Da Vinci Code leads to Canada

Part 1

In 1999, I was tree planting in Burns Lake, in northern BC. A friend of mine bought a book called HOLY BLOOD,HOLY GRAIL from the Seven Eleven. It proclaimed to be a New York Times Best seller and highly controversial. It was the first time I had heard of the grail myth tied to something real.

I never forgot the cover and searched for it over the coming years. However, the book seemed to disappear. I heard that the RC church blacklisted the book (to be confirmed). Did this cause enough backlash to get it pulled by the publisher?

In 1993, it resurfaced. I bought it and read with interest. This began my Grail Quest.

HOLY BLOOD AND HOLY GRAIL recounts a discovery of secret documents by a parishioner named Berenger Sauniere in the tiny French village named Rennes-le-chateau. These documents apparently unveiled the following mystery.

-Is it possible that Christ did not die on the cross?
-Is it possible that Jesus was married, a father, and this bloodline still exists?
-Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets in the Christendom?
-Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail?

The book does a great job providing historical perspective on this mystery. Many points are conjecture and lack real evidence. However, the story is cohesive enough to be believable.

Stay Tuned for how this relates to Canada...

Note of Interest:
On April 7, 2006 the copyright-infringement claim by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who said Brown's blockbuster plagiarized their 1982 book, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail was rejected by a British judge. They claimed that U.S. author Dan Brown stole the ideas of two historians to produce his hugely popular novel, "The Da Vinci Code.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/07/uk.davinci.court/index.html

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