The Templar Revelation
Author : Clive Prince
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2020-05-21
ISBN 10 : 9781473512252
Pages : 642 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (473 users)
Download or read book The Templar Revelation PDF or another Format written by Clive Prince and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of their investigations into Leonardo da Vinci and the Turin Shroud, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince found clues in the work of the great Renaissance artist that pointed to the existence of a secret underground religion. More clues were found in a twentieth-century London church. These were the beginnings of a quest through time and space that led the authors into the mysterious world of secret societies and such bodies as the Freemasons, the Knights Templar and the Cathars and finally back to the ideas and beliefs of the first century AD and a devastating new view of the real character and motives of the founder of Christianity and the roles of John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene. They reveal nothing less than a secret history, preserved through the centuries but encoded in works of art and even in the great Gothic cathedrals, whose revelation could shake the foundations of the Chruch.
Templar Revelation
Author : Lynn Pickett
Publisher :
Release Date : 2008-11
ISBN 10 : 1437964303
Pages : 432 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (964 users)
Download or read book Templar Revelation PDF or another Format written by Lynn Pickett and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the mysterious background of the bestseller ¿The Da Vinci Code¿. Delves into the worlds of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and the occult to discover the truth behind an underground religion with roots in the first century that survives even today. Presents a new view of the real motives and character of the Christian Church, including: the actual historical -- and revelatory -- role of Mary Magdalene who was not a prostitute, but the wife of Jesus; the shocking idea that John the Baptist was a rival of Jesus who founded a substantial movement that continues to exist today; and the existence of a secret society called the Priory of Sion that continues to preserve these ancient secrets of the early Christian Church. Illustrations.
The Knights Templar in Popular Culture
Author : Patrick Masters
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2022-02-11
ISBN 10 : 9781476681979
Pages : 217 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (476 users)
Download or read book The Knights Templar in Popular Culture PDF or another Format written by Patrick Masters and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Arthurian epic poem Parzival to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and the Assassin's Creed video game series, the Knights Templar have captivated artists and audiences alike for centuries. In modern times, the Templars have featured in many narrative contexts, evolving in a range of contrasting story roles: the grail guardian, the heroic knight, the villainous knight, and the keeper of conspiracies. This study explores why these gone but not forgotten warrior monks remain prominent in popular culture; how history influenced the myth; and how the myth has influenced literature, film and video games.
The Sion Revelation
Author : Lynn Picknett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-02-07
ISBN 10 : 9780743263030
Pages : 529 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (743 users)
Download or read book The Sion Revelation PDF or another Format written by Lynn Picknett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the mysterious Priory of Sion organization, investigating key questions about the alleged descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Leonardo da Vinci's possible membership, and the identity of Grand Master Pierre Plantard.
The Templar Code For Dummies
Author : Christopher Hodapp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-02-14
ISBN 10 : 9781118051436
Pages : 384 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (118 users)
Download or read book The Templar Code For Dummies PDF or another Format written by Christopher Hodapp and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating look into the society of the Knights Templar Brought to you by the author of Freemasons For Dummies, The Templar Code is more than an intriguing cipher or a mysterious symbol – it is the Code by which the Knights Templar lived and died, the Code that bound them together in secrecy, and the Code that inspired them to nearly superhuman feats of courage and endurance. The Templar Code for Dummies reveals the meaning behind the cryptic codes and secret rituals of the medieval brotherhood of warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. This intriguing guide will cover such topics as who the Knights Templar were, how they rose so high and fell so far, and most importantly why there is so much interest in them today. The Templar Code For Dummies will explore myths and theories of Christian history that appear in the Da Vinci Code such as the quest for the Holy Grail, the Catholic Church's relationship with women that are hotly debated now with special emphasis on the Templar connection. It also explores the surprising part the Templars have played in some of the most important historic events of these past seven centuries, including the French Revolution, the birth of groups such as the Freemasons, and even the American Civil War.
