Forbidden Religion

Reveals the thread that unites the spiritual paths that have opposed orthodox religion over the centuries and the challenge they provide to the status quo

• Contains 40 essays by 18 key investigators of heresies and suppressed spiritual traditions, including Steven Sora, Ian Lawton, Jeff Nisbet, P.M.H. Atwater, John Chambers, and Vincent Bridges

• Edited by Atlantis Rising publisher, J. Douglas Kenyon

Following the model of his bestselling Forbidden History, J. Douglas Kenyon has assembled from his bi-monthly journal Atlantis Rising material that explores the hidden path of the religions banned by the orthodox Church--from the time before Christ when the foundations of Christianity were being laid to the tumultuous times of the Cathars and Templars and the Masons of the New World. Revealed in this investigation of the roots of Western faith are the intimate ties of ancient Egyptian religion to Christianity, the true identities of the three magi, the link forged by the Templars between early Christianity and the Masons, and how these hidden religious currents still influence the modern world.

This book serves as a compelling introduction to the true history of the heretical religious traditions that played as vital a role in society as the established faiths that continuously tried to suppress them. Born in the same religious ferment that gave birth to Christianity, these spiritual paths survived in the "heresies" of the Middle Ages, and in the theories of the great Renaissance thinkers and their successors, such as Isaac Newton and Giordano Bruno. Brought to the New World by the Masons who inspired the American Revolution, the influence of these forbidden religions can be still found today in "The Star Spangled Banner" and in such Masonic symbols as the pyramid on the back of the dollar bill.

Auteur

J. Douglas Kenyon is the editor and publisher of Atlantis Rising and the editor of the bestselling Forbidden History. He lives in Montana.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One • Christianity: The Truth Behind the Orthodox Veil

1. The Mystery of the Christ:
   Is There More to this Story than Even Hollywood Imagines?
   • J. Douglas Kenyon
2. The Osiris Connection:
   Hints of Christian Imagery in Ancient Egyptian Artifacts
   • Richard Russell Cassaro
3. East of Qumran:
   Searching for the Roots of Western Faith
   • David Lewis
4. New Light on Christian Origins:
   A Closer Look at the Role of James, the Brother of Jesus
   • Cynthia Logan
5. Spreading the Goddess Gospel:
   Thanks to The Da Vinci Code Margaret Starbird
   Finds Herself with a Worldwide Audience
   • Cynthia Logan
6. Searching for the Real Star of Bethlehem:
   Who Were the "Wise Men" and What Were They Up To?
   • Peter Novak

Part Two • Follow the Golden Thread: Templars and Freemasonry

7. Hidden History:
   What Are Movies Like Braveheart Not Telling Us?
   • David Lewis
8. The Templars and the Vatican:
   The Forbidden Johannite Heresy
   • Mark Amaru Pinkham
9. The Lost Templar Fleet and the Jolly Roger:
   Did the Pirates of the Caribbean Have a Covert Vendetta?
   • David H. Childress
10. The Mystery of the Battle of Bannockburn:
    Is it Revealed in the Ancient Maxim, "As Above, So Below"?
    • Jeff Nisbet
11. The Pyramids of Scotland:
    An Orion Ground Plan Discovered in Fair Caldeonia
    • Jeff Nisbet
12. The Enigma of the Great Lost Sailor's Map:
    How Did Its Makers Know What They Knew?
    • David Childress

Part Three • The Pivotal Role of the Scotland Sinclairs

13. The Vanished Colony of Arcadia:
    Did the Knights Templar Establish Outposts in North America?
    • Steven Sora
14. The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar:
    Is it About to be Found in North America?
    • Steven Sora
15. The Mysteries of Rosslyn Chapel:
    Were They Revealed to Mary of Guise?
    • Jeff Nisbet
16. Further Anomalies of Rosslyn Chapel Unveiled:
    A Painstaking Investigation Puts the Ancient Enigma in a Dramatic New Light.
    • Jeff Nisbet
17. A Crack in The Da Vinci Code:
    Is Dan Brown's Rosslyn Chapel Where He Says it is?
    • Jeff Nisbet
18. The Real Secret Society Behind The Da Vinci Code:
    Those Surprising Rosicrucians
    • Mark Amaru Pinkham

Part Four • The Power and Reach of High-Ranking Freemasons

19. "The Star-Spangled Banner" and America's Origins:
    Were the Founders of the United States Guided by an Ancient Mandate?
    • Jeff Nisbet
20. America's Ancient Architect:
    Were America's Founders Pursuing a Hidden Agenda?
    • Steven Sora
21. National Secrets:
    The Truth Might Be Stranger Than Any Fiction.
    • Steven Sora
22. Bacon, Shakespeare, and the Spear of Athena:
    Occult Origins of England's Role in the New World
    • Steven Sora
    
    23. Unlocking the Shakespeare Riddle:
        New Light on a Perennial Mystery--Was the Bard Really
        the Drunken Actor from Stratford-on-Avon or Someone Else?
        • Virginia Fellows
23. Francis Bacon and the Sign of the Double A:
    Did the Great Scholar and Statesman Leave Cryptic Clues
    for Future Generations to Uncover?
    • William Henry

Part Five • Visionaries and Alchemists

25. The Nostradamus Perspective:
    Did a French Mystic From the Fifteenth Century
    Have Something to Tell the People of Today?
    • J. Douglas Kenyon
26. Giordano Bruno:
    Why Was He Burned at the Stake?
    • John Chambers
27. Joan of Arc Revealed:
    What Has History Left Out of her Strange Saga?
    • Jeff Nisbet
28. The Alchemist's Resurrection:
    Did the Ancient Arts of Transmutation Die with the Middle Ages
    or Do They Still Survive in Different Disguises?
    • Mark Stavish
29. Fulcanelli and the Mystery of the Cathedrals:
    What is the Connection Between the Cross at Hendaye
    and One of the Most Enigmatic Figures of the Twentieth Century?
    • Vincent Bridges
30. Isaac Newton and the Occult:
    How Important Was the Great Scientist's Hidden Side?
    • John Chambers
31. Newton, Alchemy, and the Rise of the British Empire:
    The Mystical Foundation of Empirical Science
    • Peter Bros
32. Newton and the Bible:
    What Did the Great Scientist Foresee for the Year 2060?
    • John Chambers
33. The Remarkable Life of G. I. Gurdjieff:
    Though His Saga Remains One of Mystery,
    His Influence is Difficult to Overstate
    • John Chambers

Part Six • The Spirit and the Soul

34. The Casting Out of Evil Spirits:
    A Pioneering Psychotherapist Points Her Profession Back to Its Roots.
    • Cynthia Logan
35. The Paranormal Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini:
    Did Cosmic Forces Rescue the Great Renaissance Goldsmith?
    • John Chambers
36. Dostoyevsky and Spiritualism:
    Did the Author of Crime and Punishment Have
    Personal Knowledge of Another World?
    • John Chambers
37. Victor Hugo and the Spirits:
    Did the Author of Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Draw Inspiration from Different Dimensions?
    • John Chambers
38. Sound and Pictures from the Other Side:
    Pioneering the New Science of Instrumental Transcommunication.
    • Bill Eigles
39. Understanding the Near-Death Experience:
    Why Hasn't Science Gotten It Right?
    • P.M.H. Atwater
40. The Case for Reincarnation:
    Is Religion the Only Reason to Believe, Or Is There
    Evidence of a More Scientific Nature?
    • Ian Lawton

Recommended Reading: Selected Bibliography

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