Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Posted on 26 November 2018 by Michael Baigent

A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables 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 detective story a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, the Cathar heretics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a dynasty of obscure French kings deposed than 1,300 years ago The author s conclusions are persuasive at the core is not material riches but a secret a secret of explosive and controversial proportions, which radiates out from the little Pyrenees village all the way to contemporary politics and the entire edifice of the Christian faith It involves nothing less than the Holy Grail. Best Read Holy Blood, Holy Grail [ By ] Michael Baigent [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I read this book and ate up every last bit of speculation, theory, and downright invention The photos creeped me out, and I daydreamed about the possibility that the Knights Templar really had links to Jesus Christ, and that the Freemasons werethan just a bunch of weird old guys that did some boring, yet secret, junk in an old building downtown Years later, a Freemason mistakenly left a lengthy message on our answering machine in Palm Desert, California He gave intricate, specific detai I read this book and ate up every last...I must have picked this book up around the time it came out, which would have made me a sopho in high school.When I became a real historian, I came to realize just how much of it was hyperbolic tripe but even as a youth, I understood tha...The fact that I read horribly written books about templars, and things of that ilk, is one of my shameful secrets I don t believe a word that I ve read, but they suck me in That part in the Dan Brown book don t remember if it was DaVinci or Angels where he was listing off the books in that guy s library I have all those booksOh the shame This book, as all similar books, could be about 200 300 pages shorter as they restate their theories in multiple ways They also all seem to use the s The fact ...I originally approached the book with the idea that even if the history was wonky, it will be entertaining to read I was sorely disappointed It was uphill all the way, especially in the middle, when you get bogged down in all those dynasties.However, I m giving it two stars for the chapters towards the end The speculations in there have given the myth lover in me have onego at the Bible, and the enigmatic figure of the Christ.Overall opinion A boring book with some entertaining specu I originally approached the book with the idea that even if the history was wonky, it will be entertaining to read I was sorely disappointed It was uphill all the way, especially in the middle, when you get bogged down in ...I read The Da Vinci Code and it made me want to read Holy Blood, Holy Grail, which was apparently the only book Dan Brown based his own research on.Only problem with all the research Holy Blood, Holy Grail is at best laughable They ll tell you something like, Person A knew Person B who was at a play that Person C also attended, though we have no knowledge they actually knew each other Further, Person B was born in Italy and fr...I first read this about 15 years ago It seems that Dan Brown may also have done so.The original book, and the revised edition I read several years later, put forward compelling arguments in favour of an alternative history of the established religious version propounded in canonical teaching Although cleared of plagi...Reading this book is like slogging uphill through a mudslide after a while you lose track of where you are, and it doesn t seem worth the effort to keep going.Speculation, yes But even the bible contains much speculation yes, that is my opinion and you don t need to agree with me, that is fine and I am perfectly ok with that The basis for my opinion is as follows The new testament wasn t even written until 60 yrs after Jesus death, by people who most likely never heard him speak It is really difficult to guess what sort of motives they may have had or wether they were trying very hard to shape the New Testament stories according to the old tes...Jesus was born of a virgin, raised the dead, turned water into wine, and was resurrected after his crucifixion OK BUT SAYING THAT HE HAD CHILDREN IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING IN THE WORLD I read this book when it was first published and it s speculations have fertilized my thinking since then Even if the thesis is wrong, the wild, richly detailed landscape you cross with it is thought provoking and conspiratorially satisfying.In the 90s some boson claimed to have fraudulently placed the prio Jesus was born of a virgin, raised the dead, turned water into wine, and was resurrected after his crucifixion OK BUT SAYING THAT HE HAD CHILDREN IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING IN THE WORLD I read this book when it was first published and it s speculations have fertilized my thinking since then Even if the thesis is wrong, the wild, richly detailed landscape you cross with it is thought provoking and conspiratorially satisfying.In the 90s some boson claimed to have fraudulently placed the priory of zion list document in the French library where Baigent did his research, making Baigent s book total fiction But why should we believe this person s claims over Baigent s Because he said he did so I recommend this book for those who enjoy a fine mystery, a detailed trip through history, an appreciation for art, and who question religious dogma.For scholarly alternate histories of Jesus I ....

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26 November 2018

Michael Baigent