“During the first century A.D., Alexandria was a veritable hotbed of mystical activity, a crucible in which Judaic, Mithraic, Zoroastrian, Pythagorean, Hermetic, and neo-Platonic doctrines suffused the air and combined with innumerable others.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“In December 1945 an Egyptian peasant, digging for soft and fertile soil near the village of Nag Hammadi in upper Egypt, exhumed a red earthenware jar. It proved to contain thirteen codices— papyrus books or scrolls—bound in leather.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The Nag Hammadi scrolls are a collection of biblical texts, essentially Gnostic in character, which date, it would appear, from the late fourth or early fifth century—from about A.D. 400.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The "treasure," he declared flatly, did not involve gold or precious stones. On the contrary, it consisted of "incontrovertible proof" that the Crucifixion was a fraud and that Jesus was alive as late as A.D. 45.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The Gospel of Matthew states explicitly that Jesus was of royal blood—a genuine king, the lineal descendant of Solomon and David.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“the Ordre de Sion was founded by Godfroi de Bouillon in 1090,”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“under the same cross that Christopher Columbus’s three caravels crossed the Atlantic to the New World.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“in 1522 the Templars’ Prussian progeny, the Teutonic Knights, secularized themselves, repudiated their allegiance to Rome, and threw their support behind an upstart rebel and heretic named Martin Luther.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“the first historical information on the Templars is provided by a Frankish historian, Guillaume de Tyre, who wrote between 1175 and 1185.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“According to tradition as well as certain early Church writers, Lazarus, the Magdalen, Martha, Joseph of Arimathea, and a few others were transported by ship to Marseilles.16”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“between 1195 and 1220, Wolfram composed his epic romance Parzival, he conferred on the Templars a most exalted status.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“the Temple of Solomon was founded in 1118.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The final recorded act in the order’s history had been the burning of the last grand master, Jacques de Molay, in March 1314.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The declared objective of the Templars, Guillaume de Tyre continues, was, "as far as their strength permitted, they should keep the roads and highways safe ... with especial regard for the protection of pilgrims.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“Among the most popular and evocative of medieval myths is that of Lohengrin, the "Swan Knight.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“When the king’s head fell beneath the guillotine, an unknown man is reported to have leaped onto the scaffold. He dipped his hand in the monarch’s blood, flung it out over the surrounding throng and cried, "Jacques de Molay, thou art avenged!”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“Rennes-le-Château and its environs had been on the ancient pilgrim route, which ran from northern Europe to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“In 1956 a series of books, articles, pamphlets, and other documents relating to Bérenger Saunière and the enigma of Rennes-le-Chateau began to appear in France.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The Templars were sworn to poverty, chastity, and obedience.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“I TEGO ARCANA DEI (BEGONE! I CONCEAL THE SECRETS OF GOD.)”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“All members of the order were obliged to wear white habits of surcoats and cloaks, and these soon evolved into the distinctive white mantle for which the Templars became famous.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“In 1146 the Templars adopted the famous splayed red cross—the cross pattée.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“In 1977 a new and particularly significant "Prieuré document" appeared—a six-page pamphlet entitled Le Cercle d’Ulysse written by one Jean Delaude.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“In 1738 Pope Clement XII issued a papal bull condemning and excommunicating all Freemasons, whom he pronounced "enemies of the Roman Church.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The sack of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and the destruction of the temple prompted a massive exodus of Jews from the Holy Land.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“In 1099, immediately after the capture of Jerusalem, a group of anonymous figures convened in secret conclave.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“To drink like a Templar" became a cliché of the time.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The "Donation of Constantine" purported to date from Constantine’s alleged conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“René d’Anjou—"Good King René" as he was known—was one of the most important figures in European culture during the years immediately preceding the Renaissance.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
“The name derives from Charles Martel, although it is generally associated with the most famous of Carolingian rulers, Charles the Great, Carolus Magnus, or, as he is best known, Charlemagne.”
― Michael Baigent, quote from Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Michael Baigent
Born place: in Christchurch, New Zealand
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“And I see: Dominating the skyline, at the top of a tall building, a giant searchlight scanning the city. It glides eerily, swirls over the black water. It floats, soars above the skyline, encircles the nightcity. And crazily excited I wonder suddenly if that spotlight swirling nightly is not trying somehow to embrace it all—to embrace that fusion of savage contradictions within this legend called America And I know what it is I have searched beyond Neil’s immediate world of sought pain—something momentarily lost—something found again in the park, the fugitive rooms, the derelict jungles: the world of uninvited, unasked-for pain … found now, liberatingly, even in the memory of Neil himself. And I could think in that moment, for the first time really: It’s possible to hate the filthy world and still love it with an abstract pitying love.”
― John Rechy, quote from City of Night
“The grand highway is crowded with lovers
and searchers
and leavers
so eager to please, and to forget. Wilderness”
― Jim Morrison, quote from Wilderness: The Lost Writings, Vol. 1
“I have often wondered why grounding is so universally popular. I believe it is because it is easy. It doesn’t require on-going interaction. It does not require on-going discussion. It does not assess what is going on inside the child. It does not require patient instruction and entreaty. Grounding is quick, incisive, simple. “You’re grounded for a month. Go to your room.” Perhaps parents just don’t know anything more constructive to do. They feel frustrated. They realize that something is wrong with their child. They don’t know how to get to it. They feel they need to respond in some way. One thing is for sure. Grounding does not address the issues of the heart in a biblical way. The heart is being addressed, but it is addressed wrongly. The child will learn to cope with the grounding, but may never learn the things that a godly parent desires for him to learn. My 10-year-old friend is rather philosophical about it. “It’s not too bad,” he said to me, “I can play and watch TV in my room. If I don’t let it bother me, it isn’t that bad.” He has learned to live under house arrest.”
― quote from Shepherding a Child's Heart
“The faith that stands on authority is not faith. The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul. The position men have given to Jesus, now for many centuries of history, is a position of authority. It characterizes themselves.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, quote from The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I didn’t want to see it. I didn’t think he’d ever really notice me, and in the end, he didn’t.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Something, Maybe
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