Jesus, the Master Builder: Druid Mysteries and the Dawn of Christianity

by Gordon Strachan

The activities of Jesus before the start of his ministry have been the subject of much speculation. Did he travel beyond the bounds of Palestine in his search for wisdom and knowledge? Where did he acquire the great learning which amazed those who heard him preaching and enabled him to cross swords in debate with scribes and pharisees? In this book, the author explores the deep layers of knowledge shared between the Judaic-Hellenic world and the northern Druids, from the secret geometry of masons and builders, which Jesus would have encountered in his work as a craftsman in Palestine to the Gematria or number coding of the Old and New Testaments.

Genres: Christianity

302 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1999

Reviews

[Charlie Wise · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have really enjoyed the scholarship of Gordon and was lucky enough to meet him in Edinburgh as a student, when he showed me that there was plenty to life - other than academic study and stating the obvious, for him it was a journey into the unknown. He was a greater traveller of the mind than many who claim to lead the way and kept me from losing my path, in sadness-we enjoyed reading, meeting in London and discussing whatever we're supposed to not dare.

[Susan Elizabeth Bland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eye opening

Book was very informative and makes an excellent argument. It can be a dry read in places. But we'll worth the read. Highly recommended especially for those who looking for spiritual truth.

[K. · Rating 2 out of 5]

1/3 fascinating, 2/3 crazy. The first half, which covers more of the history, has lots of interesting ideas. The second half takes a sharp left turn into heretical territory, and the numerical speculation is like James B. Jordan on crack.

[Charles · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was OK. Really it's closer to 2 1/2 or 3 stars than to two. It is very interesting. The starts looking at the speculation that Jesus the Christ had visited Britain in his earthly life before his ministry really began. The book the takes archeology, anthropology, Gnosticism, Pythagorean thought, Judaism, Cabala, and Sacred Geometry and builds a case of a Druid/Mystery Cult/Jewish/Christian correlation. He dose this with all of the skill of a first class researcher. The down side is that coming from an Eastern Orthodox background I feel this is really a big jump in the dark. Fascinating and well organized as it may be it takes a lot of liberties and in the end, I feel, comes wrong conclusions. On the other side, I felt the writing style was a little dry, it was really hard for it to hold my interest after two or three chapters.

[Darlene Hull · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting journey into the possibility that Jesus spent part of his "missing years" in Britain.