The templar revelation pdf

Both Jesus and 'M' appear totally oblivious to these threats, each apparently lost in the world of their own thoughts, each in their own way serene and composed. But it is as if secret symbols are being employed, not only to warn Jesus and his female companion of their separate fates, but also to instruct or perhaps remind the observer of some information which it would otherwise be dangerous to make public. Is Leonardo using this painting to convey some private belief which it would have been little short of insane to share with a wider audience in any obvious fashion?

And could it be that this belief might have a message for many more than his immediate circle, perhaps even for us today? Let us look further at this astonishing work. To the observer's right of the fresco a tall bearded man bends almost double to speak to the last disciple at the table. In doing so he has turned his back completely on the Redeemer. Nothing that Renaissance painters ever depicted wasaccidental or included merely to be pretty, and this particular exemplar of the time and the profession was known to be a stickler for the visual double entendre.

His preoccupation with using the right model for the various disciples can be detected in his wry suggestion that the irritating Prior of the Santa Maria Monastery himself sit for the character of Judas! So why did Leonardo paint himself looking so obviously away from Jesus?

There is more. An anomalous hand points a dagger at a disciple's stomach one person away from 'M'. By no stretch of the imagination could the hand belong to anyone sitting at that table because it is physically impossible for those near by to have twisted round to get the dagger in that position. However, what is truly amazing about this disembodied hand is not so much that it exists, but that in all our reading about Leonardo we have come across only a couple of references to it, and they show a curious reluctance to find anything unusual about it.

Like the St John who is really a woman, nothing could be more obvious -- and more bizarre -- once it is pointed out, yet usually it is completely blanked out by the observer's eye and mind simply because it is so extraordinary and so outrageous. We have often heard it said that Leonardo was a pious Christian whose religious paintings reflected the depth of his faith.

As we have seen so far, at least one of them includes highly dubious imagery in terms of Christian orthodoxy, and our further research, as we shall see, reveals that nothing could be further from the truth than the idea that Leonardo was a true believer -- a believer, that is, in any accepted, or acceptable, form of Christianity. Already, the curious and anomalous features in just one of his works seem to indicate that he was trying to tell us of another layer of meaning in that familiar biblical scene, of another world of belief beyond the accepted outline of the image frozen on that fifteenth-century mural near Milan.

Whatever those heterodox inclusions may mean, they were, it cannot be stressed too much, totally at variance with orthodox Christianity. Yet they, too, have failed to see what is plainly set out before their eyes. To paint the Last Supper without significant amounts of wine is like painting the critical moment of a coronation without the crown: it either misses the point completely or is making quite another one, to the extent that it marks the painter out as nothing less than an out and out heretic, someone who did possess religious beliefs, but ones which were at odds, perhaps even at war, with those of Christian orthodoxy.

And Leonardo's other works, we have discovered, underline his own specific heretical obsessions through carefully applied and consistent imagery, something that would not happen if the artist were an atheist merely engaged in earning his living. These uncalled for inclusions and symbols are also much, much more than the sceptic's satirical response to such a commission -- they are not just the equivalent of sticking a red nose on St Peter, for example.

What we are looking at in the Last Supper and his other works is the secret code of Leonardo da Vinci, which we believe has a startling relevance to the world today. It may be argued that whatever Leonardo did or did not believe, this was merely the foible of one man, and a notoriously odd man at that, one whose story was one of endless paradoxes.

He might have been a loner, but he was also the life and soul of the party; he despised fortune-tellers, but his accounts listed monies paid to astrologers; he was a vegetarian and caring animal-lover but his tenderness rarely extended to humankind; he obsessively dissected corpses and watched executions with an anatomist's eye; he was both a profound thinker and a master of riddles, conjuring tricks and hoaxes. Given such a complex outlook, it is perhaps only to be expected that his personal views on religion and philosophy were unusual, even quirky.

For that reason alone, it may be tempting to dismiss his heretical beliefs as irrelevant to today. While it is generally admitted that Leonardo was hugely gifted, the modern tendency to arrogant 'epochism' seeks to undermine his achievements. After all, when he was in his prime, even the technique of printing was a novelty. What could one lone inventor of such a primitive time possibly have to offer a world that is endlessly informed by surfing the Net, and which can, in a matter of seconds, communicate through the telephone or the fax machine with people on continents that had not even been discovered in his day?

There are two answers to that. The first is that Leonardo was not, to use a paradox, a run-of-the-mill genius. Whereas most people know that he designed flying machines and primitive military tanks, some of his inventions were so unlikely for his day that those of a more whimsical turn of mind have even suggested that he might have actually had visions of the future.

