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A flicker of hope
is all that stood
. . . against barbarism.
Another outbreak of such a crisis of madness
[meaning the First World War]
would necessarily involve the destruction of
society in the public order. June 1, 1933
People cried out
for a better future.
Germany neither intends nor wishes
to interfere in the internal affairs
of Austria or to conclude an Anschluss. May 1935
If the problem is solved,
there will be no further territorial damands
in Europe by Germany. Sep 1938
CASTLES OF THE MIND ... VENTURE ACROSS ALL BRIDGES
The Anniversary of Garabandal
Sixty Years Ago from Cities to Countryside
This webpage is an anniversary of sorts, 1961-2021, filled with histories, scenes, and various events that were surrounded by a strange story highlighted by the fantastic episodes of 4 mountain kids, Conchita, Jacinta, Mari Loli, and Mari Cruz in a tiny village called Garabandal. Today’s most renowned scientists cannot explain what happened, but this was the 1960s, and it is detailed a little down this page.
In retrospect, it brings to mind the idea that we too are into a new decade, the 2020s, with new challenges.
Will the drumbeat be a sourpuss one of confusion or a keg of new times and better aspirations? If we look, we will find it, and hope the picture of COVID-19 fades forever.
Two of my favorite decades were of the 60s and the 80s, in case you haven’t noticed. Let’s explore before we continue.
Much of the electronics of the space age would not begin to reveal themselves until at least a dozen years or so forward from the start of each of these decades, in the form of something small, like a brand new handheld calculator or, to the wizardry and design of a Disneyland park. (For your information, the high school kids of the early 1960s were the last generation of students that did not have calculators. They were stuck to using hand slide rulers. A what? Thank God that was not me. Check it out on your google. School things that don't exist anymore, but you might remember. And, for your added information, admission to Disneyland in 1962: 12-17 $1.20, Adults $1.60 but if you bought a 15-ticket book w/admission it was $4.25 and $4.75 respectively; children under 12 : $3.75 for the Jumbo ticket book/admission 60 cents. Source: VACATIONLAND, summer 1962.) Dreams and hopes begin with youth. Your dreams and hopes start each day for a better tomorrow. Each of the above decades were different with people in new settings, technologies and styles, but each had faith and the guts to look forward, enough to work in some kind of unity that rendezvoused with destinies that made it better. Keep a weathered eye to see if our new decade brims with hope and shines— or, will it be cursed with the greedy and the malevolent? First is a 1963 Chevy Impala, then a fashion peak.
America a long time ago
For now, let us travel to past settings.
Let us go back, to the 1961-62 era, employing a tiny component of a decade enormous in change. . . back in time, to when the Beatles and Michael Jackson were unknown, Disneyland was barely 6 years old and a whole new Disneyland was a step away, I was not yet in kindergarten, Hawaii had just become a fascinating state of the Union, civil rights sucked, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy just became President.
The 1960s, moreover, had no Blue-Rays or CDs, or home computer anythings. Computers of the sixties were large, with their hardware needing to occupy a massive room, whether they were in use for a business firm or NASA.
The Academy Awards bestowed the following for 1961: Best Movie, The Apartment; Best Actor, Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry; Best Actress, Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8; Best Supporting Actor, Peter Ustinov in Spartacus; Best supporting Actress, Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry; Best Director, Billy Wilder in The Apartment; Best Original Score, Exodus; and Best Visual Effects, The Time Machine (thanks Classic Movie Guy). These are just a few categories.
Here is an interesting, small sample of the top artists and hit songs of 1961: Mary Lou, Raindrops, Elvis Presley, Travelin’ Man (courtesy: niekesje,Manny Mora, Elvis Presley + Classic Hits stereo). A brand new way to dance was the Twist. The Twist showing you how. Started in America, then became a worldwide sensation. Thanksgiving time '65, with mom and my brother. Author to the right, who grew up in Boyle Heights.
Speaking of the 1961-62 era, that was just 2 years away from the Olympics, when an unknown Billy Millls, a Native American, upset the world in the long-distance race of 10,000 meters, and ..., the domain of big change in social justice was struggling a year later, where it began in America.
The movements for humanity were filled with climatic scenes of change. Mid-decade, with God's grace, the fireworks of adversity, the evil of prejudice was slowly overcome, an evil gave way to marches and the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr, who left us too young: But, it all began with an idea, an idea of peace.
No lie can live forever. "My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord...And, His truth is marching on." Freedom is central to the United States, and when given a better chance for individuals to make something of themselves, starts from the heart. Each generation can be remembered for something, despite paused by lies. We have a long way to go in this decade. What’s it gonna be for you? A fascinating, better tomorrow or will division and divisiveness be the force of tomorrow?
Smog Alerts
In the early sixties, more cars ran on 8-cylinder engines from America’s leading companies than anything else. Gas was about 30 cents a gallon, but in Los Angeles, sometimes smog was so bad, kids were kept indoors later in the decade, even during school time, ie. no recess outside. If you got time, check out the heartbeat of transportation in L.A. in a PDF I Posted on growing up in L.A. found under bio. The theme of cleaning up America was still a few years away. Many thought, "ah, baloney, it is not that bad." Look at the picture. Do you think it was pretty bad?
I remember the skies would turn yellow. As a kid, I knew it was horrible if we were not allowed to go outside and play, because if we did, our eyes got all watery and they hurted.
An ice cream sundae was about 40 cents, a hot dog and a soft drink for 49 cents, and if your dad felt extravagant, he splurged the family on a double-deck hamburger w/fries, salad, and an ice-cream for dessert, all for a dollar. The first rockets to space were Mercury and Gemini—then, Apollo. These things were all rather unknown to the villagers of Garabandal then, which was pretty backwards.
We had transistor radios, teflon, electric and non-electric typewriters. Although the history books say teflon was created by some scientist in the late 1930s, I remember my mom making a big deal about teflon in the sixties; teflon coated pans are now replaced by GenX and PFBS. This was the Age of plastics and aluminum, neon signs and rotary telephones, which by the mid sixties came in a variety of dazzling colors. Before the sixties ended, we had telephones with push-buttons. The 1960s is a long series of years, and as in any decade, it changes in form from the start to the end.
Boy Scouting and camping were a big deal. I remember, I later had a GI-Joe. We would collect Blue Chip or Green stamps to buy things out of catalogs. Summers were fun with Slip ’N Slide, staying out late til dusk with no fear of getting kidnapped. Everybody in the neighborhood knew everybody. Everybody who could afford a bike, rode one. In the later nineteen-sixties, my brother and I had a Schwinn-type bike with a white banana seat and chrome fenders that I shined a lot, until my wife threw it out; the big dummy, it would be worth a lot today. Looked like this one in this link except it had cool, whitewall tires, both tires had chrome fenders, a little light in the front encased in shiny chrome, was 5-speed, and it had a water bottle. Looking at downtown Los Angeles on 6th Street, very sharp electric trolley-buses; used no gas.
I remember playing with erector sets, slinky, Gumby and 3-D View-Master sets. I simply loved the View-Masters, as I could imagine going to far-away worlds that spurned my imagination in the 1960s. They had tiny stereo Kodachrome color pictures but when looked behind a viewer were the forerunner to todays virtual reality, as they were in 3-D, and very, very cool.
A little trivia on the GAF View-Masters
An amazing story to the View-Masters is of an inventor-designer Charles Harrison (below), unheralded designer from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Harrison (Chuck) redesigned the View-Master viewer that was introduced in 1958. The model before him was called the Model E. He designed the Model F, which used 2 C-cell batteries to power an internal light source to make the pictures come to life. I have an original model (mint). Fifty years later in 2008, Mr. Harrison won the Cooper-Hewitt Lifetime Achievement Award. Great designer, he was a distinguished Black American, and hardly anybody ever hears of him. Chuck also designed Model G in light gray plastic. These are a few pictures of my View-Masters which I still own, including the special lighted stereoscope with elevated handle and projector. View-Masters are a trademark of Mattel, Inc. Girls would play with Barbie and easy-bake oven sets. The fine Model F is after the Fatima packet.
