Goose "companions"

[Kathy Gower]

hmmmm...I wonder if they are mentioned in the Ken Follett book (fiction) on
the Cathedral Builders, The Pilars of the Earth.  It mentions the Camino and
interesting things happen...I'l have to check just for fun.  It's a quick
and interesting winter read in any case.


>From: Elyn Aviva <TajminaaAOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: Re: Goose "companions"
>Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:57:33 EST
>
>Oh my. How interesting! It's like a patchwork quilt or a jigsaw puzzle
>(unsure which image is most appropriate, actually)--another piece fell into
>place I never knew about! Sufis, hmmm....
>As to the Companions, I'm sure someone else can say more about them, but my
>understanding from various unreliable sources is that is the name given to
>the guild of cathedral builders--the cagotes, perhaps. And that some say
>they
>built the pyramids as well. And some say they were the forerunners of the
>Masons (along with the Templars? Dunno). There is in fact a modern
>resurgence
>of the Companions in France, complete with apprenticeship and initiation.
>
>I thought that Charpentier talks about them, but maybe not. At any rate,
>it's
>another piece of esoterica in the puzzle/quilt. There's a novel called the
>Prophet of Compostela that treats them as fact. (If you need the author,
>let
>me know.)
>
>Best--
>Elyn





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