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Chapter 6

           «Thispentacleisrepresentativeofthefemalehalfofallthingsaconceptreligioushistorianscallthe‘sacredfeminine’orthe‘divinegoddess.Saunière,ofallpeople,wouldknowthis.»

           «Saunièredrewagoddesssymbolonhisstomach?»

           Langdonhadtoadmit,itseemedodd.«Initsmostspecificinterpretation,thepentaclesymbolizesVenusthegoddessoffemalesexualloveandbeauty.»

           Facheeyedthenakedman,andgrunted.

           «EarlyreligionwasbasedonthedivineorderofNature.ThegoddessVenusandtheplanetVenuswereoneandthesame.ThegoddesshadaplaceinthenighttimeskyandwasknownbymanynamesVenus,theEasternStar,Ishtar,AstarteallofthempowerfulfemaleconceptswithtiestoNatureandMotherEarth.»

           Fachelookedmoretroublednow,asifhesomehowpreferredtheideaofdevilworship.

           Langdondecidednottosharethepentacle’smostastonishingpropertythegraphicoriginofitstiestoVenus.Asayoungastronomystudent,LangdonhadbeenstunnedtolearntheplanetVenustracedaperfectpentacleacrosstheeclipticskyeveryfouryears.Soastonishedweretheancientstoobservethisphenomenon,thatVenusandherpentaclebecamesymbolsofperfection,beauty,andthecyclicqualitiesofsexuallove.AsatributetothemagicofVenus,theGreeksusedherfour-yearcycletoorganizetheirOlympiads.Nowadays,fewpeoplerealizedthatthefour-yearscheduleofmodernOlympicGamesstillfollowedthecyclesofVenus.

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