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KNIGHT, CHRISTOPHER & LOMAS, ROBERT: : THE SECOND MESSIAH: TEMPLARS,THE TURIN SHROUD AND THE GREAT SECRET OF FREEMASONRY

LONDON.CENTURY BOOKS LIMITED,1997.

ISBN 0712677194.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but b/w name+addressed printed adhesive label to lower,right-hand corner of front pastedown and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - usually indicates an export edition,and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/distribution.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,superimposed colour illustration to colour photograph illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white+gilt coloured lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean, sharp- cornered,publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix -xipp+1-259pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,10 sections,illus with b/w illus/ diagrams etc,historical b/w illustration reproductions throughout the text and the book, and contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block, between pp148/49,appendices(3),a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,acknowledgements with picture credits too,recto+verso of contents list/table. Is the Shroud of Turin genuine? For almost seven and a half centuries a piece of cloth was venerated because it bore the image of the crucified Christ,but in 1988 results of carbon dating showed that the fabric could not pre-date 1260.Now new evidence conclusively proves that it is not a fake. . . yet neither is it the image of Jesus Christ. Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas have been able to identify precisely where and when the shroud came into existence and to name the people involved.Using the latest scientific techniques they explain the strange molecular chemistry that created this unique artefact. The epic story behind the shroud begins with the crucifixion of Jesus when,as the authors show,his hidden teachings were driven underground.Following the destruction of the Jerusalem Church and the slaughter of the Jewish nation in 70AD,a few surviving priests from the smouldering city of Jerusalem headed to Europe to await the moment of return prophesied in the Gospel of St. John. Precisely one thousand years later their bloodline descendants re-entered the holy city to claim their ancient heritage and form a new order of priests of the Temple - the Knights Templar.There they recovered the lost teachings hidden below the tumbled ruins and devised elaborate Tarot cards with cryptic meanings to protect their secret cult. But their secret could not be contained for ever and in 1307 they were arrested.Their last leader was crucified in a bizarre parody of the crucifixion of Jesus,and the image of his suffering slowly materialised on the cloth that had once swathed him.As the Black Death devastated Europe the Church reached the lowest point of its existence,and the desire for a new saviour,prophesied since ancient times,gripped the minds of people. And now they had the image of their new saviour,the Second Messiah. In solving the riddle of the shroud this book unravels a far deeper mystery: how did this medieval artefact links directly to Jesus. The guardians of this great secret tried hard to hide it from the world and even their own members.But they failed to destroy the evidence. . . hidden in abandoned rituals of Freemasonry. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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Not SIGNED.

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