26 Mar 2008, 16:53
With approximately six weeks to go before theatrical releases in LA and New York, the Bloodline website has gone for a complete overhaul, including a new trailer and further background information and excerpts, including interview with alleged Priory representative Nicolas Haywood, Antoine Corbu, Gino Sandri and the controversial Gerard Thom.
24 Mar 2008, 07:54
Malcolm Brocklehurst, will have his controversial book, The Secret History of Christianity, published on April 13. The book – 23 years in the making – touches on themes of the Christian church, templars, masons and the Holy Grail, and began while Brocklehurst was exposed to Rennes-le-Château while working in Toulouse.
21 Mar 2008, 18:16
The British newspaper The Guardian sends its reporter on the streets of London, in search of modern Knights Templar – and apparently finding some! Not surprisingly, they seem to be hiding as accountants – seeing they invented the banking system.
20 Mar 2008, 11:24
The Société Perillos tackles the death of Rescanières, Boudet’s successor as priest of Rennes-les-Bains, wondering whether he might have been murdered – an allegation that has been made about other deaths in the mystery too.
20 Mar 2008, 08:13
Italian musician and computer technician Giovanni Maria Pala claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper”, raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a composition to accompany the wall painting.
17 Mar 2008, 09:11
A spectacular Victorian tapestry bought by the rock star Jimmy Page for £40,000 30 years ago went on show before a £1 million auction in London. It shows a scene from the legend of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail.
13 Mar 2008, 07:43
There will be a commemorative service for Jean-Luc Robin, Monday 17th March at 10h30 in the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Rennes-le-Château.
12 Mar 2008, 10:46
It is with extreme sadness that Rennessence once again has to announce the death of a Rennes-le-Château researcher – and former guest of Radio Rennessence: Jean-Luc Robin. Jean-Luc was caretaker of the Villa Bethania for several years in the 1990s, before starting the restaurant/bar in front of the Villa. His passion for the mystery led him to write two books. Jean-Luc suffered from a heart attack about two years ago, after which he began to mount a campaign to oust the then mayor of Rennes-le-Château, Lhuillier, from his post. Last Sunday, his party triumphed in the local elections, but three days later, it is clear that disaster struck. During the night of March 11-12, 2008, Jean-Luc suffered a fatal heart attack.
11 Mar 2008, 16:39
Geoff Bath tackles Poussin’s The Shepherds of Arcadia, whose hidden pentagram propelled Henry Lincoln into the sacred geography of Rennes-le-Château. Bath argues that the same technique might have been employed by other painters too.
10 Mar 2008, 14:41
The results of the mayoral elections for Rennes-le-Château are in. Jean-Francois Lhuillier was narrowly defeated by a list headed by Antoine Captier, and which also included another researcher, Jean-Luc Robin. Both had 43 votes. Marcus Van der Grinten and Jacqueline Goostens had most votes – 46 – and will thus be the odds-on favourites to be chosen as mayor. The winning party has ten days to nominate the mayor.
9 Mar 2008, 07:44
Société Perillos has an article about the Magic Square on the plateau of Opoul, location of the Château the Salvaterra. A magic square is a key that “something” magical has to occur here. It is nothing more or less than a coded message. And though most people in the esoteric fielding are aware of what a magic square is, few are unable to work with it, or understand its true importance.
5 Mar 2008, 20:31
With dynamite, axes and shovels no longer allowed, GPR – ground penetrating radar – is the only viable means of finding out whether and what is hiding underneath the village of Rennes-le-Chateau. Ben Hammott publishes the report that is the last – if not the first – of official archaeological studies done on the village.
2 Mar 2008, 22:31
Rosslyn Chapel has chalked up a £1.35m surplus due to the stream of visitors who came to see the building in the wake of the Da Vinci Code film. The 15th-century Scottish church saw no less than 176,000 visitors in 2006/07. The cash is being ploughed into speeding up a planned £12.75m renovation of the building.
1 Mar 2008, 20:37
Early 2000, Dutch bestselling author and researcher Klaas van Urk discovered a narrow shaft hidden high on Mount Cardou. He had been led to the location using the Rennes-le-Château parchments, the Coumesourde stone and the enigmatic text of La Serpent Rouge. Some 15 metres down in the shaft, that is located on a difficult location high on Mount Cardou, he discovered an engraved Templar emblem, an eight-pointed star. In February 2008, a combined team of Belgian and Dutch researchers returned to Mount Cardou to let an infrared camera down the shaft on a 100 metres long rope. Objective was to see how deep the shaft is and where it ends. You can now see the Templar engraving for yourself.
1 Mar 2008, 16:11
Much to their horror, a group of researchers recently discovered that two of the 4 ‘Roches Tremblantes’ (Trembling or Dancing Stones), a prominent landmark near the village of Rennes-les-Bains have been destroyed. Featuring in Abbé Henri Boudet’s enigmatic work ‘The True Celtic Language and the Cromleck of Rennes-les-Bains’, the stones had been swinging in the wind for centuries. It looks like yet another mindless crime in the Rennes-le-Château region by some lunatic without any respect for the history or environment.
29 Feb 2008, 09:15
The church of Espéraza can be seen as the legacy of Rivière, the priest who heard Saunière’s deathbed confessions. The Société Perillos wonders whether some of the church decorations might reveal insights into the mindset of this priest, who allegedly was perturbed by what he had heard.
24 Feb 2008, 16:28
Researcher Ben Hammott demonstrates how the two Saunière brothers Bérenger and Alfred were mixed up even in death. Someone paid tribute to Bérenger by adorning his tomb with an image of his brother.
24 Feb 2008, 09:37
What used to be the Rennes Alchemist magazine is now Rhedesium. The latest issue has just been published. It contains articles about the Bloodline findings, Mary Magdalene and an article by Gay Roberts about Philippe de Cherisey’s ‘ Stone and Paper’ .
23 Feb 2008, 21:03
Tudor Parfitt, a professor at the University of London’s prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies, claims to have traced the Ark of the Covenenant to a dusty bottom shelf in a museum in Harare, Zimbabwe. Parfitt thinks that whatever the supernatural character of Ark, it was, like the ngoma, a combination of reliquary, drum and primitive weapon, fueled with a somewhat unpredictable proto-gunpowder. That would explain the unintentional conflagrations.
22 Feb 2008, 18:20
Variety reports that Cinema Libre Studio has acquired international rights to distribute “Bloodline”. The doc will preem in May in Gotham and Los Angeles, with a platform release to follow.
22 Feb 2008, 08:55
The Société Perillos report on their discovery of two, and recovery of one, further models, ordered by Saunière at the end of his life. They also publish a letter, which shows that Saunière intended to send one copy to a colleague priest – whose name or location they are withholding for the moment.
15 Feb 2008, 21:13
Radio Rennessence interviewed Bill Kersey, perhaps best known for his translation of Gerard de Sède’s ‘The Accursed Treasure of Rennes-le-Château’. However, always quietly present in the background, Bill has had quite a career in the genre. Currently he is involved with the controversial Bloodline findings and the documentary around his research companion Ben Hammott the Tombman.
15 Feb 2008, 08:35
The Société Perillos take a drive in the hinterland of Rennes-les-Bains, where Kate Mosse’s Sepulchre is set, to find a valley of forgotten megaliths, souterrains, enigmatic roads, and evidence that some of Saunière’s friends were very much present here.
12 Feb 2008, 10:59
Andrew Gough discovers that Golgotha isn’t just a place near Jerusalem… it’s also the name of a hamlet on the outskirts of the English city of Lancaster. What’s more, he stumbles on references to Mary Magdalene and theories how the real Jerusalem may once have been located in Britain!
8 Feb 2008, 08:36
Having mapped the hidden dimension of the crypt of Rennes-le-Château, the Société Perillos points out a series of correspondences with the underground of Perillos, asking the question whether this might be one of the reasons why Saunière became involved in that mystery.
3 Feb 2008, 21:03
Jean-Pierre Garcia and Franck Daffos have published a large collection of old postcards and photos of the Basilica of Notre Dame de Marceille.
3 Feb 2008, 17:59
French researcher Jacques Rivière, who unfortunately passed away in 2006, left us some of the more serious books on the mystery of Rennes-le-Château as well as a great many things to ponder. On of his most intriguing claims was that, if the summits of the hills in the Aude region are joined up, the dots connect into the figure of Mary Magdalene as she appears on the bas-relief of Saunière’s altar, her head being the ramparts of Carcassonne. RLC Research pays tribute to a great researcher.
1 Feb 2008, 21:16
Ben Hammott has posted an article on Robert Eisenman’s soundings in Rennes-le-Château in April 2001 and the excavations in the Tour Magdala in August 2003.
1 Feb 2008, 18:21
The Société Perillos goes in search of the crypt of Rennes-le-Château, wondering why there is such controversy surrounding this crypt… when its existence is clearly documented and the clues as to its whereabouts, all there.
30 Jan 2008, 22:56
Paintings and statues used in The Da Vinci Code movie are being auctioned to raise money for Lincoln Cathedral, which was doubling for Westminster Cathedral when it refused Hollywood to film the blockbuster there.
29 Jan 2008, 08:16
Oak Island is an enigma not unlike Rennes-le-Chateau; one could argue there is no mystery at all, only copious amounts of fraud and misdirection. And then comes Will, an informant who claims to be part of team that has blown the mystery wide open. But can he be believed? Andrew Gough reveals.
26 Jan 2008, 13:18
The producers of Bloodline, the documentary that is based on the discoveries of researcher Ben Hammott, have signed a deal with an LA Studio. The movie is now set to be released in the spring of this year. On their website, further reports have been published, that are claimed to support the authenticity of Hammott’s findings, involving english handwriting expert Emma Bache.
25 Jan 2008, 08:39
The Société Perillos return to the early days of the mystery, and find references to another enigmatic priest, Cayron, which the Priory of Sion tried to work into the enigma. But why, four decades on, is he forgotten? And even misplaced?
18 Jan 2008, 11:21
The Société Perillos lift up the altar cloth of Rennes-le-Château – figuratively speaking – to see what’s the deal with the secret caches, parchments and other secrets that it allegedly once contained. A crash course in religion and Rennes history. Some mysteries are shattered, but some questions remain.
18 Jan 2008, 11:01
Grailseekers is making a brave effort to make an inventory of all pottery claimed by someone to be the Holy Grail. In Part 1, Brian Kannard gives us the first 5 contenders.
16 Jan 2008, 13:25
The Mona Lisa’s true identity has been revealed by experts at Heidelberg University library who say a manuscript found in the library of a good friend of Leonardo reveals that she was Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo. In October of 1503 the Florentine official Agostino Vespuccui wrote a note in the margins of one page, saying that his friend was working on three paintings, one of them a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo. The fact that the painting has long been known as ‘La Gioconda’ would seem to support the Heidelberg academic’s theory.
15 Jan 2008, 20:57
Architects are invited to submit proposals on how to improve visitor access and ‘comprehensive conservation’ for the small Scottish chapel that has in recent years become overrun because of the success of The Da Vinci Code.
12 Jan 2008, 10:46
RLC Research, the Rennes-le-Château Research and Resource website is now offering all the best publicly available video material on Rennes-le-Château in one spot.
11 Jan 2008, 08:43
Philip Coppens analyses the movie Revelation, which, much more than The Da Vinci Code, used the enigma of Rennes-le-Château, and worked it into a movie that was in his opinion superior to it. Parts of the movie were filmed in Rennes-le-Château, and contains one scene of a priest whose body was walled into the Tour Magdala – while still alive.
11 Jan 2008, 08:38
Stephen Anderson contributes his comments to the analysis of the enigmatic Latin texts the Société Perillos were given. The texts seem to date from the 19th century and appear to be a rhymed text tackling the Mary Magdalene and the enigmatic mountain of Bugarach.
10 Jan 2008, 15:46
Barely six months after German violist Stefan Krah famously cracked a Nazi code that had eluded even the best cryptographers, there’s a new challenge. This time it is a coded document allegedly drafted by Hitler’s secretary Martin Bormann. While in April 1945 the Russians fought their way through Berlin, the Nazi’s hastily transported a stash of gold and Hitler’s personal diamonds to a secret location. The cargo was meant to finance the operations of the guerrilla movement Werewolf. During the final hours of the war, Hitler’s secretary, Martin Bormann, handed a coded document to an army chaplain and ordered him to take it to party-treasurer Schwarz in Munich. The document apparently revealed the location of the gold and diamonds. However, Schwarz had already been arrested by the Allied forces and Bormann did not survive the Russian assault. Over sixty years later the document coincidentally landed in the hands of Dutch investigative journalist Karl Hammer. He now offers a € 25,000 reward to anyone who can solve the puzzle. To help researchers on their way Hammer has found Dutch publishing house Elmar willing to publish his dossier in a book. Hammer: “Just like Stefan Krah and his network of amateur researchers managed to crack the earlier Enigma code, I now hope that the same can be done with this one.”
10 Jan 2008, 13:10
Radio Rennessence has an exclusive interview with American best selling author Steve Berry. The author sold over 6 million books in 43 countries and 41 languages. In his novel The Templar Legacy, Steve tells about the mystery of Rennes-le-Château, linking the mystery to the Knights Templar past and present. All that separates you from illumination is your ears.
7 Jan 2008, 21:10
In his new book ‘The Tears of the Wolf’, Dutch author Karl Hammer-Kaatee tells how Martin Bormann, Hitler’s secretary, gave a coded document to his chaplain in the final hours of the war. Hammer found this document and after intensive research concluded that there is a Nazi treasure waiting to be discovered. It would contain the ‘Tears of the Wolf’, a set of the finest and biggest diamonds from Hitler’s private collection. Hammer will pay 25,000 Euro to anyone who will break the code in the document and show him the diamonds. He or she can keep the diamonds but must give Hammer exclusive rights to the story. The Chaplain’s document can be downloaded here.
7 Jan 2008, 15:00
In the last couple of months, a large number of new topics have been added to the website of Rennes-le-Château Research. Among others, they include Saunière’s crypt, the Château of Bézu, Johann Habsburg, father Bernard Mongé and some completely new pictures of Louis de Coma’s Monastery of Carol. Not to be missed.
5 Jan 2008, 20:22
Finally, a tourist-free tour of your fav mystery village. The Google 3D warehouse has been supplied with a three dimensional model of the Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, the Calvaire and the Villa Bethania in Rennes-le-Château. To be viewed in a so called ’sketchup’ application or in Google Earth.
3 Jan 2008, 14:55
The Société Perillos proclaim the ‘Blue Apples at Noon’, a light phenomenon occurring on January 17, inside the church of Rennes-le-Château, to be the biggest non-event of the entire mystery. Showing the display is a complete coincidence, without significance, they argue that any further speculation on the topic is best avoided.
2 Jan 2008, 15:16
The world is quickly running out of places where the Grail isn’t. The latest claim comes from Icelandic architect Thórarinn Thórarinsson. He has requested permission to start searching the area of Hrunamannahreppur. Your editor agrees that it is certainly a mysterious name. His reasoning is partially based on the consistency between da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper and an aerial photograph of the area. The theory is that the Knights Templar came to Iceland in 1217 to find a hiding place for their treasure and that Snorri Sturluson, the author of Prose Edda and other mediaeval scripts, helped them create the underground dome in Iceland’s central highlands.
1 Jan 2008, 11:11
Rennessence would like to wish you all the best for 2008. 2007 was the first full year of our operation, and from “just” a newsfeed in late 2006, we have grown to incorporate a French newsfeed, as well as offer monthly interviews, in French and English, including doyens of the mystery such as Antoine Captier and Jean-Luc Chaumeil, and world bestselling authors like Kate Mosse and Patrice Chaplin. Fireworks are in order… and there are more to come in 2008!
28 Dec 2007, 16:01
An ancient cave in Royston, England, thought to have been used by the Knights Templar for some of their initiation ceremonies, is being damaged by the weight and vibration of excessive heavy lorry traffic.
27 Dec 2007, 14:28
Glasgow historian Mark Oxbrow believes he may have found the Holy Grail: he believes it has been on display in the Louvre for several years! Mark’s curiosity was aroused when he spotted the Patene de Serpentine tucked away in the medieval section of the museum. The dish dates back to 100BC-100AD, and is, in his opinion, the best candidate for the sacred relic.
21 Dec 2007, 19:34
Radio Rennessence treats its listeners to over an hour of debate between Corjan de Raaf, Andrew Gough and Philip Coppens about everything Rennes-le-Château in 2007. They discuss all the background stories and share their most secret inside insights. If you’re interested in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château, this might well be all you need for Christmas this year.
21 Dec 2007, 10:28
Brian Kannard feels that the release of “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets” and the buzz about Dan Brown’s next book “The Solomon Key” is the perfect pretext to educate the web community about Masonic symbolism. This way, no viewer will arrive unprepared to the movie theatre.
21 Dec 2007, 10:25
The Société Perillos have dug up a postcard from Perillos’ past, which reveals some interesting insights into some ancient water features, for which they have found parallels in Rennes-les-Bains. With rumours of a subterranean lake underneath Rennes-le-Château and evidence of water points in the immediate vicinity of the church, could the article also shed light on what lies between Rennes’ church?
21 Dec 2007, 10:21
Rosslyn Chapel will enter 2008 with a total ban on photo and video recording. The new rule is a consequence of a Health & Safety Review, commissioned after some tourists had fallen, looking at their camera screens… and not where they were going. The move has already received massive criticism, some arguing it is a money-making scheme to sell postcards and other memorabilia.
12 Dec 2007, 17:22
Adrian Lodge Ph.D. returns with a sequel to his earlier analysis of the existence or not of sacred geometry in Nicolas Poussin’s celebrated painting, The Shepherds of Arcadia. Coincidence, serendipity, the writer Greg Rigby and the fallibility of memory all contribute to Adrian’s rather surprising conclusions.
7 Dec 2007, 09:41
The Société Perillos present the final part of Hammer’s Satan’s Song, discussing the finale of the book, set in Rennes-le-Château and Notre-Dame de Marceille. They find a number of inconsistencies in the account, though are unable to shake the notion that despite these problems, something seems to be going on. But what?
7 Dec 2007, 09:40
Dan Green is absolutely determined to have a Grail in Lincoln, no matter what, as attested by his latest article in which he claims that Sauniere’s model actually represents the city of Lincoln! Green states that this rather surprising conclusion is the result of coincidence and unconscious collectiveness. It will therefore not come as a coincidence that his claims will be seen as controversial, at best.
4 Dec 2007, 15:37
Pursuing the example of the competition to elect new seven wonders of the world, the Charles Fort Institute has decided to organise a competition to select the ‘Seven Fortean Wonders of the World’. One of the short-listed wonders is Rennes-le-Château, which in the first round of a three-part competition, is in competition with pyramids, crystal skull, Atlantis… and even the Loch Ness monster.
2 Dec 2007, 17:03
The Société Perillos continue their expose of Hammer-Kaatee’s ‘Satan’s Song’, by revealing whom some of the intelligence agents are that allegedly spurred Tom R. onwards, in efforts to uncover the Arma Christi. Some, like Donovan, were indeed Knights; others, like Henry Luce, had connections to the Just Judges.
29 Nov 2007, 14:31
On the Daily Grail, Rennes-les-Bains resident Marcus Williamson has released an obituary for Holy Blood, Holy Grail author Richard Leigh, who passed away on 21 November. Williamson, who earlier wrote an obituary for alleged Priory-of-Sion Grandmaster Pierre Plantard, recounts how Leigh came to the UK to become a literary writer and ended up co-writing a non-fiction bestseller.
29 Nov 2007, 14:27
In an interview with New York Times, Italian author Umberto Eco denies having an interest in the Kabbalah, alchemy and other occult practices. The author states ‘I wrote the grotesque representation of these kind of people’ and calls Dan Brown one of the creatures he created. Eco is known best as the author of the highbrow murder mystery ‘The Name of the Rose’. He’s also a prolific political commentator whose essays have now been collected in a book,’Turning Back the Clock’, in which he warns against the dangers of ‘media populism’.