His designs for a bicycle, for example, only came to light in the late s. Unlike the painfully protracted trial-and-error stages in the development of the early Victorian bicycle, however, the da Vinci roadracer had two wheels of equal size and a chain and gear mechanism. But even more fascinating than the actual design, is the question of what possible reason he could have had for inventing a bike in the first place.

For man has always wanted to fly like the birds, but having a driving desire to pedal along less than perfect roads precariously balanced on two wheels is completely mystifying and does not, unlike flying, figure in any classic fable.

Leonardo also predicted the telephone, among many other futuristic claims to fame. If Leonardo was even more of a genius than the history books allow, there is still the question as to what possible knowledge he could have had that would impinge in any meaningful or widespread way five centuries after he lived. While it might be argued that the teachings of a first-century rabbi might be expected to have even less relevance to our time and place, it is also true that some ideas are universal and eternal, and that the truth, if it can be found or defined, is never essentially undermined by the passage of the centuries.

It was not, however, either Leonardo's philosophy whether overt or covert or his art which first attracted both of us to him. It was his most paradoxical work, one that is both incredibly famous and at the same time least known, which drew us into our intensive Leonardo research. As described in detail in our last book, we discovered that it was the Maestro who had faked the Turin Shroud, which had long been believed to have been miraculously imprinted with Jesus' image at the time of his death.

In , carbon dating tests proved it to all but a handful of desperate believers to be an artefact of late medieval or early Renaissance times, but to us it remained a truly remarkable image -- to say the least.

Uppermost in our minds was the question of the identity of the hoaxer, for whoever had created this amazing 'relic' had to be a genius. The Turin Shroud, as all the literature -- both for and against its authenticity -- recognizes, behaves like a photograph. It exhibits a curious 'negative effect', which means that it looks like a vague scorchmark to the naked eye but can be seen in fine detail in photographic negative.

Because no known painting or brassrubbing behaves in this way, the negative effect has been taken by the 'Shroudies' believers that it is truly the Shroud of Jesus to be proof of the miraculous qualities of the image. However, we discovered that the image on the Turin Shroud behaves like a photograph because that is precisely what it is. Incredible though it may seem at first, the Turin Shroud is a photograph. We, together with Keith Prince, reconstructed what we believed the original technique to be and in doing so became the first people ever to replicate all the hitherto unexplained characteristics of the Turin Shroud.

And, despite the Shroudies' claims that it was impossible, we did so using extremely basic equipment. We used a camera obscura a pinhole camera , chemically coated cloth, treated with materials readily available in the fifteenth century, and large doses of light. However, the subject of our experimental photograph was a plaster bust of a girl, which was disappointingly lightyears away in status from the original model.

For although the face on the Shroud was not, as had been widely claimed, that of Jesus, it was in fact the face of the hoaxer himself. In brief, the Turin Shroud is, among many other things, a five-hundred-year-old photograph of none other than Leonardo da Vinci. Despite some curious claims to the contrary, this cannot have been the work of a pious Christian believer.

The Turin Shroud, seen in photographic negative, apparently shows the broken and bleeding body of Jesus. It must be remembered that this is no ordinary blood, for to Christians it is not only literally divine: it is also the vehicle through which the world can be redeemed. To our minds, one simply cannot fake that blood and be considered a believer -- nor could one have even the least respect for the person of Jesus and replace his image with that of oneself.

Leonardo did both of these things, with meticulous care and even, one suspects, a certain relish. Of course he knew that, as the supposed image of Jesus -- for no-one would realize it was the Florentine artist himself -- the Shroud would be prayed over by a sizeable number of pilgrims even during his own lifetime. For all we know he actually hovered in the shadows and watched them do it -- it would have been in keeping with what we know of his character.

But did he also guess just how many pilgrims would be crossing themselves in front of his image over the centuries? Did he imagine that one day intelligent people would actually be converted to Catholicism simply by looking into that beautiful, tortured face?

And could he possibly have foreseen that the West's cultural image of what Jesus looked like would come largely from the image on the Turin Shroud? Did he realize that one day millions of people the world over would be worshipping the image of a fifteenth-century homosexual heretic in the place of their beloved God, that Leonardo da Vinci was literally to become the image of Jesus Christ?

The Shroud was, we believe, very nearly the most outrageous -- and successful -- joke ever played on history. But, although it has fooled millions, it is more than a hymn to the art of the tasteless hoax. We believe that Leonardo used the opportunity to create the ultimate Christian relic as a vehicle for two things: an innovative technique and an encoded heretical belief. The technique of primitive photography was -- as events were to show -- highly dangerous to make public in that paranoid and superstitious era.

