THE PORTALS OF HEAVEN THE GOLDEN AND SILVER GATES A Study of their Cosmic and Prophetic Significance
by Luis B. Vega vegapost@hotmail.com www.PostScripts.org for PDF illustration online in Chart section ‘And to the Angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is Holy, who is True, who has the Key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: 'I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an Open Door [Gate] which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.’ – Revelation 3:7-8
The purpose of this study is to consider the concepts of the Golden and Silver Gates of the Cosmos. In light of the many assertions pertaining to the opening of ‘Gates’ or doors by CERN lately one has to appreciate the conceptualization of what the Golden Gate and Silver Gate alludes to. The Ancients knew that Gates or portals existed into other dimensions. One such knowledge is the concept of what the Golden Gate and Silver Gate are apparently in relation to the known Universe from Earth’s perspective. This conceptualization of such portals or Gates goes back to the pre-Flood annals of history. It is well documented that the ancient civilizations were keener to celestial observations. Such were more in tune with their significance and meaning of the Cosmos.
In the known Cosmos from Earth’s perspective there are only 2 nodes or points of time, matter and space references that are known as ‘meeting places’. Such points in time and space are where a convergence occurs. This pertains to when and where the Sun and the Cosmic Meridians of the Universe converge on the Solstices. It was said that such were the time and place where and when one could pass through such a ‘Gate’ into other realms. In this aspect of matter, space and time, what is needed to enter such portals or Gates is to know how to acquire the energy required and how to operate its keys; this is what CERN is really all about. Such realize that it takes levels of energy never before harnessed by Humanity to even attempt this feat. This is one of the main purposes why the Hadron Collider is fused with meta-physics and sorcery.
If the Cosmos is configured as a sphere, it would correspond to the north and south poles for a more familiar conceptualization. The Earth’s ecliptic with respect to the Galactic Plane has a 120˚ tilt. The Ecliptic is the plane on which the Sun appears to traverse the constellations from Earth’s vantage point. The planets also approximately travel near this Ecliptic as they oscillate above and below this line in various degrees of light, speed and frequency. There are a total of 12 recognized constellations along this ‘ring’ with each having subsets. What is unique about the constellations that configure the Cosmos is that the Golden and Silver Gates correspond to the possible portals or ‘Gates’ that are said to lead into other dimensions such as Heaven itself. These Gates have Sentinels guarding the way where the Creator resides perhaps.
The Guardians of the Galaxy The 2 Gates of the Cosmos are depicted in the Zodiac or Mazzaroth as a ‘man’. These celestial anthropomorphic constellations are Orion and Ophiuchus on the opposite sides of the Cosmos. These can be seen as the Sentinels or Guardians of the Gates. This is Biblical as the Book of Revelation describes the Pit as having a ‘Gate’ or portal with a Sentinel, Abaddon and a corresponding Star and key. There are also 2 corresponding Stars that act as the keepers and are associated with the respective Gates. Antares, the super-giant red Sun is the keeper of the Golden Gate. The other giant Sun Aldebaran in Taurus is the keeper of the Silver Gate. What this amounts to is like a ‘front’ and ‘back’ door to Heaven or a beginning and an end. What is astonishing to ancient beliefs is that such Stars or Suns also function as entry and exit points. According to the theories of quantum physics, it requires inordinate amount of energy to travel though such Gates into different dimensions and time. Such hypotheses were proven in theory by Einstein.
As noted, the Silver Gate has Orion as the ‘Sentinel Guardian’. What is unique about Orion is that on the Winter Solstice, usually on December 22, the Sun exactly intersects this Gate. Only twice per year on the Solstices will have the shortest and largest span of light for the day. Orion is south of the Silver Gate and has one of his arms extended up to this intersection. It makes for an amazing depiction of a light-bearer. Orion’s depiction thus has a ‘torch’ on his hand corresponding to when the Sun literally intersects this Silver Gate of Man. In Biblical interpretations, Orion is a depiction of Jesus Christ at His 2nd Coming. This will be the time where the Overcomer comes in the bright radiance of His light that will destroy His enemies at His appearing.
