William Henry Claims Leonardo da Vinci Painting Is "Technology" for Transdimensional Communication with Christ

12/20/2017

:Yesterday morning my hot water heater burst, and I had to spend most of the day dealing with the fallout and the cleanup. Worse, when the new heater was being installed, the plumber found that the pipe leading to the heater had cracked around a joint and was leaking. It was ready to burst. So, the pipe had to be replaced, too. Wasn’t that a merry Christmas present? The upshot is that I had very little time to complete work or prepare a blog post for today. So, I did what I usually do when I need a quick hit of something absolutely mind-blowingly stupid. I turned to a talking head from Ancient Aliens.

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Today’s bit of bizarre nonsense comes from William Henry, an Ancient Aliens pundit and all-purpose spiritual guru. On his blog, he speculated about the true motives behind a Saudi prince’s $450 million purchase of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi last month. Henry wondered why a Muslim would purchase a work of art featuring Christ, seen as a prophet in Islam, when Islam eschews iconic depictions of prophets. He also drew attention to the fact that the painting would soon be placed in Abu Dhabi’s newly opened Louvre Museum, a partnership with the French government, because the museum is shaped like a flattened dome, which Henry believes means that it represents a flying saucer. Officially, it is meant to recall Islamic architecture, the starry sky, and a canopy of palm fronds through which sunlight filters.

Anyway, Henry has some choice words about the painting, which he feels is secret technology:

My theory is that there is something supernaturally powerful about “Salvator Mundi.” This is affirmed by the price tag, but also about the potential that the painting itself, inherently contains power. I have proposed it is an icon, which, in Christian art terms, means it is a portal, a sacred mirror and two-way communications channel between the viewer and Christ. Through this lens, Leonardo created a technology whereby the Spirit of Salvator Mundi could be transmitted.

Trying to parse that paragraph is a fool’s errand. It makes no sense, for example, to accept the painting as a Christian icon but also to consider that the Holy Spirit needs “technology” to pass between worlds, like some sort of varnished star gate. It’s a shame that Henry didn’t elaborate on how exactly he feels that paint on canvas can breach the veil between worlds, or what exactly he thinks Christ is that he needs special gateways to pass into our world. I can’t help but think of the children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon in which a small child can draw things into existence with his title crayon. Is that how Henry views Leonardo? And why can’t I channel deities? Does it require special paint?

24 Comments

Gunn At Risk

12/20/2017 09:52:56 am

I think the idea was to try and add something, without taking anything away. But, of course, the supernatural notion presented does take away, when one considers that no portal is needed for God to operate in His own created universe.

Meditation might be assisted through objects, I suppose, as a means to concentrate on Christ, but this is a far cry from an object directing Christ or His power...because God is never constrained in His power or in His ability to be anywhere He chooses.

However, if He chooses to make an object sacred or serve a purpose, that is His call. No power is generated successfully against God through objects, but neither can the power of God be denied by mere objects.

The Lord's Prayer ends with: "For Thine (God, the Father) is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory forever."

So, any and all proposed power and glory reside in God, not in Leonardo's abilities, or in something he created...unless God made that specific call for some reason.

Maybe the Saudi prince came to realize that Christ is no ordinary Prophet, and that the only way to God and salvation is through his Son, Jesus. (One way.)

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMERICA!

leonardo da vinci

12/20/2017 06:08:53 pm

You're about as batshit crazy as William Henry.

Scott Wolter

12/26/2017 03:00:48 am

Btw I loved your performance in The Revenant.

RobZ

12/21/2017 06:01:38 am

Yes, well... maybe. But then again...

"The Lord is my shepard, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie.
Through pastures green He leadeth me, the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my soul.
He maketh me hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets.
For lo, He hath great power and great hunger.

When cometh the day we lowly ones,
through quiet reflection and great dedication,
master the art of karate.
Lo, we shall rise up.
And then we'll make the buggers eyes water."

(Pink Floyd)

Only Me

12/20/2017 11:07:26 am

Paint on canvas is now an interdimensional technology?! I think Henry took Exeter Paint's "It's more than just paint" slogan a bit too seriously.

Trippin' Hippie

12/20/2017 11:55:36 am

Help us Obi Wan Kenobi.....Jesus Savior of the World this guy has gone on one too many South American psychedelic journeys. Light bodies this Light bodies that with this guy. Everything's a "portal." No UFO in this painting so it is a "portal." Too much

Joe Scales

12/20/2017 01:47:44 pm

Da Vinci must have had a time travel portal as well. That is, he must have had one for him to have gone back in time to create the Shroud of Turin, as Scott Wolter maintains...

Americanegro

12/20/2017 02:51:20 pm

Ignatius Voyola checking in! Always nice to get a tutorial on how God gods. Looking at all the evidence available however, tells me the true situation is:

In a universe where Winnie the Pooh lies dreaming us into existence...

Meditation might be assisted through objects, I suppose, as a means to concentrate on Winnie the Pooh, but this is a far cry from an object directing Winnie the Pooh or His power...because Winnie the Pooh is never constrained in His power or in His ability to be anywhere He chooses. Except when he gets stuck.

