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Chapter 8

           HeincorporatedinmanyofhisChristianpaintingshiddensymbolismthatwasanythingbutChristiantributestohisownbeliefsandasubtlethumbingofhisnoseattheChurch.LangdonhadevengivenalectureonceattheNationalGalleryinLondonentitled:»TheSecretLifeofLeonardo:PaganSymbolisminChristianArt.»

           «Iunderstandyourconcerns,»Langdonnowsaid,«butDaVincineverreallypracticedanydarkarts.Hewasanexceptionallyspiritualman,albeitoneinconstantconflictwiththeChurch.»AsLangdonsaidthis,anoddthoughtpoppedintohismind.Heglanceddownatthemessageontheflooragain.O,Draconiandevil!Oh,lamesaint!

           «Yes?»Fachesaid.

           Langdonweighedhiswordscarefully.«IwasjustthinkingthatSaunièresharedalotofspiritualideologieswithDaVinci,includingaconcernovertheChurch’seliminationofthesacredfemininefrommodernreligion.Maybe,byimitatingafamousDaVincidrawing,SaunièrewassimplyechoingsomeoftheirsharedfrustrationswiththemodernChurch’sdemonizationofthegoddess.»

           Fache’seyeshardened.«YouthinkSaunièreiscallingtheChurchalamesaintandaDraconiandevil?»

           Langdonhadtoadmititseemedfar-fetched,andyetthepentacleseemedtoendorsetheideaonsomelevel.«AllIamsayingisthatMr.Saunièrededicatedhislifetostudyingthehistoryofthegoddess,andnothinghasdonemoretoerasethathistorythantheCatholicChurch.ItseemsreasonablethatSaunièremighthavechosentoexpresshisdisappointmentinhisfinalgood-bye.»

           «Disappointment?»Fachedemanded,soundinghostilenow.

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