Pictures when viewed in models D and F appear a bit bigger than model A of the WW II era or later models. In 1954, a special View-Master set was made of the Sainthood of Pope Pius X taken in Rome, Italy, May 29, packet # CZPX. By law of the Church, a person is eligible for Beatification if, two authenticated miracles can be attributed to him after his death. Attaining the title of "Blessed" a Beatus qualifies for sainthood. Not until the miracles of 1951 and 1952 did the Church feel him qualified after intense study. The first miracle attributed to him was the healing from cancer of the bone in 1928 on a Catholic nun.
Another Canonization occurred on June 12, 1954 of five other Blesseds, including Domenico Savio, disciple of St. John Bosco, the founder of the Salesian Order, which is also included in this set. The photographer who took the pictures of the canonization was American-German and inventor of the View-Master viewer William Gruber, who was the only commercial photographer allowed into the sanctuary. He even received a private audience with Pope Pius XII.The 3-D photography is stunning even after all these years, and you can see Pius XII in 3-D. A little booklet accompanies the set but there are no photos on either booklet cover (above) or packet holder envelope.
A model D View-Master on a special stand, released in 1969, was normally sold with an expensive set on Chinese Art. However, I was able to find one that was sold separately at the turn of the century, in mint condition. The base is adjustable for a custom height and tilt possibility. Model D has adjustable lenses and a magnification 7.35x. It is a rare item to find, as are the ATOMIC TESTS IN 3-D and Harry Potter.
On a Saturday, July 1, however, about 60 years ago, four girls in a little village called Garabandal were given a message by an Angel. A story develops, known as the revelations of Garabandal, and it became cataloged as a historical existence by the author. Press on to discover the story of when Europe, 1961-1965, awoke and found itself in a story stranger than strange. The historical setting is well researched. Your setting belongs to a new decade. In March of 1962, a mysterious letter arrived at the home of Conchita (below in light blue sweater) by post. It was not typed, addressed to the four seers and, was unsigned. It mentions of a supernatural communication received by the sender regarding Garabandal, and was written in Italian, dated March 3, 1962. The sender’s identity was soon discovered, giving rise to a close bond with the seers. Conchita would later go on to visit him. It was from Padre Pio, now a saint, of Pietrelcina (1887-1968). Conchita opened the letter. In various accounts it is said a Félix López, a seminarian from Bilbao, was present when she first opened it. It is not so. He was in contact, later.
In February of 1975, in an interview for the magazine Needles, currently Garabandal Journal, Conchita talked about her reaction to this letter. This is the text and information of the letter: in pdf.
Letter 1962
herewith PDF
The following is from the"Pensamiento Alaves" which ran an interesting article by Dr. Jose de la Vega, describing his visit to San Sebastian de Garabandal April 27, 1962. "Since June 18th last, the Blessed Virgin has been walking almost daily through the twisting streets of a little village….This is the claim of four little girls…." The entire village, with its bare seventy families, had been in a state of confusion for months. Once, or even several times, each day, at various hours, the children prayed with, talked and blew kisses to the Virgin Mary, while lost in a deep ecstatic trance. Author's note: The Blessed Virgin was appearing through the village, not walking through it.
"The Church has prudently refrained from giving an opinion. Even the most incredulous doctors finally admit that the goings-on defy logical explanation. But, day after day, thousands of believers hailing from distant parts arrive at the hamlet, fervent in their faith and tears of emotion in their eyes; and in their faith they find the sole explanation of this extraordinary series of occurrences that is lived over and over, night after night, in San Sebastian de Garabandal,” wrote Dr. de la Vega.
Brand, brand new Video on St. Padre Pio and Garabandal. Please advance podcast to 1.39 min mark.
Below, you will find two PDFs that offer you a glimpse at my research, including what happened in 1961, as seen in the history book, Alert: For the Times, Book of Secrets. My research, which contains official documents, Noticiaro-Documental, photos, the history of Garabandal, Fatima and the Consecration in a way no other book assembles, a beautiful work of art that hopefully unconfuses the mind, is a monument of many years. Furthermore, there is disclosed the historical parameter on Papa Papa. Note very carefully, as 70-80% of the links in the sample are working, live links. When you see a word in a purply color, press it, and it will wisk you to a link, just like in the book, if you are connected to the internet. [This is an added dimension to our story.]
