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Chapter 60

           BecausehernamewasforbiddenbytheChurch,MaryMagdalenebecamesecretlyknownbymanypseudonymstheChalice,theHolyGrail,andtheRose.»Hepaused.«TheRosehastiestothefive-pointedpentacleofVenusandtheguidingCompassRose.Bytheway,thewordroseisidenticalinEnglish,French,German,andmanyotherlanguages.»

           «Rose,»Langdonadded,»isalsoananagramofEros,theGreekgodofsexuallove.»SophiegavehimasurprisedlookasTeabingplowedon.»TheRosehasalwaysbeenthepremieresymboloffemalesexuality.Inprimitivegoddesscults,thefivepetalsrepresentedthefivestationsoffemalelifebirth,menstruation,motherhood,menopause,anddeath.Andinmoderntimes,thefloweringrose’stiestowomanhoodareconsideredmorevisual.»HeglancedatRobert.«Perhapsthesymbologistcouldexplain?»

           Roberthesitated.Amomenttoolong.

           «Oh,heavens!»Teabinghuffed.«YouAmericansaresuchprudes.»HelookedbackatSophie.

           «WhatRobertisfumblingwithisthefactthattheblossomingflowerresemblesthefemalegenitalia,thesublimeblossomfromwhichallmankindenterstheworld.Andifyou’veeverseenanypaintingsbyGeorgiaO’Keeffe,you’llknowexactlywhatImean.»

           «Thepointhere,»Langdonsaid,motioningbacktothebookshelf,»isthatallofthesebookssubstantiatethesamehistoricalclaim.»

           «ThatJesuswasafather.»Sophiewasstilluncertain.

           «Yes,»Teabingsaid.«AndthatMaryMagdalenewasthewombthatcarriedHisroyallineage.

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