The Baptist Revelation
There are always four ways we can apply the
same angle - which, depending on the angle,
can appear like an eight-pointed or twelve-pointed star:
These four ways are both sides of the vertical
and both sides of the horizontal
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Why are the index fingers in all these images of John the Baptist painted between 1515 and 1717 pointing at the angle of 23.5 degrees?
This is another exclusive. As far as I know, no one has noticed this particular phenomenon before. The theme of the Baptist joins the other sources that also contain references to this angle: such as the Vanitas paintings and the paintings on the theme of ET IN ARCADIA EGO, (17th century), the Great Pyramid, the Giza plateau, the map of Washington, The US dollar bill featuring the pyramid with the All-Seeing Eye in the 'detached' and floating capstone, the Masonic Compass, Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, the Templar Cross Pattee etc. As regards this Baptist theme, the likely explanation for these references would be that the 'Feast Day' of the Baptist takes place on 24th June - being the Summer Solstice and the day when the sun is on the Tropic of Cancer - being 23.5 degrees North of the equator. Therefore, in a deeper sense, we are bring told that the tilt of the earth's axis is related to John, 'the great initiator' in some way. But what secrets really lay behind this association . . .
3: St. John the Baptist, c. 1624.
Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591-1652. )
2: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
(Unknown)
1: Saint John the Baptist, c. 1717.
François Le Moyne.
5: The Crucifixion with John the Baptist and a Lamb. 1515.
Matthias Grünewald (a.k.a. Mathis Gothart).
Above John's pointing finger are the words:
"He must increase, but I must decrease".
4: St. John the Baptist (1540). Titian
(Venetian; ca. 1495-1576) - Academy Gallery.
7: The Boy Baptist in the Desert. c.1517. Raphael.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
Interesting, because the finger begins at 23.5 degrees with the last digit pointing straight upwards - as if mirroring the reed cross
6: François I as John the Baptist, painted by Jean Clouet c. 1527.
Musée du Louvre
8: St. John the Baptist. c. 1600. El Greco.
The Fine Art Museum of San Francisco.
Both index fingers are at 23.5 degrees!
9: Bacchus / Dionysus / Osiris / John in the Wilderness. c.1517.
Leonardo Da Vinci
If someone had told us that a reference to the angle of 23.5 degrees can also be found in most paintings of John the Baptist between the 16th and 18th centuries, we would immediately look at the angle of the reed cross.
But for the artists who have encoded these references, this would be too obvious. These artists didn't want to make it easy for us, and we could say that they succeeded in keeping this particular motif a 'trade' secret amongst themselves, because the references to this angle have remained hidden for hundreds of years until now.
Instead of the reed cross, these artists decided to paint the index finger of the Baptist (usually the right hand) at this angle, but they also used every orientation (all eight directions) of the 23.5-degree angle to keep this secret hidden, for if the index finger had always been at the same orientation in these paintings, it would have been easy for people to notice this particular trait - especially those who were interested in this theme of the Baptist.
Also, as many of these index fingers are pointing at different orientations of this same angle, people would not have bothered to examine the angle of the index finger as it is always pointing at something which distracts our attention from the finger itself; whether it be pointing upwards to heaven, the sacrificial lamb, the reed cross or Jesus.
The only painting that stands out in this regard is Da Vinci's version.
When we first view this painting we are struck by the unusual way in which John points the index finger of his right hand; its obvious to many that this is a code of some kind - but hardly anyone has brought attention to this particular oddity. One could say he is pointing at the reed cross. However, if one were to examine the angle of the finger one would find that it is 23.5 degrees. From here, one would then look for the same feature in the other paintings of John of this period and would find them.
It appears that Da Vinci wanted to bring more attention to this particular trait than his fellow artists, as well as the reason 'why' John is pointing at this angle. The clue to the deeper meaning behind these references is found in the ambiguous titles that were given to Da Vinci's painting.
We are told that it is John the Baptist "with the attributes" of the Greek-Roman gods Bacchus and Dionysus. However, these gods are the equivalent of the Egyptian god Osiris whose backbone was symbolised by the upright Djed Column which represented stability, and which some say represented the earth's axis and which others believe had become inclined due to a catastrophe of some kind.
See article here:
10: Unknown. This is a late addition to this page. Without having the details of this painting I don't know if this is a painting of John or Jesus Christ. Its likely to be Jesus because of the two-finger sign with the left hand. After having discovered all the images above, I chanced across this in one of my image folders which I have kept for 3 years. I had forgotten all about it, but after finding it again and before I examined the angle of the finger, I knew it was going to be 23.5 degrees . . . I was right.
The index finger of the left hand is pointing at an angle of 13 degrees and the second finger is also pointing at an angle of 23.5 degrees.
