The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry by Christopher Knight (PDF)

Description

There is now no published theory to explain the enigma of the Turin Shroud that fits the known evidence. Many people want the shroud to be proof of Christ’s mission, but Knight and Lomas prove that it is not. The truth behind the shroud is an epic story of pride, greed, powerlust and suffering. It had been prophesised that the Messiah would return shortly after 1230AD. Jacques de Molay was born in 1244, beacame a Templar in 1265 and Grand Master om 1297; the Templars regarded themselves as the guardians of the secret teachings of Jesus. In 1307 Molay was arrested at the instigation of the Pope, who was alarmed at the spread of this influence – and was crucified. Using the latest scientific techniques , the authors prove that the shroud Molay was wrapped in is the one now known as the Turin Shroud.

User’s Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐After my review of “The Hiram Key” was published here I received an email from Christopher Knight inviting me to read his and Robert Lomas’s next books “The Second Messiah” and “Uriel’s Machine.” I just finished “The Second Messiah.” I start “Uriel’s Machine”, tomorrow.”The Second Messiah” presents the reader with massive amounts of evidence to show that the Catholic Church has, for centuries, covered up the true facts concerning the Shroud of Turin, (among other things), how the Shroud came to be and who’s image is imprinted on the cloth. Knight and Lomas present a strong case that the Knights Templar, King Philip the Fair of France, and Pope Clement V had as much to do with the creation of the Shroud as did the person who’s visage appears upon it. The authors go to great lengths to explain what physical forces created the image on the Shroud of turin. They even attempt to create a “Shroud” themselves.”The Second Messiah” is a ride through history, with stops along along the way to visit Herod’s Temple, and learn about the secrets which were hidden for centuries underneath, to Scotland and Rosslyn Chapel and the secret of the West Wall, to London and the formation of the Grand Masonic Lodge and its break with the Scotish Lodges. Here, Knight and Lomas explain in fascinating detail the secrets of the 33 Masonic degrees.”The Second Messiah” is very interesting, extremely well written and painstakingly researched. I suggest that you read this book holding “The Second Messiah” in one hand and the Christian “Bible” in the other. Keep a pad and pencil handy to jot down the questions you want to ask the Pope, the next time you see him!

⭐I was skeptical at first that this was going to be just another “DaVinci Code” fiction. I was wrong.The authors have provided a body of research that cannot be easily ignored or dismissed, except by those who have beliefs that are unmoveable and uninfluenced by sound research and scientific evidence.For those people to whom knowledge is an enemy there can be no evidence.Why the Templars? Why their destruction by the RC Church? What is the original genisis and purpose of the Freemasons? What is a plausible and scientific explanation for the Shroud of Turin? The info is compeling and largely supported by evidence.While some unknowns / gaps are filled in with speculation, the logic and plausability is reasonable, and does not diminish the scholarly findings.An exciting and educational book.

⭐Held my attention. As a history major I read some things we were not taught in class and I had a total of 80 plus credits on the undergraduate and graduate levels.

⭐I read this book first when I was 16 years old. That was 9 years ago. The hypothesis the authors present that the image on the Shroud of Turin is Jacques de Molay seems ridiculous, and they do not give a very good argument for it. I do not believe it is either him or Jesus. The authors themselves say there’s no evidence for it existing prior to 1357 when the Savoy family released it to the public, which works against their theory since Jacques de Molay’s crucifixion took place in 1314. However, though I disagree with the main hypothesis of the book, they raised some interesting points. They view the tarot cards as having been symbols of secret knowledge that the Knights Templar possessed. As an example they use card II the High Priestess card which has a High Priestess sitting in between two pillars labelled “B” and “J”. Their hypothesis is that this card represents St. Mary Magdalene, who they claim was the first pope of the Catholic Church, contrary to the Vatican’s claim that St. Peter was such. They state that the Knights Templar held this secret because they subscribed to St. Mary Magdalene’s line of apostolic succession instead of St. Peter’s, and they also believe that the “B” and “J” pillars next to her are the same pillars, Boaz and Jachin, that are in Masonic Temples and were in King Solomon’s Temple as mentioned in the Second Book of Parlipomenon Chapter 3 Verse 17. I disagree with their theory that St. Mary Magdelene was the first pope or that the Templars even believed that, but I think they are correct that the B and J pillars are the same Boaz and Jachin mentioned in the Second Book of Parlipomenon as being pillars of Solomon’s Temple and contained in Masonic Temples, so I think the tarot may have a Masonic, Judaic or Biblical connection, but I view the woman as being more likely a Jewish High Priestess than a Christian, so not St. Mary Magdalene. Knight’s and Lomas’s account of King Phillip IV of France’s intrigues against the Knights Templar and the Roman Catholic was also interesting and mainly accurate. It was also better than Dan Brown’s account in The Da Vinci Code because it accurately showed that the papacy had nothing to do with the destruction of the Knights Templar and was just as much a victim of King Phillip’s machinations as the Templars were unlike Brown’s which inaccurately portrayed it as a papal persecution of heretics.

