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Shroud News Issue #79 October 1993 A NEWSLETTER ABOUT THE HOLY SHROUD OF TURIN edited by REX MORGAN, Author of several books on the Shroud Issue Number 79 OCTOBER 1993 2 SHROUD NEWS No 79 (October 1993) EDITORIAL This issue contains a fascinating letter from a Russian who claims that the C14 medieval date proves the Shroud's authenticity rather than the reverse. There is also an important article by French Shroud researcher Brother Bruno Bonnet Eymard. His work is regarded by many as controversial but he is one of the most avid and thorough researchers in the field. And on the subject of French publications I was pleased to see that the erroneous claim made in the CIELT newsletter that they had arranged for the visit of H.E. Bishop Van Lierde to the Rome Symposium was withdrawn in a full page retraction in the July/August Newsletter. Due acknowledgement was given in French and English to Isabel Piczek at whose personal invitation, through her extensive Vatican connections, Van Lierde and other high officials attended the Symposium. And on the subject of the Roman Symposium it was reported to me (about third hand) that two mainstream researchers talked with Cardinal Saldarini of Turin and that he had said he would do everything possible to preserve the Shroud. The researchers gained the impression that Saldarini believes the Shroud to be authentic. I heard recently of the death in August in Tasmania of Richard Brooks. Dick was a longtime supporter of the British Society for the Turin Shroud and when he came to live in Melbourne continued his interest. I met him when we displayed the Brooks (no relation) Photographic Exhibit in Melbourne in 1984 when 12,000 other Melburnians came to see it. We send our condolences to Dick's wife, Pat, also a Shroudie. The death of former Sydney artist John Sackville West in Cairns was announced this month. John was instrumental in getting me to show the Photographic Exhibit in Cairns in 1986 (see SN No 36). He was also the painter of a remarkable portrait of Christ, having never had any interest in religious painting before. The story of this work is in SN No 5 and SN No 14. West was an extremely talented painter whose last and greatest work, Moses and the Ten Commandments, was bought by your editor some years ago. His work is very rare as he was unable to paint for the last ten years of his life owing to arthritis. As a chain smoker he finally died from emphysema. It was said by his priest and by friends that John's life was considerably prolonged by his interest in the Shroud. We look forward to the next issue of Shroud Spectrum International due shortly. Sadly this will be the last issue by Dorothy Crispino whose meticulous research and writing for the Shroud will be greatly missed unless she publishes elsewhere. The Shroud Crowd has long recognised Spectrum as the world's prestige Shroud publication. REX MORGAN SHROUD NEWS No 79 (October 1993) 3 CORRESPONDENCE Following the publication of SN 77 and 78 the Editor has received an unprecedented number of letters, all of them supportive of the criticisms of the Rome Symposium. It is felt that readers might like to share some of the comments. Here are extracts (identified only by country) both from writers who were present in Rome and who were not. They are in no particular order. UK "It is an excellent report of the first day of the Symposium. I can't wait for the rest of it." Australia "Shroud News is a wonderful paper. God will surely reward you mightily for your work for Him. I never forget my first moments at the Brooks Exhibition in Melbourne with that lifelike Christ at the entrance ..." USA "Shroud News arrived end of last week; it is a masterpiece! You certainly have a keen perception for personalities and for what happens and how. In almost every instance I agree with your evaluations, and I'm sure that most of us who attended the Rome Symposium also agree." Italy "I found many and useful news of the first day in the International Symposium organised by CIELT in Rome." Australia "Your tales of Rome were rippers." Australia "Bravo! for your report on the Rome Symposium. You do us a magnificent service keeping us up to date on fascinating developments. Your vivid descriptions made me feel as if I were there - experiencing the heat, dust, cramping and contretemps. The Shroud must be authentic to draw so many devoted followers despite the appalling conditions and all too fallible personalities. Thank you and may God grant you many more years." USA "Even though the Rome Symposium left a bit to be desired it was certainly good to visit with you again (and to share the lone fresh air inlet into the auditorium!) I appreciate your approach to research and your respect for history. Your formal presentations moreover, are always refreshing. Would that more people among the Shroud devotees had your gift of clarity, conciseness and order when presenting their ideas." 