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2005 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
LONDONContents
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 \ 59VI CONTENTS
L The Sacred Feminine | 61
G o d Does N o t 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
T h e Gnostic Tradition and the Divine Mother by Elaine Pagels | 68
T h e Godman and the Goddess An Interview with Timothy Freke | 71
Sophia's Journey: T h e Pagan Goddess of the Centuries Lost
in the Modern Christian World by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy | 72
T h e 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: T h e Keys to the Alternate Tradition
and Their Meaning for Today by Ekine Pagels | 88
W h a t the Nag Hammadi Texts Have to Tell Us About "Liberated"
Christianity An Interview with James M. Robinson \ 97
W h a t Was Lost Is Found: A Wider View of Christianity and Its Roots
An Interview with Elaine Pagels | 100
T h e Gospel of Thomas by Helmut Koester | 105
T h e Gospel of Thomas Translated by Thomas O. Lambdin | 106
T h e Gospel of Philip by Wesley W. Isenberg | 107
T h e Gospel of Philip Translated by Wesley W. Isenberg | 108
T h e Gospel of Mary by Karen L. King | 109
T h e Gospel of Mary Translated by George W. MacRae and R. McL. Wilson \
Introducing the Sophia of Christ by Douglas M. Parrott | 112
T h e Sophia of Jesus Christ Translated by Douglas M. Parrott | 113CONTENTS
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 DaVinci Code
by Bart D. Ehrman \ 130
J Consolidation Or Cover-up? The Establishment 0/ the One True Faith | 131
T h e 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 | 159
0 Secret Societies I 162
Recollections of a Gnostic Mass by John Castro | 164
T h e 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 | 196Vlll 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 | 232
7 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 | 248CONTENTS
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
T h e Real da Vinci Code by Lynn Picknett | 291
Religious Fiction by David Klinghoffer | 295
T h e D a Vinci Con hy Laura Miller | 297
French Confection by Amy Bernstein | 300
W h a t 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 | 316CONTENTS
Part 111
Underneath the Pyramid
1 Z Sophie's Library | 323
A Rose by Any Other Name: A Guide to Who's W h o in The Da Vinci Code
by David A. Shugarts | 323
Glossary | 329
Web Resources by Betsy Eble | 363
Contributors | 367
Acknowledgments | 373You can also read
