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Following the Ark of the Covenant

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This is possibly the second most peculiar book I have read, the most peculiar being Mr. Boren's "The Widow's Son". In "Following the Ark of the Covenant", The Borens weave a tantalizing tale linking lost ice age civilizations, Egyptian/Jewish religious elements, the Knights Templar, Welsh Indians, Mormon lore and Ute history. Interesting historical facts are interwoven with creative speculation to produce extraordinary conclusions. Whether or not the reader agrees with these conclusions, does not detract from the fascinating nature of the narrative.

Having read other books by Kerry and Lisa Boren, I found this book to be of the same exhaustive and historically based research. The book takes you from the earliest history of the ark of the covenant as told in the the Old Testiment to a connection with such men as Prince Madoc, Francis Bacon and the Knights Templar who have all left their mark and inscriptions in America. There is a hill in Sanpete Valley in central Utah which was considered sacred by local indians even before the first mormon pioneer settlement was established in 1849. The remains of an ancient temple could be seen atop the hill. In 1960 a local resident claimed to have discovered a cave east of the hill complete with 2 mummies dressed in the garb of Knights Templar. Did knights bring something they had found many years earlier under the temple mount in Jerusalem and deposited it into a hill in Utah? You be the judge.

I was impressed with Kerry Ross and Lisa Boren's work on their book "The Gold of Carrie Shinob" wherein they wove a very plausible tale concerning the possible origin of the gold which was used by the Mormon's to plate the statue on top of their SLC temple. That book was pretty much a can't put it down work. I bought this book encouraged by the two 'reviews' posted at the time that I purchased it. I am still reading the book but am so bored by the exhaustive genealogy that he is reporting that I am sure that most of it is coming from the LDS church genealogy library and which has nothing at all to do with tracking the movements of the Ark. I hope he intends on making some sort of a connection soon as I am plumb bored and had no desire to know the 'begats' and relationship of every single person born in the British Isles between the 6th and 14th centuries-----"Holy Put You to Sleep Batman". With the reporting of all this non-connected information I am really going to be hard to convince that he has any solid information at all that the Ark was ever really in Scotland let alone that it ever came to this continent. Equally thin is his reported evidence that the gold that adorned the ark and the Holy of Holies in Solomon's temple came originally from this continent. That the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece was evidence that the ancient Greeks came to the west coast of this continent---and is where they got the gold to adorn the ark---Hmmmm??? Well at least it's a theory! I hope the reading of the rest of the book---assuming that I can stay awake long enough to finish it----proves to be more exciting and believable than the 'setup' I've read so far. This report will be finished when, and if, I ever finish it and have any more to say about it.

Well----The Jury is in now. The best thing I can say about this book is that it is a tough--tough read. I'm of average intelligence and so far as I can see the Borens are just chasing their tails on this one----They say they are going to present evidence and then wander off into obscurity and end up not close to making a case for any thing related to the premise of the book. Save you money--I'm revising my rating ---and being generous---to give it one star.