3 January - Jesus: Was He Just Fake News? (Part Two) Continuing the examination of the evidence for and against the 'Christ Myth' theory, this part covers the gospel accounts of Jesus' mission, its momentous end in Jerusalem - and his alleged resurrection. Expect some surprises...

15 January - Nicolas Flamel and the Lying Raven Nicholas Flamel is perhaps the most famous alchemist in history, achiever of the Great Work and acquirer of the Philosophers' Stone. (Even the first Harry Potter novel says so, as did L&C in The Templar Revelation). But was he? Were the stories of his alchemical achievements just a later fabrication, which fooled, among others, Isaac Newton? While re-visiting their earlier references to Flamel, L&C also re-evaluate their own encounters with a twentieth-century alchemist, aptly demonstrating that the tradition of alchemical gameplaying is far from over…

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This new translation includes an extensive update, based on the 10th anniversary UK edition (not previously available in Portugal) but with even newer material updating the update.

In this episode, set in the late 1970s, Lynn returns to her office job with a boss who hates her, is comforted by a famous Scottish comedian, headhunted by a TV executive as girlfriend for his boyfriend, accidentally insults Thames TV head Verity Lambert and becomes involved in the world of Rock Follies. More impossibly weird stuff happens in York, and Lynn gets invited to Buckingham Palace - then comes a big wind of change...

The two-hour live Q&A is on Zoom and hosted by Institute director Laura Lee and President Paul Robear, and starts at 9am PST (5pm in the UK). For details of how to join in, see the Cuyamungue Institute's web site.

Appropriately enough for this festive season, the first part covers the Nativity story.

Lynn deals with the theory equating Moses with the 'heretic pharaoh' Akhenaten - arguing that the similarities between the two have been overplayed - the idea that Moses' 'burning bush' experience may have been due to the hallucinogenic effects of the smoke, and the parallels between the Ten Commandments and the Negative Confession in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Along with the other members of the regular team, there are contributions from Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, oceanographer Simon Boxall, art historian Bob Bianchi, Rick Doblin of the Association for Psychedelic Studies, and writer Ahmed Osman.

The programme also features two of L&C's chums: Graham Phillips, talking about his theories identifying Moses with Thutmose, the brother of Akhenaten, and Petra in Jordan as the true location of Mount Sinai - and Carrie Kirkpatrick, priestess and author, on Moses' use of Egyptian magic.

There's the usual Sunday repeat (13 December) at 10pm, and the show, along with all the others in this and past series, can be watched on UKTV Play.

In this highly engaging episode: Princess Margaret is indiscreet about her husband; Elton John saves Lynn from serious harm; she gets a shocking revelation in the middle of watching Cabaret; Tom Baker (Doctor Who) invites her out; Anthony Hopkins behaves disgracefully; and she drinks with Max Wall. There's more hilarious eccentricity from her flatmates, with Victor's bizarre version of Oklahoma! and Angelica stunning her respectable parents as Sally Bowles, Victor visiting Romania where he gets 'rabies' - and Lynn being very naughty with Angus' stuffy family...

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The show's guide is Sam Baltrusis, a historian of the Salem trials and author on the paranormal - and a descendant of one of the chief accusers. In a particularly moving scene, he and Wiccan High Priestess Dana Masson, a victim’s relative, perform a ritual to heal the wounds of the past. Also interviewed are local historian Thomas Vallor and modern Salem witches Nick Dickinson and Jacqui Allouise. Directed by Charlie Clayton, this episode includes dramatic reconstructions of the events.

Lynn describes the tragedy of the events of 1692, and how similar persecutions still happen in some parts of the world.

Those who missed it can catch the show's repeat on Sunday, 5 December, or watch it on UKTV Play.

Produced and directed by Patrick Hewlett, the programme examines the Church's alleged collaboration with the Nazis and the Vatican's links with the Mafia. It also features historian John Dickie and investigative journalist Philip Willan on its financial scandals and the mysterious death of 'God's Banker' Roberto Calvi, and the alleged murder of Pope John Paul I in 1978. It ends with a segment on the Jesuits' astronomical observatory in Arizona, asking why the Vatican is interested in the stars, interviewing astronomers Father Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya and Professor Chris Impey on the observatory's contribution to astronomy.

As usual, there's a repeat on Sunday, 5 December, and on-demand availability on UKTV Play.

1 December - The Grail Trail: The Never-Ending Quest (Part Two) L&C continue on their quest, delving deeply into the traditions behind the various tales, and ultimately asking was there really any such thing as the Holy Grail?

