Hopi 147 meaning, or simply be imbued with a poetic or artistic soul for it to acquire the status of being illicit for commercial purposes? Viewed this way, one begins to realize where all this could lead—who could say that one was wrong to see the manuscript of a poem like Rimbaud’s Sleeper of the Vale as a sacred object? Ultimately, prohibiting the sale of sacred objects would be tantamount to prohibiting the sale of nearly all tribal art objects, the overwhelming majority of which are invested with a spiritual dimension. Above and beyond the fact that it represents a correct application of law, the April 12, 2013, decision reminds us, quite aptly in my opinion, of a principle that cannot be challenged: France “respects all beliefs,” but those beliefs are not the source of law.
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