Goose connection book

[Preston Pittman]

Leonard, thank you.  I, for one, would be very interested in knowing about
this book that describes the "goose" connection in Europe.  It isn't the
Louis Charpentier book, is it?


>From: lmorris <kesatotaSHAW.CA>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: Re: Goose "companions"
>Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:57:27 -0800
>
>Hi,
>         In regards your goose and the goose footed people, I know that
>there is
>a wine in France with the label of the goose footed queen on it
>(interting). I also read a book that goes in-depth in to history of this
>goose connection in Europe, sorry I looked through my library and can
>not find the book, but will look harder if you would like.
>
>kind regards
>leonard
>
>
>Preston Pittman wrote:
> >
> > Elyn mentioned the goosefoot as a sign of the "Companions" - Elyn, I'm
>not
> > sure what you mean by the "companions", however it brought to mind
>something
> > I had forgotten to mention in my very long posting on the goose
>connections.
> >
> > The latin word for "goose" is "anser".  The arabic word for "companions"
>is
> > "ansar" and in medieval Spain, members of Sufi groups (mystical sects of
> > Islam - sometimes accused of heresy by orthodox Muslims) were sometimes
> > called "Ansar".  I'm just wondering if there could have been a "goose"
> > connection there, too, since most educated people in medieval Spain
>would
> > have probably understood both Latin and Arabic.  Medieval mystics seemed
>to
> > have loved little word and symbol games from language to language and I
> > could easily imagine Arabic "ansar" taking on the symbol of a Latin
>"anser"
> > but I have no direct knowledge of this.
> >
> > It seems to me that the goose symbol identifies places and people who
>have
> > some occult or mystical significance.  The places along the Camino that
>use
> > some form of one of the  words for "goose" or incorporate the goose or
>the
> > goose-foot as a symbol all seem to have some ties to very ancient
>(perhaps
> > pre-Christian) mysticism.
> >
> > I'ed be interested in knowing if anyone else has encountered this goose
> > symbolism in regards to the Camino.
> >
> > >From: Elyn Aviva <TajminaaAOL.COM>
> > >Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> > >To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> > >Subject: Re: Occult Goose and Priscillian associations
> > >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:32:31 EST
> > >
> > >Fantastic! Thanks for drawing together the disparate threads of geese,
> > >Priscillian, etc.
> > >And then of course the goosefoot sign of the Companions... A friend
>lent me
> > >a
> > >book called the Druid Renaissance, edited by Phlip Carr-Gomm, and on
>the
> > >cover is a drawing that looks amazingly like a goose foot. It's three
>rays
> > >fanning out from three dots, and it's called the "awen," a Druid symbol
>of
> > >bardic inspiration. Haven't yet read up on the history of the symbol,
>but I
> > >will.
> > >
> > >Thanks again--
> > >Elyn
> >
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