The authors explore the legends and history about the origin-myth of the Scots, the Declaration of Arbroath, the Stone of Destiny, the 'missing library' of Iona, the Picts, the Druids, stone circles, the Celtic saints, the Culdees, Scottish Arthurian traditions, the Holy Grail, Guild traditions of medieval Edinburgh, Robert the Bruce, the battle of Bannockburn, Masonic traditions, the Royal Order of Scotland, William Wallace, Rosslyn Chapel, the Knights Templar, and much more.
DR KAREN RALLS-MacLEOD, FSA Scot, Medieval historian and Celtic scholar, was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Deputy Director of the Rosslyn Chapel Museum exhibition for six years before continuing with further specialized research at St Andrews and Oxford. She lectures worldwide, leads tours, conducts in-depth research and has appeared on the Discovery Channel. Her books include the 'The Templars and the Grail'(2003) 'Music and the Celtic Otherworld'(2000) 'The Quest for the Celtic Key'(2002)and 'Indigeneous Religious Music'(2001)
IAN ROBERTSON is a local Scottish researcher with a special interest in Edinburgh and Midlothian history, folk traditions and legends. In 1988, his research moved into the exploration of Scottish freemasonry. Based in the Edinburgh area, he works as a Trainer, counsellor and youth worker.