Historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Spencer-Gunn discover a 14th-century journal which confirms a long-rumored historical heresy: The medieval Church outlawed the Knights Templar because the warrior monks were secretly worshiping the ancient Goddess. (Based on actual historical artifacts, and illustrated. )
I was seriously minding my own business when this FREE book caught my eye on Amazon. I loved the cover and, you know me, I never can resist a beautiful cover. What I found inside was one of the most fascinating books I’ve read in ages!
While fiction, The Cult of Venus is based on the factual artifacts and records that show that the Templar Knights came to “North America” long before Columbus was even born. This is a series of nine books thus far and this is book 7 of 9 yet I felt very comfortable reading it as a stand alone. This particular book revolved around Astarte, a young girl destined to be a princess or leader of the “new world” in modern times. You will have to read the book to understand why. However, what I found so incredibly interesting was the archeological aspects of the book as well as the goddess worship. I was, quite literally, reading the book and researching what they were saying throughout its entirety and sat with my mouth hanging open in shock at what I was seeing and reading. There are illustrations throughout the book e.g. photos of henges, ceremonial sites, all here in the US! Fascinating stuff!! If you like history, the truth about history, are interested in paganism at all, or love a good action series based on the Templar Knights then you will LOVE this series. I’ve already downloaded book one so I can catch up with all that I missed.
Glad you enjoyed this one Mackey. So nice when you get a surprise like that.
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