DAVINCI - ANNUNCIATION

By Leonardo Da Vinci (Verrocchio) - via Wikimedia Commons. 1472-1476

- Davinci first professional work at age 20.
- Wing's repainted by unknown artist (likely named William).
- Angel Gabriel announcing the conception to Virgin Mary.
- "The most perfect representation of the visual world" (Vittorio Storaro).
- A Nun Cia shun.

- Answering the call in the Fool's Journey.
- Norway Spruce, Cedar, Fir, Cypress.

Elizabeth Woodville

- Palace garden.
- Cornerstone.
- E.W. - Elizabeth Woodville (Dame Elizabeth Grey).
- The Woodville family gained enormous influence and were granted large estates in Wales.
- Secret marriage to King Edward IV (1442-1483) of England (1st Yorkist and champion of the Wars of the Roses).

- The veil is decorated with geometric motifs made up of alternated horizontal bands with a design of interlaced lozenges of Hispanic-Arabic origin.
- This was a style that the Florentine fabric makers incorporated in their patterns starting in the mid-13th-century. 
- Is said to allude to the shroud that the Body of Christ was wrapped in and is an example of religious secretism.

An acolyte, dating to the second half of the 13th-century and attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio, is shown holding in his hand a bottle of Islamic workmanship with a rare legend in Arabic; "The prosperity of the kingdom is imminent, Good luck." In iconographic terms, this represents a significant novelty in Florentine 15th-century painting since it successfully combines Arabic and Hebrew culture, even in a symbolic sense. (Diego Crociani and Caterina Marrone)

- Draped in royal blue and gold coronation robe.
- Sitting in front of stone sarcophagus.

- White Queen.
- Edward IV was a usurper of the English throne.
- Before they married he had been betrothed to another lady.
- It was claimed that the priest who performed their marriage ceremony was in fact, a fraudster.
- The Earl of Warwick (The Kingmaker) was outraged by the marriage and he began to support Edward's enemies.
- Edward had numerous mistresses.

- Oil and tempera (water-based, egg yolk) on poplar panel.
- Hellman's Mayonnaise (oil, egg, vinegar).
- Hell is 234 (or 1134) that's all it is.
- March 25 marks the Annunciation, Orthodoxy and Hellenism (Greek).
- March 25 was New Year's Day in many pre-modern Christian countries using Gregorian calendar.

- Biblical Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.

- Mayon Volcano, Phillippines.
- Mayon naise (woman).
- Everything is inside out and upside down.
- Mayon volcano myth is a legend about the origin of the volcano in the Philippines.

by photojournalist Ciriaco Santiago III  Mythical Couple that ‘Created’ Mayon Volcano in The Philippines Makes a Dazzling Appearance in the clouds

- The myth tells the story of Daragang Magayon (the lovely one), a beautiful princess who fell in love with Panganoron (the proud one), a brave warrior from another tribe.
- Her father, Makusog (the strong one), chief of the tribe, couldn't allow them to marry because tribal law forbade marriage outside of the clan.
- Their love was also opposed by Pagtuga (the eruptive one), a rival chieftain who wanted to marry her. A war ensued, and both Magayon and Panganoron were attacked.
- As the couple made their escape from her father and his tribesmen, a poisoned arrow struck Magayon. Then, as Pangaronon was kneeling over the dying Magayon, a warrior stabbed him from behind.

- It is said that even in death and in another form, she is still haunted by the men who loved her.
- When Mayon is said to erupt, this is Patuga challenging Panganoron. But when Mayon is calm, Panganoron is embracing her. The tears of Panganoron are shed as rain at times in his grief.

Mayon volcano legend COMES TRUE as faces seen kissing in lava eruption

Order of the Golden Fleece

- Before he became the king of England, Edward IV was the 4th Duke of York and he earned the title of Earl of March.
- Order of the Golden Fleece, he was known as the 65th knight.
- The Golden Fleece is a metaphor to describe something impossible to achieve.
- The order was founded in Bruges, Flanders, on January 10, 1430, by Philip III (the Good), the Duke of Burgundy, in honor of his marriage to Isabella of Portugal.
- Isabella's grandfather was Edward III and he founded Order of the Garter in 1348.

