January 15, 2007
The Spirit of Louise de Lorraine
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Katie, Chenonceau, Loire River Valley, France,
April 2004
In April 2004 my mother and I spent a week in France. While there we
visited the Chateau Chenonceau which was located in the Loire River Valley.
While there, I had an encounter that I will
never forget. We were
with a tour but somehow we got separated from them. We were taking our time
and looking at all the rooms in this beautiful chateau when we came across
the bedroom of Louise de Lorraine.
Louise de Lorraine was the wife of Henry the Third of France, who was
murdered by the monk Jacques Clément. Before Henry was murdered, he sent a
note to his wife telling her to wait for him at Chenonceau, and she did.
When Henry did not return, Louise took to her room where she painted it
black and decorated it with symbols of death. She only wore white and all
she said was prayers for eleven years of her life. She died in 1601.
Anyway, the feeling of sadness and depression hit us as soon as we
entered that bedroom and I felt sick to my stomach. Still we looked around
the room but as I was walking across the room to look at a chest of draws, I
felt this burst of energy come rushing at me. The only way I know how to
describe it is like a person coming at you at full speed then
boom! I
don't really remember anything after that except being in the gardens and
wondering how on earth I got there. My mum said I had been wandering around
in a trance-like state for about half an hour. That was the first time I had
a spirit apparently posses me and I hope it's the last time. It was a
frightening experience.
