Travelling Light
Turning the Hiram Key
The author here tackles the big unanswered questions about the Brotherhood including; what is the purpose of freemasonry?; what do Masons gain from working its Rituals?; can anybody benefit from the Spiritual Teachings of 'The Craft'?; are Masonic rituals simple morality plays designed to encourage people to behave well?; are they a secret tradition preserved from a long lost civilisation?; are they meaningless formalities, or do they serve some deeper purpose?; In this ground-breaking book the author describes his personal journey through the mystical rituals of Freemasonry and reveals why people join Freemasonry, what they expect to find and how they benefit.
Turning The Templar Key
Returning to the unanswered questions of The Hiram Key, best-selling author Robert Lomas, uses newly available information to uncover the roles of Viking Pirate kings, Pretenders to the Crown of Scotland, Custodians of Holy Relics and Political Opportunists to reveal an unexpected story. His quest takes him back to the beginnings of civilization to reveal a startling legacy of religious symbolism and belief which has its roots in the beginnings of a religion of farming, which he reconstructs using computer simulation to explain the latest archo-genetic findings. On Friday 13th Oct 1307 the Knights Templar were struck down in a secret dawn raid by the King of France. Their assets were seized, their members were arrested and they were accused of heresy. So began one of the most mysterious and tenacious conspiracy questions of history. Paperback 388 pages