The Sacred Geometry & Sanatana Dharma of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi - Part 1
In January 2024, while I was in the middle of writing a series entitled, The Spherical Gnosis of the Sage & the Release of the Vedic Waters, my partner sent me a New York Times article about a Salvator Mundi (“Savior of the World”) painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Up until that point in time, I had never heard of or seen this painting. In April of 2024 I included mention of it and its artist in Part 8 of The Spherical Gnosis of the Sage which I subtitled, “The Architect and Architecture of Time”:
“[T]his controversial painting featuring Jesus holding a transparent SPHERE in the palm of his left hand, which sold for the 9-Power figure of $450,000,000 [1] in 2017, fetch[ed] the highest price-point for any art to date only 12 years after having been bought at a 2005 Baton Rouge auction for $1,175. In 2011 this Salvator Mundi was recognized and authenticated by London’s National Gallery as a Leonardo da Vinci painting in 2011.
“This authentication is contested by some, but regardless the image is notable in relation to the subject matter and title of this series, The Spherical Gnosis of the Sage. The “Salvator Mundi” theme of Jesus holding a sphere representing the World (Mundi) he “saves”, has been an artistic theme for some 1,500 years. The recent discovery, restoration, unveiling, attribution, authentication, and extraordinary valuation of this particular “Salvator Mundi”…takes on even more importance and significance in this discussion given that the Mother considered Sri Aurobindo to be a reincarnation of Leonardo Da Vinci. Regarding the Mona Lisa, the Mother once commented:
