[the_old_crowd] John the Baptist connection

[JoAnna Wahlund]

Interesting theory, Randy!  I had no idea that Nicolas Flamel was a real person - I
thought he was a creation of JKR's imagination!  

One thing (OT) I must point out, however - The DaVinci Code is a work of historical
fiction, not nonfiction.  I'm Catholic, and I've had a lot of people tell me, "I read the
DaVinci Code and I can't BELIEVE all the stuff the Catholic Church has kept hidden!" 
When I point out that the book is a work of historical fiction, they usually look
surprised and puzzled.  So I just thought I'd send a friendly reminder to do research
into the things mentioned in TDC (like you have, Randy, thank you!) instead of taking
book as fact.  :)

--- Randy Estes <estesrandy at ...> wrote:
> 
> 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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