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Books about Freemasonry, Rosslyn Chapel etc.
The requests for information about books that cover Freemasonry, Rosslyn Chapel, the Knights Templar, the St. Clair family etc., etc. are numerous and frequent. One of the common questions the Rosslyn Templars are asked is whether or not the author of a particular book is a Freemason or not. Answering these questions has become repetitive and so to try and save time we have produced a list of the most popular books on the above mentioned subjects together with details of whether or not the author(s) are Freemasons. There are likely to be several books which have not been included in this list but we expect to add these in due course.
Preparing this list has been interesting. It is, for example, noticeable that the flood of popular books linking Freemasonry with the Knights Templar and Rosslyn Chapel commenced 1982 with the publication of The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. Prior to then there had obviously been books about Rosslyn Chapel but they had not been of the 'popular' type. Up until The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail the material was not, dare we say, 'sensational'. Indeed Rosslyn Chapel was selling a 'non-sensational' guidebook (The Illustrated Guide to Rosslyn Chapel etc.) until that time. It is almost as if something 'seismic' happened around that time as that guidebook was dropped soon after The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail was published. This seems to have set the standard which all subsequent books on Rosslyn Chapel were expected to follow. Although initially off to a slow start (six years) the number of book of this genre exploded after the publication of The Temple and The Lodge in 1988 and shows no sign of abating. Indeed The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail has metamorphosed into The Da Vinci Code published in 2003. Intriguingly, very intriguingly, none of these books (above) focusing as they do on Freemasonry and alleged connections with Rosslyn Chapel, are written by Freemasons! Interesting. (Except one - The Rosslyn Hoax? - Ed.)
Some of these book have already been reviewed on this site but many have not. Once we have had a chance to catch up we shall discuss the whole Rosslyn publishing 'industry' here at a later time.
Please note that these details are true to the best of our knowledge but errors can be made. If you notice any errors or omissions please do let us know. |
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