Explorations into The Leonardo Mystery

Explorations into The Leonardo Mystery

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Author
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet
Language
English
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
B076KNF9B5

In Explorations into the Leonardo Mystery Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet (Thea) discusses the zodiac as the system of wholistic knowledge that Leonardo DaVinci conveys in his artwork. The 12 signs of the zodiac figure prominently in The Last Supper, with special emphasises on the signs of Virgo Virgo hieroglyph and Scorpio Scorpio hieroglyph which explain Mary Magdalene's dual persona as the 'Virgin' mother of Jesus and a prostitute. The imagery and symbolism in Leonardo's art demonstrates that he knew the zodiac to be an evolutionary journey in which the 8th sign Scorpio represents the point at which the vital energies are used for self-destruction (the Scorpion) or for illumination and fuel to manifest higher levels of consciousness (the Eagle). PNB discusses the the crucifiction of Jesus as a Scorpionic collapse of the individual's journey towards becoming the manifest divine. She exposes the choice before mankind: to collapse under our limited vision of God and material creation, or to labor on and achieve a higher vision and experience of the Self and the Cosmos. Images which are discussed in terms of their occult significance include The Vitruvian Man, St. Anne and the Virgin (cartoon), St. John the Baptist, La Gioconda (Mona Lisa), and the Rosicrucian Mysterium which places side by side the 'Shroud of Turin', and the 'Ark of Noah'. Readers are given both a sense of Leonardo's familiarity with and use of the zodiac as a system of knowledge, and a sense of why it is that throughout the history of mankind, this system lives on through all manner of civilizations, religions, mythologies, artwork, etc.


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