News
13 May 2008 - Masks of Christ rights sold in Romania
Romanian rights to The Masks of Christ have been sold to RAO, publishers of The Templar Revelation and The Sion Revelation.
25 April 2008 - Brazilian news 2: Masks of Christ
Brazilian rights to The Masks of Christ have been sold to Record.
25 April 2008 - Brazilian news 1: Turin Shroud
The Brazilian edition of Turin Shroud: How Leonardo da Vinci Fooled History is now available, published by Record.
15 April 2008 - Lynn and Clive to appear at Saunière Society Scottish symposium
Lynn and Clive are to give a talk based on The Masks of Christ at the Saunière Society's symposium being held in Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Scotland, on the weekend of 1-3 November 2008. For details of the other speakers and booking arrangements, see the Saunière Society web site.
20 March 2008 - Bucharest booking
Lynn and Clive are to speak at conference and make an appearance at book fair in Bucharest on 20 November 2008. They were asked by Vlad Souchek, one of Europe's top organisers of conferences on the esoteric to speak at his event and do a book signing at the Bucharest Book Fair the following weekend.
14 March 2008 - Sion Revelation updated
Lynn and Clive are delighted to announce that an updated edition of The Sion Revelation is to be published in the UK in October, as a 'C format' paperback. It will include new and sometimes surprising discoveries and developments in the Priory of Sion and Rennes-le-Château mysteries based on Lynn and Clive's ongoing research since the publication of first edition in February 2006. For more details, see the Future Events page.
28 February 2008 - Legends of Spain
Lynn and Clive were interviewed for a documentary being made by Divine TV Productions for Sky TV's Living in Spain channel (aimed at the British ex-pat community in Spain). Part of the Mystical Legends of Spain series, the documentary looks at the history of the Templars in Spain and Portugal and the myth of the Holy Grail. Details of the broadcast will follow. Other interviewees included Patrice Chaplin and Andrew Gough.
30 January 2008 - Masks of Christ US launch date brought forward
Lynn and Clive are delighted to announce that the US publishers of The Masks of Christ, Simon and Schuster, have brought forward publication (originally set for early 2009) to 11 November 2008. The American edition, under Simon and Schuster's Touchstone Fireside imprint, will have the slightly different subtitle of Behind the Lies and Cover-ups About the Life of Jesus.
2 January 2008 - The Moot with No Name
Lynn and Clive kicked off the new year with a talk on the Knights Templar to the Moot With No Name, the twice-monthly pagan-oriented gathering that takes place in the Devereux Arms in central London. The talk, which concentrated on new research into the Templars such as the Chinon document, was pleasingly well-attended, especially considering how closely it followed the New Year festivities. Thanks to David V. Barrett and Steve Wilson for inviting them along.
15 December 2007 - Christmas on Coast to Coast AM
Lynn and Clive appeared on Ian Punnett's show on America's Coast to Coast AM - apparently granting Ian's Christmas wish from his producer, that he could choose his favourite guests for the show! The three-hour early morning live show was as usual exhausting but great fun, and ranged over all aspects of Lynn and Clive's work but focused especially on secret societies. Clips from the show can be heard at www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/12/15.html.
15 November 2007 - New London lecture
Lynn and Clive are to give talk on the latest research into the Knights Templar to the new year meeting of the Moot With No Name, a bi-weekly pagan-oriented gathering that takes place in The Devereux pub, Devereux Court, in central London. It's at 7.30pm on 2 January 2008, and entry is £2. The nearest tube is, appropriately, Temple - see tinyurl.com/cp7u2 for a map.
5 November 2007 - Sion Revelation sold in Slovakia
Slovakian rights to The Sion Revelation have been bought by Remedium.
1 November 2007 - Dark Lore
The first volume of Dark Lore, the anthology series produced by Greg Taylor of the celebrated Daily Grail web site, is now available, and includes an article by Lynn and Clive, 'The Knights Templar: 700 years', detailing new research into the Templars. This highly-recommended volume, which also includes writings by, among others, Robert Schoch, Loren Coleman and Nick Redfern, can be ordered through the Shop section.
1 November 2007 - UK launch of The Sion Revelation paperback
Lynn and Clive are thrilled that the paperback edition of The Sion Revelation has been released in the UK. The book is in B (large) format.
21 October 2007 - Lynn at the Awaken the Divine Feminine conference, London
Happily fully recovered, Lynn gave her lecture 'Mary Magdalene: The Most Famous Woman in History?' at the London Awaken the Divine Feminine conference organised by Finbarr Ross' Celtic Mystical Journeys. She was thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with Margaret Starbird, the famous author on the Magdalene, whose work was also an inspiration for The Da Vinci Code.
8 October 2007 - Lynn's Dublin lecture cancelled
With great regret, illness has forced Lynn to cancel her appearance at the Dublin Awaken the Divine Feminine conference scheduled for 13-14 October.
29 September 2007 - Sion Revelation launch in Brazil
The Brazilian edition of The Sion Revelation (Os guardiães da linhagem de Cristo) has been published, by Record.
17 September 2007 - Masks of Christ UK launch date announced
Lynn and Clive are thrilled to announce that Little, Brown UK have set the publication date for their new book, The Masks of Christ: Behind the Lies and Cover-ups About the Man Believed to be God, as 3 July 2008. The book, which builds on and develops research from The Templar Revelation, will be published by Little, Brown's Sphere imprint.
15 August 2007 - Friendly Fire launched in Poland
The Polish edition of Friendly Fire (Od Wlasnej Kuli) has been published by Bellona.
14 August 2007 - National Gallery filming
Lynn and Clive were thrilled to have the rare opportunity of an after-hours visit to the Leonardo gallery of London's National Gallery - behind the scenes at the museum! - when they were interviewed by Javier Sierra (pictured with Clive) for a documentary on the Turin Shroud being produced for the Spanish El Mundo TV channel. Lynn and Clive discussed their uncovering of Leonardo's faking of the Shroud and the hidden symbolism in his paintings (as well as other Renaissance artists such as Holbein). They were also filmed in London's Soho, which currently has a street display of replicas of famous paintings. They were amused to discover the reproduction of Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks - so important to their theories - on a wall next to a shop selling Goth accessories and blaring heavy metal! Perhaps Leonardo would have approved… Details of the broadcast are to follow.
7 July 2007 - The Holy Grail Conference
Clive appeared at the Holy Grail Conference organised by the International Order of Gnostic Templars in Glastonbury, Lynn being unable to attend because of illness. Clive's talk focussed on the connections between the Grail legends and the Johannite heresy, based on the discoveries in The Templar Revelation. Many thanks to Mark Amaru Pinkham for organising the event and making it such a success.
6 July 2007 - Last word on the Templars
A special edition of the Spanish magazine Más álla commemorating the 700th anniversary of the suppression of the Knights Templar includes, as the last word, an opinion piece by Lynn and Clive on the enduring appeal of the warrior monks.
26 June 2007 - Radio 4
Broadcast of BBC Radio 4 Templar radio show with interview with Lynn.
26 June 2007 - Sion Revelation sold in Indonesia
Lynn and Clive are delighted to announce that Indonesian rights to The Sion Revelation have been bought by Bernada.
11 June 2007 - Finally, the Italian Shroud…
Lynn and Clive are thrilled that their first book, Turin Shroud: How Leonardo da Vinci Fooled History is finally available in Italian translation, published by Sperling and Kupfer (under the title La Sindone Da Vinci). From the translation (of the 2007 revised edition), readers in Italy now have the chance to see for themselves what the fuss was about, after a spokesman for the Pope denounced it to the Italian media in 1998.
1 June 2007 - Stargate Conspiracy sold in Hungary
Hungarian rights to The Stargate Conspiracy have been bought by Gold Book.
18 May 2007 - The Sion Revelation launched in Poland
The Polish translation of The Sion Revelation, W Mrocznym Swiecie Tajemnic Syjonu, has been published by Albatros.
10 May 2007 - Talking Templars
Although set to be interviewed outside London's famous Temple Church, a day of cloudbursts meant that Lynn talked Templars for Radio Four in the canteen of the BBC's Bush House - an informal setting for what proved to be a very enjoyable occasion. Her role for the wider programme was to persuade anchorman Martin Palmer that there are indeed reasons to take Templar mysteries seriously. Thanks to producer Norman Winter for arranging the interview. The programme will be aired in late June.
24 April 2007 - The Templar Revelation 10th Anniversary edition
Lynn and Clive are extremely proud at the launch (in the UK only) of the tenth anniversary edition of their most influential book, The Templar Revelation. It is very much a cause of celebration: not only has the book remained in print for a decade, but the new edition, sporting a striking redesigned cover, includes an extensive 50-page update section with the results of another ten years' research. Here's to the next ten!
18 April 2007 - Sion Revelation launched in Greece
Publication of the Greek edition of The Sion Revelation, by Modern Times.
31 March 2007 - Mary Magdalene launched in Russia
The Russian translation of Lynn's Mary Magdalene: Christianity's Hidden Goddess has been published by Eksmo of Moscow.
11 April 2007 - Sion in Romania
The Romanian translation of The Sion Revelation is now available, published by Rao.
28 March 2007 - Radio Alchymy
Lynn and Clive appeared on the Radio Alchymy show, hosted by Eben Rey, broadcast on southern California’s KPFK Pacifica Radio. The two-hour discussion focussed on The Stargate Conspiracy but also ranged over most of their other books. Thanks to Eben for a delightful and enjoyable time.
22 March 2007 - Back to School
Lynn was delighted to be invited to speak to the sixth form of Rickmansworth School on ‘The Da Vinci Code’, as part of their Religion and the Media RE day. The audience was lively, very bright and hugely enthusiastic - and question time buzzed with intelligent insights. The other speakers were Elena Curti, Deputy Editor of the Catholic paper The Tablet, and Guardian journalist Riazat Butt, who discussed Islam and the media. Thanks to RE teacher Paul Nemeth for the invitation and for making the day such a success.
21 March 2007 - Sion in Spain
The Spanish translation of The Sion Revelation (La Revelación de Sión) is now available, published by Martínez Roca.
13 March 2007 - American Shroud launch
The official launch day in the USA of the new, extensively revised and updated The Turin Shroud: How Da Vinci Fooled History (a slightly different title from the UK edition), published by Touchstone. The new edition presents new and conclusive evidence of Leonardo da Vinci’s involvement with the Shroud, in the shape of the extraordinary precision of the match between the face of the man on the Shroud and Leonardo’s painting Salvator Mundi. The perfection of the fit goes far beyond coincidence and establishes a direct and intimate connection between Leonardo and the Shroud, the implications of which are explored in the book.
To see the match for yourself, click on the links below. The first superimposes the Shroud face, and the second a portrait painted from the Shroud by Ariel Aggemian in the 1930s, onto the Salvator Mundi. (The links run Windows Media Video files, which are best viewed full screen. They may take some time to load, so please be patient.)
1: Turin Shroud to Salvator Mundi
2: Aggemian’s Shroud Portrait to Salvator Mundi
24 February 2007 - Lynn to speak on Mary Magdalene at Dublin and London conferences
Lynn is delighted to have been invited by Celtic Mystical Journeys to talk on Mary Magdalene at their ‘Awaken the Divine Feminine’ conferences being held in Dublin and London in October. The Dublin conference is on 13-14 October, and London the following weekend, 20-21 October. Other speakers at what promise to be inspirational gatherings include Margaret Starbird, Finbarr Ross (Celtic Mystical Journey’s founder and organiser of the conferences), Ki Longfellow, Siobhán Houston and Kathleen McGowan, among many others. For full details see www.celticmysticaljourneys.com.
15 February 2007 - Czech Shroud sale
Prague publishers Beta have signed the rights for a Czech translation of Turin Shroud. Details of the publication date will follow when known.
28 January 2007 - An apology for Satan?
After getting up at an ungodly hour to do a telephone interview with the Austin, Texas radio station GCM Live, on The Secret History of Lucifer, Lynn was outraged to have her work described on air by host John Conner as 'an apology for Satan'. As the half hour progressed it was obvious that the programme had a solidly Christian Right agenda. Having heard her book - and herself - misrepresented in the most extreme language for the umpteenth time, and with just a few minutes to go, Lynn put the phone down on him and the listeners - hating to be unprofessional but realising that she had no option. Never to be repeated!
23 January 2007 - The Holy Grail Conference
Lynn and Clive are to appear at the Holy Grail Conference to be held in Glastonbury, UK, on the weekend of 7-8 June 2007. Organised by the International Order of Gnostic Templars, other advertised speakers include Henry Lincoln, Andrew Sinclair, Christopher Knight and Mark Amaru Pinkham. For more details, and to book for the conference, see www.iogtconferences.com.