Sephia
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That was later. At the time of the publishing of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the authors believed that the Priory was real.
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I_know_the_truth
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Reged: 07/08/05
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The book makes a plausible theory but the truth is that this the real secret is about money....
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8549176320abc
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It always is, like Iraq.
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EVDebs
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I've read the book, thought it was hokum and found it mentioned as a hoax at
"Pierre Plantard began writing a manuscript and produced "parchments" (created by his friend, Philippe de Cherisey) that Father Bérenger Saunière had supposedly discovered whilst renovating his church. These forged documents purportedly showed the survival of the Merovingian line of Frankish kings. Plantard manipulated Saunière's activities at Rennes-le-Château in order to "prove" his claims relating to the Priory of Sion."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_Sion
But hey, don't let facts EVER get in the way of a good storyline ! Dan Brown would have done much better to have written about Graham Hancock's The Sign and The Seal
http://www.grahamhancock.com/library/sats/default.htm
The tie-ins with Brown's new book The Solomon Key could make for a great almost-true novel if the information on the Ark of the Covenant is included and the Knights Templar connection is fully exploited, and not stupidly as with the movie National Treasure.
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Dazzle
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Hey EVDebs, is your real name Graham Hancock by any chance?
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EVDebs
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No, but the thesis of the Holy Grail as a metaphor for the Ark of the Covenant--as Hancock's book shows--is more reality-based than Dan Brown's DVC 'Jesus's bloodline san gral' theory.
I will continue to shamelessly promote Hancock's book along with the works of the late John J. Robinson especially since they tie so directly with Knights Templar/Ark/Freemason threads. I highly recommend them.
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davincidiva
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Reged: 07/12/05
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Loc: Ontario, Canada
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I certainly do not feel well versed enough to participate in this conversation however, I recently obtained Holy Blood, Holy Grail and am finding it a very challeging and factually overloaded. I am only a 1/3 of the way in. I was expecting something different. I will finish it and trudge through but I still find myself referring back to DVC as a reference. Brown's research was very well done and he introduced material and ideas I had never thought of before. A new world has been introduced and I want to experience as much of it as I am able to form an educated opinion. Anyone else find this material in HBHG rough?
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Dazzle
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Quote:
davincidiva said:
I was expecting something different.
What were you expecting?
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davincidiva
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I am not sure, but I know I am overwhelmed with information and have a notebook with subtitles to keep everything straight. I guess I was shocked to learn I did not know as much as I originally thought. I have always been interested in this subject matter but was a little overwhelmed.
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Dazzle
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If you want more alternative Jesus theory then, if you can find it, Holger Kersten's Jesus Lived In India is a worthwhile read and provides actual evidence (sometimes even physical) for his case unlike the speculation and conclusions jumped to by Baigent et al; a move that ultimately made them a mockery.
I used www.abebooks.com for my copy of Kersten's book; got it from a bookshop in India for less than the price I'd have paid in the UK - including posting and packaging.
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