Campaign to save Royston cave from damage

28 Dec 2007, 16:01
An ancient cave in Royston, England, thought to have been used by the Knights Templar for some of their initiation ceremonies, is being damaged by the weight and vibration of excessive heavy lorry traffic.

Is the Grail on display in Paris?

27 Dec 2007, 14:28
Glasgow historian Mark Oxbrow believes he may have found the Holy Grail: he believes it has been on display in the Louvre for several years! Mark’s curiosity was aroused when he spotted the Patene de Serpentine tucked away in the medieval section of the museum. The dish dates back to 100BC-100AD, and is, in his opinion, the best candidate for the sacred relic.

Radio Rennessence Christmas Special

21 Dec 2007, 19:34
Radio Rennessence treats its listeners to over an hour of debate between Corjan de Raaf, Andrew Gough and Philip Coppens about everything Rennes-le-Château in 2007. They discuss all the background stories and share their most secret inside insights. If you’re interested in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château, this might well be all you need for Christmas this year.

Learn about the funny handshakes

21 Dec 2007, 10:28
Brian Kannard feels that the release of “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets” and the buzz about Dan Brown’s next book “The Solomon Key” is the perfect pretext to educate the web community about Masonic symbolism. This way, no viewer will arrive unprepared to the movie theatre.

A postcard, not a Christmas card

21 Dec 2007, 10:25
The Société Perillos have dug up a postcard from Perillos’ past, which reveals some interesting insights into some ancient water features, for which they have found parallels in Rennes-les-Bains. With rumours of a subterranean lake underneath Rennes-le-Château and evidence of water points in the immediate vicinity of the church, could the article also shed light on what lies between Rennes’ church?

Lights, but no action

21 Dec 2007, 10:21
Rosslyn Chapel will enter 2008 with a total ban on photo and video recording. The new rule is a consequence of a Health & Safety Review, commissioned after some tourists had fallen, looking at their camera screens… and not where they were going. The move has already received massive criticism, some arguing it is a money-making scheme to sell postcards and other memorabilia.

Mr. Rigby’s Pentagon

12 Dec 2007, 17:22
Adrian Lodge Ph.D. returns with a sequel to his earlier analysis of the existence or not of sacred geometry in Nicolas Poussin’s celebrated painting, The Shepherds of Arcadia. Coincidence, serendipity, the writer Greg Rigby and the fallibility of memory all contribute to Adrian’s rather surprising conclusions.

When the Hammer hits home

7 Dec 2007, 09:41
The Société Perillos present the final part of Hammer’s Satan’s Song, discussing the finale of the book, set in Rennes-le-Château and Notre-Dame de Marceille. They find a number of inconsistencies in the account, though are unable to shake the notion that despite these problems, something seems to be going on. But what?

Modelling Lincoln

7 Dec 2007, 09:40
Dan Green is absolutely determined to have a Grail in Lincoln, no matter what, as attested by his latest article in which he claims that Sauniere’s model actually represents the city of Lincoln! Green states that this rather surprising conclusion is the result of coincidence and unconscious collectiveness. It will therefore not come as a coincidence that his claims will be seen as controversial, at best.

Fortean Wonders of the World

4 Dec 2007, 15:37
Pursuing the example of the competition to elect new seven wonders of the world, the Charles Fort Institute has decided to organise a competition to select the ‘Seven Fortean Wonders of the World’. One of the short-listed wonders is Rennes-le-Château, which in the first round of a three-part competition, is in competition with pyramids, crystal skull, Atlantis… and even the Loch Ness monster.

Unmasking Satan’s little helpers

2 Dec 2007, 17:03
The Société Perillos continue their expose of Hammer-Kaatee’s ‘Satan’s Song’, by revealing whom some of the intelligence agents are that allegedly spurred Tom R. onwards, in efforts to uncover the Arma Christi. Some, like Donovan, were indeed Knights; others, like Henry Luce, had connections to the Just Judges.

Obituary of Richard Leigh

29 Nov 2007, 14:31
On the Daily Grail, Rennes-les-Bains resident Marcus Williamson has released an obituary for Holy Blood, Holy Grail author Richard Leigh, who passed away on 21 November. Williamson, who earlier wrote an obituary for alleged Priory-of-Sion Grandmaster Pierre Plantard, recounts how Leigh came to the UK to become a literary writer and ended up co-writing a non-fiction bestseller.

Umberto Eco denies interest in Kaballah and Occult Practices

29 Nov 2007, 14:27
In an interview with New York Times, Italian author Umberto Eco denies having an interest in the Kabbalah, alchemy and other occult practices. The author states ‘I wrote the grotesque representation of these kind of people’ and calls Dan Brown one of the creatures he created. Eco is known best as the author of the highbrow murder mystery ‘The Name of the Rose’. He’s also a prolific political commentator whose essays have now been collected in a book,’Turning Back the Clock’, in which he warns against the dangers of ‘media populism’.

Dan Brown to unveil Washington’s Masonic past

29 Nov 2007, 13:43
A sequel to the blockbuster thriller “The Da Vinci Code” is set to lift the veil on mysterious Freemason symbols carved into the very fabric of the historic streets and buildings of the US capital. Novelist Dan Brown has set the new adventures of his hero, scholar-adventurer Robert Langdon, right in the heart of Washington, which could reveal some astonishing facts for history buffs. Washington has strong historic roots in Freemasonry, an old and widespread fraternity which traditionally practised secret rituals. The first US president after whom the city is named, George Washington, was a Mason, as were his fellow founding fathers James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, plus James Hoban, the architect of the White House.

Tombs of the Grandmasters

28 Nov 2007, 22:03
Few orders are as famous, and rich, as the Order of Malta. BibliOdyssey presents an overview of the tombs of their grandmasters, portraying the wealth of the order and the influence of its members, which today are still by invitation only and count 12,000, spread over 100 countries.

Keepers of the Lost Ark?

28 Nov 2007, 21:59
The Smithsonian Magazine sent its reporters to Ethiopia, to visit the local Christian community, who for more than one decade have become the centrepiece of attention, following Graham Hancock’s book on the possibility that they harbour the Ark of the Covenant.

Mayoral Elections Rennes-le-Château in March 2008

28 Nov 2007, 12:52
It has been confirmed that the Rennes-le-Château Mayoral elections will be held on the 9th of March 2008, at which time the majority vote winning team will be decided and subsequently ratified on the 16th of March. Rennessence has learned that the opposition party has 10 of its 11 members confirmed, including 4 non-French residents (1 English, 2 Dutch and 1 Belgian) and 6 French members. The 11th member has yet to be named. The Opposition Party, which includes Jean Luc Robin, has agreed to promote the team member who receives the most votes to the office of Major, but would like to stress that if elected, they will govern as a team. One of the first things the Opposition Team would like to establish, if elected, is a Trust to ensure that RLC is restored and maintained to the highest quality.

Richard Leigh dies aged 64

27 Nov 2007, 19:34
News has reached us that Richard Leigh passed away on 21st November of this year. Leigh was best known for his co-authorship on the best-seller The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (1982) together with Henry Lincoln and Michael Baigent. In February 2006 Baigent and Leigh filed a case against Random House, publisher of the book The Da Vinci Code, on charges of plagiarism by Dan Brown. They eventually lost the case. Leigh wanted to be remembered as a writer of novels like Erceldoune & Other Stories and Gray Magic. Thanks to Mariano Tomatis and Demian Lee Kusturiza for reporting this.