⭐As a Templar follower, I found this book quite a revalation as to how the Shroud of Turin may have originated. It shows the weakness of the Church of the times and the greed of the French king. It gives good evidence as to how the shroud may have become what it is seen today and gives a very plausible insight as to the last days of the Templar Grandmaster. A very readable and possible part of history as to how the shroud originated which stems from that Black Friday 13th all those centuries ago.

⭐This is by far the most exciting book I have read on the subject. The research is very thorough. There is a lot of information that is impossible to find elsewhere.

⭐loved it

⭐Looking forward to time to read this. Appears will be interesting.

⭐Robert Lomas is not the first writer to point to the fact that most immediate followers of Jesus honoured him not as a god but as a prophet of a revitalised, purified jewish faith. That Jesus was in fact a sort of Jewish fundamentalist (in the positive sense: going back to the essential values of the Jewish faith). That the dogma of the divine nature of Jesus was devised by people who had not known him, and that it ultimately triomphed only when the Roman emperor thought that it was in his interest that it should so. That, even if you set aside the gospels that were discarded, for mainly political reasons, by the council of Nicea such as it was manipulated by Emperor Constantine, and if one only reads the 4 ‘official’ gospels, it cannot be asserted that Jesus ever claimed to be God. That the Turin shroud cannot be Jesus’ picture, since it was only woven in the late middle ages. Robert Lomas is not the first one to put this case, but he does so in a coherent and convincing way. So far so good.Speculation begins when the writer asserts that the shroud MUST be a picture of the last Grand Master of the Templars because of the carbon datation of the shroud, the body posture and damage that has been inflicted on this body as a result of torture, and finally the links between the Templars and the aristocratic families in whose keeping the shroud was for many years. Robert Lomas concludes that Jacques de Molay perfectly passes the test of “whose picture is that”.Robert Lomas fails to see that this is a mere possibility, while there may be many others. The 14th century was not characterised by exceptional religious tolerance and openness, and, at and around the time of jacques de Molay’s torture and execution, there must have been many people who were subjected to a very similar treatment.Whose picture is it? We shall probably never know, and Free Masonry will probably never pierce that mystery.Still it is rather pleasant reading.

⭐This book is of more interest to Freemasons but nevertheless is a cracking bit of historical facts. I was pleased to learn a lot of Templar and Masonic History. The title refers only to a third of the contents and really is mis-named title. I actually bought this as a hard cover version as I already had a paperback version…so I have read it twice.. and will read again.

⭐The authors really do know how to keep the reader interested. Well researched, although there may be a couple of leaps of faith, the authors to tell a compelling story.

⭐Excellent and plausible “expose” of one of the biggest fibs of the Christian and later, Roman Catholic church. The authors present a very cogent and well thought out thesis; one that deserves much thought. It’s good that these sort of works are appearing now, so that those who wish to, can make up their own minds.

⭐Good book, good price, quick delivery.

Keywords

Free Download The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry in PDF format
The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry PDF Free Download
Download The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry 2012 PDF Free
The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry 2012 PDF Free Download
Download The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry PDF
Free Download Ebook The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry