Beyond The Da Vinci Code

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780785821861
• ISBN10: 0785821864
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-24
• Publisher: Chartwell Books

Summary

Discover the truth lying behind the fictional bestseller The Da Vinci Code, In this book you will find all of the necessary information to unravel enigmas that have been researched by several generations... Jesus Christ as he appears in the Holy Bible - is he the real one? Jesus' relationship with Mary Magdalene and his descendants. What is the Priory of Sion? The Knights Templar and the search for the Holy Grail. What secret did the Templars guard? And what does the Church have to say about it? Find out about Opus Dei... Book jacket.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	7	(4)
CHAPTER 1: JESUS IN HIS TIME	11	(26)
The Gnostics
The Gnostic Gospels
The Nag Hammadi codices
The wondrous journeys of the Nag Hammadi codices
The Dead Sea scrolls
Jesus according to the Gnostics
Jesus and Mary Magdalene according to Gnostic Scriptures
The marriage of Christ
Mary Magdalene, wife of Jesus
The Goddess: the principle of divine femininity
Sacred sex and matrimony: woman and man are both two and the same
Sacred sex among the Gnostics
The children of Jesus?
The Merovingian dynasty and its restitution to power
Constantine and the Council of Nicaea
CHAPTER 2: THE PRIORY OF SION, THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND THE HOLY GRAIL	37	(32)
The Knights Templar
The official history of the Knights Templar
The hierarchical order of the Knights Templar
Baphomet, the mysterious demonic idol of the Knights Templar
The Knights' admission process
The Templar curse
Fragment from the arrest order of 1307 AD
The Templar mysteries
The Priory of Sion
The Da Vinci Code's Grand Master: his visible facets
The Da Vinci Code's Grand Master: his hidden facets
The Holy Grail
The search for the Holy Grail
The Grail according to romances
CHAPTER 3: THE PRIORY OF SION, FROM THE 12TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY	69	(22)
The Priory of Sion and its Grand Masters
Brief biographical notes on the Grand Masters
1956 and Pierre Plantard de Saint Clair
The Rennes-le-Chateau mystery
CHAPTER 4: THE ENEMY CHURCH	91	(14)
The Vatican's secret archives
The Vatican exposes its secret archives
The case of John Paul I
The death of John Paul I
P2, the Vatican Bank, and the murder of John Paul I?
Paul Marcinkus, bishop and hanker
CHAPTER 5: OPUS DEI	105	(20)
A brief history of the The Work of God'
The structure of Opus Dei
The Opus Dei 'family'
The structure's hierarchy
Recruitment techniques
Initiation rituals
Induction methods
Daily life norms and self-punishment practices
The Way; a guide for a path to mortification
Testimony
Brainwashing
GLOSSARY	125