29 Nov 2007, 13:43
A sequel to the blockbuster thriller “The Da Vinci Code” is set to lift the veil on mysterious Freemason symbols carved into the very fabric of the historic streets and buildings of the US capital. Novelist Dan Brown has set the new adventures of his hero, scholar-adventurer Robert Langdon, right in the heart of Washington, which could reveal some astonishing facts for history buffs. Washington has strong historic roots in Freemasonry, an old and widespread fraternity which traditionally practised secret rituals. The first US president after whom the city is named, George Washington, was a Mason, as were his fellow founding fathers James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, plus James Hoban, the architect of the White House.
28 Nov 2007, 22:03
Few orders are as famous, and rich, as the Order of Malta. BibliOdyssey presents an overview of the tombs of their grandmasters, portraying the wealth of the order and the influence of its members, which today are still by invitation only and count 12,000, spread over 100 countries.
28 Nov 2007, 21:59
The Smithsonian Magazine sent its reporters to Ethiopia, to visit the local Christian community, who for more than one decade have become the centrepiece of attention, following Graham Hancock’s book on the possibility that they harbour the Ark of the Covenant.
28 Nov 2007, 12:52
It has been confirmed that the Rennes-le-Château Mayoral elections will be held on the 9th of March 2008, at which time the majority vote winning team will be decided and subsequently ratified on the 16th of March. Rennessence has learned that the opposition party has 10 of its 11 members confirmed, including 4 non-French residents (1 English, 2 Dutch and 1 Belgian) and 6 French members. The 11th member has yet to be named. The Opposition Party, which includes Jean Luc Robin, has agreed to promote the team member who receives the most votes to the office of Major, but would like to stress that if elected, they will govern as a team. One of the first things the Opposition Team would like to establish, if elected, is a Trust to ensure that RLC is restored and maintained to the highest quality.
27 Nov 2007, 19:34
News has reached us that Richard Leigh passed away on 21st November of this year. Leigh was best known for his co-authorship on the best-seller The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (1982) together with Henry Lincoln and Michael Baigent. In February 2006 Baigent and Leigh filed a case against Random House, publisher of the book The Da Vinci Code, on charges of plagiarism by Dan Brown. They eventually lost the case. Leigh wanted to be remembered as a writer of novels like Erceldoune & Other Stories and Gray Magic. Thanks to Mariano Tomatis and Demian Lee Kusturiza for reporting this.
26 Nov 2007, 19:10
Four members of an underground “cultural guerrilla” movement known as the Untergunther, whose purpose is to restore France’s cultural heritage, were cleared on Friday of breaking into one of Paris’ best known 18th-century monuments in a plot worthy of Dan Brown or Umberto Eco. For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the Panthéon’s unsuspecting security officials, a group of intrepid “illegal restorers” set up a secret workshop and lounge in a cavity under the building’s famous dome. Under the supervision of group member Jean-Baptiste Viot, a professional clockmaker, they pieced apart and repaired the antique clock that had been left to rust in the building since the 1960s. Only when their clandestine revamp of the elaborate timepiece had been completed did they reveal themselves.
24 Nov 2007, 15:02
In the fourth instalment of the Satan’s Song series on Société Perillos, Filip Coppens puts all the pieces of the puzzle together to find a big overlap in recent research by completely different sources and from different directions. It appears the real powerbrokers behind the mystery of Rennes-le-Château can now be identified better than ever before.
23 Nov 2007, 21:41
American Grialdiary blogger Brian Kannard is requesting everyone with an interest in the history of the Knights Templar to sign a petition “to call upon the Pope and the Catholic Church to officially exonerate the Knights Templar from heresy charges leveled against them after 13 Oct 1307″. This petition will be delivered to the Vatican on 18 March 08, the day Jacque DeMolay and de Charney were burned at the stake.
23 Nov 2007, 21:33
What to think of this? It’s claimed a Californian diamond dealer recently found a diamond with a perfect natural Templar Cross inside.The diamond in question is almost 3 carats in weight and a natural greenish color. No photos are available yet. The press release reads like a cheap marketing trick, but you read it here, in case miracles exist.
23 Nov 2007, 21:22
The original chest of the Ark of the Covenant has been in Kenya since the year 1210 AD, according to James Kamweru, a Kenyan tour operator. In an article, the writer reveals that the Mt Kenya is regarded as a God’s Mountain. It is in there the Ark is kept according to the writer. The shrines therein are held in trust by a college of 12 seers who operate in secrecy to guard their wisdom.
22 Nov 2007, 08:39
Veteran German Rennes-le-Château researcher Peter Ernst, has published a DVD on the ancient mines in the area of Rennes-le-Château. There’s a preview of the DVD available on YouTube. Ernst crawled through an impressive number of caves and mines around the two Rennes, Bugarach and Arques to name just a few of the areas.
22 Nov 2007, 08:28
This week, Canadian-born film maker Martin Himel released his documentary ‘Archeological Minefields’, a new take on Simcha Jacobovici’s Lost Tomb of Jesus, which was released last winter. In his documentary he defuses many of Jacobovici’s arguments and calls for a more careful approach of archeological findings. Perhaps the most damning of Himel’s findings is that ossuaries were routinely reused over several generations, and that the 10 ossuaries in the Jesus tomb may have held up to 35 separate sets of bones. In the film, archaeologist Joe Zias calls it “intellectually dishonest” to suggest each box held one set of bones.
21 Nov 2007, 14:13
Jan Alain posted some pictures of the mountain of Bugarach (Pech de Thauze), seen from the sky. Bugarach, called the Mountain of God by the locals, dominates the landscapes around the two Rennes: Rennes-le-Château and Rennes-les-Bains. Countless legends are told about its mines, caves and the alleged silhouet of Joseph of Arimathea’s face at the top.
21 Nov 2007, 10:56
The Archive of the Cathedral of Barcelona preserves ten papyruses of the 6th century still not deciphered, that were found in the leather cover of the codex that is known as the Homilies of Sant Gregori, which is dated before the 8th century. In a study in Augira magazine, Montserrat Tudela, director of the research institute, stated that recent study proves the documents originated from Merovingian France. The article is in Catalan.
19 Nov 2007, 08:51
The prequel to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, has become the first big-screen casualty of the Hollywood writers’ strike. The movie is delayed by Columbia Pictures because its script needs more work, after an attempt to complete it before the strike. It had been due for release around Christmas 2008, but has now been pencilled in for May 2009.
16 Nov 2007, 23:02
Radio Rennessence interviewed best selling author Kate Mosse. After the colossal success of her first novel Labyrinth, her second book Sepulchre is cooked with ingredients of the Rennes-le-Château mystery. Mosse’s great in-depth knowledge of the landscape, the actors and the legends of the region make for a fascinating interview. Not to be missed.
16 Nov 2007, 18:59
In the third article of the Satan’s Song series, Société Perillos takes a closer look at the theft of the Just Judges, one of the panels of Van Eyck’s masterpiece The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Was this panel really a map leading to the holiest of relics? The Nazi’s certainly seemed to think so.
16 Nov 2007, 08:53
Hollywood is to fill in the Bible’s “missing years” with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who travelled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country’s caste system. The Aquarian Gospel, a $20m movie, portrays Jesus as a holy man and teacher inspired by a myriad of eastern religions in India. The Aquarian Gospel takes its name from a century-old book that examined Christianity’s eastern roots and is in its 53rd reprint.
14 Nov 2007, 18:03
Rat Scabies is the godfather of punk. He also knows a hell of a lot about Rennes-le-Château. And thanks to Christopher Dawe’s sensational book, Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail, he’s a modern day Grail hero as well. Andrew Gough met Rat in his local, the Griffin Pub in Brentford, West London, where they talked about the whole affair
11 Nov 2007, 20:29
After the Rosslyn Motet, an Italian musician and computer technician now claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting. In his book La Musica Celata (The Hidden Music) Pala describes how he found what he says are other clues in the painting that reveal the slow rhythm of the composition and the duration of each note. The result is a 40 second hymn to God that Pala said sounds best on a pipe organ.
8 Nov 2007, 09:45
Filip Coppens continues his exposé on Hammer’s Satan’s Song the Société Perillos website. In part 2, he delves into the esoteric message of Van Eyck’s The Adoration of the Lamb, which Hammer argues is a treasure map in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château.
4 Nov 2007, 10:29
Kate Mosse says her new book Sepulchre, which focuses on tarot cards, Rennes-les-Bains, old music pieces and a mysterious death, follows in the footsteps of her previous bestseller Labyrinth, winner of the Richard & Judy’s Book Club 2006.
2 Nov 2007, 17:33
Dan Green, author of two books and numerous articles about the Lincoln Cathedral Da Vinci Code (the cathedral stood in for Westminster Abbey in the film), has released a multi part video tour of the cathedral and its surroundings on YouTube. If you can’t make it to Lincoln, let YouTube – rather than Ron Howard – take you there.
2 Nov 2007, 06:46
Following on from Karl Hammer-Kaatee’s interview on Radio Rennessence, Société Perillos begin a multi-part series of the material and theories proposed in Hammer’s book. Part 1 tackles an overview of the main thrust of the book.
31 Oct 2007, 15:32
Jeff Nisbet looks into the background of The Rosslyn Motet, including previous attempts to decode the cubes as a musical code and argues that Mitchell did not arrive single-handedly at his musical masterpiece.
27 Oct 2007, 23:05
A 16 billion pixel image of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper has been posted on the internet, allowing art lovers close up details of the 15th Century work. The image is 1,600 times stronger than those taken with a typical 10 million pixel digital camera.
26 Oct 2007, 14:47
On October 25, the Vatican added another colourful chapter to the Knights Templar mythology, when it published a long-misplaced, 699-year-old papal report on the medieval holy warriors. Vatican publisher Scrinium will offer 799 copies (the 800th will go to the Pope), at $8,375 apiece, of a 1308 parchment titled Processus Contra Templarios (Trial Against the Templars), which chronicles the order’s sordid endgame: the accusations of heresy, the Templars’ defense, and Pope Clement V’s absolution of the order, before he did an about-face and eliminated it.
26 Oct 2007, 09:49
After having been lost for almost a century, a group of Catalan researchers has rediscovered the original Coumesourde stone. Discovered by Ernest Cros in 1928, the stone became one of the cornerstones of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. The Spanish team allowed Société Perillos, the premier French-language site on the subject, the scoop of publishing their discovery, including four photographs of the site. More photographs are expected to be released in the future, once the authorities have been made aware of the stone’s precise location.
25 Oct 2007, 14:44
Andrew Gough provides a new interpretation of the famous inscription on Boudet’s tombstone, which many have seen as a reference to his book, La Vraie Langue Celtique. But Gough believes the explanation may be more down to earth… or ascended to heaven?
22 Oct 2007, 21:07
Researcher Ben Hammott visited Coustaussa to look at what is left of the place where Abbé Antoine Gélis was brutally murdered in 1897. There are some great pictures in this article.
20 Oct 2007, 10:02
The second film in the National Treasure series will be released on 21st December of this year, Winter Solstice. In the movie, subtitles Book of Secrets, treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth’s diary. The movie trailer contains several Scottish Rite images.
20 Oct 2007, 09:45
Mystery Newsportal The Daily Grail has integrated the Rennessence News feed in its frontpage. We would like to thank Greg for that, it’s much appreciated! The Daily Grail is probably the largest mystery news portal in the world covering a staggering amount of mystery and scientific subjects.
19 Oct 2007, 20:15
Corjan de Raaf goes on the trail of author Karl Hammer-Kaatee’s provocative research about the holiest of relics, the Arma Christi, the Instruments of the Passion of Christ. Were the relics really guarded by Ebionites as Hammer has recently suggested and what is their relation to the Franciscans? Along the way de Raaf links up traces of the Nazis, Joan of Arc, La Sanch, stolen statues and a tragically decapitated Black Madonna. On Andrew Gough’s Arcadia.
19 Oct 2007, 20:12
Société Perillos reports how a group of Spanish researchers retraced the footsteps of Ernest Cros and recovered the real stone of Comousesourde. If this is the real thing it is spectacular news. André Douzet reports on how they found it and the Spanish connection.
13 Oct 2007, 20:49
A scottish author claims to have gone one better than Dan Brown in solving history’s greatest conspiracy theories. Jack Lawson has promised the publication of his own novel will reveal the true secret behind the Da Vinci Code. That Jesus had a “twin brother” who was crucified in his place. One of Sauniere’s documents encodes the phrase “Poussin holds the key”. Poussin’s The Sacrament Of Ordination, which hangs in the National Gallery of Scotland, shows a disciple in white with Magdalene on his right, looking at what appears to be the central Christ figure holding a key aloft. Lawson claims the disciple, who appears identical to the central figure, is actually Jesus, and the key-holder is the brother who died on the cross at Calvary. “It’s a very provocative idea,” said Lawson. “Some people will say, This guy’s a genius.’ Others will say, He’s an attention-seeking lunatic doing it for the money.’ But I wouldn’t make the claim unless there was real proof.”
12 Oct 2007, 12:51
Former French President Franois Mitterand, nicknamed ‘The Sphinx’ was said to have been involved with esoteric movements and had a more than average in Rennes-le-Chteau which he visited on official and unofficial ocassion. It is well-known that he left more than a footprint in Paris by erecting the glass Louvre Pyramid and the new National Library. Philip Coppens draws the attention to the largest of his Grand Monuments that has so far been almost completely unknown: The Axe Majeur in the Paris suburb of Cergy-Pontoise.
12 Oct 2007, 12:47
Few stones have been debated like the Stone of Coumesourde in the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. Socit Perillos gathered all versions and all stories for an interesting comparison.
11 Oct 2007, 21:22
For more than 200 years, the Knights Templars were powerful beyond the scope of most kings. With legendary fighting abilities and public discretions, they may have secured the most sought after treasures in history, according to Ian Sinclair, Grand Prior of the Scottish Knight Templars. Oct. 4, he spoke about the mysteries surrounding the Knights Templars, the Sinclair family and Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. His ancestors began building Rosslyn Chapel in 1446, after a fire devastated Roslin Castle. Several caskets of documents and other treasures were allegedly spared from the fire, and buried in the crypt 40 feet below Rosslyn Chapels foundation.
9 Oct 2007, 19:33
The Radio Rennessence October interview is with author Karl Hammer-Kaatee. Hammer caused a sensation in the Netherlands when he published his book ‘Satan’s Song’. Although a novel, Hammer states that it is the true story of a Dutch secret service art agent, Tom R., who accidentally discovered a trail from Jan van Eyck’s ‘the adoration of the Lamb’ to the Arma Christi, while he was investigating the art treasures stolen by the Nazis just after World War II. The false trail and clues he created to hide his discoveries from the CIA were, he claims, picked up by the authors of ‘Holy Blood, Holy Grail’ and lead to the region of Rennes-le-Chateau more specifically Notre-Dame de Marceille. No wonder therefore that Hammer-Kaatee is seen by many as Hollands answer to Dan Brown. Only on Radio Rennessence.
8 Oct 2007, 17:25
Set for a UK release of 31st October, bestseller author Kate Mosse’s new novel ‘Sepulchre’ centers around a brutally murdered priest in a tiny village close to the spa town of Rennes-les-Bains. The lead character of the book stumbles upon an ancient tomb in the area while researching Claude Debussy. Kate Mosse will be interviewed by Radio Rennessence about her book within the next month. Mosse previously wrote ‘Labyrinth’ about Carcassonne and the Grail.
8 Oct 2007, 17:17
The Bloodline documentary production team have issued new information about the set of coins found in Templar tomb discovered by researcher Ben Hammott. The coins discovered in the old buried chest numbered thirty and some had deteriorated to such an extent they can not be identified, others though had survived their incarceration in better condition and after cleaning some of these were identified. The coins date from 100BC all the way through to the 12th Century, many of which were in circulation in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
8 Oct 2007, 07:58
Jack Lawson, in his second book, The Joseph Secret, claims he is set to disclose the greatest secret of the past 2000 years, cracking the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau which forms the subject of the Da Vinci Code and many others. On October 13, he will disclose who really died on the cross, along with a simple proof accessible to anyone who has any version or translation of The Holy Bible.
8 Oct 2007, 07:47
Andy Gough relates his latest visit to Gerona, for the book launch of Chaplins City of Secrets. Meeting the key characters of the book in real life, including Jos and Ingrid, some of the remaining pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place and some major new pieces are unearthed; take, for example, the claim, made by Chaplin in a previous book, that Jos is Saunires grandson!
8 Oct 2007, 07:43
The possibility that Saunire was a Freemason has been one of the most hotly disputed debates. But recently, proof has emerged that the priest was indeed a Freemason. French researcher Andr Douzet provides an overview of the debate, and states the current state of play: that our favourite priest was a Freemason, and a quite important one at that.
7 Oct 2007, 19:04
As a side-effect of the war in Iraq, the United States have brought the Mandeans close to extinction. The Mandeans are the only surviving Gnostics from antiquity, cousins of the people who produced the Nag Hammadi writings like the Gospel of Thomas, a work that sheds invaluable light on the many ways in which Jesus was perceived in the early Christian period. The Mandeans have their own language (Mandaic, a form of Aramaic close to the dialect of the Babylonian Talmud), an impressive body of literature, and a treasury of cultural and religious traditions amassed over two millennia of living in the southern marshes of present day Iraq and Iran.
5 Oct 2007, 16:34
Pyramids are now being found almost everywhere: in 1994 in China; then in Caral, in Peru, Southern America; then in Northern Italy and in 2005 in Bosnia. Today, it is clear that massive pyramids are a feature of many civilizations. But they remain controversial, perhaps more so than ever. Though Egyptologists continue to argue that the Egyptian pyramids are tombs, no bodies have ever been discovered in them. None of the other pyramids are tombs either. Apart from the Mayan pyramids, which are much more recent, the other pyramids are very similar, both in shape, size and age. Does this mean that each culture developed this rather unique shape on its own, or does it mean that there was a truly global movement somewhere around 3000 BC? Philip Coppens wrote the first book to cover the new landscape of pyramids found worldwide. It describes the changed nature of the pyramid debate and offers science a challenge, but equally tries to answer some of the key messages that the last decade of pyramid discovery has brought us. It is a series of discoveries that has changed the archaeological world and extended all our horizons.
5 Oct 2007, 16:27
Occult of Personality interviewed Philip Coppens to discuss his investigations into the worlds Mysteries. They talked about how he began his career and the many amazing subjects hes covered, including the Knights Templar, Rennes le Chateau, and some of the research from his latest book, The New Pyramid Age.
4 Oct 2007, 19:46
The Vatican is planning publication of a book on the suppression of the Knights Templar, based on material from the Vatican Secret Archives. On October 25, the Vatican office of the Secret Archives will unveil the book Processus contra Templarios, containing “a previously unpublished and exclusive edition of the complete acts of the original hearing against the Knights Templar,” the Vatican has announced. Containing reproductions of the original parchment documents, the book is “the most elaborate and important publication yet undertaken” by the Archives, the Vatican states. The book will be a special collector’s edition, with only 799 copies produced.
2 Oct 2007, 19:52
During the night of Sunday, September 30, to Monday, October 1, 2007, the statue of the Black Madonna in Notre Dame de Marceille was decapitated and her golden coloured mantle stolen. Only the infant Jesus, on the arm of the Madonna, remains intact. The crime was registered around 9am on Monday when a team of electricians and Andr Fenet, member of the Association of Notre Dame de Marceille, arrived. While they entered the church, it was noted that the electricity had gone out during the night. Shortly afterwards, the decapitated statue was found.
28 Sep 2007, 11:03
The Devils Bible is the worlds biggest manuscript and now on display in Prague. It has an eventful 800-year-long history, accompanied by legends highlighting its emergence and alleged miraculous powers. The Devils Bible comprises 14 texts. Apart from the Old Testament it is also the Penitential – a manual for priests featuring the list of sins and ways of penance. Elsewhere the manuscript offers formulas to do away with diseases or to uncover and catch a thief.
