Product Description

Alongside the time-honoured quest for the Holy Grail is the equally compelling and longstanding mystery of the Ark of the Covenant: what, why and where is it? All these questions are discussed in this work which explores the secret metaphysical and scientific importance of gold from the time of the pharaohs down to the present day - and the significant role of the Ark in this history and for the future. "Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark" is the latest in Laurence Gardner's cycle of books tracing the hidden messianic dynasty of Jesus - a heritage that abounds in alchemy and sacred science.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142445 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Synopsis
The sacred Ark of the Covenant, created from a legendary substance, is the source of one of the deepest mysteries of the Western world. No reason is given in the Bible as to why the Ark of the Covenant was so richly contrived and no explanation exists of its alleged awesome and deadly powers. Laurence Gardner has accessed Rosicrucian archives in liaison with eminent nuclear physicists to reveal where the Ark is, what it is and how this lost secret of the distant past has led to the phenomenal new science of space-time manipulation. Gardner's controversial research reveals that the secret of the pharaohs' rite of passage to the Afterlife was due to an amazing magical substance, which was directly associated with the pyramids and the biblical Ark of the Covenant. This substance, now known to be superconductive monatomic gold, became know as the Philosophers' Stone, while in today's corridors of quantum mechanics its attributes are classified as "the most remarkable physical property in the universe".

About the Author
Laurence Gardner is an internationally renowned sovereign genealogist and historical lecturer. Bloodline of the Holy Grail was a number 8 Sunday Times bestseller (over 250,000 copies in three years and serialized by the Daily Mail). His other books include Bloodline of the Holy Grail, Realm of the Ring Lords and Genesis of the Grail Kings.

Customer Reviews

A complete lack of skepticism
I was fascinated by this book. I read half of it with intense interest and a willingness to believe what I read. Then I did a little research on the web to see if there were any other accounts of this 'mfkzt' or 'ORMUS'. I found two things. Firstly, a lot of untrustworthy sites trying to sell ORMUS, claiming to have solid evidence of its amazing properties. Secondly, I found many scholarly debates which point out the lack of available evidence (the evidence can be purchased). As a result, I encourage readers to keep a skeptical perspective on this work. Gardner's view that Moses was descended from the Pharaohs has intriguing implications for interpretation of biblical works. However, Gardner's reports on events during the past century are very misleading. He reaches some hilarious conclusions on the current location of the Ark. Overall, this book is not Science, Fiction, or Comedy. It is Gardner's popular blend of tricksy pseudoscience.

Hmmm...still undecided
I sought out this book after reading an article a few years ago in the Daily Express (i think?), whilst waiting for my plane at Manchester Airport. The article was fascinating, being based upon, and using abbreviated extracts from, this book...mfktz, monatomic gold, weightlessness, other dimensions...it made truly revelatory reading. To describe it in VERY loose terms, this book is all about the Ark of the Covenant; what it was exactly; where it is now; and the mysterious substance it contained (the aforementioned 'mfktz' or 'monatomic gold'). To be honest, the newspaper article told me all i wanted to know, and the book itself did little else than to pad-out the interesting facts with theory and wild speculation. Whilst undoubtedly fascinating, the book can at times be a little mind-numbing, although, to be fair to Gardner, this is only because he has done his best to back-up his theories with as much evidence as possible - albeit rather thin evidence in most cases.
In summary, enjoy this book for what it is, but don't expect to be too enlightened by the end of it.

Amusing Fiction, Terrible Facts
I can't quite decide if this book is the most hilarious thing I ever read or if the author should be blugeoned to death with an ancient Egyptian relic. I gave up about half way through, having had my fill of ludicrous pseudo-science, but at the same time I was greatly entertained by what I read. As a fictional book, it's great, as fact it's one of a great number of appalling attempts to sucker people into believing anything just because it's in a big shiny book that says its true. I hate to break it to everyone but the Egyptians may well have had basic batteries, after all you can make a battery out of a couple of bits of metal and a lemon, but they did not have anti-gravity or trans-dimensional travel.