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The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
ROYSTON Cave may hold the key in the search for the Holy Grail, the famous quest for Christ's chalice dating back to Biblical times. Grail hunters are set to flock to the historic site following the publication of best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. The book has fuelled enormous interest in the grail, believed to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper and by Joseph of Arimathea to collect Christ's blood on the cross. On the trail are places where ancient fellowship of warriors the Knights Templar held sway — and Royston Cave is just one of the places in Hertfordshire which is steeped in Templar lore. Unexcavated parts of the popular attraction may hold clues to the mystery and some people think there is a distinct possibility the ancient relic is hidden in one of the unexplored caverns. SOURCE: Hertfordshire Mercury (UK), "Holy Grail: Is it here?", page 3, 10 September 2004. [ http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/me....asp?id=150387 ] --- "A SINISTER secret society said to control the world's governments has members living in Hertford, according to a documentary to be aired on Sky One next week. "The Mercury can exclusively reveal that it will claim the mysterious sect, the Illuminati, rumoured to involve bankers, power brokers and politicians, may have an underground base in the town. "Formed in Bavaria in 1776, the group's high-powered members are said to include George W Bush and his presidential rival John Kerry, who joined Yale University's Skull and Bones club, a branch of the sect." SOURCE: Hertfordshire Mercury (UK), "Town may be a base for secret society", page 2, 17 September 2004. [ http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/me....asp?id=152654 ] --- The Insider http://www.theinsider.org |
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Also, the garbage in the book about an anagram or a hidden
meaning in the name "Mona Lisa" is belied by the fact that, prior to Vasari writing his "History of the Artists" 31 years after the death of da Vinci, the painting was simply known as "A Certain Florentine Lady". It was Vasari who said that the woman was "Mona Lisa del Giocondo", thus giving it the names by which it is now known. Francis A. Miniter JP Mc Books wrote: THE DA VINCI CODE DEBUNKED!! I have the article posted at my site . Its about 3 quarteers the way down with a logo of the book cover . check it out! goto: http://tinyurl.com/6g6c4 (Alert) wrote in message . com... The Da Vinci Code ROYSTON Cave may hold the key in the search for the Holy Grail, the famous quest for Christ's chalice dating back to Biblical times. Grail hunters are set to flock to the historic site following the publication of best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. The book has fuelled enormous interest in the grail, believed to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper and by Joseph of Arimathea to collect Christ's blood on the cross. On the trail are places where ancient fellowship of warriors the Knights Templar held sway ? and Royston Cave is just one of the places in Hertfordshire which is steeped in Templar lore. Unexcavated parts of the popular attraction may hold clues to the mystery and some people think there is a distinct possibility the ancient relic is hidden in one of the unexplored caverns. SOURCE: Hertfordshire Mercury (UK), "Holy Grail: Is it here?", page 3, 10 September 2004. [ http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/me....asp?id=150387 ] --- "A SINISTER secret society said to control the world's governments has members living in Hertford, according to a documentary to be aired on Sky One next week. "The Mercury can exclusively reveal that it will claim the mysterious sect, the Illuminati, rumoured to involve bankers, power brokers and politicians, may have an underground base in the town. "Formed in Bavaria in 1776, the group's high-powered members are said to include George W Bush and his presidential rival John Kerry, who joined Yale University's Skull and Bones club, a branch of the sect." SOURCE: Hertfordshire Mercury (UK), "Town may be a base for secret society", page 2, 17 September 2004. [ http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/me....asp?id=152654 ] --- The Insider http://www.theinsider.org |
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"Francis A. Miniter" wrote...
JP Mc Books wrote: (Alert) wrote... The Da Vinci Code ROYSTON Cave may hold the key in the search for the Holy Grail, the famous quest for Christ's chalice dating back to Biblical times....[lots of snipping] THE DA VINCI CODE DEBUNKED!! I have the article posted at my site...[more snipping] Also, the garbage in the book about an anagram or a hidden meaning in the name "Mona Lisa" is belied by the fact that...[snippety snip] I'm not sure which I find funnier: That some people will swallow whole a bunch of stuff a guy made up in order to create a suspenseful novel. Or that some other people will claim without any apparent irony that they have "debunked" a work of fiction. What next? There's no such thing as hobbits? Well, knock me over with a feather! -- Jon Meyers (To reply, lose your way) |
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(JP Mc Books) wrote in message om...