28 Sep 2007, 10:53
Philip Gardiner interviewed author Oddvar Olsen. Olsen studied mystery traditions and mythology since the late 1980s, when he decided to specilalize in the knights Templar. In 2002, Olsen started The Temple, a successful periodical on the Knights Templar and related subjects.
28 Sep 2007, 10:49
When leaving Rennes-les-Bains for Bugarach, one can continue the journey towards the Gorges de Galamus, an incredible spectacle. Pilgrims considered Galamus to be the Sacred Mountain or the Holy Mountain. On Socit Perillos Andr Douzet explores this stunning site close to St. Paul-de-Fenouillet.
23 Sep 2007, 15:15
Romanian MPs have become embroiled in a row over the ownership of Bran Castle, the 14th-Century building famous for its links to the Count Dracula story. It was returned to New York architect Dominic Habsburg, a descendant of the country’s former rulers, last year after 60 years under state control. Some MPs say that process was illegal and want to stop the castle being sold. Mr Habsburg has threatened legal action, saying it would be a “dreadful injustice” to strip him of ownership. The infamous Prince Vlad “the impaler”, the real-life inspiration for Dracula, is reputed to have spent a night at Castle Bran. This connection has been a boon to the tourist industry in Romania, and MPs are keen to hold on to a prized asset.
23 Sep 2007, 13:12
In L’Affaire Jeanne d’Arc, or the Joan of Arc Affair, French investigative journalist Marcel Gay and former secret service agent Roger Senzig claim that France’s most famous virgin peasant was the illegitimate daughter of the French queen consort, Isabeau of Bavaria, who groomed her for use as a political puppet. They claim Joan was manipulated in a cover-up they call Operation Virgin. Joan was not inspired by voices from heaven to lead troops to miraculously lift the siege of Orlans and save France from English domination. Gay says she was trained for warfare, taught languages and well-educated for her mission. After her trial for heresy in 1431, she escaped, and an unknown woman was burned in her place. She later married a French knight, Robert des Armoises.
22 Sep 2007, 23:06
Rosslyn Chapel was not a unique venture: it was constructed as part of the collegiate church trend that swept through Scotland in the 1400s. One such college collegiate church is Crichton Collegiate Church, dedicated to St Mary and St Kentigern, which lies, quite literally, at the end of the road and not far from Rosslyn. Philip Coppens reports.
22 Sep 2007, 22:59
The ancient Egyptians were not the only ones to mummify their dead, according to a study that says prehistoric Scots created mummies too. Initial evidence for Scottish mummies was announced in 2005, when archaeologists unearthed three preserved bodies buried under two Bronze Age roundhouses in South Uist, Hebrides, at a site called Cladh Hallan.
22 Sep 2007, 22:56
Most aspects of the life and construction works of Brenger Saunire have been analyzed by Rennes-le-Chateau enthusiasts ad infinitum. Brain Kannard investigates what Michael Baigent calls a Scottish tartan robe in Station VIII in Saunire’s church. On Unexplained Mysteries.
22 Sep 2007, 22:47
Arcadia has evolved into a mythical, almost other worldly province in history, as if it never really existed. Greeces 2007 fires brought that image back to reality. Arcadia burned, reaffirming another association. Death. Andrew Gough toured Arcadia at the peak of the fires and discovered hope, an ancient library, a magical temple of Apollo and a wolf cult that all seemed strangely connected to Rennes-le-Chteau.
22 Sep 2007, 22:43
Everyone in the Roussillon has heard of the Babau (pronounced Babaou). The monster is often used to create panic, either real or more often for entertainment value, in small children. And it is said that the monster manifested itself in Rivesaltes a long time ago, though more than this high level overview is seldom known amongst the population at large.Socit Perillos features an article about Babau.
14 Sep 2007, 21:33
The Golden Mean, also known as the Golden Ratio, was developed as a proportional measurement by the ancient Greeks, as a way of making the most pleasing artworks. It was felt to be semi-divine, in that it seemed to show up in nature as well. On the Cabinet of Wonders.
14 Sep 2007, 21:28
Dan Green gives an unorthodox explanation for the Templecombe Panel Painting in his own remarkable way.
14 Sep 2007, 21:25
The shofar, most commonly a ram’s horn, is the only Jewish musical instrument that survived two millennia in its original form and is still used at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (10 days after Rosh Hashanah). The shofar had several religious roles recorded in the Hebrew Scrip tures, such as the transfer of the ark of the covenant; the announcement of the new moon; the begin ning of the religious new year; the Day of Atonement; the procession preparatory to the Feast of Tabernacles; the libation ceremony; and the havdalah ceremony marking the end of a festival.
14 Sep 2007, 21:19
A mysterious book of cryptic prophecies has been discovered at the National Library in Rome, and there is evidence to suggest that it is the final work of the most famous and controversial prophet in the history of the world, Nostradamus. Even more startling than the discovery of the book, though, are the warnings it contains, which were so blasphemous and frightening in their time that they may have been intentionally suppressed until now.
12 Sep 2007, 22:07
This month’s interview on Radio Rennessence is with Jean-Luc Robin. For six years, Jean-Luc ran the Hotel de la Tour, the hotel started by Noel Corbu in the Villa Bethania in Rennes-le-Chteau. Recently, Robin wrote a book on life in Rennes-le-Chteau, as well as his views on the mystery. He reveals an interesting theory about the Cathar book of Love.
11 Sep 2007, 17:40
The title of the new Indiana Jones adventure, now in production under the direction of Steven Spielberg, is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it was revealed today by actor Shia LaBeouf. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skul will be released worldwide on Thursday, May 22, 2008.
11 Sep 2007, 17:35
Jeff Nisbet reveals his latest research on Rosslyn Chapel and finds a new angle.
8 Sep 2007, 10:14
To be interested in Perillos without any mention of Opoul, is hardly possible, seeing that geography has made one intimately linked with the other. Indeed, today, Opoul-Perillos is something of a marriage, engineered when the latter was abandoned and many of its residents decided to settle in Opoul. It was a marriage of convenience, if not necessity. But despite this marriage, which was made official in 1972, their history was not always so intimate. Socit Perillos examines the history of the plateau and the things it carried.
2 Sep 2007, 09:32
They are both claimed to have been born in Scotland. This time it’s Merlin’s turn. Scottish advocate Adam Ardrey has written a tome which claims to reveal for the first time the truth about the man described as tutor to King Arthur. Ardrey, a former SNP candidate, stumbled upon the connection when he was researching the history of his family name at the National Library of Scotland. Fashionably, he argues that since Merlin’s death his real story has been suppressed by Christian writers.
2 Sep 2007, 09:29
Israeli archaeologists charged that digging overseen by Islamic religious leaders at a hotly disputed Jerusalem holy site damaged a wall that might date back to the Bible. Islamic authorities responsible for Haram as-Sharif, known to Jews as Temple Mount, said digging a trench was necessary to replace 40-year-old electrical cables. They called the Israeli group’s charges on Thursday sheer propaganda. The hilltop compound is a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Home to the silver-domed Al Aqsa Mosque and gold-capped Dome of the Rock, it is Islam’s third-holiest shrine. Jews revere it as the location of the two biblical Jewish temples, making it the holiest site in Judaism.
1 Sep 2007, 09:25
The Templar Globe is the official bulletin blog of the International Chancellery of the Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani Universalis. The present OSMTHU claims no direct link or descent from the historical Templar Order, but can trace their existence as a templar inspired Order back to the early XVIII century. Chancellor Luis Matos today published the next part in a good series of articles on the Templars in Portugal.
1 Sep 2007, 09:15
Dr. Paul Courrent is fondly remembered in Rennes-les-Bains, where a garden in the centre of the town has been named after him. What is less known, is that he was a primary witness in the last few days of Saunires life, and thus may have stumbled upon one or more deathbed confessions of Saunire, if there were any. Interestingly, following the own doctors death more than three decades later, an interesting archive was stolen from his home, which could be directly linked with the mystery. On Soct Perillos.
29 Aug 2007, 21:17
Another article on the Ark is on the blog of Safar e Hadaiayt. He brings an unusual Islamic take on the story which makes for a very interesting read.
29 Aug 2007, 21:13
We were Christian for over a thousand years before Christ, Abba Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, declared nonplused. We have been Christian since Queen Makeda, the biblical Sheba, visited King Solomon in Jerusalem to partake of his wisdom and returned to Ethiopia with the Ark of the Covenant, containing the actual stone tablets of the Ten Commandments God gave Moses.
28 Aug 2007, 22:15
Recently, a member of the RLC Archive forum discovered a set of Stations of the Cross in the church of St. Jean d’Alcas that appear to have been made with the identical moulds as those used in Rennes-le-Chteau. It had long been argued that Abb Saunire had his stations made exclusively for his church in Rennes-le-Chteau. A photographer went to the small town near Millau to look for himself and kindly sent his photos to Ben Hammott who has put the stations of St. Jean besides those of Rennes-le-Chteau for you to study the differences.
28 Aug 2007, 22:05
The church of Notre Dame du Cros, linked to the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau by Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia, oddly has no Stations of the Cross but a life-size Rosary outside the church. In three groups of 5 little chapels the Stations of teh Rosary tell about the mysteries of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Rennes-le-Chteau Archive has an interesting article about it and some great photos. The article is in French.
28 Aug 2007, 15:48
Several researchers report a new grave stone in the graveyard of Rennes-le-Bains. Mariano Tomatis has some great pictures of it and its location. The stone that is adorned with a granite or marble ball carries the inscription: SIDI BABA EST MORT E LA MORT PLUS RIEN NE MEURT EST MORT E L’ME PLUS RIEN NE VIT JEAN PAUL MARIE DE MAGDALA.
25 Aug 2007, 07:49
In the second part of the article series in which Socit Perillos examines Abb Saunire’s whereabouts in Lyon, it is described what he did there that he couldn’t do in Rennes-le-Chteau.
22 Aug 2007, 20:20
Michel Lamy’s forthcoming new book handles the lesser known side of Jules Verne. Prolific author and pioneer of the science fiction novel, Verne also possessed a hidden side that was encrypted into all his works. his active participation in the occult milieu of late-nineteenth-century France. Among the many esoteric secrets to be found are significant clues to the Rennes-le-Chteau mystery, including the location of a great treasure in the former Cathar region of France and the survival of the heirs to the Merovingian dynasty. Vernes books also reveal Rosicrucian secrets of immortality, and some are constructed, like Mozarts The Magic Flute, in accordance with Masonic initiation.
21 Aug 2007, 18:13
Corjan de Raaf contemplates Jean Cocteau’s last great work, the enchanting Chapel of Notre Dame de Jrusalem, in Part II of his Last Message of the Initiate opus. In addition to a thoughtful analysis of Cocteau’s final masterpiece, de Raaf provides a stunning 360 degree panorama of the Chapel murals, not to be missed.
21 Aug 2007, 17:14
The Charles Fort Institute want to establish the Seven Fortean Wonders of the World, the places and artefacts that are most steeped in mystery. Rennes-le-Chteau has been placed at the very top of the suggested candidates list. You have until the end of September 2007 to get your vote in so make yourself heard!
21 Aug 2007, 17:11
La Salette first came to notice a little more than 150 years ago, in September 1846, when two illiterate peasant children, 15 year old Melanie Mathieu and Maximin Giraud, 11, reported a remarkable vision they claimed to have experienced while herding cattle on a bleak mountainside some 6,000 feet above sea level. There have been some interesting developments in the La Salette case since the rediscovery in the fabled Vatican archives, of the original text of two secrets purportedly imparted to Melanie and Maximin in 1846.
21 Aug 2007, 17:07
UFO Area sums up all the known facts and the history of the Shroud of Turin so far.
20 Aug 2007, 13:48
Scotland’s most famous conspiracy theory took another twist at the weekend as a photographer told The Courier how he was called out in the middle of the night to take snaps of the real Stone of Destiny. The photographer also revealed details of a nationalist plot to keep the famous artefact and symbol of independence hidden from the English. He claims to have been called out in the dead of night to take the picture as the stone was moved from one secret location to another. Apparently only seven people know the whereabouts of the real stone. When contacted by The Courier a Scottish Executive spokeswoman insisted the real stone remains on display in the capital.
19 Aug 2007, 09:56
Researcher Ben Hammott went to the village of Mouthoumet, near Arques and examined the Stations of the Cross. They are the nearest thing to the Stations of the Cross in Rennes-le-Chteau we have seen so far. However, the devil appears to be in the details.
18 Aug 2007, 11:57
Rennes-le-Chteau Archive has some new pictures of the church of Notre Dame dus Cros, the church so tightly linked to the Basilica of Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux. There are many remarkable parallels and a big role for Abb Henri Boudet. The article is in French.
17 Aug 2007, 11:05
Socit Perillos is starting a series of articles, detailing Abb Saunire’s dealings in the French city of Lyon. Saunires records, including his expenses, were discovered upon Maries death. Claire Corbu and Antoine Captier, in ‘The Heritage of Abb Saunire’, state how the period between 1898 and 1900 were quiet years. It is clear that his primary interest was elsewhere, and the Lyon episode fills in this quiet episode of his known life neatly. It is clear that he kept the Lyon episode strictly separate from his Rennes-le-Chateau life, with most likely only Marie knowing the whereabouts of her master.
17 Aug 2007, 11:01
Megiddo is only the latest in a series of recent digs in the Near East revealing a more complex history of the early Christian era. Near the Red Sea in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, archaeologists have uncovered what the dig director, Thomas Parker of North Carolina State University, argues is a pre-Constantinian prayer hall. At Capernaum, just an hour’s drive from Megiddo, Franciscan monks believe they have excavated a pilgrimage site dating to as early as the first century A.D. on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Such discoveries are unusual; the only undisputed early Christian worship site is at Dura Europas, on the Euphrates River in modern Syria, which was excavated in the 1920s and ’30s by French and American teams. How the most recently discovered sites were used and dated, however, is hotly contested.
17 Aug 2007, 10:57
CBS has ordered an adventure drama pilot from Jerry Bruckheimer, the prolific producer of ‘Pirates of the Carribean’. The untitled show revolves around freelance treasure hunters. Reiff, a history buff who holds New York University degrees in film and history, described the project as an A-class network version of an archaeology adventure show. The relics, the treasures on it will run the gamut from biblical and ancient history though medieval and Renaissance times up to modern days.
17 Aug 2007, 10:45
Tucked away in Clerkenwell in the heart of old London, close to Smithfield meat market and ignored by office workers as they scurry past, is a remarkable link with the Crusades: it is St Johns Gate, which, with the nearby Grand Priory Church, is all that remains of the English headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, one of the two great Crusader orders. On Templar Globe.
15 Aug 2007, 22:53
Recently Google added new High Resolution photos to the Google Earth application. Perillos is among the areas that are now displayed in high detail. You can now fly 100 metres over the Plateau d’Opoul, the ruined village and everything else and have a very close and razorsharp look at the beautiful landscape. A note from the editor: it can also be used for aerial treasure hunting.
13 Aug 2007, 16:29
Amidst the flood of written material on Rennes-le-Chteau, a satirical magazine has popped up. It’s called ‘l’Echo du Plateau’. I am not sure if that is a joke. Don’t expect any breakthrough insights but it is certainly original. The magazine is in French.
13 Aug 2007, 16:18
Persecution drove the warrior monks of the Middle Ages to Tomar in Portugal. There, Richard Robinson finds, they built their Camelot.Templar Globe travelled there and reports.
12 Aug 2007, 10:53
We have to make some tough decisions here sometimes as to what is news related to the mystery or not. This one will certainly grab you by the throat. A German genealogist claims that Paris Hilton is a descendant of Charlemagne and thus has Merovingian blood. According to Dr. Ralf Jahn, Charlemagne is her ‘platinum father’, apparently meaning 41 times her great-granddad. Her line apparently also includes Zsa Zsa Gabor. Makes you wonder what happened to all that Holy Blood if Lincoln, Baigent and Leigh were right.
12 Aug 2007, 10:43
If you manage to find your way through the advertisements, the archaeology section of about.com has quite an interesting article by the now late archaeologist Stuart Munro-Hay from 1998 about his excavations of the royal tombs in Aksum, Ethiopia. According to some, it is the last resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.
12 Aug 2007, 10:37
It’s been said before in this spot that Sir Isaac Newton had a more than average interest in alchemy and was obsessed with the bible. Neatorama sums it all up and reveals that according to Newton Armageddon will happen in 2060. We will of course report to you when that happens.
10 Aug 2007, 10:53
Sitting in the shadow of the hill on top of which Rennes-le-Chteau is based, one might have the false impression that Couiza is less important than Rennes-le-Chteau. In fact, it is the other way around. Even today, every inhabitant of Rennes-le-Chteau needs to descend the 4.5 kilometre road to arrive in Couiza, where all purchases, whether it is bread, meat or a newspaper, needs to occur. Couiza was also the town nearest to Rennes-le-Chteau that has a train service and hence a key location for Saunire, who is known to have enjoyed travelling. Socit Perillos takes us inside the church of Couiza and deflates the common misconception that Saunire’s stations of the cross are identical copies of those in the church there.
9 Aug 2007, 10:08
It was recently claimed Leonardo da Vinci used a mirroring technique to conceal the image of a woman and child in his last supper. The claim was greeted with much doubt about his technical capability. How could Leonardo have done this in an age with no Photoshop? The principle has triggered more mirroring research by other researchers. The most interesting example is Brian Kannard who mirrored and superimposed Poussin’s Shepherds of Arcadia. It’s a likely candidate since the painting exists in a mirrored state in various locations, e.g. on the Shughborough monument. No wild claims are made but it looks very much like it’s a Sacred Heart or a Chalice the shepherds are pointing at.
8 Aug 2007, 21:36
Researcher Corjan de Raaf ventures to the South of France to examine two chapels decorated by the initiate Jean Cocteau. In this, the first of two articles dedicated to his findings, Raaf examines the Alpha and Omega of Cocteaus magnificent murals and discovers a hidden pentagram along the way.
7 Aug 2007, 17:09
Lying in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain in relative obscurity compared to its more famous cousin, the Sudarium presents a better provenance and history than the Shroud and may be the sole surviving relic of the crucifixion that has made it to modern times. Measuring 34″ by 21″, the Sudarium is a bloodstained cloth purported to have covered the head of Jesus of Nazareth after his burial. We know that the person who wore the Sudarium died a violent death consistent with crucifixion. We know it dates from at least the 6th century, probably before. And we know that the cloth was in Jerusalem. The one question that remains is who’s head did it cover.
6 Aug 2007, 16:18
On Beyond the Blog: No occult figure is more puzzling than the Count Saint Germain. Always dressed in black, but decorated by diamond jewellery, Saint Germain first appears in Vienna about 1740 when he moves in high circles after curing a French Marshal of illness. Generally thought of as a charlatan today, he spent most of his life creating laboratories, where he was said to have achieved the Great Work of the alchemist – to produce the Philosophers Stone which turned base metals into gold, and the Elixir of Life, which gave him immortality.
6 Aug 2007, 11:05
Grailseekers interviewed George Smart, author of ‘The Templar Chronology’. Georges book is a reference to events surrounding the Templars, from the beginnings of the Orders history to modern times.
5 Aug 2007, 17:56
Bruce Burgess and Ren Barnett have unveiled some of the content of their controversial and eagerly anticipated production Bloodlines on Rennessence Radio. They provided details on their hunt for members of the Priory of Sion and how they lowered cameras into the controversial tomb discovered by Ben Hammot somewhere in the vicinity of Rennes-le-Chteau. Burgess and Barnett state that their production will go into circulation in November 2007, and will tackle various aspects of the enigma.
5 Aug 2007, 17:28
This weekend, a French version of Radio Rennessence has been launched. Radio Rennessence France was created to satisfy the growing information demand of the large French speaking Rennes-le-Chteau community. Rather than being a copy of the English internet Radio Station, all content will be original and in the French language. As a first guest, Andr Douzet was interviewed. This launch also means that there is now an independent French language Rennessence RSS feed.
