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Chapter 56

           Boyswillbeboys.»Langdonwinced.«Movingon,thefemalesymbol,asyoumightimagine,istheexactopposite.»Hedrewanothersymbolonthepage.«Thisiscalledthechalice.»

           

           Sophieglancedup,lookingsurprised.

           Langdoncouldseeshehadmadetheconnection.«Thechalice,»hesaid,»resemblesacuporvessel,andmoreimportant,itresemblestheshapeofawoman’swomb.Thissymbolcommunicatesfemininity,womanhood,andfertility.»Langdonlookeddirectlyathernow.»Sophie,legendtellsustheHolyGrailisachaliceacup.ButtheGrail’sdescriptionasachaliceisactuallyanallegorytoprotectthetruenatureoftheHolyGrail.Thatistosay,thelegendusesthechaliceasametaphorforsomethingfarmoreimportant.»«Awoman,»Sophiesaid.

           «Exactly.»Langdonsmiled.«TheGrailisliterallytheancientsymbolforwomanhood,andtheHolyGrailrepresentsthesacredfeminineandthegoddess,whichofcoursehasnowbeenlost,virtuallyeliminatedbytheChurch.Thepowerofthefemaleandherabilitytoproducelifewasonceverysacred,butitposedathreattotheriseofthepredominantlymaleChurch,andsothesacredfemininewasdemonizedandcalledunclean.Itwasman,notGod,whocreatedtheconceptof“originalsin,”wherebyEvetastedoftheappleandcausedthedownfallofthehumanrace.Woman,oncethesacredgiveroflife,wasnowtheenemy.»

           «Ishouldadd,»Teabingchimed,»thatthisconceptofwomanaslife-bringerwasthefoundationofancientreligion.Childbirthwasmysticalandpowerful.

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