The Turin Shroud
Author : Lynn Picknett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-03-26
ISBN 10 : 9781416539735
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (416 users)
Download or read book The Turin Shroud PDF or another Format written by Lynn Picknett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fully revised and updated edition, the bestselling authors of The Templar Revelation present new and compelling evidence linking Leonardo da Vinci with the forgery of Christianity's most famous relic. For centuries the Turin Shroud was believed to be Christ's authentic burial cloth, miraculously imprinted with his image -- but in 1988 carbon dating revealed it is a medieval- or Renaissance-era forgery. However, authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince realized that the 1988 discovery prompted even more questions: The image seems to be a photograph -- so could the Turin Shroud actually be the world's first photograph? If the face of the man on the Shroud is not Jesus', whose is it? Who had the sheer audacity to create what would become an infamous relic of Christianity, faking even Christ's holy, redemptive blood? Whoever did this was not only a genius but also a heretic.... After more than a decade of research, Picknett and Prince have accumulated evidence that shows not only was the forger of the Turin Shroud none other than Leonardo da Vinci but also that he used his own face for that of Christ. The Turin Shroud is, among other things, a five-hundred-year-old photograph of Leonardo da Vinci. Could Christianity's greatest relic in fact be an attempt to undermine the religion itself?
The Sion Revelation
Author : Lynn Picknett
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : 0751536229
Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (536 users)
Download or read book The Sion Revelation PDF or another Format written by Lynn Picknett and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of "The Templar Revelation" expose the truth about the shadowy organization known as the Priory of Sion, answering questions such as whether the Priory actually exists to protect the sacred bloodline of Jesus and Mary Magdalene or if the group's history is an elaborate hoax.
The Secret History of Lucifer (New Edition)
Author : Lynn Picknett
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
ISBN 10 : 9781780337692
Pages : 336 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (78 users)
Download or read book The Secret History of Lucifer (New Edition) PDF or another Format written by Lynn Picknett and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her new account of an old religion, Lynn Picknett explains that Lucifer means 'the light bringer' and was a personification of the Morning Star, the planet Venus and its goddess. 'He' was originally 'she' -- a divine representation of love, light and human warmth. The early Christian Church appropriated the name Lucifer, and it became synonymous with darkness and the Devil. Yet many great thinkers have covertly followed the old Luciferan way, most famously Leonardo da Vinci, who encrypted the symbols of his heretical beliefs in his work, visible only to those who have the key.
The Da Vinci Hoax
Author : Carl E. Olson
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Release Date : 2004-01-01
ISBN 10 : 9781586170349
Pages : 340 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (586 users)
Download or read book The Da Vinci Hoax PDF or another Format written by Carl E. Olson and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the misconceptions and historical errors of "The Da Vinci Code" while examining early Christian origins, Gnosticism, the role of Constantine in Christian history, and the novel's accusations against the Catholic Church.
The Lost Colony of the Templars
Author : Steven Sora
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004-10-27
ISBN 10 : 9781594778704
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (594 users)
Download or read book The Lost Colony of the Templars PDF or another Format written by Steven Sora and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-10-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the existence of a Templar colony in the New World and how the explorer Verrazano, also a member of a secret society, attempted to reestablish contact with it • Explores Columbus’s connection to Henry Sinclair’s maps of the New World • Examines the secret alliance of Catholic Sulpicians and French Huguenots to preserve the Templar legacy • Reveals the hidden knowledge preserved in the Templar baptisteries found throughout Europe and in Newport, Rhode Island In 1524 the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano was sent by the French king Francis I on an expedition ostensibly to find a shorter route to China. However, his true mission, Steven Sora suggests, was to contact a Templar colony that might have been established in Newport, Rhode Island, by Henry Sinclair at the end of the 14th century. In his expedition log Verrazano recorded that his only stay on this journey was at Newport Harbor, the site of a tower built to the exact measurements of a Templar baptistery, a sacred sanctuary representing baptism and eternal life. This tower is a remnant of Sinclair’s voyage to America nearly a century before that of Columbus (who had access to Sinclair’s maps thanks to his wife, who was Sinclair’s great-granddaughter). While Verrazano’s mission succeeded in finding the tower, the colony itself eluded him. His backers then decided to resurrect the dream of Acadia--a place where they could aspire to higher knowledge without fear of Church or state--by creating a new Secret Society that included Huguenots and Catholic Sulpicians. This Company of the Holy Sacrament would lay the foundations for Montreal in an attempt to realize the ambitions of Sinclair and his Templar companions, as well as to stave off efforts by the Jesuits to transform Quebec into a fiefdom of the orthodox Church. Quebec’s motto, “Je me souviens” (I remember), is a reference to this secret history.
