The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusalem in 1947 and 1956. Now Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh claim that many ancient manuscripts, which may offer a new account of the origins of Christianity, have remained hidden.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusalem in 1947 and 1956. Now Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh claim that many ancient ma...
An alternative history of the intellectual world Since the seventeenth century, science has been contending with philosophy, organised religion and the arts for domination over Western civilisation and society. By the middle of the twentieth century, the battle appeared to be won; scientific rationalism and scepticism were triumphant. Yet in the last few decades a strong and potent counter-current has emerged. One manifestation of this has been the so-called occult revival. In the Elixir and the Stone, Baigent and Leigh argue that this occult revival - and indeed the entire revolution in...
An alternative history of the intellectual world Since the seventeenth century, science has been contending with philosophy, organised religion and th...
Institutions as austere as the Vatican and the CIA, and men such as Churchill and De Gaulle are implicated in this polemical work that links the Holy Grail and Jesus Christ to modern conspiracy theories.
Institutions as austere as the Vatican and the CIA, and men such as Churchill and De Gaulle are implicated in this polemical work that links the Holy ...