But it no doubt amused Leonardo to make sure that this prototype was looked after by the very priests he despised. Of course it could be that this ironic priestly guardianship was purely coincidental, merely a fateful twist in an already remarkable story, but to us it smacks of Leonardo's passion for total control, which can be seen here to reach far beyond the grave.

The Turin Shroud, fake and work of genius though it is, also carries certain symbols that underline Leonardo's own particular obsessions, as seen in his other, more generally accepted, works.

For example, there is at the base of Shroudman's neck a distinct demarcation line. When the image as a whole is turned into a 'contour map', using the most sophisticated computer technology, we can see that the line marks the lower end of the head image at the front, while there is, as it, were a sea of unimaged, flat darkness immediately under it until the image begins again at the upper chest.

Need an account? Click here to sign up. Download Free PDF. Phillip Y Freiberg. A short summary of this paper. Picknett and Price live in London, England. Authors get into the mysterious world of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and the occult to discover the truth behind an underground religion with roots in the first century that survives even today. Chronicling their fascinating quest for truth through time and space, the authors reveal an astonishing new view of the real motives and character of the founder of the Christianity, as well as the actual historical—and revelatory—roles of John the Baptist and Marry Magdalene.

The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ claims that an ancient religion was suppressed by the Catholic Church because itwas telling a different story, than that the Church fathers wanted to impose upon the masses.

Going through the history of the southern France, especially through that of Languedoc, history of the heretical Cathars comes to attention. Almost every church in the region is dedicated to either John the Baptist or Mary Magdalene. Holy Grail in French is St. Well now you do. And the chapter on the Mandaeans of Iraq was also very interesting and made me want to read more about this vanishing remnant of Gnostic religion.

Having said that, the authors' tendency to conflate speculation with fact and their lack of hesitancy in passing the former off as the latter ruined this book for me as anything other than a work of fiction. Read it if you must, enjoy it if you can, but please remember that speculation and fact are two different animals. Just because Picknett and Prince have written it, doesn't make it so.

Dec 08, Colin Turner rated it did not like it. I've tried to give this book away, but nobody that has borrowed it will keep it. It almost deserves a second star. It starts off reasonably, and makes some interesting points. Points that are reasonably likely to be valid. But before long it gets bogged down in overreaching points where the authors claim clear foundations for beliefs where the gaps in the logic and supporting evidence would accommodate an average sized cruise liner.

Another relatively boring part of this book, and sadly qu I've tried to give this book away, but nobody that has borrowed it will keep it. Another relatively boring part of this book, and sadly quite a lot of its similar genre is the "so what? Why in fact should it, if one sets aside the default hysterical reaction? It would seem to have no meaningful impact on his ministry whatsoever, if one believed it to begin with.

As a result the book is just kind of sensationalist nonsense, which I actually get the impression the authors believe to be a well founded and argued thesis. Mar 21, Karen rated it liked it Shelves: history , non-fiction , catholic-church , ebook. It could be that I've read to many books on the subject matter but for me this book didn't contain anything I hadn't read elsewhere.

If you are going to out the word revelation in your title it might be an idea to have a big revelation in your book. Mary Magdalane and Jesus were lovers has been claimed already in numerous books, the Catholic Church picked the gospels that supported their version of Jesus's life of course they did every organisation or even person picks the version of events that best suits their purpose. Or how about this for a big revelation - Jesus was not the Son of God but actually a human being who along with all his human flaws and weaknesses also had some good ideas about how we should treat our fellow human beings.

May 20, Damaskcat rated it it was amazing. I'm not sure I'm wholly convinced by some of the theories in this book but it does make very interesting reading and the authors do write in an extremely approachable style.

I think there are plenty of questions still to be answered such as what exactly the Priory of Sion are up to and what secrets they are concealing.

Though of course many secrets, when revealed, do turn out to be not at all earth shattering when fi If you've read The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail then this book is a must read. Though of course many secrets, when revealed, do turn out to be not at all earth shattering when finally revealed.

I thought the information about the Knights Templar was interesting and for a relatively short lived order of chivalry they do seem to have cast a long shadow across Europe ever since their dissolution. If you enjoy investigating strange happenings and are not averse to having received wisdom potentially turned on its head then this is well worth reading. I think one of the most interesting points the book makes is that Jesus, if he was a Jew, would have been married as at the time it would have been inconceivable for him not to have been married and it would have been mentioned in the Gospels if for some reason he was single.

