Ultimately this discovery resulted in our rejection of Dan Brown/Michael Baigent’s revision of the master story of Christianity, as well as in our proposal of the controversial theory of The Psychedelic Gospels.
While at Rosslyn, I made a surprising discovery.
This book, which provides the premise for The Da Vinci Code novel and film, introduces the theory that Jesus survived the crucifixion, that he and Mary Magdalene were married, and that they had a child whose bloodline survives to this day-a royal bloodline ( sang real) protected through the ages by a secret Priory of Sion. A most intriguing connection between Rosslyn and Mary Magdalene can be traced to The Holy Blood and T he Holy Grail, an alternative religious history by Michael Baigent and his coauthors, first published in England in 1982. In recent years, Rosslyn has been the focal point of fanciful histories, linking it with the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, and the Ark of the Covenant. This visit was inspired by Dan Brown’s popular novel, The Da Vinci Code, which considers Rosslyn to be a possible resting place for the remains of Mary Magdalene, who according to the book was the wife of Jesus and the mother of his child. Julie and my research on The Psychedelic Gospels began quite unexpectedly in 2006 with a visit to Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.