[kj] OT: Da Vinci Code

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

Yes, I thought Garner might be in there, butr I guess he's just one of many 
loons.
I suppose some might say that Magdeline did arrive in France and pass 
herself off as an innocent traveller and describe Sarah as her servant in 
order to evade detection from whichever persecuting force at the time. Or 
that it the event - their arrival in France - happened, but the facts have 
become distorted by the local populace as some non-event. But then why would 
the local populace hold a celebration for the arrival of a few insignificant 
strangers turning up in a boat 2000 years down the line (maybe a reason was 
given in the documentary but I've forgotten).
There's certainly something about Mary Magdeline that goes beyong the 
'prostitute' role though, I suppose. I guess that's universally accepted 
now.
Do you think that Mark in the Last Supper painting was really a bird or just 
a bit camp? Ha-ha...



>>>From: Phillipps Marc

Good program,
>
>I think the whole Mary Magdalene thing needs closer examination, it is 
quite
>evident (looking at the Gnostic scriptures) that she was quite
>comprehensively written out of the bible in the early drafts (disciple 
envy
>I would guess)
>
>The rest of the program made Dan Brown (and Michael Baigent) look like a 
bit
>of a fool . . which is no bad thing :)
>
>I am amazed Laurence Gardner didn't manage to get a look in though
>
>
>Marc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	nicholas fitzpatrick [SMTP:gasw30 at hotmail.com]
> > Sent:	Friday, February 04, 2005 1:24 PM
> > To:	gathering at misera.net
> > Subject:	[kj] OT: Da Vinci Code
> >
> > There was two hour documentary on British telly last night 
completely
> > debunking the basic thesis of the Dan Brown Da Vinci Code. I only 
mention
> > this as Jaz obviously has a sympathy with the idea that Mary 
Magdeline
> > (sp??) was the wife of Christ and came to Europe with their child, 
Sarah
> > (and also because I've a bit of an interest in all that esoteric 
stuff
> > myself).
> >
> > A small French town down in "Grail Land" (SW France) 
celebrates the
> > arrival
> > of these historical figures every year, but the locals say they 
don't
> > believe them to have been Mary plus daughter Sarah. Instead it was 
a few
> > other non-Bible related travellers from the Middle East with a 
servant
> > called Sarah.
> >
> > Everything else about the Grail story was ripped to shreds too 
(such as
> > the
> > Priory of Sion, which was apparently an elaborate surrealist 
hoax), making
> >
> > Dan Brown look like a prick when, during some library footage of 
an
> > interview with him, he argued enthusiastically for the validity of 
the
> > whole
> > thing.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm not too bothered either way, just mentioning it for 
its vague
> > KJ
> > relevance. Jaz's opera was about this subject and I'm sure there 
are some
> > references to Magdeline on KJ 2003, although I've not really 
analysed the
> > lyrics. "Blessed Mother come to meee..." might be one 
though. And of
> > course
> > his partnership with that fantacist bloke Garnier, which was all 
about the
> >
> > Grail bloodline. Interesting theory while it lasted though.
> >
> >
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