4 Aug 2007, 20:10
After the recent explosion of press and controversy over Slavisa Pesci’s discovery of hidden images in Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’, author Derek Bair is claiming to have made this same discovery last year already. An article about Derek and his discoveries was posted on unexplained-mysteries.com back in September 2006. He explains the process and how he discovered it in chapter 3 of his book, ‘Discovering Da Vinci’s Daughter’, which also has other discoveries relating to Leonardo Da Vinci and specifically the Mona Lisa, which are posted on his web site http://www.itsjustlife.com. His book can be read on his website in its entirety for free.
4 Aug 2007, 20:02
On the ‘Born a Templar Knight’ Blog, a blog is posted about the link between the Turin Shroud and Jacques de Molay. Contrary to the findings of Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas in their book ‘The Second Messiah’, it is claimed there is no link.
1 Aug 2007, 20:36
Andr Douzet is a household name in the study of Rennes-le-Chteau, yet the English speaking world know conspicuously little of his real views and opinions, outside of his books. Now for the first time the controversial researcher speaks out candidly, and promises that hard evidence in support of his proactive theories is on its way. For the first time, we are shown a small piece of one of Abb Saunire’s letters to the foundry of the now famous and controversial model, allegedly leading to a location near the ruined village of Perillos.
1 Aug 2007, 11:08
Rennes-le-Chteau archive gives an introduction top Sacred Geometry. The reason being that it is omnipresent in the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. From Saunire’s garden to Henry Lincoln’s discovery of a giant pentacle in the landscape. The article is in French.
30 Jul 2007, 22:23
Recently Roger-Ren Dagobert passed away. Roger-Ren Dagobert was a man of controversy. First of all, his name was often believed to be a pseudonym, as Dagobert was such a key figure in the mystery. But it was his real name, a descendant of General Dagobert. He was a retired architect who lived in Nantes and Cascastel. He spent twenty years researching his family, specifically mapping the concessions of mines his ancestors received in the region, and noting how his family were one of the more important, and lesser known, players in the enigma. Though his historical research was often held to be in high regard, Dagobert was also known as something of a character, often known to create wild accusation that were based on flights of fancy, and making furious,sometimes physically violent, attacks on people. A colorful researcher has been lost.
29 Jul 2007, 11:08
Rennes-le-Chteau Archive reports on the gathering of 17th July in Notre Dame de Marceille and Rennes-les-Bains. Many French researchers and authors showed up including Franck Daffos, Jean-Luc Chaumeil, Thierry Garnier, Christian Doumergue and Jean Brunelin. There are many photos in the sympathetic report of what must have been a very interesting day. The article is in French.
29 Jul 2007, 10:39
Austrian Assyriologist Michael Jursa recently discovered the financial record of a donation made a Babylonian chief official, Nebo-Sarsekim. The find may lend new credibility to the Book of Jeremiah, which cites Nebo-Sarsekim as a participant in the siege of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. The tablet is dated to 595 B.C., which was during the reign of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar II. Coming to the throne in 604 B.C., he marched to Egypt shortly thereafter, and initiated an epoch of fighting between the two nations. During the ongoing struggle, Jerusalem was captured in 597, and again in 587-6 B.C. It was at this second siege that Nebo-Sarsekim made his appearance.
29 Jul 2007, 10:34
Southern Knight reports that the Vatican has opened a portion of their Secret Archives on-line. You can now check out historical documents for yourself like the Parchment of Chinon, the absolution of Pope Clement V of the leading members of the Templar Order.
29 Jul 2007, 10:31
Entre dos Mundos has some photos of the Blue Apples phenomenon in Notre Dame de Marceille and Rennes-le-Chteau.
29 Jul 2007, 10:27
Nestled at the foot of Syria’s coastal mountains, an ancient citadel has been put on the tourist map by restoration and excavation that revealed mysteries of the medieval Assassins sect, once based here. Saladin, the great Muslim leader, laid siege to Masyaf castle in the 12th century. But he thought twice before launching an assault on the Assassins, who had a reputation for mounting daring operations to slay their foes. Anyone who tried to take the Assassins’ castle would be dead the next day, said Haytham Ali Hasan, an archaeologist involved in the restoration project.
28 Jul 2007, 08:49
A new theory that Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’ might hide within it a depiction of Christ blessing the bread and wine has triggered so much interest that Web sites connected to the picture have crashed. Slavisa Pesci, an information technologist and amateur scholar, says superimposing the “Last Supper” with its mirror-image throws up another picture containing a figure who looks like a Templar knight and another holding a small baby. Experts are skeptical.
28 Jul 2007, 08:49
The French branch of Socit Perillos is issuing 33 exact replicas of the controversial Saunire Model. Discovered by researcher Andr Douzet, the inverse of this model is said to represent an area near the ruined village of Perillos near Perpignan. In this area Douzet found two tombs. On the model they are enigmatically called the tombs of Christ and Joseph of Arimathea. The one indicated as the tomb of Christ was never opened. The replicas will cost EUR 495,- and come with copies of part of the accompanying letters, written by Brenger Saunire to the model maker in the early 1900’s.
24 Jul 2007, 22:05
Brian Kannard discusses the Stone of Destiny. There is one common thread that holds most monarchies together. Bloodlines, royal jewels, ceremonies, and associated pomp all boil down to a feeling of tradition that monarchies bring to their subjects. Often one, or more, of these elements become as important as the monarch themselves. The Stone of Scone, sometimes called the Stone of Destiny, can certainly be placed in this class. The Stone has been a part of the Scottish and English coronation ceremonies since at least 847.
24 Jul 2007, 22:02
One of Scotland’s most important lost historic sites, the ancient abbey where Robert the Bruce is believed to have been crowned on the Stone of Destiny, has been rediscovered. Archaeologists using sophisticated magnetic imaging technology have traced the exact location of Scone Abbey, the ancient seat of ecclesiastical and royal power where Scottish kings were inaugurated for four centuries. The find could eventually pave the way for excavations to begin to reveal the remains. Thanks to Southern Knight.
19 Jul 2007, 19:04
Philip Coppens tackles the mystery of Gisors, focusing on the events that unfolded in the shadow of its keep after WWII. Following enigmatic excavations by a local caretaker, Roger Lhomoy, Pierre Plantard descended on the town, followed by De Sde, resulting in two official excavation campaigns by the French government. The controversial events would soon shift focus to Rennes-le-Chteau and the creation of the Priory of Sion.
19 Jul 2007, 19:02
Andr Douzet delves into the apparition of strange glyphs, based on the number 777, that appeared all over France in 1994, but which were specifically present in Rennes-le-Chteau and Rennes-les-Bains. It is a totally forgotten, but nevertheless highly enigmatic, series of events, in which those responsible were never caught, despite a nation-wide police search.
19 Jul 2007, 08:07
John Harper has a guest article on Andrew Goughs website, The Secret origins revealed, in which he unveils what he considers to be the true nature of those miracles that everyone speaks about: from apparitions to well-known biblical miracles, Harper poses questions where others have remained flabbergasted.
19 Jul 2007, 08:03
The Scotsman has included Rosslyn Chapel as one of Scotlands top five mysteries together with Rudolf Hess flight to Scotland, Freemasonry, the Falkirk Triangle and of course the Loch Ness Monster. The newspaper specifically includes it for its symbolic carvings and imagery, as well as its inclusion in The Da Vinci Code, which implied the name Rosslyn came from Rose Line and that the chapel was a haven of direct bloodline descendants from a union between Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
19 Jul 2007, 08:00
This new book about the Celtic Church in Norway may seem off topic, but when it tackles a Sacred Pentagram, it is clear that Harald S. Boehlke has been influenced by Lincolns findings both in Rennes-le-Chteau and Bornholm. His findings in Norway (with Scottish connections) are fresh and substantive and will grip both the Rennes-le-Chteau enthusiast and history buff alike.
13 Jul 2007, 07:01
William Henry reports on his quest to recreate the sacred science that was lost with the abolishment of the Knights Templars in 1307, a quest that took him to Rennes-le-Chteau. He reports on rumours how there is apparently a continued attempt to suppress this information, and that the mayor is apparently in league with Catholic extremists, possibly Opus Dei and the papacy, working to conceal features in the church that are vitally important to this quest.
13 Jul 2007, 05:55
On the eve of St Peters feast day, the inhabitants of Perillos performed a remarkable ritual. Socit Perillos decided to turn this into an experiment. In their efforts to uncover the reason why this unique tradition came to be, they found some intriguing clues in Rennes-le-Chteau and its infamous priest, Saunire.
10 Jul 2007, 10:34
Mariano Tomatis Antoniono this time amazes by publishing a 3D photo of the Rennes-les-Bains cemetery to aid your research. In 1982 J.-P.Deloux and J.Brtigny published the picture of a painting with a bishop and two priests; in the background you could see a cross, the church of Rennes-les-Bains and a mountain. According to the authors, it would have been a clue left by Henri Boudet on a path towards le Cap-de-l’Homme, where a standing stone with the face of king Dagobert (according to Pierre Plantard) had been found. The alignment can be seen in the cemetery of Rennes-les-Bains (and found in Grard de Sde’s L’Or de Rennes). With the 3D photo (and a pair of 3D spectacles) you can now really jump into the picture and see for yourself.
7 Jul 2007, 21:55
Klaas van Urk is known as the Indiana Jones of the lowlands. He is the real deal, including the wax coat and the hat. Radio Rennessence interviewed the sympathetic Dutch Rennes-le-Chteau researcher who has so far been known only in the Netherlands, Belgium and a small but exquisite circle of long time researchers. His quest for the Ark of the Covenant led him to some highly original discoveries. By exploring a string of strange events he uncovered an astonishing tale that reads like a detective novel. What was Otto Rahn doing in Alet-les-Bains and what where the Germans digging for?
7 Jul 2007, 10:24
It has long been thought there existed only one photo of Abb Henri Boudet, the priest of Rennes-les-Bains who is intrinsicly linked to the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau. Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia, today published a new photo of Boudet taken by a villager in 1915, shortly before his death. The image has been coloured in digitally to give a realistic view of what Henri looked like at the age of 78.
7 Jul 2007, 08:00
The quintessential Renaissance man, with personas ranging from architect to zoologist, Leonardo da Vinci was also something of a cryptographer, and much attention has been given his various codes, both real and imagined, the latter most famously in Dan Browns popular mystery novel, The Da Vinci Code (2003). On Skeptical Inquirer, Joe Nickell investigates if Leonardo did indeed code his work and how he could have done so.
6 Jul 2007, 19:11
On Socit Perillos Filip Coppens presents the third article in the Marian Era articles. From 1830 to 1984, there seems to have been a clear mission statement, in which apparitions to young girls resulted in messages and prophecies that made their way to the Pope, who acted accordingly. All of this happened within an apocalyptic concept, with references to Great Monarchs, Satan, etc. So what was the scheme, who were the prophets and how does it tie in with the mystery at hand?
5 Jul 2007, 09:17
Andr Douzet is a controversial figure among Rennes-le-Chteau researchers. His greatest coup is the discovery of a topographical model, commissioned by Saunire that reveals the location of two tombs; that of Jesus Christ and his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, according to notations on the model. Andr alone has placed the location of the two tombs near the abandoned village of Perillos, outside of Perpignan, and remains the only researcher in modern times to have visited each. Andrew Gough decided to go visit Andr at his home near Perillos where he was treated to a home-cooked dinner and was shown some of the amazing artefacts Andr has gathered during his research.
5 Jul 2007, 08:00
Italian researcher Mariano Tomatis has started a great initiative to make all Rennes-le-Chteau documentation from the Aude archives available on the internet. This way he hopes to create a complete overview of news about the mystery from Saunire’s time up to the present day. Everyone who visits the area is invited to join the project and help to build up the online archive. THere are detailed multi-language instructions on Mariano’s website.
1 Jul 2007, 21:00
On 24th June, internationally renowned Dutch journalist Bob Kroon passed away at the age of 82. Kroon interviewed a large number of political leaders and celebrities ranging from Charles de Gaule and Indonesian presidents Sukarno and Suharto to Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra and Peter Ustinov. He worked for Times Magazine and the Herald Tribune. Few people know that Bob was also one of the two men who bought the Saunire estate in Rennes-le-Chteau from Henry Buthion in 1993. It was them who asked Jean-Luc Robin to run the estate on their behalf in 1995. In 2000 they sold it on to the Rennes-le-Chteau municipal council.
1 Jul 2007, 20:49
Franck Daffos has long been known for his original research into the enigmatic church of Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux and its links to the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau. French Webzine ‘La Lettre de Thot’ (Thot’s Letter), has an interview with Franck about his new book. The interview is in French.
1 Jul 2007, 20:20
Ben Hammott visits the Limoux cemetery to visit the tomb of the Gallibert family. They were once buried in the tomb at Les Pontils, believed by some to be the tomb depicted by Nicolas Poussin in his painting Les Bergers d’Arcadie (the Shepherds of Arcadia).
30 Jun 2007, 11:12
The publishers of City of Secrets have launched a new website devoted to Patrice Chaplins book. In addition to an interesting video interview with Chaplin, the website showcases two pictures of Rennes-le-Chteau priests in Girona; one of Brenger Saunire and another of his brother, Alfred. The photos are notorious insomuch as their existence has been whispered since the book was first released. The tampered photos are thought to be the work of Society members upset that their existence has been exposed. Chaplin recognised the photos as fakes and wisely excluded them from her book. Unknowingly, they have been unveiled on the web site by her publishers. The website is still a work in progress.
29 Jun 2007, 07:25
Socit Perillos tackle Saunires interest in one of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, appearing in rue du Bac, in the very heart of Paris. For experts, it marked the beginning of the Marian Era, which in the eyes of some could be identified with the Apocalypse! Was that the reason why Saunire worked the Miraculous Medal into a stained glass window of the Villa Bethania?
29 Jun 2007, 07:20
Jean-Luc Robins French bestselling book, Saunires Secret, is now available in English. The book is all the more remarkable as the translation was done by Rennes-le-Chteau icon Henry Lincoln. Saunires Secret is a favourite amongst Rennes-le-Chteau villagers due to its honest and un-sensational portrayal of the mystery. At the same time, it also presents intriguing new evidence for the involvement of the Hapsburgs in Saunires discovery.
29 Jun 2007, 07:13
Andy Gough boldly goes where Patrice Chaplin has gone before. In an effort to validate and acquire more material that proves Saunire visited the Spanish city of Girona, Gough travelled there, to visit the sites discussed in City of Secrets. But he does much more, including speaking with some of the characters, and even opening a new dimension, which Chaplin does not tackle in her book: La Sang.
28 Jun 2007, 10:12
Mariano Tomatis Antoniono reveals that the infamous Great Parchment was created after 1759. The key to the decodation is known as The Knight’s Move, a mathematical problem involving a knight on a chessboard. Many variations on this topic have been studied by mathematicians, including Euler in 1759. Analysis of the techniques to be used to decode the parchment reveals the technique used has to postdate Euler’s methods.
28 Jun 2007, 08:36
The latest issue of Minerva magazine features new research by archaeologist and explorer Dr Sean Kingsley, claiming to have solved the age-old mystery of the fate of the pair of Cherubim statues, which once flanked and protected the Ten Commandments in Solomon’s Temple. Like the rest of the Temple treasure of Jerusalem, the Cherubim are believed to have been destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 BC. Their memory was thought to have died with them, however Dr Kingsley believes he has found evidence not only for the survival of replicas of the cherubim in Jerusalem in the Roman period, but also what they originally looked like.
24 Jun 2007, 17:17
The ancients identified this day 24th June with the summer solstice and ascribed a mystical importance. June 24th is also the anniversary of the Scottish forces defeating the English Army at Bannockburn in 1317. Brian Kannard remembers this battle and the role of the Templars.
24 Jun 2007, 17:17
North America’s oldest church may lie beneath a small town in Newfoundland, according to information cobbled together from the research of a historian who recently died before publishing her seminal work. An Italian friar and sailing companion of explorer John Cabot erected the church during his second trip to the continent in 1498, according to the late Alwyn Ruddock, said Evan Jones, a University of Bristol researcher who investigated and pieced together Ruddock’s notes.
23 Jun 2007, 19:14
Ben Hammott today published an outline of how he found a second bottle in his search for Saunire’s secret. He discovered it close to the Source de la Madeleine near Rennes-les-Bains. He apparently located it by first decyphering the clues on the parchment in the first bottle (which he found near the Devil’s Armchair in Rennes-les-Bains) which told him to map Saunire’s garden on the area. To be continued for sure..
22 Jun 2007, 21:28
Boyd Rice makes a long journey through the bible and across the world to end in Rennes-le-Chteau where Alpha and Omega are displayed on the statue of John the Baptist pouring water over Jesus’ head.
22 Jun 2007, 09:33
Radio Rennessence is now available through iTunes as a free Podcast. You now have the opportunity to always have the latest show on your iPod automatically.
22 Jun 2007, 09:33
Did, or did Saunire not know Emma Calv? The question is almost as old as the mystery itself. Officially, there is no evidence that Saunire visited Paris and we should rightfully be sceptical about the major discovery he allegedly made in 1891 that took him to St Sulpice, as we know the mystery of the priests wealth predated 1891 by several years. Socit Perillos investigates Emma Calv in the 4th Spanish Connection Article.
21 Jun 2007, 11:52
The tiny brick library in Leonardo Da Vinci’s hometown is putting 3,000 pages of the genius’ work online in a high-resolution, searchable archive. The Leonardian Library in Vinci, Tuscany, is making the Madrid Codices and the Codex Atlanticus (two collections of scientific and technical drawings) available as a free digital archive called e-Leo. The EU-financed project will also digitize the Windsor folios and 12 notebooks from the Institut de France for a total of 12,000 pages, creating the most extensive public online archive of Leonardo’s codes. Dig in and find a code of your own.
20 Jun 2007, 22:15
An Italian archaeologist, Alfredo Barbagallo, claims that the legendary Holy Grail is hidden in the catacombs under the 6th-century Roman basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls. Barbagallo believes that the Holy Grail, the chalice used at the Last Supper, is kept in a room that is now buried under the basilica. His claim is based on two years of studying medieval iconography inside the basilica. In the wake of Barbagallos claim, archeological authorities in Rome may give approval for the catacombs to be opened and examined.
20 Jun 2007, 07:56
Ben Hammott gives us a peek inside the small church of the village of Coustaussa. The small hilltop opposite the one carrying Rennes-le-Chteau was once the parish of Abb Antoine Glis. Friend and confident of Saunire, he was found viciously murdered on 1st November 1897. The circumstances of this extremely violent death were never cleared up.
20 Jun 2007, 07:56
Since April of this year, there’s a new bookshop in Rennes-le-Chteau. Situated next to the existing bookshop, Mutus Liber sells old books, including some rare and hard-to-get works on the mystery.
19 Jun 2007, 07:51
More than a year after its premiere, The Da Vinci Code is being investigated by Italian state attorneys on the grounds that it is obscene from a religious perspective. Earlier this year, a complaint against the film was filed by a group of clergy near the Italian village of Civitavecchia, where the state prosecutor’s office said it would open a criminal investigation into the film. Both the book and film version of the Da Vinci Code attracted widespread criticism from religious groups, but this appears to be the first time that criminal proceedings have been instigated.
19 Jun 2007, 07:38
Three hundred year old manuscripts released to the public eye for the first time yesterday reveal the religious fervour which consumed the arch- rationalist Sir Isaac Newton. Documenting a series of treatises and biblical interpretations, the 18th-century papers show Newton’s attempts to predict the date of the Apocalypse and calculate the precise dimensions of Jerusalem’s ancient temple. Newton was claimed by the alleged Priory of Sion as one of their Grandmasters.
18 Jun 2007, 22:32
Unless you’ve been hiding under a pop-culture resistant rock, you’ve heard about the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, which raised a number of previously-unconsidered questions about the world’s greatest inventor, his work, and his connection to Christianity. Today, an even less likely candidate has emerged with a new non-fiction book about the worlds greatest genius Leonardo Da Vinci. This one promises to be even more controversial. Derek Bair, a 24-year old aspiring writer and photographer from Lake Forest, California, has unearthed secrets about Da Vinci that he promises will stun even the experts, including Dan Brown. Elaborating on the theory promoted in the ‘Da Vinci Code’ Derek says hes found the correct way to view the Last Supper that unlocks its secrets and explains that hand without a body and other oddities contained in the painting. He says it shows Jesus holding a baby, and has stereogram-like characteristics.
