Sacred Sites of the Knights Templar: Ancient Astronomer and Freemasons at Stonehenge, Rennes-Le-Chateau, and Santiago De Compostela

by John K. Young

SACRED SITES OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR examines a number of sacred megalithic sites such as Stonehenge and Rennes-le-Chateau, revealing the astronomical significance of these sites as well as the secrets that significance bore to the Knights Templar.

Genres: History

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Maddie Hanson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I felt the information and Young's thesis was compelling, it was often very hard to stay engaged with this book due to the prose and style of the writing; particularly with the beginning of the novel. I feel that it would have made a huge difference if Young had constructed a more engaging introduction into the information, even with a re-structured first chapter. The book picked up once it got more into the history of the Templars, Masons, etc. but unfortunately ended on a rather boring note as well. If you're interested in Templar history, or even Grail lore, I think you would enjoy this, but be prepared to look past the writing style. Another minor note: I wasn't a fan of the in-text citation method, as I felt it broke up the flow when reading.

[The Overflowing Inkwell · Rating 1 out of 5]

90% crash course overview on Templars, Freemasons, and a dash of Catharism; 5% drawing lines through buildings, towns, and paintings to prove connections to star angles that I don't care at all about whether proven or disproven; and 5% or less of the stuff I actually went into this wanting to read about, which was on the ground megaliths and sites and their actual locations and alignments. If you know anything at all about any of the above topics, this is useless to you: it's mostly an introduction to an introduction rather than anything of substance.

[Shirley Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was interesting; it's about the Templars aligning monuments, etc, with various constellations. In a few instances, the material is outdated, but it is an older book.

[Davy Bennett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mithraism. Secret society 100 BC to 300 AD.
I don’t want to be a part of all this.
Will donate it. Only so many shelves here.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book and would be very easy for non-historians to get into. He doesn't write in an extremely academic way.. he doesn't go into so much detail with each topic that you get sick of reading about it after 10 pages. It's very informal, but he still cites all his sources. Good book for anyone who is interested in the facts that Dan Brown based "The Da Vinci Code" on. A few book titles that he cited I'm planning on looking into soon.