Mary Magdalene's Dreaming
Author : Steven Strong
Publisher : University Press of America
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : 0761842802
Pages : 168 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (842 users)
Download or read book Mary Magdalene's Dreaming PDF or another Format written by Steven Strong and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Mary Magdalene's Dreaming Steven Strong and Even Strong continue their esoteric journey tracing the origins of religion that they began in their first book, Constructing A New World Map. Strong and Strong examine the Gnostic Scriptures detailing the words and deeds of Mary and Jesus recently found at Nag Hammadi. They were, as Jesus stated in the Gospel of Thomas, custodians of a secret tradition. Jesus insisted he is but the caretaker of a "bubbling spring that I have tended." The authors further assert their belief that this "bubbling spring" is identical to the "secret place" aboriginal elder, Bill Neidjie, urges all to discover and it is their contention that a closer inspection of the ancient mystical spring Jesus and Mary accessed is evident in many Gnostic texts. The secret knowledge Mary and Jesus preached, stripped of cultural and geographic differences, is undoubtedly the purest replication of the Dreaming since the first mariners were banished from Australia."--BOOK JACKET.
COME INTO JESUS’ (SWEET) HEART
Author : Musa Bin Ismail
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-09-10
ISBN 10 : 9781499017410
Pages : 398 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (499 users)
Download or read book COME INTO JESUS’ (SWEET) HEART PDF or another Format written by Musa Bin Ismail and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This writings expose the actual and true pristine teachings of Jesus to his community, the Israelites. For over 2000 years the brilliant Heavenly messages of God taught by Jesus to his community, the Israelites, had been unfortunately misunderstood by his community and subsequently profoundly distorted by the Christians after the teachings of Jesus left the shores of Palestine for glorious Rome. The Jews arrogantly rejected Jesus outright and accused him of being a false messiah (prophet) while the Christians, in the wilderness of history ( spearheaded by Saul, a Jew form Tarsus), mysteriously revered him as a begotten Son of God and elevated him as one of the Gods in the Trinity in the new faith called “Christianity”. Truly, Jesus had never heard the word “Christianity” nor uttered it in his entire life. He had never called his followers “Christians”. This writing illuminates to the whole of Christendom and the entire House of Israel, the Divine Messages from Heaven which Jesus took pain to dessiminate to the Israelites then. The author has unearthed the Words of God from the resplendent pages of the Bible and explained its true meanings and messages for the followers of Jesus to cherish and practise throught their lives and for the adamant Jews to see the Divineness in the messages and return to the fold of the Lord. To the Jews and the Christians, this writing is a rare opportunity for them to listen to the words of Jesus and to lead their lives in accordance with the Master’s teachings. May they be blessed with the Heavenly enrichments and blessings from the Lord, the One and the Only Great Jealous God of the Universe.
Mass Market Medieval
Author : David W. Marshall
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2007-03-28
ISBN 10 : 9780786429226
Pages : 217 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (786 users)
Download or read book Mass Market Medieval PDF or another Format written by David W. Marshall and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-03-28 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1976 with the first issue of the journal Studies in Medievalism, all things medieval and the concept of medievalism became a hot topic in culture studies. Medievalism examines how different groups, individuals, or eras use and shape the image of the Middle Ages, differentiating between historical knowledge of the Middle Ages and what we have made the period out to be. The 13 essays in this book explore the medieval invasion of today's media and consider the various ways--from film and print to websites and video games--that the Middle Ages have been packaged for consumption. Essays encompass diverse theoretical perspectives and are grouped loosely around distinct functions of medievalism, including the exposure of recent social concerns; the use of medieval images in modern political contexts; and the medieval's influence on products of today's popular culture. The legitimization of the study of medievalism and the effect of medievalism on the more traditional subject of medieval studies are also discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307–1314)
Author : Helen Nicholson
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-23
ISBN 10 : 9781317036319
Pages : 426 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (317 users)
Download or read book The Debate on the Trial of the Templars (1307–1314) PDF or another Format written by Helen Nicholson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven hundred years after the dissolution of the order, the trial of the Templars still arouses enormous controversy and speculation. In October 1307, all the brothers of the military-religious order of the Temple in France were arrested on the instructions of King Philip IV and charged with heresy and other crimes. In 1312, Pope Clement V, at the Council of Vienne, dissolved the order. Since the 1970s, there has been increasing scholarly interest in the trial, and a series of books and articles have widened scholars' understanding of causes of this notorious affair, its course and its aftermath. However, many gaps in knowledge and understanding remain. What were the Templars doing in the months and years before the trial? Why did the king of France attack the Order? What evidence is there for the Templars' guilt? What became of the Templars and their property after the end of the Order? This book collects together the research of both junior and senior scholars from around the world in order to establish the current state of scholarship and identify areas for new research. Individual chapters examine various aspects of the background to the trial, the financial, political and religious context of the trial in France, the value of the Templars' testimonies, and consider the trial across the whole of Europe, from Poland and Cyprus to Ireland and Portugal. Rather than trying to close the discussion on the trial of the Templars, this book opens a new chapter in the ongoing scholarly debate.
