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the artists hoping for something to be visu- ally obvious. However, to a mathematical mind, "key" could imply a solution—possi- bly one that could be found in the names of the artists themselves. Considering the abbreviation for “sine” is "SIN", its pres- ence in PousSIN was obvious. It was also there in TeNlerS, but as its mirror image, "NIS", and these were the only letters com- mon to both names. Furthermore, this reflection technique is a common feature of occult codi "Sine" phonetically corre- sponds to “sign”, and inscribed above the portal of the church we found: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (BY THIS SIGN [SINE] YOU WILL CONQUER) Then, inside the church, we found a pro- fusion of strange images, one being a group of angels beneath which was another inscription: Photo 1: Les Bergers d’Arcadie (The Shepherds of Arcadia) by Nicolas Poussin, fea- PAR CE SIGNE TU LE VAINCRAS turing the famous Poussin tomb which provided not only geometric and numerical (BY THIS SIGN [SINE] YOU WILL clues but ultimately the identity of the Egyptian god, Set. CONQUER IT) IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (BY THIS SIGN [SINE] YOU WILL CONQUER) PAR CE SIGNE TU LE VAINCRAS (BY THIS SIGN [SINE] YOU WILL CONQUER IT) As obscure as the inscriptions may have been to the casual observer, to us, the play on the word "sign" was too obvious to be coincidental. In addition to this, we knew that the church was dedicated to Mary Magdalen, who, in the eyes of the Church, was a prostitute. In fact, she was a woman of noble birth and, according to one authority, Friedrich Nork, even the famous Nétre Dame in Paris was formerly a temple of the all-powerful Goddess of Egypt, Isis, whose connection with Mary Magdalen is dealt with in detail in Genisis. The sign could therefore be referring to the pentagram, this being the geometric symbol of the female. Nevertheless, both of _ these interpretations are pointing to the number 18, for, as we know, the axis of the regular pentagram is the 18-degree bisector of its star-points. Furthermore, the reader will recall that the sine of 18 degrees is the gateway to the transcendental phi ratio (Golden Section/2 = The realisation that half the reciprocal of phi equated to the sine value of 18 degrees was more profound than we had at first thought. In fact, it is the only mathematical gateway between a transcendental number and a whole integer degree value. Obviously the designers were aware of it and were determined to exploit it to the limit. One could criticise their choice on the grounds of its singularity, but in hindsight one can appreciate that, in this way, they could be sure we would be led through their numerical maze by the correct route. That the custodians in more recent times were equally aware of this relationship will become increasingly obvious as we proceed. The designers were certainly alerting us, firstly, to division by halving; secondly, to the use of the sine ratio; and, finally, to the number 18. Concealed as these items sometimes were, we eventu- ally discovered them in profusion, and the obvious place to begin our search was at the church of Rennes-le-Chateau. During his refurbishment of the church (see the History box, Part 1), the Abbé Sauniére had allegedly discovered a hidden doc- ument which, after decoding, read in part: "POUSSIN, TENIERS HOLD THE KEY, PEACE 681..." In view of the fact that Sauniére had subsequently journeyed to Paris to obtain a copy of Poussin's famous painting, Les Bergers d'Arcadie (see Photo 1), both the painting and the strange message were worthy of examination. One clue was immediately obvious, and that was the 681 (to which we have referred previously). To confirm our Pythagorean reading of this, one of the Stations of the Cross in the church illustrates the Romans playing dice for the clothing of Jesus. The faces of two die are showing with the val- ues of 3, 4 and 5. The next ‘coincidence’ was found in that part of the message which read, "POUSSIN, TENIERS HOLD THE KEY". This had sent other investigators scurrying off to examine the paintings of Photo 2: The Poussin tomb, defaced and now destroyed 38 ¢ NEXUS THE CUSTODIANS Photo 2: The Poussin tomb, defaced and now destroyed. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1996