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The Devil does not exist. It is a false name invented by the Black Brothers to imply a Unity in their ignorant muddle of dispersions. A devil who had unity would be a God... 'The Devil' is, historically, the God of any people that one personally dislikes... This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation. He is 'The Devil' of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is BAPHOMET, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection... He is therefore Life, and Love. But moreover his letter is ayin, the Eye, so that he is Light; and his Zodiacal image is Capricornus, that leaping goat whose attribute is Liberty.
originally posted by: Spruce
We can apply any number of interpretations to these things. We can also overanalyze something simple, which I think is the case here.
originally posted by: Cauliflower
Of the three reflections in the glass two are circular and one is heart or club shaped.
originally posted by: Cauliflower
The right eye has the reflection of a page in it.
originally posted by: Cauliflower
I've seen this in an English painting of the same period, Could be a resonance description.
The owl holds the page while the ape sings in this example.
originally posted by: Cauliflower
The huge cross of leather over the chest area of the Salvator Mundi has a complex (base 10) resonance pattern.
But the fingers make a smaller cross.
I've never heard this explained?
originally posted by: Aleister
This is a da Vinci work that I've never seen or heard of (could just be my lack of knowledge), and seems a very nice one. Thanks for the post and analysis OP. I'll have to do a Wikipedia run to read more about it. Edit: Turns out that it was cleaned up and authenticated not too long ago, and then sold for uber-millions. The Wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org...(Leonardo) (whoops, not a direct link, some of those Wikipedia pages can't be linked to, but go to this one which has the entire story of Salvator Mundi and click on the redirect right at the top of the page)
originally posted by: PhoenixFreeman
a reply to: eisegesis
His curly hairs the DNA...
Laḫmu, Lakhmu, or Lache is a deity from Akkadian mythology.
Laḫmu is depicted as a bearded man with a red sash -usually with three strands- and four to six curls on his head.
Some scholars, such as William F. Albright, have speculated that the name of Bethlehem ("house of lehem") originally referred to a Canaanite fertility deity cognate with Laḫmu and Laḫamu, rather than to the Canaanite word lehem, "bread"
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.