Secret Ops fix Pantheon clock

26 Nov 2007, 19:10
Four members of an underground “cultural guerrilla” movement known as the Untergunther, whose purpose is to restore France’s cultural heritage, were cleared on Friday of breaking into one of Paris’ best known 18th-century monuments in a plot worthy of Dan Brown or Umberto Eco. For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the Panthéon’s unsuspecting security officials, a group of intrepid “illegal restorers” set up a secret workshop and lounge in a cavity under the building’s famous dome. Under the supervision of group member Jean-Baptiste Viot, a professional clockmaker, they pieced apart and repaired the antique clock that had been left to rust in the building since the 1960s. Only when their clandestine revamp of the elaborate timepiece had been completed did they reveal themselves.

The real powerbrokers behind Rennes-le-Château

24 Nov 2007, 15:02
In the fourth instalment of the Satan’s Song series on Société Perillos, Filip Coppens puts all the pieces of the puzzle together to find a big overlap in recent research by completely different sources and from different directions. It appears the real powerbrokers behind the mystery of Rennes-le-Château can now be identified better than ever before.

Exoneration for the Knights Templar

23 Nov 2007, 21:41
American Grialdiary blogger Brian Kannard is requesting everyone with an interest in the history of the Knights Templar to sign a petition “to call upon the Pope and the Catholic Church to officially exonerate the Knights Templar from heresy charges leveled against them after 13 Oct 1307″. This petition will be delivered to the Vatican on 18 March 08, the day Jacque DeMolay and de Charney were burned at the stake.

Diamond found with a Templar Cross inside?

23 Nov 2007, 21:33
What to think of this? It’s claimed a Californian diamond dealer recently found a diamond with a perfect natural Templar Cross inside.The diamond in question is almost 3 carats in weight and a natural greenish color. No photos are available yet. The press release reads like a cheap marketing trick, but you read it here, in case miracles exist.

Ark of the Covenant claimed to be in Kenya

23 Nov 2007, 21:22
The original chest of the Ark of the Covenant has been in Kenya since the year 1210 AD, according to James Kamweru, a Kenyan tour operator. In an article, the writer reveals that the Mt Kenya is regarded as a God’s Mountain. It is in there the Ark is kept according to the writer. The shrines therein are held in trust by a college of 12 seers who operate in secrecy to guard their wisdom.

DVD Ancient Mines of Rennes-le-Château

22 Nov 2007, 08:39
Veteran German Rennes-le-Château researcher Peter Ernst, has published a DVD on the ancient mines in the area of Rennes-le-Château. There’s a preview of the DVD available on YouTube. Ernst crawled through an impressive number of caves and mines around the two Rennes, Bugarach and Arques to name just a few of the areas.

Another take on the Jesus Tomb

22 Nov 2007, 08:28
This week, Canadian-born film maker Martin Himel released his documentary ‘Archeological Minefields’, a new take on Simcha Jacobovici’s Lost Tomb of Jesus, which was released last winter. In his documentary he defuses many of Jacobovici’s arguments and calls for a more careful approach of archeological findings. Perhaps the most damning of Himel’s findings is that ossuaries were routinely reused over several generations, and that the 10 ossuaries in the Jesus tomb may have held up to 35 separate sets of bones. In the film, archaeologist Joe Zias calls it “intellectually dishonest” to suggest each box held one set of bones.

Bugarach from the sky

21 Nov 2007, 14:13
Jan Alain posted some pictures of the mountain of Bugarach (Pech de Thauze), seen from the sky. Bugarach, called the Mountain of God by the locals, dominates the landscapes around the two Rennes: Rennes-le-Château and Rennes-les-Bains. Countless legends are told about its mines, caves and the alleged silhouet of Joseph of Arimathea’s face at the top.

Merovingian papyrus in Barcelona Cathedral

21 Nov 2007, 10:56
The Archive of the Cathedral of Barcelona preserves ten papyruses of the 6th century still not deciphered, that were found in the leather cover of the codex that is known as the Homilies of Sant Gregori, which is dated before the 8th century. In a study in Augira magazine, Montserrat Tudela, director of the research institute, stated that recent study proves the documents originated from Merovingian France. The article is in Catalan.

Strike hits arrival of Angels and Demons

19 Nov 2007, 08:51
The prequel to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, has become the first big-screen casualty of the Hollywood writers’ strike. The movie is delayed by Columbia Pictures because its script needs more work, after an attempt to complete it before the strike. It had been due for release around Christmas 2008, but has now been pencilled in for May 2009.

Kate Mosse on Radio Rennessence

16 Nov 2007, 23:02
Radio Rennessence interviewed best selling author Kate Mosse. After the colossal success of her first novel Labyrinth, her second book Sepulchre is cooked with ingredients of the Rennes-le-Château mystery. Mosse’s great in-depth knowledge of the landscape, the actors and the legends of the region make for a fascinating interview. Not to be missed.

Satan’s Song, a secret search

16 Nov 2007, 18:59
In the third article of the Satan’s Song series, Société Perillos takes a closer look at the theft of the Just Judges, one of the panels of Van Eyck’s masterpiece The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Was this panel really a map leading to the holiest of relics? The Nazi’s certainly seemed to think so.

Hollywood takes action hero Jesus to India

16 Nov 2007, 08:53
Hollywood is to fill in the Bible’s “missing years” with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who travelled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country’s caste system. The Aquarian Gospel, a $20m movie, portrays Jesus as a holy man and teacher inspired by a myriad of eastern religions in India. The Aquarian Gospel takes its name from a century-old book that examined Christianity’s eastern roots and is in its 53rd reprint.

Rat Scabies in 17 Questions

14 Nov 2007, 18:03
Rat Scabies is the godfather of punk. He also knows a hell of a lot about Rennes-le-Château. And thanks to Christopher Dawe’s sensational book, Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail, he’s a modern day Grail hero as well. Andrew Gough met Rat in his local, the Griffin Pub in Brentford, West London, where they talked about the whole affair

Italian musician uncovers hidden music in Da Vinci’s Last Supper

11 Nov 2007, 20:29
After the Rosslyn Motet, an Italian musician and computer technician now claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting. In his book La Musica Celata (The Hidden Music) Pala describes how he found what he says are other clues in the painting that reveal the slow rhythm of the composition and the duration of each note. The result is a 40 second hymn to God that Pala said sounds best on a pipe organ.

Where art thou, Just Judges?

8 Nov 2007, 09:45
Filip Coppens continues his exposé on Hammer’s Satan’s Song the Société Perillos website. In part 2, he delves into the esoteric message of Van Eyck’s The Adoration of the Lamb, which Hammer argues is a treasure map in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château.

The name’s Kate Mosse. Not Kate Moss.

4 Nov 2007, 10:29
Kate Mosse says her new book Sepulchre, which focuses on tarot cards, Rennes-les-Bains, old music pieces and a mysterious death, follows in the footsteps of her previous bestseller Labyrinth, winner of the Richard & Judy’s Book Club 2006.