- The first meeting of the Golden Fleece was held in Lille on November 30, 1431, which is the feast day of Saint Andrew, patron saint of the House of Normandy.
- The new order was dedicated to Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew.
- Philip III sought to use the order to strengthen his ties with the nobility, thereby increasing his own power and prestige.

- Jason and the Golden Fleece is an ancient Greek myth that came from Apollonius of Rhode's Argonautica, 3rd Century AD.
- The fleece is a symbol of authority, wealth, and kingship. It was coveted by royalty.
- The Golden Fleece was a ram that had hair that was made of spun gold anyone who possessed it was considered to be a true ruler.
- Chrysomallos - golden-woolled, winged ram.

- The main protagonist is Jason, age 20, son of Aeson, King of Iolcus in Thessaly, who was the son of the god Crethaus.
- As an infant, he was sent to the centaur Chiron in Mount Pelion to be raised.
- He returned to Iolcus as an adult and by that time, he was the rightful king, however, the throne had been usurped by Pelias, son of the god Poseidon, his father's half-brother.
- Pelias was worried he would lose the stolen throne so he consulted an oracle at Delphi, Apollo, who warned him a man wearing one sandal would cause his downfall.
- Unknown to Pelias, this was Goddess Hera's revenge for killing his stepmother, Sidero, at her alter years earlier and prohibiting people to worship Hera.
- Jason had been chosen by Hera (Queen of the Gods) to carry out the task and his birth had been hidden from both Pelius and Aeson when his mother died at his birth.

- The king was alarmed at Jason's arrival and realized the prophecy about one sandal was true and Jason was a dangerous stranger.
- Pelias sent Jason on an impossible mission to find the Golden Fleece to remove a curse from the family, hoping Jason would perish in the process.
- Goddess Hera knew about Jason's impossible task but he did not know of the Gods involvement in it.

- Jason and his companions, a group of over 50 heroes, became known as the Argonauts and included the likes of Hercules, Orpheus, the Gemini twins Castor and Pollux, and Asclepius.
- The Argo was a 50-oar ship designed by the Goddess Athena, built by Argus, navigated by Tiphis, under the orders of Hera, more powerful than any ship the Greeks had ever built.
- The ship was built so that the mast, rudder, anchor and oars could be removed and the ship then pulled ashore on rolling logs. This would prevent the ship from being destroyed or stolen and it could be easily hidden away.

 
- The ship was built with a sacred piece of wood from the oak at Dodona, God's enchanted forest, and was a gift from Zeus. It was supernatural and had the ability to cry, shout and talk.
- Some believe the wood was a plank and others claim it was the ship's figurehead.

- The Argonauts set off on their voyage and encountered many adventures along the way including visiting island of Lemnos, land of Doliones, Amycus, Pineaus, the Symlpegades and Stymphalian Birds.
- Finally, upon arriving in Colchis, Jason asked Aeëtes for the priceless Golden Fleece and the king told him he would do so, but he was not in favor of it.
- Aeëtes, who planned on being king forever, was so angry, gave Jason two impossible tasks to do; the first was to yoke the Khalkotauroi (Colchis Bulls, a pair of huge bulls with bronze hooves and mouths), and to plough a field with them.
- The second was to sow in the field ploughed by the bulls the teeth of the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece.

- The bulls breathed fire and were impossible to yoke which made the second task impossible.
- Ferocious warriors would sprout from the teeth once they were sown, and Jason had to defeat them.

- Despite the difficulty, Jason, however, was favored by the goddess Hera, who helped him by causing Medea, the daughter of Aeëtes, to fall in love with him by allowing Eros to strike Medea with one of his arrows.
- Hera knew that Jason would need Medea to weave her magic.

