"The Da Vinci Code," written by Dan Brown, is an incredibly controversial book because of one specific topic; the claim that Mary Magdalene was married to Jesus and they had a child - creating a royal bloodline. This concept is called the sacred feminine. The reason many people find this so offensive is that the Catholic Church claims the opposite, degrading Magdalene and depicting Jesus has a savior sent down from heaven, meaning he should not engage in normal human behaviors. The idea of the Sacred Feminine is credible because of Leonardo da Vinci's artwork, the social customs of the time period, and the documents mentioned in the Da Vinci Code that support it. .
Many references were made in this disputable book to the things Leonardo Da Vinci put in his artwork to hint that the sacred feminine is real. Looking at the Last Supper, everyone sitting at the table has a cup of wine. This contradicts the Church's claim that the Holy Grail is the Cup of Christ that everyone drank from. Brown argues in his novel that the Holy is actually Magdalene's womb which carried and bore the child of Jesus Christ. It can also be noted that the disciple sitting to the right of Jesus is actually a woman, Mary Magdalene. The two individuals are clothed as mirror images of each other. They are joined at the hip and leaning away from each other to create the same symbol as the Grail, the chalice, and the female womb. With their bodies, they create a shape that resembles the letter M, which stands for Magdalene. In Leonardo's most prominent painting the Mona Lisa, Brown mentions that the artist used an unequal horizon line to emphasize the feminine aspect of the Mona Lisa's face. The painting depicts a union of male and female, and this is a very important aspect of the sacred feminine. .
The marriage of Jesus to Mary Magdalene can be verified by the customs of the time. Jesus was a Jew, and the social decorum basically forbade a Jewish man to be unmarried.
