Colomba Alba (White Dove) was inspired in great part by Julius' formative years being spent in Ariege, where the local Cathar castles of Montsegur and Roquefixade were intriguing local fixtures.

He also drew on his own experience of 'cult' like communities in the region, and a lively interest in gnostic Christianity.

With his parents and two brothers still living and working in the Languedoc Roussillon region it is also an act of homage to a place in which the Charrett-Dykes family has settled.