Hidden Paganism in the Vatican City

The Sistine Chapel appears plain on the outside with no ornamentation and the walls made of orange stone. Along the edge of the roof is a walkway for soldiers who protect the monument from attack, the Catholic Church has formidable enemies, and six windows on either side. The roof forms a cylinder smaller than the rest of the complex. Michelangelo’s the Last Judgement teems with activity, the Throne of  Heaven seems to come alive and hover over the tourists walking among the pews under the painted bright blue azure sky. The Sistine Chapel on the inside is dauntingly high and broad, rich, and bright paintings spread throughout the walls and ceilings as to almost overcome visitors with images, gestures of the figures and the patterns of triangles and squares that defined the paintings. Michelangelo had painted the grand ceiling over four years while lying on his back on a wooden scaffold paying great attention to detail, praised by some painting experts as the finest painting ever created. Triangles are frequently seen in pagan symbolism representing the immersion of the male into the female and in so doing dissolving the ego and achieving oneness, the human joining with divinity.

Michelangelo’s frescoes spread along the vast ceiling each vast fresco was painted in bright azure blue, almost startling orange and reds. God separating light from dark, followed by the Creation of the Heavenly Spheres the spinning bright yellow sun and God`s creating hand willing the sun and moon to appear.

Frescoes revealed the Separation of Land and Water, The Story of Adam and Eve, God’s finger of creation pointing from the sky as Adam appears. The story of the Creation of Eve revealed a Merlin like figure taking a rib from Adam as he slept who with only has his hand pointing upwards creates Eve. The last fresco reveals the fate of Adam and Eve, a fat serpent devil twisting around the tree and Eve accepting the apple from the serpent, Adam eating an apple from the tree of knowledge then they are banished from the Garden of Eden and having grown old and ugly. Above the six triangular windows on either side were grey statues of Old Testament prophets looking strangely real. The Sistine Chapel is a stunning marvel for the eyes, such a wealth of art that was almost beyond comprehension and the ability of perception. The bountiful images, paintings and symbolism is an assault on the senses of tourists. Paintings of pagan creatures abound such as sheep and goats. 

Fig.1 Saint Peter`s Basilica serpent shaped design 

Fig.2 Vatican conference hall snake head design 

The Conundrum of Catholicism

Pagan symbolism abounds in a multitude of ways throughout the Vatican City which I cannot possibly describe in the deep necessary details in one article, many books have been published on this matter and many videos online cover this subject. I put forward what I consider to be the most important of these aspects, central to my discussion is the deception of the Catholic Church and the lies that are at the centre of the Vatican City. Insightful information on this matter can be found in a YouTube video “Final Case Against Lucifer Final Edit”.  I ask the question, Catholicism claims to be such a great spiritual influence among humankind claiming to lead humans to redemption, then why does the Catholic Church and so many Catholic leaders lie and deceive?

Saint Peter`s Basilica

Wikipedia describes a connection of the etymology of words stemming from the word Basilica. Written records circa 1300 in Latin state that Basilica is the Greek meaning “little king” due to the mark on it`s head resembling a crown. Figure 1 shows Saint Peter`s Basilica in the shape of a serpent with a crown. Written in 1540 from the Latin Bascilcus means the “Court of Justice” and by extension a church built on the plan of one. Basilica from the name Bascilicus, the portal of the official who dispensed justice in Athens. The image of Bascilus was that of a king in the form of a serpent. Saint Peter`s Basilica means Saint Peter`s royal abode of the serpent, the biblical “Serpent that kills with it`s breath or it`s look.” Saint Peter`s Basilica can be seen to have a serpent head with a crown as the structure of the roof, the keyhole shape forming the courtyard a pregnant bulge and the wide narrow road stretching beyond in the shape of a tale.  The Keyhole shape of the courtyard forms a cross the main building of the Vatican and the three points of the roof forms an upside down cross as can be seen in the image figure 5. 

Over the throne of the pope is a statue that seems to depict an image of Christ. A closer look of the statue shows two other aspects, that the figure also appears to be a reptile and the pattern of the statue above the pope forms the Baphomet. Baphomet was a pagan deity which was half goat half woman as shown in figure 3. 

