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[[File:John Everett Millais - Joan of Arc.jpg|thumb|alt=Joan of Arc, kneeling, dressed in armor, holding a sword|''Joan of Arc'', by John Everett Millais (1865)]] | [[File:John Everett Millais - Joan of Arc.jpg|thumb|alt=Joan of Arc, kneeling, dressed in armor, holding a sword|''Joan of Arc'', by John Everett Millais (1865)]] | ||
(c. 1412–1431) Maid of Orléans | '''Joan of Arc''' (c. 1412–1431), the Maid of Orléans, was God’s [[messenger]] who delivered the directions of [[Archangel Michael]] to the French army and thereby saved France. | ||
Under the guidance of Archangel Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret—whom she called her “Voices”—Joan did what no man had been able to do. By her fervor, she galvanized her countrymen to fight for the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France) to regain the French throne. This was a decisive turning point in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. | Under the guidance of Archangel Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret—whom she called her “Voices”—Joan did what no man had been able to do. By her fervor, she galvanized her countrymen to fight for the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France) to regain the French throne. This was a decisive turning point in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. | ||
Joan of Arc was an embodiment of [[Edna Ballard]], wife of Godfré Ray King, [[Guy Ballard]], and a | Joan of Arc was an embodiment of [[Edna Ballard]], wife of Godfré Ray King, [[Guy Ballard]], and a messenger with him. | ||
== Life == | == Life == | ||
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Joan of Arc was a peasant girl from Domremy, in Lorraine, at a time when parts of France were ruled by the English and their allies, the Burgundians. She was twelve when she first heard a voice speak to her. Eventually she knew the voice to be that of Saint Michael the Archangel and saw him accompanied by angels. She testified before the clerics who questioned her at her trial, “I have seen them with my corporeal eyes, as plainly as I see you.” | Joan of Arc was a peasant girl from Domremy, in Lorraine, at a time when parts of France were ruled by the English and their allies, the Burgundians. She was twelve when she first heard a voice speak to her. Eventually she knew the voice to be that of Saint Michael the Archangel and saw him accompanied by angels. She testified before the clerics who questioned her at her trial, “I have seen them with my corporeal eyes, as plainly as I see you.” | ||
[[File:Lenepveu, Jeanne d'Arc au | [[File:Lenepveu, Jeanne d'Arc au siege d'Orleans.jpg|thumb|upright|left|''Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans'', by Jules Eugène Lenepveu (1886–1890)]] | ||
Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Margaret also appeared and spoke to Joan. In the beginning her “Voices,” as she referred to them, told her to be a good child and go to church. When she was about sixteen they told her she had been chosen to aid the Dauphin, who had been prevented from assuming the French throne by the English in the Hundred Years War. After much heroic effort and at the insistence of her Voices, Joan succeeded in leading and winning battles against the English and in having the Dauphin crowned king of France. | Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Margaret also appeared and spoke to Joan. In the beginning her “Voices,” as she referred to them, told her to be a good child and go to church. When she was about sixteen they told her she had been chosen to aid the Dauphin, who had been prevented from assuming the French throne by the English in the Hundred Years War. After much heroic effort and at the insistence of her Voices, Joan succeeded in leading and winning battles against the English and in having the Dauphin crowned king of France. | ||
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Archangel Michael has said of Joan of Arc: | Archangel Michael has said of Joan of Arc: | ||
<blockquote>It was the faith that was transferred to her throughout her mission that enabled her to be victorious for France and for the threefold flame that is the symbol of France—the fleur-de-lis—that fire that burns on the altar of every heart.<ref>Archangel Michael, October 10, 1976.</ref></blockquote> | |||
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As I stood with Joan of Arc in the campaigns against the forces of darkness, I gave her the strength and the courage and the determination to go forward when all seemed lost, when all on the side of right were ready to give up, were ready to turn back. It is then that I whispered in her ear, “Charge! Charge! Charge!” | |||
And so she repeated the sound and the command, and the very power of my flame of faith summoned the forces of France in defense of the flame of liberty. So then, I give you that same inspiration, that same byword. When all seems wrong and all seems heavy and all seems to go to naught, that is the time to remember to ''charge! charge! charge'' with light and manifest the victory of [[Mighty Victory]] and his legions.<ref>{{POWref|17|15}}</ref> | |||
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== Lessons from her life == | == Lessons from her life == | ||
Archangel Uriel and Aurora have spoken of the life of Joan of Arc: | Archangel [[Uriel and Aurora]] have spoken of the life of Joan of Arc: | ||
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Now learn from the example of the Maid of Orléans. She was within a hair’s breadth of a victorious mission when, counter to the warnings of her inner “Voices,” she attacked a town that harbored French loyalists to England. They betrayed her and allowed the English to entrap her. The French king responded to the English demands for her ransom with a mere ho-hum. He no longer had any use for this Maid of Orléans, though she had given her all for him. | |||
Ironically, her ransom was finally paid by her enemies in the Church. But they wanted her solely for vengeance, and their devious machinations reached their denouement on May 30, 1431, when she was burned at the stake. At the last, Archangel Michael instructed her to inhale the smoke that her pain not be protracted, whereupon her soul took flight to higher realms. | |||
Blessed ones, those were the times when people decided to wage war and win. It was clear-cut. And although Joan of Arc caused her own downfall by her failure to follow her inner guides, she did not deny her tie to them at her trial. On the contrary, she went to the stake defending her right to direct communion with God.<ref>Uriel and Aurora, {{POWref|40|23}}</ref> | |||
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Joan of Arc said at the stake, “I would rather die than revoke what God has made me to do.” To turn back on what God has given us to do is hypocrisy. It is cowardice. It is to recede into the shadows of the not-self. | Joan of Arc said at the stake, “I would rather die than revoke what God has made me to do.” To turn back on what God has given us to do is hypocrisy. It is cowardice. It is to recede into the shadows of the not-self. | ||
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Archangel Michael says: | Archangel Michael says: | ||
<blockquote>Some of you remember well the story of Joan of Arc. You remember the burden upon her, and you know that I was with her and led her. And you must realize that if the Maid of Orléans can come forth and lead armies, then you, precious hearts, surely can do anything—surely, in your faith in God and the conviction of his promises, you can do anything.<ref>{{POWref|29|9}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Messengers]] | [[Category:Messengers]] | ||
[[Category:Embodiments of ascended masters]] | |||