Product Description

There is now no published theory to explain the enigma of the Turin Shroud that fits the known evidence. Many people want the shroud to be proof of Christ's mission, but Knight and Lomas prove that it is not. The truth behind the shroud is an epic story of pride, greed, powerlust and suffering. It had been prophesised that the Messiah would return shortly after 1230AD. Jacques de Molay was born in 1244, became a Templar in 1265 and Grand Master om 1297; the Templars regarded themselves as the guardians of the secret teachings of Jesus. In 1307 Molay was arrested at the instigation of the Pope, who was alarmed at the spread of this influence - and was crucified. Using the latest scientific techniques, the authors prove that the shroud Molay was wrapped in is the one now known as the Turin Shroud.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40460 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

About the Author
Christopher Knight was born in 1950, and has a degree in advertising and graphic design. He is chairman of a marketing and advertising agency and is a Freemason. Robert Lomas was born in 1947 and has a degree in electrical engineering. He has worked on the guidance systems for Cruise missiles, and was involved in the early development of home computers. He is a Freemason and lectures on Masonic history.

Customer Reviews

Extremely Interesting Book
I couldn't put this book down! The authors have traced the origins of Freemasons and provided fascinating evidence and details of the history of the Templars, from their beginnings, through their 'glory years' and after their brutal persecution era. It also recounts the events of the Roman Catholic church during this time that many modern day devout Christians will find deeply disturbing and heretical.

This book also details evidence for the claims that the Turin Shroud was not the imprint of Jesus after his crucifixion, but the imprint of a man regarded by the exiled Templars as the second messiah.

This book will offend some, but if, like me, one questions the beliefs of modern day Christianity as being rather incredulous, this book will offer clues and suggestions as to how this religion has diverted from its origins and evolved into the faith we know today, and how esoteric images and scripts still exist today recording the original roots of the Christian faith.

Brilliant and thought-provoking
This is a book that I picked up in hurry whilst in a book-buying frenzy! When I finally read the 'blurb' I wondered what I had let myself in for. One week later, after a second reading of the book I knew. Quite simply I don't recall any other book challenging my seemingly-set-in-stone views as much as this one. It explains the knights templar, the turin shroud, tarot cards; the revelations seemed endless, and yet they were all beautifully explained. I cannot recommend this book enough, read it, it will make you re-think you beliefs

Good, except for the Shroud theory
This is a great read, in the same vein as the Hiram Key. In both books are quite convincing, although I detected a few places where they overstated the evidence.
But the chapter on the Turin Shroud is absolute nonsense. First, they present no evidence to connect the shroud to the last templar leader. They write a whole account of his treatment and how the shroud was formed without any evidence at all. Their theory of formation is silly: as a physical chemist I know that substances from a body could not diffuse vertically upwards to form an image: they would just generally discolour the cloth. Furthermore, they baldly state that the back image is much less detailed than the front, in fact little more than splodges, to fit their theory. But if you look at a photo of the shroud, you see that the back image is, if anything, MORE clear. Picknet and Price have a VERY much better theory in "The Turin Shroud...". Their theory is scientifically valid, and also explains the historical evidence better.