John the Baptist connection

[Randy Estes]

I have been reading several comments today about Harry
Potter and John the Baptist connections.

I just finished "The Davinci Code" by Dan Brown that
is a suspense murder mystery regarding artworks of
Leonardo Davinci and his involvement with the Priory
of Sion.  Davinci was actually a Grand Master (Leader)
of the Priory of Sion.  In my subsequent internet
search about the Priory of Sion, I stumbled across
this reference to Nicholas Flamel who was a Grand
Master of the Priory of Sion.  If you read the text
below, you see allusions to Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's stone.  You might want to read the Davinci
Code to learn more!!

"It has been alleged that Hughes de Payens, first
Grand Master of the Knights Templar, had been inducted
into the Johannites, a sect which chose John the
Baptist as their prophet. According to the dossiers
secrets, each of the alleged Grand Masters of the
Prieure de Sion took the name Jean in succession
(supposedly influencing the name chosen by Pope John
XXIII). One of the Grand Masters on the list, Leonardo
da Vinci, displayed a strong interest in John the
Baptist. Another, Sir Isaac Newton, became preoccupied
with the writings of the Apocalypse, then attributed
to John the Evangelist. 

According to the dossiers secrets, the following
individuals were amongst the Grand Masters: 


Nicholas Flamel (1330-1418) the most famous of the
alchemists said, "the Paris notary Nicolas Flamel
claimed that he dreamed of an occult book,
subsequently found it, and succeeded in deciphering it
with the aid of a Jewish scholar learned in the mystic
Hebrew writings known as the Kabbala. In 1382 Flamel
claimed to have succeeded in the 'Great Work' (gold
making); certainly he became rich and made donations
to churches. 

One alchemical symbol that is widely acknowledged by
modern scholars is that of an old bearded man, the
back of whose head shows a young woman looking into a
mirror. A statue with this image graces the exterior
of Nantes cathedral, as does a bearded king with the
body of a woman, in the porch at Chartres that depicts
the Queen of Sheba. 

The hermaphrodite is a pure alchemical symbol,
representing the perfect balance achieved in the Great
Work, and the perfect being, in which the alchemist
himself is transformed and transmuted spiritually -
and, as many believe, physically as well. It was a
'consummation devoutly to be wished' and had little,
if anything, to do with sexuality as we understand it
today. 

The Great Work was an explosion of the potential into
the actual, where they mystical quest takes on
concrete form. As the alchemists said, 'as above, so
below' - this process was believed to make spirit into
matter and transmute one sort of matter into another.
It made a man into a god. 

Revered by men like Newton, Flamel was the discoverer
of The Sacred Book of Abraham the Jew, Prince, Priest,
Levite, Astrologer and Philosopher to that Tribe of
Jews who by the Wrath of God were Dispersed amongst
the Gauls which became one of the most famous works in
Western esoteric tradition. "

I think reading "The Davinci Code" or learning more
about the Priory of Sion and its secret society may
unleash alot of ideas about the Harry's mother being
in the back of Harry's head and Voldemort being in the
back of Professor Quirrell's head.  The idea of the
Male/Female union is more powerful than Voldemort.

You could stay up for weeks reading all of this stuff.

Randy




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