The Templar Treasure of Gisors

Mind Body Soul Ezine Book Review: The Templar Treasure of Gisor by Jean Markale, Published by Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. Paperback 304 pages, £15.99 Using source documents, this controversial author, the late Jean Markale, considers that Templar treasures were hidden within the Cathedral at Gisor, possibly within the many underground chambers and passageways that are held to be too dangerous to investigate by modern archaeologists. The author accepts that the original confession of the Templars to heresy (conducted under extreme torture) was true and ignores their following retraction. Jean Markale (1928 - 2008) was the pen name of Jean Bertrand - described by himself as a Celtic and mediaeval scholar at the Sorbonne. Here he suggests that within the Knights Templar Order was a secret band of knights who had access to knowledge and wealth, spiritual and material, that is still to be found. This author has been discredited more than a couple of times!

Some books by this prolific author (and including The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween): 

• The Celts: Uncovering the Mythic and Historic Origins of Western Culture (ISBN 0-89281-413-6)
• Montségur and the Mystery of the Cathars (ISBN 0-89281-090-4)
• Women of the Celts (1972)
• The Druids: Celtic Priests of Nature (ISBN 0-89281-703-8)
• Cathedral of the Black Madonna: The Druids and the Mysteries of Chartres
• King of the Celts: Arthurian Legends and Celtic Tradition
• Merlin: Priest of Nature
• The Epics of Celtic Ireland: Ancient Tales of Mystery and Magic
• The Great Goddess: Reverence Of The Divine Feminine From The Paleolithic To The Present
• The Church of Mary Magdalene: The Sacred Feminine and the Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau

Review by Wendy Stokes https//:wendystokes.co.uk