I was fortunate to run into an article by Andrea Gagliarducci of CNA, Catholic News Agency, who wrote on the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. At that particular point in time, the Western free world and the pro-Communist world were engulfed in a so-called Cold War. 1962 was a big year with lots of very big international events. The Oral Polio Vaccine which protects an individual against polio paralysis; the satellite Telstar went live to provide the first trans-Atlantic TV signal; America and the USSR conducted the most number of nuclear tests of any calendar year (at least 178); an electromagnetic pulse from a high-altitude nuclear test in the Pacific turned off street lights all over Oahu; John H. Glenn, Jr was the first American astronaut in orbit; the Yankees won the World Series against the San Francisco Giants; the Cuban Missile crisis, and Vatican II began in Rome.
In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of Vatican II is the secret meeting by Cardinal E. Tisserant and Metropolitan Nikodim who met in Metz, France before the start of Vatican II, which in essence is a secret agreement that Communism would not be a topic put to the discussions during proceedings of Vatican II. October 12, 1962, Russian Orthodox observers landed at Fiumicino Airport to attend and watch Vat II Council abide by the Metz Pact. Metz additive. Even today, very few people know that Pope John XXIII agreed to the desires of the Russians to also see that "no condemnation" of Soviet Russia would be ever allowed during any Council debates, meetings, and protocols. Ditto on the topic of consecration. This is not an attack on Vatican II; this is factual history. It took many, many months of in-house persuasion in Vatican II, including by Cardinal Wyszynski and the Belgium rep of the Blue Army, Miss Emma Folon, and various petitions to finally get the Pope to issue something also about the consecration. Moreover, there was no special consecration as requested to the Immaculate Heart of Mary made by the bishops in 1964, as requested by Heaven. This request was not some mumbo-jumbo superstition.
A considerable number of adults who were alive in the 1950s remember Fatima seemed to be in the public venue via numerous books and Bishop Sheen's popular TV hit who spoke often favorably about Fatima. Popular culture of the Catholic faith reminded people of the power of prayer, and that was one thing, but also within the walls of the Vatican, Fatima was a big deal. Pro-Perfect of the Holy Office, Cardinal Ottaviani was told by Sister Lucia in 1955 the Third Secret was not to be opened before 1960, and when he asked why, was told, "Because then it will seem clearer." A year later, Rev. Schweigl in Fatima e la conversione della Russia titled a chapter of his work "Towards the Year 1960..." and wrote that the third part of the message must remain secret until 1960. So 1960 came and went. The 1962 Metz Pact came and went. Out of these two years the end result was that messages from Our Lady were dumped while messages and courtesies regarding a Communist message were elevated. The Russians made suckers of the Catholic hierarchy, led by Nikodim, a secret KGB agent. These only form a microcosm of events from the mid 1950s to mid 1960s, and much more is revealed in my Historical Keypoints which is tucked inside the wonderful digital book, and it all goes beyond the 1960s. Few people of today realize that when high-ranking bishops headed towards Rome, many desired to pay a little visit to Portugal to see Sister Lucia on their way to Vatican II, but were not allowed. Pope John XXIII had issued a new visitation rule that no one was allowed to see her without "explicit permission," not even Rev. Aparicio, Lucia's own confessor of many years. The seal of disapproval was stamped from 1960 onwards, and was condoned by both John XXIII and Paul VI.
A photograph of the village of Garabandal from the decade of the 1960s. Below are my two special sample PDFs.
Historical Keypoints
excerpt from Alert: For The Times
An excellent source of information for many young people of today will be this documentary, which was released only about eight months ago. It is a story for us all. Tie it in to the early 1960s and check out the Keypoints above.
