THE TEMPLAR REVELATION SECRET GUARDIANS OF THE TRUE IDENTITY OF CHRIST | Date: 28 April 2011, 06:50
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THE TEMPLAR REVELATION
CONTENTS
Introduction
Part One: The Threads of Heresy
1: The Secret Code of Leonardo da Vinci
2: Into the Underworld
3: In the Footsteps of the Magdalene
4: Heartland of Heresy
5: Guardians of the Grail
6: The Templar Legacy
7: Sex: The Ultimate Sacrament
8: ‘This is a Terrible Place’
9: A Curious Treasure
10: Divining the Underground Stream
Part Two: The Web of Truth
11: Gospel Untruths
12: The Woman Whom Jesus Kissed
13: Son of the Goddess
14: John Christ
15: Followers of the King of Light
16: The Great Heresy
17: Out of Egypt
Appendix 1 Continental Occult Freemasonry
Appendix II Rennes-le-Chateau and the ‘Tomb of God’
Notes and References
Select Bibliography
Index
Photos
INTRODUCTION
Leonardo da Vinci started the quest that led to this book. It was our research into that fascinating but
elusive Renaissance genius and his part in faking the Turin Shroud that developed into a much wider and
more involving investigation into the ‘heresies’ that had secretly driven his ambitions. We had to find out
what he was part of, what he knew and believed, and why he had employed certain codes and symbols in
the work he left for posterity. So—although we are aware that this is a mixed blessing—we have Leonardo
to thank for the discoveries that have become this book.
It seemed strange at first to find ourselves drawn into the complex and often murky world of secret
societies and heterodox beliefs. After all, Leonardo is commonly supposed to have been an atheist and a
rationalist. But we were to find that he was no such thing. Very soon, in any case, we had left him behind
and found ourselves alone with some profoundly disturbing implications. What had started as a modest
enquiry into some interesting but hardly world-shattering cults had become an investigation into the very
roots and beliefs of Christianity itself.
It was essentially a journey through time and space: first forward from Leonardo to the present day, then
backwards beyond the Renaissance, through the Middle Ages to first-century Palestine, to the scene set by
the words and deeds of our three main Protagonists—John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene and Jesus. Along
the way we had to pause and examine many groups and secret organizations with a totally new and
objective eye: the Freemasons, the Knights Templar, the Cathars, the Priory of Sion, the Essenes and the
cult of Isis and Osiris.
Of course these subjects have been discussed in many other recent books, notablyThe Holy Blood and the
Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln—which was originally a particular
inspiration to both of us—The Sign and the Sealby Graham Hancock,The Temple and the Lodge by
Baigent and Leigh, and most recently,The Hiram Key by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. We owe a
debt of gratitude to all these writers for the light they have shed on our shared areas of investigation, but
we believe that all of them have failed to find the essential key to the heart of these mysteries.
This is hardly surprising. Our entire culture is based on certain assumptions about the past, and in
particular about Christianity and the character and motives of its founder. But if those assumptions
arewrong , then the conclusions based on them will stop very short of the truth, or will at least present a
distorted picture of the facts.
When we first confronted the disturbing conclusions that we set out in this book we had to believe we were
mistaken. But there came a point when we had to make a decision: should we carry on with our
investigation and make our conclusions public, or forget we had ever made those crucial discoveries? We
decided to go ahead; after all, this book seems to follow on naturally from those listed above as if its time
has truly come.
In tracing the beliefs held by thousands of ‘heretics’ over the centuries we have uncovered a remarkably
consistent picture. Underneath the traditions of many apparently disparate groups there lie the same—or
very similar—secrets. At first we thought that these societies were secret out of mere custom, or perhaps
affectation—but now we understand why they needed to keep their knowledge away from the authorities,
and especially from the Church. The main question, however, is not what they believed, but whether or not
those beliefs were based on anything substantial. For if they were, and if the heretical under ground really
did hold the missing key to Christianity, then what we are left with is a truly revolutionary scenario.
This book traces our eight-year quest into largely uncharted territory, for although others have made maps
for us to follow, they stopped short of where we had to go.
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