But maybe Christ wasn't a Jew? Perhaps he had grown up in Egypt and been educated in one of the mystery schools and learned Egyptian magic - which would certainly have explained the miracles. Whatever the truth, and we will probably never know the exactly what hapened, Christ or the Gospel writers had a way of translating ideas into parables which could be understood by everyone whether they were well educated or not.

Feb 25, DoubleM rated it it was amazing. I was so intrigued by the premise of Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code" I put this book on my Christmas List several years ago but have just now gotten around to reading it.

The data views presented give a well thought out and researched invitation for the reader to incorporate the information into one's own belief system and remodel personal beliefs to accurately reflect one's own views, without being forced to accept someone else's beliefs, based on someone else's older beliefs, based on I was so intrigued by the premise of Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code" I put this book on my Christmas List several years ago but have just now gotten around to reading it.

The data views presented give a well thought out and researched invitation for the reader to incorporate the information into one's own belief system and remodel personal beliefs to accurately reflect one's own views, without being forced to accept someone else's beliefs, based on someone else's older beliefs, based on someone else's older, older beliefs.

I grew up in a Christian country the good old U. I was born thinking for myself and the religious training I received never made sense to me; I appreciate it when I find thoughts that test the programming I received as a child - this is that kind of a book! Sep 20, Saamon Simon Zohhadi rated it it was amazing Shelves: favourite-books , history-politics , favourite-non-fiction. This book puts the case of the early heretics. However, there is far too much conjecture and it does not change my belief that Christ is the Messiah and the original account in the Holy Bible is the true one.

The writers have imaginations that run away with themselves. I'm a Catholic and this is not a book for Christians. I will be doing Christians a favour by warning them not to read this book. Although, I am giving this book 5 stars I do not recommend it and don't read it. Apr 11, Phillip rated it it was amazing.

Authors get into the mysterious world of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and the occult to discover the truth behind an underground religion with roots in the first century that survives even today. Chronicling their fascinating quest for truth through time and space, the authors reveal an astonishing new view of the real motives and character of the founder of the Christianity, as well as the actual historical—and revelatory—roles of John the Baptist and Marry Magdalene.

The Te Authors get into the mysterious world of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and the occult to discover the truth behind an underground religion with roots in the first century that survives even today.

The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ claims that an ancient religion was suppressed by the Catholic Church because itwas telling a different story, than that the Church fathers wanted to impose upon the masses.

Going through the history of the southern France, especially through that of Languedoc, history of the heretical Cathars comes to attention. Almost every church in the region is dedicated to either John the Baptist or Mary Magdalene.

Holy Grail in French is St. Leonardo is only perceived as a devoutly Christian artist, but in the depth of his works Church failed to see the heresy it was fighting against. Could it be that those spread hands are making what, according to the artists, is essentially an empty gesture? Only reading the New Testament with a Christian bias we can say that Jesus was building upon a foundation of Judaism. Baptism was nothing but a rite performed by the Egyptian priests in the Nile, since those wishing to convert into Judaism are self-baptized.

Who said the phrase recoded in the eleventh verse of the eleventh Chapter of the Gospel of Mathew? Who but the followers of Jesus could have invented the execution of the prophet by the king; who if we believe Mathew was so popular, that his death would speak even louder that his life.

Washing of feet and anointing of the head was an ancient rite performed by the priestess over the priest, later they joined their bodies in love. In such rites the king was symbolically killed and after spending tree days in the world of the dead was resurrected, being greeted by his beloved at the grave.

The whole Gospel story is some historical accounts made fiction by those who profited from that version of the story. Cruel Roman Governor that did not hesitate to massacre thousands of hated and stubborn Jews suddenly starts listening a Jewish rebel and tries to persuade elders not to kill one of their own. After the man is convicted on the charges of treason to Rome Pilate performs an ancient Jewish custom washing his hands!

The only Crusade against fellow Christians was that against the Cathars, who had their own Gnostic version of Christianity. We dread Friday the thirteenth because on that day in the fourteenth century a knightly order by the name of Templar was suppressed by the French king with the help of the pope, because of their money and partially because of their beliefs.

Originally organized by several European families and consisting of only 11 knights the order grew to become the richest institution in Europe of those days. Picknett and Price suggest that in A. Thirteen centuries latter their descendants persuaded the pope of the necessity of the crusade. Latter, as authors claim, some of the treasures were transported to the recently built by the Sinclair family one of the eleven knights , Rosalyn Chapel in Scotland. After the suppression of the order those men organized a secret society which with time become known as Freemasonry.

The organization that has Jewish Temple allegory in all of its rituals. The book brought to attention some of the unknown facts that have been hidden for many centuries. Date-raw November 12, Donor friendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st Touchstone ed. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books.