I will admit it. It is no secret anyway. Some of my friends dismiss it as a strange idiosyncrasy
or as a forgivable peccadillo – but I really enjoy tales of the weird. Especially when conspiracy theories and
religion intersect. I love it. Give me the Knights Templar and Hiram Abiff
and the Merovingian Dynasty, I'll take it.
Currently I’m reading Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed by Laurence Gardner. And though I’m only about 40 pages into it,
there have already been a number of howlers – bold statements of tin-foil-hat
craziness. Take for example these
descriptions of Jesus’ apostles:
Simon Zelotes – “Simon Magnus (or Zebedee) was head of the West
Manasseh Magi, a priestly cast of Samaritan philosophers who supported the legitimacy
of Jesus. It was their ambassadors (the
Magi, or wise men) who honoured the baby Jesus at Bethlehem. Simon was a master showman and manuscripts of
his life deal with matters of cosmology, natural magnetism, levitation, and
psychokinesis. … “
Judas Iscariot – “Another
well-born nationalist leader of renown was Judas, Chief of the Scribes. The Dead Sea Scrolls were produced under his
tutelage and that of his predecessor, the fierce Judas of Galilee, founder of
the Zealot movement. Apart from his academic
scholarship, Judas the Apostle was the tribal head of East Manasseh and a
warlord of Qumrân. The Romans had a
nickname for him: to them he was Judas Sicarius (a sica was a deadly, curved
dagger). …
Thomas, according to Gardner, was actually “Crown Prince Phillip” –
born into the Herod family, but “lost his inheritance when his mother, Mariamne
II was divorced by King Herod…
This is too much fun.
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