18 Jun 2007, 18:20
Spain had a ‘Mata Hari’, who spied on the Freemasons and fed covert reports to the dictator Francisco Franco about the order. Known only as Anita de S, she revealed to El Generalissimo plots against his regime in the 1940s, a book ‘Franco Contra Los Masones’ (Franco Against the Masons) by Xavi Casinos and Josep Brunet claims. General Franco had a hatred for the Freemasons as he saw them as a threat to his power in the aftermath of the Civil War and blamed them for the loss of the colonies. The enigmatic femme fatale Anita was based in Portugal, base for the exiled Spanish Masons. She was well-placed to know every move Masons were making: she was married to a leading Mason.
18 Jun 2007, 17:42
In support of her remarkable new book City of Secrets, Patrice Chaplin gives us The Gerona Enigma, an essay on the Spanish connection with Rennes-le-Chteau, Brenger Saunire, private societies and the Holy Grail. Are you ready to open your mind to the possibilities that new and challenging research can provide?
17 Jun 2007, 21:57
Renowned French researcher Isaac Ben Jacob has published a novel about Abb Saunire, linking him with a Cult of Death. The book is based on the teams analysis of Saunires accounts and argues that Saunire received the money to perform death rituals, which some men have performed for centuries, from the Cathars to the penitential movements that still roam the streets of southern France and Northern Spain. The book is in French. Their English non-fiction account, The Rise, will be available in English in late 2007.
17 Jun 2007, 21:38
Radio RenneSSence has a spectacular premiere. Today the first podcast was published consisting of an in-depth interview with author, playwright and Hollywood icon Patrice Chaplin. Chaplin discusses her new controversial book City of Secrets which unveils a completely new dimension to the mystery, drawing in Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali and Umberto Eco. She reveals the relations between the Grail, Brenger Saunire and the manifestation of the next Messiah. The interview can be followed online but it can also be downloaded for private use. Later this week the service will be available for Podcast subscription on iTunes.
15 Jun 2007, 23:20
Brian Kannard’s Grail Seekers today published an e-mail from Ed McGrath on his theories about the RLC mysteries and some of the associated paintings. Ed claims we’ve been looking at the wrong Teniers painting all along.
15 Jun 2007, 20:00
On the brandnew website of Terre de Rhedae it is reported that Antoine Captier recently presented an important new artefact that once belonged to Abb Brenger Saunire. The item is a Sautoir, a garment worn around the neck by Freemasons known as a Masonic Collar. It proves beyond any doubt that Saunire’s interests reached well beyond those of an ordinary village priest. Captier is said to do more revelations in his book that appears to be scheduled for release very soon. The article is in French.
15 Jun 2007, 19:52
Archeologist and Rennes-le-Chteau researcher Christian Doumergue reports that l’Association Terre de Rhedae has now been brought into orbit in cyberspace. There’s a brandnew and slick looking website where you can become a member of this great research association and receive their much appraised bulletin, which is counted among the most serious. Chairman of the association is Antoine Captier. The website is in French.
15 Jun 2007, 12:19
In the third part of the Spanish connection article series, Socit Perillos examines the House of the Canons and the strange Stone that was allegedly kept there and removed later. There appear to be many links with Rennes-le-Chteau. We also find out that Saunire was not the only one with an obsession for inversions.
14 Jun 2007, 20:55
Rennes-le-Chteau Archive has some super high-res photos by Jean Brunelin of Saunire’s Altar in the Eglise Marie-Madeleine. Close examination reveals a number of oddities. Or is there really a station of the cross and a book hidden in there?
14 Jun 2007, 09:12
The British researcher and author Philip Gardiner has released his latest foray into the dark and sinister world of secret sects. The new book and dvd are called Secret Societies: Gardiner’s Forbidden Knowledge, Revelations About the Freemasons, Templars, Illuminati, Nazis, and the Serpent Cults.Among startling revelations are previously unknown links between the Vatican and the Nazi Party. He discusses in-depth the threads running from the secret organizations of centuries ago to the living cults and cabals of today, and their influence on our minds and our ways of life.
12 Jun 2007, 19:38
Italian Rennes-le-Chteau researcher Mariano Tomatis is going to great lenghts to preserve the original documents related to the mystery of Brenger Saunire and his enigmatic village. He dug up many old documents from the Departmental Archives of the Aude, touched them up and made them into PDF’s. The example he put up as a showcase is from the 1938 magazine ‘Folklore Review’ and tells the story of a certain shepherd.
11 Jun 2007, 20:30
Coming soon: Radio Rennessence! Radio days return as the united trust of Philip Coppens, Corjan de Raaf and Andrew Gough introduce Radio Rennessence; the spoken word in RLC hearsay. The new website will feature monthly audio interviews and breaking news on all things Rennes-le-Chateau. Look and listen for the launch of Radio Rennessence soon. Upcoming audio features will include Patrice Chaplin, Klaas van Urk, and a plethora of other esoteric notables, researchers, authors and insiders. Its been a long journey. Are you ready for the truth?
11 Jun 2007, 20:23
Researcher and author Jean-Luc Robin would like to make two announcements concerning the Rennes-le-Chteau preservation fund, APARC. The organization, which was formed to protect the heritage of the village and preserve its historical integrity, will hold its Annual General Meeting on the 10th of August in Esperaza at Robins establishment, Le Restaurant des Deux Muses. All are welcome (even those who dont mind the mayor). Additionally, Robin and Rennes-le-Chteau icon Henry Lincoln will be hosting two seminars in support of APARC on the 25th of August; the first, from 10-Noon and the second form 2-5 pm. Each will be themed Rennes-le-Chteau in a Geo-Political Context. Admission of 20 Euros will be applied towards APARC. To book, call: +33 (0) 608 224 293.
9 Jun 2007, 12:18
Attached to the village church in Mombuey is a tower unique in the world. The slender, fortified tower was added by the Knights Templar. There is room in the tower for not more than five or six men. Not a lot of water or arrows could have been stored there. High on the tower is the undamaged stone head of a horned ox, buey in Spanish. Marcus Wilder talks about his visit to this town and tower along the Santiago de Compostela trail.
9 Jun 2007, 10:09
Researcher Don Barone requests your opinions, help and ideas in developing a theory around the Geography of the Giza plateau in Egypt and Poussin’s famous painting Les Bergers d’Arcadie, The Shepherds of Arcadia in English, see also the previous news item. The solution will revolve around the Barone Pentagram, a Wood Pentagram found on the fields of Giza. If you’re interested have a look and don’t hesitate to take part in the discussion.
9 Jun 2007, 09:19
Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia have started a new study into Nicolas Poussin’s famous painting Les Bergers d’Arcadie or The Shepherds of Arcadia in English. This tableau is believed to be at the very heart of the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau. They turn the picture inside-out and provide incredible detail. The article is in French.
8 Jun 2007, 19:18
Dr. Elias Van Kasteel claims all major clues in the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau lead to Chteau Belcastel in the French Aveyron department. By coincidence, or perhaps not, this is the castle depicted by David Teniers in his famous painting of St. Anthony and St. Paul in the desert. On Andrew Gough’s Arcadia.
8 Jun 2007, 10:06
Socit Perillos adds a new and logical layer to the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau. It was always assumed Saunire moved in esoteric circles, but so far the evidence has been thin and indirect. This is starting to change with Patrice Chaplin’s book City of Secrets in which she describes the priest’s Kaballistic activities in the Spanish city of Gerona. Now there also appear to be strong Kaballic influences closer to his home in Rennes-le-Chteau. The Tree of Life is acting as the final combining element between his enigmatic garden and cemetery.
8 Jun 2007, 10:02
The ongoing saga of the Roberto Calvi murder continues, with the announcement this morning that a court in Rome has acquitted the five defendants in his murder trial. Calvi, an Italian banker involved with the Mafia, the pseudo-Masonic organisation P2, and the Vatican Bank, was found hanging from a bridge in London 25 years ago. Originally thought to be suicide, further investigation has led police to believe Calvi was murdered. Dubbed ‘God’s Banker’, there has been some suggestion that the death can be more closely linked to the Vatican than the Mafia.
5 Jun 2007, 20:56
Brian Kannard, webmaster of Grailseekers (and a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason), tells the interesting story of one of the lesser known pretenders for the Cup used by Christ during the Last Supper.
3 Jun 2007, 20:32
Between 8th June and 31st August, a number of dinner debates will be organised in the village by Jean-Luc Robin and the Atelier Empreinte bookshop (whose opening hours are among the best kept secrets in Rennes-le-Chteau says editor Corjan de Raaf). The series is called A la Table de l’Abb and features many well known researchers like Henry Lincoln, Antoine Captier and Arnaud de Sde.
2 Jun 2007, 21:27
Socit Perillos continues the articles series on the links between Rennes-le-Chteau and the ancient Spanish city of Gerona. The article examines the claims made by Patrice Chaplin about rituals being performed by Saunire in relation with the two Tour Magdala’s. One thing is certain. A new holy mountain whas entered the main stage of Rennes-le-Chteau research: the Catalan Mount Canigou.
1 Jun 2007, 15:42
Philip Coppens sets out on a quest to connect two of the most compelling stories in the history of mankind. He links up the Egyptian Book of Thoth with the European Grail Legends of Perceval. The result is a truely original and perhaps fundamental insight.
30 May 2007, 17:47
After the announcement of the discovery of the Torre Magdala in Gerona, Marcuzio Isauro has found another similar construction in Italy. The building is called Villa Rupolo, situated in Caneva, province of Pordenone.
29 May 2007, 18:24
According to Jean Brunelin the Fresco in Saunire’s church is more than it seems. The panels left and right of the big rock supporting Jesus actually are part of one single landscape. Some beautiful photos by this old time Rennes-le-Chteau regular. On Rennes-le-Chteau Archive.
29 May 2007, 14:46
Burning Taper analyses Professor Andrew Prescott’s History of British Freemasonry from 1425 to 2000. The full document is also available for download. The document is the text of Prof. Andrew Prescott’s farewell speech to the Centre for Research into Freemasonry, given on February 20, 2006.
28 May 2007, 20:49
Author and Hollywood icon Patrice Chaplin has unveiled what may be the most exciting new research in the study of Rennes-le-Chteau in years. In doing so she has relocated the source of the conventional mystery to another town and country; Girona, in Spain. And what a revelation she shares. On Andrew Gough’s Arcadia.
27 May 2007, 19:33
Socit Perillos sets off to uncover the trails of Abb Saunire leading to the ancient Catalan town of Gerona. Hard to believe? Not when you’ve read Patrice Chaplin’s spectacular new book City of Secrets. As early as 1851, a carbon copy of the Tour Magdala, called Torre Magdala was part of the Gerona skyline. Filip Coppens plots the book in its right historical setting and provides sharp analysis in his best article series yet. This first article is meant as an introduction to this entirely untrodden trail of Rennes-le-Chteau research.
27 May 2007, 09:16
A motion picture of the popular video game series Broken Sword is under way. Legendary video game creator Charles Cecil and his company Revolution Software are teaming with a Hollywood production company to transform his adventure games into live action films. Beginning with The Shadow of the Templars, released in the U.S. as The Circle of Blood, the films will follow the adventurous duo of George Stobbart and Nico Collard as they battle evil forces across the globe for ancient relics of power touching on many of the themes related to the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau like the Ark of the Covenant, the Knights Templar and Glastonbury.
25 May 2007, 20:25
On Sunday, tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated the 90th anniversary of the famous visions seen at Fatima, Portugal. In response to the continuing interest in the “third secret” given to the three shepherd children, which is rumored to have predicted the end of the Catholic church, the Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Pope’s second in command, has stated that the church did a full disclosure of the third secret and continuing speculation that there is a “fourth secret” is qualified as “pure fantasy”.
25 May 2007, 11:14
Socit Perillos raises the red flag. La Caune, one of the truely stunning cave locations in the Perillos area and possibly linked to the enigma is rapidly deteriorating. A lot of pointless digging is done in the cave as is shown in the picture, and rubbish is left behind. We ask everybody to treat the locations in and around the enigma with the utmost respect. They are part of a cultural and historical heritage that we need to value, cherish and protect.
25 May 2007, 11:07
Beyond the Blog has a an article by Anthony North, succintly describing the Ark of the Covenant. What was it, what did it do, what was its significance and where did it possibly go? A great and simple little introduction.
24 May 2007, 17:34
Forget the usual suspects. Theyve been done to death. And what have we found? Andrew Gough’s Arcadia regular Corjan de Raaf takes us on a path less travelled; Abb Eugne Grassaud, the best friend of Rennes-le-Chteau icon Brenger Saunire. A priests closest friend, what better place to look for clues?
24 May 2007, 17:30
Researcher Dan Green has experienced an unexpected setback in his quest to expose the truth about his alleged Lincoln Cathedral tomb and treasure. Green believes a tomb in the grounds of the Cathedral may contain treasure of the Knights Templar or even the bones of Mary Magdalene. In short, the previously scheduled scan of the ground beneath the tomb has curiously been cancelled by church authorities who claim they lack sufficient staff to oversee the work. Green informed Andrew Gough’s Arcadia that Somebody somewhere behind the scenes has decided to exclude me from this Chess game, when there is so much going on at the moment. Why? Is it because I have got it right?”
24 May 2007, 17:26
On Conspiracy-Times: A controversy is raging in Israel, in evangelical circles in the US and on Kabbalah web forums worldwide following the posthumous release of what a revered Sephardic rabbi claimed to be the name of the coming Jewish Messiah. When Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri died in February 2006, somewhere between the age of 106 and 117, 300,000 attended his funeral in Jerusalem. The Baghdad-born Kabbalist had gained notoriety around the world for issuing apocalyptic warnings and for saying he personally met the long-awaited Jewish Messiah in November 2003.
22 May 2007, 23:50
While most scholars will admit to the existence of an occult branch of the Third Reich, what it was and how far it reached back into history and likely even into our present is a debate that lingers today. Over the past 20 years, with the advent of many more cable outlets and alternative publications, news has leaked out about the core of the manufactured belief system of the elite of the Nazi hierarchy. ABH Alexander reports about it on the Rumor Mill.
22 May 2007, 23:39
Freemasonry is believed to have begun its evolution 500 or more years ago in Scotland, among bands of skilled stonemasons, such as the craftsmen who would have created Rosslyn Chapel. Scottish newspaper The Scotsman talks to the Grand Librarian of Scottish Freemasonry Bob Cooper. Despite the myths and the mystery, the speculation and the secrecy, the Grand Lodge turns out to be just another office HQ, with two busy receptionists juggling buzzing phones at the enquiry desk, empty wood panelled boardrooms and a function suite.
22 May 2007, 23:35
On 19th May the world witnessed the premiere of th? Rosslyn Motet, a piece of music decoded by the Mitchell Dynasty Thomas and Stuart. Performed within the settings of Rosslyn Chapel, with instruments conforming to the 15th century, the ensemble performed the musical piece that Thomas and Stuart Mitchell believe to have decoded from the so called musical cubes. These cubes are part of the decoration of the ceiling of the Lady Chapel and could thus be seen as The Rosslyn Code.
18 May 2007, 20:32
Jean Cocteau, alleged Grand Master of the Priory of Sion, was a true master of poetry, painting and cinema, creating a surreal world which he considered to be totally real. Filip Coppens adds another article to an already immense oeuvre with some sharp observations and a keen eye for detail.
18 May 2007, 18:08
Socit Perillos brings an article about Nostradamus. Born Michel de Nostredame, he is remembered for his book Les Propheties, which consists of one unrhymed and 941 rhymed quatrains, grouped into nine sets of 100 and one of 42, called ‘Centuries’.The link between the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau and Nostradamus is only explored by those who quite often merely want to make spurious links. But there is some hard evidence too, which is less mentioned.
16 May 2007, 17:43
If ever there was a controversial find in the history of Rennes-le-Chteau, it’s the Tomb of Mary Magdalene. Ben Hammotts remarkable discovery, if validated, might prove to be the most significant archeological discovery of the last two thousand years. Hammotts research is the focal point of the forthcoming documentary, Bloodline. But just what do we know about the man? How does he think? In his own words, Ben provides an intimate look at his world and discovery. On Andrew Gough’s Arcadia.
15 May 2007, 19:49
Rennes-le-Chteau Archive has an interesting article about the restoration of paintings by 30-year expert Patrick Merle. He uses his knowledge to analyse the restorations on Nicolas Poussin’s painting the Shepherds of Arcadia. The article is in French.
13 May 2007, 09:08
600 years after Jan van Eyck painted his masterpiece The Lamb of God, German writer Klaus Schror has published a book about the secret he wished to conceal within it. Close examination of the painting led him to a small Templar church in the village of Segovia (Spain) called La Vera Cruz (The True Cross). The central panel of the Van Eyck masterpiece appeared to match its floorplan that counts 12 corners, symbolizing the tomb of Christ.
13 May 2007, 08:54
Ben Hammott writes extensively about how he discovered the Tomb that features in the upcoming documentary Bloodline and which will be claimed contains the body of Mary Magdalene. The article contains lots of pictures and gives many details about how he found and filmed it, what equipment he used and many more details.
11 May 2007, 16:42
Taking up the cue of Henry Lincoln to find more pentagrams, Maxwell N. Field did just that: in The Carthusian Connection: The trail from the Cathars to Shugborough, he takes us on a fascinating journey through the French Savoy. With that mission completed, he faced the Arcadia Inquisition, when Andy Gough attended one of Fields lectures and asked him his almost infamous 17 Questions.
11 May 2007, 16:12
Andy Gough reports on the upcoming release of Patrice Chaplins City of Secrets. This new book retraces a Spanish connection to Saunire, uncovered via friendships with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dal, leading to a location that provided Father Bigou and Saunire with a hiding place for documents and relics. Chaplin also identifies the person who acted as the source of information for Grard de Sdes ground breaking 1967 work, L’Or de Rennes; a book that launched the mystery in the first place. In support of her revelations, Chaplin provides copies of previously unreleased letters, written by Saunire, along with other evidence.
11 May 2007, 07:47
Socit Perillos digs further into the discovery of the Convent of St Cecilia, pointing out certain parallels with the layout of St Patricks Purgatory in Ireland. They are also able to present a preliminary exploration of two nearby cave systems, pointing out their defensive qualities.
11 May 2007, 07:44
Freemasons can now extend their Scottish holidays and visit Glasgow… Necropolis. Historian Ronnie Scott has unearthed previously unseen patterns in the design of the early 19th-century cemetery and suggests that the site is a giant Masonic symbol, fully 37 acres of landscaped metaphor. Scott argues that the fact that the designers were Freemasons and several of the monuments are Masonic, substantiate his conclusion. He will present his conclusions at a Freemasonic conference in late May in Edinburgh.
9 May 2007, 09:33
Conveniently coinciding with the sneak previews on YouTube, the Bloodline site has had a major overhaul. The news, film and research pages have all been updated, providing further information on the theme of the movie. There is also an editorial by the producer, Bruce Burgess. The latest incarnation of this site seems to confirm that the documentary will push for the conclusion that they have discovered the tomb of Mary Magdalene somewhere close to Rennes-le-Chteau.
8 May 2007, 17:30
More sneak previews of Bloodline have been leaked onto YouTube. Fragment One shows the discovery of Ben Hammotts wooden chest. According to sources, the movie will claim that what you see here contains the wedding cup from the marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, as well as Marys anointing jar. The second fragment shows a remote camera being lowered into a shaft, to discover a shroud with a large Templar cross. The documentary apparently will claim this is the tomb of Mary Magdalene.
4 May 2007, 10:30
Once more, Socit Perillos manages to find a different angle to the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau. Filip Coppens looks at some facts and some constructions and suggests maybe Saunire thought someone was out to get him.
