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The Hidden History of Jesus and the Holy Gr: Continued from page 83 of administration to combat the all-too- rotumba, ards gstingushed as the Chevalier apparent slide into social and moral Presidential Attaché to the European Council of information coming to light at this particu- decline. They are, in fact, questing for the Princes, a constitutional advisory body estab- lar time? Holy Grail. lished in 1946. He is formally attached to the The fact is that the information has never This quest for new enlightenment is con- Stewart founded at at Geral en Layer in use. of been suppressed by those whom it con- _ siderably heightened by the coming new and is the Jacobite Historiographer Royal. carne Tt hac haan onnnraccad hu antcida millanninm and there ic a wideonraad faal_ Continued from page 83 of administration to combat the all-too- apparent slide into social and moral information coming to light at this particu- decline. They are, in fact, questing for the lar time? Holy Grail. The fact is that the information has never This quest for new enlightenment is con- been suppressed by those whom it con- _ siderably heightened by the coming new cerns. It has been suppressed by outside millennium, and there is a widespread feel- power-seekers who have sought to serve __ ing that this should also present a new their own ends, rather than serve the com-_ Renaissance, an era of rebirth wherein the munities they are supposed to represent. precepts of the Grail code are acknowl- Today, however, we are in a new age of edged and practised—the precepts of liber- ‘questing’, as many people grow more disil- _ ty, fraternity and equality. lusioned with the establishment dogmas Grail lore spells out loud and clear that that prevail. We live in an age of satellite the wound of the Fisher King must be communications, sound-barrier travel, healed if the wasteland is to return to fertil- computers and the Internet—so the world _ ity. And so, given that I had been afforded is effectively much smaller than before. In privileged access over past years to the such an environment, news travels very archives of the Knights Templars, the quickly, and the truth is far more difficult Celtic Church and the Messianic sovereign to restrain. houses of Europe, the time arrived for me Also, the very fabric of the 'male-domi- to play my own small part in trying to heal nated' Church and governmental structures the age-old wound of the Fisher King. The is being questioned, and it is generally per- result was my book, Bloodline of the Holy ceived that the old doctrines of spiritual Grail. oo control and territorial management are not About the Speaker: working. More and more people are Sir Laurence Gardner, Kt St Gm, KCD, is an inter- searching for the original, uncluttered roots nationally known sovereign and chivalric geneal- of their faith, and for their purpose in soci- _ ogist. He holds the position of Grand Prior of the ety. They are seeking more effective forms Celtic Church's Sacred Kindred of Saint Editor's Notes: Sir Laurence Gardner will be a guest speaker at the 1998 NEXUS Conference, 25-26 July, in Sydney, Australia. + Correspondence should be addressed to Sir Laurence Gardner, Kt St Gm, KCD, c/- Element Books, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8DP, United Kingdom. + Laurence Gardner's book, Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed, contains the detailed story upon which this lecture was based. It was published by Element Books in 1996 (ISBN 1-85230-870-2 h/c), and is now available in paperback (ISBN 1- 86204-152-0), distributed by Penguin Books and widely available through bookshops. It was reviewed in NEXUS 4/01. The second book in his Grail bloodline trilogy is Genesis of the Grail Kings, which is scheduled for publication in (northern) Spring 1999. + Copies of Laurence Gardner's video presenta- tion can be obtained from NEXUS Office in the UK; and in the USA, from Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, PO Box 1210, Yelm, WA 98597, telephone +1 (360) 458 5201, website, www.ramtha.com. Orders from Australia and NZ should be sent to the USA; cost, AUD$46.00 inc. p&h, for both tapes (specify PAL/VHS). About the Speaker: Sir Laurence Gardner, Kt St Gm, KCD, is an inter- nationally known sovereign and chivalric geneal- ogist. He holds the position of Grand Prior of the Celtic Church's Sacred Kindred of Saint 84 - NEXUS JUNE - JULY 1998 Continued from page 83