15 December - Jesus: Fake News? The idea that Jesus never existed is rapidly trending. To many he's simply a cynical first-century invention. As we come up to the celebration of his birth, L&C investigate the case for and against, and uncover the origins of this idea. And their conclusions might surprise you...

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Produced and directed by Patrick Hewlett, the episode features, among others, pilot Cary Gordon Trantham on her terrifying experience of disorientation and instrument failure in the area where Flight 19 famously vanished, 'rogue archaeologist' David Childress, meteorologist Hugh Willoughby, ex-AUTEC contractor Dave Malcolm and oceanographer Simon Boxall.

For those who missed it, the episode - along with all the others aired so far - can be watched on UKTV Play or on Sunday's repeat (22 November).

The programme also examines the use of magic on the British side, such as the Cone of Power ritual carried out by witches to ward off a German invasion in what amounts to a 'secret occult war', discussed by wiccans Philip Heselton and Janet Farrar.

The episode is ready to view on UKTV Play and there's the usual repeat on Sunday (15 November) at 9.35pm.

In this instalment she encounters John Hurt's drunken antics, besides artists and writers in famous Soho pubs, gets backstage gossip about Liza Minelli and Marilyn Monroe, experiences a night of real terror after seeing The Exorcist, starts working on an occult magazine, meets the King of the Witches, and gets an invitation to join the Dracula Society – when everything changes...

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Thanks to Zlatka Miranova of the Anthea Agency in Sofia and Kate Hibbert at Little, Brown in the UK for making it happen.

The show, produced and directed by Charlie Clayton, visits pyramids in Egypt, Mexico and, more controversially, Bosnia, exploring questions such as whether they were constructed purely as just tombs or something more, who built them and why, and whether the various pyramid sites around the world are connected in some way.

Specialist contributors to this week's episode include Egyptologists Marianne Tames-Demauras and Meredith Brand, archaeologist Sergio Gómez Chavez, Megalithomania's Hugh Newman, art historian Bob Bianchi and Sam Osmanagich, explorer of the Bosnian pyramid.

As usual, there’s a repeat on Sunday, 7 November, at 9.35pm and UKTV Play for on-demand viewing.

'The Paranormal and the Limits of Science: New Perspectives on Mind, Matter - and Reality Itself' examines new ideas from physics, neuroscience, anthropology and religious studies that are enabling a new understanding of reality that opens the way for even the strangest paranormal phenomena to be accepted - one day...

Their first November feature, 'The Paranormal and the Limits of Science' will be out in the next couple of days. A follow-up to their last feature, 'Sceptics in the Spotlight', it looks at new evidence and thinking emerging from science and other academic fields that enables a better understanding of the paranormal - but also reveals the limits of science: while its boundaries might be widened, will some kinds of reality always be beyond its reach?

And coming on 15 November is 'The Grail Trail: The Never-Ending Quest', in which L&C turn their attention to some new perspectives on the Holy Grail, examining the origins of the legend and revisiting their previous investigation in The Templar Revelation with some provocative new material. They will also relate their own very special encounters with not one but two Holy Grails…

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As one of the regular panel, Lynn appears, talking about beliefs about the skulls' otherworldly properties and the meaning of the Mexican Day of the Dead. As well as other regular panel experts, the show, directed by Charlie Clayton, features 'sceptical investigator' Joe Nickell, material scientist Ashwini Bharanthula and spiritual healer Star Johnsen-Moser.

There's the usual repeat on Yesterday on Sunday, 1 November, and on-demand viewing on UKTV Play.

In this episode, she does go to the ball, with a Gay Hussar on York's magical night - with whom she encounters a strangely convincing Charles II lookalike, who seems to vanish into thin air. She becomes a teacher - and causes mayhem before being invalided out - falls for a sociopath (later seriously considered as a candidate for the Yorkshire Ripper), gets engaged to a Dutch Mummy's boy, is snowed in at the famous Black Bull Inn in the Brontës' village of Haworth when it gets rather weird... and is rejected by a London employment bureau that's almost certainly a front for MI5 - before finally getting a job in London!

Lynn talks about Noah as 'the ultimate climate change hero' - and the lack of evidence for a global flood. There are also contributions by geomorphologist David Montgomery, who gives a geological explanation for the formation, and Assyriologist Selina Wisnom discussing Sumerian tales that parallel but long predate the Bible story. The episode is produced and directed by Patrick Hewlett.

As usual, there's a repeat on Sunday, 25 October at 9.40pm, and the episode can be watched on UKTV Play.

