7 Sanctuaries linked by a straight line: The legendary Sword of St. Michael
Not only are the shrines, centered around monasteries, in a straight line, three of them are evenly spaced from one another.
The Sacred Line also is perfectly aligned with the sunset on the day of the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer Solstice.
1. Skellig Michael (Ireland)
2. Saint Michael’s Mount (Cornwall, United Kingdom)
3. Sacra di San Michele (Turin, Italy)
4 Sacra di San Michele, an abbey built on top of Mount Pirchiriano, Italy.
5 . Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo (Mount Gargano, Italy)
6 . Symi’s Monastery, Greece
7. Stella Maris Monastery, Mount Carmel, Israel
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Not only are the shrines, centered around monasteries, in a straight line, three of them are evenly spaced from one another.
The Sacred Line also is perfectly aligned with the sunset on the day of the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer Solstice.
1. Skellig Michael (Ireland)
2. Saint Michael’s Mount (Cornwall, United Kingdom)
3. Sacra di San Michele (Turin, Italy)
4 Sacra di San Michele, an abbey built on top of Mount Pirchiriano, Italy.
5 . Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo (Mount Gargano, Italy)
6 . Symi’s Monastery, Greece
7. Stella Maris Monastery, Mount Carmel, Israel
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The greater worries lie elsewhere, in the abuse of office and the threats to freedom.
The most worrying is the dissemination of intrusive surveillance. Invasive data collection and processing will spread because it offers a real edge in managing the disease.
But they also require the state to have routine access to citizens’ medical and electronic records. The temptation will be to use surveillance after the pandemic, much as anti-terror legislation was extended after 9/11.
This might start with tracing TB cases or drug dealers. Nobody knows where it would end, especially if, having dealt with covid-19, surveillance-mad China is seen as a model.
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