‘Take 2′ for Lincoln Cathedral

2 Nov 2007, 17:33
Dan Green, author of two books and numerous articles about the Lincoln Cathedral Da Vinci Code (the cathedral stood in for Westminster Abbey in the film), has released a multi part video tour of the cathedral and its surroundings on YouTube. If you can’t make it to Lincoln, let YouTube - rather than Ron Howard - take you there.

Singing Satan’s Song

2 Nov 2007, 06:46
Following on from Karl Hammer-Kaatee’s interview on Radio Rennessence, Société Perillos begin a multi-part series of the material and theories proposed in Hammer’s book. Part 1 tackles an overview of the main thrust of the book.

Play it again, Rosslyn

31 Oct 2007, 15:32
Jeff Nisbet looks into the background of The Rosslyn Motet, including previous attempts to decode the cubes as a musical code and argues that Mitchell did not arrive single-handedly at his musical masterpiece.

Da Vinci’s Last Supper goes high definition

27 Oct 2007, 23:05
A 16 billion pixel image of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper has been posted on the internet, allowing art lovers close up details of the 15th Century work. The image is 1,600 times stronger than those taken with a typical 10 million pixel digital camera.

Knights Templar innocence on sale for $8,375 apiece

26 Oct 2007, 14:47
On October 25, the Vatican added another colourful chapter to the Knights Templar mythology, when it published a long-misplaced, 699-year-old papal report on the medieval holy warriors. Vatican publisher Scrinium will offer 799 copies (the 800th will go to the Pope), at $8,375 apiece, of a 1308 parchment titled Processus Contra Templarios (Trial Against the Templars), which chronicles the order’s sordid endgame: the accusations of heresy, the Templars’ defense, and Pope Clement V’s absolution of the order, before he did an about-face and eliminated it.

Coumesourde stone rediscovered by Catalan research group

26 Oct 2007, 09:49
After having been lost for almost a century, a group of Catalan researchers has rediscovered the original Coumesourde stone. Discovered by Ernest Cros in 1928, the stone became one of the cornerstones of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. The Spanish team allowed Société Perillos, the premier French-language site on the subject, the scoop of publishing their discovery, including four photographs of the site. More photographs are expected to be released in the future, once the authorities have been made aware of the stone’s precise location.

Another reading of the Boudet tombstone

25 Oct 2007, 14:44
Andrew Gough provides a new interpretation of the famous inscription on Boudet’s tombstone, which many have seen as a reference to his book, La Vraie Langue Celtique. But Gough believes the explanation may be more down to earth… or ascended to heaven?

The Coustaussa crime scene investigation

22 Oct 2007, 21:07
Researcher Ben Hammott visited Coustaussa to look at what is left of the place where Abbé Antoine Gélis was brutally murdered in 1897. There are some great pictures in this article.

National Treasure 2 released on Winter Solstice

20 Oct 2007, 10:02
The second film in the National Treasure series will be released on 21st December of this year, Winter Solstice. In the movie, subtitles Book of Secrets, treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth’s diary. The movie trailer contains several Scottish Rite images.

Rennessence Newsfeed on the Daily Grail

20 Oct 2007, 09:45
Mystery Newsportal The Daily Grail has integrated the Rennessence News feed in its frontpage. We would like to thank Greg for that, it’s much appreciated! The Daily Grail is probably the largest mystery news portal in the world covering a staggering amount of mystery and scientific subjects.

A Penitentiary movement in the Lowlands

19 Oct 2007, 20:15
Corjan de Raaf goes on the trail of author Karl Hammer-Kaatee’s provocative research about the holiest of relics, the Arma Christi, the Instruments of the Passion of Christ. Were the relics really guarded by Ebionites as Hammer has recently suggested and what is their relation to the Franciscans? Along the way de Raaf links up traces of the Nazis, Joan of Arc, La Sanch, stolen statues and a tragically decapitated Black Madonna. On Andrew Gough’s Arcadia.

And now for the real Coumesourde stone

19 Oct 2007, 20:12
Société Perillos reports how a group of Spanish researchers retraced the footsteps of Ernest Cros and recovered the real stone of Comousesourde. If this is the real thing it is spectacular news. André Douzet reports on how they found it and the Spanish connection.

Scottish author claims Jesus’ twin was crucified

13 Oct 2007, 20:49
A scottish author claims to have gone one better than Dan Brown in solving history’s greatest conspiracy theories. Jack Lawson has promised the publication of his own novel will reveal the true secret behind the Da Vinci Code. That Jesus had a “twin brother” who was crucified in his place. One of Sauniere’s documents encodes the phrase “Poussin holds the key”. Poussin’s The Sacrament Of Ordination, which hangs in the National Gallery of Scotland, shows a disciple in white with Magdalene on his right, looking at what appears to be the central Christ figure holding a key aloft. Lawson claims the disciple, who appears identical to the central figure, is actually Jesus, and the key-holder is the brother who died on the cross at Calvary. “It’s a very provocative idea,” said Lawson. “Some people will say, This guy’s a genius.’ Others will say, He’s an attention-seeking lunatic doing it for the money.’ But I wouldn’t make the claim unless there was real proof.”

Mitterrands Great and unknown Work

12 Oct 2007, 12:51
Former French President Franois Mitterand, nicknamed ‘The Sphinx’ was said to have been involved with esoteric movements and had a more than average in Rennes-le-Chteau which he visited on official and unofficial ocassion. It is well-known that he left more than a footprint in Paris by erecting the glass Louvre Pyramid and the new National Library. Philip Coppens draws the attention to the largest of his Grand Monuments that has so far been almost completely unknown: The Axe Majeur in the Paris suburb of Cergy-Pontoise.

All of the Coumesourde Stones

12 Oct 2007, 12:47
Few stones have been debated like the Stone of Coumesourde in the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. Socit Perillos gathered all versions and all stories for an interesting comparison.

Sinclair reveals Knights Templars’ secrets

11 Oct 2007, 21:22
For more than 200 years, the Knights Templars were powerful beyond the scope of most kings. With legendary fighting abilities and public discretions, they may have secured the most sought after treasures in history, according to Ian Sinclair, Grand Prior of the Scottish Knight Templars. Oct. 4, he spoke about the mysteries surrounding the Knights Templars, the Sinclair family and Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. His ancestors began building Rosslyn Chapel in 1446, after a fire devastated Roslin Castle. Several caskets of documents and other treasures were allegedly spared from the fire, and buried in the crypt 40 feet below Rosslyn Chapels foundation.

Karl Hammer speaks out

9 Oct 2007, 19:33
The Radio Rennessence October interview is with author Karl Hammer-Kaatee. Hammer caused a sensation in the Netherlands when he published his book ‘Satan’s Song’. Although a novel, Hammer states that it is the true story of a Dutch secret service art agent, Tom R., who accidentally discovered a trail from Jan van Eyck’s ‘the adoration of the Lamb’ to the Arma Christi, while he was investigating the art treasures stolen by the Nazis just after World War II. The false trail and clues he created to hide his discoveries from the CIA were, he claims, picked up by the authors of ‘Holy Blood, Holy Grail’ and lead to the region of Rennes-le-Chateau more specifically Notre-Dame de Marceille. No wonder therefore that Hammer-Kaatee is seen by many as Hollands answer to Dan Brown. Only on Radio Rennessence.

