The Magdalene Legacy: The Jesus and Mary Bloodline Conspiracy

by Gardner, Laurence

• ISBN13: 9780007201860
• ISBN10: 0007201869
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Thorsons Element

Author Biography

Laurence Gardner, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, is a constitutional historian, and Professional Member of the Institute of Nanotechnology. Distinguished as the Chevalier de St. Germain; he is attached to the European Council of Princes (a constitutional advisory body established in 1946) as the Jacobite Historiographer Royal. In the artistic domain, he has been Conservation Consultant to the Fine Art Trade Guild, and in the world of music his libretto compositions have been performed at London's Royal Opera House. A Knight Templar of St. Anthony and Prior of the Sacred Kindred of St. Columba, he is also the internationally bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail, Realm of the Ring Lords, Genesis of the Grail Kings, and Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark.

Table of Contents

Colour Plates	xi
Maps and Illustrations	xv
Acknowledgements	xvii
Introduction	xix
Saint or Sinner?
The First Lady	1	(1)
Restoration	2	(4)
Seven Devils	6	(3)
Magdalene Heritage	9	(4)
Academia	13	(3)
Fear and Trepidation	16	(2)
Persecution
Towards Oblivion	18	(2)
Heirs of the Lord	20	(4)
The Revelation	24	(6)
Brothers and Sisters	30	(3)
The Forbidden Tomb	33	(2)
Apocalypse
Fruit of the Vine	35	(2)
Fertile Allegory	37	(4)
Magdalene Emblems	41	(5)
Armageddon	46	(3)
Agony and Torment	49	(2)
The Other Mary
Heritage of the Nazarene	51	(3)
Gabriel	54	(3)
Marriage Regulations	57	(6)
Immaculate Conception	63	(4)
Sepulchre of the Magdalene
The Holy Balm	67	(4)
A New Emphasis	71	(3)
Zachary's Deceit	74	(4)
Living Waters	78	(3)
A Gothic Bequest	81	(4)
Guardians of the Relic
Daughter of France	85	(4)
Faith Wisdom	89	(1)
Breath of the Universe	90	(4)
Inquisition	94	(3)
The Baphomet Cipher	97	(5)
Remarkable Texts
Martha	102	(3)
Suppressing the Evidence	105	(5)
The Great Heresy	110	(3)
The Magdalene Archive	113	(2)
Forgotten Gospels	115	(6)
Women and the Church
A Matter of Dates	121	(3)
Jesus' Birthday	124	(2)
Consort of the Saviour	126	(4)
Selecting the Gospels	130	(8)
The Sacred Marriage
Aspects of Translation	138	(4)
The Scarlet Woman	142	(2)
Female Ministry	144	(4)
Dynastic Wedlock	148	(2)
The Betrothal	150	(5)
The Inheritors
Marriage of the Magdalene	155	(6)
Kingdom of Heaven	161	(4)
The Order of Melchizedek	165	(3)
Time of Restitution	168	(3)
The Grail Child
Separation	171	(2)
The Magdalene Voyage	173	(3)
In the West	176	(2)
Revelation of the Lamb	178	(2)
Beloved Disciple	180	(6)
Realm of the Desposyni
The Fisher Kings	186	(4)
House of Bread	190	(3)
Divine Highness	193	(2)
The First Church	195	(3)
The Bishops' Debate	198	(2)
Secret of the Lord	200	(3)
The Holy Balm
Romance of the Grail	203	(3)
Mount of Witness	206	(3)
The Alabaster Jar	209	(5)
Nascien and the Fish	214	(3)
The Great Luminary	217	(3)
Kingdoms and Colours
The Holy Families	220	(4)
Arthurian Descent	224	(4)
Queens of Avallon	228	(3)
The Magdalene Colours	231	(6)
Leonardo Da Vinci
Mona Lisa	237	(9)
Virgin of the Rocks	246	(5)
Madonna of the Rocks	251	(2)
Notre Dame	253	(3)
The Last Supper
A Tragic History	256	(4)
The Adoration Dispute	260	(2)
The Da Vinci Code	262	(8)
Sacred Allegory
A Mysterious Panel	270	(6)
The Bedroom Heresy	276	(3)
Rod of Jesse	279	(3)
The Repentant Courtesan	282	(5)
A Secret Priory
Conspiracy of Sion	287	(3)
The Sauniere Mystery	290	(3)
Commandery of the Revolution	293	(1)
Suspect Dossiers	294	(2)
The Original Prieure	296	(3)
God and the Magdalene	299	(44)
Notes and References	307	(28)
Genealogical Chart
Bloodline of the Holy Grail	335	(8)
APPENDICES
I Son of God -- Son of Man	343	(3)
II Trial and Crucifixion	346	(12)
III Jesus and India	358	(3)
IV Saint Helena	361	(2)
V Three Tables of the Grail	363	(4)
VI Downfall of the Merovingians	367	(4)
Bibliography	371	(10)
Picture Credits	381	(2)
Index	383