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equivocal interpretation of the word "dilessi" derived from "delighting" condition of

      spiritual or material pleasure, then ecstasy or sexual enjoyment. Several experts have

      extensively discussed this about a carnal union between the Magdalene and the Saviour and

      of their Messianic progeny, linked to the dynasty of the ancient Merovingian kings. The
      sceptics ask for concrete evidence hard to find, but they are not able to deny this thesis.

      What strikes me of the statue of Mary Magdalene placed on the gable of the church of

      Rennes le Château, and the strange snakeshaped fold that assumes the dress of the woman.

      Professor Maria Samorì, observing the VIII station of the way of the Cross: Jesus Meets the

      Daughters of Sion, pointed out to me that the hem of the tunic of Salvatore takes the form of

      a snake.




                                                                                                                   I noticed that the reptile is

                                                                                                                  not crushed by the Messiah
                                                                                                                  but held with one foot and

                                                                                                                  stands before a woman

                                                                                                                  dressed in black (allegory of

                                                                                                                  death?). The snake is a

                                                                                                                  symbol of different facets,

                                                                                                                  ranging from the temptation

                                                                                                                  of sin, to the allegory of
                                                                                                                  knowledge (often dangerous)

                                                                                                                  in

                                                                                                                  astrology represents the

                                                                                                                  constellation of Ophiuchus

                                                                                                                  (see the booklet Le Serpent

                                                                                                                  Rouge linked to the mystery

                                                                                                                  of Rennes le Chateau).

                                                                                                                  Ophiuchus or (Serpentario)

                                                                                                                  is also the symbol of
                                                                                                                  immortality that twists

                                                                                                                  around the golden apple tree

                                                                                                                  in the garden of the

                                                                                                                  Hesperides (mythological

                                                                                                                  fable skilfully implied in the

                                                                                                                  decorations and parchments

                                                                                                                  of the church of Rennes le
                                                                                                                  Chateau. The Way of the

      Cross, to the sculpture of the Magdalene placed on the gable where what strikes most is the

      strange fold that assumes the dress of the woman. This representation reminds me of the

      book of the Apocalypse where it is told of the Sign of the Woman of the Dragon: "At the

      sound of the seventh trumpet, God's sanctuary opened in heaven, and the Ark of the

      Covenant appeared in the sanctuary. Thunderous voices followed, thunder explosions,

      earthquake, storm. "Then a great sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed in the sun,

      with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of 12 stars. Then appeared another

      sign in the sky (allusion to a constellation?) With 7 heads and 10 horns (allusion to No.17?)
      And on the heads 7 diadems; his tail dragged down a third of stars. And the snake stood

      before the woman who was about to give birth to the baby ... The baby was then brought to

      safety, it follows ... The great demon, the ancient serpent he who call the devil and Satan,

      was plunged on the earth and with him also his Angel Nephilim?) Now when the red dragon

      saw himself crashed to the ground, he ran to pounce on the woman ... which he sheltered in
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