Kate Mosse novel staged in Rennes-les-Bains

8 Oct 2007, 17:25
Set for a UK release of 31st October, bestseller author Kate Mosse’s new novel ‘Sepulchre’ centers around a brutally murdered priest in a tiny village close to the spa town of Rennes-les-Bains. The lead character of the book stumbles upon an ancient tomb in the area while researching Claude Debussy. Kate Mosse will be interviewed by Radio Rennessence about her book within the next month. Mosse previously wrote ‘Labyrinth’ about Carcassonne and the Grail.

Coded Bloodline Coins

8 Oct 2007, 17:17
The Bloodline documentary production team have issued new information about the set of coins found in Templar tomb discovered by researcher Ben Hammott. The coins discovered in the old buried chest numbered thirty and some had deteriorated to such an extent they can not be identified, others though had survived their incarceration in better condition and after cleaning some of these were identified. The coins date from 100BC all the way through to the 12th Century, many of which were in circulation in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

Another - real - Da Vinci Code?

8 Oct 2007, 07:58
Jack Lawson, in his second book, The Joseph Secret, claims he is set to disclose the greatest secret of the past 2000 years, cracking the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau which forms the subject of the Da Vinci Code and many others. On October 13, he will disclose who really died on the cross, along with a simple proof accessible to anyone who has any version or translation of The Holy Bible.

Happy Hour in Girona

8 Oct 2007, 07:47
Andy Gough relates his latest visit to Gerona, for the book launch of Chaplins City of Secrets. Meeting the key characters of the book in real life, including Jos and Ingrid, some of the remaining pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place and some major new pieces are unearthed; take, for example, the claim, made by Chaplin in a previous book, that Jos is Saunires grandson!

Saunire = Freemason

8 Oct 2007, 07:43
The possibility that Saunire was a Freemason has been one of the most hotly disputed debates. But recently, proof has emerged that the priest was indeed a Freemason. French researcher Andr Douzet provides an overview of the debate, and states the current state of play: that our favourite priest was a Freemason, and a quite important one at that.

Gnostic Mandeans on the verge of extinction

7 Oct 2007, 19:04
As a side-effect of the war in Iraq, the United States have brought the Mandeans close to extinction. The Mandeans are the only surviving Gnostics from antiquity, cousins of the people who produced the Nag Hammadi writings like the Gospel of Thomas, a work that sheds invaluable light on the many ways in which Jesus was perceived in the early Christian period. The Mandeans have their own language (Mandaic, a form of Aramaic close to the dialect of the Babylonian Talmud), an impressive body of literature, and a treasury of cultural and religious traditions amassed over two millennia of living in the southern marshes of present day Iraq and Iran.

The New Pyramid Age

5 Oct 2007, 16:34
Pyramids are now being found almost everywhere: in 1994 in China; then in Caral, in Peru, Southern America; then in Northern Italy and in 2005 in Bosnia. Today, it is clear that massive pyramids are a feature of many civilizations. But they remain controversial, perhaps more so than ever. Though Egyptologists continue to argue that the Egyptian pyramids are tombs, no bodies have ever been discovered in them. None of the other pyramids are tombs either. Apart from the Mayan pyramids, which are much more recent, the other pyramids are very similar, both in shape, size and age. Does this mean that each culture developed this rather unique shape on its own, or does it mean that there was a truly global movement somewhere around 3000 BC? Philip Coppens wrote the first book to cover the new landscape of pyramids found worldwide. It describes the changed nature of the pyramid debate and offers science a challenge, but equally tries to answer some of the key messages that the last decade of pyramid discovery has brought us. It is a series of discoveries that has changed the archaeological world and extended all our horizons.

Philip Coppens interview on Occult of Personality

5 Oct 2007, 16:27
Occult of Personality interviewed Philip Coppens to discuss his investigations into the worlds Mysteries. They talked about how he began his career and the many amazing subjects hes covered, including the Knights Templar, Rennes le Chateau, and some of the research from his latest book, The New Pyramid Age.

Vatican to publish documents on suppression of Knights Templar

4 Oct 2007, 19:46
The Vatican is planning publication of a book on the suppression of the Knights Templar, based on material from the Vatican Secret Archives. On October 25, the Vatican office of the Secret Archives will unveil the book Processus contra Templarios, containing “a previously unpublished and exclusive edition of the complete acts of the original hearing against the Knights Templar,” the Vatican has announced. Containing reproductions of the original parchment documents, the book is “the most elaborate and important publication yet undertaken” by the Archives, the Vatican states. The book will be a special collector’s edition, with only 799 copies produced.

Notre Dame de Marceille Madonna decapitated

2 Oct 2007, 19:52
During the night of Sunday, September 30, to Monday, October 1, 2007, the statue of the Black Madonna in Notre Dame de Marceille was decapitated and her golden coloured mantle stolen. Only the infant Jesus, on the arm of the Madonna, remains intact. The crime was registered around 9am on Monday when a team of electricians and Andr Fenet, member of the Association of Notre Dame de Marceille, arrived. While they entered the church, it was noted that the electricity had gone out during the night. Shortly afterwards, the decapitated statue was found.

Devil’s Bible on display

28 Sep 2007, 11:03
The Devils Bible is the worlds biggest manuscript and now on display in Prague. It has an eventful 800-year-long history, accompanied by legends highlighting its emergence and alleged miraculous powers. The Devils Bible comprises 14 texts. Apart from the Old Testament it is also the Penitential - a manual for priests featuring the list of sins and ways of penance. Elsewhere the manuscript offers formulas to do away with diseases or to uncover and catch a thief.

Oddvar Olsen speaks about the Templars

28 Sep 2007, 10:53
Philip Gardiner interviewed author Oddvar Olsen. Olsen studied mystery traditions and mythology since the late 1980s, when he decided to specilalize in the knights Templar. In 2002, Olsen started The Temple, a successful periodical on the Knights Templar and related subjects.

The Galamus Hermitage

28 Sep 2007, 10:49
When leaving Rennes-les-Bains for Bugarach, one can continue the journey towards the Gorges de Galamus, an incredible spectacle. Pilgrims considered Galamus to be the Sacred Mountain or the Holy Mountain. On Socit Perillos Andr Douzet explores this stunning site close to St. Paul-de-Fenouillet.

Habsburg in legal row over Dracula castle

23 Sep 2007, 15:15
Romanian MPs have become embroiled in a row over the ownership of Bran Castle, the 14th-Century building famous for its links to the Count Dracula story. It was returned to New York architect Dominic Habsburg, a descendant of the country’s former rulers, last year after 60 years under state control. Some MPs say that process was illegal and want to stop the castle being sold. Mr Habsburg has threatened legal action, saying it would be a “dreadful injustice” to strip him of ownership. The infamous Prince Vlad “the impaler”, the real-life inspiration for Dracula, is reputed to have spent a night at Castle Bran. This connection has been a boon to the tourist industry in Romania, and MPs are keen to hold on to a prized asset.

Did Joan of Arc live happily ever after?

23 Sep 2007, 13:12
In L’Affaire Jeanne d’Arc, or the Joan of Arc Affair, French investigative journalist Marcel Gay and former secret service agent Roger Senzig claim that France’s most famous virgin peasant was the illegitimate daughter of the French queen consort, Isabeau of Bavaria, who groomed her for use as a political puppet. They claim Joan was manipulated in a cover-up they call Operation Virgin. Joan was not inspired by voices from heaven to lead troops to miraculously lift the siege of Orlans and save France from English domination. Gay says she was trained for warfare, taught languages and well-educated for her mission. After her trial for heresy in 1431, she escaped, and an unknown woman was burned in her place. She later married a French knight, Robert des Armoises.

Crichton Collegiate Church

22 Sep 2007, 23:06
Rosslyn Chapel was not a unique venture: it was constructed as part of the collegiate church trend that swept through Scotland in the 1400s. One such college collegiate church is Crichton Collegiate Church, dedicated to St Mary and St Kentigern, which lies, quite literally, at the end of the road and not far from Rosslyn. Philip Coppens reports.

Ancient Scots mummified their death

22 Sep 2007, 22:59
The ancient Egyptians were not the only ones to mummify their dead, according to a study that says prehistoric Scots created mummies too. Initial evidence for Scottish mummies was announced in 2005, when archaeologists unearthed three preserved bodies buried under two Bronze Age roundhouses in South Uist, Hebrides, at a site called Cladh Hallan.

The Tartan Kilt in Saunire’s church

22 Sep 2007, 22:56
Most aspects of the life and construction works of Brenger Saunire have been analyzed by Rennes-le-Chateau enthusiasts ad infinitum. Brain Kannard investigates what Michael Baigent calls a Scottish tartan robe in Station VIII in Saunire’s church. On Unexplained Mysteries.

Death in Arcadia

22 Sep 2007, 22:47
Arcadia has evolved into a mythical, almost other worldly province in history, as if it never really existed. Greeces 2007 fires brought that image back to reality. Arcadia burned, reaffirming another association. Death. Andrew Gough toured Arcadia at the peak of the fires and discovered hope, an ancient library, a magical temple of Apollo and a wolf cult that all seemed strangely connected to Rennes-le-Chteau.

The Babau Legend

22 Sep 2007, 22:43
Everyone in the Roussillon has heard of the Babau (pronounced Babaou). The monster is often used to create panic, either real or more often for entertainment value, in small children. And it is said that the monster manifested itself in Rivesaltes a long time ago, though more than this high level overview is seldom known amongst the population at large.Socit Perillos features an article about Babau.

The Golden Proportion

14 Sep 2007, 21:33
The Golden Mean, also known as the Golden Ratio, was developed as a proportional measurement by the ancient Greeks, as a way of making the most pleasing artworks. It was felt to be semi-divine, in that it seemed to show up in nature as well. On the Cabinet of Wonders.

A Templar’s Head and the Templecombe Panel Painting

14 Sep 2007, 21:28
Dan Green gives an unorthodox explanation for the Templecombe Panel Painting in his own remarkable way.

The Shofar and the Ark

14 Sep 2007, 21:25
The shofar, most commonly a ram’s horn, is the only Jewish musical instrument that survived two millennia in its original form and is still used at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (10 days after Rosh Hashanah). The shofar had several religious roles recorded in the Hebrew Scrip tures, such as the transfer of the ark of the covenant; the announcement of the new moon; the begin ning of the religious new year; the Day of Atonement; the procession preparatory to the Feast of Tabernacles; the libation ceremony; and the havdalah ceremony marking the end of a festival.

Lost Book of Nostradamus found in Rome

14 Sep 2007, 21:19
A mysterious book of cryptic prophecies has been discovered at the National Library in Rome, and there is evidence to suggest that it is the final work of the most famous and controversial prophet in the history of the world, Nostradamus. Even more startling than the discovery of the book, though, are the warnings it contains, which were so blasphemous and frightening in their time that they may have been intentionally suppressed until now.

Jean-Luc Robin on Radio Rennessence

12 Sep 2007, 22:07
This month’s interview on Radio Rennessence is with Jean-Luc Robin. For six years, Jean-Luc ran the Hotel de la Tour, the hotel started by Noel Corbu in the Villa Bethania in Rennes-le-Chteau. Recently, Robin wrote a book on life in Rennes-le-Chteau, as well as his views on the mystery. He reveals an interesting theory about the Cathar book of Love.

Indiana Jones 4 title announced

11 Sep 2007, 17:40
The title of the new Indiana Jones adventure, now in production under the direction of Steven Spielberg, is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it was revealed today by actor Shia LaBeouf. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skul will be released worldwide on Thursday, May 22, 2008.

Rosslyn Chapels Darkest Secret

11 Sep 2007, 17:35
Jeff Nisbet reveals his latest research on Rosslyn Chapel and finds a new angle.

The intriguing past of the Plateau of Opoul

8 Sep 2007, 10:14
To be interested in Perillos without any mention of Opoul, is hardly possible, seeing that geography has made one intimately linked with the other. Indeed, today, Opoul-Perillos is something of a marriage, engineered when the latter was abandoned and many of its residents decided to settle in Opoul. It was a marriage of convenience, if not necessity. But despite this marriage, which was made official in 1972, their history was not always so intimate. Socit Perillos examines the history of the plateau and the things it carried.

Did Pilate and Merlin wear kilts?

2 Sep 2007, 09:32
They are both claimed to have been born in Scotland. This time it’s Merlin’s turn. Scottish advocate Adam Ardrey has written a tome which claims to reveal for the first time the truth about the man described as tutor to King Arthur. Ardrey, a former SNP candidate, stumbled upon the connection when he was researching the history of his family name at the National Library of Scotland. Fashionably, he argues that since Merlin’s death his real story has been suppressed by Christian writers.

Jerusalem Holy Site Dig Questioned

2 Sep 2007, 09:29
Israeli archaeologists charged that digging overseen by Islamic religious leaders at a hotly disputed Jerusalem holy site damaged a wall that might date back to the Bible. Islamic authorities responsible for Haram as-Sharif, known to Jews as Temple Mount, said digging a trench was necessary to replace 40-year-old electrical cables. They called the Israeli group’s charges on Thursday sheer propaganda. The hilltop compound is a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Home to the silver-domed Al Aqsa Mosque and gold-capped Dome of the Rock, it is Islam’s third-holiest shrine. Jews revere it as the location of the two biblical Jewish temples, making it the holiest site in Judaism.

Templar Chronicles Part III

1 Sep 2007, 09:25
The Templar Globe is the official bulletin blog of the International Chancellery of the Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani Universalis. The present OSMTHU claims no direct link or descent from the historical Templar Order, but can trace their existence as a templar inspired Order back to the early XVIII century. Chancellor Luis Matos today published the next part in a good series of articles on the Templars in Portugal.

Paul Courrent and the Lords of Durban

1 Sep 2007, 09:15
Dr. Paul Courrent is fondly remembered in Rennes-les-Bains, where a garden in the centre of the town has been named after him. What is less known, is that he was a primary witness in the last few days of Saunires life, and thus may have stumbled upon one or more deathbed confessions of Saunire, if there were any. Interestingly, following the own doctors death more than three decades later, an interesting archive was stolen from his home, which could be directly linked with the mystery. On Soct Perillos.

