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In "The Warriors and the Bankers", the research and writing team of
Alan Butler and Stephen Dafoe bring their combined experiences to
bear on the question asked for hundreds of years, What became of
the Knights Templar? Arrested in 1307, dissolved in 1312 and
executed by 1314, the Templars have been the subject of many
theories concerning their possible survival. This book examines
these theories against new evidence and information. Additionally
the authors put forth, for the first time, a completely new theory
that has caught the ears, eyes and attention of many readers. The
ultimate conclusion is that the Templars did survive, virtually
intact and that in a very direct sense, they may still be one of
the most potent forces at work in the world at the start of the new
Millennium. "The Warriors and the Bankers" is eminently readable
and is intended for both the serious student of Templarism or
simply the interested observer.
Starting from what was, at its time, the most important vision of
the Virgin Mary ever to take place in Western Europe, The Virgin
and the Pentacle gradually uncovers a virtually unknown war that
has been taking place across 1,700 years. This is the story of the
battle between the orthodox Catholic Church and Freemasonry, itself
the most modern manifestation of a much older religious conflict
between patriarchal and matriarchal views of the godhead. Erupting
occasionally in violence it is strikingly seen in the opposing
visions of the Virgin Mary in the 19th century, which defined the
conflicting theological parameters and led to the doctrine of the
Immaculate Conception in the 1850s. Underpinning Freemasonic
practice is a fraternity that has been active in Europe and beyond
since the 4th century. At the heart of the Craft is a very specific
social, economic and religious imperative, known only to the
highest aspirants. The Virgin and the Pentacle cuts through the
accusations that have been showered upon Freemasonry and shows what
it's true objectives have been from the start. Reading like a
whodunit, it is a story of dirty tricks that have included false
visions, subterfuge and even murder. The conclusions are stunning
and far reaching.
In the early-1980s, the ten million people of retirement age in the
UK figured prominently among the disadvantaged and deprived. They
were heavily over-represented in sub-standard housing and among
those in most need of support from the personal social services.
One form of social provision which gained rapidly in popularity in
the 1960s and 1970s was sheltered housing. It was seen to combine
housing with care; provided support while fostering independence;
and gave scope for flexibility and experimentation in adapting
schemes to local circumstances. By the late 1970s hundreds of
schemes were administered, and they were occupied by half a million
elderly tenants. Sheltered housing was called ‘the greatest
breakthrough in the housing scene since the war’. Extravagant
expectations were aroused, and sheltered housing was regarded by
some as the solution to all manner of complex problems. Taking the
country as a whole, however, relatively little was known about the
numbers of schemes and where they were located; who owned them and
how they were managed; the aims and assumptions of those who
provided or advocated sheltered housing; how the schemes functioned
and whether they achieved what they were set up to do; the role,
experience and attitudes of wardens; what kinds of people lived in
sheltered housing, their history, and how they became tenants;
their assessment of the scheme; and much else. The Leeds study, on
which this book is based, originally published in 1983, was the
most comprehensive and detailed to have been conducted into
sheltered housing. It evoked widespread interest in Britain and
abroad at the time. It sought to answer some of the important
questions about the growth and proliferation of sheltered housing,
to evaluate sheltered housing from different points of view –
including those of tenants, and to consider the scope for future
development. While sheltered housing is the focal topic of the book
it should be viewed in the broader context of social policy,
administration, professional practice and client experience. The
book describes in detail an innovatory and evolving form of social
provision and, in doing so, illuminates the operation and impact of
policy in action at several levels – from the policy-maker to the
consumer, from the organisation of policy to its object. There was
significant evidence from the study that many tenants were provided
with a service which was not the one they sought, or even needed,
but they were given what the agency happened to have – or made
– available. Among other topics, the book examines sheltered
housing as a response to, or reflection of, myths and prejudices
about ageing. It discusses whether elderly people should be
compelled to move from familiar surroundings late in life – and
how they cope when they do move. The usefulness or otherwise of
alarm systems is assessed – with conclusions that throw
considerable doubt on their value or reliability. The evolution and
modifications taking place in sheltered housing are reported on and
the scope for future initiatives is discussed.
In the early-1980s, the ten million people of retirement age in the
UK figured prominently among the disadvantaged and deprived. They
were heavily over-represented in sub-standard housing and among
those in most need of support from the personal social services.
