... a thought flashed into my head last night on this subject. The bible tells us that Judas voluntarily hung himself from a tree..... !
Maybe the kiss of betrayal was rather one last kiss from a beloved Bro ?
Ick.
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
More from a link I gave previously re my gut feeling that Jesus is the green man in DaVinci's "Last Supper"
JESUS GREEN MAN
We know that it was Hildegard of Bingen who talked about God as the Greening One and Jesus as the Green Man. So we would like to include a small chapter on this topic. The above mentioned statement sounds really nice, but is it actually? The best approach is to remember once again what the Essence of a Green Man is, in particular those aspects we can also recognize in Jesus. In the centre is the "dying and resurrecting" Deity. In contrast to what many people think this archetype had been existing for thousands of years before Jesus. This is part of a very long tradition. So Jesus Green Man can be explained in two different ways. On the one hand, just like many Christians try to do today, Jesus as THE Green Man i.e. in turn claiming everything for themselves, just like the Church has always been doing or on the other hand as A Green Man.
In this case the second characteristic of the Green Man may help. Without exception Green Men had a close relationship with the feminine aspect. Often they were Sons/Lovers of the Mother/Goddess. Son means born from Her, lover constantly returning to Her. This has nothing to do with the relationship between mother and son as we know it but symbolizes the central cosmic process in which the Eternal Light is incessantly born from Darkness, the Original Void in order to return to it at the same time. Where is the connection to Jesus? Well, in some Gnostic texts they talk about the fact that Jesus was born from the Cosmic Mother. They also talk about God as Mother. Was this a cause for the Church to give Mary such a high status? As a substitute for the True Mother? Later on a true cult of Mary has developed. However, in some countries ( Spain ) the (intuitive) memory of the Cosmic Mother has survived. There the Virgin Mother is central. So Jesus as dying and resurrecting God indeed had a close relationship with the Great Mother, which finally proves this status as Green Man. Of course, Jesus didnt have a choice back then. He was one with the Father. Of course he had an extraordinary relationship with women, in particular with LINK: Mary Magdalene. She could even have been a priestess of the old MotherReligion and he one of her disciples, all this necessarily secretly?
Do you think the angel in the painting above being dressed in green and red is DaVinci code?
Obviously, it's a Christmas angel. ;D
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
There is a peculiar spectrum effect particularly around the face as if looking through a prism. The hands and face are quite fuzzy.
The eyes are not quite on the same level - as if the image is a composite.
And I do not recognize the model. Does he appear in any other of Leonardo's images?
The globe is showing reflections of 3 light sources but it is unclear what they might be and they are not quite compatible with the lighting of the face.
There would be coded messages in the painting and the face reminds me somewhat of the Shroud of Turin. I haven't seen this figure in any other Leonardo images although I think the right hand gesture is common to other paintings.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
The painting is a composite, I don't see any background imagery that would hint at an embedded text. The lights within the sphere could represent a stellar alignment, a right scalene triangle, 345 or perhaps spherical trigonometry
The choice of garment/pattern would symbolize what?
A good point. Leonardo uses some very specific landscapes to provide context and meaning. The total lack of background must mean something - perhaps that the painting is unfinished.