Esoterically, many attribute this imagery as a depiction of Lucifer on one hand that sought and seeks to ‘illuminate’ and grant Humanity the forbidden secrets of Heaven’s fire, eternal life of immortality and sacred knowledge. At the Golden Gate of God, there is Ophiuchus. What is unique about Ophiuchus is that on the Summer Solstice, usually on June 20, the Sun exactly intersects this Gate. He is the Man wrestling with the Serpent attempting to usurp the Crown of Heaven. Ophiuchus is not considered part of the Zodiac conventionally, but considered by many to be the 13th sign of the constellations. The discrepancy comes into play as the 13 Zodiac signs are connected to the lunar cycles. Why is this the case? The Moon goes around the Earth 13 times during the time it takes the Earth to revolve around the Sun once; a 1 to 13 ratio. This is why in most ancient calendars there were 13 months in a solar year.
This constellation is above the Silver Gate and alludes to the 1st coming of Jesus as the 2nd Adam to wrestle and overcome the Serpent of the Garden by taking the sting of Scorpio in His heel. This amounted to being subjected to the ‘sting of death’ that the Apostle Paul speaks about that now because of Jesus, this ‘sting of death’ will never visit a Believer in Jesus Christ. On one level the Bible attributes Jesus to being the Creator and knows the end from the Beginning. Orion is ascribed to being the End as much as Ophiuchus is the ‘Beginning’. In a Biblical interpretation, Jesus was able to declare Himself, the Alpha and the Omega. This is the duality of the risen Jesus Christ, the true light of the World. Jesus came to overcome the false light-bearer, Lucifer along with sin and its consequences of eternal death and separation from the Creator YHVH.
As Above So Below When one studies the esoterical knowledge of the Ancients in tandem to the Bible, one quickly realizes that there is present the concept of a duality of being and law of opposites clearly operating in the laws of the Universe. Conversely, the Sun reaches the halfway mark at the Equinoxes or its ‘balance’. As ancient civilizations know of such knowledge, they attributed such an understanding to Beings, i.e., Fallen Angels that in some cases divulged such information to Humanity. Many monuments throughout the world have been built to correspond to these 2 Gates and their corresponding colors. For example the most prominent landmarks of a ‘Golden Gate’ would be in San Francisco with the bridge that acts as a ‘Gate’ to the city and nation for that matter. Its corresponding Silver Gate is thus situated in New York with the Brooklyn Bride that is silver in color and completes the symmetry and nodes of the nation.
This pattern is also seen in Europe with a similar pattern of Lisbon have a ‘Golden Gate’ color bridge and Istanbul having a silver colored bridge spanning the Bosporus as the Silver Gate. This esoteric principle is in keeping with the ‘As Above, So Below’ mantra of the ancient knowledge the rulers of this fallen world seek to tap into. These nodes are portals, gates that go beyond the physical but the supernatural that involves the spiritual dimensions that are disclosed in the Bible for example. This principle of a door or ‘Gate’ of entry and an exit on Earth are seen in the Dimensions of Paradise study where the Silver Gate corresponds to the Pillars of Hercules in Spain with the Rock of Gibraltar and Ceuta on one side of the Strait. The ‘backdoor’ would be the Strait of Hormuz that would thus then correspond to the Golden Gate. This order is the reverse to that of North America bridge-gates as well as on Europe itself; a beginning and an end.
This pattern is also seen in Jerusalem where there is the Golden Gate on the Temple Mount. It was this Gate that Jesus entered on a donkey. Corresponding to the opposite side is the Silver Gate by the Tower of David which is now called the Joppa Gate. Of interest, on September 25, 2015 for the first time in modern history, a white bridal dress was stationed on this tower. It signaled the desire of Israel for the Messiah, the Groom to come take His City, His Bride. On another level of meaning and interpretation of these celestial ‘Gates’ is that they have been attributed to not only a geographical location in time and space in the Cosmos but they have been elevated to have a corresponding divine significance. The Bible teaches that Heaven itself has Gates or portals.
Ancient civilizations also understood that these celestial points of references not only had divine beings such as Angels traverse back and forth from Heaven to Earth but such heavenly beings took the souls and spirits of the dead on Earth. One such civilization that highlighted this concept was the Egyptians. They attributed the Great Pyramid with such coordinates to Orion in one case where the soul of the Pharaoh would ascend through the Silver Gate that corresponds to the Gate of Man near Orion that to many is a Gate to Heaven. This is where humans would enter the realm of mortality on Earth and at the point of death, that is the separation of the body from the soul and spirit would enter Heaven by way of the Golden Gate. Later on this religious notion was incorporated in the very emblems of the Roman Catholic Papal seals.
