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What would happen if someone were charged with a modern-day quest to find the Holy Grail? What mysteries would they uncover? Where might their journey lead them and would they find the true Grail? The Holy Grail - the cup of the Last Supper used to collect the Holy blood of Jesus - has a darker side than the one we know from medievil romance. Andrew Collins, one of the foremost alternative history writers in Britain today, discovers extaordinary new evidence about the true origins of this sacred vessel, unveiling a 2000-year-old secret teaching passed down from the time of Christ concerning the dual role played in the foundation of the Christian Church by Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist. These forbidden teachings were suppressed by the Church of Rome, yet they managed to survive as part of an underground stream of knowledge kept alive by the Cathar heretics of the French Languedoc, the Knights Templar, Renaissance painters and modern occultists such as Aleister Crowley. This gripping personal quest into the cryptic and shadowy world of arcane societies and esotoric knowledge takes the reader on a journey of visions and mystery before culminating in a dramatic conclusion. Herein lies the colourful and passionate story of strange Gnostic sects and the dark side of Catholic history. Twenty-First Century Grail kicks the Grail legend into modern era and redefines it's boundaries for a new generation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #140211 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

About the Author
Andrew Collins is one of the most popular alternative history writers in Britain today. His books include the bestsellers, Gateway to Atlantis (Headline, 2000) and Tutankhamun - The Exodus Conspiracy (Virgin, 2002), co-written with Chris Ogiivie-Herald.

Customer Reviews

Facinating with a pinch of salt
A hugely rich and enormous tapestry of knowledge held together with questionable stitching. If you are prepared to mentally blank out Andrew Collin's use of expressions akin to 'unquestionably', 'without doubt' or 'more likely to have...' when clearly some of the summations are questionable and doubtful or based on personal opinion, then buy it and enjoy. The great take-away from this book is the breadth of subject-matter covered and references to other authors and material some of which you will never have heard of - from which you can go away and do your own further reading... and attempt to answer some of the nagging questions you don't get answers to in the book like "where on earth are you going with this argument Andrew.huhh..?' If that's not your thing - then it could be a dissapointment.

Definately worth reading
This is not an ordinary book.
This true story revolves mainly around three people, the author, his wife and one other person; a psychic called Richard. They embark on an enthralling journey based on psychic information and backed up by historical and geographical fact. They dream, trance and research their way through a maze of information and it feels like they're taking the reader with them. The revelations are amazing.
It challenges the common conceptions of what the grail actually is. It's not just a search to find an artifact, but to understand first what that thing is, what it should be used for and how to use it. Could the grail be a concept; an idea or an item of religious value?
The book is at times wordy with a lot of fact to digest, but well worth it. I'm not going to ruin it for you, but by the end they are well on their way to solving one of the greatest mysteries of our time.

Great Book
This deserves a read, not just by Grail researchers, but everybody. Its well written and has a great ending - almost like a good novel. I recommend it to everybody. Philip Gardiner, cp-author of The Serpent Grail