esoterically.
My question now was simple and yet complex: Was the Shroud of Turin a kind of Blot offering? Infusing power in a divine relic? And who’s blood was it?
Philip Gardiner is a best selling author of The Ark, The Shroud and Mary, Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Revealed, Secrets of the Serpent and Proof – Does God Exist? He has several DVD’s out and speaks regularly around the world. His website is www.gardinersworld.com
Notes
1 Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt, Jan Assmann, Cornell University Press, 2005.
2 The Midnight Sun, Alan Alford, Eridu Books, 2004, page 95.
3 Myth and Religion of the North, Gabriel Turville-Petre, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964, page 251.
4 The Culture of the Teutons, Vilhelm Gronbech, Vol 2, page 55. Out of print, publisher unknown.
5 Holy Grail Across the Atlantic: The Secret History of Canadian Discovery and Exploration, Michael Bradley, Hounslow Press, Canada, 1998.
6 Secret Sects of Syria and the Lebanon, Bernard H. Springett, Kegan Paul International Ltd, 2005.
Philip Gardiner is a best selling author of The Ark, The Shroud and Mary, Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Revealed, Secrets of the Serpent and Proof – Does God Exist? He has several DVD’s out and speaks regularly around the world. His website is www.gardinersworld.com
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