But now women had been stripped of their spiritual power in most cultures just as people then lived in a world solely of gods. One academic, Brown said, even expressed the hope that, through The Da Vinci Code, "this ancient mystery would be unveiled to a wider audience."As for the novel's being empowering to women, Brown said some 2,000 years ago, the world believed in gods and goddesses. He was also surprised that historians were eager to share their expertise with him.
In an interview with Evolve Magazine, the publication of the Bodhi Tree metaphysical bookshop in Los Angeles, Brown said he learned of the mysteries hidden in Da Vinci's paintings while an art history student at the University of Seville in Spain.He came across the enigma again while working on another book, "Angels and Demons."After seeing the original paintings in the Louvre in France, Brown said he was captivated and started researching "The Da Vinci Code."The author said the secret, as discussed in the book, had been chronicled for centuries and he drew his materials from thousands of sources.Ancient mystery. Escriva was recently pronounced "Blessed" by the Vatican, the initial step toward sainthood.Complementary themesThose who read my latest book, "On Christianity, New Age and Reincarnation," told me it was about the same religious topics discussed in "The Da Vinci Code." When I finally read Brown's book, I was shocked to discover they were right! The two books uncannily complement each other! So I became curious about Brown. But it is not.īrown says, "all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate." The Priory of Sion, a European secret society founded in 1099, is real, and so is the Opus Dei, a controversial and militant Catholic organization that, according to the author, is reportedly engaged "in brain washing, coercion, and a dangerous practice known as corporeal mortification." Unless the reader is familiar with Church history and doctrine, he will likely consider everything to be fictional. Reportedly 6.5 million of seven million copies in print were sold.What makes the book so appealing is the clever and fast-paced storytelling of a murder interwoven with theological and historical facts. WHILE abroad, I finally read Dan Brown's novel, "The Da Vince Code," one of the recent bestsellers.
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