The Book of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus, and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus - Softcover

Knight, Christopher; Lomas, Robert

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9781402735202: The Book of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus, and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus

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ISBN 10: 1402735200 ISBN 13: 9781402735202

Publisher: Union Square & Co., 2005

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It started as a personal quest to unearth the origins of their order’s ancient rituals but 14 years after they began their search, Freemasons Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas have discovered much more. The Book of Hiram brings their mission to an amazing close, as it painstakingly rebuilds the long-forgotten story contained in the scattered rites and ceremonies of Freemasonry and puts forth explosive evidence drawn from the latest archeological discoveries, the Bible, and early versions of Masonic rituals. What it reveals is The Masonic Testament,”a parallel narrative to the Bible, with events that go unmentioned or unnoticed in those sacred pages including a secret science of astronomy that they find encoded in the Bible. The study concludes with the startling revelation: that a lost science that changed the world before, could change it once again.

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The long forgotten early rituals of Freemasonry uncover a parallel story to the Bible -- events the Bible doesn?t mention. Readers learn about a secret theology based on the ancient science of astronomy -- once the exclusive property of kings and high priests. Here the collection of ancient Masonic texts has been distilled into a complete narrative which the authors call: The Masonic Testament. In it, they describe the unexpected foundation of Masonic philosophy.

Setting out on a quest to discover the prehistoric science behind the Masonic rituals, the authors embark on a journey which spans five thousand years and four continents. Ultimately they uncover a stone age cult of Venus worship, passed down to Solomon and later Jewish kings. Working with the latest findings of archaeology and new biblical evidence, they reveal how the Venus cult survived astonishingly to be embraced by the last, would-be king of the Jews -- Jesus Christ himself.

The Book of Hiram answers vital questions about Freemasonry's beginnings -- presenting an exciting challenge to readers to reconsider many of their preconceived notions. In this, the final stage of their fourteen year quest to find the origins of Masonic ritual, Knight and Lomas, who wrote The Hiram Key, follow many strange byways of astrology, ritualistic sex, and child sacrifice before finally reaching the real science that is the basis of Freemasonry. The whole surprising and shocking story is told in The Book of Hiram.

About the Author:

Christopher Knight has a degree in advertising and graphic design. He is chairman of a marketing and advertising agency and is a Freemason.

Robert Lomas has a degree in electrical engineering. He has worked on the guidance systems for Cruise missiles, and was involved in the early development of personal computers. He is a Freemason and lectures on Masonic history.

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