Fig.3 Baphomet and reptile shapes above papal throne  

Fig.4 Sculpture in the Hall of Constantine 

The hypocrisy of the Pharisees

And Jesus said For Judgement I am come into this world, that they which see not might see, and they that see might be made blind

And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these words and said unto him, Are we blind also?

Jesus said unto them, if ye were blind ye shall have no sin, but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remainith.

King James Version 

Acts of Saint Peter

“Ye men unto whom it belongeth to hear, hearken to that which I shall declare unto you at this especial time as I hang here. Learn ye the mystery of all nature, and the beginning of all things, what it was. For the first man, whose race I bear in mine appearance (or, of the race of whom I bear the likeness), fell (was borne) head downwards, and showed forth a manner of birth such as was not heretofore: for it was dead, having no motion. He, then, being pulled down -who also cast his first state down upon the earth- established this whole disposition of all things, being hanged up an image of the creation…. wherein he made the things of the right hand into left hand and the left hand into right hand, and changed about all the marks of their nature, so that he thought those things that were not fair to be fair, and those that were in truth evil, to be good…… Unless ye make the things of the right hand as those of the left, and those of the left as those of the right, and those that are above as those below, and those that are behind as those that are before, ye shall not have knowledge of the kingdom.” Peter describes the inversion of all things, false being made truth and what is not fair being made to appear fair. We now see these things manifest in our world today, the chaos reflecting the words of Peter. 

This biblical quote describes spiritual blindness or choosing the physical world as having more importance than the soul “Instead, they serve two masters, even a multitude.” (Gnostic Revealer Nag Hammadhi Codexes) as I wrote about in another free article The Gnostic Prophecy of Pandemic Religion published by The X-Gates. The Vatican claiming to represent Christ but in fact Saint Peter`s Basilica in it`s very name states Saint Peter`s Place of the Serpent and as exhibited, hidden in plain sight. Jesus states as written in the Bible “No one can serve two masters!”. The Vatican misleads it`s followers or the technical term used is “the flock” as through it`s very physical manifestations imply to represent Christ but in fact embodies the Serpent.

False creator god 

The Vatican City undoubtedly contains pagan imagery, I am not conveying that pagan imagery is evil or wrong. There are truths contained in pagan imagery, however my issue is with the Roman Catholic Church misleading billions of people for centuries into believing they were worshipping God when in fact the worship involves something quite different. The Gnostics who taught the lessons of Jesus in the Mystery Schools used the term demiurge or false creator god, in my opinion a god that only fools itself into believing itself to be a god yet shows no love or has any compassion for humankind. In my opinion truth, love and compassion are the hallmarks of a true divinity. Artistic beauty is intimately at the heart of the Vatican City, marvels of human creation abound, that much is true. How sad it is that religious leaders, particularly popes, cannot seem to hold the same beauty of love for others in their hearts, rather than being consumed by a greed for power.

Our current world

Is humanity being led to the slaughter by the Roman Catholic Church? Can each of us find a way to come out of the darkness and into the Light? This is an individual path, the answer lies within the heart and soul “seek and you shall find”.  Saint Germain wrote about alchemy, his words found in  Ascended Master Instruction and The Golden Book are helpful first steps along the path of Truth which I write about in my next free article published by The X-Gates Alchemy and Saint Germain.

Fig.5 The key to Truth hidden in Saint Peter`s Basilica 

Gabriel Woods 

Gabriel Woods is the author of eight published books including the popular and very positively reviewed The Golden Age Trilogy. Gabriel has obtained a Degree in Psychology, a Masters in Aidwork Management from University College Dublin, a Certificate in Counselling from University Maynooth Ireland. He is a fully qualified FETAC life coach in Ireland as well as a full-time professional author.

He has travelled around the world, living in Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Sydney and Brisbane in Australia. He has also explored sacred places of aboriginal culture. He explored important religious and cultural Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim sites of India. He has learned about the spiritual of the people that live and worship there. He has travelled widely throughout mainland Europe including Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Netherlands and Germany with a focus on areas of cultural importance. These sites throughout the world that Gabriel has visited have had a profound effect on him which he expresses as he writes about these areas in his novels.

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