The Messianic Legacy

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Review: The Messianic Legacy - The Sequel to the International Bestseller The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. 

Following the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, the three intrepid investigators have produced this sequel covering again the debunked hoax of Gerard de Sède and his shady pal, Pierre Plantard of the secret society, Priory of Sion. Their bloodline story of the marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene, through Merivogian royalty to Knight Templars is centre stage yet again. It doesn’t inspire anyone to think they were competent investigators especially as they state themselves in the text that history is notoriously unreliable! 

Jesus is compared to King Arthur and Robin Hood, both of whom are fictitious, and also Joan of Arc, whose life and death are well recorded. Jesus is even compared to Hernan Cortez who was thought to be a god when he landed in Mexico in 1520! 

In the first pages we find a heavy debunking of the life of Jesus, describing the books of the New Testament as being written several decades after the death of Jesus and were therefore fabricated. This frustrates me because, in these times, people had immensely accurate memories and could recite long poems and genealogies verbatim. The words of such a great teacher that had been foretold as the Messiah in the Old Testament, would have been preciously recorded in mind if not in writing. To discredit Christ as the Messiah, they use a German professor, Herman  Samuel Reimarus who taught in Hamburg in 1750 and words the authors ascribe to Pope Leo X which were never said by him as simple research confirms. Many highly popular writers have made their name by picking apart the life of Jesus and the huge welter of man-made ideas that followed on from the publication of the New Testament. 

The hallmarks of the Messiah were foretold in the Old Testament and the words of Jesus teach us empathy, understanding, generosity and many spiritual values, including examining our conscience, forgiving others, being fair and just, and pursuing peace. His death teaches us the evils that were committed against shim. All religions should teach is the difference between right and wrong and those who destroy such a belief are suspect characters. 

Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln are all dead but sadly their words live on! 

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