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THE TEMPLAR REVELATION

SECRET GUARDIANS OF THE TRUE IDENTITY OF CHRIST

Lynn Picknett

Clive Prince

A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book would not have been possible without the help and support of a great many people, but, due to

the controversial nature of our conclusions, we must point out that those listed below do not necessarily

share our opinions.

We would like to thank:

Keith Prince, for his meticulous research, both in the library and in the field, on our behalf, for his incisive

and often highly unorthodox thoughts on the subject—and for literally risking life and limb for this

project.

Craig Oakley, for unfailing support, enthusiasm and help with our research.

Filip Coppens, for enthusiastically directing us to, and supplying us with, much invaluable research

material.

Lavinia Trevor, our agent, for smoothing the way for this book and keeping the pressure off us.

Jim Cochrane, our editor at Bantam Press, for his informed and constructive comments—and for keeping

the pressureon us. And thanks too, to his colleagues Kate Melhuish, Sheila Corr and Martin Macrae.

Lucien Morgan, for really making us think about this book!

The material on Rennes-le-Château in chapters Eight and Nine owes a great debt to information supplied

by, and discussions with, many people:

In the UK, to members of the Rennes-le-Château Research group, especially John and Joy Millar, Gay

Roberts, Howard Barkway, Jonothon Boulter, Marke Pawson, and Guy Patton. Thanks to Guy also for

help with our research into the Knights Templar.

In France, particular thanks are due to Alain Féral, Sonia Moreu, Antoine and Claire Captier, Jean-Luc and

Louise Robin, Celia Brooke, Marcel Captier and Elizabeth van Buren. (And also to Monique and Michel

Marrot at La Pomme Bleue at Rennes-le-Château, whose meals often made our day.) We would also like

to acknowledge our debt to the late Jos Bertaulet and his research into Notre-Dame de Marceille. Thanks

to his widow Suzanne and sons Christian and Diederick for their hospitality.

John Stephenson and Anita Forsythe, for looking after us at Ferran, enlivening our trips to the Languedoc

and sharing their local knowledge with us. Thanks too for their wonderful hospitality and entertainment,

and for lending us Gold.

Peter Humber for allowing us to use his house in the Languedoc during our first research trip, and for

hisvery relaxed reaction to what we nearly did to it…and thanks too, to the villagers of Ferran and the Fire

Department of Montréal for coming to our aid on that fateful 17 January 1995. And also Peter’s

late-lamented Café Fou in Boundary Road, which seemed fated to be our refuge, somehow.

Robert Howells, for many highly enjoyable after-hours discussions into all matters esoteric, and for the

benefit of his wide-ranging knowledge.

André Douzet, for generously sharing the results of his exhaustive research into French mysteries.

Niven Sinclair, for his great generosity and fascinating insights into Rosslyn Chapel and the Knights

Templar.

Jane Lyle, for sharing her extensive knowledge about sacred sexuality with us, and—as always—for

laughter, encouragement and practical support.

Steve Wilson, for his help with the Mandaeans, for giving us a platform at ‘Talking Stick’ and for an

entertaining and memorable train journey.

Karine Esparseil López, for her help with French translations, support and much-valued friendship.

Thanks also to the following for their help in various ways, either by supplying us with much-needed

information or simply with their support and encouragement:

Nicole Dawe and Charles Bywaters and and their respective daughters, Laura Dawe and Kathryn and

Jennifer Bywaters; Trevor Poots; Andy Collins; Dominique Hyde; Lionel Beer and hisTEMS group; Steve

Moore ofFortean Times ; Bob and Veronica Cowley ofRILKO ; Georges Keiss; Yuri Stoyanov; Benoist

Rivière; Henri Buthion; Jean-Pierre Aptel; André Galaup; Louis Vazart; Gino Sandri; Manfred Cassirer;

Alun Harris; John Spencer; Steve Pear; Olivia Robertson of the Fellowship of Isis; Caroline Wise; Gareth

Medway; Tony Pritchett; Mick and Lorraine Jones; Mark Bennett; Dave Smith and Natalie Hac; Loren

McLaughlin; David N.Corona; Dr Richard Wiseman; sylvia Patton; Barry and Fiona Johnstone; Sarah

Litvinoff; Vida Adamoli; Helen Scott; Michèle Kaczynski; Mary Saxe-Falstein; Sally ‘Morgana’ Morgan;

Will Fowler; Sheila and Eric Taylor; Samuel López; James Dew; Nic Davis; Lisa Bailey; David Bell; I-N.

