From Egyptian mythology to Jewish mysticism, Rome and Greece to the
druids and the gnostics, Tim WallaceMurphy exposes a fascinating lineage
of hidden mysteries and secret societies, continuing through the
Templars, Rosicrucians, and Freemasons to our modern visionaries. This
hidden stream of spirituality and that of sacred knowledge are
inseparably entwined to form the single most important continuous strand
in the entire Western esoteric tradition.
This tradition exerted a seminal influence on the thinking of the
builders of the great cathedrals/ leading teachers in ecclesiastical
schools/ philosophers/ playwrights/ poets such as Shakespeare, Goethe,
Blake, and W. B. Yeats/ and on artists and Renaissance giants such as
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. It is also the root from which
sprang alchemy and modern science.
Now, as more people are looking to find information on the alternatives
to dominant religions and dogmas that have told us what to think and how
to behave, as faith has been questioned by religious scandals, economic
meltdowns, and an increasingly sick planet Earth, WallaceMurphy reveals
the secrets of the masters, including invaluable spiritual insights into
everyday life that have been hidden throughout the ages. He shows us who
kept this spiritual tradition alive despite appalling persecution, so
that we in the twentyfirst century might benefit from its accumulated
fruits and ennoble our lives.
Hidden Wisdom will be of immense interest to readers of the number one
bestseller The Lost Symbol as it explains much of Dan Brown's focus on
the ancient mysteries.