- Despite Jason accomplishing the tasks, King Aeëtes refused to hand over the the Golden Fleece and plotted to murder Jason and the Argonauts.
- Medea discovered her father's evil plot and led Jason to a sacred grove where he was able to recover the fleece which was nailed to a tree in a small garden.

- The fleece was protected by the Sleepless Dragon and Orpheus, the great music player, and Medea lulled the dragon to sleep clearing the path.
- Jason and Medea, along with the Argonauts, escaped to Colchis.
- Aeëtes and his son, Medea's brother Apsyrtus, chased them across the seas.

- Medea killed her brother and then cut him into pieces and threw his body into the water.
- Aeëtes, in despair, gave up the chase and asked Zeus to punish Medea and Jason for his son's death.
- Zeus prayed and drove the Argonauts ship off course and they landed on the island of Aeaea, were Circe, Medea's aunt lived.
- Circe was distraught and asked the Argonauts to leave.
- The Argonauts set off again and found themselves seduced by the Sirens who were beautiful women who sat on rocks and played enchanting music causing the sailors to run their ships aground and perish.
- Orpheus, with his lute, saved the Argonauts from the Sirens by playing a song more captivating thus breaking their enchanting spell.
- They traveled safely past Scylla, a six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool.
- The Argo was guided to the island of Drepane and it was there that Jason and Medea were married.

- As they neared Crete, the exhausted Argonauts were fended off by a large bronze man named Talos who Medea killed with magic.
- Next they traveled to the island of Anaphe where Theras threw a clod of clay into the sea and it created an island he named Calliste.

Golden Fleece

This four-tiered cult stand found at Tanaach is thought to represent Yahweh and Asherah

- On finally returning to Iolcus and as Jason hands the Golden Fleece to Pelias, he discovers that Pelias already murdered his father, Aeson.
- He asks for Medea's help in exacting revenge against Pelias who dies after she tricks his daughters into murdering him.

- The myth does not end with Jason and Medea living happily ever after, instead, the residents of Iolcus didn't want a sorceress for their queen.
- So, Jason, after so many adventures to obtain the Golden Fleece and become a king, relinquished the kingdom to Pelias' son, Acastus.
- Hera avenged herself through Jason by having him obtain the Golden Fleece and kill Pelius but she no longer had any need for Jason who went into exile with Medea in Corinth where he falls in love with the princess.
- Medea was inconsoluble at his deceit and murders the princess and their three children and escapes to Athens.

- Jason  ended his life as a lonely man and dies a tragic figure after he asks Zeus to show mercy on him and a lashing on the dilapitated Argo snapped causing a beam to fall on him and turns him into a legend.

- The children of Israel ‘did evil in the sight of the Lord’ (Judges 6:1) and from that God caused them to be taken over by Midian for 7 years (Could this be due to Mose's rampage against the Midianite women and children?).
- During that time the Midianites, Amalekites and those from the East went against Israel and pillaged their lands; leaving nothing to salvage. From this, the children of Israel were grieved and prayed to the Lord.
- The Midianites and Amalekites burned their homes to the ground, rampaged their villages, and confiscated their crops and livestock till the Israelites had no hope of survival.

 

Yaldaboath abuses Asherah and silences her

-  In Jewish scripture, it was Khokhmah, 'Wisdom,' who personified the Divine feminine. She was understood as an emanation of God, and resonated with the Hebrew Goddess who is otherwise assailed in the Bible, Sophia and Asherah (sacred tree).
- My throne was in the pillar of cloud,” she declares in Ben Sirach (24:4).
- The Hebrews revered Sophia and King Solomon put her in the Temple, as the Goddess Asherah. However, after the brutal 'reforms' of King Josiah described in 1st and 2nd Kings in the Bible, the veneration of Sophia went underground.
- Sophia rebukes Yaldaboath (Yahweh) as a liar and fool when he, unaware of her role in creation, claimed sole divinity over the earth.
- Yahweh is threatened by Sophia (Eve) and she leaves a likeness of herself in the Garden of Eden which he rapes and she gives birth to Cain's children (which despite Yahweh/Cain are blessed by Eve).
- Wisdom of Solomon, a book in the apocrypha says clearly that Sophia is the Holy Spirit.
- As time passed, the male patriarchial religions gradually stripped Sophia and Asherah of their divinity and turned them into 'fallen goddesses.'

