Tim Wallace-Murphy & Marilyn Hopkins
Long Tradition of Do-It-Yourself Spirituality

About the Authors
Tim Wallace-Murphy author, lecturer and historian has spent over thirty years following his personal spiritual path. Author, or co-author, of The Mark of the Beast, An Illustrated Guidebook to Rosslyn Chapel, The Templar Legacy and Masonic Inheritance within Rosslyn Chapel, Rosslyn: Guardian of the Secrets of the Holy Grail and Rex Deus: the True Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau.

Marilyn Hopkins has spent ten years studying various forms of Christianity and esoteric spirituality.

Book Description (from the Publisher)
British researchers Tim Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins join host Laura Lee for a lively discussion examining the spiritual quest in Western culture. What perennial wisdom comes through all spiritual traditions? What are the roots of Christianity? What earlier religions contributed to its development? How did the Esoteric Teachings survive centuries of suppression? What can we learn from examining this long and often hidden history? What impact might this examination have on our own personal quest today?

Tape 1
Tim Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins recount the common threads of all spiritual teachings, and a newly connected chronology of the West’s spiritual history, tracing the contributions of Megalithic cultures, fertility cults celebrating the death/rebirth cycle of Nature, and Egyptian cosmology. They continue with Judaic history and custom, new insights on the life of Jesus, and Rome’s restructuring of Early Christianity.

Tape 2
Here we examine the influence of the hidden streams of spirituality on Western culture: The cathedral building spurred by ancient construction secrets. The use of what we regard today as light, color and sound therapy for physiological transformation to support higher states of consciousness. The clues that specific temples were designed as a sequential Pilgrimage Initiation in Europe and in Egypt. The influence of the Order of Knights Templar on business and banking that led to opportunities for trade, travel, reading and the flowering of the Renaissance. The push and pull through the ages of freedom and oppression. The opportunities today for spiritual advancement.

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