Mysteries of the Bridechamber
Author : Victoria LePage
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-11-12
ISBN 10 : 9781594777394
Pages : 448 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (594 users)
Download or read book Mysteries of the Bridechamber PDF or another Format written by Victoria LePage and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-12 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus was an initiate and adept of the ancient Judaic mysteries who strove to reinstate the tradition of the bridechamber sacrament in his time • Shows that Jesus sought to establish equity of masculine and feminine in both spiritual practice and social traditions, particularly in the sacrament of marriage • Reinterprets Jesus’ key teachings in light of the ancient tradition of sacred consortship • Reveals what happened to the gnostic heart of Christianity that Jesus embodied Jesus was a high-initiate and master adept of the ancient Judaic mysteries who strove to free people from the dead hand of the ritualists. He was trained in a dissident Jewish brotherhood that arose in Egypt before he was born, which sought to bring back the ancient Judaic mysteries outlawed by the Jerusalem temple. At the heart of this movement was a yogic-based practice known in the apocrypha as the Gnosis of the Heart, which espoused the union of both sexes in a secret initiatic teaching. As a fearless social reformer, Jesus wanted to restore the authority of the feminine principle, including asserting the equality of man and woman in the social contract of marriage. He reinstated in his own life the tradition of sacred consortship--a rite known to early Church fathers as the bridechamber sacrament, whereby the marriage of the masculine and feminine energies was effected. This rite, Victoria LePage suggests, was the primary focus of Jesus’ teachings, the very heart of his exhortations to love thy neighbor, and the source of his healing power. Mysteries of the Bridechamber explains how, as a master adept of the Temple of Solomon, Jesus derived these teachings directly from ancient Judaic mystery traditions, revealing both a life story for Jesus that differs markedly from the version the Church has offered as well as a spiritual practice based on a mystical wisdom tradition of self-initiation and transformation.
The Military Orders Volume V
Author : Peter Edbury
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
ISBN 10 : 9781351542500
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (351 users)
Download or read book The Military Orders Volume V PDF or another Format written by Peter Edbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly interest and popular interest in the military orders show no sign of abating. Their history stretches from the early twelfth century to the present. They were among the richest and most powerful religious corporations in pre-Reformation Europe, and they founded their own states on Rhodes and Malta and also on the Baltic coast. Historians of the Church, of art and architecture, of agriculture and banking, of medicine and warfare and of European expansion can all benefit from investigating the orders and their archives. The conferences on their history that have been organized in London every four years have attracted scholars from all over the world. The present volume records the proceedings of the Fifth Conference in 2009 (held in Cardiff as the London venue was in the process of refurbishment), and, like the earlier volumes in the series, will prove essential for anyone interested in the current state of research into these powerful institutions. The thirty-eight papers published here represent a selection of those delivered at the conference. Three papers deal with the recent archaeological investigations at the Hospitaller castle at al-Marqab (Syria); others examine aspects of the history of the military orders in the Latin East and the Mediterranean lands, in Spain and Portugal, in the British Isles and in northern and eastern Europe. The final two papers address the question of present-day perceptions of the Templars as moulded by the sort of popular literature that most of the other contributors would normally keep at arm's length.
Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories, The (3rd)
Author : James McConnachie
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
Release Date : 2013-02-01
ISBN 10 : 9781409324522
Pages : 541 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (49 users)
Download or read book Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories, The (3rd) PDF or another Format written by James McConnachie and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated, The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories sorts the myths from the realities, the allegations from the explanations and the paranoid from the probable. Who might be trying to convince us that climate change is or isn't real? What is the truth behind the death of Osama bin Laden and is he still alive? When did the CIA start experimenting with mind control? Where is the HAARP installation and did it have anything to do with the Japanese tsunami disaster? Why is surveillance in our cities and online so widespread and what are the real benefits? This definitive guide to the world's most controversial conspiracies wanders through a maze of sinister secrets, suspicious cover-ups hidden agendas and clandestine operations to explore all these questions - and many many more. Now available in ePub format.