The Coming Openingof Portals These 2 Gates are currently symbolized by the Golden and Silver Keys of the shield of the Vatican. Biblically speaking the Gospels do depict Jesus Christ as a ‘door’ or Gate. In fact Jesus Himself attributed that part of His mission was to be that ‘Gate’ or door by which Humanity could enter into and be saved only. He came to rescue and lead the sheep to Heaven metaphorically but perhaps also metaphysically. This concept alone would negate that there are not ‘many ways to get to heaven’ as even celestially there is one Gate to enter Heaven. The Luciferians believe that they can pierce these Gates or portals from Earth. This is what CERN is really all about. Lucifer will attempt to scale the Gate of Heaven one last time before he is thrust down to the Earth. His minions on Earth seek to release the Titans that are bound before their time to aid Lucifer in his army against his final assault into Heaven and at the 2nd Coming of Jesus.
They seek to release or make a jail break for Apollyon to come up before his time. Such refuse to accept that it will actually be the LORD that will send the Angel with the key to open their ‘gate’. YHVH is sovereign and has reserved these Fallen Ones to be part of the agents to incur the wrath upon the Earth as they are let loose from their imprisoned dimension. In part, this will be the coming deception that will be part of the ‘lie that will be believed’. This ‘lie’ may indeed involve the Alien equation of the discloser that now even the Roman Catholic Church is at the forefront of not only anticipating their arrival but welcoming their presence as part of a coming revised plan to alter the Gospel. The Bible teaches that on the contrary, these unholy or Fallen Angels that were led by Lucifer in an attempt to overthrow YHVH were cast down to the 2nd Heaven.
This realm is the atmosphere around the Earth, the clouds. According to the Book of Enoch, there were other Fallen Angels that made a pact to defile themselves and Humanity by mingling their seed in an attempt to deface the Image of YHVH in Humanity out of spite. These are the so called Titans that waged war against the Olympians where the Titans were cast into prisons below the Earth and await to be release in the End of Days before finally being cast into the Lake of Fire. This notion is echoed in the mythology of Tartarus. Amazingly the Bible teaches that in Heaven there is not matter, space nor time. Thus when one dies, the acceleration of time is competed and one is able to delineate the beginning from the end instantaneously.
Some studies have even suggested that the body is constituted by a spiritual tetrahedron type of constitution that can transcend time, matter and space…if one only knows how to harness energies and the key to travel through such ‘Gates’ or portals at certain places and times. How many who purport to do this is that the energy required to operate this endeavor is provided by the Fallen Angels, demons, etc. In fact some schools of magic purport to understand just that. Such espouse bodily astro-travel and contact with the spiritual realm. In part this can be done through drugs for one and sorcery is another way. On the other hand this transcendence can be done, will be done for example at the point and time of the Rapture. The Bible is nonetheless replete in instances where such a transportation and transformation occurs with the energy provided by the LORD Creator Himself. The difference and signature is seen in the purpose for such an endeavor. The LORD’ purposes will always be holy.
The Vessels As far as the celestial Gates are concerned, the Luciferians have also incorporated masculine and feminine attributes to the Gates and the constellation attributed to them. For example regarding the Silver Gate of Man, it is Orion the masculine that is paired with Taurus the feminine. In one mundane aspect, it is the celestial ‘bull fight’ in progress that depicts the celestial battle between good and evil, wickedness and righteousness. More than that, the ruling planet of the Silver Gate is Venus found in Taurus. In ancient Egypt, this is why Isis, another version of Venus is often depicted with the horns of a bull, i.e., Taurus and the Sun in-between them. Nonetheless, at least celestially, the 2 Gates are a perfect mirror of each other. They represent the cosmic end nodes of the Sun reaching its ‘balance’ during the 2 Equinoxes of a given year.
Silver Gate feminine
Orion/Osiris masculine Taurus feminine
Golden Gate masculine
Ophiuchus/Isis feminine
Scorpio masculine
In terms of the cosmic coordinates, the Silver Gate of Man corresponds with the crossing of the Milky Way plane or the Galactic plane which it is also called. As noted, what is amazing to ascertain is that in order for entities to travel through these Gates, it requires a vessel and extreme amounts of energy. In recent observations from the SOHO telescopes, there have been unusual anomalies that appear to be objects coming into and out of Sun perhaps for such purposes. Some have gone as far as to attribute these anomalies to ‘massive space ships’. There are those that believe that the UFO space crafts are what the ‘Aliens’ use to traverse such portals. The ancient Egyptians typified this assertion of traversing the Cosmos by a barge of boat.
