Loved one, imagine a quiet moment at the end of someone's life—a gentle goodbye, not with fear or regret, but with hope and clarity. For a medieval Christian group, which was seeded by Mary Magdalyn and St. John, called the Cathars, this moment held something deeply sacred: a special spiritual practice called the Consolamentum.The Cathars, a spiritual movement that thrived in southern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, had a belief system that was refreshingly simple and accessible, inviting all to explore its profound teachings with an open mind and a sense of intrigue.They viewed the world as a battleground between good and evil, light and darkness. For the Cathars, the material world, which they called the 'creation of a dark, lower power', was seen as a place of suffering and temptation, a stark contrast to the divine realm of light.Within each person, they believed, was a spark of the divine-a piece of the true God of light.Their faith, while distinct from the Catholic Church, was rich, gentle, and deeply meaningful.