The Hiram Key

[DoctorMashadar]

The Hiram Key is a non-fiction book by Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight. They, as Freemasons, tried to find the lost roots of their order, and not only succeeded, but found out a lot about ancient Egypt, real versions of biblical events (No offence, Christians: I'm just reporting here). Can't remember all of it, but I would definately recomend it.

 

[robtex]

I am reading it now. They have some very interesting theories and just the time it would take to cross reference most of them might take the better part of years.

What I found the most interesting about the book was the explaination of Egyptian Maat

the two stars of david in the pic of the mason ritual (first pic after pg 178)

the theories of Jesus and James relationship to the community of qumran (where dead sea scrolls came from)

the linking of hiram abif to Christianity (which has been done by others too)

the alternate theories of the ressurection of christ as well as the intreptation of a resurrection being a symboic instead of actual event

the theory of the crucifiction of templar jacques de molay and the further connectoin of it to the turnin shroud. (pg 282)

 

[Adie]

It's a very interesting book... I used it quite a few times for a research paper I wrote on the Essenes. I thought it was very approchable and easy to read, and was impressed by the amount of research they put into it. Although some of their theories are a little hard to buy into, it's definitely a good book to pick up and sort through ( :

 

[robtex]

It's a very interesting book... I used it quite a few times for a research paper I wrote on the Essenes. I thought it was very approchable and easy to read, and was impressed by the amount of research they put into it. Although some of their theories are a little hard to buy into, it's definitely a good book to pick up and sort through ( :

which theories did u look into and what did u find/?

which ones were hard to buy into ?

 

[Bondi]

The Hiram Key is a non-fiction book by Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight. They, as Freemasons, tried to find the lost roots of their order, and not only succeeded, but found out a lot about ancient Egypt, real versions of biblical events (No offence, Christians: I'm just reporting here). Can't remember all of it, but I would definately recomend it.

The Hiram Key is a book of fiction, trying to rationalise and solve hidden mysteries.

They can not prove their results and in reading the book they often state they have hypothosised, or presumed, these are not terms of fact.

The book is an excellent read and an ideal starting point if you wish to research Freemasonry or Relgion. They state a number of interesting points and also raise some very good questions, but at no point does the book give an answer, merely possibilities.

 

[Bondi]

The new book, Turning the Hiram Key is out in Spring this year, if you liked tht one, apparently you'll love this one.