And to the staff of the British Library Reading Rooms and the Westminster Reference Library.

Thanks to the joint emergency services of Limoux and Carcassonne for rescuing Keith Prince—and to our

anonymous friend who telephoned for help from Notre-Dame de Marceille.

THE TEMPLAR REVELATION

C ONTENTS

Introduction

Part One: The Threads of Heresy

1: The Secret Code of Leonardo da Vinci

2: Into the Underworld

3: In the Footsteps of the Magdalene

4: Heartland of Heresy

5: Guardians of the Grail

6: The Templar Legacy

7: Sex: The Ultimate Sacrament

8: ‘This is a Terrible Place’

9: A Curious Treasure

10: Divining the Underground Stream

Part Two: The Web of Truth

11: Gospel Untruths

12: The Woman Whom Jesus Kissed

13: Son of the Goddess

14: John Christ

15: Followers of the King of Light

16: The Great Heresy

17: Out of Egypt

Appendix 1 Continental Occult Freemasonry

Appendix II Rennes-le-Château and the ‘Tomb of God’

Notes and References

Select Bibliography

Index

Photos

I NTRODUCTION

Leonardo da Vinci started the quest that led to this book. It was our research into that fascinating but

elusive Renaissance genius and his part in faking the Turin Shroud that developed into a much wider and

more involving investigation into the ‘heresies’ that had secretly driven his ambitions. We had to find out

what he was part of, what he knew and believed, and why he had employed certain codes and symbols in

the work he left for posterity. So—although we are aware that this is a mixed blessing—we have Leonardo

to thank for the discoveries that have become this book.

It seemed strange at first to find ourselves drawn into the complex and often murky world of secret

societies and heterodox beliefs. After all, Leonardo is commonly supposed to have been an atheist and a

rationalist. But we were to find that he was no such thing. Very soon, in any case, we had left him behind

and found ourselves alone with some profoundly disturbing implications. What had started as a modest

enquiry into some interesting but hardly world-shattering cults had become an investigation into the very

roots and beliefs of Christianity itself.

It was essentially a journey through time and space: first forward from Leonardo to the present day, then

backwards beyond the Renaissance, through the Middle Ages to first-century Palestine, to the scene set by

the words and deeds of our three main Protagonists—John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene and Jesus. Along

the way we had to pause and examine many groups and secret organizations with a totally new and

objective eye: the Freemasons, the Knights Templar, the Cathars, the Priory of Sion, the Essenes and the

cult of Isis and Osiris.

Of course these subjects have been discussed in many other recent books, notablyThe Holy Blood and the

Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln—which was originally a particular

inspiration to both of us—The Sign and the Sealby Graham Hancock,The Temple and the Lodge by

Baigent and Leigh, and most recently,The Hiram Key by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. We owe a

debt of gratitude to all these writers for the light they have shed on our shared areas of investigation, but

we believe that all of them have failed to find the essential key to the heart of these mysteries.

This is hardly surprising. Our entire culture is based on certain assumptions about the past, and in

particular about Christianity and the character and motives of its founder. But if those assumptions

arewrong , then the conclusions based on them will stop very short of the truth, or will at least present a

distorted picture of the facts.

When we first confronted the disturbing conclusions that we set out in this book we had to believe we were

mistaken. But there came a point when we had to make a decision: should we carry on with our

investigation and make our conclusions public, or forget we had ever made those crucial discoveries? We

decided to go ahead; after all, this book seems to follow on naturally from those listed above as if its time

has truly come.

In tracing the beliefs held by thousands of ‘heretics’ over the centuries we have uncovered a remarkably

consistent picture. Underneath the traditions of many apparently disparate groups there lie the same—or

very similar—secrets. At first we thought that these societies were secret out of mere custom, or perhaps

affectation—but now we understand why they needed to keep their knowledge away from the authorities,

and especially from the Church. The main question, however, is not what they believed, but whether or not

those beliefs were based on anything substantial. For if they were, and if the heretical under ground really

did hold the missing key to Christianity, then what we are left with is a truly revolutionary scenario.

This book traces our eight-year quest into largely uncharted territory, for although others have made maps

for us to follow, they stopped short of where we had to go.

Lynn Picknett

Clive Prince

St John’s Wood

London

22 July 1996

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