-  Gideon (driver), also called JerubBaal (Baal will contend), was an Israelite military leader, judge and prophet who conquered the Midianites.
- He was chosen by God to free the people of Israel and stop their idolatry after they began following the customs of their 'evil' neighbors.
- Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the weakest tribe of Manasseh and lived in Ephra (Ophrah).
- Gideon was so afraid of the murderous band of tormentors at large, that he chose to thresh his wheat in a winepress, for fear he might be ambushed in the field.

Pottery shard Leeon

Pottery shard from jug

- A 3,100-year-old fragment of a jug with his name written in ink was found in southern Israel.
- His name was also known as Jerubbesheth and the 'sheth' meant 'shame' and was used by Saul to name a son and grandson.

- The Angel of the Lord (messenger) came to Gideon in the form of a traveler and sat down in the shade of a terebinth (turpentine) tree for a repose.
- The angel greeted Gideon: "The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!"
- Gideon, the fifth major judge, was very suspicious and he asked for proof of God's will by three miracles.

Fire shooting out of rock

- The first miracle was a sign from the Angel by fire shooting out of a rock.

Fleece wet and land dry Rain - Baal storm God

Fleece dry and land wet River - Comes from rain

- The next two miracles performed on two consecutive nights involved fleece and were the opposite of each other; First Gideon woke up to his fleece covered in dew, but the surrounding ground dry; then the next morning, his fleece was dry but the surrounding ground covered in dew.

- Gideon led a troop of 300 valiant men after God reduced his troops from 32,000.

- Gideon separated the men who lapped the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who knelt down to drink. The Lord said to Gideon, "With the 300 men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home." 

- On God's instruction, Gideon destroyed the town's altar to Baal and the symbol of the goddess Asherah who were the 'pagan' idols of his clan.
- Asherah (Queen of Heaven) was the wife of Baal and later on (subsequent generations of worshippers) with El and later with Yahweh, who is the ancestral God of Israel in the Bible.
- Apparently this was Yahweh's way of divorcing Asherah.
- Gideon then erected an alter to the Lord (Yahweh) and sacrificed a bull upon it.
- Note, pagan means anyone who didn't like the same things as the early patriarchial Jews (namely females). It wasn't just Magdalene they managed to turn into an inconsequential prostitute (with their lies and smear).
- This endeavor went against a long line of feminine Divines such as Lilith (who was completely demonized), Eve, Magdalene, Virgin Mary, Sophia, Asherah, Isis, Cleopatra, Astarte, Ishtar... Many of their traits were confused and conglomerated into a total fabrication.

- The next morning, his fellow clan members were irate when they discovered whar he had done so his father, Joash, told them if Baal was a real God, he could defend himself when someone tore down his altar.
- Joash, was evidently a high priest and had welcomed the worship of Baal and Asherah to his home.

- The Tree of Life is the ephihany of Goddess Asherah (grove or wood).
- What was called 'pagans' was actually early Christians (Gnostics and such).
- Mother Earth and Father Time and time purposely forgot about her.
- Represented by Date Palm (grapevines, pomegranates, walnuts, myrtles, and willow).
- Female pillar figurines.
- The only goddess whose name is well attested in the Hebrew Bible is Asherah.
- When church patriarchs selected the books that became the canonical christian bible, they rejected some of the earliest texts, Gnostic scriptures. Among these excluded scriptures were writings that pictured Wisdom as a divine, creative female presence.

- The Handmaid's Tale.
- Qetesh together with hieroglyphs taken from a separate Egyptian relief (the "Triple Goddess stone").
- In the Ugaritic tales she is known as Athirat and is the consort to the great father god, El. She walked on water 1,400 years before Christ (1440-1300 BCE).
- Known as “Lady Asherah of the Sea” and “She who walks on the sea.” As Athirat, a cognate name for Asherah, she is mother of 70 children (this relates to the Jewish idea of the 70 guardian angels of the nations).

