The Dancing Martini.

Crackin' the code

After a lotta effort i finally got my hands on ''The Da Vinci Code'' by Dan Brown.I finshed the book today.It is pretty interesting,but what disappointed me was the fact that all that the auhtor claims in the book is a mere hoax.Th beginning of the book though has stated that all the facts,secret rituals,architecture and art is accurate...which is wrong.So...still not fully convinced,i did a little reasearch...i bet most of u guyz mustve already read the book but for those you have and haven't herez what i found.

What is The Da Vinci Code?

It is a novel written by Dan Brown.

In Brown's novel, the "Da Vinci code" refers to cryptic messages supposedly incorporated by Leonardo Da Vinci into his artwork. According to the novel, Leonardo was a member of an ancient secret society called the "Priory of Sion" dedicated to preserving the "truths" that Jesus designated Mary Magdalene as His successor, that His message was about the celebration of the "sacred feminine," that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children and that the Holy Grail of legend and lore is really Mary Magdalene, the "sacred feminine," the vessel who carried Jesus' children.
Sounds like an intriguing bit of lost history. Is it? Long story short: No.

Is the Holy Grail really the "sacred feminine?"

The legend of the Holy Grail has taken many forms throughout history, but it has always identified the Grail as the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper. The idea of identifying it as the "sacred feminine" and tying it into a supposed bloodline emanating from a union of Jesus and Mary Magdalene is lifted whole cloth from the 1981 classic of inventive esoteric wackiness, Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

Is the "Priory of Sion" a real group?

No. Brown begins his book with a statement, under the title "Fact," that there are documents supporting the existence of the Priory in the Bibliotheque Nationale. These documents have long been understood to be forgeries, placed in the archives by an anti-Semitic supporter of the Vichy government named Pierre Plantard.

Does Da Vinci's The Last Supper really contain a code?

No. First, the idea that Da Vinci used any kind of code pertaining to any issue Dan Brown raises is unsupported by art historians.
Brown says that in this painting Da Vinci is telling us that the figure always identified as John the Evangelist is really Mary Magdalene, and that these two figures together form an "M," and that, because there is no grail in the picture, Da Vinci is telling us the "grail" is the sacred feminine of Mary Magdalene.
Unfortunately for Brown, art historians tell us that the effeminate-looking John is quite a typical representation for the time, as is a Last Supper portrayal emphasizing betrayal rather than the institution of the Eucharist. In addition, the Last Supper is a dramatization of a scene from the Gospel of John, in which the institution narrative is not even described. No chalice? No problem. In context, it makes sense.

These are some of the things that really surprised me

Mary Magadelene was said to be married to Jesus in the novel whereas in the bible she was a prostitute that Jesus had forgiven.She was also said to have been pregnant with their child.It is said that the church changed history by makin Jesus the 'Son of God' but actually he was a mortal.The novel also states that the Holy Grail was the tomb of Mary Magadelene but actually it is the chalice or cup from which they drank wine in the last supper.

The picture posted above is in reference to the last fact which when you read the book...really makes u stand in awe.I have the painting of the Last supper in my house.I actually took the book and glanced at the painting,then at the book,at the painting again and then again at the book...its so accurately described that u actually believe it.

For more information go to

www.catholiceducation.org/articles/facts/fm0035.html

For those of u who haven't read the book.Read it.