What I certainly didn't want to miss is the Great Mother, disguised as the Virgin Mary, holding a (Grail) Chalice in Her hand. The original can be found in the Art Museum of Barcelona. (A copy exists in Taüll, Pyrenees, see under). The picture hides many secrets, of a kind that can only be taught orally.

That Catalonia used to be rich with "foliate heads" or Green Men is illustrated by these pictures. The upper right has a goat in his beard. It could therefore very well symbolize an archaic Vegetation God, of the kind the Templars used to revere..... 

 Obviously, I visited the church of the Grail Lady in Taüll, the Pyrenees, as well. Unfortunately the church was closed. This was understandable, since it was siesta-time. Nowhere in the village a postcard of the (famous) Lady could be bought, though. No one had ever heard of Her, either.... It confronted me with the reality of orthodox church policies: a tight control on heterodox information?!

Green Man