2 May 2007, 19:43
The Rennes-le-Chteau study group, The Rennes Group, held their spring assembly on Saturday the 28th of April in Oxford, England. The meeting featured Ben Hammott, the researcher formerly known as Tombman, whose discoveries are central to the soon to be released documentary, Bloodline. In short, Hammott claims to have deciphered clues in the church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Rennes-le-Chteau that led to the discovery of three bottles; each containing 100 year old documents, including one that has been carbon dated to over 500 years old. The documents appear to have been written by Father Saunire and possibly Father Bigou, two priests of considerable Rennes-le-Chteau renown. Hammott shared that each bottle contained clues to the location of the next and ultimately, the third bottle led to a treasure chest containing artefacts alleged to be from the marriage ceremony of Jesus and Mary. Guy Patton, Rennes Group master of ceremonies and author of the respected Rennes-le-Chteau book Web of Gold, initiated what amounted to a Rennes-le-Chteau peer review. He was joined by esoteric notables Lynn Picknett and Rat Scabies, amongst others. Although Hammott did not provide any physical evidence (he has in fact presented supporting artefacts at previous Rennes Group meetings), the insights that led to his dramatic discovery were supported by researchers Sandra Hamblett and Bill Kersey, who assisted Hammott in his quest. Not surprisingly, certain details were withheld pending the release of the Bloodline documentary.
2 May 2007, 19:35
In this article, Adrian Lodge takes apart the Grail Star theory relating Poussin’s most famous painting to Oak Island. He then moves on to teach a lesson in hidden geometry in works of art. On Andrew Gough’s Arcadia. This article appeared in its original form in the Rennes Alchemist of October 2004.
1 May 2007, 13:25
On the 9th of June the ARTBS or Association pour des Recherches Thmatiques sur Brenger Saunire, will hold its annual conference in Limoux. The program can be downloaded from their website. It contains many familiar and not so familiar sites in the mystery. All communication is in French.
1 May 2007, 13:24
Much has been written and said about the relation between young cur Brenger Saunire of Rennes-le-Chteau and the older Henri Boudet who held the same function in the nearby village of Rennes-les-Bains. Jeansac de Borlay sums it all up and tries to split the facts from the fiction. The article is in French.
30 Apr 2007, 11:19
In June 2004, the Muse des Beaux Arts de Valence bought a masterpiece by Hubert Robert from 1789. It depicts some shepherds in an Arcadian landscape around a large tomb. Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia had a close look at it and discovered an inscription that has more than a passing resemblance to the better known inscription on Nicolas Poussin’s Les Bergers d’Arcadie (The Shepherds of Arcadia). The article is in French but speaks for itself and is not to be missed.
29 Apr 2007, 22:27
It’s got a dead crocodile hanging from a wall, a saintly story associated with it and it had the undivided attention of at least one pope. St Bertrand de Comminges has what is popularly called ‘The Cathedral of the Pyrenees’. But you could also argue it is Frances answer to Rosslyn, predating it, and with a potentially genuine Templar link. By Philip Coppens.
29 Apr 2007, 17:28
Der Spiegel reports on a mysterious golden pot discovered in a Bavarian lake in 2001 which has been the focus of interest for archaeologists, art dealers and now the German and Swiss police. Its convoluted history involves Nazi cults, treasure hunters and modern-day profiteers. The article is in English.
27 Apr 2007, 20:52
Filip Coppens of Socit Perillos sheds more light on the travels of the Perillos dynasty. One lord of Perillos, Ramon de Perillos, has gone down into history as the author of his Voyage to St Patricks Purgatory, a pilgrimage he undertook to the Irish sacred site. Ramon was a diplomat and a soldier, though also a man of literature, who would have greatly appreciated that he was remembered not for his political career (distinguished as it was), but for a great literary contribution.
26 Apr 2007, 19:59
Once again, Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia open up an entirely new track of research in the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau. It concerns the church of Notre Dame du Cros, strongly related to the church of Notre Dame de Marceille and the remarkable history of Pre Jospeh Chiron. The article is in French.
24 Apr 2007, 16:57
A father and son codebreaking team have discovered a song hidden in intricate carvings at Rosslyn Chapel for almost 600 years. Music teacher Thomas Mitchell, 75, strived for 27 years before he and pianist son Stuart, 41, deciphered symbols in the chapel. The pair will reveal the secret songs in a special concert at the Midlothian chapel next month. Thomas, of Edinburgh, said: The music is the result of years of painstaking research, recreating secret notes hidden for almost 600 years in carvings on the arches within the chapel itself.
24 Apr 2007, 16:54
Alleged Grandmaster of the Priory of Sion, Newton was the greatest scientist of his day, perhaps of all time. But while Isaac Newton was busy discovering the universal law of gravitation, he was also searching out hidden meanings in the Bible and pursuing the covert art of alchemy.
24 Apr 2007, 10:35
Auhthor and researcher Phil Gardiner has posted two trailers of videos, accompanying his latest book ‘The Ark, The Shroud and Mary’. In this book he put the Turin Shroud back into the first century A.D. Phil has also posted a new article on the subjects from his book.
24 Apr 2007, 10:15
Researcher Ben Hammott has two articles about Royston Cave with many detailed photos. The cave is said to contain clues to the hiding place of the Holy Grail and depicts many Templar and biblical scenes in a way that has raised many questions. They tell the story of how they were discovered and excavated and what is there to see. On top of that he has posted the full text of Jospeh Bedlam’s standard work on Royston Cave from 1884.
24 Apr 2007, 07:55
Rennes-le-Chteau team has completely renewed their website. They have also posted some gorgeous pictures of St. Sulpice. There’s an overwhelming amount of content to keep you busy through the summer.
20 Apr 2007, 20:32
A Belgian Rennes-le-Chteau researcher by name of Beauseant, recently made a remarkable discovery. The enigmatic Tomb, Nicolas Poussin painted on his famous ‘Bergers d’Arcadie’ (Shepherds of Arcadia) and which has kept legions of researchers occupied for decades, was also part of another painting he made. It concerns a version of ‘Rest on the Flight to Egypt’, which has long been lost but of which an engraving survives. Like the other one, this painting was commissioned by the papal family of Barberini, one of the most influential families in and around the vatican at the time and patrons of Poussin during his stay in Rome. Congratulations Beauseant.
20 Apr 2007, 09:17
The enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau is like a misty morning in that very region. It shows many great silhouettes of what appear to be beautiful things. When the smoke has lifted from the fields, few actual facts and artifacts still lie unchallenged or unsuspicious. Some artifacts, clues in fact, are less suspect than others. In this article three of those are combined into one logical puzzle. They appear to have something remarkable in common. A location in Perillos.
20 Apr 2007, 09:08
Socit Perillos is digging deeper once again. Andr Douzet and Jean-Louis Moner report abou the Convent of St Cecilia. The lands of the lords of Perillos have always been considered as one of the poorest and most backward even though its family somehow was able to rise, despite these adverse conditions, to the highest corridors of power. It is clear that this power did not originate from a military or political advantage, but rather a certain type of knowledge with which the crowned princes of Europe wanted to be surrounded if not protected by.
18 Apr 2007, 10:52
Bulgaria’s Knights Templar Order has launched a project on Tuesday for the research of the Order’s presence in the Bulgarian lands. The famous Bulgarian archaeologist Professor Nikolay Ovcharov will lead the research, named “Following the steps of the Knights Templar in Bulgaria”. The projects was launched with the support of the Bulgarian Priory and the goal is to gather as much historical facts and evidence as possible for knights’ presence in the Bulgarian lands.
17 Apr 2007, 13:17
Franois Pous, a member of Franck Daffos’ Rennes-le-Chteau forum discovered a peculiar change to the statue of the Virgin and Child at the entrance of the enigmatic Basilique de Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux. When he compared a photo from 1962 with a recent one, he discovered that the Holy Child’s right arm which was pointing upwards at the time is now pointing downwards. Trivial perhaps but when you look at the photos there can be no mistake that this was done on purpose. But what purpose?
17 Apr 2007, 13:04
Once more, journalist and Rennes-le-Chteau researcher Jean Brunelin opens up his photo album on Rennes-le-Chteau-Archive, the excellent website of Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia. The new photos all relate to the works of Henri Boudet and the cromlecks he described in his book ‘Le Vraie Langue Celtique’. The set includes a recent photo of the Pierre Alcor, made famous by Pierre Plantard.
14 Apr 2007, 14:29
Wars have been fought over them, pilgrims trudged thousands of miles just for a glimpse – and millions of Christians believe they have miraculous powers. Every item associated with the very first Easter, when Christ was crucified, has become a holy relic. Here’s a Holy Relic crash-course.
14 Apr 2007, 14:25
William of Malmesbury, a careful English historian of the early days, has recorded the legend, preserved through the Middle Ages, that Christianity first came to England when Joseph of Arimathaea was sent by the Apostle Philip from Gaul. Bearing in his custody the Holy Grail, Joseph found in the swamps of Somerset a conspicuous Tor that had a startling resemblance to Mount Tabor in the Holy Land. There he hid the Grail, and built the first Christian sanctuary in these islands of ours, in 63 AD. It is here in this legend “all covered over with a luminous mist” that the Gospel story reaches out a long arm across the distance and makes contact with England. There may be little of historical truth in the story, though there seems nothing intrinsically improbable in the suggestion that it was Joseph, or relatives of his, that brought the Gospel to England.
14 Apr 2007, 14:17
David Livingstone, author of ‘the Dying God’ gives his opinion: Jacob Rothschild, the current head of the Rothschild dynasty, has intermarried with the Sinclair family, forging an important alliance between the head family of the Illuminati, and the supposed descendants of the Grail family. As has been popularized recently by Dan Brown in the Da Vinci Code, or before him by the Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the Stuarts of Scotland are supposedly descended from King Arthur and Jesus Christ.
13 Apr 2007, 13:23
Not really news but interesting enough for an item (thanks Xplorer). German webmaster Lajos has a clickable Map of Rennes Celtique, the hand drawn map of the Rennes-les-Bains area, made by Henri Boudet’s brother Edmond. The map is part of Boudet’s book La Vraie Langue Celtique, which is said to play an important role in the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. It features all the spots mentioned by Boudet in his book with loads of pictures of the actual locations.
13 Apr 2007, 13:05
In this second instance of the Divine Gardner series, Filip Coppens makes an intriguing observation about Saunire’s Mission 1891, the pentacle he hid in his garden and how all that relates to Saunire’s modified maquette of the Holy places. Published by Socit Perillos on the ominous Friday 13th.
13 Apr 2007, 11:27
Mariano Tomatis adds another weapon to the ever growing Rennes-le-Chteau internet research toolshed. This time he’s built a cute little program that will draw a pentacle on Google Maps even if you only have two of the co-ordinates. Useful and neatly executed as usual.
12 Apr 2007, 20:40
Andrew Gough has a great scoop and brings spectacular new material to the Rennes-le-Chteau table. He is the first to show us the stations of the cross of Louis de Coma, the priest who built bigger and deeper than Brenger Saunire 50 years before him. The stations were saved just before his domain was blown up by order of the diocese in 1956. Discover the strange works of the second priest who was taken out of his grave years after his death to be re-buried in unhallowed ground.
12 Apr 2007, 07:57
The Casteillas, the hill overlooking Rennes-le-Chteau on the other side of the Ruisseau de Couleurs is being offered for sale on eBay. 60.000 Euro will buy you a rare view on the village and the opportunity to dig in the hill as much as you like. There’s even a construction permit on the plot for building a shed to store your scoop and bucket.
11 Apr 2007, 10:55
The Gazette of Rennes-le-Chteau has an interesting article about a drawing of the map of France both used by Philippe de Chrisey and Henry Lincoln. It appears as if more than one meridian was involved. The article is in French.
8 Apr 2007, 09:53
The Bell Tower of Saunire’s Eglise Marie-Madeleine has it’s own mysteries. There are a number of strange inscriptions on the building that require further investigation. What are the relations between the inscriptions, the parchments Saunire found in his church and the inscription Henri Boudet requested for the church in Quillan? By Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia. The article is in French.
8 Apr 2007, 09:46
With Easter in mind, Brian Kannard looks into the most persistent of all theories of the Holy Grail. The most common theory is that the Grail is the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper.Today the Grail means something different to different people. The Cup of Jesus, Jesus blood line, the Ark of the Covenant, a Druidic Artifact, and The Philosophers Stone top the list.
7 Apr 2007, 11:20
After nearly two years, the team from the forthcoming and already controversial Rennes-le-Chteau documentary Bloodline the Movie has reported that production on the film is now over. The worldwide release date will be released soon.
7 Apr 2007, 09:30
Socit Perillos has an article by Stephen Anderson who examined the relation between the Grand Monarch, as described by Nostradamus and the life and works of Pierre Plantard. He discovered some remarkable parallels between the quatrains of the prophet and the behaviours of the Priory of Sion in the 20th century.
5 Apr 2007, 21:11
The secret of the Holy Grail can be found in Royston Cave, says Mr Houldcroft who lives in the area. It is a bold claim, but the 83-year-old has looked after the cave for 17 years, so is entitled to know its secrets. People often ask me about the whereabouts of the Holy Grail and have many different ideas about what the Holy Grail is – be it an artefact or a cup or a bowl, he said. But the Holy Grail is the bloodline of Jesus Christ and carvings in Royston Cave show that the Knights Templar believed in this secret heresy and offered prayers to Jesus’s offspring. Carvings on the cave wall depict two adult figures and a child which, according to Mr Houldcroft, most visitors assume to be Joseph, Mary and Jesus.
5 Apr 2007, 20:22
The relics of Joan of Arc, the Catholic saint who was burnt at the stake in 1431, are a forgery and are probably derived from a much older Egyptian mummy, a study has found. A forensic scientist has shown that the bones and linen fragments discovered in the attic of a Paris pharmacy in 1867 were not those of a woman who had died in the 15th century.Instead, it appears that the bones belong to a person who had died some time between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC, and had been embalmed in the manner of ancient Egypt.
5 Apr 2007, 19:54
Controversial French right-wing presidential candidate Jean-Marie le Pen, visited Notre-Dame de Marceille on 25th March. He was received and shown around by Rennes-le-Chteau researcher Franck Daffos. Le Pen said he was intrigued by Daffos’ book on the subject. Daffos indicated that he is not a member of Le Pen’s Front National party and that it has been a very long time since he voted. After the visit he accompanied Le Pen to the tomb of Nicolas Pavillon in Alet-les-Bains.
3 Apr 2007, 22:00
Brenger Saunire wasn’t the only priest who had a taste for constructing property named after a place from the Passion of Christ. Filiip Coppens explores the many remarkable similarities between Brenger Saunire and Louis de Coma and depicts what possibly links them.
2 Apr 2007, 18:57
Franck Daffos and Jean-Pierre Garcia have a very detailed study of the front porch of the Eglise Marie-Madeleine in Rennes-le-Chteau. They put all the inscriptions and signs in place and recognise the hands of Brenger Saunire and Henri Boudet. The article is in French.
2 Apr 2007, 13:47
Mary Magdalene has been an enormous inspiration to a legion of artists through the ages. Le Coin de l’Enigme (corner of the enigma) is slowly turning into a serious archive of reference for this theme. They have added another set of Mary Magdalene paintings with striking resemblances to one another and to the altar bas relief in Rennes-le-Chteau. The article is in French.
2 Apr 2007, 13:40
La Vraie Langue Celtique is without a doubt one of the most enigmatic works linked to the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. This book, written by Abb Henri Boudet is a riddle like no other. French webmaster Jauclin has published an introduction to the decypherment of this great book on his website. The article is in French.
1 Apr 2007, 22:13
Good news for everybody who is interested in the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau and lives in America. Les Bergers d’Arcadie II (The Shepherds of Arcadia), the painting of Nicolas Poussin that appears to be at the heart of the mystery has temporarily moved to the Louvre Museum’s new branch in Atlanta. The painting will be on display there until september of this year.
1 Apr 2007, 21:47
Socit Perillos examined some documents related to Philippe de Cherisey that have never been in the public domain. One of the documents, called the AA Revue, appears to have meant to be part of Les Dossiers Secrets. It might even have been the next step in De Cherisey’s scheme.
28 Mar 2007, 11:59
The Court of Appeal in London has ruled that Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, did not reproduce ideas from an earlier work in his best-selling novel. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who claimed that themes from The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail were plagiarised by Brown, now face a legal bill of 3m.
25 Mar 2007, 21:10
Mercure de Gaillon delves deeper into the Priory of Sion and has a close look at the Chteau de Barbarie, the Chteau Pierre Plantard claimed once belonged to his family and which was believed to have ties with the Priory. It was destroyed by Mazarin in the 17th century. The article has some pictures from an archeological survey that was done on the site in 1906.
23 Mar 2007, 18:55
In his blog on The Daily Grail, Dan Winter quotes Jean-Luc Robin who is about to publish an English-language book in co-operation with Henry Lincoln. The book will reveal that the Habsbourgs paid Saunire and why they did that. They traced his steps to the Bank Fritz Drge of Hungary and where the money came from. Winter claims Saunire found proof that the Jesus bloodline goes back to Egyptian times and that the European noble families covered that up in support of the church.
23 Mar 2007, 16:51
Philip Gardiner reveals what lies behind the mysterious symbol of the skull and crossbones. The author examines the symbol and discovers it is not a symbol of death or poison.
23 Mar 2007, 12:08
Socit Perillos has an article on the Pumaz Report. Pumaz is the psuedonym of one of the truely enigmatic researchers of Rennes-le-Chteau. The article described how he entered the field, who he is and what his report was about.
23 Mar 2007, 11:49
A Dutch couple have published a novel, claiming the Holy Grail is in their village of Graauw. They say their novel ‘Het Leugenverhaal’ (The Lie Story) is based on actual fact. A hermit brought the Grail to Graauw in 1170. According to the authors the fact was hidden in the famous poem’About Reynard the Fox‘, written by a certain ‘William’ around 1250.
22 Mar 2007, 21:38
Rennes-le-Chteau Archive has an article about the Vigenre Cypher. It is used in what is known as ‘the Grand Parchment’ and therefore deserves some explanation and some more historical context and background.
17 Mar 2007, 09:54
In April 1934, two panels of Jan van Eyck’s famous Ghent Altar Piece were stolen. This event marked the birth of the Mystery of the Just Judges, the name of the one panel that was never returned. The masterpiece and the missing panel are believed to be two parts of a puzzle that involves Rennes-le-Chteau. This was demonstrated in Karl Hammer’s book ‘Satan’s Song’. 78 year old Belgian ‘Grand-Dame’ Maria de Roo might well be the eldest and certainly the most charming webmaster and forum admin in Europe. At the age of twelve she secretly witnessed the Nazis digging up the grave of the alleged thief of the Just Judges, Arsne Goedertier. The rest of Maria’s life has been a quest devoted to re-instating Goedertier and finding the truth about what really happened in 1934. The e-book she wrote about her quest is now available for (free) download. The book is in Dutch. An impressive piece of work by a lady who never gives up.
17 Mar 2007, 09:18
French website Le Mercure de Gaillon has some interesting videos on display including Rennes-le-Chteau, the underground areas of Notre Dame de Marceille, the tomb of the assassinated Abbot Antoine Glis and many more.
16 Mar 2007, 09:20
Socit Perillos shifts its attention back to Rennes-le-Chteau and investigates the relation between Saunire’s meticulously laid out garden and what has become known as his ‘model’. The many intriguing similarities and inversions will be examined in this new series of articles by expert Filip Coppens.
16 Mar 2007, 08:21
Jesus did not die on the cross. He survived and went to southern France with his wife, Mary. This is the central theme of a book by author Graham Simmans, who died in 2005 and researched Rennes-le-Chteau for 15 years. He believed that the spread of Christianity beyond Jerusalem was tied to Jesuss survival of the crucifixion and his subsequent emigration to Europe. Coptic and Jewish sources, including the Talmud, allow a glimpse of the Christian philosophy espoused by Jesus. Simmans contends that true Christianity was brought to France, Britain, and Spain from first-century Egypt and Judea, not fourth- and fifth-century Rome.
