MONKEY MEMO EXTRA

Religion, through the ages, has always used architecture and technology to impress and brainwash the believers.

In medieval times prilgrims from all over Europe travelled to Boxley (England). Reason was the miracle of the moving, and even speaking statue of Jesus Christ.

The son of God could move his arms and legs, frown and smile. The latter was explained as an direct answer to the praying believers. A smile meant a positive outcome; a frown a negative one.

Henry VIII broke the unity of the Roman Catholic Curch by starting his own (Anglican) church. He closed and plundered the rich monasteries and churches.

Boxley was wealthy, because of the constant flow of pilgrims, drawn by the mysterious and semi-divine Jesus-statue.

When the cashiers and soldiers of Henry raided Boxley, they paid extra attention to the famous statue. They soon discovered, that the statue could be manipulated by sticks and ropes, from behind the scenes.

The king used it as anti-catholic propaganda. The fraudulous statue of Jesus was paraded through the streets of London to educate the

masses.