Leonardo's Mary Magdalen, and his sketch "Angel in the flesh" superimposed. The image meshes strikingly well, and creates a very typical alchemical hermaphrodite. Note the positions of the arms, which appear to make an "as above, so below" gesture.
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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.
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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