SUB Gottingen The Unauthorised Guide to the Mysteries Behind The Da Vinci Code. Edited by Dan Burstein

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1 SUB Gottingen A 9619 \j SECRETS The Unauthorised Guide to the Mysteries Behind The Da Vinci Code Edited by Dan Burstein MANAGING EDITOR: Arne de Keijzer CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: John Castro, David A. Shugarts, Brian Weiss CONSULTING EDITORS: Peter Bernstein and Annalyn Swan/A.S.A.P Media RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: Jennifer Boll, Kate Stohr, Nicole Zaray Weidenfeld & Nicolson LONDON

2 Contents Editor's Note xiii Introduction: Searchingjor Sophia xv BOOK I The Drama of Herstory, History, and Heresy Parti Mary Magdalene and the Sacred Feminine 1 Mary Magdalene How a Woman of Substance Was Harlotized by History 5 Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner? by David Van Bkma 9 Sacred Sex and Divine Love: A Radical Reconceptualization of Mary Magdalene by Lynn Picknett \ 13 The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail by Margaret Starbird 20 Mary Magdalene: The Model for Women in the Church An Interview with Susan Haskins 23 Mary Magdalene: Myth and Metaphor by Susan Haskins 27 Mary Magdalene: Beyond die Myth by Esther de Boer 38 "The Da Vinci Code uses fiction as a means to interpret historical obscurity..." An Interview with Deirdre Good 45 Critiquing the Conspiracy Theory An Interview with Katherine Ludwigjansen 48 The Beliefnet Debate 51 A Quite Contrary Mary by Kenneth Woodward 51 Letting Mary Magdalene Speak by Karen L King 55 "Is It Sinful to Engage in Sex within Marriage?" An Interview with Rev. Richard P. McBrien \ 59

3 VI CONTENTS L The Sacred Feminine 61 God Does Not Look Like a Man An Interview with Margaret Starbird 62 Mary and Jesus: Re-enacting Ancient Fertility Cults? by Margaret Starbird 66 Royal Blood and Mary's Vine by Margaret L. Starbird \ >j The Gnostic Tradition and the Divine Mother by Elaine Pagels 68 The Godman and the Goddess An Interview with Timothy Freke 71 Sophia's Journey: The Pagan Goddess of the Centuries Lost in the Modern Christian World by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy 72 The Chalice and the Blade: Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Sacred Feminine by Riane Eisler 82 Part II Echoes of the Hidden Past J The Lost Gospels 87 An Astonishing Find: The Keys to the Alternate Tradition and Their Meaning for Today by Ekine Pagels 88 What the Nag Hammadi Texts Have to Tell Us About "Liberated" Christianity An Interview with James M. Robinson \ 97 What Was Lost Is Found: A Wider View of Christianity and Its Roots An Interview with Elaine Pagels 100 The Gospel of Thomas by Helmut Koester 105 The Gospel of Thomas Translated by Thomas O. Lambdin 106 The Gospel of Philip by Wesley W. Isenberg 107 The Gospel of Philip Translated by Wesley W. Isenberg 108 The Gospel of Mary by Karen L. King 109 The Gospel of Mary Translated by George W. MacRae and R. McL. Wilson \ Introducing the Sophia of Christ by Douglas M. Parrott 112 The Sophia of Jesus Christ Translated by Douglas M. Parrott 113

4 CONTENTS 4 The Early Days of Christianities 115 The Pagan Mysteries Behind Early Christianity by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy 120 Early Mainstream Christianity Did Not Mean Simply Following Jesus by Lance S. Owens 125 Diverging Views on Mythic Beginnings: Was Genesis History with a Moral, or a Myth with Meaning? by Stephan A. Hoeller 126 Errors of Religious Omission and Commission in The Da Vinci Code by Bart D. Ehrman \ 130 J Consolidation Or Cover-up? The Establishment 0/ the One True Faith 131 The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy 133 Was Jesus Real? An Interview with Timothy Freke 136 God's Word or Human Words? by Elaine Pagels 137 The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Didn't Get a Chance to Know Interview with Bart D. Ehrman 145 Heretics, Women, Magicians, and Mystics: The Fight to Become the One True Faith 148 Why Were the Gnostics Considered Such a Threat? by Lance S. Owens 158 Breaking the Da Vinci Code by Collin Hansen Secret Societies I 162 Recollections of a Gnostic Mass by John Castro 164 The Templar Revelation by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince 168 Researching Western Civilization's Darkest Secrets An Interview with Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince 173 Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln 177 Opus Dei in the United States by James Martin, S.J. 189 Opus Dei Responds to The Da Vinci Code 196

5 Vlll CONTENTS Part 111 Keeping the Secrets Secret ( The Mystery of Codes 203 Da Vinci: Father of Cryptography by Michelle Delio 205 Is God a Mathematician? An Interview with Brendan McKay 207 Anagram Fun 209 O Leonardo and His Secrets: The Secret Language of Architectural Symbolism 211 The Secret Code of Leonardo da Vinci by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince 212 Thinking Far Outside the Frame by Lynn Picknett 222 Trying to Make Sense of Leonardo's "Faded Smudge" An Interview with Denise Budd 224 "No, I do not believe there is a woman in the Last Supper..." An Interview with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona 229 Musings on the Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci by Sherwin B. Nuland Temples of Symbols, Cathedrals of Codes 238 Paris: In the Footsteps of The Da Vinci Code by David Downie 239 The "Symbology" of The Da Vinci Code An Interview with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona 241 Rosslyn Chapel: The Cathedral of Codes and Symbols 248

6 CONTENTS BOOK II The Da Vinci Code Revealed Parti 24 Hours, Two Cities, and the Future of Western Civilization 1U Apocrypha and Revelations 253 The Plot Holes and Intriguing Details of The Da Vinci Code by David Shugarts 254 Following the Rose Line From Rosslyn to... Florence? Thoughts about the Last Act of The Da Vinci Code hy Dan Burstein 283 Part II Reviews and Commentaries on The Da Vinci Code 1 1 Commentary, Criticism, and Observations 289 The Real da Vinci Code by Lynn Picknett 291 Religious Fiction by David Klinghoffer 295 The Da Vinci Con hy Laura Miller 297 French Confection by Amy Bernstein 300 What the French Are Saying About The Da Vinci Code by David Downie 305 A Philosopher Looks at The Da Vinci Code by Glenn W Erickson 306 \ A Collision of Indiana Jones and Joseph Campbell The Web Interviewer', Craig McDonald Interviews Dan Brown 310 The Latin Etymology of The Da Vinci Code by David Burstein 316

7 CONTENTS Part 111 Underneath the Pyramid 1Z Sophie's Library 323 A Rose by Any Other Name: A Guide to Who's Who in The Da Vinci Code by David A. Shugarts 323 Glossary 329 Web Resources by Betsy Eble 363 Contributors 367 Acknowledgments 373