Where is the Ark of the Covenant hidden?

29 Aug 2007, 21:17
Another article on the Ark is on the blog of Safar e Hadaiayt. He brings an unusual Islamic take on the story which makes for a very interesting read.

Ethiopian Patriciarch on the Ark of the Covenant

29 Aug 2007, 21:13
We were Christian for over a thousand years before Christ, Abba Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, declared nonplused. We have been Christian since Queen Makeda, the biblical Sheba, visited King Solomon in Jerusalem to partake of his wisdom and returned to Ethiopia with the Ark of the Covenant, containing the actual stone tablets of the Ten Commandments God gave Moses.

Spot the difference, the Stations of St.Jean d’Alcas

28 Aug 2007, 22:15
Recently, a member of the RLC Archive forum discovered a set of Stations of the Cross in the church of St. Jean d’Alcas that appear to have been made with the identical moulds as those used in Rennes-le-Chteau. It had long been argued that Abb Saunire had his stations made exclusively for his church in Rennes-le-Chteau. A photographer went to the small town near Millau to look for himself and kindly sent his photos to Ben Hammott who has put the stations of St. Jean besides those of Rennes-le-Chteau for you to study the differences.

The Rosary of Notre Dame du Cros

28 Aug 2007, 22:05
The church of Notre Dame du Cros, linked to the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau by Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia, oddly has no Stations of the Cross but a life-size Rosary outside the church. In three groups of 5 little chapels the Stations of teh Rosary tell about the mysteries of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Rennes-le-Chteau Archive has an interesting article about it and some great photos. The article is in French.

Sidi Baba est mort

28 Aug 2007, 15:48
Several researchers report a new grave stone in the graveyard of Rennes-le-Bains. Mariano Tomatis has some great pictures of it and its location. The stone that is adorned with a granite or marble ball carries the inscription: SIDI BABA EST MORT E LA MORT PLUS RIEN NE MEURT EST MORT E L’ME PLUS RIEN NE VIT JEAN PAUL MARIE DE MAGDALA.

Saunire in Lyon Part II

25 Aug 2007, 07:49
In the second part of the article series in which Socit Perillos examines Abb Saunire’s whereabouts in Lyon, it is described what he did there that he couldn’t do in Rennes-le-Chteau.

Masonic, Rosicrucian, and Occult Writings of Jules Verne

22 Aug 2007, 20:20
Michel Lamy’s forthcoming new book handles the lesser known side of Jules Verne. Prolific author and pioneer of the science fiction novel, Verne also possessed a hidden side that was encrypted into all his works. his active participation in the occult milieu of late-nineteenth-century France. Among the many esoteric secrets to be found are significant clues to the Rennes-le-Chteau mystery, including the location of a great treasure in the former Cathar region of France and the survival of the heirs to the Merovingian dynasty. Vernes books also reveal Rosicrucian secrets of immortality, and some are constructed, like Mozarts The Magic Flute, in accordance with Masonic initiation.

Jean Cocteau, the Meticulous Director

21 Aug 2007, 18:13
Corjan de Raaf contemplates Jean Cocteau’s last great work, the enchanting Chapel of Notre Dame de Jrusalem, in Part II of his Last Message of the Initiate opus. In addition to a thoughtful analysis of Cocteau’s final masterpiece, de Raaf provides a stunning 360 degree panorama of the Chapel murals, not to be missed.

Rennes-le-Chteau candidate Seven Fortean Wonders of the World

21 Aug 2007, 17:14
The Charles Fort Institute want to establish the Seven Fortean Wonders of the World, the places and artefacts that are most steeped in mystery. Rennes-le-Chteau has been placed at the very top of the suggested candidates list. You have until the end of September 2007 to get your vote in so make yourself heard!

The visions at La Salette

21 Aug 2007, 17:11
La Salette first came to notice a little more than 150 years ago, in September 1846, when two illiterate peasant children, 15 year old Melanie Mathieu and Maximin Giraud, 11, reported a remarkable vision they claimed to have experienced while herding cattle on a bleak mountainside some 6,000 feet above sea level. There have been some interesting developments in the La Salette case since the rediscovery in the fabled Vatican archives, of the original text of two secrets purportedly imparted to Melanie and Maximin in 1846.

Shroud of Turin revisited

21 Aug 2007, 17:07
UFO Area sums up all the known facts and the history of the Shroud of Turin so far.

Photographer claims to have seen the real Stone of Destiny

20 Aug 2007, 13:48
Scotland’s most famous conspiracy theory took another twist at the weekend as a photographer told The Courier how he was called out in the middle of the night to take snaps of the real Stone of Destiny. The photographer also revealed details of a nationalist plot to keep the famous artefact and symbol of independence hidden from the English. He claims to have been called out in the dead of night to take the picture as the stone was moved from one secret location to another. Apparently only seven people know the whereabouts of the real stone. When contacted by The Courier a Scottish Executive spokeswoman insisted the real stone remains on display in the capital.

The Stations of the Cross of Mouthoumet

19 Aug 2007, 09:56
Researcher Ben Hammott went to the village of Mouthoumet, near Arques and examined the Stations of the Cross. They are the nearest thing to the Stations of the Cross in Rennes-le-Chteau we have seen so far. However, the devil appears to be in the details.

New pictures of Notre Dame du Cros

18 Aug 2007, 11:57
Rennes-le-Chteau Archive has some new pictures of the church of Notre Dame dus Cros, the church so tightly linked to the Basilica of Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux. There are many remarkable parallels and a big role for Abb Henri Boudet. The article is in French.

Saunire in Lyon

17 Aug 2007, 11:05
Socit Perillos is starting a series of articles, detailing Abb Saunire’s dealings in the French city of Lyon. Saunires records, including his expenses, were discovered upon Maries death. Claire Corbu and Antoine Captier, in ‘The Heritage of Abb Saunire’, state how the period between 1898 and 1900 were quiet years. It is clear that his primary interest was elsewhere, and the Lyon episode fills in this quiet episode of his known life neatly. It is clear that he kept the Lyon episode strictly separate from his Rennes-le-Chateau life, with most likely only Marie knowing the whereabouts of her master.

First churches of the Jesus Cult

17 Aug 2007, 11:01
Megiddo is only the latest in a series of recent digs in the Near East revealing a more complex history of the early Christian era. Near the Red Sea in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, archaeologists have uncovered what the dig director, Thomas Parker of North Carolina State University, argues is a pre-Constantinian prayer hall. At Capernaum, just an hour’s drive from Megiddo, Franciscan monks believe they have excavated a pilgrimage site dating to as early as the first century A.D. on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Such discoveries are unusual; the only undisputed early Christian worship site is at Dura Europas, on the Euphrates River in modern Syria, which was excavated in the 1920s and ’30s by French and American teams. How the most recently discovered sites were used and dated, however, is hotly contested.

