31, 2020 

https://www.leveil.fr/puy-en-velay-43000/loisirs/le-puy-en-velay-creuset-du-grand-uvre_13897982/

 

 L'Éveil, October 22, 2018 

https://www.leveil.fr/puy-en-velay-43000/actualites/pourquoi-la-ville-du-puy-en-velay-est-elle-un-haut-lieu-esoterique_13026348/ 


 

 


Alchemical Symbols in Le Puy-en-Velay

  

Medievalists were crazy about symbols, and they spared no expense or effort in displaying them on their churches, buildings, and homes. In Le Puy-en-Velay, there are certain symbols derived from alchemy that are everywhere etched in stone--if you know where to look.

These symbols, called the "language of the birds," were combined with rebuses, word games, anagrams, analogies, and correspondences so that followers could recognize each other.

Alchemy came to Europe starting in the 8th century and to France in the 12th century, courtesy of the Arabs in Spain. Its initial purpose was to transform base metals into pure metals. However, the alchemical processes went beyond the physical properties of metals when its practitioners sought healing remedies for illnesses. Alchemy later expressed the qualities of spiritual transformation, which is a much more interesting concept. Swiss psychiatrist and writer Carl Jung was particularly fond of alchemical symbolism in his work on the unconscious mind.

"The goal of alchemy is to obtain the Philosopher's Stone, which heals everything," said Christian Cheynel, a local Le Puy man who has conducted tours on the alchemical symbols of the city's architecture for the past 15 years. In other words, it is "a force that would allow healing", which is the signature of the alchemist's "Great Work". 

The exterior walls of the Cathedral of Notre Dame--Le Puy, for example, include a number of alchemical signs and symbols. For example, at the top of the portal of the main entrance is the chrism, a symbol of early Christianity, framed by two dolphins. The chrism symbolizes the crossing of the four sacred meridians (north, south, east, west). The two dolphins represent the feminine (mercury) and masculine (sulphur) principles, which form the Alchemical Marriage.*  

* The Alchemical Marriage of mercury (female) and sulfur (male) is the union of duality and the most revered and possibly powerful union. It is the perfect conjunction, intimate bonding of duality and signifies the pure, deep harmony which occurs whenever the masculine and feminine elements of nature combines into One.

 


 
The chrism is derived from the Greek letters X and P which means "to lead, to command, to be in the head." It refers to the image of Christ who represents the first head or founder of the nascent Christian church. When it is engraved in a circle, it projects an image of unity and divine perfection. Besides being the symbol of the Christian religion, the monogram of Christ is also a symbol of protection. This monogram is often found on the walls of Christian religious buildings, mosaics, various objects, and jewelry, according to Tendence Agency.

 

Louis Charpentier (1905-1979), a journalist and researcher on sacred geometry, posits that the chrism is the signature of the "compagnons passants," men who built architectural masterpieces like the Cathedral. They were the "children of Maître Jacques," itinerant stone builders who moved throughout western Europe building menhirs (tall, vertically placed standing stones) and dolmens (table-like structures comprising a large slab laid horizontally on two smaller stone supports), temples, and sacred Christian buildings in the "Gallo-Roman" style

The original "Maître Jacques" oversaw the construction of the Temple at Jerusalem around 900 BCE on behalf of King Solomon. His descendants were the builders and peasants identified as "the people of stone and earth" who covered the West with megaliths and dolmens. Jacques became the generic name of these builders and peasants (Tarot History).

 

 

 

Here are several other alchemical symbols found on the Cathedral and in the city of Le Puy.

The top of the Cathedral's facade features black, white, and red stones. These colors signify the alchemical process of transformation that moves toward purification and healing. 

The same colors are present in the Black Madonna, who is enshrined in the Cathedral's sanctuary. For alchemists, black represents the noble base material that will give birth to the "child of the sun" or the "red work." Red is the symbol of transformation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 The Cathedral's West Porch, which is accessible by the 134 exterior steps facing the Rue des Tables, is decorated with a tetramorph (a symbolic arrangement of four differing elements in one unit) made up of four iconographic sculptures symbolizing transformation: the bull, the eagle, the winged man, and the lion. It is another alchemical signature of the Cathedral builders that illustrates transformation.

"The bull represents the apprentice who leaves his parents," said Cheynel. "If he succeeds, he becomes a companion builder (eagle), and then an accomplished companion (winged man). After being purified by fire
(lion), he becomes an accomplished master."

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the center of the vault is a fifth element: the alchemical fire or the energy of life as represented by the the Blessed Virgin Mary carrying the baby Jesus in her arms. 

 

The Square of Saturn is another alchemical symbol that was deliberately placed on the porch landing atop the 134-step ascent to the Cathedral. None of the other stone landings is black, which distinguishes this stone. 

 

 * The Square of Saturn is a magic square consisting of 9 smaller squares, which when added up horizontally, vertically or diagonally total 15. It is often used as a talisman where the qualities of the planet Saturn are required.



The Gilded Porch on the east side of the Cathedral is rich in symbols, too. The papal door, used by the companion builders as an entrance, is its quintessence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Quintessence is the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies. It is the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.

 

 

On one of the pillars, a sculpture shows a man, mouth open, between two dogs with their backs to each other. This is the symbol of an accomplished companion builder. 

 

 

Two ouroboros (snakes that bite their tails and form a circle), known as the oldest and most important allegorical symbol in alchemy, represent the eternal cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. The fundamental message of the ouroboros is the changing of one thing into another, ultimately yielding the principle that “All is One.” It is a symbol for Mercurius and the union of opposites. On a higher level of the "Great Work", the ouroboros represents the indistinguishable and eternal flow of sulphur (masculine) and mercury (feminine) into one another. The permanent fusion of these two elements creates the Philosopher’s Stone (Occult World). 