Produced and directed by Simon Goodall, the episode also features art crimes investigator Noah Charney, journalist Joanna Lamparska on the Nazis' theft of religious artefacts from Poland, and Dr Franz Kirchweger, curator of the Imperial Treasury in Vienna. It's repeated on 18 November at 9.35, and is on UKTV Play.

The show even-handedly presents the case for and against the Shroud being the genuine burial shroud of Jesus, together with theories of how the image could have been created artistically. It includes dramatic reconstructions of Jesus' burial and of Leonardo making the Shroud.

Other specialist contributors include Professor Bruno Barberis of the International Centre for the Study of the Shroud of Turin, prominent Shroud sceptic Joe Nickell, Shroud researcher Barrie Schwortz, forensic anthropologist Dr Mattei Borrini on the blood flows on the Shroud, microbiologist Stephen Mattingly who believes the Shroud to be genuine, and Luigi Garlaschelli of the University of Pavia on the Shroud image as an artistic creation.

As always, there is a repeat on Yesterday on Sunday, 11 October at 9.35pm, and the programme is available for on-demand viewing on UKTV Play.

The episode will be repeated on Sunday, 4 October at 9.35pm and is available to watch on UKTV Play.

1 October: Double Helix, Double Bluff? Revisiting the Rudolf Hess doppelgänger theory This is an update to their 2001 Double Standards: The Rudolf Hess Cover-Up, written in collaboration with Stephen Prior and Robert Brydon, which investigated the many mysteries surrounding Adolf Hitler's Deputy Führer, who made an extraordinary and still unexplained flight to Britain in the midst of the Second World War. Hess was to spend the rest of his long life as a prisoner, dying as the sole inmate of a Berlin jail in 1987 at the age of 93. One of the most enduring mysteries centres on the jaw-dropping claim that the prisoner wasn't actually Hess, but a double or doppelgänger. But in the light of new DNA evidence that apparently discredits the theory, what does this mean for Double Standards?

15 October: Sceptics in the Spotlight: When Science becomes Pseudoscience – and it’s not what you think! Most scientists routinely dismiss all claims of the paranormal as by definition impossible. But, as L&C reveal, not only do they ignore the hard facts about unexplained events but also the growing number of scientific explanations for even 'high strangeness' phenomena. And they reveal that underlying their scepticism is a startling double standard.

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It explores the impact of - and the sometimes surprising reasons for - the age's apocalyptic expectations on literature and the origins of science.

Narrated by Jamie Theakston, this year's series consists of 11 episodes, covering subjects as varied as Biblical mysteries such as Noah's Ark and the truth about Moses; classic enigmas such as the Bermuda Triangle, crystal skulls and the pyramids; hidden treasures looted by the Nazis and Japanese in the Second World War, and many others. For the full list see Yesterday's web site.

Lynn and Clive are particularly excited about the second episode - about the Shroud of Turin, the subject of their first book. Lynn presents the case for the image on the Shroud being a photograph by Leonardo da Vinci.

Alongside familiar faces Richard Felix, Andrew Gough, Tony McMahon, Dominic Selwood and Guy Walters, this series' panel of expert commentators includes historian Karen Bellinger, art historian Sheila Hoffman and archaeologist and ex-special forces operative Klint Janulis.

Forbidden History is produced by Like a Shot Entertainment. The executive producers are Bruce Burgess and Henry Scott.

Each programme will be repeated on the following Sunday and will be available on UKTV Play for on-demand viewing after the first broadcast.

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The interview will be available for on-demand listening on the Where Did the Road Go? archive in about a week's time.

In this episode there's more dramatic haunting as Lynn's Mum's long-dead father refuses to leave number 15, she finds light relief at the male gay pub, sees the Beatles live!, experiences the terror of the major exams and their successes and failures, leaves school, and the cold, hard world comes to meet her...

As Netflix's Lucifer prepares to make his final bow, they look at the back history of the real Lucifer - or as real as he ever gets - and ask just what's his appeal? Among the many other questions they ask are: Is he really the same as Satan? Could Lucifer actually be an inspirational role model? And how have the mindset and attributes of Luciferians contributed significantly to the history of science? They present an unashamedly personal view of Lucifer, Satan and their followers...

Lynn says: 'Read all about my teenage years as a Mormon - the ecstasy of conversion, the delirious infatuation with a missionary, my embarrassing fanaticism... then the creeping disillusionment, being closeted under bizarre circumstances with a sexual predator, the arrogance of the Temple workers, the unspeakable sexism - and, the last straw of all, the disgusting treatment of my tormented gay friend.'

The show will be available after the broadcast on Where Did the Road Go's archive.

