PIC IS FROM JEFF HAMM CREATIVE COMMONS
RABBI YESHUA'S EXEGESIS

LA VALANGA DI VITA
The Landslide of Life





THE ITALIAN TITLE: This title is taken from the university nickname of Beato Pier Giorgio Frassati, a Milanese engineer who died untimely about 100 years ago. You can read about him here. The company acquired the name by accident. However, for the French film fans among us, it is likely that Frassati wished to hold out the Beatitudes as an antidote to "I giovanni infelici."Please note that at 7:24 the phrase "they have a light in their eyes" is the exact opposite of the original italian which reads "Non hanno NESSUNA LUCE NEGLI OCCHI" --they have NO LIGHT in their eyes.

THE ENGLISH TITLE: If someone chances to see "Leon's Landslide of Life" somewhere, indeed this refers to Leon Montagna from the controversial French film: Leon The Professional. Leon, who though he bore almost no resemblance to Frassati in other respects, shares the honor of giving his life for someone else, like Christ. Pope Francis determined that other factors being present, this is a guarantee of heaven. (cf Maiorem hac dilectionem)That said, while Jean Reno is reputed to be a "very, very good guy", even tweaking Besson's script to make it clean, the movie still proves rather controversial without the necessary context, and so, the "Leon" was stricken from the English title.

URIEL UNIVERSITY AND THE USE OF DOUBLE LETTERS GENERALLY: Yes W is a DOUBLE V and a DOUBLE U, and this linguistic game of sorts can be traced back to having fun, and also to MAN OF THE YEAR a cautionary tale based on double letters and machines. (Alan Dershowitz Esq is involved in a similar case in real life.) That said, URIEL means GOD IS MY FIRE, and is also the name of a controversial angel, about whom we reserve judgment and defer to the Vatican--and you can read about him here

THE VALANGAVERSE AND ITS RESIDENTS.For those who are interested in a visitor's visa to the Valangaverse, which is meant to be a sort of prelude to a Paradise Passport, (cf Gareth Davis and the Angelic Ambassadors) the Skandalon Skole is free. Link will be posted shortly along with a few minor details. UPDATE: the first part of the Skole program is a one week study of faerie stories and how they differ from the intellectually incorrect and desultory notion of "fantasy".and the essay we often use is found on the internet, on Faerie Stories. Any similar essay that argues the same points is acceptable if you prefer. (Pasolini in many ways is a poetic merger of Tolkien and Frankfurt from a culture that never experienced the Protestant schism and consequent sundering of word from flesh as it were. Yet he is wildly controversial.) N.B. It is true that Tolkien was a consummate intellectual, reared in that rarefied atmosphere that without the VANGELO DELLA VALANGA di VITA may become a VERBO VUOTO DI VERITA. And so if the verbose style puts you off you are free to search other sources. The thing about Tolkien is his attachment to the Mass and the angels and the Eucharist...

Additionally, a mountain volcano picture (hopefully Aetna) will be posted in keeping with the theme, as soon as it can be properly ascertained to be truly in the public domain with no caveat. This picture here is taken from "publicdomainpics.com." Thank you for your pazienza.