Many in the esoteric crowd call these vessels the Merkavahs or the ‘chariots of the gods’ in another sense. Pertaining to the human beings, the body can be likened to it being a Merkavah to travel to and from in this mortal dimension. There is a concept of a beginning and an end that requires space, matter and time at least on this side of the Gates. Recognize then that the essence and requirement to be able to live or be sustained in such a dimension on either side of these Gates thus requires a body. It is the physical body in the case of human beings that is required to live in the mortal state constituted by matter, space and time.
Those within the Heavenly realms have a spiritual body, but body nonetheless. In terms of the incarnation of the SON of GOD, it is said of Jesus the Messiah that ‘a body was prepared’ for Him when He traversed Heaven to come to Earth in His hypostatic union and essence. As it is there are now various levels of altercations done by the Fallen Angels since the 1st humans were created have sought to interfere with the ‘prime directive’ of YHVH concerning Humanity mainly that they were to be left alone genetically. The Fallen Angels mixed with humans according to Genesis 6 to produce the Nephilim.
As in the Days of Noah One of the purposes of the Flood of Noah was to destroy these interdimensional beings. Their spirits however became the Remphan or demons that wonder around and seek a body. Other genetic manipulation of humans by these Fallen Angels has produced various types of ‘Greys’ that abduct humans for further DNA experimentations. These Grays are the ones that use vessels or UFO ‘disks’ for travel as they are interdimensional beings. To reiterate, according to the Bible, beyond the ‘Cosmic Gates’ lies the 3rd Heaven where the Creator YHVH resides with all the Holy Angels and the souls of the departed Righteous. The Bible from the onset reveals that Lucifer has sought, currently seeks and will seek to overtake this place beyond the Gates. All the while he has done the same in defacing the Creation and Humanity in the Cosmos and here on Earth away from the true intent and purpose of Humanity’s calling.
Their plans and the concepts of the Golden and Silver Gates are etched in stone in various monuments, buildings and writings. Orchestrated events are timed to the convergence of celestial time-keeping as the Sun, Moon and the Starts were designed to convey. Why this information is important is that it is Biblical to study the enemy’s schemes. The Bibles states in 2 Corinthians 2:11, ‘Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.’ Sadly the Church of Jesus Christ in these last days has neglected to teach such schemes of how the enemy works in such realms. Does the Bible speak of such ‘Gates’ for portals? The Bible does speak of piercing the dimension of Heaven. The prophets Daniel and Ezekiel for example were transcended to see the King of Glory, etc., as the veil or portal was drawn back.
There is Jacob’s ladder and the prophetic promise of an Open Door for the Church of Philadelphia for all those that will be kept from the time of the world’s testing. There is also the notion of how the Apostle John in the Book of Revelation was ushered in to the Throne Room of YHVH. It was a portal or Gate to a time and place when he was called up or ‘raptured’. It is as a typology to be shown the breaking of the Seals of judgment that would constitute such a time of testing for the world, Israel and Lucifer. Based on the activities of what is transpiring at CERN it would appear that ‘Gates’ or portals are perhaps being opened in anticipation for the Bottomless Pit to be opened. Until such a time, the door that will perhaps open first is that of the Rapture door. The door to the Ark was opened for all those decades and none but Noah and his family entered in.
Similarly it is now only through Jesus, the only Door to Heaven that is now open. More than the importance of such an opening to YHVH’s door is the closure of such a door. The Church Age of grace and mercy is about to close. Once the Ark door closed, it meant doom and gloom for the inhabitance of the world. In a typology, likewise, once the Rapture door is shut, it will mean that the Wrath of the Lamb commences. The Church Age has been a time of testing for the Bride through much suffering and tribulation. The end of such a dispensational Gate will be an agent of judgment upon the world thereafter. In essence the Rapture, yet to be determined, will be a door closing of the Ark. When the Rapture does happen, it will be a sign to the Jews, the AntiChrist and Lucifer that their time is sort and as it will be the beginning of their judgment and their testing.
