The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus
The Hiram Key is a book that will shake the Christian world to its very roots. When Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas, both Masons, set out to find the origins of Freemasonry they had no idea that they would find themselves unraveling the true story of Jesus and the original Jerusalem Church. As a radically new picture of Jesus started to emerge, the authors came to the startling conclusion that the key rituals of modern Freemasonry were practiced by the early followers of Jesus as a means...
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The Hiram Key is a book that will shake the Christian world to its very roots. When Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas, both Masons, set out to find the origins of Freemasonry they had no idea that they would find themselves unraveling the true story of Jesus and the original Jerusalem Church. As a radically new picture of Jesus started to emerge, the authors came to the startling conclusion that the key rituals of modern Freemasonry were practiced by the early followers of Jesus as a means of initiation into their community.
Introduction xii 1 The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry 1 2 The Search Begins 19 3 The Knights Templar 26 4 The Gnostic Connection 36 5 Jesus Christ: Man, God, Myth or Freemason? 44 6 In the Beginning Man Made God 81 7 The Legacy of the Egyptians 98 8 The First Freemason 120 9 The Birth of Judaism 152 10 A Thousand Years of Struggle 170 11 The Boaz and Jachin Pesher 189 12 The Man Who Turned Water into Wine 216 13 The Resurrection 257 14 The Truth Breaks Free 275 15 The Lost Scrolls Rediscovered 294 Postscript 323 Appendix 1: The Development of Modern Freemasonry and its Impact on the World 326The English Reformation and the Conditions fo Emergence 326The King Who Built the Lodge System 327 The Architects of the Second Degree 331 The New Heresy 333 The Old Charges 336 The Rise of the Republicans 342 The Royal Society Emerges 346 Freemasonry Finds Its Feet 348 The Spread of Freemasonry 351 The Development of Masonry in America 354 Appendix 2: Pre-1710 MasonicLodges in Scotland with Date of the First Recorded Mention 358 Appendix 3: Early Grand Masters of English Freemasonry 359Appendix 4: Early Grand Masters of Scottish Freemasonry 361Appendix 5: Chronology 363 Index 372
