Page 5 - True Life in God Anniversary Magazine

The Patriarch presents Vassula with his
favourite icon and a personal dedication.
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Automatic or Hieratic writing?
Fr Christian Curty OFM, priest and
Exorcist , responds
Hieratic writing
Fr. Rene Laurentin submitted the
messages of Vassula to J. A. Munier,
SGF, a graphologist and consultant for
the Court of Appeals of Paris, France.
The analysis, which is reproduced
below, concerns both handwritings.
Analysis of the large writing
Extraordinary telluric force, a
controlled enthusiasm with a touch
of delight (...) is filled with a force
that goes beyond her normal self
to which she reacts with a kind of
primitive simplicity. She is very hard-
working, she is a docile pupil. She is
in a kind of second state, indifferent
to the exterior world. She can
perceive invisible worlds quite well
(...) She has a very great concentrated
force; She does not belong to
herself. There is a certain firmness.
Analysis of the smaller writing
She is of at least above average
intelligence, she follows her own logic,
she is capable of some integration,
she conducts herself with tenderness,
kindness and docility. She has a
goal and she is dedicated to it, she
experiences an inspiration froma high
level, her life is inspired by an ideal.
It is widely known that Vassula
writes messages that she transmits
to us under the dictation of Our
Lord. At that time her way of
writing changes and becomes quite
distinct from her spontaneous and
everyday handwriting. The personal
handwriting of Vassula is normally
small and tense, though orderly
and well controlled by her will that
knows what she wants. Moreover, it is
affected by her warm and very refined
personality, which has a good sense
of proportion. On the other hand,
the handwriting of the messages is
characterizedby its order, its clearness,
its regularity and a certain majesty.
Here the personality of Vassula fades
away (...)
Now let us carefully see what is
happening with Vassula. There are
three situations to consider. In the first
her employer. That means that she
maintains her personal autonomy, her
freedom and her full contact with her
surroundings. (...)
Finally, in the third situation which, at
times, blends in with the preceding
one, Vassula receives an interior
light which is infused and has no
clearly pronounced words. This is
what mystics call a “motion” of the
Holy Spirit (whether spiritual or
intellectual) (...)
It is thus a “Letter to His Church”, so
verymuchdivided for such a long time
and still menaced by internal schisms,
caused quite often by personal
reasons rather than different liturgical
traditions or different schools of
theology. Moreover, who could claim,
except for the God Man Himself, to
sum up in a single spirituality, in a
single theological vision, in a single
sacred rite, the complete ineffable
mystery of the ThreeWho are One! (...)
Here it is therefore the Lord who
speaks, the Man-God. It is He who
bursts through all the categories of
character or graphological order in
which one might enclose Him. He
is the one who goes beyond all our
psychological categories, all our
schools of theology that we use to
define Him. I might add that normally
Vassula, the secretary, out of respect
for her Master, writes His Dictation on
her knees. Might we not also receive
(at least figuratively) on our knees,
this letter of Our Lord to His Church...?
It is Hieratic Writing
situation, Vassula receives a “locution”
of the Lord, an interior word. She can
be, at the time, in a church or a public
place. If this locution is a message
for everyone, she will write it down
when she has gone home. It is then
that her hand is guided by the Hand
of the Lord and the graphological
characteristics of her personal
handwriting are transformed. From
her personal handwriting, which
is small, animated and quick with
a slight inclination to the right, it
becomes an upright, well ordered,
calm, transparent handwriting with
no particular emotion. In any case,
it is not automatic writing, for there
is first af all an interior word which is
then followed by the actual writing of
the locution.
In the second situation, there is a
dictation which is made by the Master
to Vassula, who simply writes down
what she hears. She is then in the
exact situation of any secretary with
HANDWRITING STUDIES Vassula belongs to the Greek
Orthodox Patriarchate of
Alexandria. In2007 she visitedHis
Beatitude Theodoros II, Patriarch
of Alexandria and All Africa.
The Patriarch blesses Vassula
and her mission.