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Los Carmelitas descalzos obtuvieron un Breve apostólico de Paulo V para edificar conventos de su Orden en cualquier parte de la Cristiandad; fue este el primero que fundaron en la última parte del Monte Quirinal el año de 1606.
La iglesia se fundó en 1605 como una capilla dedicada a san Pablo para los carmelitas descalzos. La propia orden dotó de fondos a la obra del edificio hasta el descubrimiento en las excavaciones de la escultura conocida como el Hermafrodita Borghese. Scipione Borghese se apropió de ella, pero a cambio, y quizá para compensar su pérdida de influencia debido a la muerte de su tío y patrón, financió el resto de la obra de la fachada y prestó a la orden a su arquitecto, Giovanni Battista Soria. Estas concesiones, sin embargo, sólo se llevaron a efecto en 1624, aunque la obra se acabó dos años más tarde.
Después de la victoria católica en la batalla de la Montaña Blanca en 1620, que hizo retroceder la Reforma en Bohemia, la iglesia fue consagrada de nuevo a la Virgen María. Una imagen maltrecha había sido recuperada del ámbito de aquella batalla por Fray Domingo de Jesús María, de dicha Orden, de las ruinas de la casa de campo de un noble cristiano bohemio, a la cual se le atribuyó la victoria, llamándola Santa María de la Victoria. La imagen fue llevada a Roma por Fray Domingo, depositándose en Santa María la Mayor en presencia de Gregorio XV.
El nombre de Santa María de la Victoria, se dio ulteriormente, en conmemoración por haber reconquistado el emperador Fernando I la ciudad de Praga en 1671. Estandartes turcos capturados en el Sitio de Viena de 1683 cuelgan en la iglesia, como parte de este tema victorioso.
La iglesia es la única estructura diseñada y completada por el arquitecto del Barroco temprano, Carlo Maderno, aunque el interior padeció un fuego en 1833 y requirió una restauración. Su fachada, sin embargo, fue erigida por Soria en vida de Maderno (1624-1626), mostrando la inconfundible influencia de la cercana Santa Susanna de Maderno.
Su interior tiene una sola nave, amplia, bajo una bóveda segmentada baja, con tres capillas laterales interconectadas detrás de arcos separados por colosales pilastras corintias con capiteles dorados que apoyan un rico entablamento. Revestimientos de mármol que contrastan entre sí están enriquecidos con ángeles y putti de estuco blanco y dorado en bulto redondo. El interior fue enriquecido progresivamente después de la muerte de Maderno; su bóveda fue pintada al fresco en 1663 con temas triunfales dentro de compartimentos con marcos ficticios: La Virgen María triunfa sobre la Herejía y Caída de los ángeles rebeldes ejecutados por Giovanni Domenico Cerrini.
Sin duda, parte de la fama de este templo se debe a albergar una de las obras maestras del Barroco, la capilla Cornaro, espectacular y teatral espacio presidido por el grupo escultórico que representa el Éxtasis de Santa Teresa, de Gian Lorenzo Bernini, quizá la obra más conocida de este autor en el campo de la escultura. En la capilla situada frente a esta, dedicada a San José, se encuentra un grupo escultórico que representa el tema del Sueño de San José, obra del escultor Domenico Guidi, que se inspira en la obra de Bernini delante de la cual se halla.1
Utah es uno de los centros de transporte y telecomunicaciones más importantes del oeste estadounidense. Su capital es un importante centro financiero y comercial del Oeste estadounidense. La industria de manufactura y de alta tecnología son también importantes fuentes de renta del estado, así como la agricultura y la ganadería. Posee un sistema de educación y de salud nacionalmente renombrado. La principal fuente de renta, sin embargo, es el turismo. Sus bellezas naturales atraen al estado a millones de turistas cada año. Estas atracciones van desde grandes cadenas de montañas propicias a la práctica del esquí (en 2002 se celebraron en Utah los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno) y de rocas que debido a la acción de la erosión fueron excavadas formando «puentes» rocosos, hasta el Gran Lago Salado —el mayor lago al oeste del río Misisipi, y que es cuatro veces más salado que el agua de mar—. Gran parte del estado posee un aspecto y un clima desértico.
