Joan of Arc is a 1999 Canadian two-part television miniseries about the 15th-century Catholic saint of the same name. The miniseries stars Leelee Sobieski as Saint Joan. A joint production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Alliance Atlantis Communications, it was shown internationally in 1999.
Written by Michael Alexander Miller; Ronald Parker
Directed by Christian Duguay
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ARCHAIC•LITERARY
a girl or young woman, especially an unmarried one.
ARCHAIC•LITERARY
a virgin.
Some modern women claim to be 'godlike'.
Joan of Arc is one of the few examples in history of a Godlike woman.
The history of Joan of Arc is not an example of female enpowerment.
It is an example of the power of faith in God, while female empowerment is a proof of the weakness of the human ego.
The experience of the divine makes human beings more connected with God.
The satanic experience makes humans more slaves to their egos.
Joan of Arc was one of the examples in history of women who were unfairly accused of witchcraft.
There were many women who were justly accused of practicing witchcraft, as many of these practices are harmful both for those who practice them and for those who are the target of their practices.
Joan of Arc
(French: Jeanne d'Arc; Middle French: Jehanne d'Arc; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France.
Joan was born to a propertied peasant family at Domrémy in northeast France. In 1428, she requested to be taken to Charles, later testifying that she was guided by visions from the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine to help him save France from English domination. Convinced of her devotion and purity, Charles sent Joan, who was about seventeen years old, to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief army. She arrived at the city in April 1429, wielding her banner and bringing hope to the demoralized French army. Nine days after her arrival, the English abandoned the siege. Joan encouraged the French to aggressively pursue the English during the Loire Campaign, which culminated in another decisive victory at Patay, opening the way for the French army to advance on Reims unopposed, where Charles was crowned as the King of France with Joan at his side. These victories boosted French morale, paving the way for their final triumph in the Hundred Years' War several decades later.
After Charles's coronation, Joan participated in the unsuccessful siege of Paris in September 1429 and the failed siege of La Charité in November. Her role in these defeats reduced the court's faith in her. In early 1430, Joan organized a company of volunteers to relieve Compiègne, which had been besieged by the Burgundians—French allies of the English. She was captured by Burgundian troops on 23 May. After trying unsuccessfully to escape, she was handed to the English in November. She was put on trial by Bishop Pierre Cauchon on accusations of heresy, which included blaspheming by wearing men's clothes, acting upon visions that were demonic, and refusing to submit her words and deeds to the judgment of the church. She was declared guilty and burned at the stake on 30 May 1431, aged about nineteen.
In 1456, an inquisitorial court reinvestigated Joan's trial and overturned the verdict, declaring that it was tainted by deceit and procedural errors. Joan has been revered as a martyr, and viewed as an obedient daughter of the Roman Catholic Church, an early feminist, and a symbol of freedom and independence. After the French Revolution, she became a national symbol of France. In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church and, two years later, was declared one of the patron saints of France. She is portrayed in numerous cultural works, including literature, music, paintings, sculptures, and theater.
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Revelation is not listening to the spirits
From the book "Spiritual Dimensions of Psychology" by Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927)
Part IV: The Mind of the seer
Revelation
In the story of Moses it is said that he was looking for fire to bake bread when he happened to see a light on the top of a mountain. And so in order to take this fire he climbed the mountain, but the fire became lightning. Moses could no longer withstand that great flashing and he fell to the ground; and when he woke up he began to communicate with God.
This is allegorical. The idea is that Moses was looking for light to make it his life’s sustenance, but he had to climb onto the higher planes: it was not possible to get it on the earth where he stood. Then he encountered lightning, a light which it was beyond his power to withstand, and he fell down. What is this falling down? To become nothing, to become empty. When he reached that state of emptiness, then his heart became sonorous, and he found communication with God through everything in the world. In the rock, tree, or plant, in the star, sun, or moon, in whatever he saw he found communication with his soul. And so everything revealed its nature and its secret to him.
It requires a certain amount of spiritual progress to believe that there is such a thing as revelation. Life is revealing, nature is revealing, and so is God; that is why in Persian God is called Khuda, which means self-revealing. All science, art, and culture known to man came originally, and still come, by revelation. In other words, a person not only learns by studying, but he also draws knowledge from humanity. A child not only inherits his father’s or his ancestors’ qualities, but also the qualities of his nation, of his race; so that one can say that man inherits the qualities of the entire human race. If one realized profoundly that storehouse of knowledge which exists behind the veil which covers it, one would find that one has a right to this heritage. This gives one a key to understanding the secret of life: that knowledge is not only gained from outside, but also from within. One may call the knowledge that one learns from the outer life learning, but the knowledge that one draws from within may be called revelation.
Revelation may be explained in plain words as discovery. The whole life is before us and we perceive it through our five senses, and yet there is confusion. It seems as if we see things and do not see them; we understand and yet we do not understand. It is as if we see nuts in their shells, not knowing whether they are decayed or fresh, and mostly we make mistakes. That which is living is as dead to us, and that part of life which may be called dead alone seems living.
Revelation has several grades of depth, and every stage of evolution makes a person capable of having a certain revelation. Revelation is greater than intuition, impression, or inspiration, because it is as plain as a written letter. It comes to a person who, so to speak, lives in the soul more than in the body or the mind.
When revelation comes to a person he no longer remains simply a poet, a musician, or a philosopher, but becomes only God’s instrument. Then God begins to speak to him through everything, not only in melody, in verse, in color, or in light. He begins to communicate with God in all forms. Everything he sees above or below, right or left, before or behind, either heavenly or earthly, is communicative. He then begins to speak with God.
People think that one arrives in heaven after death, but heaven is really experienced from the first moment of revelation. As a matter of fact, it is revelation that makes heaven, and every stage of revelation is a heaven. So when people say heaven, it means different stages of revelation.
The first stage is cleverness; the next is wisdom. In cleverness the intelligence is in confusion, for it is active, passionately active. In wisdom the intelligence is rhythmic. When a person says, “I will not allow you to get the best of me; if you are crooked I will show you ten times more crookedness,” then he is clever. But when a person says, “Yes, I understand you; you need not play that game with me; let me alone,” he is wise. When a person does not know the crookedness of another and so allows him to get the best of him, he is a fool. But when he sees clearly the roguery and crookedness of another person and yet allows him to get the best, he is a holy man.
"Spiritual Dimensions of Psychology" by Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927)
The book is a compilation of Hazrat Inayat Khan's teachings on psychology and is made up of transcriptions of lectures that the Sufi master gave in the 1910s and 1920s.
1. Joan's Revelation
2. Who is Joan of Arc
3. The Maid of Lorraine: Birth of a Legend
4. Siege of Orléans, April 1429
5. Joan Persuaded by Bishop Pierre Cauchon
6. 'Publicans' and 'Pharisees' Mocking and Judging Joan
7. Siege of Paris, September 1429
8. Begging before God; Negotiating with the Enemy
9. Early 1430, Joan organized a company of volunteers to relieve Compiègne.
She was captured by Burgundian troops on 23 May
10. Trial of Joan of Arc
11. Execution of Joan of Arc
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