The Sion Revelation: The Truth About the Guardians of Christ's Sacred Bloodline

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Simon and Schuster, 07.02.2006 - 528 Seiten
An essential notion in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code is the existence of an age-old French society, the Priory of Sion, whose task it is to protect Christ's sacred bloodline. In The Sion Revelation, Picknett and Prince reveal the story of the Priory, taking readers on a highly significant, disturbing, and even alarming ride through history into an intriguing world where a great many uncomfortable facts will have to be faced, both religious and political.

Drawing on a wealth of astonishing evidence, they answer numerous questions that shroud this society, including:

• Does the Priory actually exist or is the group's entire history an elaborate hoax?
• Was Leonardo da Vinci really one of the Priory's Grand Masters?
• What is the truth behind Pierre Plantard, the enigmatic French aristocrat who claimed to be a Priory Grand Master -- and who some claim was a Nazi sympathizer?
• Could the Priory be a front for other occult societies in Europe with religious or even political agendas?


By carefully untangling centuries of obfuscation, rumor, and documented fact, The Sion Revelation unravels the great intricacies of this secret society and takes us on a historical journey that is as groundbreaking in its explanation as it is riveting in its telling.

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CHAPTER ONE TRUE LIES
3
CHAPTER TWO BEHIND THE THRONE
45
CHAPTER THREE A TALE OF TWO TREASURES
111
CHAPTER FOUR HIDDEN GOLD HIDDEN BLOOD
174
CHAPTER SIX RETURN TO THE SOURCE
297
CHAPTER SEVEN THE SHAPESHIFTERS
358
CHAPTEREIGHT A NEW UNITED STATES
396
Notes and References
433
Bibliography
481
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Seite 486 - Paillon, Etienne Michel. Monuments inédits sur l'apostolat de Sainte Marie-Madeleine en Provence, et sur les autres apôtres de cette contrée, Saint Lazare, Saint Maximin, Sainte Marthe et les Saintes Maries Jacobé et Salomé.
Seite 7 - Fact": The Priory of Sion—a European secret society founded in 1099—is a real organization. In 1975 Paris's Bibliotheque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers Secrets, identifying numerous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci.
Seite 7 - Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers Secrets, identifying numerous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci.
Seite 102 - Malraux entered the European consciousness not as a writer but as an event, as a symbolic figure somehow combining the magical qualities of youth and heroism with a sense of unlimited promise.
Seite 351 - In the sky lies the unharnessed Wain, shafts pointing upwards. Strange stopping place! The Three Wise Men have struck their tents of stone, stretched from base to point, one side in the shadow and the other three smoothed by the moon. They sleep while their dog lies awake. Their watch dog is the Sphinx.
Seite 91 - will get their fingers burnt." It was not the Indo-China army, and when my prophecy proved almost right I was staying in Venice, absolutely certain that nothing was going to happen.
Seite 101 - history is an alloy of reality and lies. The reality of history becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.
Seite 86 - surprise me in the least. Nevertheless, I had played no part whatsoever either in the local agitation, or the military movement, or the political schemes which provoked it, and I had no connection with any elements on the spot or any minister in Paris.
Seite 83 - was to devote myself to writing my War Memoirs without intervening in public affairs, but never for a moment doubting that the infirmity of the system would sooner or later lead to a grave national crisis.

Autoren-Profil (2006)

Lynn Picknett is a writer, researcher, and lecturer on historical and religious mysteries. Her seminal book, written with Clive Prince, The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ, inspired the New York Times bestsellers The Da Vinci Code and The Secret Supper. They are also the authors of The Sion Revelation: The Truth About the Guardians of Christ's Sacred Bloodline. She lives in London, England.

Clive Prince is a writer, researcher, and lecturer on the paranormal, the occult, and historical and religious mysteries. With Lynn Picknett, he is the author of The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ and Turin Shroud: In Whose Image? He lives in London, England.

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