The Templar Papers: Ancient Mysteries, Secret Societies and the Holy Grail

For the most part I thoroughly enjoyed the Templar Papers. Very informative, especially with some things I had not heard or read before. Being from many different authors, including the one who compiled the articles for the book, it had many different views and flavors. Only one of the authors irritated me with his wild speculations that, to my view and my understanding through other research, are quite unfounded, and I think he was trying to create some controversy. The only other thing that could have been better is the proofreading. Overall, the book made me want to take a trip to the UK to check out some of these things in person!

For Templar buffs, the accumulation of the different perspectives of this collection of author's theories is worth the read. As in all books, there are kernels of truth. In reading this, I gleaned some new concepts of the history of the Knights Templar. Bettye Johnson,author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.

The compiler of this book has to be commended for finding scholars with "more of the story"!! I was fascinated with the story of the "Roussillon Templars" as we have several of those ancestors including Alaric the Goth who brought the temple treasures of Jerusalem out of Rome and into that Visigoth territory around Roussillon. Nice to know that more details wiped out by the Inquisitions in that area is finally seeing the LIGHT OF DAY!! Researching the families who were especially persecuted does seem to help! The detail on Henry of Blois and his crucial connections with Glastonbury and Winchester 'developments' is also fascinating. Thanks to Karen Ralls and this compiler for helping us put this history together again!!! Let us hope we won't have to deny another "holocaust" again and can move forward in life respecting all peoples.