Entitled 'Mona Lisa: In His Own Image?', it sifts the evidence for Leonardo da Vinci's most famous portrait actually being a self-portrait - and examines the motives for his great transgender joke.

1 August: Mona Lisa: In Whose Image? It's the most famous painting in the world, but it hides a great secret... Just who is the enigmatically smiling - or smirking - Mona Lisa, by the great da Vinci? We dig deep into all the evidence and the answer will surprise - and even shock - you. Could 'she' really be Leonardo's great transgender joke?

15 August: Lucifer: The Ultimate Bad Boy? As the TV series Lucifer nears its finale, we look at Lucifer himself, the very archetype of evil. But what are his origins and why is this Ultimate Bad Boy still so appealing - and so sexy?

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It tells the story of her troubled teen years, battling abuse at home, the humiliations of obesity - and escalating paranormal disturbances…

'Jesus Beloved Disciple Revealed?' examines the clues to the identity of this mysterious gospel figure - and its meaning for our understanding of Jesus.

Hear it on World Spirituality's archive.

Thanks to the Reverend Paul and Wendy Roach.

In this one she continues her description of life in 1950s' Eldon Terrace, York - the eccentric neighbours and their corpse-viewing cult, and then the terrible trauma of her Mum's hospitalisation, and the Big Secret it concealed…

'Cocteau in the Underworld: Mythmakers, Angels and Demons' examines the hidden life of French luminary of many artistic talents Jean Cocteau - including new revelations on his connection with the controversial Priory of Sion.

Thanks to Sara Nabais at Alma dos Livros for patiently organising it.

In this part Lynn has an extraordinary life-changing dream of drowning, encounters her long-dead Grandfather in Number 15, and there's a mysterious crash as her Grannie lies dead downstairs…

1 July: Cocteau in the Underworld: Mythmakers, Angels and Demons, which explores the question of why the complex French filmmaker, playwright and artist Jean Cocteau was chosen to be named as Grand Master of a controversial secret society. L&C investigate Cocteau's life and works, revealing his often contradictory views on religion, mysticism, angels and historical truth – and the extraordinary power of myth.

15 July: Jesus' Beloved Disciple Revealed? Was Christ’s mysterious 'Beloved Disciple' the young John, Mary Magdalene - or quite another candidate? In this update to The Masks of Christ L&C examine the evidence – and reveal the identity of the most likely (and they’re probably not who you think they are!). The answer sheds new light on the making of the gospels and other enduring controversies about Jesus himself - including his sexuality.

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The show can be heard on-demand on the show's archive.

The Unchosen at Number 15 is the story of how a Yorkshire girl from a poor background in the 1950s survived a badly haunted house, besides emotional and sexual abuse and conversion to a cult. How she became the UK's 'Paranormal Agony Aunt' and the co-author of the book that would inspire almost the whole world to talk about Jesus and Mary Magdalene…

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Entitled 'Not the Messiah, But a Very Naughty Boy: Introducing the real Leonardo da Vinci, trickster - and heretic', this feature reveals that, contrary to the usual academic view, there was nothing stuffy about Leonardo. Quite the opposite! Famous in his day for being flamboyantly witty, he was also a highly skilled illusionist - and hoaxer. And if you don't get that aspect of his life you'll never truly understand his work. Because running parallel to his tricksy side was his deep contempt for the Church, references to which he hid in plain sight in his artworks - including one truly jaw-dropping example...

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1 June: 'The Sacrificed Daughter's Tale: Ancient Israel’s Warrior Goddess Revealed?' Based on their ongoing research into one of the major themes of When God Had a Wife, the feature examines one of the most baffling, and even distasteful, stories in the Old Testament, that of Jephthah's – anonymous - daughter, slaughtered by her father to fulfil a promise to God. But as this feature reveals, an in-depth analysis of this nasty little tale contains some astonishing clues to the existence of an ancient Israelite cult of the warrior goddess - and her devoted priestesses...

15 June: 'Bad Faith, Bad Science: Extremists on Both Sides of the Great Evolution Battle', which explores in more depth a key theme of The Forbidden Universe, the clash between the most extreme atheists and fundamentalist Christians that uses evolution as its battleground - a battle in which no one is the winner. The feature shows how in their headlong rush to eradicate 'superstition', the New Atheists are not only seriously harming the whole practice of science with their closed minds and determination to squash honest debate, but they are turning into fanatical fundamentalists in their own right. And they even misrepresent Darwin himself!

