DaVinci Code

January 9, 2009 on 1:49 pm | By | In bluefreesky.com | DaVinci Code
  • What is my connection to the DaVinci Code, if any? I was indirectly informed or made aware of the DaVinci code and I thought it might have something to do with interpreting but after seeing the movie Davinci Code and another called The Final Events of Bible Prophecy, I am at a loss as to what I am supposed to be doing if anything. I also thought one of my daughter's might have a connection to this. I am looking for a clear picture of what is going on. Newspapers were withheld from me for a period of time so I don't have many clues as to what is going on in the world right now.


  • Hi, The Da Vinci Code is a mystery/detective novel, placed in an Alternate History/Religion format. It is part two of a three part series by Dan Brown, which was published by Doubleday Fiction in 2003. The first part of the trilogy was called Angles and Demons, published in 2000. The third book is currently being worked on, and the 'working title' is The Solomon Key, which is reported to take place in Washington D.C. and deal with the "secret" society of the Freemasons. The book was adapted to film by Sony's Columbia Pictures, with the screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman, with Ron Howard directing, and released May 18, 2006. The plot of the story is very similar to the earlier book, but deals with a group called the Priory of Sion, which supposedly keeps the secrets of the Holy Grail. According to the Priory of Sion, the Holy Grail is not a real cup or chalice, but a woman, and not just any woman, but Mary Magdalene, who was not a prostitute as the Church would have us believe, but actually the wife of Jesus Christ. The Church suppresses this knowledge for two thousand years, while the Priory of Sion protects the bloodline of Christ and guards these secrets. The Priory of Sion is also supposedly the group that started the Knights Templar (probably the most famous religious group in history, other than perhaps the twelve disciples). According to the historic documents of the Priory Sion, they did this in 1099. To say that the Priory Sion group is fictional is not quite right, the group actually does exist, and was "founded" in 1956 in the French town of Annemasse. I say "founded" because in order to have an association in France, you have to register it with the government, which was done by Pierrer Plantard, Andre Bonhomme, Jean Delaval,a nd Armand Defago. Pierrer Plantard was the protagonist of this grand plot. (oh yes... plot thickens). The Priory of Sion was created and given history with a scam in mind. The scam failed, as the historic documents and "treasures" of the Priory of Sion were discovered to be forgeries. It was not a 1000 year old secret society, but the hoax of a convicted con man. However, like any really good scam, the idea was believable and a book based on the "historical" documents of the Priory of Sion was published called Holy Blood, Holy Grail. Also Umberto Eco published a very well written book called Foucault's Pendulum, which also deals with conspiracies, the Holy Blood issue, and even the Templars. Both of these books and the Priory of Sion story certainly are seen as influences in the Da Vinci Code story. Before the hoax of the Priory of Sion was fully known the Holy Blood, Holy Grail book was used as the basis of a series of short films which ran on the BBC in the late 1970's. A great many similarities are found between these two film creations, such as Mary Magdalene as the Holy Grail, the divine origin of the French royal dynasty, occultism, ancient Egyptian wisdom, papal conspiracy and the use of steganography. Before I go much further, lets also put in here, that the Knights Templar were founded in 1118 by the French knights Hughes de Payens, and Godfrey de St Omer for the protection of pilgrims on the road from Jaffa and Jerusalem, and were sanctioned by the Pope of the Catholic Church. You will notice that there is a slight discrepancy in the dates as well as the relationship with the history as recorded and verified by several third party sources, and the one created by Pierrer Plantard's Priroy of Sion. Pierrer Plantard was not a historian, he was a con man, so we can not blame him too much for the misinterpretation of a few historic facts. Dan Brown, the author of the Da Vinci Code, is not an historian either (any one that can't tell the difference between the Serenity Prayer and the Prayer of Saint Francis is not an historian). He is a fiction writer, and a very good one. His book nearly over took Harry Potter in sales, and his plots and puzzles are not only intriguing but very effectively create the "suspension of disbelief" in the reader. The suspension of disbelief is the holy grail for fiction writers and Dan Brown has the talent in spades. Even those who know better, find their thoughts betraying them. The film was also very well done and created a large stir in both historic interest in the Catholic Church and a buzzing in the Christian community, as those who watch the movie begin to wonder... Of course this is the goal of any writer, whether it is the massively factual (but still fiction) Power of the Dog, written by Don Winslow (www.donwinslow.com), or the complete fantasy of Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (www.jkrowling.com), the goal is to affect the reader, to open a world