14 Mar 2007, 21:52
The controversy surrounding Rennes-le-Chteaus May 2008s Mayoral Elections continues. Early French court rulings have supported Jean-Luc Robins claim to residency, although the Mayors office has appealed this initial ruling. The respected Rennes-le-Chteau researcher has categorically denied rumours that he will run for Mayor in 2008. Henry Lincoln, who has moved to the Rennes-le-Chteau valley is committed to ousting the current Mayor, Jean-Franois Lhuilier due to alleged neglect and mismanagement of the village. Lincoln is unofficially heading up the selection process for Mayor Lhuiliers 2008 opposition.
14 Mar 2007, 21:52
The alleged discovery in Oak Island of a capsule containing bones and relics of an ancient patriarch has taken a dramatic new twist. The expedition, which started in Oak Island before moving to Auckland and finally London (where the discovery was analysed) is now headed to Panama City where a dig is planned in the ancient jungles nearby.
12 Mar 2007, 15:19
According to Les Dossiers Secrets, the mystic Rosicrucian Robert Fludd was one of the Nautonniers or Helmsmen of the Priory of Sion. Blibliodyssey has posted a large collection of images from Fludd’s work. It gives a good insight into the diversity of this remarkable man.
10 Mar 2007, 10:55
Yesterday, Monseigneur Vingt-Trois was appointed member of the Congregation for Bishops by Pope Benedict XVI. The Congregation for Bishops was erected in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V and has the power to create bishoprics and bishops. Earlier this year Vingt-Trois became the Archbishop of Paris. High circles in the Vatican confirm that he will be made a Cardinal soon. ‘Vingt Trois’ was part of the last words of Abb Saunire of Rennes-le-Chteau. They are believed to be of prophetic value or to contain a clue to the Abb’s secrets.
10 Mar 2007, 10:48
The world’s oldest known copy of the Gospel of Saint Luke, containing the earliest known Lord’s Prayer, and one of the oldest copies of the Gospel of Saint John have been acquired by the Vatican, according to reports from Rome. A nonsectarian New York nonprofit, Pave the Way, helped facilitate the acquisition. The manuscript was found in 1952 at Pabau, Egypt, near the ancient Dishna headquarters of the Pachomian order of monks. The papyrus was mysteriously smuggled to Switzerland, where collector Martin Bodmer purchased it. His foundation has now sold it to fund the construction of a library.
10 Mar 2007, 10:40
Whitley Strieber’s Dreamland features an interview with Laurence Gardner by William Henry. Both men are well introduced in religious history and are succesful authors in that field. Together they explore the synopsis behind James Cameron’s ‘Lost Tomb of Jesus’, the documentary that came out in the United States a week ago and which caused major controversy in the American media. The interview will remain online for two weeks.
9 Mar 2007, 21:32
Besides the Rennes-le-Chteau, there are many other villages in the region that have their own, often related mysteries. The village of Espraza is the village where Abb Jean Rivire, Saunire’s Father Confessor, made some remarkable and sometimes strangely familiar modifications to his church. Jean-Pierre Garcia and Franck Daffos present them to on their website. The article is in French.
9 Mar 2007, 15:00
Andr Douzet of Socit Perillos looks at the Visigothic altar pillar once more and constructs a great story out of it. In the process he proves that Saunire planned his entire building project at least 10 years before it was started.
8 Mar 2007, 08:11
Italian Rennes-le-Chteau expert and whizzkid Mariano Tomatis created a simpler way to decode the Grand Parchment, perhaps proving that it would very well have been possible for Philippe de Chrisey to construct it. The authenticity of this document, allegedly found by Abb Saunire in the late 19th century is often derived from the fact that the suspected forger could never have mastered the method of encryption. Tomatis shows us what could be a common misperception.
7 Mar 2007, 21:03
The website of Rex-Mundi is at the forefront of the large online archives on Rennes-le-Chteau with tons of great and sometimes truely original content. Go have a look at their new collection of 19th century French books about the Templars, Philippe le Bel and the Albigensean crusade. Amazing.
6 Mar 2007, 19:42
The royalist Brenger Saunire got his first substantial donation from the widow of Henry V, last member of the French Royal House of Bourbon, or so he thought… Balthazar Napolean de Bourbon, a jovial Indian lawyer and part-time farmer settled in Bhopal, has been told that he is the first in line to the lost French throne. Prince Michael of Greece, the cousin of Prince Philip, this week published ‘Le Rajah de Bourbon’, which traces the swashbuckling story of Bourbon’s first royal ancestor in India. A DNA test must prove the facts.
6 Mar 2007, 15:34
The mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau runs wide and deep. Author and researcher Dan Green believes it runs north as well, encompassing Lincoln Cathedral, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. In addition to his books, Greens theories are regularly debated on the various Rennes-le-Chteau forums. Refreshingly, Green is putting is money where is mouth is and is scheduling a scan for the spring of 2007 that will determine once and for all if his alleged discovery of a great treasure in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral is correct, or not.
4 Mar 2007, 10:30
The website of Rennes-le-Chteau Archive is the home of Jean-Pierre Garcia and Franck Daffos. Daffos is an expert on the church of Notre Dame de Marceille near Limoux and its role in the Enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. Functionality has now been added to their website to zoom in on a very detailed engraving of this church from 1850.
2 Mar 2007, 21:04
Filip Coppens and Andr Douzet of Socit Perillos happened to be in the village of Perillos when a caving accident was reported near the chapel of St. Barbara, involving three speleologists from Barcelona. Coppens gives an eye-witness report of what happened and the new unknown cave-system that the three cavers were exploring.
2 Mar 2007, 20:25
Some more original video footage of Rennes-le-Chteau is to be found on the website of Jean-Patrick Pourtal.
1 Mar 2007, 08:39
Bruce Burgess, producer of the forthcoming documentary ‘Bloodline The Movie’ mingled in the Jesus Tomb debate last night. In an e-mail he quoted Robert Eisenman, a scholar well-known for his campaign to free the Dead Sea Scrolls, who said ‘It should be obvious that names of the kind found in the ‘ Jesus Burial Cave’ were so widespread at the time that finding a family tomb with ossuaries inscribed with them proves nothing at all.’ Burgess claims that it’s much more likely that, in the climate of the time, Jesus, Mary Magdalene and their family came to France and are buried there. He says to have evidence dating back from the 13th century, of which more will be revealed soon.
28 Feb 2007, 16:36
Jules Verne, the famous writer of 20.000 leagues under the sea and many other classics is said to have been one of few that knew the true secret of Rennes-le-Chteau. He would have hidden clues in two books ‘Clovis Dardentor’ and ‘Les mirifiques aventures de Maitre Antifer’, in which the hero searches for a legendary treasure but which he is unable to locate. There are references to Asmodeus, the devil displayed in the Eglise Madeleine and to the iron mines around Mount Bugarach. His book ‘Clovis Dardentor’ can now be read online thanks to the very active webmasters of Rex-Mundi.
26 Feb 2007, 18:31
In his blog today, James Tabor, author of ‘The Jesus Dynasty’ comments on the much hyped documentary ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus’ that is presented to the public in New York today. An excerpt of his book can be read here.
25 Feb 2007, 20:13
Israeli archeologist Amos Kloner dismisses claims by filmmakers that the cave he discovered 27 years ago contains the remains of Jesus and other members of the Holy family. The internationally renowned archeologist, who revealed the findings of the dig 10 years ago, criticized the filmmakers’ marketing strategy and warned against being over enthusiastic about the alleged discovery.’I refute all their claims and efforts to waken a renewed interest in the findings. With all due respect, they are not archeologists’ Kloner said, referring to the filmmakers.
25 Feb 2007, 19:35
Discovery Channel have issued a Press Release and opened a special website supporting the upcoming documentary ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus’. It provides in-depth information to allow viewers to make their own decisions about the extraordinary findings. A virtual evidence kit, with the latest scientific analysis, can be examined first hand. The original map of the tomb drawn by Dr. Shimon Gibson in 1980, exclusive Web interviews, and detailed images of the inscriptions will be online for the world to explore. The world premiere of the documentary is on Sunday 4th March.
24 Feb 2007, 19:39
In the last two weeks French research website ‘Le Coin d’Enigme’ has published an original study in six parts about Mary Magdalene and her true role in Christianity. The articles are in French.
24 Feb 2007, 08:13
The release of the documentary film ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus’ will be accompanied by a book ‘The Jesus Tomb’ that is co-written by Simcha Jacobovici (one of the film makers) and Charles Pellegrino. The book promises the inside story of ‘what may very well be the greatest archaeological find of all time’. The book and documentary will be presented in New York Monday 26th February in a blaze of publicity, displaying what are claimed to be the coffins of the Holy Family.
23 Feb 2007, 20:26
The sixth part of the article series on the origins of the Priory of Sion on Socit Perillos is written by Gary Osborn and Filip Coppens. In the article a case is built about the angles used in a number of classical paintings and how they were perhaps meant to signify a shifting of the Earth’s axis.
23 Feb 2007, 20:17
Did Leonardo paint another version of the Last Supper, one that the world has been dark about until now? A Vietnam antiques collector says he did and that he owns it. Nguyen Van Luong, 49, a resident of Cai Be town in the Mekong River Delta, says the painting, 1.17 meter by 0.62 meter, 1 cm thick, and weighing 8.5 kg, could have been bought by his late father from a French military officer in the first half of the 20th century when the latter was in Vietnam, most probably when the two countries were at war. The scene has been painted on a block of gypsum which he claims was quarried in northern Italy, where Leonardo Da Vinci was born and raised. American author Dan Brown that the original Last Supper contains a clue to one of Christianitys darkest secrets.
23 Feb 2007, 10:12
Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici and Oscar winning director James Cameron are about to present a documentary about what they believe is the burial site of Jesus and his family. The documentary is called ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus’. The story starts in 1980 in Jerusalems Talpiyot neighborhood, with the discovery of a 2,000 year old cave containing ten coffins with inscriptions reading the names: Jesua son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Matthew, Jofa (Joseph, identified as Jesus brother), Judah son of Jesua (Jesus son – the filmmakers claim). Since their discovery, the caskets were kept in the Israeli Antiquities Authority archive in Beit Shemesh, but now two have been sent to New York for their first public exhibition. Although the cave was discovered nearly 30 years ago and the casket inscriptions decoded ten years ago, the filmmakers are the first to establish that the cave was in fact the burial site of Jesus and his family. The film, which documents the stages of the discovery, is the result of three years labor and research. It will be broadcast on the international Discovery Channel, Britain’s Channel 4, Canadas Vision and Israels Channel 8, which also took part in the film’s production. There’s a second news article behind this link.
23 Feb 2007, 10:00
The Anti New World Order connects more families than you can shake a stick at to uncover the Disney conspiracy. Learn what illuminati, the Priory of Sion, the antichrist, Disney and Brenger Saunire have to do with eachother. For those with vivid imaginations.
22 Feb 2007, 21:43
There’s been a growing interest in the life and prophecies of pope John XXIII. What is less known is that Cosimo de Medici and his father financed a Pope John XXIII more than 500 years earlier. He was one of the controversial ‘anti-Popes’ of the 15th century. Philip Coppens writes about their relation and how the death of an anti-Pope sparked the Florentine Renaissance.
22 Feb 2007, 21:09
French researcher Grard Piedevigne examined the surroundings of Rennes-le-Chteau and claims something left its footprint there. Guided by Nicolas Poussins famous painting ‘Les Bergers d’Arcadie’ (The Shepherds of Arcadia), he discovered some perfect geometrical shapes that, in his own words, could well be the reflection of another civilisation. The book is in French.
22 Feb 2007, 10:05
The New York Times reviewed Broken Sword IV, Secrets of the Ark. This computer game by The Adventure Company, is the 4th in the George Stobbard series that involves many of the themes and artefacts associated with Rennes-le-Chteau like the Knights Templar and the Priory of Sion. Recommended for everyone who needs a break from searching in the real world; success of finding the Ark guaranteed.
18 Feb 2007, 22:58
Following years of research, author and researcher Philip Gardiner will reveal how the Turin Shroud was made, whose image it portrays and what its age is. In addition Gardiner will reveal the links between it, the Ark of the Covenant and Mary. The revelations will be shown in both a book and DVD documentary entitled The Ark, The Shroud and Mary due out at the end of March of this year. The press release includes two trailers of the DVD.
18 Feb 2007, 22:44
The Rennes-le-Chteau rebels of Rex-Mundi have published some great photographs of the interior of the church of Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux. Included are the Stations of the Cross, frescos and stained glass windows. The photos were made by Liovrai.
18 Feb 2007, 22:21
On July 14th, the Forbidden Knowledge Conference will be held in Glastonbury Town Hall, UK. The event features authors and researchers like Nick Pope, Ross Hemsworth, Philip Gardiner, Tim Wallace-Murphy, Paul Devereux and many more including special guest Indigo Child. Registration is now open.
17 Feb 2007, 20:20
One of the artefacts that the producers of ‘Bloodline the Movie’ claim to have found in the vicinity of Rennes-le-Chteau, is a small glass vial. Researcher Ben Hammott claims it is this same Vial that bellringer Antoine Captier found in the support pillar of the old pulpit in the Eglise Madeleine in July 1887. The story is accompanied by some screenshots from the upcoming documentary film. This news will no doubt feed the controversy about the findings.
17 Feb 2007, 13:56
The website of Rennes-le-Chteau Research is now offering an extensive list of Rennes-le-Chteau related videos, hosted by YouTube. With this feature the site aims to answer the ever growing demand for online content about the Enigma.
17 Feb 2007, 10:19
French photographer Nicolas Dunyach went to the area around the village of Opoul-Perillos to shoot some very atmospheric pictures of the abandoned village and its surroundings.
16 Feb 2007, 21:30
Jrme Choloux has renewed his website. It contains an original study into the gifts Saunire received from the Vende specifically but also from all over France. It’s all comprehensively mapped out on the map of France in technicolor. The website is in French.
16 Feb 2007, 20:36
Socit Perillos has published the latest instalment in the Rennes-le-Chteau Baluster series. In this article the focus shifts from the Baluster to the Altar, more specifically the Visigothic support pillars, one of which is said to have contained one or more of the discoveries Abb Saunire did at the end of the 19th century.
16 Feb 2007, 12:02
The acclaimed German Production House of Tellus Film will be presenting its second documentary on Rennes-le-Chteau tomorrow 17th February. The documentary deals with Andr Douzet’s latest insights and research based on the famous Saunire Model. It introduces new and original research information and will take away many if not all of the doubts one might still have concerning the authenticity of the model. A must see for the Rennes-le-Chteau community. The first showing will start at 20h30 in the Salles des Ftes in Tautavel, France.
15 Feb 2007, 15:52
Mysterious photographs from the 1970’s are to be brought as evidence to prove that the so-called Ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus, is authentic. They are to be presented by attorneys for Oded Golan, the antiquities dealer charged with forging the item. The ossuary was unveiled in a press conference in Washington, D.C., in October 2002. It was inscribed in Aramaic with words interpreted as “Yaakov the brother of Yeshua,” alluding to the fact that the individual whose bones it held was Jesus’ brother, James, mentioned in the New Testament
15 Feb 2007, 11:10
LAssociation pour les Recherches Thmatiques sur Brenger Saunire (ARTBS or Association for Thematic Research into Brenger Saunire) will hold its fifth annual conference on the 9th of June 2007 in the city of Limoux. The program will be published shortly.
14 Feb 2007, 21:51
Philippe Marlin got access to the archives of Gerard de Sde and discovered some notes, photographs and drawings. Marlin went to Vals in the Arige to have a close look at the object of one of De Sde’s photos. It concerns a tombstone similar to those we know from Marie de Negri d’Ables, which play a central role in the mystery surrounding Brenger Saunire. The article is in French.
14 Feb 2007, 21:42
French painter Eugne Delacroix made a number of impressive frescos for the church of St. Sulpice in Paris. The researchers of Rennes-le-Chteau Archive had a good look at them and make some interesting observations in relation to the Enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau. The article is in French.
12 Feb 2007, 23:26
Serres is a small village close to Rennes-le-Chteau. The Church in this village looks a lot like Saunire’s Eglise Madeleine. Ben Hammott went inside and shot some photographs to highlight its Templar origins and point out some anomalies.
12 Feb 2007, 11:05
An article published by an unlikely source for RenneSSence newsitems: Kalavai Venkat writes about the Holy Mother and Grandmother on the India Forum. He draws on Professor James Tabor’s book ‘The Jesus Dynasty’ and his research into the Imacculate Conception.
11 Feb 2007, 21:15
The production team of the upcoming documentary film Bloodline The Movie has published more details about the artefacts they claim were found in a cave near Rennes-le-Chteau last year. The items have been dated by the Oxford Radio Carbon Laboratory, famous from their dating of the Turin Shroud. The coins were examined by Richard Abdy of the British Museum. The results and some new photos are available on their website.
10 Feb 2007, 09:00
In the 5th article on the origins of the Priory of Sion and the Angelic Society, Filip Coppens delves deeper into this mysterious fellowship and meets George Sand, Anatole de France and their Guardian Angels on Socit Perillos.
9 Feb 2007, 16:38
French website Le Coin d’Enigme (Corner of the Enigma), published an interesting bit of research recently. It builds a case for Mary Magdalene’s role as a true Apostle: the First or the Thirteenth. Loads of paintings are analysed to do with Pentecost, The Rise and the Number Twelve. The article is in French.
7 Feb 2007, 20:22
Nexus Magazine has published the first two parts of Tony Bushby’s essay on what he calls ‘The Criminal History of the Papacy’. In Bushby’s own words: ‘Most Catholics go through life and never hear a word of reproach for any pope or member of the clergy. Yet the recorded history of the lives of the clerical hierarchy bears no resemblance to its modern-day portrayal, and the true stories of the popes in particular are among the most misrepresented in religious history’. Tony Bushby is the author of ‘The Bible Fraud’, ‘The Secret in the Bible’ and ‘The Crucifixion of Truth’.
7 Feb 2007, 19:36
The Dutch internet forum of Terug naar de Bron (Back to the Source) is back online after a an upgrade and a change of service provider. Holland’s largest and most active Mystery Board became a victim of its own success early this year when over 300 people visited the forum at the same time and ruined the performance of the site. During the move to a new hosting partner the forum was also upgraded to the last version of Invision. Check out this amazing forum. It’s fast, it’s smooth and it has an ever growing population of internationally renowned researchers.
7 Feb 2007, 13:18
Author and researcher Philip Gardiner, writer of ‘The Serpent Grail’ announced today that the registration has opened for The 700th Anniversary of the Great Suppression of Ancient Mysteries. The tour that takes place 700 years after the betrayal of the Knights Templar will visit Paris, Chartres and Rennes-le-Chteau. Learn about the sacred Shroud; the Ark; Mary and their connections to the ancient Brotherhoods.
6 Feb 2007, 19:06
Ever since Karl Hammer’s book Satan’s Song came out in the Netherlands there’s been a growing interest in the link between Rennes-le-Chteau and the 14th century Flemish painter Jan van Eyck. He is considered as one of the founders of modern painting techniques. But Van Eyck is also known as an alchemist and may have left us with a powerful, magical talisman: The Adoration of the Lamb. Philip Coppens explains why.
6 Feb 2007, 11:08
What if what the majority believes is wrong? Author Jason Kerrigan believes that the answers to the age old debate about Jesus should be based upon the teachings of the Bible, even if those teachings contradict the mainstream beliefs of our modern culture. In his new book ‘Restoring the Biblical Christ’ he says that the Jesus of the Bible is genuine, but simultaneously rejects the notion that the Bible originally declared Jesus to be God. By referring to the oldest biblical manuscripts in existence along with the word meanings of the ancient languages, the author argues that the Trinitarian interpretation is frankly unauthentic.
6 Feb 2007, 08:05
A new book by Spanish author Montserrat Rico Gngora claims Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi SS, made a secret wartime mission to the abbey of Montserrat in Barcelona in search of what he believed was the Aryan Holy Grail, The Desecrated Abbey, as the book is called, revolves around Himmler’s outlandish belief that Jesus Christ was actually descended from Aryan stock. As part of her research Gngora interviewed a former monk who was ordered by his superiors to greet Himmler during the visit in 1940. Hitler himself is known to have stayed at the Ritz hotel in Barcelona and made his hour-long journey to Montserrat surrounded by blond-haired SS men. The book is currently only available in Spanish (La Abadia Profanada).