THE DA VINCI CODE DEBUNKED!! I have the article posted at my site . Its about 3 quarteers the way down with a logo of the book cover . check it out! goto: http://tinyurl.com/6g6c4 An interesting exercise, no doubt, even though you are debunking a work of fiction. The Da Vinci Code is not, of course, a reliable research text. It is, however, an effective vehicle for intriducing some of these topics to the general public. http://www.theinsider.org (Alert) wrote in message . com... The Da Vinci Code ROYSTON Cave may hold the key in the search for the Holy Grail, the famous quest for Christ's chalice dating back to Biblical times. Grail hunters are set to flock to the historic site following the publication of best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. The book has fuelled enormous interest in the grail, believed to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper and by Joseph of Arimathea to collect Christ's blood on the cross. On the trail are places where ancient fellowship of warriors the Knights Templar held sway ? and Royston Cave is just one of the places in Hertfordshire which is steeped in Templar lore. Unexcavated parts of the popular attraction may hold clues to the mystery and some people think there is a distinct possibility the ancient relic is hidden in one of the unexplored caverns. SOURCE: Hertfordshire Mercury (UK), "Holy Grail: Is it here?", page 3, 10 September 2004. [ http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/me....asp?id=150387 ] --- "A SINISTER secret society said to control the world's governments has members living in Hertford, according to a documentary to be aired on Sky One next week. "The Mercury can exclusively reveal that it will claim the mysterious sect, the Illuminati, rumoured to involve bankers, power brokers and politicians, may have an underground base in the town. "Formed in Bavaria in 1776, the group's high-powered members are said to include George W Bush and his presidential rival John Kerry, who joined Yale University's Skull and Bones club, a branch of the sect." SOURCE: Hertfordshire Mercury (UK), "Town may be a base for secret society", page 2, 17 September 2004. [ http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/me....asp?id=152654 ] --- The Insider http://www.theinsider.org |
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"JP Mc Books" wrote
THE DA VINCI CODE DEBUNKED!! How does one "debunk" a work of fiction? So the guy made stuff up, who cares? That's what fiction is about! The book itself is an excellent read. -- Bob Finnan The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page http://users.arczip.com/fwdixon |
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:33:48 -0500, "Jon Meyers"
wrote: What next? There's no such thing as hobbits? Well, knock me over with a feather! No, Jon, don't...don't SAY that, even in jest. There ARE hobbits really and truly, right? Right Bob? PLEASE say there are really and truly hobbits! |
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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:03:23 GMT, Bud Webster
wrote: No, Jon, don't...don't SAY that, even in jest. There ARE hobbits really and truly, right? Right Bob? PLEASE say there are really and truly hobbits! Every time you say that, a little hobbit dies... So if we keep it up, we might give that little git Bilbo and his slapped-haddock expression something to look surprised about. |
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michael adams wrote:
"Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... "Francis A. Miniter" wrote... JP Mc Books wrote: (Alert) wrote... The Da Vinci Code ROYSTON Cave may hold the key in the search for the Holy Grail, the famous quest for Christ's chalice dating back to Biblical times....[lots of snipping] THE DA VINCI CODE DEBUNKED!! I have the article posted at my site...[more snipping] Also, the garbage in the book about an anagram or a hidden meaning in the name "Mona Lisa" is belied by the fact that...[snippety snip] I'm not sure which I find funnier: That some people will swallow whole a bunch of stuff a guy made up in order to create a suspenseful novel. Or that some other people will claim without any apparent irony that they have "debunked" a work of fiction. What next? There's no such thing as hobbits? Well, knock me over with a feather ... Total nonsense! The point is that fiction shouldn't be based on palpable falsehoods. Leonardo was a real person and the Mona Lisa is a real painting. Any competent writer should be able to construct a fiction around Leonardo and the Painting without repeating falsehoods. That's what "imaginative fiction" is all about. So either the author is an unimaginative dullard who needs to deliberately distort established facts, because he's unable to conceive of novel scenarios. Or he's too ignorant to know any better. Whichever is the case it's clear the public don't know any better themselves and are lapping this up, and this guy is going to make a mint. Ignorance once more, prevails in other words. When in this case it needn't have done. That's the point. michael adams Agreed. An example of respect for history in writing fiction is John Dunning's recent book "The Bookman's Promise". Dunning did some real research about Richard Francis Burton and passes it on to the reader. Then he constructs a "what might have been" story about a three month period in burton's life for which there is no account. But he does not have to distort what is known to have happened in order to make the plot work. Nor does he make any claims that this actually happened or even that it has any reality outside of the story line. Francis A. Miniter |
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"michael adams" wrote in message ... "Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... "Francis A. Miniter" wrote... JP Mc Books wrote: (Alert) wrote... The Da Vinci Code ROYSTON Cave may hold the key in the search for the Holy Grail, the famous quest for Christ's chalice dating back to Biblical times....[lots of snipping] THE DA VINCI CODE DEBUNKED!! I have the article posted at my site...[more snipping] Also, the garbage in the book about an anagram or a hidden meaning in the name "Mona Lisa" is belied by the fact that...[snippety snip] I'm not sure which I find funnier: That some people will swallow whole a bunch of stuff a guy made up in order to create a suspenseful novel. Or that some other people will claim without any apparent irony that they have "debunked" a work of fiction. What next? There's no such thing as hobbits? Well, knock me over with a feather! ... Total nonsense! The point is that fiction shouldn't be based on palpable falsehoods. Leonardo was a real person and the Mona Lisa is a real painting. Any competent writer should be able to construct a fiction around Leonardo and the Painting without repeating falsehoods. That's what "imaginative fiction" is all about. So either the author is an unimaginative dullard who needs to deliberately distort established facts, because he's unable to conceive of novel scenarios. Or he's too ignorant to know any better. Whichever is the case it's clear the public don't know any better themselves and are lapping this up, and this guy is going to make a mint. Ignorance once more, prevails in other words. When in this case it needn't have done. That's the point. michael adams This doesn't seem to leave any room for artistic license. There are good books as well as bad that feature a more or less seamless blending of history and imagination. I don't feel we can generalize on the basis of this one book. - Todd T. |
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