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The Book of the Holy Grail

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I found this book by doing a search on Thomas Jefferson, and when I read the description of the book I went, "Right, as if." I think I've seen every possible conspiracy theory somewhere on the web, so the idea that there could be an unpublished manuscript by Joseph of Arimathea which was translated by, of all people, Thomas Jefferson, seemed simply ridiculous on the face of it. But ever since I read Holy Blood, Holy Grail, I've been addicted to reading just about every book that has to do with the idea that there was a secret bloodline originating with Jesus, and I couldn't stand not reading this one. To my surprise, I found it fascinating. The idea that Joseph of Arimathea is Jesus' father is, in itself, remarkable. It explains the legends of Joseph taking the young Jesus to Glastonbury, which wouldn't be possible if Joseph of Arimathea was just another of Jesus' disciples. I also love the metaphysics, the idea that the reason our world is so screwed up is that the imperfections were deliberately put in to give us something to struggle against--a self-improvement therapy on a universal scale--the earth as an enormous Role Playing Game, and we're all gods who are playing the game. Fits in perfectly with the whole Matrix concept. And, what other book says that God was married to Goddess, and we are their sons and daughters? Much less sexist than the traditional Judeo-Christian creation myth where all comes from a patriarchal God. This book is hard going and it doesn't surprise me that some of the other readers get turned off by the historical claims, but once you get past that, this is a wonderful book of wisdom. Considering that there isn't any more scientific proof for the authenticity of the gospels than is offered for this one, maybe that's enough.

A cheap way to try to add credibility to a work of fiction - Jefferson did translate the Bible from the original Greek to an English version known as the "Jefferson Bible".

Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter to William Canby, "Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern, which have come under my observation, none appear to me so pure as that of Jesus." He described his own compilation to Charles Thomson as "a paradigma of his doctrines, made by cutting the texts out of the book and arranging them on the pages of a blank book, in a certain order of time or subject. A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen." He told John Adams that he was rescuing the Philosophy of Jesus and the "pure principles which he taught," from the "artificial vestments in which they have been muffled by priests, who have travestied them into various forms as instruments of riches and power for themselves."

The work that Jefferson translated has nothing to do with "The Book of the Holy Grail" sometimes referred to as the fictional "Merovingian Bible". The contemporary authors of this fictional work are trying to confuse readers with a cheap trick. There is no historical evidence that Jefferson was ever associated with the order of the Holy Grail. And no historical writings even reference such.

This would be fun fiction or even interesting theory if it were presented as such, however, the shameless trickery associated with this fictional work has made it an utter atrocity and an insult to human intelligence - DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME LIKE I DID!!!!!

As a student of the subject of the "Holy Grail" or rather, "Royal Blood", I am hungry for any information regarding the subject. This book is just bad. It's poorly written, and is void of any usefull information. I think it's mostly made up. The author sites no original sources and there is no bibliograhy, resources, or anything which would lead me to belive this book is anything but total fantasy. Save your money.

Who am I to disagree with Joseph of Arimathea and Thomas Jefferson? Unfortunately however, this book didn't answer my questions but raised quite a few new ones. I doubt whether it is based on any original document. This books mixes together facts and truths with assertions that are downright nonsensical. It's an unsettling book for both neophyte and the initiate.

As another reviewer says, the author cites nothing. In my opinion too, it's made up. None of it rings true at all.

The entire time I was reading this, I felt like I was reading a sequel to a book I never read. Something is missing. I will keep the book on the shelf, but as of yet, I just don't get it. Unless you have some secret knowledge, don't buy this book!

It's about time theology was put in an understandable and logical perspective. This book explains all the mysteries. The mathematics span the ages and reveal many truths.

This is an important book because it gives one a very good idea of the spiritual principles of a brilliant American statesman and what might be behind secret organisations who seem to rule the world.

On the subject of the crucifixion similar or different theories are found in books such as the Nag Hammadi library and Secrets of Golgotha by Dr Ernest Lee Martin. In addition the claim of the archaeologist and anaesthetist Ron Wyatt, who apparently found the ark of the covenant in a rock chamber underneath the place of crucifixion on Golgotha, with dried blood on the mercy seat, offers another perspective. All this can become quite confusing. Unfortunately the statements in The Book of the Holy Grail about the double crucifixion of Simon of Cyrene and Jesus Christ, and Christ's faked death, that contradict evangelical reports, are not proved substantially with footnotes, which makes it harder to believe this alternative story.

Jesus is reported to have rebuked people who put too much value on their biological descent from Abraham, and the Cathars and Waldensians rather believed in a purified and individualized spirituality. One gets thus the impression that this book is about a rather strange mixture of Christianity and Judaism.
The descriptions of the spiritual world and references to Melchizedek, Lucifer and Michael are interesting, but does not reveal much more than what a reader of the Bible already knows.

Perhaps we are really living in the times of the fulfilment of prophecies that were predicted in the Book of the Holy Grail, which would leave one with the hope that peace on earth might become more part of everyday reality.

Critics of the Grail theory say that the(remnants of the)tribe of Dan (expelled for idolatry) use references to Benjamin and Judah (the book claims to sketch the history of the Arcadians, or ex-Benjaminites, who IS mentioned in Revelation's new world - see Rev. 7:4,5)to deceive. (The names of Ephraim and Dan are omitted there).

Principles of belief, to pray in Truth and Spirit and confess the name of Jesus, are simple. The (highly esteemed) editor of this book is not member of a string quartet but some babydoll, punck or whatever band, which reminds me of the high percentage of suicides amongst teenagers in the USA that are related to the addiction to rock music. Jesus would surely prefer ennobling music and not lead people into a suicidal death. Lucifer entices. God ennobles.

In the list of definitions the following comment about American English as chosen language is made: "...the language spoken in the Languedoc region at the time of the First Family". That is, almost 2000 years ago. Why did Thomas Jefferson then had to write the Grail Doctrine's first English translation? Didn't Hamlet's Marcellus say something is rotten in the State of Denmark? In these times of the Luciferian Rebellion...