Black & White Magic in Torino (Part II) & Salame del Papa

More magic from the most esoteric of Italian cities — plus a delicious recipe for using up chocolate leftovers!

From Torino’s Simposio!

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…But there are also white magic traces, like the church of Gran Madre di Dio, surmounted by two feminine statues, one, with a third eye framed by a triangle on the forehead, represents religion: the other, holding a chalice in one hand, faith. Legend assures us that the two statues hide cues to find the Sacro Graal, the holy grail. The gaze of the statue on the right would indicate the place.

In Torino's church of Maria Ausiliatrice, there is a cross that is said to be made from the wood of Jesus Christ's cross.

In the church of Santa Maria in Piazza rests a portrait that is said to be the only one with the actual face of the Madonna, painted by Saint Luca.

Finally, a secret location in the city is where Mary's veil is treasured.

Many, here, would point out that during the Catholicization and incorporation of pagan religions, the cult of Isis was metamorphosized into that of the Virgin Mary.

The religious, thus white, candid, and positive, legends began when the Savoia family brought to Torino the Sacra Sindone (rescued years before by the Templari and sold to the family), said to be the cloth in which the body of Jesus Christ was wrapped in.

You'll find a few creepy insights on this side too. Like the saying that, when photographed, the Sindone appears as if it was a negative. Or the thesis according to which templars adored someone who was not Jesus Christ. During the initiation rituals, they were asked to spit on the cross in the presence of an obscure figure called Bafometto: a long mustache and bearded face carved in many Templar buildings. Those who tried to approach him would see him disappear, to then reappear when they moved away. A recent thesis gives a more genuine explanation.

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