CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT & ROBERT LOMAS.
THE HIRAM KEY: PHARAOHS, FREEMASONS, AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE SECRET SCROLLS OF JESUS.
Gloucester MA: Fair Winds Press. REPRINT EDITION. 2005 [1996, 1997, 2002].
xiii (13) + 384 pages with Index. B& W PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS. Large octavo (9 by 6 inch) hardcover with d/j.
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CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION.
1.) THE LOST SECRETS OF FREEMASONRY. • 2.) THE SEARCH BEGINS. • 3.) THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. • 4.) THE GNOSTIC CONNECTION. • 5.) JESUS CHRIST: MAN, GOD, MYTH, OR FREEMASON? • 6.) IN THE BEGINNING MAN MADE GOD. • 7.) THE LEGACY OF THE EGYPTIANS. • 8.) THE FIRST FREEMASON. • 9.) THE BIRTH OF JUDAISM. • 10.) A THOUSAND YEARS OF STRUGGLE. • 11.) THE BOAZ AND JACHIN PERSHER. • 12.) THE MAN WHO TURNED WATER INTO WINE. • 13.) THE RESURRECTION. • 14.) THE TRUTH BREAKS FREE. • 15.) THE LOST SCROLLS REDISCOVERED. • POSTSCRIPT.
APPENDIX 1.) THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN FREEMASONRY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WORLD. • 2.) PRE-1710 MASONIC LODGES IN SCOTLAND WITH DATE OF THE FIRST RECORDED MENTION. • 3.) EARLY GRAND MASTERS OF EARLY FREEMASONRY. • 4.) EARLY GRAND MASTERS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY. • 5.) CHRONOLOGY. • 6.) MAPS.
INDEX.
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CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT & ROBERT LOMAS.
THE BOOK OF HIRAM: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF THE HIRAM KEY.
London: Century. FIRST EDITION, first printing. 2003.
482 pages with Index. LINE ILLUSTRATIONS. Large octavo (9 by 6 inch) hardcover with d/j.
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CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION.
PART ONE.
1.) THE DEATH OF THE BUILDERS. • 2.) THE GROOVED WARE PEOPLE. • 3.) THE LIGHT OF SECRET KNOWLEDGE. • 4.) THE NORSE CONNECTION. • 5.) THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON. • 6.) THE MARITIME CONNECTION. • 7.) THE TWIN CULTS OF JUDAISM. • 8.) REAL KINGS, HUMAN SACRIFICE AND RAINMAKING. • 9.) THE SONS OF DAWN. • 10.) THE HOLY SHEKINAH. • 11.) THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH. • 12.) THE RETURN OF THE SHEKINAH. • 13.) NEITHER HARMLESS NOR FUN. • 14.) THE STAR ACHIEVERS.
PART TWO: THE MASONIC TESTAMENT.
1.) GOD MAKES MANKIND. • 2.) ENOCH MEETS GOD AND ENGRAVES HIS TRUE NAME. • 3.) NOAH BUILDS THE ARC TO SURVIVE THE FLOOD. • 4.) THE TOWER OF BABEL DESTROYED BY GOD. • 5.) MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF SALEM, MAKES ABRAM A GRAND HIGH PRIEST. • 6.) THE SECRETS OF MOSES. • 7.) THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. • 8.) THE ASSASSINATION OF HIRAM ABIFF. • 9.) THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM. • 10.) THE RETURN FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY. • 11.) THE REDISCOVERED SECRET OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. • 12.) THE HONOURING OF ZERUBBABEL. • 13.) THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE CHURCH. • 14.) EARLY CHRISTIAN DEGREES. • 15.) THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND THE KNIGHTS OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM. • 16.) EVOLVED FREEMASONRY.
APPENDIX 1.) THE MYSTERY OF THE MEGALITHIC YARD CONTINUED. • 2.) THE STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF THE ROSSLYN LOZENGES. • 3.) THE NAMES FOR VENUS IN VARIOUS TRADITIONS.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. • INDEX.
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ROBERT LOMAS.
FREEMASONRY AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE.
Gloucester MA: Fair Winds Press. 2ND EDITION, 3rd printing. 2006.
x + 374 pages with Index. COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS ON PLATES. Large octavo (9 by 6 inch) softcover.
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CONTENTS:
PROLOGUE: A COLD WINTER’S DAY IN LATE NOVEMBER. • 1.) A WORLD BEFORE SCIENCE. • 2.) THE FOUNDERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. • 3.) CONFLICTING STORIES. • 4.) THE PATRON SAINT OF FROZEN CHICKENS. • 5.) AN ALIEN MONARCH. • 6.) THE LIFE AND SOUL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. • 7.) FELLOW NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN. • 8.) THE RESTORATION. • 9.) THE ROYAL CHARTERS. • 10.) EARLY WORKS. • 11.) GOSSIPS, SPIES AND FRENCH MISTRESSES. • 12.) A LEGEND OF GRACIOUS AND KINDLY KINGS. • 13.) SIR ROBERT’S HERITAGE. • POSTSCRIPT: LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND A THEORY OF EVERYTHING. • APPENDIX: THE SCIENTIFIC SECRETS OF THE CRAFT. • ENDNOTES. • BIBLIOGRAPHY. • TIMELINE. • INDEX.
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CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT & ROBERT LOMAS.
THE SECOND MESSIAH: TEMPLARS, THE TURIN SHROUD, AND THE GREAT SECRET OF FREEMASONRY.
Gloucester MA: Fair Winds Press. REPRINT EDITION, 2nd printing. 2005 [1997, 2001].
xi (11) + 259 pages with Index. B&W PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS. Large octavo (9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inch) hardcover with d/j, black boards, gilt titling to spine.
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A controversial theory regarding the Turin Shroud, the Knights Templars, and the origins of modern Freemasonry.
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION.
1.) THE DEATH OF A NATION. • 2.) THE SECRETS OF ROSSLYN. • 3.) THE MISSING HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY. • 4.) THE RETURN OF THE KINGS OF GOD. • 5.) THE HOLY GRAIL AND THE TEMPLARS. • 6.) THE BIRTH OF ‘THE SECOND MESSIAH’. • 7.) THE LINEN ENIGMA. • 8.) THE BLOOD AND THE FLAMES. • 9.) THE CULT OF THE SECOND MESSIAH. • 10.) THE GREAT SECRET OF FREEMASONRY.
APPENDIX 1.) THE TIME LINE. • 2.) THE CHARTER OF TRANSMISSION OF J. M. LARMENIUS. • 3.) THE PROCESS THAT CREATED THE IMAGE ON THE SHROUD OF TURIN.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. • INDEX.
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