Researchers claim there are hidden messages that can be found within the works of Leonardo da Vinci--and other art throughout history--that may reveal an extraterrestrial influence.
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NARRATOR: He was an artist whose paintings have become priceless masterpieces.
MATTHEW LANDRUS: Leonardo produced some of the world's most recognizable paintings - The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Lady With The Ermine
NARRATOR: He was a genius whose inventions were centuries ahead of their time
GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: He drew construction plans for tanks, for helicopters, all sorts of wild things that came into reality during our lifetime right now.
NARRATOR: But there are those who believe that Leonardo da Vinci was inspired by an extraterrestrial intelligence, that his paintings are embedded with secret knowledge, and contain codes, that when deciphered will provide the keys to unlocking the universe.
WILLIAM HENRY: I think da Vinci is trying to tell us that there is a higher intelligence that operates in our world.
Act 1[]
1:15
Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" is auctioned at Christie's in New York City, November 15, 2017, and sells for $400 Million. Some people believe the Salvator Mundi is a part of a larger puzzle that could reveal the secrets of the universe.
April 15, 1452 Leonardo is born in Vinci, Italy. As an illegitimate child, he was free to have his own ideas. As a teenager, he settled in Florence during the Renaissance. He was the apprentice of Andrea del Verrocchio, but was also self-taught, and excelled at a range of disciplines.
William Henry travelled to Florence to learn more about da Vinci. What remains of da Vinci's work is a dozen (15?) paintings, and his notebooks which provide insight into his thought processes.
He was highly scrutinized by the Roman Catholic Church. The Renaissance had a re-discovery of ancient classical Greek documents. The re-discovered knowledge did not combine well with Christianity. Da Vinci was one of the points of conflict. Scholars believe da Vinci was open to more spiritual philosophies that conflicted with the Catholic Church.
Florence, Italy, 2002. Dr. Maurizio Seracini uses infrared diagnostic techniques to uncover the "under-drawing", or preliminary sketch of da Vinci's unfinished "Adoration of the Magi". The analysis reveals more details than can be seen by the naked eye - figures, horses, architecture. The scene was of a pagan temple, rising through the ruins of a Christian church. The newly discovered image was of an Egyptian temple being rebuilt. One of the temple columns is capped by a lotus flower, the Egyptian "flower of life".
"The flower of life" refers to the information behind the creation of the universe and sacred geometry. It is believed by mystics to be a symbol of advanced super-consciousness, and gives access to cosmic extraterrestrial knowledge. Da Vinci was obsessed with this idea.
Act 2[]
11:49
Although Leonardo da Vinci's life is well-documented, there are two years that are missing, 1476 to 1478, when he was 24 to 26 years old. Scholars have been interested in an experience da Vinci had while hiking near a cave. While walking, he felt drawn to the wonderment inside the cave. Ancient Alien theorists speculate that Leonardo had a mystical experience, where he may have met aliens, had prophetic dreams, or otherwise received knowledge from an alternate reality.
Evidence can be found in his painting, The Virgin of the Rocks. William Henry met with Lynn Picknett near London to talk about the art piece. The painting depicts a meeting of infant Jesus with infant John the Baptist during the Holy Family's flight to Egypt. The children's protectors have been reversed - Mary has her arm around John, and John's protector archangel Uriel is with Jesus. In the apocryphal Book of Enoch, Uriel guides Enoch through Heaven, teaching him the secrets of the universe. Da Vinci may have included Uriel in the painting as an indication of his source of genius.
One of the features of The Virgin of the Rocks is the rocky cavern the scene is set in. Da Vinci may have linked his cave experience into this painting. All of Leonardo da Vinci's 15 known paintings may contain hidden clues of secret or forbidden knowledge or messages.
Act 3[]
19:41
Milan, Italy, the monastery of Santa Maria delle grazie houses the mural of the Last Supper. The painting depicts the scene where Jesus reveals that one of his disciples will betray him, and the disciples react in horror. Researchers believe the painting contains hidden messages.
The figure to the left of Jesus appears to be a woman - Mary Magdalene, not the apostle John as originally assumed. Leonardo da Vinci always depicted women looking downwards, leaning to one side. The feminine figure along with Jesus forms an "M" shape, presumed to be a clue to her name. In the Bible, Mary Magdalene was not at the Last Supper. Leonardo may have had knowledge of the true relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Jesus and Mary are seated together, and wear mirror image clothing. Mary is thought to be Jesus' wife, but the Catholic Church didn't want Jesus to be known as having a wife; he should be celibate. Instead, the church portrayed Mary as a prostitute.
Jesus' chalice, the Holy Grail is also missing from the painting. The Communion was to be instituted at the Last Supper -- Jesus' body and blood represented by the bread and wine -- yet the wine is not in the scene. Some believe the Grail was a symbol to represent Jesus' divine bloodline. People suggest the Holy Grail is the body of Mary Magdalene, pregnant with Jesus' child. Goddess lore holds that the Grail is the womb, and the true miracle is birth. Some traditions hold that the children of Jesus and Mary carry the DNA of a new evolution of humans, that the new bloodline is the Holy Grail.
Act 4[]
26:03
Lecce, Italy, 2003. Musician Giovanni Maria Pala found a hidden composition in the Last Supper. In old master paintings, each aspect was carefully decided. There were no accidental insertions. The table cloth of the Last Supper has vertical lines and horizontal lines, forming a musical pentagram -- staff, or sheet of music. Pala pinpointed the loaves of bread on the table as being notes. The hands of the apostles were also aligned with the lines of the sheet. Leonardo had a habit of writing from right to left. So the hands and the loaves from right to left form the notes. Pala believes Leonardo used the notation to add a deep, mysterious experience to the painting.
