‘Christians commemorated the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Sunday, a holiday that marks the end of Holy Week and the end of Lent. Observances around the world bring a diversity of traditions as varied as the countries celebrating’ …
‘Gathered here are images of Christians during Holy Week and Easter, including reenactments of the Crucifixion, pilgrimages, baptisms, sunrise services, and more’ …
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Veillée pascale portant sur la cellule familiale, St-Henri, Montréal p.Q.
J’irai comme un cheval fou
Fernando Arrabal , France, 1973, 100 min
Poursuivi par la police pour le meurtre de sa mère, Aden se réfugie dans le désert où il rencontre Marvel, un homme étrange, aux mœurs érémitiques, qui communique mystérieusement avec la Terre et ses créatures. Aden l’invite à découvrir « la civilisation ». La grande cité où ils arrivent vit de leurres, de futilités et de perversions, c’est un lieu sans âme où l’Homme est seul, le contraire du désert de Marvel – WIKI
… ‘tout le monde a peur, depuis toujours’
Croire
Lina B. Moreco, Canada, 1998, 52 min
Utilisant la métaphore du pèlerinage initiatique de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, en Espagne, ce long métrage documentaire nous fait rencontrer des individus aux parcours variés et alimente la réflexion sur la quête de spiritualité, les raisons de croire ou de ne pas croire et les choix qui se posent à la conscience.
6-6-06: The Satanic High Mass
The Church of Satan, USA, 2006, 42 min
On June 6, 2006 C.E. we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Church of Satan at the Center for Inquiry West’s Steve Allen Theatre in Los Angeles. The first Satanic High Mass was performed, inspired by the rituals of our founder, Anton Szandor LaVey. The rite included workings for compassion, the prime celebrant and bestower of campassion being Reverend Bryan Moore, lust evoked by Priestess Heather Saenz – assisted by the Reverends Entity, and destruction summoned by Magister Diabolus Rex – with a special condemnation of fanatical theism proclaimed by Magister Robert Lang. Each celebrant accepted formal requests by three congregants, nine in total. The ritual was capped by a benediction upon the congregation by Magus Peter H. Gilmore, High Priest. Heightening the emotions was the live score by Lustmord, available as an album titled Lustmord Rising (06.06.06).
Over 100 members of the Church of Satan coming from around the globe filled the theatre to capacity. These passionate people were part of the proceedings which were inspired by the 1934 film The Black Cat (on en parlait ici) starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff who played a brilliant modern architect and High Priest of Satan. The film depicted the Satanists as being wealthy and powerful and they arrived to celebrate the Rites of Lucifer dressed in formal evening attire. Their chamber was expressionistic, wrought with angled crystals. And so we conjured a similar decor, though the lighting was inspired by the works of Mario Bava. To complete this total environment, attendees were enjoined to dress formally, just as was done in the film, and our members rose to the occasion by donning colorful personalized attire, their sartorial splendor proper for the aristocracy of the outstanding that comprises our membership. An inside joke from the film was that the Latin words sonorously intoned by Karloff were in fact taken from an ancient botany text. Reverend Moore, in superb mimicry, speaks this text as a further nod to that most effective movie’ – Church of Satan
