It seems that once, when in his later years, he was asked who he was, he answered:
“I am but a shepherd of this the beautiful hill country of Illyria: extending as it does all the way down and along by the lovely coastline of Mare Illyricum; one I am who greatly enjoys drawing the saints of heaven who come to him in his visions and apparitions and composing prayers to accompany each one of them.”
From that time on he became affectionately known by such names as: ‘Our Beloved Shepherd of Illyria’, ‘Saint Diovis the gifted Portrayer of Saints of Heaven’ and ‘The Shepherd Composer of most beautiful prayers.’ His virtue, sincerity and humbleness was well known by all and sundry.
The purpose of the session is to explore if there might be anything out of place; any anomalies however slight present in his visions be they apparitions. We will be wanting too to see if he really saw what he claimed to have seen or if it was not in fact a case of he having interpreted what he was seeing with the only means of interpreting reality known to him; namely that of the Christian. We will be wanting to know if he really saw ‘saints of heaven’ or if it was not rather the case of him possibly using his Christian understanding of reality to give him that impression. It needs to be mentioned at the outset, that there is no intention whatsoever on our part; either assumed, expressed or implied to denigrate Diovis or even discredit the Christian way, for his drawings are amazing and the accompanying prayers profound.
. . .
Smiling: Suchard, are you good to overtherely perceive?
Smiling: Yes, I am, Rheeny.
Then, let’s travel!
Okay!
As we have already discussed, and agreed upon, you will as a sensory being be perceiving from as it were within the shepherd Diovis. That’s correct, isn’t it?
Yes, it is.
The first thing we will need to do, is to locate him, isn’t it?
Yes, it is.
Now, I want you to go place as it were your sensory perceiving self in the troposphere: directly above us here and there to hover at an altitude of 6,000 feet.
Okay?
Okay.
Are you now hovering at 6,000 feet, directly above us here?
Yes, I am.
You will identify this location as being at July 5, 2020. Okay?
Okay.
You will understand, that from here on, and throughout the entire session, we will be using this as our exclusive locational reference point. Okay?
Okay.
Now, I want you to flow back in time to December 21, 1290, and there to be with hovering above Lake Ohrid in the Balkan Peninsula. Okay?
Okay. I am here.
What is your present location?
I am at December 21, 1290.
All right. So, you have flown back 730 years. Is that correct?
Yes, that is correct.
What can you perceive?
I perceive the lake in its entirety: from north to south; east to west.
Okay. That is our marker from which to begin our search for him. We know from hagiographies dating from the time that there is an oratory dedicated to a Saint Diovis in the north western Balkan Peninsula: some miles in from the Adriatic coast, and that this has been a place of pilgrimage since the time of his passing from this life. They also record that he is buried there. So, let us first try and find the oratory. Okay?
The Visions of the Shepherd: Exploring the visionary claims of a 13th century Christian saint: St. Diovis of Illyria
“I am but a shepherd of this the beautiful hill country of Illyria: extending as it does all the way down and along by the lovely coastline of Mare Illyricum; one I am who greatly enjoys drawing the saints of heaven who come to him in his visions and apparitions and composing prayers to accompany each one of them.”
From that time on he became affectionately known by such names as: ‘Our Beloved Shepherd of Illyria’, ‘Saint Diovis the gifted Portrayer of Saints of Heaven’ and ‘The Shepherd Composer of most beautiful prayers.’ His virtue, sincerity and humbleness was well known by all and sundry.
The purpose of the session is to explore if there might be anything out of place; any anomalies however slight present in his visions be they apparitions. We will be wanting too to see if he really saw what he claimed to have seen or if it was not in fact a case of he having interpreted what he was seeing with the only means of interpreting reality known to him; namely that of the Christian. We will be wanting to know if he really saw ‘saints of heaven’ or if it was not rather the case of him possibly using his Christian understanding of reality to give him that impression. It needs to be mentioned at the outset, that there is no intention whatsoever on our part; either assumed, expressed or implied to denigrate Diovis or even discredit the Christian way, for his drawings are amazing and the accompanying prayers profound.
. . .
Smiling: Suchard, are you good to overtherely perceive?
Smiling: Yes, I am, Rheeny.
Then, let’s travel!
Okay!
As we have already discussed, and agreed upon, you will as a sensory being be perceiving from as it were within the shepherd Diovis. That’s correct, isn’t it?
Yes, it is.
The first thing we will need to do, is to locate him, isn’t it?
Yes, it is.
Now, I want you to go place as it were your sensory perceiving self in the troposphere: directly above us here and there to hover at an altitude of 6,000 feet.
Okay?
Okay.
Are you now hovering at 6,000 feet, directly above us here?
Yes, I am.
You will identify this location as being at July 5, 2020. Okay?
Okay.
You will understand, that from here on, and throughout the entire session, we will be using this as our exclusive locational reference point. Okay?
Okay.
Now, I want you to flow back in time to December 21, 1290, and there to be with hovering above Lake Ohrid in the Balkan Peninsula. Okay?
Okay. I am here.
What is your present location?
I am at December 21, 1290.
All right. So, you have flown back 730 years. Is that correct?
Yes, that is correct.
What can you perceive?
I perceive the lake in its entirety: from north to south; east to west.
Okay. That is our marker from which to begin our search for him. We know from hagiographies dating from the time that there is an oratory dedicated to a Saint Diovis in the north western Balkan Peninsula: some miles in from the Adriatic coast, and that this has been a place of pilgrimage since the time of his passing from this life. They also record that he is buried there. So, let us first try and find the oratory. Okay?
The Visions of the Shepherd: Exploring the visionary claims of a 13th century Christian saint: St. Diovis of Illyria
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