El estado y su historia están marcados por la gran presencia de los mormones. El término «mormones» hace referencia como sobrenombre a los miembros de La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días. Cerca del 60 % de la población de Utah son miembros de esta asociación religiosa, cuya sede central se encuentra en Salt Lake City. Sus primeros miembros se instalaron inicialmente en la región del actual estado de Utah en 1847, y llamaron a la región Deseret —que significa 'abeja obrera' en el lenguaje del Libro de Mormón—.
Utah toma su nombre de la palabra española Yuta,5 nombre con que los españoles denominaron a los indígenas yutas, hablantes del idioma shoshoni que habitaban en el actual valle del lago Utah. Este topónimo es la modificación de la palabra indígena qusutas, con la que el padre franciscano Gerónimo de Zárate Salmerón designó a este pueblo en el año 1620. Probablemente deriva de las lenguas apache occidentales o del pueblo jémez.7
Arco Delicado, el arco más emblemático del parque nacional de los Arcos y uno de los símbolos más populares de Utah, además de imagen en las matrículas de automóviles del estado.
Dos tribus amerindias vivían en la región que constituye el actual estado estadounidense de Utah miles de años antes de la llegada de los primeros exploradores europeos. Estas tribus eran los anasazi y los fremonte. Estas tribus nativo americanas eran subgrupos de la etnia amerindia ute-azteca, y eran sedentarios. Los anasazi construían sus residencias a través de excavaciones en montes, y los fremontes construían casas de paja antes de desaparecer de la región alrededor del siglo xv. Otro grupo nativo americano, los navajos, se instalaron en la región alrededor del siglo xviii. A mediados del siglo xviii, otras tribus uto-aztecas, tales como los gosiute, los paiute, los shoshone y los ute, también se instalaron en la región. Estos cinco grupos estaban presentes cuando llegaron los primeros exploradores europeos.
Exploración española e incorporación a México[editar]
La región sur de Utah fue explorada por los españoles en 1540, al mando de Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, cuando buscaba la legendaria Cíbola. Un grupo conducido por dos frailes franciscanos novohispanos —conocida como expedición de Domínguez y Escalante— dejó Santa Fe en 1776, esperando encontrar una ruta a las misiones de la costa de California. La expedición viajó hacia el lejano norte hasta el lago Utah y encontró a los residentes nativos. Los españoles realizaron más exploraciones en la región, pero no se interesaron por conquistar la zona debido a su naturaleza desértica. En 1821, con la secesión del naciente México del Imperio Español, la región de Utah pasó a formar parte del naciente México, como parte integrante de la Alta California.
Tramperos comerciantes de pieles exploraron algunas regiones de Utah a principios de los años 1800. La ciudad de Provo fue llamada así por unos de esos hombres, Étienne Provost, que visitó el área en 1825. La ciudad de Ogden fue nombrada por un miembro de la Compañía de la Bahía de Hudson, Peter Skene Ogden que comerciaba con pieles en el Valle Weber. A finales de 1824 el estadounidense Jimmy Bridger se convirtió en la primera persona blanca en avistar el Gran Lago Salado. Debido a la gran salinidad de sus aguas, Bridger pensó que había encontrado el océano Pacífico. Posteriormente, sin embargo, se descubrió que este cuerpo de agua no pasaba de ser un gigantesco lago salado. Tras el descubrimiento del lago, cientos de comerciantes y cazadores fundaron puestos comerciales en la región, y en torno a la década de 1830, millares de personas, viajando desde el Este en dirección al oeste estadounidense, realizaban escalas en la región del Gran Lago Salado.
" He [Doc] took his first real look at the woman he had saved. / "Thank you, sir," she began, as she turned her face to look up at him. / And what a face. Doc stopped breathing all over again. Her face had been hidden in shadow before, framed by that attractive bonnet. But then she smiled. / And what a smile. Doc thought it was like looking at the sun for the first time. / "—you saved my—" She paused as she, too, really looked at Doc. / She sighed the sweetest sigh Doc had ever heard. "—life," she concluded. / And what wonderful features surrounded that smile! That pert nose, that strong chin, those deep, large brown eyes that a man could get lost in — Doc sighed, then realized that, perhaps, he should say something in return. "
Clara was a very independent woman and did not take much fuss from anyone, especially Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Clara did not like being lied to and believed that people should tell the truth. She often saved the day after coming up with ideas, she did however try and take actions that helped her or other people avoid dangerous situations in the first place.