  

another view of the 2 ouroboros

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A crowned mermaid holds two tails in her hands. Mermaids embody the sacred feminine and symbolize awareness and insight. This symbol signifies the crossing of two streams as the mermaid combines two opposing natures. Her crown shows that she has achieved purification and that she has mastered both energies. 

 

 

 


 The Alchemical Marriage is represented by three birds.

An upside down owl protects two eagles under its wings. The eagles turn their backs from one another even as they try to look at each other.  

 “This owl represents humanity," said Cheynel. "He is in an uncomfortable position because he is embarrassed about the matter. But in him there is the promise of revelation.” 


It is important to note that the Cathedral was built on Mount Anis, the highest point in the city. This was no accident. Mount Anis has always been a place of worship going back at least to 2000 BCE because it has been recognized as a place of high energy. There is some evidence that spiritual worship on Mount Anis goes back 7,000 years.


First of all, the geology of the area is composed of volcanic rock, which is typically magnetic, said Cheynel. This rock generates a lot of energy, which comes from an energy vortex.

"An energy vortex is a specific location on Earth which acts as a swirling center of energy, containing more earthly energy than any normal place would," according to Kristin, a popular travel writer on her blog. "One common belief in regard to energy vortexes is that they exist at the intersections of ley lines or the random lines of natural energy that make up the Earth’s electromagnetic field.


"Energy vortexes," she continues, "are believed to have powerful spiritual properties or be highly conducive to spiritual activities like prayer, meditation, and healing. Many vortexes are reported to bring feelings of peace, harmony, balance, and tranquility, while others are believed to promote personal reflection, deep insight, and a clear mind. Others still act as powerful centers of physical or emotional rejuvenation....One thing common to almost all energy vortexes is their ability to make visitors feel more connected to themselves and to something greater, whether that be God or the Universe itself – whatever you want to call it."

 

Cheynel adds that energy coming from the vortex is a "cosmo-telluric" node (sky and Earth) that intersects to release and capture energy just like a transmitter and a receiver of information. 

“The cathedral acts as a big sounding board for everyone to enjoy this energy," says Cheynel .

Thus, it is significant that the ancient Fever Stone still holds a place in the Cathedral. This 10'x4' black stone lies to the left of the main altar. Legend has it that a sick widow who lay on the stone was miraculously healed. Visitors to the Cathedral regularly lie on the stone or touch it.

Stone played a large role in medieval alchemy because of its healing properties. Lithotherapy emerged as a healing practice; the Lapidaries or texts recorded this knowledge. Certain stones and crystals were thought to attract the favor of the gods or at least to bring out the virtues the stones held in an effort to heal wounds, sickness, and discomforts like headaches. People would sometimes wear the stones as jewelry or rub the stones on their wounds for relief. Stones were also  linked to particular saints, classes of angels, and other areas of Christianity. Hildegarde de Bingen (1098-1179), a nun renowned for healing science, worked with magnetic stones, magnets, and venom from poisonous reptiles.

In the 15th century, alchemical symbols began to be carved into the stone facades of several houses in Le Puy, says Cheynel.

On Rue de Prat-du-Loup, there is a she-wolf carved in stone. This animal symbolizes the liquid coagulation phase of the great work: the Alchemical Marriage of mercury and sulfur.

 

 

 On Rue de Rochetaillade, a dolphin is carved above the door of the Residence of Lake Fugères. It symbolizes the feminine principle of matter and volatile mercury.

 

 

On Rue Adhémard-de-Monteil, five coats of arms are represented on the facade of one house. Two profiles (female and male), the IHS Christogram in a padlock and a heart referring to the Crusades. It is a rebus that speaks to foreign alchemists on pilgrimage to tell them that in this place there is a brother to welcome them.


 

The Bidoire Fountain in Place du Plot dates from the 13th century. The pine cone on its top (symbol of quintessence) is placed on a dolphin rhombus. The eagle and the dolphin (feminine principles of matter) make water (long life) gush out. Below, the lions symbolize the raw mineral matter from the beginning of the work called the Subject of the Sages, which were transmuted by alchemical fire (the wheel of fire) in order to give life to matter.


 

the Dolphin

 

 


 
                                   the Eagle


The Charles Crozatier Fountain in Place du Breuil just outside the old city has at its top a black, uncrowned virgin, which represents the raw material. The water feature is built on a vortex. The dolphin represents mercury and sulfur that will be purified in the vessels for transmutation. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alchemy sought to bring together all forms of knowledge including numerology, mathematics, astronomy, and astrology. Alchemists were sometimes regarded as saints, magi, or sorcerers who had the power of healing. They were also the masters in charge of the "companion builders," those who erected the great cathedrals. They taught alchemy by placing symbols on the facades of monuments and later on the facades of their homes. Le Puy has always been known as a sacred place, and the medieval alchemists made sure that the spiritual qualities of transformation were recognized in their language, the "language of the birds."

 

Sources

L'Éveil, December 31, 2020 

https://www.leveil.fr/puy-en-velay-43000/loisirs/le-puy-en-velay-creuset-du-grand-uvre_13897982/

 

 L'Éveil, October 22, 2018 

https://www.leveil.fr/puy-en-velay-43000/actualites/pourquoi-la-ville-du-puy-en-velay-est-elle-un-haut-lieu-esoterique_13026348/