This
painting was originally titled "John the Baptist in the Wilderness," but
identifying details were later painted over, and John's 'hair shirt' was
changed into the leopard skin of Dionysus. Whether or not someone was making
a point by changing John into Bacchus/Dionysus is unknown, but this is not
the only image of the Baptist with Dionysian features painted
by Renaissance artists.
Da
Vinci Code Study Guide
The Western, or Esoteric Kabbalah was created and utilized by Western
magicians and Hermetic students for hundreds of years, and is a spiritual
tradition in its own right.
The
Quest for the Holy Grail
The Arthurian quest for the Holy Grail has important symbolic meaning
in the western Hermetic tradition.
Hermetic
Tradition
Named after Hermes Trismigestus, the Greek moniker of the Egyptian God
Tehuti, alleged author of hundreds of mystical tractates, the Hermetic
tradition is an eclectic spiritual tradition that is the father of medieval
alchemy, magical/mystical orders, and many other aspects of the western
mystery tradition
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