Clara was a very intelligent woman. Like Doc, her favorite author was Jules Verne, and she was very interested in astronomy and science. One of her favorite possessions was her telescope, which she often used to look at the Moon and the stars; she also appeared to know where a lot of the constellations were. Clara was a thinker and most of the time thought things through. If she believed something to be too "wacky" or too fantastic to be believed, she would not believe it (such as when Doc tried telling her about the time machine); this, after her marriage to Doc, changed.
Harris se convirtió en vicepresidenta el 20 de enero de 2021 junto al presidente electo Joe Biden, tras derrotar al entonces mandatario en ejercicio, Donald Trump, y al vicepresidente Mike Pence en las elecciones presidenciales de 2020. Además de ser la primera mujer en ocupar la Vicepresidencia de los Estados Unidos, es la primera persona con ascendencia afrocaribeña y tamil en ocuparla.5678
Nacida en Oakland, California, Harris se graduó de la Universidad Howard y del Hastings College of the Law, una Facultad de Derecho adscrita a la Universidad de California. Comenzó su carrera en la Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito del Condado de Alameda, antes de ser reclutada para la Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito de San Francisco y luego para la Oficina del Fiscal de la Ciudad de San Francisco. En 2003 fue elegida fiscal del distrito de San Francisco. Años después fue elegida fiscal general de California en 2010 y reelegida en 2014. Harris derrotó a Loretta Sánchez en las elecciones al Senado de 2016, convirtiéndose en la segunda mujer afroamericana y la primera surasiática americana en servir en el Senado de Estados Unidos.91011 Como senadora, abogó por el control de armas, la reforma del sistema de salud, la legalización federal del cannabis, un camino hacia la ciudadanía para los inmigrantes indocumentados, la Ley DREAM y una reforma fiscal progresiva. Adquirió, además, un perfil nacional por sus agudos cuestionamientos a los funcionarios de la administración Trump durante las audiencias del Senado.12
Harris buscó la nominación presidencial demócrata de 2020, pero se retiró de la contienda antes de las primarias.13 Sin embargo, el exvicepresidente Joe Biden eligió a Harris como su compañera de fórmula en agosto de 2020,1415 resultando ganadores en las elecciones de noviembre de ese año.16 Después de que Biden se retirara de las elecciones presidenciales de 2024, Harris lanzó su propia campaña presidencial con el respaldo de Biden y se convirtió en la candidata demócrata a la presidencia.17 Luego, eligió al gobernador de Minnesota Tim Walz como su compañero de fórmula.18
Kamala Devi Harris nació el 20 de octubre de 1964, en Oakland en el estado de California, es hija de Donald Harris que es de nacionalidad jamaicana y de Shyamala Gopalan que es de nacionalidad india y del pueblo tamil. Su madre, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, fue una científica especialista en cáncer de mama que emigró a los Estados Unidos desde Madrás (hoy Chennai) en 1960.1920 Shyamala eligió darle a sus hijas nombres sánscritos, (Kamala y Maya), derivados de la mitología hindú para ayudar a preservar su identidad cultural.21 Su padre, Donald Harris, es un profesor de economía de la Universidad Stanford que emigró de Jamaica en 1961 para cursar estudios de posgrado en economía en la Universidad de California en Berkeley.22232425 Al recordar las vidas de sus abuelas, Donald Harris escribió que una estaba emparentada con un propietario de plantación y de esclavizados,26 mientras que la otra tenía ascendencia desconocida. En una entrevista de 2019, Kamala Harris dijo: «Soy negra y estoy orgullosa de ello».27
La familia de Harris vivió en Berkeley (California), donde sus padres asistieron a la escuela de posgrado.28 Ella fue cercana a su abuelo materno, P. V. Gopalan, un diplomático indio.2930 Cuando era niña, a menudo visitaba a su familia que vivía en Besant Nagar en Chennai, Tamil Nadu.31 Harris creció asistiendo tanto a una iglesia bautistanegra como a un templo hindú.32 Ella tiene una hermana menor, Maya Harris.3334 Ambas cantaban en un coro bautista.35
