[kj] OT: Da Vinci Code

[Phillipps Marc]

>Do you think that Mark in the Last Supper painting was really a bird or
just 
>a bit camp? Ha-ha...

It does look like a woman doesn't it . . although the explanation that Da
Vinci liked his boys pretty seems to be quite convincing as well . . 

I would've thought that Da Vinci, painting in the middle ages, would've held
true to the church line at the time and treated Mary as little more than a
hanger on (Jesus groupie) 

I watched an interesting program a while ago looking into Mary and her
actions in the time following JC's death and there seems to be quite a bit
of evidence that she pretty much lead the fledgling Christians for quite a
time. 

Marc. 

 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	nicholas fitzpatrick [SMTP:gasw30 at hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Friday, February 04, 2005 1:46 PM
> To:	gathering at misera.net
> Subject:	RE: [kj] OT: Da Vinci Code
> 
> 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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