"Bizarre Décor"

Upon entering the door to Rennes-le-Chateau one encounters El Diablo himself who appears to be ready to challenge the visitor to a chess match on the chessboard floor of Templar design. Infernal themes abound in the place; bats wings propel, even the carved hourglass depicting fleeting time. The heretical idea of the twin messiahs is evident in the statues of Joseph and Mary who each hold a Christ-child. A Biblical tableau contains a figure that is wearing a kilt, which probably represents the French Templars who escaped to Scotland after King Philipe IV of France suppressed the order in 1307. This king arranged for the deaths of two popes in order to find a pontiff who was willing to go along with his plan to destroy the Templar knights. These are just a few examples of the unorthodox elements in the decoration of Sauniere`s church. Was the odd décor a result of local heretical Cathar influence, or was it something more?

"No Last Rites"

It is said that the priest who took the confession of Beranger Sauniere never smiled again. He emerged from the room visibly shaken after refusing to administer extreme unction. In the archives of the Vatican, there is no reference to Sauniere - no record his existence in the normally detailed files. All information concerning him has been deliberately extracted. Had the local Cathar heresy distanced the soul of the Abbe Sauniere from Rome?

Emma Calve had another association in 1893 with an occultist named Jules Bois, an advisor to MacGregor Mathers who founded The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Jules Bois was a lover of Emma Calve and a Luciferian Black Magician. How much influence did Emma Calve have on the religious attitudes of the Abbe Sauniere? Was it the Luciferian element that caused Sauniere`s confessor priest to go pale and become acutely depressed for the rest of his life?

"The Letter in a Bottle"

The small wooden chest containing the 1st century artifacts may have been what was hidden in the sacristy, the floor of that room had clearly been dug up. Even though Sauniere had lost his faith, those relics were still sacred to him. The letter that he concealed in the wine bottle attests to his disbelief in the resurrection of Christ and his belief that the Templars had found and moved his body. The crusade against the Cathars did not extinguish these beliefs: they still circulate today. If this is what he confessed to the priest on his death bed, no wonder he was denied extreme unction and purged from the records of the Vatican.

"More from Da Vinci"

How is it that a married Jesus negates the gospel plan? Did all of the followers of the mysteries believe this way? This whole saga began with Leonardo Da Vinci and there are more clues to be found in his work. In his "Adoration of the Magi", an historic grouping of characters is present including Dante and Virgil. Behind the Virgin and child is an odd construction out of which grows a tree. Under that tree sit Jesus as a grown man with his own bride who is making the sign of the womb with her hands. Jesus points upwards at the tree, which symbolizes the Tree of Life and the "continuation of the lives" in his own progeny. He points upwards indicating his descendants to come. Above him there is a skirmish going on between soldiers on horseback and to the left there are other figures working on the construction a building - a Templar occupation. Near these men is a mounted knight who seems to be a Templar as well. One of the onlookers is another youth who is on horseback gazing at Mary and the Christ child from the back of the crowd on the left side. Leonardo painted this masterpiece when he was young and it was never finished. He was obviously an initiate at that time.

Decades ago before Dan Brown's book was written, I read that the Mona Lisa was actually a portrait of Mary Magdalene. The author pointed out that she was unadorned with any type of jewelry as in his other portraits of fine ladies. The Mona Lisa is dressed in black as a widow. In the background of the painting are ranges of mountains similar to the Pyrenees of southern France.

It would seem that those who hold to the theory of a married Christ do not believe in the resurrection, but this is not true of Leonardo. Observe his mysterious painting of St. John the Baptist with his knowing smile. He gestures upwards pointing towards heaven. This is the testimony of Leonardo that he believed in the resurrection. It is his powerful statement to the illumined cognoscenti that he did in fact believe in the gospel plan of salvation through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

It is said that the Templars worshipped Sophia as the bride of God and that the Priory of Sion worships the feminine aspect of the divine. It was the Coptic Gnostics who hid the Nag Hammadi library in Egypt, which contained the "Gospel of Mary Magdalene". They regarded the Sophia of Wisdom as the "Sophia of Jesus". The fact that Christ was married does not change his divine status. In "The Revelation of St. John the Divine" known as the Apocalypse, there appears a persecuted woman who is about to give birth. Does this represent Mary Magdalene?

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