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Originally posted by ButterBricks
I just do not agree that that connection alone would be enough to make that statement.
“ John the Baptist...the son of man?
He was also Elijah, in another lifetime. And remember that Elijah didn't die but was taken up in the fiery chariot, witnessed by Elisha.”
…What ?
Originally posted by queenannie38
Well, my statement is not solely based upon the idea of the wife sitting at the right hand of the husband. It is fundamentally based on what I know. From personal, first hand, experience.
John the Baptist was the reincarnation of the prophet Elijah from the OT.
Originally posted by ButterBricks
… Just wondering what your sources are ‘Myrtales Instinct’, [Not doubting you here or anything.]
Particularly for the ‘john gesture’, I have heard this sign/gesture called the same thing before but I don’t know of any hard facts stating that it refers to john. [Maybe you have come across it in Da Vinci's mss ?]
Oh and do you know anywhere I can read these Gnostic texts ?
[Any chance your Gnostic or something of the sort ?]
Originally posted by Myrtales Instinct
There are so many gnostic themes in Leonardo's work, that he probably was a closet gnostic. He was in cahoots with the Medici family, who collected ancient texts. And let's not forget, that two Popes came out of this inner circle. I can't say for sure, but I would bet good money that Leonardo had access to texts such as those found in the Nag Hammadi library, during a time when such texts were labeled heresies. It's also possible Leonardo was a practicing alchemist (which I believe he was).
Originally posted by Eleleth
Originally posted by Myrtales Instinct
It's also possible Leonardo was a practicing alchemist (which I believe he was).
And if he was an alchemist (is there a source for this?) he would be entirely acquainted with Gnostic beliefs, as the language of Alchemy is the primary vehicle by which Gnosticism survived into the Renaissance.