This is a beautiful introduction to the story of Garabandal, begins in Spanish but is also in English, with the title Garabandal, Unstoppable Waterfall—a wonderful and exceptional video of interviews and film clips. The actual full-length video is available on Youtube. Too bad it came out when that dreaded COVID-19—the scourge of a lifetime—took hold of everybody’s hearts and minds. This source has searched and provides eyewitnesses of the apparitions from the decade of the 1960s. Many are still alive.
Garabandal, today (courtesy of Enya Rodd). Most roads are now paved. Note the roads cease to be rocky, messed-up and full of difficulties, but when it rained 60 years ago, were rough to traverse—even in 1965. Miles and miles from Garabandal, the downtowns of America knew little of the story of Garabanda (courtesy of ChevyCaprice90.)l
Here is footage from when the first message of Oct. 18, 1961, occurred, in rare color, You think this is harsh weather? It not only rained, it hailed and snowed. Terrible for shooting film, but, the color shows through nicely.
The extra educational videos below, form a description that is a connection to Heaven, and which, unfortunately, there are those who wish you not to acquire knowledge of the true story.
Garabandal is an apparition for all of us and, historically coincided with the Second Vatican Council. Time-lapse to 1965: June 19 (courtesy of Saint Joseph Publications). Unfortunately, it is silent film, which was still a normal feature in home movies of the early 60s. I grew up throughout the sixties time period, and remember there was no need for dirty words in either the music and movie venues.
Speaking about sound, there was a movie called The Singing Nun which I remember quite vividly. It was a wonderful MGM movie about a real nun from Belgium that in 1963 sang herself to stardom. Although I do not recall her in 1963, in 1966-67 I do because our sisters at our grammar school, Dolores Mission, were from Belgium, and they took us to a theater to see the movie The Singing Nun, starring Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds. There were no Smartphones or Netflix, so going to see movies in a theater was special. In the movie were three songs that not only were fabulous, everybody in the class was singing them: Brother John, Dominique, and Its A Miracle. The record album The Singing Nun I still possess. On one side the songs are in English; on the other they are in French. Sounds awesome with headphones on. On Nov. 9, 1963 Dominique entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, and in less than 1 month it hit #1 in America. Dominique was a mighty warrior of the Lord as the song goes, and unusual as it may seem, God was tops on the Billboard.
At 95 years old, before she passed away, is a marvelous but short interview with Mercedes Salisachs, who is in the digital book, Alert: For the Times, Book of Secrets. The village, period from the early 60s. The next video via a Spanish video about the time when Jacinta saw the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ on this road, with Alberto providing commentary. Our male narrator, different person, begins with describing the exact route where it all started for the four girls in June, on this very same rocky, uneven lane. Around the 2.01 min. mark we meet Alberto, who briefly describes Jacinta’s July vision, as she told it to him. Sorry, the real Jacinta is not in the video; only her photo. En Español, (advance 2.20 mins) for you diehards of history out there, 1 hour el fin de los tiempos (courtesy of Saint Joseph Publications; Virgendegarabandal; Saint Joseph Publications; Virgendegarabandal; and Garabandal : only God knows). A popular song closed the decade of the sixties, Where Have All the Flowers Gone. I picked it for it demonstrates that one cannot evade the chime of war that permeated the closing of the 60s, of which the Blessed Mother warned us about: war. In America, it was the Viet Nam War. Pay attention to the lyrics. [ How about another tip? If viewing this on a desktop no problem, but if you were watching movies on a cell phone and then come to this page, and some pics do not show up, it would be a good idea to refresh or restart your cell phone because the page is rather memory intensive.]
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Two tips to remember:
In February of 1977, Conchita said the event of the warning begins with the letter A.
A Dr. Luis Morales, a psychiatrist and original member of the Garabandal investigations, retracted his prior information, surprising many saying that the Blessed Mother did appear in Garabandal; reported El Diario Montanés, May 31, 1983 edition.
The four seers were:
1. Mari Loli Mazón (b. May 1, 1949–died, April 20, 2009)
2. Jacinta González (b. April 27, 1949)
3. Mari Cruz González (b. June 21, 1950)
4. Maria "Conchita" Concepción González (b. February 7, 1949).
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