Bruckheimer hunting for treasure

17 Aug 2007, 10:57
CBS has ordered an adventure drama pilot from Jerry Bruckheimer, the prolific producer of ‘Pirates of the Carribean’. The untitled show revolves around freelance treasure hunters. Reiff, a history buff who holds New York University degrees in film and history, described the project as an A-class network version of an archaeology adventure show. The relics, the treasures on it will run the gamut from biblical and ancient history though medieval and Renaissance times up to modern days.

St. John’s gate

17 Aug 2007, 10:45
Tucked away in Clerkenwell in the heart of old London, close to Smithfield meat market and ignored by office workers as they scurry past, is a remarkable link with the Crusades: it is St Johns Gate, which, with the nearby Grand Priory Church, is all that remains of the English headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, one of the two great Crusader orders. On Templar Globe.

Perillos in High Resolution on Google Earth

15 Aug 2007, 22:53
Recently Google added new High Resolution photos to the Google Earth application. Perillos is among the areas that are now displayed in high detail. You can now fly 100 metres over the Plateau d’Opoul, the ruined village and everything else and have a very close and razorsharp look at the beautiful landscape. A note from the editor: it can also be used for aerial treasure hunting.

New satirical Rennes-le-Chteau magazine

13 Aug 2007, 16:29
Amidst the flood of written material on Rennes-le-Chteau, a satirical magazine has popped up. It’s called ‘l’Echo du Plateau’. I am not sure if that is a joke. Don’t expect any breakthrough insights but it is certainly original. The magazine is in French.

Tomar, the last redoubt of the Knights Templar

13 Aug 2007, 16:18
Persecution drove the warrior monks of the Middle Ages to Tomar in Portugal. There, Richard Robinson finds, they built their Camelot.Templar Globe travelled there and reports.

Paris Hilton a descendant of Charlemagne

12 Aug 2007, 10:53
We have to make some tough decisions here sometimes as to what is news related to the mystery or not. This one will certainly grab you by the throat. A German genealogist claims that Paris Hilton is a descendant of Charlemagne and thus has Merovingian blood. According to Dr. Ralf Jahn, Charlemagne is her ‘platinum father’, apparently meaning 41 times her great-granddad. Her line apparently also includes Zsa Zsa Gabor. Makes you wonder what happened to all that Holy Blood if Lincoln, Baigent and Leigh were right.

Photo Essay on the Royal Tombs of Aksum

12 Aug 2007, 10:43
If you manage to find your way through the advertisements, the archaeology section of about.com has quite an interesting article by the now late archaeologist Stuart Munro-Hay from 1998 about his excavations of the royal tombs in Aksum, Ethiopia. According to some, it is the last resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.

10 strange facts about Newton

12 Aug 2007, 10:37
It’s been said before in this spot that Sir Isaac Newton had a more than average interest in alchemy and was obsessed with the bible. Neatorama sums it all up and reveals that according to Newton Armageddon will happen in 2060. We will of course report to you when that happens.

Inside Couiza church

10 Aug 2007, 10:53
Sitting in the shadow of the hill on top of which Rennes-le-Chteau is based, one might have the false impression that Couiza is less important than Rennes-le-Chteau. In fact, it is the other way around. Even today, every inhabitant of Rennes-le-Chteau needs to descend the 4.5 kilometre road to arrive in Couiza, where all purchases, whether it is bread, meat or a newspaper, needs to occur. Couiza was also the town nearest to Rennes-le-Chteau that has a train service and hence a key location for Saunire, who is known to have enjoyed travelling. Socit Perillos takes us inside the church of Couiza and deflates the common misconception that Saunire’s stations of the cross are identical copies of those in the church there.

Mirror Shepherds pointing at the Sacred Heart

9 Aug 2007, 10:08
It was recently claimed Leonardo da Vinci used a mirroring technique to conceal the image of a woman and child in his last supper. The claim was greeted with much doubt about his technical capability. How could Leonardo have done this in an age with no Photoshop? The principle has triggered more mirroring research by other researchers. The most interesting example is Brian Kannard who mirrored and superimposed Poussin’s Shepherds of Arcadia. It’s a likely candidate since the painting exists in a mirrored state in various locations, e.g. on the Shughborough monument. No wild claims are made but it looks very much like it’s a Sacred Heart or a Chalice the shepherds are pointing at.

Last message of the initiate Jean Cocteau

8 Aug 2007, 21:36
Researcher Corjan de Raaf ventures to the South of France to examine two chapels decorated by the initiate Jean Cocteau. In this, the first of two articles dedicated to his findings, Raaf examines the Alpha and Omega of Cocteaus magnificent murals and discovers a hidden pentagram along the way.

The Sudarium of Oviedo versus the shroud of Turin

7 Aug 2007, 17:09
Lying in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain in relative obscurity compared to its more famous cousin, the Sudarium presents a better provenance and history than the Shroud and may be the sole surviving relic of the crucifixion that has made it to modern times. Measuring 34″ by 21″, the Sudarium is a bloodstained cloth purported to have covered the head of Jesus of Nazareth after his burial. We know that the person who wore the Sudarium died a violent death consistent with crucifixion. We know it dates from at least the 6th century, probably before. And we know that the cloth was in Jerusalem. The one question that remains is who’s head did it cover.

The Count of Saint Germain

6 Aug 2007, 16:18
On Beyond the Blog: No occult figure is more puzzling than the Count Saint Germain. Always dressed in black, but decorated by diamond jewellery, Saint Germain first appears in Vienna about 1740 when he moves in high circles after curing a French Marshal of illness. Generally thought of as a charlatan today, he spent most of his life creating laboratories, where he was said to have achieved the Great Work of the alchemist - to produce the Philosophers Stone which turned base metals into gold, and the Elixir of Life, which gave him immortality.

George Smart interview on Grailseekers

6 Aug 2007, 11:05
Grailseekers interviewed George Smart, author of ‘The Templar Chronology’. Georges book is a reference to events surrounding the Templars, from the beginnings of the Orders history to modern times.

Bloodlines’ pulse taken

5 Aug 2007, 17:56
Bruce Burgess and Ren Barnett have unveiled some of the content of their controversial and eagerly anticipated production Bloodlines on Rennessence Radio. They provided details on their hunt for members of the Priory of Sion and how they lowered cameras into the controversial tomb discovered by Ben Hammot somewhere in the vicinity of Rennes-le-Chteau. Burgess and Barnett state that their production will go into circulation in November 2007, and will tackle various aspects of the enigma.

French version of Radio Rennessence launched

5 Aug 2007, 17:28
This weekend, a French version of Radio Rennessence has been launched. Radio Rennessence France was created to satisfy the growing information demand of the large French speaking Rennes-le-Chteau community. Rather than being a copy of the English internet Radio Station, all content will be original and in the French language. As a first guest, Andr Douzet was interviewed. This launch also means that there is now an independent French language Rennessence RSS feed.

Author claims he found Da Vinci images earlier

4 Aug 2007, 20:10
After the recent explosion of press and controversy over Slavisa Pesci’s discovery of hidden images in Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’, author Derek Bair is claiming to have made this same discovery last year already. An article about Derek and his discoveries was posted on unexplained-mysteries.com back in September 2006. He explains the process and how he discovered it in chapter 3 of his book, ‘Discovering Da Vinci’s Daughter’, which also has other discoveries relating to Leonardo Da Vinci and specifically the Mona Lisa, which are posted on his web site http://www.itsjustlife.com. His book can be read on his website in its entirety for free.

