How do we understand and articulate our Christian faith in the age of science? Are the two in conflict? Fr Christopher Knight - a theologian who also holds a doctorate in astrophysics - is well-equipped to guide us through these questions. He argues that not only is there no conflict between faith and science, but our contemporary scientific worldview can be deepened and refined by engagement with the riches of the ancient Orthodox tradition.
Is Freemasonry nothing more than a benign and charitable men's social club as the Order insists or does it have a deeper and perhaps darker purpose? Could these men be part of the "Illuminati" -- a group of intellectuals with extremely grand plans for the development of civilization? And if so, what is the grand plan that these men were so determined to bring about, and why should there be such opposition to it? Christopher Knight and Alan Butler reveal that present-day Freemasons are the spiritual descendents of an ancient priesthood that was forced to act in secrecy. In the early days of Christianity, their views offended and opposed those of the orthodox Church, and later in feudal Europe, both the State and the established Church considered them heretics and sworn enemies. Yet, they could not be silenced -- or defeated -- and members of this priesthood have continued to this day to work in subtle and sometimes subversive ways to achieve their aims, often occupying very elevated positions within Western society, and always maintaining complete anonymity to those outside their fellowship. The extraordinary story that unfolds in Solomon's Power Brokers reveals that the building of the modern world was no haphazard process. There was a grand plan -- and it has succeeded. The "New World Order" is already here.
Modern scientific investigations reveal that Earth has faced numerous impacts from comets and meteorites, with laboratory studies indicating that such events could generate tidal waves exceeding three miles in height and traveling nearly 400 miles per hour. In the last 10,000 years, two significant impacts occurred: a seven-fold impact into the oceans around 7640 B.C. and a single impact in the Mediterranean Sea around 3150 B.C., coinciding with the time of Noah's Flood. Evidence suggests that ancient Europeans not only survived the 7640 B.C. flood but also established an advanced civilization focused on predicting future meteoric impacts. They built an international network of astronomical observatories, developing accurate solar, lunar, and planetary calendars, measuring Earth's diameter, and predicting comet collisions years in advance. This was the underlying purpose of megalithic structures like Stonehenge. The predictions made in 3150 B.C. proved accurate, and their device—Uriel's Machine—enabled the reconstruction of civilization after the devastation. Additionally, the work presents intriguing claims: a single global language existed, a common female ancestor to all humans, angels interbreeding with women to create The Watchers, and that the oral tradition of Freemasonry reflects real events. This compelling exploration of humanity's past, present, and future demonstrates that the world was indeed flooded, yet survived
This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh. This book reveals for the first time why there were such high expectations of a Messiah at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ.
This is the amazing story of how a quest to try to crack the mystery of the Megalithic Yard—an ancient unit of linear measurement—led to the discovery of compelling evidence pointing to the existence of an unknown, highly advanced culture which was the precursor to the earliest known civilizations such as the Sumerians and the Egyptians. There must have been a Civilization One.Knight and Butler reveal the secrets of an extraordinary integrated measuring system which might have been lost to the world for ever. It was a system, far more advanced than anything used today, which forms the basis of both the Imperial and Metric measure systems! These ancient scientists understood the dimensions, motions and relationships of the Earth, Moon and Sun—they measured the solar system and even understood how the speed of light was integrated into the movements of our planet. Their conclusions fly in the face of everything that we thought we knew about the origins of the modern world—but the evidence is incontrovertible.And the implications of these revelations go far beyond the fascination of the discovery of a “super-science” of prehistory; they indicate a grand plan which may have far-reaching theological ramifications.
There is now no published theory to explain the enigma of the Turin Shroud that fits the known evidence. Many people want the shroud to be proof of Christ's mission, but Knight and Lomas prove that it is not. The truth behind the shroud is an epic story of pride, greed, powerlust and suffering. It had been prophesised that the Messiah would return shortly after 1230AD. Jacques de Molay was born in 1244, beacame a Templar in 1265 and Grand Master om 1297; the Templars regarded themselves as the guardians of the secret teachings of Jesus. In 1307 Molay was arrested at the instigation of the Pope, who was alarmed at the spread of this influence - and was crucified. Using the latest scientific techniques , the authors prove that the shroud Molay was wrapped in is the one now known as the Turin Shroud.
In this investigation into the origins of Freemasonry and the final resting place of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the authors, Knight and Lomas, come to some controversial conclusions.
The moon has confounded scientists for many years. It does not obey the known rules of astrophysics and there is no theory of its origin that explains the known facts--in fact it should not really be there...The authors of Civilization One return, bringing new evidence about the Moon that will shake up our world. Christopher Knight and Alan Butler realized that the ancient system of geometry they presented in their earlier, breakthrough study works as perfectly for the Moon as it does the Earth. On further investigation, they found a consistent sequence of beautiful integer numbers when looking at every major aspect of the Moon--no such pattern emerges for any other planet or moon in the solar system. In addition, Knight and Butler discovered that the Moon possesses few or no heavy metals and has no core—something that should not be possible. Their persuasive conclusion: if higher life only developed on Earth because the Moon is exactly what it is and where it is, it becomes unreasonable to cling to the idea that the Moon is a natural object. The only question that remains is, who built it?
Postmodernism has been a buzzword of contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music.
Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life.