One form of social provision which gained rapidly in popularity in
the 1960s and 1970s was sheltered housing. It was seen to combine
housing with care; provided support while fostering independence;
and gave scope for flexibility and experimentation in adapting
schemes to local circumstances. By the late 1970s hundreds of
schemes were administered, and they were occupied by half a million
elderly tenants. Sheltered housing was called 'the greatest
breakthrough in the housing scene since the war'. Extravagant
expectations were aroused, and sheltered housing was regarded by
some as the solution to all manner of complex problems. Taking the
country as a whole, however, relatively little was known about the
numbers of schemes and where they were located; who owned them and
how they were managed; the aims and assumptions of those who
provided or advocated sheltered housing; how the schemes functioned
and whether they achieved what they were set up to do; the role,
experience and attitudes of wardens; what kinds of people lived in
sheltered housing, their history, and how they became tenants;
their assessment of the scheme; and much else. The Leeds study, on
which this book is based, originally published in 1983, was the
most comprehensive and detailed to have been conducted into
sheltered housing. It evoked widespread interest in Britain and
abroad at the time. It sought to answer some of the important
questions about the growth and proliferation of sheltered housing,
to evaluate sheltered housing from different points of view -
including those of tenants, and to consider the scope for future
development. While sheltered housing is the focal topic of the book
it should be viewed in the broader context of social policy,
administration, professional practice and client experience. The
book describes in detail an innovatory and evolving form of social
provision and, in doing so, illuminates the operation and impact of
policy in action at several levels - from the policy-maker to the
consumer, from the organisation of policy to its object. There was
significant evidence from the study that many tenants were provided
with a service which was not the one they sought, or even needed,
but they were given what the agency happened to have - or made -
available. Among other topics, the book examines sheltered housing
as a response to, or reflection of, myths and prejudices about
ageing. It discusses whether elderly people should be compelled to
move from familiar surroundings late in life - and how they cope
when they do move. The usefulness or otherwise of alarm systems is
assessed - with conclusions that throw considerable doubt on their
value or reliability. The evolution and modifications taking place
in sheltered housing are reported on and the scope for future
initiatives is discussed.
Revealing the origins of the grail in Goddess religion, this title
shows its continuance through Christianity down to modern times,
with devotees of the Goddess still at work in the world today. It
explains why it was adopted and used, how it existed on different
levels to different people and shows what Grail Knowledge really
was and is.
The moon has confounded scientists for many years. It does not obey
the known rules of astrophysics and there is no theory of its
origin that explains the known facts - in fact it should not really
be there. When researching the ancient system of geometry and
measurement used in the Stone Age that they discovered in their
previous book, Civilization One, the authors discovered to their
great surprise that the system also works perfectly on the Moon On
further investigation, they found a consistent sequence of
beautiful integer numbers when looking at every major aspect of the
Moon - no pattern emerges for any other planet or moon in the solar
system. For example, the Moon revolves at exactly one hundredth of
the speed that the Earth turns on its axis; the Moon is exactly 400
times smaller than the Sun and is precisely 400 times closer to the
Earth. They also discovered that the Moon possesses little or no
heavy metals and has no core, in fact many specialists suspect that
the Moon is hollow. If our Moon did not exist - nor would we.
Experts are now agreed that higher life only developed on Earth
because the Moon is exactly what it is and where it is When all of
the facts are dispassionately reviewed, it becomes unreasonable to
cling to the idea that the Moon is a natural object. The only
question that remains is who built it? Thought-provoking - Daily
Mail.
What was the most important step in civilization? Alan Butler's
answer is that it was when we began capturing wild sheep,
domesticating and breeding them. Sheep were the mainstay of ancient
cultures, by far the most important of the domesticated animals.
Able to survive almost anywhere, over-wintering successfully, they
provided not just milk, meat and skin, but warm clothing. This is
why so many of the earliest gods and their myths are sheep related,
from the Egyptian Ra (ram) to the later Christian Lamb of God. But
sheep have not only sustained us for thousands of years. Sheep
farming also underpinned the growth of European nation states,
international trade and modern economies. In effect sheep built the
modern world. The demands of the woollen textile industry both
drove and financed the Industrial Revolution. The British Empire
was founded on wool. The space needed for sheep drove millions off
the land, many of whom took them to Australasia and the Americas.
With over a billion sheep in the world today the humanity-sheep
relationship represents the most successful example of mammalian
symbiosis on the planet. The story of the sheep is the story of
humanity, a surprisingly exciting and gripping tale that deserves
to be told. Spanning a vast period of time, it includes some of the
most famous names that have been left to us by history, and many
that deserve to better recognised.
Rosslyn Chapel is a deeply enigmatic 15th-century Gothic
masterpiece, situated near Edinburgh. Although generally referred
to as a 'chapel' and acting as a local parish church these days,
Rosslyn is actually much more than either - and in fact most people
who have studied the site in detail come to the conclusion that
those who created the structure in the 15th century were not, in
reality, intent on building a Christian church at all. In fact,
nothing at Rosslyn is what it seems. With its overpowering air of
mystery, its superlative stone carvings and its strong Templar and
Freemasonic connections, Rosslyn represents one of the most
absorbing historical puzzles in Britain. The discovery of new
evidence by the authors puts a new slant on the motivations of
those who decided to create a New Jerusalem in the Scottish
Lowlands. The signs pointed the authors to a lost holy relic - the
skull of St Matthew the Evangelist, in whose name the chapel is
dedicated. There is startling evidence that this skull came to
Rosslyn in the early 15th century, brought there by polymath,
librarian and all-round genius Sir Gilbert Hay, who also put
together a substantial library. What follows is no less than an
adventure, using the clues from the lost books to locate St
Matthew's skull - now in Washington, DC. The authors also embark on
a thorough examination of Rosslyn Chapel's credentials, both a
Christian church and as an icon of the impending Renaissance, a
reconstruction of King Solomon's Temple and an astronomical
observatory - all suffused with ancient beliefs that would have had
the chapel's builders burned at the stake if their true motivations
had been discovered.
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