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By Christopher Knight - The Second Messiah: Templars,The Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry (New Ed) Paperback
- PublisherArrow Books
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About the authors
Dr Robert Lomas gained a B.Sc with first-class honors in electronics before earning a Ph.D in solid-state physics with a particular interest in developing the theory and practice of crystalline semi-conducting hetro-junction photo-optic devices. He went on to work on the development of the first micro-processor chips and missile guidance systems before specializing in software development for command and control systems used by the Fire, Ambulance and Rescue Services. He later developed expertise in data mining and data capture techniques which he used to improve the response times of emergency services control rooms. For a while he was a visiting lecturer at the Fire Service Staff College where he taught data-based command and control.
In 1986, he became a Freemason and quickly established himself as a popular lecturer on Masonic history before co-authoring the international best-sellers The Hiram Key, The Second Messiah, Uriel's Machine and The Book of Hiram. Since 2000 he has been writing on his own and has a string of best-sellers including Turning the Hiram Key, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science, and The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century. He also writes text books including Mastering Your Business Dissertation and a series Masonic Tutor's Handbooks as well as specialist Masonic books such as The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation and The Lost Key. Since retiring he has a published a series of English translations of the works of Victorian Welsh novelist, Daniel Owen to make them more widely available to non-Welsh speakers.
He is a retired Fellow in Information Systems of Bradford University School of Management in Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Customers find the book interesting and educational. They say it provides a plausible insight into the last days of the Templars. The information is compelling and supported by evidence.
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"...have been DeMolay..The author makes a good case..Well written and believable...Nothing is ever certain it seems." Read more
"...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." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2024Well written and interesting.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2024We know the shroud was a 15th century genesis. And it was too good to be a work of art..It very well could have been DeMolay..The author makes a good case..Well written and believable...Nothing is ever certain it seems.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2013As 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.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2000After 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!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2007I 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.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014These two authors propose mysteries which keep you wrapped up right until you turn the last page. Their conclusion is easily plausible. A very good read!
- Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2007Very interesting book -- it just draws you along and you cannot put it down. Exciting, fascinating, worth reading. And I bet you'll buy his others, too, as I did and am glad.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2003This is a book that holds ones interest. In that context it is quite riveting. In the end I was left with the feeling that the authors have an agenda to push and that at times they blatently look over or try to reinvent some aspects of documented history. I found this to be mostly the case in chapter one where they state things as if they were fact. One example is when they state in the first chapter that the Jerusalem Church was Jewish and the cult called Christianity did not begin until many years later as an entirely Roman idea. How can they prove that the Jerusalem church was entirely Jewish at the time of the early 1st century? Well they don't and they cannot. At that time the Christians were known as the Path and were later divinely called by the new name of Christians as you can see for yourself in Acts 11:26. In the same chapter they claim that that the Jerusalem Church thought of Jesus as nothing but a Jewish martyr who had died in an attempt to establish home rule for his people. But again this is false as in Matthew 16:16 Peter says in reply to Jesus questioning him on whom he is "You are the Christ the son of the living God". Jesus also told Pontius Pilate that his kingdom was not part of this world which would rule out him attempting a home rule for his people. But the authors have an agenda to push. And it is revisionist Masonic mumbo jumbo that they are trying to implant in the reader's mind. They try to paint a pictue of the Apostle Paul as being in conflict with the Jerusalem church in some way when this is also false. A little research into valid sources can confirm this. At times the only source they quote are themselves (their earlier book The Hiram Key) to validate some statement. Their interesting things in the book though. Proceed with caution and think for yourself.
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- MartyFReviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars A lot of history learned.
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.
- SophroniaReviewed in Canada on December 27, 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!
A history of the Templars as I've never read before. This book relates the actions of the Templars, and their connection to the Shrowd of Turin in context with the history of its time.
- Giovanni A. OrlandoReviewed in Italy on December 25, 2013
2.0 out of 5 stars Humm ... These guys need to study ...
For the first time ever ... I was tempted to burn a book ... While only in page 3 I found impressive errors in History and Truth ... some words against Apostle Paul and Lord Jesus in person ... continue the temptation to burn the book.
However, I plan to complete the reading ... Of Course there are a Second Messiah ... this does not means they know who he is!
The book however offer information about many facts or pseudo-truth which are important for those who are in the Path ... The authors are not in the Path ... they are lost in the Path ...
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2nimmReviewed in France on July 10, 2013
3.0 out of 5 stars ouvrage de réflexion documenté concernant la franc-maçonnerie
livre anglophone de poche papier recyclé broché souple ancien (1998) consacré au rôle du linceul de Turin dans l'histoire des hommes et de la franc-maçonnerie; cette relique ne serait que l'image d'un supplicié du Moyen-Age torturé pour hérésie: le second Messie, cette pseudo-cruxificion serait le grand secret jalousé par les Franc-maçons; après une courte préface, les auteurs (publiciste et ingénieur franc-maçons) traitent le sujet en 10 chapitres avec quelques rares illustrations en n&b:
n°1: la mort des nations (26p)
n°2: le secret de Rosslyn (21p)
n°3: l'histoire cachée de la franc-maçonnerie (32p)
n°4: le retour des princes de dieu (43p)
n°5: le saint Graal et les templiers (21p)
n°6: la naissance du second Messie (30p)
n°7: l'énigme du linceul (31p)
n°8: du sang et des flammes (22p)
n°9: le culte du second Messie (24p)
n°10:le grand secret des franc-maçons (38p)
cette interprétation de l'énigme du célèbre suaire mérite d'être ajoutée à la longue liste des tentatives d'explication mais n'en reste pas moins incohérente sur de nombreux points; a lire pour information mais sans perdre de vue que cette thèse "maçonnique" est encore loin de la vérité scientifique!
- jacqueline waringReviewed in Canada on September 30, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book and good service
Good book and good service