However, if He chooses to make an object sacred or serve a purpose, that is His call. No power is generated successfully against Winnie the Pooh through objects, but neither can the power of Winnie the Pooh be denied by mere objects. Except holes that are too small. Bother!

The House at Pooh Corner ends with:

"You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin
Back to the ways of Pooh"

Counting all the bees? Chasing all the clouds? Surely these are the activities of a Universal Monarch and World Maintainer!

So, any and all proposed power and glory reside in Winnie the Pooh, not in Leonardo's abilities, or in something he created...unless Winnie the Pooh made that specific call for some reason.

Maybe the Saudi prince came to realize that Christopher Robin is no ordinary Prophet, and that the only way to Winnie the Pooh and salvation is through Christopher Robin. (One way.)

OH BOTHER, AMERICA!

David Bradbury

12/20/2017 03:35:34 pm

"Back to the ways of Christopher Robin
Back to the ways of Pooh"

Oh, it's just so naff. Compare the utter magic of the original:

"But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing."

12/20/2017 04:54:13 pm

"I touch what is before me and am amply satisfied with the result."

-- Richard Burton on his swordsmanship

PNO TECH

12/20/2017 09:26:21 pm

I was with you: it was making sense. Then the buzz wore off.
Oh, bother!

Bob Jase

12/20/2017 03:54:24 pm

Now that is cutting edge thinking from 1963

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/strange-tales-108-the-painter-of-a-thousand-perils/4000-110800/

Henry

12/20/2017 05:20:03 pm

More useless drivel in this portal of hate and jealousy. Please dig deep and give Jason money. It’s all about money. And unrequited bromance.

E.P. Grondine

12/20/2017 08:44:51 pm

"It’s all about money. And unrequited bromance."

No, it is not.

It is about cognitive dissonance, and the analysis of a very bizarre social phenomenon here in the US.

Personally, I think it would be a chuckle if Jason created a fictional persona and cobbled together a work in this genre.
It would be a good writing exercise for him.

Jason, the Dark Side awaits. Chose your topic yet?

Jason Colavito link

12/20/2017 09:07:47 pm

Been there, done that.
http://www.jasoncolavito.com/cthulhu-in-world-mythology.html

12/20/2017 10:13:42 pm

Why are you trying to position yourself as the writing tutor Chief?

You wrote:

"Jason has the makings of a great little story here. but lacks the writing skills to turn this draft into really good copy."

Let's look at that shall we?

Did you have heapum firewater?

12/21/2017 08:43:45 am

"More useless drivel in this portal of hate and jealousy. Please dig deep and give Jason money. "

Reverse-psychology can get really complicated sometimes.

Clete

12/21/2017 09:36:37 am

Me (Henry) use big words, makes Me (Henry) smart. Me (Henry) needs to have diaper changed.

Machala

12/21/2017 11:40:42 am

Methinks, Henry trolleth too much !

William Henry link

12/25/2017 09:19:18 am

Once again, Jason, you have proven yourself to be a total crank or just plain stupid. While you pretend to have knowledge, you actually have serious blocks when it comes to history. For example, you dismiss my assertion that art can act as portal. All the while, you are painfully ignorant of centuries of Christian tradition that says art, especially icons, functions as portals, sacred mirrors and methods of communication with the Divine. I won't waste any more time on you, little one. God bless you nonetheless. You know not what you do. One day, you will grow up. Hopefully soon.

12/25/2017 01:49:09 pm

"you are painfully ignorant of centuries of Christian tradition"

Says the guy that makes an ad hominem comment on Christmas, a festival traditionally commemorating the birth of Christ.

Lynn

2/7/2018 09:54:24 pm

"Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings" comes to mind......

rick oneil

6/28/2018 10:25:55 pm

Have we forgotten Bert's chalk drawings in Mary Poppins? There was some serious portalizing going on at the park.

Lyra

3/3/2021 01:02:41 am

This painting is a coded message about inner alchemy and transmutation into an Androgynous Being to return to our original Home.
.

As we look at the human in the painting we experience a confusion in determining the gender of the being. Our mind involuntarily switches back and forth between seeing a male and a female. The bare seemingly looking female chest, the long curly hair, the wide and low open neck collar are the female attributes in contrast with the masculine facial hair. The painter intended to draw an androgynous being
who is created out of balancing the male and female energies within ones-self.

His right hand represent the five elements. Fire and air for the two finger pointing upwards, water and earth for the two finger pointing downwards.The thumb represents ether/spirit pointing upwards.
(Lighter elements go up, heavier ones go down)

The sphere in his left hand represents the soul. In order to achieve transformation, one has to fight the Left path bodily and material temptations and to be as pure and crystal clear as the orb.That is to be righteous.

His shroud in blue color represents the Heaven and the brown colored cross is Earth.

The ruby stone the human is wearing is Rubedo the vajra or 'Diamond Thunderbolt' which represent the final successful process of alchemy. That is reaching immortality and being godlike.

The brown crossed (X) represents Satan who has trapped souls in this earthly world,hence the color brown which represents Earth.
The way one can be free and sovereign from the material plane prison is to walk the righteous path and work on their inner male and female attributes to bring them into balance for the light body to activate and to achieve Christ consciousness.

The message of the painting is:

WE ARE EACH OUR OWN SAVIOUR!