The Lost Gospel of Avalon

by Robert Pohle (Editor), Archer Luxley

Medieval Glastonbury was a sparsely populated corner of the world in 1297. There were a few small villages; there were rumors of a colony of Priestesses somewhere beyond Avalon's mists; and there was a solitary Benedictine Monastery ...but none knew much of the business of the others. The Benedictine Monks went about their daily routines and their vigils, largely oblivious to the unimaginable secret contained within a small wooden chest stored in a musty alcove of their monastery's library. They took little notice of the faded old documents that had miraculously survived the rigors of time and the perils of travel from the Eastern Crusades ...that is, until the day a Papal command arrived from Rome ordering Abbot Anselm to destroy by fire ...parchments, chest and all! What were these secret things that the Church of 1297 so urgently wished removed from the world? These letters would certainly have been destroyed in 1297 (along with the underlying meaning of much Christian mythology and symbolism) had two of the Benedictine Brothers not saved the documents from Pope Boniface VIII's commanded burning, by stealing them away before they could be destroyed. One fled with the entire cache of script to Scotland while the other remained at the Monastery. As the Scottish War for Independence plunged the entire area into chaos, they managed to hide the translations safely away in "Fairey Land." What mysteries were revealed in these letters and this enigmatic Gospel of Esus that survived against such incredible odds? Why did the 13th Century Pope order their destruction? Come and join the characters of this book as they discover the Great Secret that in the centuries to follow would condemn to the fire any who dared even whisper it aloud. Read for yourself and decide whether this intriguing tale is entertaining fiction ...or whether it's fact!

149 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2012

Reviews

[Dr. Bill Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those great books that you hope some Hollywood producer will pick up and make a movie about. The Lost Gospel of Avalon is a theological mystery/thriller that begins at the Benedictine Abbey at Glastonbury on the misty Isle of Avalon in 1297, during the reign of King Edward.

Among the many treasures retrieved by the Crusaders from the near east was an ancient chest containing scrolls the contents of which were considered so heretical and so damaging to the church that the Abbot " . . . received an order from His Holiness Pope Boniface VIII himself in Rome to destroy the chest and all of its contents. Brother Victor and Brother Sebastian, however, could not resist breaking into the vault that night just to examine the forbidden scrolls. These brothers of the faith quickly decided that it would be a travesty to allow the knowledge contained in these scrolls to be lost forever. They devised a plan for one of them to remove the entire cache to a safe location in Scotland to be properly translated while keeping in contact with the other there at the Monastery knowing full well that by defying the Abbot and a Papal Order they were risking their very lives.

What was this blasphemous knowledge that the Pope considered so defaming to the Church?
Well, you see . . . . Nope! You're going to have to read the book.

Is it fiction . . . or is it based on fact? You decide. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

SOOWE