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Chapter 61

           

           Despiteitscorporateimage,Disneystillhadasavvy,playfulelementamongitsemployees,andtheirartistsstillamusedthemselvesbyinsertinghiddensymbolisminDisneyproducts.LangdonwouldneverforgetoneofhisstudentsbringinginaDVDofTheLionKingandpausingthefilmtorevealafreeze-frameinwhichthewordSEXwasclearlyvisible,spelledoutbyfloatingdustparticlesoverSimba’shead.AlthoughLangdonsuspectedthiswasmoreofacartoonist’ssophomoricprankthananykindofenlightenedallusiontopaganhumansexuality,hehadlearnednottounderestimateDisney’sgraspofsymbolism.TheLittleMermaidwasaspellbindingtapestryofspiritualsymbolssospecificallygoddess-relatedthattheycouldnotbecoincidence.

           WhenLangdonhadfirstseenTheLittleMermaid,hehadactuallygaspedaloudwhenhenoticedthatthepaintinginAriel’sunderwaterhomewasnoneotherthanseventeenth-centuryartistGeorgesdelaTour’sThePenitentMagdaleneafamoushomagetothebanishedMaryMagdalenefittingdecorconsideringthemovieturnedouttobeaninety-minutecollageofblatantsymbolicreferencestothelostsanctityofIsis,Eve,Piscesthefishgoddess,and,repeatedly,MaryMagdalene.TheLittleMermaid’sname,Ariel,possessedpowerfultiestothesacredfeminineand,intheBookofIsaiah,wassynonymouswith»theHolyCitybesieged.»Ofcourse,theLittleMermaid’sflowingredhairwascertainlynocoincidenceeither.

           TheclickingofTeabing’scrutchesapproachedinthehallway,hispaceunusuallybrisk.Whentheirhostenteredthestudy,hisexpressionwasstern

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