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  • Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise

    Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise

    The national SPIRIT of camaraderie in the song La Marseillaise is our spirit. Égalité! fraternité! the old republican revolutionaries and soldiers yelled. Liberté! Ou la mort (or give me death)!

  • The Spanish Alumbrados: Origin of the Term ‘Illuminati’

    The Spanish Alumbrados: Origin of the Term ‘Illuminati’

    Definition The Iluminados, Perfectibilists and TheosophiCAL REFERENCES Illuminati. the past participle of illuminare, meaning to “light up,” or “illuminate.” The plural term, “Illuminati” (Lat. illuminatus; Ital. Illuminato) was originally applied to a 16 c. Spanish mystic sect, called the Alumbrados (Spanish. “Enlightened”), or Aluminados, led by Sister María de Santo Domingo, or La Beata de Piedrahita (a…

  • Pink Martini: “Syracuse”

    Pink Martini: “Syracuse”

    Syracuse   The love of ancient and historic places. French Translation “J’aimerais tant voir Syracuse L’ile de Paques et Kairouan Et les grands oiseaux qui s’amusent A glisser l’aile sous le vent Voir les jardins de Babylone Et le palais do Grand Lama Rever des amants de Verone Au sommet do Fuji Yama Voir le…