5 Feb 2007, 22:29
As much fun as it is over the top: The illustrious Italian Gruppo di Studio e Documentazione Rennes-le-Chteau has published an amazing new software gimmick. Mariano Tomatis gives you a tool by which you can code your own Rennes-le-Chteau ‘big’ Parchment. You can hide a secret message and encode it with your own secret key. The program even delivers a print-out of the Parchment with your secret in it. You’ve got to see it to believe it. Belgian Marquis not included.
2 Feb 2007, 23:41
The Fleury Tableau, depicting the Sermon on the Mount, is the largest single piece of artwork in the church of Rennes-le-Chteau. It consists of twelve figures, most of which are female which is an oddity as most bible references portray this scene with mostly all men. Researcher Ben Hammott takes a close look at this tableau and draws a link with recent research by Socit Perillos, Corjan de Raaf and Andrew Gough with some very good pictures.
2 Feb 2007, 20:03
On the new Dutch language website ‘Het Rennes-le-Chteau Mysterie’ (the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau), Belgian webmaster Beauseant gathers all relevant information about the enigma. It’s objective, open-minded and has a crystal clear design. Well worth the visit.
2 Feb 2007, 09:40
The second part of the Rennes-le-Chteau Baluster series is online on Socit Perillos. It contains a detailed study of the so called ‘Visigothic Pillar’ that once supported Saunire’s altar and its possible function as a hiding place for the documents he allegedly found.
1 Feb 2007, 18:24
The slipstream of the Da Vinci code brought overwhelming attention for one of the most enigmatic women in the Gospels: Mary Magdalene. Long before that she was always at the heart of the Rennes-le-Chteau mystery. Is it possible that some of Europe’s greatest artists were well aware of that? Corjan de Raaf and Andrew Gough join forces and examine the Magdalene, a strangely overlooked rock, a lot of paintings and a 600 lb gorilla.
1 Feb 2007, 08:47
According to American author and columnist David Klinghoffer Jesus mocked the Jewish establishment by ignoring what he calls ‘the oral Thora’. The writer claims that by largely ignoring oral tradition, passed from Moses to the prophets to the rabbis, Jesus basically disqualified as a Rabbi.
1 Feb 2007, 08:33
PrismesHebdo.com, magazine for spirituality and tradition published an article about the translation of the copper Scrolls of Qumran, specifically the Scroll poetically baptised ‘3Q15′. The article presents new insights into the nature of the treasures mentioned in the scrolls and suggests a relation between the Essenes of Qumran and Akhenaten’s Egypt of Jacob and Joseph. The article is in French.
30 Jan 2007, 16:17
Rennes-le-Chteau-Archive has published a study about the relations between St. Sulpice and the Razs area. Since it made an appearance in Dan Brown’s novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’ the church of St. Sulpice has attracted quite a crowd. Jean-Pierre Garcia looks beyond the hype and highlights some interesting relations with the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau throughout its history. The article is in French.
30 Jan 2007, 15:45
Jean Rivire was the priest who administered the last rites to Brenger Saunire and who heard his last confession. Gerard de Sde claimed that Rivire was severely shaken by it and never laughed again in his life. It has long been established that this story is strongly exagerated. Little is it known that Rivire made some remarkable modifications to his church in the village of Espraza, close to Rennes-le-Chteau. Researcher Ben Hammott went into the church and photographed the very unusual statue of Christ lying in his tomb with his eyes open.
30 Jan 2007, 08:11
The French website Marie-Madeleine.com, devoted to the study of Mary Magdalene, had an interview with Patrick Berlier. Berlier is the author of the book ‘La Socit Anglique’. The book deals with the relations between a mysterious 16th century Carthusian monk named Dom Polycarpe de la Rivire and the enigmas of the Pilat, the Provence and Rennes-le-Chteau. In the interview Berlier talks about a stolen painting of Mary Magdalene in a grotto, overlooking the Pilat region. The interview is in French.
28 Jan 2007, 19:22
Archaeological excavations being carried out in Ir David, near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, have uncovered what is said to be one of the most impressive finds in the site: a magnificent terraced street from the Herodian era, which served pilgrims and extended 600 meters from the Shiloah (Siloam) Pool to the Temple.
28 Jan 2007, 18:36
The French branch of the Socit Perillos currently has an exposition in Tautavel. The initiative is hosted by the municipality, in the towns library. Amongst the items on display are: Saunires model (accompanied with a letter from the founder), The Cassini maps of the region, The Courtade register, A manuscript recovered in Opoul and Some of the objects recovered from the various sites in the vicinity of the two tombs. At the same time, the displays offer an overview of both the mystery of Rennes-le-Chteau and how that ties in with the history and enigma of Perillos. A lecture will be held on Saturday February 10, at 20h30, on the first floor of the foyer (the door next to the library). A video projection, the following Saturday at the same time, in the salle des ftes, will also take place. This will be a pre-release of the second DVD made by Tellus Film. Both events will be in French only. The library is open on the first floor of the foyer and is open from Monday to Friday, between 17h and 19h15.
28 Jan 2007, 18:04
The German Production Company Tellus Film has made a clip available from the forthcoming documentary ‘Tombeau du Christ’. It contains new and original footage from Andr Douzet and mayor Lhuillier of Rennes-le-Chteau. Tellus is the company behind one of the best German-language Rennes-le-Chteau websites: dergral.de. The length of the clip is 6:40 and it is voiced-over in German.
27 Jan 2007, 10:17
Controversy is Rennes-le-Chteau’s middle name. Countless arguments have been exchanged whether or not Philippe de Chrisey could have been the author of what is known as ‘the Grand Parchment’. In his essay ‘Pierres et Papier’ De Chrisey claimed that he was the author of this Parchment, de-fusing a great deal of popular belief about what Abb Brenger Saunire found in his church at the end of the 19th century. French researcher Daniel Dugs thinks the Parchment could never have been fabricated by De Chrisey and brings cyphers and an awful lot of letters to prove it.
27 Jan 2007, 09:14
On 7 and 8 July 2007, a Holy Grail conference will be held in Glastonbury. The conference features a number of renowned speakers including Henry Lincoln, Picknett & Prince and Andrew Sinclair. The conference is being held in order to ‘take public awareness of the Holy Grail to another level. In the wake of The Da Vinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail there is currently much divisiveness and confusion in the world regarding the mystery of the Holy Grail.’ The press release states that the conference will help clarify misconceptions about what and where the Holy Grail truly is. The conference will be followed by a pilgrimage to a number of enigmatic sites like Glastonbury Abbey and Stonehenge.
26 Jan 2007, 09:15
The Gazette de Rennes-le-Chteau has posted some nice snowy winter photos of the village. It’s never too late for that Christmassy feel.
26 Jan 2007, 09:02
Today Socit Perillos is starting yet another article series about the forgotten secrets of Rennes-le-Chteau. The series is dedicated to what has become known as ‘the Baluster’, a wooden pillar that once supported the old pulpit in the Rennes-le-Chteau village church. It was in this baluster that bell ringer Antoine Captier allegedly found a small tube containing some ancients parchments. Until the end of his life he would tell his grandson that it was him who made Brenger Saunire a rich man. This grandson, who is also called Antoine Captier, is the current owner of the Baluster and kindly made it available to Andr Douzet, who wrote a great piece of in-depth research about it.
25 Jan 2007, 15:23
Researcher Ben Hammott recently managed to talk his way into the privately owned Chteau Hautpoul in Rennes-le-Chteau. The castle is currently owned and inhabited by ‘Monsieur Henri’, who is a well-known figure in the village. It was in this Chteau that Marie de Negri d’Ables drew her last breath and started three centuries of secrecy and treasure hunting. It is also the place where Sigebert IV allegedly sought refuge after the assasination of his father Dagobert II in 681. Go check out Ben’s unique photos of the inside of the Chteau and the Monsieur Henri’s fantasmagorical map of the premises (in his own words).
23 Jan 2007, 10:04
January 17th, the Calvaire Delmas was restored to its position in the village of Rennes-les-Bains after renovations of the road. This roadside cross that had been taken away to prevent it from getting damaged during the roadworks, was named after the Abbot Delmas, who wrote a manuscript in 1709 in which he speaks of the tomb of a great Roman in the vicinity of Rennes-le-Bains. It was long thought that the Calvaire Delmas marks that spot. During the renovation of the road, a crypt was found in the wall behind the Calvaire but no reports of its contents have been published. The restoration and re-erection of the Calvaire Delmas was made possible by the Cercle du 17 Janvier.
23 Jan 2007, 09:39
The Gruppo di Studio e Documentazione Rennes-le-Chteau has published a photo report of this year’s Pommes Bleues (Blue Apples). Pommes Bleues is a phenomenom that occurs once a year in the Rennes-le-Chteau village church. Every year, at noon on the enigmatic date of 17th January, sunbeams break through the stained glass window of Lazarus and create the Blue Apples effect on the opposite wall of the church. 17th January features all across the Rennes-le-Chteau enigma and Pommes Bleues is part of the secret message hidden in a a parchment that was allegedly found by Abb Brenger Saunire in July 1887.
22 Jan 2007, 14:47
On 22nd January 1917, Brenger Saunire died in Rennes-le-Chteau after a series of heart attacks. After his body had been put on display on a chair outside his Villa Bethania, villagers paid their last respects by removing a tassel form the priests robe in remembrance. Perhaps that is more myth than reality since another story tells us that Marie Dnarnaud, his confidant and housekeeper covered him in a purple tablecloth to cover the priest’s pyjamas and the peculiar position in which he died. We’ll probably never know what really happened but fact is that his memory will live on for a long time. May he Rest In Piece.
20 Jan 2007, 22:04
As a spin-off of the Da Vinci Code fever, the charitable trust of Rosslyn Chapel saw a profit of 500,000 last year. The chapel that badly needs to be restored was gazed at by 170.000 people. That is five times more than in 2005. The money will be used to fund the 12 million restoration programme.
19 Jan 2007, 19:05
From the archives of The Observer: On 28th March 1971, Charles Davis wrote an article headlined: ‘Was Jesus Married?’. The author had been Britain’s leading Roman Catholic theologian before leaving the priesthood and the Church in 1966, and marrying the following year. At the time of writing this article, he was Professor of Religion at Sir George WIlliams University, Montreal. Da Vinci Code avant la lettre.
19 Jan 2007, 18:12
Socit Perillos has published the second part of the Jean XXIII article series. Go check it out.
17 Jan 2007, 17:15
The always excellent Saunire Society has confirmed their spring lecture schedule. As usual, the lectures are split between England (March 3rd) and Scotland (March 30th), and feature an All-Star cast of esoteric celebrities, including:Henry Lincoln, Filip Coppens, Ralph Ellis, Stan Hall, Maurice Cottertell, Dr Robert Feather, David Shayler, Alistair Moffatt, Ashley Cowie, John Ritchie, Robert Cooper, John Millar and others!
17 Jan 2007, 17:13
Rennes-le-Chteau enthusiasts will want to check out Geoffrey Morgans new book, The Secret Church; The Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau. The book claims to have uncovered new discoveries regarding King Dagobert, Nicolas Poussin and the Treasure of Arques.
17 Jan 2007, 17:13
Producers Bruce Burgess and Ren Barrett of the Rennes-le-Chteau documentary Bloodline have provided their first interview on the eve of the film’s much anticipated release. Andrew Gough’s Arcadias 17 Questions provides a rigorous look at the film’s extraordinary discovery.
17 Jan 2007, 17:12
We have learned of further developments in the alleged Oak Island discovery. It seems the capsule, discovered on Oak Island and subsequently moved to Auckland New Zealand for examination, has now been flown to London for inspection by various subject area specialists.Reports indicate that the capsule contains the bones of someone extremely important, wrapped in muslin and cloth, coated with amber and tar. Additionally, the team is said to have discovered a ring and gem within the capsule, with unusual markings.
15 Jan 2007, 20:05
According to former vicar and best-selling children’s author, Graham Taylor, Rosslyn is a red herring, Glastonbury a goose chase and Spain a smokescreen. Taylor claims the Holy Grail was actually buried in Yorkshire, Northern England. The Knights Templar buried it there near the religious superhighway of the Dark Ages.
13 Jan 2007, 20:07
Rhedae Magazine is back online after 3 years of silence. There’s a new URL and a new bloggy look. Webmaster Marc Fernandez is working on some new articles.
12 Jan 2007, 12:24
Socit Perillos is kicking off a series of articles about the relations between the enigma of Rennes-le-Chteau and pope John XXIII also known as Roncalli. In the first article Andre Douzet makes some remarkable observations about John XXIII’s works, his life and the prophecies he wrote before he was elected as pope.
12 Jan 2007, 12:06
Dreamland, the podcast of Whitley Strieber’s Unknown Country is featuring an interview with Christopher Jones this Saturday 13th January. Jones has translated one of the legendary hidden books of our time, Otto Rahns Crusade Against the Grail. Although Rahn wrote in 1933, it has taken 73 years for it to be published in English. He died in 1939, allegedly a suicide, after a long period of increasingly hostile relations with the Nazis. His work inspired Himmler to engage in a search for the Grail in the south of France.
11 Jan 2007, 20:26
Marie Dnarnaud, housekeeper and life long companion of Abb Saunire started off her working career in a hat factory in the village of Espraza. Rennes-le-Chteau Archive is the first to show us a picture of this factory from the time Marie worked there. (The page is in French)
11 Jan 2007, 18:13
Business must be bad for the Priory of Sion. The editor of the acclaimed Strange Attractor journal received a remarkable recruitment e-mail from them recently. Phishing the Underground Stream or just Spam de Plantard?
10 Jan 2007, 21:57
Phenex, the journal of Gnostic studies and heretic science, has published an introduction to Sacred Geometry ‘In Architecture, the Pyramids, Renaissance Artwork, & Philosophy’. The article was written by K.L. Thompson, founder of the IAO Lodge & Society, Galveston, Texas. The article is part of the current issue of the magazine that is available as a PDF download from the website.
9 Jan 2007, 11:50
The Rennes-le-Chteau Researcher behind the pseudonym of ‘Jauclin’ has published an interesting study of Henri Boudet’s La Vraie Langue Celtique. The study which is written in French, concentrates on a location east of Lavaldieu.
8 Jan 2007, 21:16
The Rennes-le-Chteau Gruppo di Studio e Documentazione has published a neat little tool to calculate angles between all major sites in the enigma. Great toys for all fans of landscape mathematics. It’s called the Rennes-le-Chtea Angle Finder. The Maps are based on David Williams’ co-ordinates. The tool was developed by Italian designer Mariano Tomatis. Mariano is also the webmaster of some great looking Italian Rennes-le-Chteau websites.
6 Jan 2007, 10:11
The Gazette de Rennes-le-Chteau has published a new website about the Priory of Sion. The Priory of Sion is omnipresent in the Rennes-le-Chteau affair. The Da Vinci Code rejuvenated the interest in the subject. There are so many questions. Was it a creation of Pierre Plantard de St. Clair or a secret society established by the Knights Templar. Has the Priory of Sion been directing the world backstage or is it all a con? What is the place of Gino Sandri in the show and for what reasons did Jean-Luc Chaumeil discredit the infamous order?
5 Jan 2007, 13:38
Part II of the Perillos Glass Oven article is now online on Socit Perillos.
More than a year ago, a local of the region informed us that he had discovered what he thought was a glass oven. Upon inspection, it was confirmed that this was indeed the case. The discovery proved that which had previously been a theory: that glass had been produced locally. The state of the installation also revealed its general age. Since its discovery, several people from the local community, including the mayor, have repeatedly asked from its discoverer that he reveals its whereabouts…
29 Dec 2006, 20:26
Part II of the Perillos Megaliths article is now online on Socit Perillos.
The altar stone currently in Rennes-le-Chteau comes, as mentioned, from an area near Rennes-le-Chteau. It is however not the only such stone. Between Rennes-le-Chteau and Blanchefort is the hill of Siala. It sits mid-distance, and is largely of the same height, as the hill of Rennes-le-Chteau and the Chteau de Blanchefort. The hill does not appear to have anything of interest and in the Foret Domaniale du Rialsesse, we are indeed confronted with a dense forest, one that is virtually off-limits to most…
24 Dec 2006, 20:41
The French website Rennes-le-Chteau-Archive has published some unique photos by Jean Brunelin, researcher of the first hour and professional media photographer. The photos were taken in and around Rennes-le-Chteau between 1960 and 1970 and show us the quiet before the storm. Go have a look and please respect the copyright.
23 Dec 2006, 21:30
Today an article was published on Andrew Gough’s Arcadia about a new translation of the Dalle de Coumesourde. The legendary Coumesourde Stone, now lost, is believed to have concealed a secret of great importance, but what? Corjan de Raaf & Jean-Pierre dAniort take us on a journey of discovery, and arrive at some surprising conclusions. The article is the first in a series of related guest articles with assorted co-researchers in the coming months.
22 Dec 2006, 20:16
Much esoteric significance has been associated with Scotlands Rosslyn Chapel, and many have linked it with Rennes-le-Chteau. The Hiram Key got the party started, and others such as Filip Coppens provided sensible introductions to the story of the enigmatic chapel, but it was not until Mark Oxbrow and Ian Robertsons excellent Rosslyn and the Grail did the backlash begin in earnest.Now, others are following suit, such as The Rosslyn Hoax. Will the trend continue? Is the backlash deserved?
22 Dec 2006, 20:15
Rennes-le-Chteau researcher, and BLOODLINE Documentary contributor Ben Hammott, formerly known as Tombman, has revamped his website. Do have a look as its full of interesting information and some amazing discoveries.
22 Dec 2006, 20:13
Arcadia recently reported a story that, if true, will be sure to dominate headlines throughout 2007. Arcadia has learned that researchers led by a wealthy London businessman have discovered a wooden capsule, believed to contain treasure, or a royal burial, in Oak Island.Sources say the top cone of the intricate structure has been removed, following 72 straight hours of extremely delicate work. It is believed that there is a capsule within a capsule, covered in either silver or tin-like metal, brushed to a high sheen. A research team scientist is said to believe that it could be silver paint on muslin, hardened by an ancient process.Intriguingly, Zygophyllum Dumosum petals, pollen traces of which were discovered on the Turin Shroud, have been discovered in near perfect condition at the head of the tomb, leading the expedition Botanist to comment Its like they were just put in the capsule. Uncanny.Andrew Gough’s Arcadia will continue to use discretion in reporting on this presently unsubstantiated story.
22 Dec 2006, 20:11
Punk legend and Rennes-le-Chteau authority Rat Scabies has launched a Rennes-le-Chteau think-tank, of sorts. The group, or forum, held its inaugural meeting this week, upstairs at Rats local, the ultra cool Griffin Pub in Brentford, England. In attendance were many Rennes-le-Chteau notables including Christopher Dawess (author of Rat Scabies and The Holy Grail the single greatest book ever written on Rennes-le-Chteau, in Arcadias humble opinion), Clive Prince (Lynn Picknett sent her apologies but promised to reveal all, next time), Stewart Ferris, and an assortment of others, including Andrew Gough. One of the evenings highlights was a copy of an 1884 book that Rat that had acquired by Johann von Hapsburg, cousin of Franz Josef, emperor of Austria, and acquaintance of Brenger Saunire. A review of the book (which is written in German) was presented and discussed.By the end of the evening the record was put straight on a number of matters, aided no doubt by the consumption of considerable quantities of liquid holiday cheer. Oh, and just to be clear, there is no truth to the rumour that the group has been named The Priory of the Dammed
22 Dec 2006, 08:32
The promising, albeit beleaguered Rennes-le-Chteau documentary, BLOODLINE, currently scheduled for re
Pre-sales have started for the Rise. This long awaited book by writers collective Isaac Ben Jacob and Sarah Fishberg will throw a completely new light on the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château.