Harris acudió al jardín de infancia durante el segundo año del programa de autobuses de integración escolar de Berkeley, que fue pionero en el uso extensivo de autobuses para contribuir al equilibrio racial en cada una de las escuelas públicas de la ciudad; un autobús la llevó a una escuela a la que dos años antes asistían mayoritariamente menores blancos en un 95%.3637 Sus padres se divorciaron cuando ella tenía siete años, y su madre asumió la custodia de sus hijas.3839 Después del divorcio, cuando Harris tenía doce años,40 su madre se mudó con las niñas a Montreal, Quebec, Canadá, donde aceptó un puesto de investigación científica en el Hospital General Judío y enseñanza en la Universidad McGill.4142 Harris fue inscrita en una escuela para hablantes nativos de francés.43
Cuando era adolescente, cofundó una pequeña compañía de danza de seis bailarines que actuaban en un centro comunitario y en eventos para recaudar fondos.44 En la Escuela Secundaria Westmount en Westmount, Quebec, fue una estudiante popular.45
En 1989, regresó a California donde obtuvo el Juris Doctor (J.D.) del Hastings College of the Law, una Facultad de Derecho adscrita a la Universidad de California.5051 Fue admitida en la Asociación de Abogados del Estado de California en 1990.52
Harris se desempeñó como fiscal de distrito adjunta en el Condado de Alameda, California, desde 1990 hasta 1998. Buscó una carrera en materia de orden público porque quería estar «en la mesa donde se toman las decisiones».53 Durante este tiempo participó en varias juntas estatales.54 En el año 2000, la fiscal de la ciudad electa de San Francisco, Louise Renne, reclutó a Harris para que se uniera a su despacho, donde fue jefe de la División de Vecindarios y Comunidades encargada de supervisar los asuntos de cumplimiento del código civil.55
Harris con la Congresista Nancy Pelosi, poco después de convertirse en la fiscal de Distrito de San Francisco, 2004.
Harris derrotó a Terence Hallinan, titular de dos mandatos, en las elecciones de 2003 para convertirse en fiscal de distrito de la ciudad y el condado de San Francisco.56
En abril de 2004, el oficial del Departamento de Policía de San Francisco, Isaac Espinoza, fue asesinado a tiros en el cumplimiento de su deber. Tres días después, Harris anunció que no pediría la pena de muerte para el acusado, lo que enfureció a la Asociación de Oficiales de la Policía de San Francisco. Durante el funeral del Oficial Espinoza en la Catedral de Santa María, la senadora de los Estados Unidos y exalcaldesa de San Francisco, Dianne Feinstein, subió al púlpito y exhortó a Harris, que estaba sentada en primera fila a que asegurara la pena de muerte, lo que provocó una ovación de pie de los 2.000 policías uniformados presentes. Sin embargo, Harris mantuvo su negativa. El asesino del Oficial Espinoza fue declarado culpable y condenado a cadena perpetua.53
En 2004, como fiscal de distrito, Harris comenzó la iniciativa Back On Track, un programa de re-inserción para delincuentes no violentos sin antecedentes criminales. Los participantes de la iniciativa se declararon culpables a cambio de un aplazamiento de la sentencia y comparecencias regulares ante un juez durante un período de un año. Los participantes que lograran obtener un diploma de equivalencia de escuela secundaria, mantener un empleo estable, tomar clases de crianza y pasar las pruebas de detección de drogas tendrían sus registros borrados.5758 Durante ocho años, el programa produjo menos de 300 graduados, pero logró una tasa de reincidencia muy baja.53 En 2009, Arnold Schwarzenegger promulgó la «Ley de Reinserción Back On Track», una ley estatal que alienta a otros condados a comenzar programas con un modelo similar a la iniciativa de Harris.5960 El programa tuvo cierta controversia porque inicialmente incluía a inmigrantes ilegales, entre ellos uno, Alexander Izaguirre, quien luego fue arrestado por asalto.61 Más tarde, dijo que permitir a personas no elegibles para trabajar en los Estados Unidos fue un error,61 y modificó el programa para prohibir a cualquiera que no pudiera trabajar legalmente en los Estados Unidos.62
En 2007, Harris fue reelegida como fiscal de distrito al postularse sin oposición.63
Un artículo del New York Times de 2008 que enumeró a las mujeres que podrían tener el potencial de convertirse en presidentes de los Estados Unidos, incluyó a Harris, sugiriendo que tenía una reputación de «dura luchadora».64
And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. (Matthew 2:11, ESV)