The Hiram Key Revisited - Freemasonry: A Plan For A New World Order

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First published 2007 in the UK and USA in hardback as "Solomon’s Power Brokers" by Watkins Publishing, London. [rear cover blurb] THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPELLING BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT THE SECRET SOCIETY THAT SHAPED THE MODERN WORLD Freemasonry, with its arcane rituals, occult symbols and labyrinthine hierarchy, has mystified the outside world for centuries. But it has become apparent that even the most senior Freemasons do not understand its ancient origins or purpose. So what is this powerful and arcane organization really for? In this eye-opening account, two seasoned researchers show that today’s Freemasons are the spiritual descendants of an ancient priesthood that was forced to act in secrecy. They predicted the birth of the coming Messiah, and Jesus Christ was part of their mission. Soon after the Crucifixion they were nearly wiped out by a programme of mass genocide conducted by the Romans; later, in feudal Europe, they grew to a position of unparalleled power before being branded as heretics and forced underground. But they could not be stopped, and they continued to work in subtle, sometimes subversive, always anonymous, ways to pursue their objective — a new world order that put God above, and yet out of, human affairs. CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT has published many successful books. His first book, The Hiram Key, co-authored with Robert Lomas, became an international bestseller, selling more than a million copies worldwide. ALAN BUTLER is an historical researcher and an expert in astrology and astronomy. He has published several successful books and is a playwright and an accomplished radio dramatist. The Hiram Key Revisited - Front Cover......Page 1 Author Biographies......Page 2 By the same Authors......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Printer's Imprint......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Text Illustrations......Page 9 Plates......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 The biography of God is not all sweetness and light......Page 16 Moses and the Exodus......Page 17 A Planned Return?......Page 19 A Temple for Yahweh......Page 20 The Power of the Shekinah......Page 23 Hiram the Mason......Page 26 Secrets of the Temple......Page 29 FIGURE 1......Page 30 Solomon’s New World Order......Page 33 The Fall of the Israelite Kingdoms......Page 36 After the Exile......Page 37 The Coming Messiah......Page 38 A New Temple......Page 40 The Coming of the Messiah......Page 42 John the Christ?......Page 44 Jesus the Mason......Page 47 The Essenes......Page 49 Essene Life and Ritual......Page 52 Jesus: the Would-Be Essene Messiah......Page 55 Paul of Tarsus......Page 59 The Destruction of the Temple......Page 63 The Son of the Star......Page 67 3. To Rescue an Empire......Page 69 Constantine and Religion......Page 70 Moulding a Faith: The Council of Nicaea......Page 72 Rites of Mithra......Page 74 The Sacred Feminine......Page 77 Mary the God-Bearer......Page 81 Christianity Triumphant......Page 82 The Revelation of John......Page 84 The Star Families in France......Page 87 The Star Families and the Normans......Page 89 FIGURES 2 & 3......Page 92 FIGURES 4 & 5......Page 93 The Family of Earl Rognvald......Page 94 Crusade: The Star Families take the Initiative......Page 95 Struggles for Power......Page 99 The New Essenes......Page 102 The Search for the Temple Treasures......Page 105 The Knights Templar: Soldiers of Yahweh......Page 109 Bernard of Clairvaux......Page 110 Bernard the Mystic......Page 113 6. The First New World Order......Page 115 Protecting the Temple Treasures......Page 116 Mason-Monks: the Tironensians......Page 117 Secrets of the Hidden Scrolls......Page 120 Architectural Wonders......Page 122 Templar Wealth and Enterprise......Page 124 Champagne Fairs......Page 127 FIGURE 6......Page 130 The Cistercian Sheep Economy......Page 131 Flemish Influence......Page 132 FIGURES 7 & 8......Page 135 7. A Wicked Act......Page 137 Joan of Navarre......Page 138 Philip Plots against the Templars......Page 140 The Fall of the Templars......Page 143 Templar ‘Crimes’......Page 144 The Templars in Scotland......Page 147 The Aftermath: Switzerland......Page 148 8. The New Temple of the Shekinah......Page 154 The New Shekinah......Page 155 The Sinclairs of Rosslyn......Page 158 The ‘Third Temple’......Page 161 PLATES......Page 162 An Act of Concealment......Page 172 The Church of Matthew......Page 175 Symbols of the Hidden Treasure......Page 176 FIGURE 9......Page 178 A Forest in Stone......Page 179 Secrets of the Apprentice Pillar......Page 180 FIGURE 10......Page 183 Rosslyn and the Kabbalah......Page 184 FIGURE 11......Page 186 The Three Pillars......Page 187 FIGURE 12......Page 188 The Underground Vault......Page 190 The Light Box......Page 192 FIGURE 13......Page 193 FIGURE 14......Page 194 9. The Holy Secret......Page 197 The Mystery of Oak Island......Page 198 Sinclair's Secret Guild......Page 199 Masonic Degrees and Rituals......Page 202 Christendom Splits......Page 205 The New Way Forward......Page 208 The Schaw Statutes......Page 209 10. Brothers All......Page 212 The Inigo Jones Document......Page 213 The Road to Civil War......Page 214 The First Recorded Freemasons in England......Page 216 Wren: England's Master Mason......Page 218 London’s New Temple......Page 220 FIGURE 15......Page 221 An Age of Enlightenment......Page 223 A Time of Turmoil......Page 225 Freemasons Under Suspicion......Page 226 The Grand Lodge and the Ancient Order of Druids......Page 227 Hell-Fire Clubs......Page 228 ‘Antients’ and ‘Moderns’......Page 229 Blake's Jerusalem......Page 230 11. The New World and the New Jerusalem......Page 232 Revolt in the Colonies......Page 233 The Cry of Liberty......Page 234 Grand Master Franklin......Page 237 Freemasonry and the Forging of the Nation......Page 238 FIGURE 16......Page 240 FIGURE 17......Page 244 The Freemasonic City......Page 245 FIGURE 18......Page 246 12. Freemasonry and Revolution......Page 248 An Absolutist Regime......Page 249 Freemasonry and Revolutionary Ideas......Page 250 The Cataclysm of 1789......Page 252 Church versus Craft......Page 256 The Carbonari......Page 257 The Alta Vendita Document......Page 259 Pius IX and the Freemasons......Page 264 The Illuminati......Page 265 The Amalricians......Page 266 Adam Weishaupt......Page 268 Eliphas Lévi......Page 272 Albert Pike......Page 274 13. The End of the Beginning......Page 277 The Star Family Programme......Page 278 The New English Freemasonry......Page 281 Star Families and the Industrial Age......Page 283 The Star Families and the East......Page 285 The Russian Revolution......Page 287 The Age of the Superpowers......Page 288 The Marshall Plan and the Common Market......Page 289 The European Common Market......Page 290 The Star Families and Freemasonry Today......Page 291 The Star Families and the Catholic Church......Page 294 The Death of a Pope......Page 298 The Vatican Bank Connection......Page 299 A Developing World......Page 301 The Bilderberg Group......Page 302 The Israel Issue......Page 303 The End Game: A World United......Page 306 Postscript: The Rosslyn Question......Page 309 Chapter 2......Page 312 Chapter 5......Page 313 Chapter 8......Page 314 Chapter 10......Page 315 Postscript......Page 316 BC 967 - 4; AD c.32 - 1066......Page 317 1070 - 1646......Page 318 1649 - 1991......Page 319 Bibliography......Page 320 Index......Page 322 Rear Cover......Page 330