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Title: Holy Blood, Holy Grail by MICHAEL BAIGENT, RICHARD LEIGH, HENRY LINCOLN ISBN: 0-440-13648-2 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 15 January, 1983 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.51 (279 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This Book is an Eye Opener
Comment: This book is an eye opener. The information is well documented, well researched and very comprehensive. In response to those reviewers who "poo-pooed" the "what if's"; those what if questions are based on DOCUMENTED FACTS! Those that refute the book only have the bible to go on and most arguments I've read on books of this nature, like the Da Vinci Code, never get to the point of the facts these books present. Simply put, these kind hearted fundamentalists can't really prove their argument with just the bible to go on, whereas in the other camp have information based on DOCUMENTED HISTORY. This book is a compelling read, though a bit long in the mouth, which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. You have to get through at least 600 pages to see how it all connects. Fundamentalists will find this book disturbing but if you are open minded you may see that these theories do have some merit worth considering. I also recommend getting The Messianic Legacy along with this book. Both excellent and informative.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Book That Inspired The Da Vinci Code
Comment: Holy Blood/Holy Grail by Michael Baigent and his research team inspired the recent and best selling novel, The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. This book, published in the 80's, rocked the foundation of many people's Christian beliefs and caused quite a great controversy. This was also the same decade that saw the Scorcese film "The Last Temptation Of Christ" which feauted a dream sequence in which Jesus and Mary Magdalene engage in human intercourse and are apparently in love. The theory is not altogether new. For years, these ideas have been put together by collecting the Apocryphal and Gnostic Gospels that never made it to the standard Bible. The Gospel Of Mary Magdalene is the most important, since she is in her own words relating how she was the most loved of Jesus' followers. Extensive research lead others, like Laurence Gardner, to collect a wealth of information on the theory. And there are so many reasons why one could believe this. First of all, the information is always open to public scrutiny and criticism. Baigent, Gardner and Da Vinci Code writer Dan Brown are not forcing anyone to believe this notion of Jesus being a father and married to Mary Magdalene. They are merely expressing their own beliefs. Most of the population in the West (North America, South America and Europe) believe that Jesus is either the son of God or God himself. A lot of people are not ready to believe other ideas. It's really up to you. This book only offers their thoughts on what they regard as truth. It does not cheapen or lessen the glory of Jesus in any way. He was a great man nonetheless and his wisdom and teachings helped millions live a better life. Jesus is to the West what Buddha is to the East. It's that simple.
This book mostly proposes the question and only offers some evidence. Laurence Gardner, who must have read this book himself, gathered a lot more information and "evidence". Jesus, who was a Jewishs man let's not forget, could not have remained single and chaste for so long. Also, there is no mention in the Gospels of his teen years and life in his 20's. There is missing time after his 12th birthday when he hob-nobbed with the Jewish rabbis and temple scholars and when he was ages 30-33 at which time he was conducting his ministry with his disciples only to die on the Cross and "resurrect" on the third day. What did he do in his 20's ? Is it possible that he remained single that long ? Jewish tradition was far more strict and single men were looked upon as weird or even mistrusted citizens. Mary Magdalene has always been dubbed a whore and prostitute, though repentent, but she is still connected to Jesus in a signifcant, vague way. Why was she at his tomb the day after he was buried ? Would'nt a wife be paying tribute to her dead husband that way ? Why was she the first who saw him in his resurrected body ? It somehow indicates that she was intimately close to him to deserve such honors. She might have been either his wife or his favorite follower and Disciple to whom he may have even trusted the Church he founded. The Chuch would later cover this up by having Peter, who never liked Mary Magdalene because he was a sexist, becoming the first Pope or Christian leader after Jesus' death. As for Mary Magdalene, she became an obscure figure who has only little mention in the Bible, condemned as a prostitute, when for all we know she may have been of royal blood as Jesus was of royal blood. Her obscurity even triggered the search for the lost Goddess figure. The Goddess, or Shekinah, was the wife of God who was later demolished in a male-dominated religion. I find this book is very great to read for the open minded.
Rating: 2
Summary: Lot of details, no conlusion
Comment: Having recently been in the Languedoc in France and as fervent adept of history I wanted to know more about the Cathars, Templars and the treasure of Rennes-le-Château. So I started to read The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.
It really gives a good overlook about the Templers, Cathars and Secret Societies. But besides a lot of interesting details the authors fail to produce a proof for their claims. Their strategy seems to be quite clear; first they present a lot of documents and names behind the documents (which probably really exist), then they manifest their skepticism by saying how doubtful, absurd and intriguing everything is (this in order to increase their credibility as serious and skeptical researchers) and finally they make an intellectual salto mortale by concluding that it is impossible that someone would have an interest to forge all those semi secret documents and thus they come to the conclusion that it has to be true. Then follow a lot of ifs (if this and that document is true, if this and that source is credible and so on). And suddenly they take their assumption as proven.
But assuming that all the documents presented exist and can be attributed to the corresponding persons what would this proof? That there is a Holy Bloodline? That the Templars possessed the secret all proofing documents? No! It simply proofs that over the centuries a lot of people had a great interest in arcane and esoteric myths and conspiracy theory. It would be the same thing as if we wanted to proof the existence of the Egyptian gods Horuz, Toth and Isis by finding old documents which are testifying their existence. This would only proof the belief in them but not their existence.
If someone wants to proof the bloodline of Christ and the descent of the Merowinginas of Christ and so on he would have to find a tomb with a corps and to make some DNA analysis. But up to now nothing has been found. No tombs of Merowingian kings or of any of Jesus' family members nor any treasure or secret documents of the Templar which gives the alleged proof.
I am still waiting for this book.
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Title: The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ by Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince ISBN: 0684848910 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027360 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail by Margaret Starbird, Mary Magdalen, Holy Grail ISBN: 1879181037 Publisher: Bear & Co Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Jean-Yves Leloup, Joseph Rowe, Jacob Needleman ISBN: 0892819111 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 30 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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