36. Wiesbaden
Many
years ago a prince of the city of Wiesbaden fell in love with and
married a Russian princess. Together, they were completely content –
which I suppose is better than happy. But the princess died giving birth
to their first child.
The prince didn't want to be separated from his wife and asked the Russian royal family for permission to bury the princess in Wiesbaden. Permission was refused – they insisted she be buried on Russian soil.
So, from his palace on the Rhine, the prince chose
a hilltop on the outskirts of the town, visible from the river. He gave
the site to the Russian Orthodox Church and had a church built there
as a mausoleum to his tragic wife.
The architecture of the place is reminiscent of Templar churches. Among many other hints and clues in the stone, if you look up from the centre of the nave into the domed roof, your eye is drawn by a triangle. Inside the triangle is an eye. In Templar imagery it is often called the ever-open eye …
As Enrique Jardiel Poncela has said:
La casualidad es la décima musa. (Chance
is the tenth muse.)
Advice to writers 35 was called Research.
It was about seeking things out. But sometimes ideas come and find you
…
Be ready!