Some believe that chanting and vibration gives access to a timeless realm of knowledge. Many religions have mantras that are tuned to deities. The mantras are used to summon and create rapport with their deities.
NASA's Voyager program in 1977 used music as a form of basic communication with extraterrestrials. Carl Sagan and Jon Lomberg designed the large golden discs containing images and sounds, which were placed on the Voyager probes. Lomberg felt that visual art and music would be as valid as math and physics as a means of communication. The mathematical relationships that underlie aesthetics reflect the fractal nature of the universe.
In Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the spaceship played tones in a pattern that could be repeated infinitely.
Act 5[]
32:58
The Louvre, Abu Dhabi is where Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, sold for $400 Million, resides. The Louvre, established November 2017, has a floating dome with 7,800 interlocking stars. It's appearance is compared to a "giant flying saucer." The architects goal was to "emphasize the fascination generated by rare encounters."
William Henry met with Michael Kwakkelstein at the Dutch University Institute for Art History. In the painting, Jesus holds a crystal sphere -- the Cintamani stone, the "Wish Fulfilling Gem" of Tibetan Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism, Ksitigarbha holds the orb, and can travel through all six realms where various beings dwell. The Cintamani stone is most often shown held by a Bodhisattva, or enlightened teacher. The Bodhisattva would hold the orb in the palm of his hand, just as Jesus does in the Salvator Mundi. The Buddhist symbol is out of place in da Vinci's traditional Christian religious painting.
The three stars of Jesus' Cintamani orb corresponding to the three stars of Orion.
The three white dots or stars floating inside the orb appear to symbolize the three stars of Orion, indicating a cosmic connection. The constellation of Orion in Egyptian lore is the place of origin for the gods. The stars of Orion's Belt correspond with the alignment of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, as well as the temples of Teotihuacan. The painting may be somehow indicating that Jesus came from Orion, and the human race is also from Orion. Osiris, resurrected, goes to Orion; and Jesus ultimately returning from Orion -- forms a powerful connection in Ancient Astronaut theory. William Henry believes that Jesus holding the orb says that there is a higher intelligence, a cosmic intelligence interwoven within human history.
Act 6[]
38:35
Amboise, France, 1513. Château du Clos Lucé, over three years Leonardo da Vinci completed his final painting, Saint John the Baptist. Saint John is depicted as an androgynous figure, pointing upward, indicating the source of wisdom. Leonardo wanted to encode his own private message in his paintings for future generations. He may have referred to extraterrestrials, or the future.
John The Baptist, mirrored, contains the face of an extraterrestrial.
Researchers discovered that by mirroring the image of John the Baptist, they were able to bring out the face of an extraterrestrial.
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist, mirrored
Virgin and Child mirrored, producing a mysterious face.
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist, when mirrored also produces a face. Leonardo da Vinci is said to be one of a long line of artists from ancient Egyptians and Tibetans who held that art is a means of connecting with higher dimensional beings or extraterrestrials. Da Vinci may have had extraterrestrial encounters that opened his mind to forbidden knowledge.
Contributors[]
- George Noory - Radio Host, Coast to Coast AM
- Jonathan Young, Ph. D. - Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives
- Matthew Landrus, Ph. D. - Faculty of History, University of Oxford
- Giorgio Tsoukalos - Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine
- William Henry - Author / Investigative Mythologist
- Michael W. Kwakkelstein - Research Institute Director, Utrecht University
- Noah Charney, Ph. D. - Author, The Thefts of the Mona Lisa
- Lynn Picknett - Co-Author, The Templar Revelation
- Maurizio Seracini - Professor of Art Imaging, SDSU
- Caroline Cory - Author, The Visible and Invisible Worlds
- David Childress - Author, Technology of the Gods
- Katy Blatt - Author, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Virgin of the Rocks
- Godfrey Harris - Author, The Legend of Leonardo Da Vinci
- William M. Roberts - Italian Translator
- Giovanni Pala - Author, Leonardo: The Ultimate Secret
- Layne Little, Ph. D. - Professor of Religious Studies, UCD
- Jon Lomberg - Design Director, Voyager Record
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References[]
Art[]
- Adoration of the Magi; John the Baptist (painting); Last Supper (painting); Salvator Mundi; Virgin of the Rocks; The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist
Astronomical[]
- Orion; Orion's Belt
Concepts[]
- Cintamani stone; flower of life; Holy Grail; lotus flower; sacred geometry
Events[]
- Last Supper (event); Leonardo da Vinci's cave experience
Film[]
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Gods[]
- Osiris; Uriel
Government, Military[]
History[]
- Renaissance
Literature[]
Locations[]
- Amboise, France; Château du Clos Lucé; Dutch University Institute for Art History; Florence, Italy; Great Pyramids of Egypt; Lecce, Italy; Louvre, Abu Dhabi; Milan, Italy; Santa Maria delle grazie; Teotihuacan; Vinci, Italy
People, Contemporary[]
- Carl Sagan; Giovanni Pala; Jon Lomberg; Lynn Picknett; Maurizio Seracini; Michael Kwakkelstein; William Henry
People, Historical[]
- Andrea del Verrocchio; apostle John; Enoch; Jesus; John the Baptist (prophet); Ksitigarbha; Leonardo da Vinci; Mary Magdalene; Mary, mother of Jesus
Religion[]
- Christianity; Communion (religion); Roman Catholic Church; Tibetan Buddhism; Bodhisattva
Technology, Science[]
- Golden Record; Voyager Space Probes
UFOlogy[]
- flying saucer
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