Here is Leonardo’s The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist,
Mary is on the left with the infant Jesus. Anne is to our right, with a young John the Baptist.
The image below — produced by a computer which simulates a mirror placed at a slight angle, crossing the plane of Mary’s left leg — reveals what John the Baptist sees:
What to make of this horrifying face?
The next painting is of an adult John the Baptist. He’s sitting against a rock face with his legs in a somewhat unnatural position.
John’s hand points to our right — and to the unseen half of Leonardo’s secret:
The meaning of this lurid image will be immediately obvious to those familiar with tantric iconography. This is an image of creation. The rock face has become the Tree of Life. Beneath it, Adam and Eve are engaged in coitus. Welcome to the Garden of Eden.
Coincidence? Judge for yourself at the Mirror Foundation’s website.
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1 comment:
Swara,
You might like to try this, it makes sense of Leonardo's obscene images in religious works without any smoke and mirrors! He appears to have preferred hiding things in plane sight to outwit his religious overseers:
http://altreligion.about.com/library/davinci/bl_differ
entdvc13.htm
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