- Khirbet el-Qom and Kuntillet Ajrud ("Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah"). Two small states, not the universe.
- Yahweh was an ancient Levantine deity, and national god of the Israelite kingdoms of Israel and Judah (Wikipedia).
- He is the God of the Old Testament (law).
- Demonized and turned the Divine Feminine into a beast.
- The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age, if not somewhat earlier.
- Bacchus–Dionysus.
- Golden Calf sits on the hill.

- Meanwhile, the harassing clans and rebels joined forces and they marched to the valley of Jezreel to annihilate God's people.
- Gideon, struggling with fear and doubt, blew his trumpet to rally the neighboring Israelites to war.
- Once again, Gideon asked God for a sign.
- Armed only with trumpets and torch jars the Israelites went to war.
- On Gideon's command, they blew their trumpets and smashed the jars.

- God caused much confusion and those who didn't turn a sword against each other fled for their lives.
- Gideon captured two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna, and killed them. The Israelites then enjoyed peace for 40 years.
- Gideon, youngest in his family and from the smallest tribe in Israel obeyed God. Yes, he certainly did. He worked very admirably for his fellow citizens.

- Torches in left hands, and holding the trumpets in their right hands, they shouted, 'A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!'

- If “All’s well that ends well,” then all is not well with either Gideon or Israel.
- God limited Gideon's troops and let him know the battle was already won but Gideon went into battle headstrong and neglected to give the Most High credit for the win (he turned it into 'Gideon's sword.'
- Gideon’s “ephod” becomes an idol that the Israelites worship and ironically, it's set up in his home town of Ophrah, the very place where he tore down the altar of Baal and the sacred Asherah pole.
- Gideon had a harem. The average Israelite did not have “many wives” and “seventy sons,” along with a concubine (8:30-31). Even David did not match Gideon to this extent.

- Watch: Is Yahweh NOTHING More Than A Copy of The God BAAL?
- Watch: The Moon Matrix (The Technology Of The Fallen World)
- God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible -- Almost

- Members of the Order of the Golden Fleece wear red vestments and can be seen in family portraits and paintings from the order.
- The symbol of the order is ram's fleece (with head and feet) hung on a gold chain with a ring.
- The Austrian branch of the order passed to House of Habsburg after Philip IIIs son, Charles the Bold, died and the order passed from the male to his daughter, Mary of Burgundy, who married the future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
- Charles V, the grandson of Maximilian, who controlled several countries in Europe; Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Germany and parts of Italy, abdicated from several of his thrones at the end of his life and left the order in Austria and with the Spanish Habsburgs including Burgundy.
- In 1700, the Spanish Habsburg went extinct under the rule of Charles II after he died without an heir.
- The Order of the Golden Fleece still continues today with Queen Elizabeth II as one of the more current members.

Edward IV Coin

- After the death of his father, Richard of York in 1460, Edward took over leadership of the Yorkist faction. His father had been declared the king's heir by parliament, but Edward took the further step of proclaiming himself king in March 1461.
- He later forced Henry VI into exile in Scotland after defeating Lancastrian forces in the Wars of the Roses.

- Elizabeth was the mother of the two missing Princes in the Tower who were never seen again.
- Richard III and Henry VII both wanted the crown of Prince Edward V who was supposed to be coronated in 1483.

- Daughter, Elizabeth of York married Henry VII.
- Grandmother of Henry VIII.
- Shakespeare veiled Edward IV in Henry IV then he moved on to the next generation, Henry VI and Richard III.

LearJet

- King Lear (Shakespeare) and the Fool.
- All in the family.

- Norman Conquest.
- English language.
- It's not the words, it's the quest.

Aster	Alyssum	Campion	Columbine
Cornflower	Daisy	Flax	Forget-me-not
Hyacinth	Iris	Marigold	Morning Glory
Passion Flower	Snowdrop	Star of Bethlehem	Straw Flower

- Icy.

