Transcript John the Baptist Angie Todd

John the Baptist
Angie Todd
Who Was John the Baptist?
• Cousin of The Virgin Mary
• Approximately 3 years older
than Jesus
• Announced to the world of the
presence of God’s son, the
Messiah
• Spent years in the desert to
learn self-dicipline
• Baptized penitents in the
Jordan River
• Resigned ministry after
baptism of Jesus
• Beheaded for speaking out
against King Herod Antipas
John the Baptist in Art
• Wears a garment made
entirely of hair or fur
• Carries a staff and scroll
with the words “Ecce
Agnus Dei” or “Behold the
Lamb of God”
• The Carob Tree
• Lambs
• The “John Gesture”
• The Serpent of Wisdom
The “John Gesture”
• Commonly accepted to
reference God, Heaven
or Spirituality
• A more acceptable
definition would be: “I
foretell the coming of
the one from above.”
The “John Gesture”
Leonardo da
Vinci
John the
Baptist
The Louvre,
Paris
Woman?
Leonardo da Vinci
Man?
Adoration of
the Magi
By Leonardo
da Vinci
• The Carob
Tree
•‘Clawing’ at
Jesus and
Mary
•No Gold
(kingship)
being offered
•Eye Gaze?
•Leonardo
Van Eyck’s Adoration of the Lamb of God
Van Eyck’s Adoration of the
Lamb of God
• Ghent Altarpiece- no depiction
of Jesus at all.
• Center of worship is a lamb
• One central panel devoted to
John the Baptist
• John’s index finger is touching
a templar cross
• Other characters appear to be
worshipping the Johns.
• Panel named “Knights of
Christ,” another name for the
Knights Templar.
• “Serpent of Wisdom” is present
Fun Fact
• Two panels of Van Eyck’s altarpiece were stolen in 1932
including the John the Baptist Panel.
• Hitler wanted the panel to decorate his headquarters.
• Investigator sent out to find the panel:
Began investigation June 24th (feastday of John
the Baptist) even though the search party was
assembled more than a month before this date.
Leonardo da
Vinci
Virgin and Child with
St Anne and the Infant
St John
National Gallery,
London
Fun Fact:
In 1987, a man carrying a
sawed-off shotgun walked into
the gallery and took aim at the
center of the 486 year old
picture
Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
The Louvre, Paris
According to Brown:
•This is Madonna of the Rocks
on display in LondonWRONG!
•John Blessing Jesus, “Jesus
submitting to his authority”WRONG!
•Uriel is slicing John’s invisible
head-WRONG!
•Nuns were disgusted with this
original painting and forced
Leonardo to paint a second,
“watered-down” versionWRONG!
The Truth:
•To the right is Madonna of the Rocks on display in London featuring none of the
descriptions Brown mentioned- he mixed them up!
•Uriel is pointing to John using the “John Gesture.” In the second version, this is
confirmed because John is shown with the identifying staff.
•The original, Virgin of the Rocks, actually stood as the centerpiece in the San
Francesco in Milan church for at least 9 years before being replaced by a replica
due to a monetary dispute.
VS.
Virgin of the Rocks, Paris
Madonna of the Rocks, London
Jean Cocteau’s mural in the Notre-Dame de
France
The Black Sun & The Nazi’s
• The black sun is symbolic of the ‘Vril’ society, a
secret philosophy established thousands of years
ago, which influenced the Nazi’s.
• Group originated from the Book of Vril written by
Johannes Taufer, German for “John the Baptist”
• Hitler had a known obsession with John the Baptist
and the black sun became his “symbol”
• Jean Cocteau had no known affiliation with the
Nazi’s
The Following Are More Fun Facts
Jean Cocteau painted himself in
his mural just like Leonardo did
in Adoration of the Magi
Jesus?
The chapel underwent some “minor improvements” and this
piece was covered up
How is John Related to Secret
Societies?
• Known artists affiliated with the Priory of Sion
(Leonardo, Cocteau), Knights Templar (Van
Eyck) , Order of the Golden Fleece (Van Eyck ),
and the Nazi’s had an obsession with John.
• The lamb itself was the official seal of the
Knights Templar in Southern France
• Society symbols/seals present in paintings
centered around John the Baptist
• John’s finger touching a Templar Cross in the
Ghent altarpiece
Representations of John the Baptist in The
Da Vinci Code, Templar Revelation and Holy
Blood, Holy Grail
• John may have replaced Jesus on the cross as shown in Cocteau’s
mural.
• Leonardo reveres John over Jesus evident by his paintings.
• Leonardo ‘fudges’ the identities of Jesus and John in all pictures
containing the two.
• Clues in paintings with John the Baptist, including several
Renaissance artists, lead to the truth about his life that only secret
societies possess.
• All three mix up paintings names, histories, and locations
What does John REALLY
Represent?
• Florence replaced Alexandria as “the center of knowledge”
during the Renaissance.
• “Secret” or “forgotten” knowledge exploded in the 15th century
and John the Baptist was a symbol of this knowledge
(because he received word of the coming of the Messiah).
• Florence was ‘dedicated’ to John.
• Paintings depicting The Baptist flourished for this reason.
• Secret Societies took interest in John and idolized him.
• Many secret societies in this period were composed of artists
and scientists who wanted to protect their inventions,
speculations, and ideas…not the location of the holy grail,
evidence of a hidden bloodline.
• It is a possibility that Leonardo was involved with secret
societies or “secret knowledge” as The Da Vinci Code
suggests, but his rationale for joining such a group was most
likely due to the absence of copyright laws.
So What Are All of These ‘Codes’
Then?
• We don’t know and
probably will never know.
It is left to your
imagination.
• We can’t prove anything
and shouldn’t dismiss
anything.
• Don’t believe anything you
read, but read before you
draw conclusions.
Final Fun Facts:
• Amerigo Vespucci, the Florentine who
discovered “America” happened to be a very
close friend of da Vinci (who helped finance the
voyage) and was also tied to the Knights
Templar. He and da Vinci entrusted the mission
to their friend Christophe Colombe.
• Leonardo made the first ‘blueprints’ for the
bicycle, helicopter, the parachute, submarines
and more in his journals written completely in a
‘mirror image.’