4 SHROUD NEWS No 79 (October 1993) CORRESPONDENCE (cont'd) USA "Enjoyed Shroud News re Symposium in Rome and I am sure so did everyone else." Australia " ... in my eighties ... I can only now express my admiration of your work, and I offer you my affirmation especially after reading the Home Truths. Good works are often affected by lack of thoughtful support." UK "I marvel at the consistent quality of Shroud News and at your being able to find new and interesting material with every issue." Australia "Allow me to say how I enjoyed your latest update. The News arrived this morning. I've found that write-up accounts of gatherings you've been at make you wonder if they're talking about the same thing. I loved your deft ability to sprinkle salt throughout your account." Australia "This morning after Mass I was greeted with expressions of enthusiasm over how good the latest issue of Shroud News is. The Rome Symposium was presented in a very readable, interesting style supported with what I took to be the key points of each speaker's address." Italy "Con grandissimo piacere ho ricevuto i due numeri di Shroud News (77 - 78) nei quali ho trovato un sommario molto curato delle vane relazioni lette al Smposioum di Roma." UK "Issue no 78 with the "Home Truths" about the Rome conference was the funniest piece Shroud-wise written in years! Your "Home Truths" were fully justified and thoroughly entertaining." UK "Your description of conditions at the recent Symposium in Rome was very entertaining! But I sympathise nonetheless with your sufferings." USA "It was great to see you again in Rome, and again I must tell you what a wonderful job you do with Shroud News. No other news source provides such an excellent service to Shroud buffs, and both issues 77 and 78 are invaluable; they give me much more than I got by being present at the Rome Symposium -- plus, we may never see a complete English-language Proceedings." SHROUD NEWS No 79 (October 1993) 5 CORRESPONDENCE (cont'd) Japan "Your stay in Rome in June must have been pretty tiring. Thank you for your good report of the Symposium, which alas, seems to have fizzled a little." USA "Your August Shroud News was great reading, and gives a very vivid picture of the Rome proceedings. Whenever the Third CIELT symposium is held, I hope you will cover it with the same keen eye." USA "I thoroughly enjoyed your informative and entertaining accounts of the Rome Shroud symposium. Thank you for keeping Shroud News alive and keeping us scattered Shroudies informed." During the Rome Symposium some international visitors were able to visit the remarkable collection of Shroud related items at the home of Italian author Emanuela Marinelli. Here Isabel Piczek of the USA discusses a wall of memorabilia 6 SHROUD NEWS No 79 (October 1993) From AURA -Z No. 1 March 1993, A Russian English language magazine AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TURIN SHROUD INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE AND TO ANYONE ELSE IT MAY CONCERN I first learned about the Divine Evidence in a transmutation of elements contained in the cloth, sensational article published in the Soviet press the power of transmutation was in inverse in 1984. The phenomenon astonished me. Yet I proportion to the distance between the body and was surprised that western scholars could not the cloth. guess how the negative print was formed. Hence, the closer a portion of the cloth was to the The fact is I have some evidence that a person is body the denser its coloration appeared; it is capable of influencing the arrangement of matter common knowledge that in everyday on the nuclear level with the energy field of his photography such spots look darker in the or her organism, thus causing the transmutation negative. of chemical elements in various objects. From the very beginning I was sure that all So I assumed that the energy emitted from Jesus attempts to determine the age of the cloth by Christ's body caused atoms of carbon, oxygen radiocarbon dating were doomed to failure. My and hydrogen which made up the flaxen cloth to conviction was based on Remi Chauvin's transmutate into atoms of other elements with discovery that people can alter the rate of yellow-coloured ions. radioactive fission with the force of their thought, i.e. with their psi-energy. He announced The latter were imbedded in the molecules of his discovery at the International Congress of cellulose and produced a visual image not of Psychologists in Moscow in 1967.
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