The Da Vinci Code: The Da Vinci Sets Page #5

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You asked for my help, I recall.

Allow an old man his indulgences.

Now, mademoiselle,

where is Jesus sitting?

- In the middle.

- Good.

He and his disciples

are breaking bread.

And what drink?

Wine. They drank wine.

Splendid. And one final question:

How many wineglasses

are there on the table?

One? The Holy Grail?

Open your eyes.

No single cup.

No chalice.

Well, that's a bit strange, isn't it?

Considering both the Bible

and standard Grail legend...

...celebrate this moment as the

definitive arrival of the Holy Grail.

Now, Robert,

you could be of help to us.

If you'd be so kind as to show us the

symbols for man and woman, please.

No balloon animals.

I can make a great duck.

This is the original icon for male.

It's a rudimentary phallus.

- Quite to the point.

- Yes, indeed.

This is known as the blade.

It represents aggression

and manhood.

It's a symbol still used today

in modern military uniforms.

Yes, the more penises you have, the

higher your rank. Boys will be boys.

Now, as you would imagine, the

female symbol is its exact opposite.

This is called the chalice.

And the chalice resembles a cup

or vessel or, more importantly...

...the shape of a woman's womb.

No, the Grail has never been a cup.

It is quite literally this ancient

symbol of womanhood.

And in this case, a woman who

carried a secret so powerful...

...that if revealed, it would devastate

the very foundations of Christianity.

Wait, please.

You're saying the Holy Grail

is a person? A woman?

And it turns out, she makes

an appearance right there.

But they are all men.

Are they?

What about that figure

on the right hand of our Lord...

...seated in the place of honor?

Flowing red hair.

Folded feminine hands.

Hint of a bosom. No?

It's called scotoma.

The mind sees what it chooses to see.

Who is she?

My dear, that's Mary Magdalene.

The prostitute?

She was no such thing.

Smeared by the Church

in 591 anno Domini, poor dear.

Mary Magdalene was Jesus' wife.

This is an old wives' tale.

The original one, in fact.

There's virtually no empirical proof.

He knows as well as I do

there's much evidence to support it.

Theories. There are theories.

Notice how Jesus and Mary

are clothed.

Mirror images of each other.

The mind sees

what it chooses to see.

And venturing into the even more

bizarre, notice how Jesus and Mary...

...appear to be joined at the hip and

are leaning away from each other...

...as if to create a shape in the

negative space between them.

Leonardo gives us the chalice.

Yes. Oh, and Robert,

notice what happens...

...when these two figures

change position.

Just because da Vinci painted it

doesn't make it true.

No. But history...

...she does make it true.

Now, listen to this. It's from

the Gospel according to Philip.

Philip?

Yes, it was rejected

at the Council of Nicaea...

...along with any other gospels

that made...

...Jesus appear human

and not divine.

"And the companion of the Savior

is Mary Magdalene.

Christ loved her more

than all the disciples...

...and used to kiss her on the..."

But this says nothing of marriage.

Well, actually...

Robert.

Actually, in those days, the word

"companion" literally meant "spouse."

And this is from the Gospel

of Mary Magdalene herself.

- She wrote a gospel?

- She may have.

- Robert, will you fight fair?

- She may have.

"And Peter said,

'Did he prefer her to us?'

And Levi answered:

'Peter, I see you contending

against a woman like an adversary.

If the Savior made her worthy,

who are you, indeed, to reject her?"'

Yes. And then, my dear, Jesus

goes on to tell Mary Magdalene...

...that it's up to her

to continue his Church.

Mary Magdalene, not Peter.

The Church was supposed

to be carried on by a woman.

Few realize that Mary was descended

from kings, just as her husband was.

Now, my dear, the word

in French for Holy Grail.

From the Middle English

"Sangreal"...

...of the original Arthurian legend.

Now, as two words.

Can you translate for our friend?

Sang real, it means "royal blood."

When the legend speaks of the

chalice that held the blood of Christ...

...it speaks in fact of the female womb

that carried Jesus' royal bloodline.

But how could Christ

have a bloodline, unless..?

Mary was pregnant

at the time of the Crucifixion.

For her own safety and for that

of Christ's unborn child...

... she fled the Holy Land

and came to France.

And here, it is said,

she gave birth to a daughter, Sarah.

They know the child's name.

- A little girl.

- Yes.

If that were true,

it's adding insult to injury.

Why?

The pagans found transcendence

through the joining of male to female.

People found God through sex?

In paganism, women were worshiped

as a route to heaven...

...but the modern Church

has a monopoly on that...

...in salvation through Jesus Christ.

And he who keeps the keys to heaven

rules the world.

Women, then, are a huge threat

to the Church.

The Catholic Inquisition

soon publishes...

... what may be the most

blood-soaked book in human history.

The Malleus Maleficarum.

The Witches' Hammer.

It instructed the clergy on how

to locate, torture and kill...

...all freethinking women.

In three centuries of witch hunts...

... 50,000 women are captured,

burned alive at the stake.

Oh, at least that. Some say millions.

Imagine, then, Robert...

...that Christ's throne

might live on in a female child.

You asked what would

be worth killing for.

Witness the greatest cover-up

in human history.

This is the secret

that the Priory of Sion...

...has defended

for over 20 centuries.

They are the guardians

of the royal bloodline.

The keepers of the proof

of our true past.

They are the protectors of the living

descendants of Jesus Christ...

...and Mary Magdalene.

Sir Leigh?

Sometimes I wonder

who is serving whom.

His sauces are not that fantastic.

Yes, can I help you?

Yes. They're on the news now.

Living descendants? Is it possible?

It's not impossible.

You have not been honest with me.

Your pictures are on the television.

You are wanted for four murders!

That's why Vernet said

"killing spree."

You come into my home,

playing on my passions for the Grail.

- That's why he needed you.

- You will leave my house!

- Leigh, listen!

- No, I'm calling the police.

Jacques Saunire

was her grandfather.

You're the obsessive Priory scholar.

You still keep lists

of who might be in the Priory?

I'll bet Jacques Saunire

was on one of those lists.

He was on your list of who could

be Grand Master, wasn't he?

- What?

- I'll bet he was right at the top.

Consider:
Four men murdered?

The same number as the guardians.

What if the Priory was compromised,

the other snchaux dead?

What if you yourself were dying,

a Grand Master?

You'd have to pass the secret on

to someone you could trust.

Someone outside the society.

Maybe someone whose training

you had begun but never finished.

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