Da Vinci, 333, and other not-so-very arcane matters

[tinhuvielartanis]

Thanks to falkenna, I am currently reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I'm usually a slow reader, not because I'm illiterate, but because my mind runs much faster than my eyes and I tend to skip sentences, sometimes whole paragraphs, so I backtrack somewhat, especially with books I want to absorb thoroughly. Such was the case with The Great Mortality. I probably read the book twice because I constantly backtracked and poured over each word like it was gold. Now I'm reading The Da Vinci Code and it's a pretty quick read because I know where it's going. It's essentially a novelisation of the much more profound Holy Blood, Holy Grail. This is not to say that it's just fluff reading. I think it's a fantastic primer for anyone curious about the hidden history of Jesus Christ and his family line, and I believe without a doubt, that Jesus does have a family line that is still alive today. What the members of this royal family are intent on doing, or what the arcane powers that be plan on doing with them, is still up for conjecture. It could go either way, really. Their imminent revelation may be the dawn of a true new age or it could mean a drastic step toward global enslavement. Only the Illuminati know for certain.

Anyway, I'm about half way through the book and am really quite enjoying it since it's like a revisiting of mysteries already well-known. I can't ever thank Timothy enough for turning me onto the Templar Mysteries. He hasn't read The Da Vinci Code yet, so I really must pass the book on to him once I'm finished.

Today, I'm wearing a new tee I got at the company store for two measly bucks. I'm very happy with it and am amused by the baffled looks I'm receiving from my already uneasy coworkers.





Of course, because of my current reading material, combined with the fact that I recently saw National Treasure, it occurred to me how convenient the highest degree in Freemasonry is: 33.3. The Grand Masters are only half evil aren't they? Baaahahahah!

Seriously...I would be interested in discussing all these mysteries with B, if I can actually speak without swallowing my tongue and passing out.

It's been almost 3 weeks now since I mowed the grass. Tomorrow is THE DAY. It's supposed to clear out and cool off later on this afternoon and tomorrow is supposed to be cooler and breezy, with considerably lower humidity. So I go forth into the jungles that was once my finely manicured lawn. It's really a nightmare. I'm not lying. I have proof.





And I need to cut the suckers off my contorted filbert. They're taking over the front porch. The one thing I'm not cutting back are the morning glory vines. I adore morning glories as they're simple and beautiful, yet mostly unassuming, and they herald the coming Autumn.





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Comments

[stacye13.livejournal.com]

I am currently reading The Da Vinci Code
Ugh, I'm sorry.

(Angels & Demons was better)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not a classic, that's for certain, but I'm hoping it prompts folks to do further investigation.

[stacye13.livejournal.com]

This one's not bad. I picked up a copy in an overseas airport once when I ran out of reading material.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I will definitely have to check this one out. Thanks.

[stacye13.livejournal.com]

I sadly lack the attention span for non-fiction, but I actually found it interesting, so it must've been good ;)

Love the shirt, btw - where can I get one?!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Join BeMusic. They sell all sorts of cool shirts.

[dissolvedgurl.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the Da Vinci Code - merely because it was a book that made you think. Or at least it did for me.

Also National Treasure was a pretty fun movie!

Two more days! YA FOR YOU!!!!!!!! Do you have to work a full day on Friday or are they cutting the day short for you?

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I'll be here all day on Friday, alas! Oh well, it doesn't really matter after all.

You should check out Holy Blood, Holy Grail. If Da Vinci made you think, this will blow your mind.

[ex-albee437.livejournal.com]

Fantabulous shirt! I always wanted a shirt that had "665" on it (Mark of the Neighbor of the Beast)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I saw a bumper sticker once that said "667, Neighbour of the Beast." Since we find this all so funny, does that mean we're going to Heck?

[irenes.livejournal.com]

Re the Da Vinci Code ... UGH!

The plot is, as you said ... a good primer ... but certainly no astounding revelation the way they try to portray it. Secondly, it is SO poorly written as to be nearly unreadable to me. It reads like the screenplay to a really bad soap opera.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Yes, the language in the book is very simple, but I think this was intentional. The simpler it is, the more people will read it, and so this has occurred. The Mysteries within would not be as widely known had the book not been written to speak to the lowest common denominator, IMHO. Seriously, I don't see many people getting into the complex theories of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, but tons of folks can easily read and understand Dan Brown's novel.

[irenes.livejournal.com]

I mean, I agree that it could be "A Good Thing" if it helps people who aren't used to pondering such matters to open their minds ... but the problem with the writing goes far beyond simplicity ... simple doesn't necessarily equal bad. To me, it was actually distracting how tacky and cliche his writing was.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

I so agree. And his characters were so stupid -- all their "brilliant ideas" the reader had had ten pages earlier. I did warn Tin - but it's a book folk like us have to read.

[mystchainsister.livejournal.com]

that shirt is just the bomb! love it!
do not envy you the task of trying to mow that lawn...whew!
pretty grass though!
Myst

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Geez, now I feel like a hack for having loved that book! Truly. ADORED The DaVinci Code Am thrilled to see you're enjoying it. I've been wanting to get my hands on a copy of Holy Blood, Holy Grail for some time. And the book recced above, is totally going on my Amazon wish list.

I've had these half-formed thoughts about the business of the wife of Christ, the feminine side of God, etc., for years. But Dan Brown kinda pulled it together for me, and set me in a direction that I'd been afraid to pursue up to that point. My father loaned me the book, with the precaution that I might not like it because it spoke out against the church. (He doesn't really know much about the church, he just assumes since I was raised in one, I believe all that crap) I think he'd be horrified if he knew that I not only took the book's subject seriously, but decided to read more and embrace it. LOL

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I think that the truth of Mary Magdelene would probably serve to heal the church on many levels from the wounds it suffered under the tutelage of Grand Misogynist Paul.

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. Although I think in order for it to heal, it would require extensive reconstructive surgery. I mean, to pull women into the hierarchy of Godhood would twist EVERYTHING, from Jesus on down. Good twisting, imho.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

Not from Jesus -- all the way from the Old Testament. It's a lost cause, folks, get over it.

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

Wow, real live Morning Glory, don't have that in my neck of the woods, neat!