In The Shepherds of Arcadia II the angle of the staff of the shepherd on the left is significant. There is a deep score in the paint at a 75-degree angle, which shows how important it was for it to be exactly right. This angle is the same as the left hand cliff on Mt. Cardou. There are two dramatically opposed cliffs with a pyramidal formation
above and between them, Initiates in the mysteries of the Languedoc used the 75-degree angle to denote the tomb of Mary Magdalene and her descendants on Mt. Cardou. Many polygons were contained in the geometry, and they could be determined by the angle of the staffs as well. The Poussin painting contains a pentagram and a Star of David hexagram, as well as a 12-pointed dodecagram. The group of shepherds with their staffs is perfectly balanced within the geometry.
Star of Fires
In ancient times the area around Rennes-le-Cháteau was called Rhedae where many worshipped the mother goddess Venus. The region's mountain tops form a pentagram, and there are megalithic ruins standing stones and churches. At night they can see one another's lights, and in ancient times it formed a pentagram of signal fires. This shape was sacred to the Venus-worshippers of Rhedae because Venus traces this five-pointed star pattern over its eight year cycle.
Indeed, the pentagram is found inscribed throughout the terrain, from the Cathar initiation site where it is carved into a rock, to the pentagram window of a church. The five pointed star is still emblematic of goddess worship today.
The Hautpoul crest is the Star of David emblem, which testifies of the sacred Davidic bloodline genealogy of the Languedoc. Rows of round Star of David windows above the stained glass also attest to the bloodline.
It was "Good King Rene d'Anjou" who began the tradition of portraying the Shepherdess that we see in Poussin's Shepherds Arcadia II. Rene King of Naples (1438 -1442) and titular King of Jerusalem (1438-1480) was an adept and a painter in whose work the geometry is foundational. Rene rode with Joan of Arc and later taught himself to paint while imprisoned in the Tower of Dijon.
He decorated his cell with his artwork. After he was freed, he entertained his guests with hermetic and alchemical tableaus and games. Both of the grandfathers of Nostradamus worked in his court as physicians along with the father of Leonardo Da Vinci.
King Rene was of' the Davidic bloodline descending from Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and was Grand Master of the Priory of Sion at a very young age. Both the encoded parchments and the tombstone are signed with the encircled "PS" of the Priory of Sion, as is the arrowhead-shaped pointer stone that marks the Meridian. Rene d'Anjou also painted to tomb carved with the inscription "ET IN ARCADIA EGO…" in 1444. That phrase is also found on the crest of the Plantard family, which dates back to the 13th century.
The Last Supper by Nicolas Poussin, 1640 |
lf you research the other Renaissance versions of the Last Supper, you will see that DaVinci is not the only famous artist to portray the figure at the right hand of Christ as a woman- Mary Magdalene. Nicolas Poussin painted several versions two of them with Mary taking center stage. His portrayal of Mary at the Last Supper shows him to be all initiate of mysteries, as was Leonardo. For his Last Supper, Poussin used the latest knowledge learned from archaeology in his painting. The disciples recline at a table as is related in the Biblical telling of the event. Poussin purposefully used a pre-Catholic setting, taking this Christian image back to before the existence of the Pope.
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