MarY Magdalene and the Holy Grial.
I read this book and I liked it a lot because I find it very interesting.
The 1982 book, Holy Blood, Holy Grail suggested that Mary Magdalene was, literally, the Holy Grail, the vessel that carried Christ's blood into Europe. The idea is based on a minor French legend about a mysterious discovery by a parish priest, who supposedly learned the suppressed "truth" and used it to extort money from the Roman Catholic Church. Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code, is based largely on the ideas presented in Holy Blood, Holy Grail.
In 1982, a book called Holy Blood, Holy Grail was published in the United States by Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent, and Richard Leigh. In their book, the authors examined a French legend of a small area known as Rennes-le-Chateau. The legend claimed that in the 1800s the parish priest, Beringer Sauniere, undertook the remodeling of his church, which had been built in the 10th century. In the course of the work, the main altar was taken down. Inside of a pillar that had supported the altar, Sauniere allegedly discovered secret documents containing mysterious codes.
Sauniere took the documents to his superior in Paris, who arranged to have them translated and the codes decrypted. Upon his return to Rennes-le-Chateau, he mysteriously went from an impoverished state to extreme wealth, undertaking several construction projects that would have exceeded his regular income. The legend goes on to say that Sauniere was investigated by the Church but charges were dropped after he made a trip to Rome. On his deathbed, it was said, he divulged a secret so disturbing to the priest who was administering last rites that the priest left the room and refused to finish the job, leaving Sauniere to die without absolution.
The codes in the documents, we are told, alluded to a lost treasure, secret societies and the origins of Christianity. The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail conclude that they are related to Holy Grail mythology that referred not to a chalice, but to Mary Magdalene, who carried Jesus' blood into Europe in the form of an unborn child. The child then went on to marry and form the first line of French kings, known as the Merovingians.
Holy Blood, Holy Grail created an enormous sensation, and almost immediately spawned an entire genre of related literature based on the idea that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had been married and founded the Merovingian bloodline. Although the authors now defend their work as "speculation" rather than anything that can be proved, it has become very clear that there is a contingent of die-hard believers in the new Holy Grail mythology. A conspiracy theory at its root, Holy Blood, Holy Grail alleges that the Roman Catholic Church was aware of the bloodline and has suppressed the knowledge for two millennia.
In 1982, a book called Holy Blood, Holy Grail was published in the United States by Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent, and Richard Leigh. In their book, the authors examined a French legend of a small area known as Rennes-le-Chateau. The legend claimed that in the 1800s the parish priest, Beringer Sauniere, undertook the remodeling of his church, which had been built in the 10th century. In the course of the work, the main altar was taken down. Inside of a pillar that had supported the altar, Sauniere allegedly discovered secret documents containing mysterious codes.
Sauniere took the documents to his superior in Paris, who arranged to have them translated and the codes decrypted. Upon his return to Rennes-le-Chateau, he mysteriously went from an impoverished state to extreme wealth, undertaking several construction projects that would have exceeded his regular income. The legend goes on to say that Sauniere was investigated by the Church but charges were dropped after he made a trip to Rome. On his deathbed, it was said, he divulged a secret so disturbing to the priest who was administering last rites that the priest left the room and refused to finish the job, leaving Sauniere to die without absolution.
The codes in the documents, we are told, alluded to a lost treasure, secret societies and the origins of Christianity. The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail conclude that they are related to Holy Grail mythology that referred not to a chalice, but to Mary Magdalene, who carried Jesus' blood into Europe in the form of an unborn child. The child then went on to marry and form the first line of French kings, known as the Merovingians.
Holy Blood, Holy Grail created an enormous sensation, and almost immediately spawned an entire genre of related literature based on the idea that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had been married and founded the Merovingian bloodline. Although the authors now defend their work as "speculation" rather than anything that can be proved, it has become very clear that there is a contingent of die-hard believers in the new Holy Grail mythology. A conspiracy theory at its root, Holy Blood, Holy Grail alleges that the Roman Catholic Church was aware of the bloodline and has suppressed the knowledge for two millennia.
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