I've read HBHG, I've read a great deal about that area and its spiritual traditions, and I've actually been to Rennes-Le-Chateau.
HBHG is laughed at by real historians, and its authors considered charlatans of the highest order. One of the reasons people so dumped on Dan Brown for the Da Vinci Code book is that they simply couldn't believe he would rip off something that was already a ripoff, and a discredited one. :-) The legend itself, as far as I can tell from what real scholars have said -- combined with my own intuition and the "feel" of having been there and meditated there -- is that the original story of the priest in question magically making money appear was a hoax, funded by those who wanted to turn their sleepy and above all poor village into a place of pilgrimage, and thus profit from the pilgrims. I am far from alone in this belief. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost1uk@...> wrote: > > I read and enjoyed the Holy Blood & The Holy Grail (and > its follow-up whose name I forget). > > It seems though that many of the claims made about > the 'Priory Of Sion' have been shown to be > flimsy at best. But today I see the story still has legs: > > "Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in tiny French > village" > > http://goo.gl/rDgNk > > "...researchers have revealed the entrance to a cave > they insist contains King Solomon's gold, and possibly > the Holy Grail". > > (Hey Barry - you're into the Cathars and all that stuff. > And not just in this life, no?. I wonder what you make > of the Rennes-Le-Chateau saga?) >
