Well I guess every family deserves a *white sheep*.
--- On Sat, 4/17/10, TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Shroud of Turin Report (or, When the Fans Hit the
Sheet)
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 12:18 PM
My brother just Skype'd me from Torino, where he stood
in line with the other seekers last night to see the
only-once-every- ten-years showing of the Shroud of Turin.
He described waiting to see it in terms of Castaneda's
controlled folly, in that although you are pre-assigned
a 15-minute window in which to see it, being an Italian
system it didn't always work out quite as imagined. The
Shroud itself is encased in a climate-controlled bullet-
proof glass enclosure that rises up from an altar, and
then descends back into it when the viewings are over.
He actually enjoyed some of the sidebar exhibitions
more than the Shroud itself, especially the one that
takes advantage of the fact that the image on the
Shroud is essentially a photo negative and turns
it into a projected, 3D image of the positive. In
other words, you are looking at a 3D hologram of
Christ, reconstructed from the 2D negative image on
the Shroud. Eeriely lifelike, were I think the
words he used.
The Vibe Report. He definitely got a hit off of it.
Now you have to bear in mind that my brother actually
has a thing for Jesus, and reveres him in ways that I
do not. And that he has just flown several thousand
miles on a whim to see the guy's *possible* image
on a sheet. But he definitely got a hit off it. He
described it as -- for him -- Emanating white light.
At this point the Big Test of the Shroud's Woo Woo
Quotient and the lasting value of its textile darshan
will be whether he can actually get home. The Cloud
(as opposed to the Shroud) emanating from Iceland
and covering Europe has now closed Italian airspace
as well, and none of the airlines are answering
their 800 numbers.
If he gets home tomorrow as planned, consider that
a big win for those who believe in the value of
visiting holy relics.
If that happens, the Shroud Museum might think of
opening its own travel agency to compete with Orbitz
and Expedia. Fly Jeezpedia... we'll get you there
even despite Acts Of God, because we've got an 'in.' :-)
