CENTURIA V · QUATRAIN LXXVII
The Empire of Selin
Selin monarque l'Italie pacifique,
Regnes unis, Roi chrestien du monde:
Mourrant voudra coucher en terre blesique,
Apres pirates avoir chasse de l'onde.
Selin monarch of peaceful Italy,
realms united, Christian King of the world:
dying he will wish to lie in blessed earth,
after having chased the pirates from the waves.
THE MASTER SAYS…
Brenda said: “He says that different phonetics are at play here. He has a special attitude, characteristic of many native Frenchmen, toward his language. They believe that only civilized people can truly speak French. And anyone who was not born in France is incapable of speaking this language. That is true. He says that the mind of this medium is well suited to working with unfamiliar names and sounds, since he is interested in foreign languages. Each medium has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. This medium is good with foreign languages, but very uncertain with astrological symbols. He says that you are lucky with those you have had to pronounce a million times. He chuckles at some pronunciations and mutters corrections under his breath. For example, when you said ‘Arbois,’ he (with emphasis) said: ‘(phonetically) Arbois, Arbois!’ Ar-boah. Toulouse (Too-looz) and Foix (Fwah). He says that these are simply ordinary names in his language. It is as if you were writing quatrains and referring to Dallas, Tulsa, Los Angeles or London. He says that those who translate can never understand what he is referring to, whether real places or symbolism. He says that this quatrain relates to the rise of the British Empire over France and Spain. During his reign and immediately after, France and Spain exploited America, bringing shiploads of gold and the like from there. And thanks to the rise of the British Empire and its victory over the Spanish Armada, it drove these so-called pirates from the sea and created a worldwide empire. He says that in the end it turned into an empire over which the sun never set. He says that this points to how the spirit of wisdom became predominant. He says that after the British Empire became dominant, sciences and knowledge began to develop. He says that Selin indeed refers to the moon through the goddess Selene, but her main attribute was wisdom and foresight. He says that this is an analogy pointing to the fact that the British Empire was a Christian nation. Yes, correct. They had all these colonies, as you say, all over the world. In essence, the British Empire controlled or at least influenced the whole world and controlled the seas. Yes. He says that all empires rise and fall. They gain power and then disappear. He said that although the British Empire will be very powerful for a very long time, it will not last forever. He says that this refers to the moment of the empire’s fall. He said that the way the empire was structured, the ideals that the British Empire promoted, would guarantee independence and uprisings in its colonies. Because it spread the idea of human self-government. And therefore this line indicates that the final collapse of the British Empire will occur not necessarily through rebellion, but mainly through the transformation of various parts of the empire, various colonies, into independent countries. He says that this quatrain is actually not so important for what you are looking for, since it relates to events that happened in the past. He understands where they get this point of view. They stubbornly insist that he looks only at France. But that is not so. He looks at the whole world. I suspect you should not have said that. He clutches his beard. His mustache bristled, and he is displeased. He says that they simply went the wrong way. Selin indeed refers to the moon goddess, but she symbolized wisdom, and he meant wisdom. He says that this may seem impossible, but when the British Empire was at the peak of its power, the monarch of the British Empire was a Christian. And he controlled most of the world. He said that because of what Napoleon did, they were clutching at straws. He said that it is good that you raised this question, because he did not mean that. He says that the fact that translators are mistaken in translating what he wrote does not mean that one should immediately conclude that he made a mistake. He says that he sees the direction in which the Earth is moving, and hopes that these quatrains will help us avoid the disasters toward which we are moving. If we manage to avoid this, we will inevitably become a single Earth, and not countries dominating over others.”