The Great Pyramid Decoded

Peter Lemesurier

“For over 40 centuries, the Great Pyramid of Giza has tantalized and baffled mankind. Is it a royal tomb, a treasure-house, an astronomical observatory, or an incredibly sophisticated public works project? Or is it, as some believe, nothing less than the Bible written in solid stone? Or could it even be a landmark of an earlier civilization, perhaps immeasurably older than Egypt itself? Having discussed the extraordinary facts of the pyramid’s siting and construction, Peter Lemesurier goes on to uncover intriguing links between the pyramid’s picture of man’s place in the universe and the religious traditions of Egypt, Palestine, India and even Central America.” Dr. Gene Scott has read from this work on the air.

Publisher: Element
Paperback: 350 pages
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Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed

Laurence Gardner

According to the surprising and compelling research in this work, Moses was none other than the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton; Jesus is a direct descendant of King David (and as such, fated to become the national leader in the Jewish anti-Roman revolt); Jesus had other brothers and sisters; Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had two sons; Mary Magdalene and their sons fled to Europe after the failed Jewish Wars; Jesus himself fled toward Asia Minor (and is presumed to have traveled on to Kashmir where he supposedly died). This knowledge was kept alive by initiates who originated such religious movements and kingly dynasties the Merovingians, the Celtic Church and the Arthurian romances. The book goes beyond genealogy to show that the Holy Grail, more than a physical object, is an ideal of service and guidance to others instituted by the leader of national liberation and social harmony in ancient Palestine, Jesus. MET

Publisher: Element
Hardback: 489 pages
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The Jesus Conspiracy: The Turin Shroud and the Truth About the Resurrection

Holger Kersten and Elmar R. Gruber

Jesus is alive and living in Las Vegas. Or was that Elvis? This is actually a less far-fetched idea than a water-walking, healing, immaculately conceived carpenter who dies on a cross, is resurrected, gets his own religion and becomes the invisible Supreme Being. The existence of God has been a healthy source of argument throughout the ages. But the religious side was always defended with the unanswerable “You can’t prove that he doesn’t exist.” Religious historian Holger Kersten and scientist Elmar R. Gruber have taken a first step in providing that proof.
The Jesus Conspiracy is a well-researched book that mostly deals with the Turin Shroud, the funeral cloth that bears the mysterious imprint of the crucified Jesus. For years its authenticity was questioned, and in 1988, three scientific laboratories working independently in different parts of the world used radio-carbon dating to prove that the cloth was a forgery. The authors have carefully re-created the events leading to the testing and conclude that ulterior motives were at work. The theory is presented that the cloth is authentic and the results have been tampered with. But why would anyone want to make the most revered relic of Christendom appear to be a fake? Kersten and Gruber’s research led them to a culture-shattering conclusion. The imprint on the cloth is of a man who was still alive when he was laid in the tomb. This challenges the fundamental core of Christianity, which is based on “the salvation” which Jesus is supposed to have vicariously obtained for all by his “death on the cross.” In short, what would become of the crucial sentence written by Paul in his letter to the Corinthians, ‘And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain?’ (1 Cor. 15:14) The authors offer evidence that Christ was merely unconscious on the cross and the burial was a ruse to fool Pilate. His friends had given him an opiate-like substance that made him hang limp on the cross and be taken for dead, put him in the tomb, and rescued him when the coast was clear. The imprint on the burial cloth may have been made by a combination of chemicals, incense and body vapors. The rest of the story has been buried in 2,000 years of misinterpretation and theological manipulation. This theory also coincides with the recent uncovering and interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. But, of course, zealots will still claim that this proves nothing. Perhaps the question should be posed that if Jesus was the Son of God and then later became the Lord, what ever happened to his dad? I’m sure he could answer a few questions. AN

Publisher: Element
Hardback: 373 pages
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Jesus Lived in India: His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion

Holger Kersten

“Why has Christianity chosen to ignore its connections with the religions of the East, and to dismiss repeatedly the numerous claims that Jesus spent a large part of his life in India?… As well as revealing age-old links between Israelites and the East, the evidence found by theologian Kersten points to the following startling conclusions: In his youth Jesus followed the ancient Silk Road to India; while there he studied Buddhism, adopting its tenets and becoming a spiritual master; Jesus survived the crucifixion; Jesus was buried in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, where he continues to be revered as a saintly man; the tomb of Jesus still exists in Kashmir.”

Publisher: Element
Paperback: 264 pages
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The Original Jesus: The Buddhist Sources of Christianity

Elmer R. Gruber and Holger Kersten

Convincing case for the theory that the son of God did in fact base much of his Christian teachings on Buddhist beliefs. “The complete mastery exemplified by the Buddha and Jesus gave them the knowledge of the rewards and gains of the inner way, and they spoke out of profound insight.” TD

Publisher: Element
Paperback: 274 pages
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Towards a Cosmic Music

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Stockhausen was the first composer to publish a musical score using electronic notation. This 1989 volume, his first collection of writings to appear in English in 20 years, juxtaposes interviews and essays with a superb chronology of the composer’s works up through 1988. Like the radically different styles in Stockhausen’s music, this book goes “beyond global village polyphony” into “intuitive music,” “suprahumanization” and “synthesis” toward an integration of the senses in “Light: The Summation,” which focuses on Stockhausen’s gesamkunstwerk, the seven-opera cycle called “Light,” with a different full-length work for each day of the week, that is due to be completed by the end of this century. MS

Publisher: Element
Paperback: 146 pages