- It's all in the angles.

Antarctica - A23a

- The Virgin's skirt.
- It's an inversion.

- Ice skirt.

Mussel Byssus Fibers

Silk in hand

- Silk spinner.
- What a web we weave.
- Gloves on.
- Spindle whorls (another gossipy whore-her story).
- Whorl foot.

- Extremely light and shines like gold.
- In Egyptian hieroglyphs it was called “royal linen.”
- Egyptians used to wrap corpses with bandages cut from byssus cloth and coated with rubber.
- Lifting a golden fleece that so far none of the dyers has been able to imitate (Basil the Great - 4th century AD).

- Cleopatra was dressed in byssus on the day of the Battle of Actium (31 BC).
- Cloak made of wool, not such as is produced by sheep, but gathered from the sea (Procopius (6th century AD).
- Byssus and pure linen – The burial cloths of Christ.

- Silk shipment.
- The finest fabric known to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
- Knitted sea-silk glove from Taranto, Italy, 1880.
- One of the most valuable goods ever traded.

- The decline of byssus yarns began 500 AD during Emperor Justinian reign, when mulberry moss, better known as silkworm, was introduced to Europe.
- The production of silk then spread to Europe, mainly Italy, but required more refined techniques to produce and higher costs.
- Towards the end of the 19th century the textile use of byssus was completely abandoned.
- Over time, many other linens (from the land) were confused with sea silk or byssus such as fine linens made from flax.
- Leonardo thought it was a big deal in Italy.

The barge she sat in, like a burnish’d throne, Burnt on the water. The poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar’d all description: she did lie In her pavilion – cloth-of-gold of tissue –O’erpicturing that Venus where we see The fancy outwork nature. (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra)

- Special order for the Order of the Golden Fleece.

- 'Seawool' a breakthrough in textile innovation.
- A new process that combines highly polluted mussel waste into a cloud-like substance that can be used for insulation and construction purposes.
- Fire retardant, water resistant, mouldable, recyclable, no micro-plastic (seastex.com).

- The most precious dye used was purpura, the Tyrian purple (also known as Phoenician red).
- Extracting this dye involved tens of thousands of snails and substantial labor, and as a result, the dye was highly valued.
- Rams there were, well-fed and thick of fleece, fine beasts and large, with wool dark as the violet. (Homer, Odyssey 9.425)

- Ancient text.
- In Exodus, byssus is represented with a different name than in Chronicles, indicating textiles from separate sources as time passed which were all known as 'fine linen.'
- Watch: Biblical Proof of the Narcissists Bleak Future.
- Leonardo's text consists of 13 lines in red and black ink of which the 13th line is touched by the tip of Mary's finger which is deliberately separated from her other fingers, indicating its importance.
- Red ink was commonly used in headings, and black ink was used in the text.
- The lettering itself, so far has not been deciphered because it represents a complex mix and intermingled composition of both known and unknown characters.
- It is very distinct, and well delineated, not blurred to give the impression of text, but suggesting the script of an unknown language or perhaps the contrived action of Leonardo to take the viewer back and forth between the known and unknown, which is something he was famous for.
- This book was the only example of text that he ever painted in any of his work.

This four-tiered cult stand found at Tanaach is thought to represent Yahweh and Asherah

Pillar and cap

- We have a pillar cap (capital) with a missing pillar!
- Roman Composite capital.
- Mary Magdalene is in the pillar.
- Mary Magdalene is in the lip (ral-lip).
- The middle pillar of three pillars.
- Virgin Mary of the Pillar.
- Support, backbone, strength.
- Djed, Egyptian hieroglyph represents stability, Osiris spine.
- Egypt is pretty much treeless.
- Paw feet.
- Acanthus leaves, Abacus flowers, Pomegranates.
- Cassone, placed in the bridal suite.

Lippi Dove

- Filippo Lippi and his version of Annunciation.
- The broken column.

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