which the reader would otherwise have never have known, or not known through that perspective. Dan Brown succeeds in this as a story teller. He succeeds in taking generalized facts and pseudo knowledge, and mixing them with real history and puzzle intrigue. Pseudo knowledge is that wonderful spread of half-known truths the general public is forever circulating. For example everyone knows that it was Humphrey Bogart who said "Play it again Sam", ... only he didn't. He never said that line. Bugs Bunny did. Or that wonderful speech that Mandela said at his inaugural ceremony, the one that inspires so many people, with so few words, and yet... he never said those words, they come from a book written by Marianne Williamson called A Return to Love (www.marianne.com). Since the publishing of the Da Vinci Code, many books have been published talking about the historic errors that the novel has (which are many). The previous book also was a historic nightmare, with hundreds of simple mistakes, and whether all of these mistakes were purposeful or not will only really be known by Dan Brown. That there are historic mistakes is a given however, because when you are writing an Alternate History, you have to change a few histories to accomplish the task. Despite what the news rumors want us to believe, the Roman Catholic Church said very little about the book in the beginning. It was fiction, and many books have been written on this same subject and most of them based on the same set of falsified documents and ideas. Then in 2005, with the ever increasing popularity of the novel and the approaching movie release, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Archbishop of Genoa and a possible successor to the Pope, took up the fight claiming that the novel was a deliberate attempt to discredit the Roman Catholic Church through absurd and vulgar falsifications. In my mind, you really know you have made it as a fiction writer when a man like Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone starts taking you seriously. Now, to your question. With the popularity of the story (both book and film) and the massive amounts of media coverage, now fueled by all sides including the Vatican, if you were not indirectly informed about the movie by your daughter, you soon would have been by someone else. That is a certainty. While the story and intrigue of the book raises many interesting questions, in regards to faith, church membership, belief and religion as a whole, they are good questions to be raised. They are the 'what if' questions that fuel greater understanding, and eventually a faith that can not be rattled by any "discovery" or question. If a man can write a book, based on pseudo knowledge and the creations of a con man, which shakes our faith, how strong was that faith to begin with? The Cardinal believes it was a deliberate act, and certainly it was. You can't write a novel and not have some deliberate goals in mind. But as with the question of faith, if such a novel can discredit the Roman Catholic Church, how good was their perception? And why was it so bad? But do you have to do anything? Do you need to change your perspective? I would have to guess ... no. It's a book, a movie, a work of fiction, and based on factious knowledge in several key areas. While fiction is still a very powerful communication tool, and stories have affected us since the dawn of language, this particular one requires no real action on our part, other than to watch the movie, get swept away from our regular lives for a few hours and eat popcorn. Below are several research links which I gathered all of this information from. If you find you need more, just use the Clarification function and I will get back to you. References. Church Fights Da Vinci Code Novel http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4350625.stm Vatican plots against Da Vinci Code http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1525702,00.html The Da Vinci Code. A review of Dan Browns best selling book and move http://www.godweb.org/davincicode.htm The Da Vinci Code - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaVinci_Code Harry Potter, still magic for book sales http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/01/09/best-sellers-potter.html Angels and Demons - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_and_Demons A History of Discretion http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2005d/102805/102805r.php Priory of Sion -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_Sion No Loss for Words (A collection of historic and other mistakes in the Angles and Demons book) http://www.dannyscl.net/2005/01/dan-brown-is-fraud-list-of-errors-in.html Opus Dei -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Dei Knights Templar -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar The Knights Templar -- Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm Dan Brown -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown Foucault's Pendulum -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault%27s_Pendulum The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Blood%2C_Holy_Grail Desposyni http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desposyni Gospel of Mary Magdalene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mary_Magdalene thanks, webadept-ga







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