The Da Vinci Code

Is this stuff for real?

I have been reading this book by Dan Brown called The Da Vinci Code, perhaps you heard of it. I am really enjoying learning about Da Vinci's art and all of the alleged hidden clues he left to tell the world the truth about the Church. I had up until now never heard of the sacred feminine or that Mona Lisa's name came from the fusion of the names of an Egyptian god and goddess of fertility, Amon and Isis which was once written as the pictogram for Lisa- Amon'Lisa.

All of this is new to me and I have not done any research for myself to find out how much of this novel is historically accurate, but I found one of Mr. Brown's premises quite telling. In chapter 55, one of the characters explains what he calls the fundamental irony of Christianity. This irony is said to be that the bible as we know it today was collated by the pagan Roman emperor Constantine the Great. He claims that Constantine simply declared Christianity as Rome’s official state religion to take advantage of Christianity’s growing popularity in order to stop the conflict between the Christians and pagans. Apparently Constantine foresaw Christianity’s rise, and fused it with pagan customs and symbols, which can still be found today, in order to appease and unite the two warring groups. It seems historians ever since have marveled at Constantine’s sales and marketing skills which allowed him to pull this off.

As I have stated, I do not know how much of this story is historically accurate, but it would not surprise me at all if in fact the head of one of the once most powerful governments on Earth altered the customs, symbols, and history of an entire religious movement in order to carry out his vision for Rome.