by chappy 6 Replies latest jw friends
If any of you need a break from the controversy and fluff of late, I'm attaching a link to a fascinating essay on the "Holy Grail" and the bloodline of Christ. Totaly factual or not, I think it will hold your attention for the 30 min. or so that it takes to read.
There's some very good info. on specific word interpritation that I've never considered.
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/holygrail.html
Check it out - whatcha you think?
later,
chappy
I look forward to reading this Chappy when I have more time. Just recently I saw a documentary on A&E or the History Channel talking about this same thing. It really gave me chills.
"I must stand up in search of the truth, if I don't I only roll with the flow of the lie and make it stronger.
---Sovereign---
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Drop me an e-mail and let me know what you think about it.
chappy
I just finished reading this. What do the guys in Scotland say?
There was nothing about this in Braveheart.
I actually found all of this pretty fascinating, interesting enough to go to the bookstore and peruse the lengthy book, Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed.
It presents a picture where the miracles of Jesus--in fact, most miracles in the Bible--are out of the ordinary, given the socio-religious atmospheres of the times, but not supernatural events. While it was interesting and seemed plausible, I just don't have the time to verify what he says, and I'm not about to buy someone else's interpretations of ancient biblical manuscripts and conclusions about social customs in ancient Israel--been there, done that.
I didn't read the whole book, but let's assume everything he writes is true... Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and has a line of heirs that can be traced to today (from Israel to France to Scotland). My question is "so what?" He debunks any divinity of Jesus, so that means you've got descendants of an ancient king who have been deposed and robbed of their birthright? Join the club. We can all probably trace our heritage back to someone who ruled something, sometime, but doesn't any more.
Europe's history is nothing but one long political intrigue. Still, I saw a piece about the Knights Templar on PBS or The History Channel a while back, and I'd like to see it again and see if the facts as they present them would fit into this "secret" knowledge just coming out.
All-in-all an interesting read. It ties together just about every secret society in European history--the Knights Templar, Rosicrucians, Masons, Secret College--and every famous person--Leonardo Da Vinci, King Arthur, the US's founding fathers, and PeeWee Herman) into one neat bundle all trying to get one guy (the present-day Count of Albany) the throne that his great-great-great-(infinity)-grandfather (Jesus) lost.
Hmmm
"Europe's history is nothing but one long political intrigue. Still, I saw a piece about the Knights Templar on PBS or The History Channel a while back, and I'd like to see it again and see if the facts as they present them would fit into this "secret" knowledge just coming out.
All-in-all an interesting read. It ties together just about every secret society in European history--the Knights Templar, Rosicrucians, Masons, Secret College--and every famous person--Leonardo Da Vinci, King Arthur, the US's founding fathers, and PeeWee Herman) into one neat bundle all trying to get one guy (the present-day Count of Albany) the throne that his great-great-great-(infinity)-grandfather (Jesus) lost."
Interesting...I just posted a thread in relation to what you write above. Here's the link I enclosed within the thread:
< http://watch.pair.com/mason.html#us
sKally, happy trails
wcrestnpeace
It's quite an interesting book. There was a very good documentary on some years ago (often repeated) about some priest / chateu / mystery that involved old paitings, tombs, and the knights templar.
Fascinating stuff but the buy faked it and a lot of the later stories are adaptations of that one. Very well done though non the less
