Robert Lomas is a real-life Dr. Robert Langdon! Co-author of The Hiram Key, the bestseller that Dan Brown notes as his inspiration for the Roslin Chapel–set climax of The Da Vinci Code, is a renowned freemasonry historian and truth-seeker. In Turning the Templar Key, Lomas reveals the origins of the Knights Templar and the historical context for Dan Brown’s thrillers. Buy this book if you couldn’t get enough of The Lost Symbol and want to discover more about the exciting and mysterious symbols, puzzles, codes, and characters that were derived from Lomas’ research and writings.
Lomas investigates the facts, challenges the conspiracy theorists, and guides you on an inspiring and complex quest to uncover the truth, explain the motives, and document—for the very first time—the genesis of the Templar Freemasonry.
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Robert Lomas is also the coauthor of The Hiram Key, The Second Messiah, and Uriel's Machine. A Freemason, he lectures at Bradford University in England.
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This review is from: Turning the Templar Key: The Secret Legacy of the Knights Templar and the Origins of Freemasonry (Hardcover)
The title of this book is a little misleading, as it is more concerned with the history and rituals of Freemasonry than with the Knights Templar, but otherwise, this is a must read for anyone who is interested in the topic. When I first saw who the author of this book was, I was half expecting another slightly nutty volume along the lines of "The Second Messiah" or "Uriel's Machine", but after reading a couple of chapters, I realized that Mr. Lomas must be the straight guy in the Knight & Lomas team, and that this is, in fact quite a serious work. The author dismisses any direct link between the Knights Templar and Freemasonry about halfway through the book, and then launches into what appears to be about 100 pages of padding on different myths around the world and how they might have impacted Freemasonry. I lost sight of what he was trying to say at this point, but he does sort of bring things back together in the last couple of chapters, where he opines that Freemasonry rituals are in fact a repository for many of these myths, including stories about the Knights Templar. It's hard to know how much he says about Freemasonry is correct or not, since Freemasons are sworn to secrecy about their different rites and rules, but if only some of the descriptions are accurate, then they are an interesting bunch of people. So, don't go into this book expecting great revelations about the Knights Templar. You will, however, learn a lot about the Freemasons.
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I like Robert Lomas. This book is another example of his thorough research and vast knowledge of matters that do not often reach the public domain. Well done.Shaking the Tree
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