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Marian Apparitions & Carmelite Nuns in Montreal

Because I am still in Montreal, I am still hoping to discover something about the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary experienced by a Carmelite nun here between 1998 and 2006.

Today, I am at the Internet Cafe searching for information on Carmelite Monasteries. The good news is that there is only one. The bad news is that Carmelite nuns very seldom leave the monastery.

I have yet to find the location of the monastery except that it is in an industrial part of Montreal.

However, I did find some interesting information about neuro-biological studies being conducted in which 15 of the nuns ranging in age from 23 to 64 years agreed to tests of their brain waves while in a heightened mystical state.

Here are the links to articles on the studies (you’re going to have to copy these URLs and paste them into your internet browser because I can’t figure out how to make the links live. Normally, when I’m home, they just automatically go live as soon as I publish the post–another one of life’s great mysteries. I also can’t figure out how to NOT to make the whole post BOLD #&*I#–yes, I feel very frustrated.):

http://metanexus.net/magazine/ArticleDetail/tabid/68/id/10321/Default.aspx

http://www.umontreal.ca/medias/english/press_releases/2006-2007/20060829_brainscan.html

http://www.integrativespirituality.org/postnuke/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=117&theme=Printer

Mary Apparitions in Montreal?

Today I’m on the trail of apparitions of the Mother Mary in Montreal. Information about the location of the apparitions are not easy to find.

I’ve read about apparitions that appeared to a Carmelite nun at

http://www.carmelita-delmis.org/english/index.htm

There’s also supposed to have been an apparition in Montreal in which a statue of the Holy Mother wept blood in 1985. For this one, click on the following link:

http://www.crystalinks.com/weepingstatues.html

(Scroll down to the section on “Italy” about the 10th paragraph in which the author refers to the Montreal statue that bled tears of blood.)

All this information is lovely except that if a person, such as myself, wants to find the statue or the location of the apparitions that came to the Carmelite “Delmis,” so far, I haven’t found a clue as to how to find them.

While I’m here in Montreal, I’d like to photograph the sites and chronicle these apparitions but I don’t know how to even begin because people I talk to have never heard of them and because there’s so little specific information on the internet other than Mary’s messages for this particular apparition.

Lemurs, Tamarinds and Diving Ducks at Biodome

Today, a wonderful excursion to the Biodome in Montreal. My favorite animal was the diving duck.

You can see the ducks swimming on the surface of the water in one section of the Biodome. Then, when you go down to the Aquarium showing the biodiversity of the St. Lawrence River marine environment, lo and behold, you can see those very same cute little black and white ducks with the orange feet diving among the sturgeon, lobsters and sharks. Amazing!!!

The Tamarinds are frisky black monkeys. One of the staff at the Biodome explained to me that the facility had received some new Tamarinds. Most of them were teenagers–hence the boundless energy.

A curious little creature from Madagascar that looks like a racoon with a three-foot-long ringed tail is actually a primate as well. That is the lemur. They have those soulful eyes that stare at you. They also favor the females and the young during times of scarcity!

I also loved the penguins. The Emperor Penguins stood in a row and stared at us. We were standing in a row staring at them. One great photo op after another.

Montreal, Le Jardin Botanique et Crazy Computers

Today, I’m in Montreal. My hotel charges money for me to use the computer so this will be short!!! The big problem is that the keyboard on this computer is Francais. Haven’t figured it out yet. Many of the letters are not in the place they usually are on my English-speaking U.S. computer. Oh well, ever onward!

Had a marvelous day at Le Jardin Botanique–the Botanical Garden. Took the Metro (subway) in French. Survived. Found the place. Magnifique!!! Took so many photos, I filled up my media cards and ran down the battery in my main camera.

I AM EXHAUSTED.

’til tomorrow. . .

Carol Chapman

Vermont Lake Champlain Photography Cruise

At last, the rain has stopped and the overcast sky has given way to lovely white clouds and clean blue sky.

Today, I’m going on a Lake Champlain boat cruise during which I hope to take some great pictures for next year’s Edgar Cayce Calendar, the Divine in Nature: with Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce.

Then, it’s off to Montreal on the bus where I’ve heard that the Botanical Garden is the place to visit for fantastic nature pictures.

Vermont and Cambodia Photographs

I’m in Vermont now where I’ve met an amazingly talented and skilled photographer David Seaver.

He specializes in wedding, event, travel, and ad photography.

My favorites on his web site are the Cambodia photos or check out the wedding fashions in Montreal’s famous Ice Palace–fantastic. Check out his web site at: http://www.DavidSeaver.com.

Edgar Cayce Calendar and Mother Mary

Today, I’m on my way to Burlington, Vermont, and Montreal, Canada. I plan to take photographs for next year’s Edgar Cayce Calendar, Divine in Nature: with Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce.

In Montreal, I also hope to track down the location of a recent apparition of the Virgin Mary and use the information in a book I’m working on.

Carol Chapman —

The Purpose of Psychic Development

I found the following quote interesting because I believe that Edgar Cayce’s purpose in giving trance readings is one of the reasons he was such a great psychic.

Cayce believed he was able to enter psychic/mediumistic trances for a reason; he could help people with them. Thus we have Cayce deciding in the early 1920’s that not only did he only want to use his gifts in this way but that his readings only really worked when his intentions were strictly benevolent.

DJ Dual Core’s Old Mix Tapes

Do you think the “sleeping prophet of Virginia Beach” would have been such a successful medical intuitive if he had had a different purpose, for example, to show people how wonderful he was with his psychic abilities?

Tell Stories to Change Lives

Here’s another online resource that I’ve found helpful. It’s from Ronda del Boccio, another mentor of mine. She’s the Story Lady and creator of the Storyation process. She writes:

You are a restless spirit. You’re not satisfied with things the way they are. You want to create something big—something wonderful for your life. You want to live a life to be proud of and a life that changes other lives every day.

Entrepreneur | Visionary | Dreamer

If it’s part of your work to write, speak, present or persuade, I invite you to check out her web site at http://www.Storyation.com.

Carol Chapman

Check Out the New Visual Search Engine

Here’s a post from my online marketing mentor, James Maduk:

Description: There’s a brand new search engine in town and you NEED to KNOW about it!

http://www.searchme.com is the url for a brand new search engine that you’ll want to checkout.

Why? Because it’s a “Visual Search Engine“!

James Maduk’s SmallBiz University

I’ve checked out http://www.searchme.com and it is really neat. Instead of listing text descriptions of web sites, searchme shows you the pages.

You don’t have to click through and back–back and forth, back and forth. Instead, you get to see what the page looks like right away.

Go take a look!

Carol Chapman