No link between De Molay and the Turin Shroud?

4 Aug 2007, 20:02
On the ‘Born a Templar Knight’ Blog, a blog is posted about the link between the Turin Shroud and Jacques de Molay. Contrary to the findings of Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas in their book ‘The Second Messiah’, it is claimed there is no link.

17 Questions to Andr Douzet

1 Aug 2007, 20:36
Andr Douzet is a household name in the study of Rennes-le-Chteau, yet the English speaking world know conspicuously little of his real views and opinions, outside of his books. Now for the first time the controversial researcher speaks out candidly, and promises that hard evidence in support of his proactive theories is on its way. For the first time, we are shown a small piece of one of Abb Saunire’s letters to the foundry of the now famous and controversial model, allegedly leading to a location near the ruined village of Perillos.

Introduction to Sacred Geometry

1 Aug 2007, 11:08
Rennes-le-Chteau archive gives an introduction top Sacred Geometry. The reason being that it is omnipresent in the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. From Saunire’s garden to Henry Lincoln’s discovery of a giant pentacle in the landscape. The article is in French.

Death of Roger-Ren Dagobert

30 Jul 2007, 22:23
Recently Roger-Ren Dagobert passed away. Roger-Ren Dagobert was a man of controversy. First of all, his name was often believed to be a pseudonym, as Dagobert was such a key figure in the mystery. But it was his real name, a descendant of General Dagobert. He was a retired architect who lived in Nantes and Cascastel. He spent twenty years researching his family, specifically mapping the concessions of mines his ancestors received in the region, and noting how his family were one of the more important, and lesser known, players in the enigma. Though his historical research was often held to be in high regard, Dagobert was also known as something of a character, often known to create wild accusation that were based on flights of fancy, and making furious,sometimes physically violent, attacks on people. A colorful researcher has been lost.

Report of the 17th July gathering

29 Jul 2007, 11:08
Rennes-le-Chteau Archive reports on the gathering of 17th July in Notre Dame de Marceille and Rennes-les-Bains. Many French researchers and authors showed up including Franck Daffos, Jean-Luc Chaumeil, Thierry Garnier, Christian Doumergue and Jean Brunelin. There are many photos in the sympathetic report of what must have been a very interesting day. The article is in French.

Biblical and Assyrian records linked to confirm the book of Jeremiah

29 Jul 2007, 10:39
Austrian Assyriologist Michael Jursa recently discovered the financial record of a donation made a Babylonian chief official, Nebo-Sarsekim. The find may lend new credibility to the Book of Jeremiah, which cites Nebo-Sarsekim as a participant in the siege of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. The tablet is dated to 595 B.C., which was during the reign of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar II. Coming to the throne in 604 B.C., he marched to Egypt shortly thereafter, and initiated an epoch of fighting between the two nations. During the ongoing struggle, Jerusalem was captured in 597, and again in 587-6 B.C. It was at this second siege that Nebo-Sarsekim made his appearance.

Vatican Secret Archives go online

29 Jul 2007, 10:34
Southern Knight reports that the Vatican has opened a portion of their Secret Archives on-line. You can now check out historical documents for yourself like the Parchment of Chinon, the absolution of Pope Clement V of the leading members of the Templar Order.

Blue Apples photos

29 Jul 2007, 10:31
Entre dos Mundos has some photos of the Blue Apples phenomenon in Notre Dame de Marceille and Rennes-le-Chteau.

Secrets of Assassins’ fort unearthed in Syria

29 Jul 2007, 10:27
Nestled at the foot of Syria’s coastal mountains, an ancient citadel has been put on the tourist map by restoration and excavation that revealed mysteries of the medieval Assassins sect, once based here. Saladin, the great Muslim leader, laid siege to Masyaf castle in the 12th century. But he thought twice before launching an assault on the Assassins, who had a reputation for mounting daring operations to slay their foes. Anyone who tried to take the Assassins’ castle would be dead the next day, said Haytham Ali Hasan, an archaeologist involved in the restoration project.

A new DaVinci Code or not?

28 Jul 2007, 08:49
A new theory that Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’ might hide within it a depiction of Christ blessing the bread and wine has triggered so much interest that Web sites connected to the picture have crashed. Slavisa Pesci, an information technologist and amateur scholar, says superimposing the “Last Supper” with its mirror-image throws up another picture containing a figure who looks like a Templar knight and another holding a small baby. Experts are skeptical.

Copies of the Saunire Model for sale

28 Jul 2007, 08:49
The French branch of Socit Perillos is issuing 33 exact replicas of the controversial Saunire Model. Discovered by researcher Andr Douzet, the inverse of this model is said to represent an area near the ruined village of Perillos near Perpignan. In this area Douzet found two tombs. On the model they are enigmatically called the tombs of Christ and Joseph of Arimathea. The one indicated as the tomb of Christ was never opened. The replicas will cost EUR 495,- and come with copies of part of the accompanying letters, written by Brenger Saunire to the model maker in the early 1900’s.

The Stone of Destiny

24 Jul 2007, 22:05
Brian Kannard discusses the Stone of Destiny. There is one common thread that holds most monarchies together. Bloodlines, royal jewels, ceremonies, and associated pomp all boil down to a feeling of tradition that monarchies bring to their subjects. Often one, or more, of these elements become as important as the monarch themselves. The Stone of Scone, sometimes called the Stone of Destiny, can certainly be placed in this class. The Stone has been a part of the Scottish and English coronation ceremonies since at least 847.

Lost Abbey where Robert de Bruce was crowned has been found

24 Jul 2007, 22:02
One of Scotland’s most important lost historic sites, the ancient abbey where Robert the Bruce is believed to have been crowned on the Stone of Destiny, has been rediscovered. Archaeologists using sophisticated magnetic imaging technology have traced the exact location of Scone Abbey, the ancient seat of ecclesiastical and royal power where Scottish kings were inaugurated for four centuries. The find could eventually pave the way for excavations to begin to reveal the remains. Thanks to Southern Knight.

At the cradle of the Priory

19 Jul 2007, 19:04
Philip Coppens tackles the mystery of Gisors, focusing on the events that unfolded in the shadow of its keep after WWII. Following enigmatic excavations by a local caretaker, Roger Lhomoy, Pierre Plantard descended on the town, followed by De Sde, resulting in two official excavation campaigns by the French government. The controversial events would soon shift focus to Rennes-le-Chteau and the creation of the Priory of Sion.

777

19 Jul 2007, 19:02
Andr Douzet delves into the apparition of strange glyphs, based on the number 777, that appeared all over France in 1994, but which were specifically present in Rennes-le-Chteau and Rennes-les-Bains. It is a totally forgotten, but nevertheless highly enigmatic, series of events, in which those responsible were never caught, despite a nation-wide police search.

Secret Origins unveiled

19 Jul 2007, 08:07
John Harper has a guest article on Andrew Goughs website, The Secret origins revealed, in which he unveils what he considers to be the true nature of those miracles that everyone speaks about: from apparitions to well-known biblical miracles, Harper poses questions where others have remained flabbergasted.

Rosslyn Chapel in top 5 Scottish Mysteries

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