Based on ancient documents found in France around the turn of the century, HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL confronts and challenges traditional Christian beliefs. The authors' alternative view of Christian history asserts that Jesus may not have perished on the cross, but instead may have lived to marry and father children whose lineage continues today.
The bestselling co-author of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" presents explosive new evidence that challenges everything we know about the life and death of Jesus, presenting shocking new assertions that threaten the very foundation of Western thought. 16-page color insert & 100 b&w photos.
Over the last two years a controversy has erupted in the world's press over the Dead Sea Scrolls that were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusalem between 1947 and 1956. Professor Geza Vermes of Oxford calls it "the academic scandal par excellence of the 20th century", Professor Morton Smith of Columbia University protests that "there is no ...
This is the startling, frighteningly convincing sequel to the holy blood and the holy grail that reveals the very nature of the messianic legacy. After the shocking revelations of "The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail" the authors, in their quest to determine the discrepancies between early and modern 'Christian' thought, found that they were forced ...
A vast number of people have become enthralled with the story of the nineteenth-century French priest who, in his mountain village at the foot of the Pyrenees, discovered something which enabled him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical ...
In this historical detective story the authors trace the evolution of Freemasonry, beginning with the flight after 1309 of the Knights Templar from Europe to the protection of the excommunicate Scottish king Robert the Bruce. In Scotland the Templar heritage was to take root and to be perpetuated by a network of noble families. The authors show ...
Based on ancient documents found in France around the turn of the century, HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL confronts and challenges traditional Christian beliefs. The authors' alternative view of Christian history asserts that Jesus may not have perished on the cross, but instead may have lived to marry and father children whose lineage continues today.
From the bestselling authors of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" and "The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception" comes a stunning revelation of Hitler's secret enemy and the plot to kill him.
Based on ancient documents found in France around the turn of the century, HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL confronts and challenges traditional Christian beliefs. The authors' alternative view of Christian history asserts that Jesus may not have perished on the cross, but instead may have lived to marry and father children whose lineage continues today.
In this study Baigent and Leigh construct an alternative history of religion and thought which begins with the Hermeticism of 1st century Alexandria and describes its pathways through Europe over the ensuing centuries. Along the way there are tales of individuals, including the Elizabethan magician John Dee and the Franciscan friar and alchemist ...
The book that inspired "The Da Vinci Code," this title is revolutionary in that it disputes long-held beliefs concerning the lineage of Christ and the legacy of the Holy Grail. An international bestseller, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" reveals an alternate history as shocking as it is believable.
A study of the problems presented by sceptics in connection with scientific and historical research, which reviews evidence to provide logical answers to questionable theories concerning the connection between the Orion star belt and the pyramids, the evolutionary position of Lucy the ape, and the true situation of Altlantis.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusalem in 1947 and 1956. Now Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, co-authors of "The Holy Blood & The Holy Grail", have succeeded in uncovering what has been described as 'the academic scandal par excellence of the twentieth century': the story of how and why up to 75 per cent of the eight ...
The authors of the bestselling "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" continue their controversial exploration of the Messiah in this fascinating and enlightening book for anyone interested in religion, history, and the complex problems of today's world.
Judith Baignet invites you to discover "Culinary Concepts" - an extraordinary cooking school, and now an extraordinary cookbook. "Culinary Concepts" offers a wide variety of classes for everybody from children to serious home chefs, with meals ranging from backyard barbecues to elegant events to heart-healthy cooking. With simple, yet delicious ...
This study is an account of what is known of Babylonian astrology, retelling a lot of Mesopotamian material that has been buried in abstruse academic tones. Although it is most specifically about Mesopotamian astrology, it also tells the story of the discovery in the 19th century of this ancient city, and describes what is known of their culture. ...
More than just a dramatic expos of the intrigues surrounding these priceless documents, "The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception" presents nothing less than a new, highly significant perspective on Christianity.
After the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk - later canonized as St Dominic - took up the cudgels by establishing a kind of secret police to ferret out heresy - thus began the infamous Inquisition. Baigent and Leigh tell the whole extraordinary story, taking it on into the nineteenth century and ...
At thirty-seven, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, Chief of Staff of the Reich Reserve Army, was a charismatic figure destined for supreme command. The group of conspirators with whom he conceived the plot to kill Hitler in July 1944 was called 'Secret Germany'. That was also the name of the esoteric circle in which Stauffenberg as a young man ...
Since the seventeenth century, science has been contending with philosophy, organised religion and the arts for domination over Western civilisation and society. By the middle of the twentieth century, the battle appeared to be won; scientific rationalism and scepticism were triumphant. Yet in the last few decades a strong and potent counter ...
"Holy Blood, Holy Grail" rocked the very foundations of Christianity. Now four more years of research have uncovered shocking material -- and its earthshaking consequences. - What extraordinary meaning lies behind Jesus' title -- " King of the Jews" ? - Was there more than one Christ? - Who really constituted Jesus' following -- and what were the ...
Throughout history the control of land has been the basis of power. Cadastral maps, records of property ownership, played an important role in the rise of modern Europe as tools for the consolidation and extension of land-based national power. The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State, illustrated with 126 maps, traces the development and ...
A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of the Pyrenees, which enabled him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turn into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail ques leading back through cryptically coded ...
Bestselling author and controversial religious theorist Baigent turns his keen attentions to modern-day Jerusalem and its increasingly important role in global affairs.
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The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail