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The first feature, available today, is 'Sisters of the Temple: The Mysteries of Women in the Knights Templar', which challenges the usual image of the medieval Templars as the embodiment of everything macho and military. As L&C show, the Order of warrior monks actually included women, though mystery still surrounds them. What were their true roles? And why is their very existence not more widely acknowledged? The feature reveals an entirely new side to the always-mysterious Templars.

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On 1 June Lynn will be launching a separate Patreon account, initially showcasing her memoirs, The Unchosen at Number 15, in monthly instalments.

To subscribe to this excellent magazine, go to the Indie Shaman web site.

For a minimal monthly subscription, Lynn & Clive’s patrons will get special access to their new and unpublished writings, with updates to their books and unique insights into their ongoing research and discoveries. In return, patrons will be enabling Lynn and Clive to research, investigate and write while maintaining their professional independence.

For just £3 (plus VAT for Brits) a month, patrons will receive two exclusive chapter-length features by Lynn and Clive each month as print-at-home PDFs.

The first month's features, available on 1 and 15 May, are 'Sisters of the Temple' on the mysteries of women in the Knights Templar, and 'Not the Messiah, But a Very Naughty Boy' which delves deeper into the character and mindset of Leonardo da Vinci.

For more details and, from 1 May, to join see Lynn and Clive's creator page on Patreon.

On 1 June Lynn will be launching a separate Patreon account, initially showcasing her memoirs, The Unchosen at Number 15, in monthly instalments.

CoA are hoping to put out online video presentations by the speakers - details to follow.

All of you stay safe and well!

The subject of the second episode, to be broadcast on 12 April, is the Turin Shroud and Lynn makes a more significant – and closer to her heart - contribution to this one, talking about her and Clive's research into Leonardo da Vinci's faking of the relic and how they reproduced what they believe to be his technique.

For details of the American broadcasts, see the Science Channel's schedule.

Forbidden History will be shown in the UK on Yesterday in the autumn – date to be announced.

The series is made by Like a Shot Entertainment. Executive producers are Henry Scott and Bruce Burgess, and the supervising producer for the Science Channel is Lindsey Foster Blumberg.

"This book is chock full of great history, amazing research, great messages, and intriguing writing. All devotees of religion in modern times ought to read it because of its exemplary research, revelation of ugly, uncomfortable truths we ALL need to accept, and its celebration of the once, present, and future goddesses who history and the patriarchy could not silence, and never will."

The review - and the whole magazine - can be read at PaganPages.org.

The show can be heard on various platforms: Stirring the Cauldron’s podcast page and YouTube channel, Marla's web site, both Marla’s and the show’s FaceBook pages and on iTunes. So no excuses for not listening.

Many thanks to Marla and her producer Sarge Guttuso for a great night.

The two programmes will be broadcast on 15 and 22 March respectively, at 7am and 6.30pm EST. You can listen to them live on WGVU's web site (or for those in West Michigan on 88.5 FM). They’ll be available on the web site after the broadcast.

WitchFest is on Saturday, 7 November - more details to come nearer the time.

Thanks to CoA’s Dave Mercer for the invitation.

Many thanks to Rami and his producer Ezra Bakker Trupiano.

The show will be available some time in February on Apple Podcasts and Google Play – watch this space for more details…

To listen live, go to the Para X web site. The show will be archived after the broadcast.

The interview is available as a podcast on Dr Pat's web site.

The show can be heard on the Earth Ancients web site.

Thanks, Cliff!

Big thanks to Jim and producer Madelyne Hilker.

For full details of the day, admission and to book, see the Saunière Society web site.

Thanks to Joy Millar and Chris Millar (Rat Scabies) for the invitation.

The show can be heard on Aeon Byte's web site, where it will be available to all for about a month before being moved to the subscribers' section.

Thanks, as ever, to Manzanita Carpenter Sanz at Bear & Co. for arranging the ongoing publicity for WGHAW.

The interview will be aired Saturday, 18 January, on www.earthancients.com, and will be available on the show’s archive.

The Kindle edition is available from today, joining the audio book. Both can be ordered from the When God Had a Wife page.

The show can be heard on Voices of the Sacred Feminine's archive.

Details of the broadcast to follow…

The usual C2C 3-hour marathon flew past, though the final hour was a phone-in (of notably erudite callers). Ian had interspersed the interview with classic break-up songs, to reflect Yahweh’s troubled relationship with his spouse…

The entire show can be heard on C2C's web site.

The show can be heard at OM Times' archive.

If you ever suspected God had a female partner, this will provide you with all the historical and archaeological evidence of the Sacred Feminine in both ancient Israelite worship and even into the Christian age.

And it can be heard on Barbara's YouTube channel.

Many thanks to Barbara and her producer Mark Eddy.

It’s going out at 8pm EST this coming Wednesday, 11 December, on OM Times Radio.

The show will be syndicated to various other sites the following day. See Destination Unlimited's web page for details.

The full 90-minute show is available to subscribers to Unknown Country and a shortened version for all will be on Whitley’s web site for a limited time – for all the details see the show's web page.

Live digital radio promotions include:

Fade to Black, hosted by Jimmy Church on KGRA Digital Broadcasting (and many other platforms), on Wednesday, 4 December at 7pm Pacific Standard Time (3am in the UK!). For ways to listen, see F2B's web site.

Night-Light presented by Barbara DeLong on BlogTalk Radio, on Monday, 9 December at noon EST (5pm UK).

Voices of the Sacred Feminine, Dr Rev Karen Tate's show also on BlogTalk Radio on Wednesday, 8 January, at 11am Pacific (7pm UK). The show will be available on-demand after the live broadcast.

Various pre-recorded shows are also lined up – details will be posted when broadcast dates are confirmed.

The show is available for online listening on Invicta Historia’s web site.

The interviews will be broadcast on 22 November at 10pm Spanish time online and on associated radio stations – for details see Invicta Historia’s web site.

The programme will be available on Mistérica’s web site from 9 November.

L&C spoke on The Stargate Conspiracy – it being its 20th anniversary – and the Council of Nine. Other speakers, besides Andrew, Graham and Debbie, were Paul Weston, Richard Ward and Caroline Wise. And as Biblical-style rain caused flooding around Wolverhampton, delegates and speakers remained in excellent spirits, thanks to the local Wetherspoons and a startlingly good curry at the Dilhad Indian Restaurant!

These included Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, Velázquez’s Las Meninas, Titian’s La Gloria - and the Prado’s own Mona Lisa, long believed to be a late copy but revealed by recent restoration to have been painted at the same time as the Louvre original by Leonardo’s pupils – or perhaps by Leonardo himself…

First on the itinerary was León for a talk about the book at Encuentros de Ocultura Internacionale (International Occulture Conference), a four-day festival of lectures, one per evening, organised by award-winning novelist and television personality Javier Sierra. This year’s theme was the Great Mysteries of Art, just right for L&C’s book. Clive’s talk was the closing one of the conference, on Saturday night which was also Spain’s National Day.

The day began with the regional paper Diario del León publishing a short article advertising the talk written by L&C.

In the morning Clive and Javier were given a private tour of the San Isidoro Basilica by Raquel Jaen, director of the Colegiata de San Isidoro , including the burial vault of the Kings of León and the Chalice of Doña Urraca, a – surprisingly plausible – candidate for the vessel that inspired the Holy Grail romances (or those in which it’s the Cup of the Last Supper).

In the evening came Clive’s keynote talk to a full house at León’s City Auditorium. Before the lecture, he met their publisher, Toñi Ramiro, head of Luciérnaga, who ceremonially presented him with a copy of the book. Then came the talk, with translation by L&C’s old friend Isabela Herranz - highlights being the video comparing the face of the man on the Shroud with Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi, and the finale showing the giant phallus in the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks… all shown on a giant screen. The talk was followed by a book signing. Phew!

All this was superbly organised by Javier and the team at the City Auditorium. Thanks too to the tour company Autores de Viajes, especially Sergio Garcia, for organising the travel.

It’s highly gratifying that the book is not only still around – having been through three revisions, presenting new and compelling evidence for Leonardo da Vinci’s faking of the Shroud – but it even has a new lease of life with the updated Spanish edition about to be launched next month.

Entitled ‘The Nine Deception: 20 Years of The Stargate Conspiracy’, the talk will tell the extraordinary, fifty-year-long story of the 'Council of Nine' channelling cult, invented and maintained by truly X-Files style US government agents - the ultimate – apparently - psychic quest for power and mind manipulation, and a serious lesson in the reality of uncontrolled experimentation on the innocent. Twenty years ago Lynn and Clive exposed the 'Nine' in their ground-breaking book The Stargate Conspiracy, arguably helping to close down the experiment. But we forget the lessons at our peril...

For full details, and to book, see the conference web site.

For the full review, see NetGalley.

Thanks to Micki Binstead-Light for what was a brilliant evening, with lots of debate afterwards, not to mention jollity with old and new friends.

The book is part of Luciérnaga's Ocultura series, selected by Javier Sierra. It will be available to buy after L&C's appearance at the Ocultura conference in León in October - and of course they'll be happy to sign copies!

More details to follow.

Subtitled The Fall and Rise of the Sacred Feminine in the Judeo-Christian Tradition, the book presents the astonishingly overwhelming historical and archaeological evidence for goddess-worship among the ancient Israelites, especially Yahweh's consort Asherah, but which was also centred on other female deities such as the fierce warrior-goddess Anat.

L&C also show how the sacred feminine was written out of the religion during the post-Exile reforms - but survived underground in figures such as Lady Wisdom. Finally, they reveal how this secret - but enduring - tradition, dating all the way back to the Exodus from Egypt, can even be traced to the mission of Jesus and his 'heretical' counterpart Simon Magus, connecting with some of the key themes in The Templar Revelation and The Masks of Christ.

Advance orders can be placed through Bear & Co's web site or on Amazon.

The interview will be available on Jim's subscription web site within the next couple of weeks - details to follow.

On its first publication in 1999, The Stargate Conspiracy sparked bitter controversy not only in more conventional circles but also, because of its searing critique of certain particularly cherished beliefs of 'alternative' history, among that community too.

The book reveals the existence of a truly remarkable plan to manufacture a quasi-religious belief system centred on the idea that the gods of ancient Egypt were really advanced extra-terrestrials - who are about to return. At the heart of the story is the channelling cult based on alleged psychic contact with the 'Council of Nine', whose devotees and channellers in its 50-year-plus history have included senior politicians (even a former Vice President), members of some of America's wealthiest families, physicists, leading New Age gurus and individuals such as Uri Geller, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and several leading 'alternative' authors. In fact, L&C present evidence that the Nine were born in a US government-backed parapsychology lab as part of an experiment into the creation and manipulation of belief.

The questions raised in The Stargate Conspiracy - not to mention its stark warnings - remain as relevant as ever. As Fortean Times wrote, after reading it 'you may never again look at any New Age movement based upon "divine" or "extraterrestial" revelations in quite the same way.'

See the Future Events page for the full details of the weekend and how to book.

It can be purchased online from MoreBooks.

Their essay, 'Future Mind', gives an overview of Jack's life and the development of his remarkably influential - but apparently wacky - ideas, and his encounters with high strangeness that helped form them…

The e-book is available from MoreBooks.

A print version will be available soon.

Lynn appears among the other regular contributors - Andrew Gough, Tony McMahon, Dominic Selwood and Matt Green - discussing the reasons for forming and joining secret societies and the extent, real and imagined, of their influence. The programme also features Freemason and author Dr Robert Lomas, David V. Barrett, author of A Short History of Secret Societies, Professor Andrew Kakabadse (author of Bilderberg People) on the influence of the Bilderbergers on US foreign policy and Will Moy of the factchecking charity Full Fact.

Jamie Theakston visits Jerusalem and Qumran itself, meeting archaeologists Danny Herman and Oren Gutfeld, antiquities dealer Khader Baidun and Pnina Shor, head of the Israel Antiquities Authority's Dead Sea Scrolls Project. He also looks into the related mystery of the controversial lead codices recently discovered in Jordan, talking to David Elkington, who believes them to date from the same time as the Dead Sea Scrolls and to be equally, if not more, revelatory.

Lynn outlines the conclusions of The Masks of Christ, that the reason for the shockwaves that ran through the Vatican when the Scrolls were discovered in 1947 was because of what they might reveal about John the Baptist and his true relationship with Jesus - the big secret the Church has been trying to suppress for 2000 years.

L&C were also presented with official 'Authors on Tour' Indiana Jones-style hats - being modelled in the photo. Explorers at last!

The day was special, and highly memorable - and in a very good way!

Attempting to experience Bond's lifestyle, Jamie fires guns, drives an Aston Martin DB5, pilots a speedboat up the Thames and samples a vodka martini. One has to admire his dedication! (He does give Bond's womanising a miss though.) He talks to, among others, film armourer John Baker, Bond expert Ajay Chowdhury and security analyst (and perhaps former MI6 officer) Alan Judd, as well as Bond girl Maryam d'Abo.

Although it's a boys-own story, Lynn gives a female perspective on the reasons for Bond's popularity with men and women, and the significance of vodka. She didn't get a martini though.

Lynn talks about the motives of Hitler and the other Nazi leaders for the plundering - their desire to establish Germany as Europe's greatest cultural power - as well as SS chief Heinrich Himmler's obsession with relics and other objects of great symbolic and even magical power. In addition to Lynn and the other regulars, there are contributions from journalist Stephan Koldehoff and art historian Konrad Kramar.

Lynn appeared alongside the other regular contributors (Dominic Selwood, Dr Matt Green, Tony McMahon and Andrew Gough), talking about the pressures of living in such a tightly-controlled state and the techniques, such as 'gaslighting', used to undermine suspected dissidents psychologically.

Lynn outlined the conclusions of The Masks of Christ, that although Jesus was a real historical figure he was very different to how he is depicted in the New Testament. Other contributors included historian and novelist Dominic Selwood, Heretic magazine's Andrew Gough, self-styled 'Beardy historian' Tony McMahon and Raphael Lataster of the University of Sydney.

Watch out for repeats. The episode can also be watched on UKTVPlay.

For those who can read Spanish, the article is on the El Español web site.

El Universo Prohibido joins The Masks of Christ (Las Máscaras de Cristo), which was published last year, also as part of the Ocultura series.

Thanks to Dan O'Connell, and all those who made the - sometimes lengthy and complicated - journey there on one of the hottest days of a very hot summer!

The talk was videoed and will be available on Minerva's YouTube channel soon.

As usual it's six episodes, directed by Bruce Burgess for Like A Shot Productions. This season's episodes and broadcast dates are:

Uncovering the Historical Jesus - 19 July

The Stasi: Behind the Berlin Wall - 26 July

The Search for Nazi Treasure - 2 August

The Real James Bond - 9 August

The Dead Sea Scrolls - 16 August

Secret Societies: World Domination - 23 August

The episode, 'Da Vinci's Forbidden Codes,' explored the question of whether Leonardo was influenced by extraterrestrials. Lynn thought probably not.

Happy birthday, John!

All are welcome and admission is free (although donations are gratefully received) but please book in advance so that they know the size of the audience - email Dan O'Connell on minervameetings@gmail.com.

We're sorry to hear from Joy and Chris Millar of the passing of Saunière Society Journal editor David Pickering, after a courageous battle against cancer. It was always a pleasure to work with him.

We're saddened to learn of the passing of Peter Rogerson, the stalwart of the Magonia Review of Books and of British ufology since the 1960s. He died peacefully in hospital in Manchester at the age of 67.

Sceptical but open-minded (as a genuine sceptic should be) towards paranormal and Fortean phenomena, Peter championed the view of UFOs and reports of alien encounters as a psychosocial, rather than physical, phenomenon, a perspective much in favour in the 1970s but which has since been eclipsed by a more materialistic, 'nuts and bolts' approach. He amassed an enormous collection of books and publications, which are being passed on to the Archive for the Unexplained (AFU) in Sweden.

As AFU's Clas Svahns writes, in one of the many tributes from the ufological/Fortean world, 'Peter is now sailing to Magonia'.

Magonia editor John Rimmer's tributes to his old friend Peter can be read at the Magonia web site.

This examines Cocteau's life after 1918, in particular his associations in the 1950s with individuals connected with the Priory of Sion story, and the light they shed on why his name was chosen as one of its Grand Masters.

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Thanks to Caroline Whimsy Westbury for the invitation to speak to her group - great night, and much appreciated!

The talk is on Tuesday, 9 January, beginning at 8pm (gathering from 7pm). Entry is £3.

It was the usual memorable day, with a plethora of thought-provoking lectures. Thanks to Andy for the invitation and Debbie Cartwright for the smooth and characteristically efficient organising.

Thanks to Piotr Wawreńczyk and Wioletta Chwedoruk of Book/Lab in Warsaw for sealing the deal.

L&C travelled with fellow writer (and founder-member of 80s' super-group Blondie) Gary Lachman, whose Politics and the Occult has also just been published as part of the Ocultura series, and his partner Anja Fløde Bjørlo.

Arriving at the Hotel Vincci Mint in Madrid's Gran Vía, they were met by Javier, who took them on a tour of the city's famous Retiro Park, mainly so he could show Lynn its 'Lucifer' statue atop the Fountain of the Fallen Angel (erected in 1922 and subsequently coincidentally found to be 666 meters above sea level).

The first full day was given over to serial press and recorded radio interviews in the hotel - most in its spectacular rooftop bar. L&C were happy to renew their acquaintance with Isabela Herranz, who was translating. Lola Escudero from Luciérnaga's press office was also on hand.

The next day, 11 October, the four were off by train to León, where they were met by Javier and his wife Eva. Seeing the posters for the week-long Ocultura conference fixed to traffic lights en route to the hotel, the scale of the event began to dawn - a week-long series of talks, one an evening with free admission, in León's 1000-seat City Auditorium.

The hotel was even more spectacular than the sophisticated Madrid stop-over: the Hospedería de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro is part of the 11th-century complex of buildings attached to the San Isidoro basilica, and was originally built to accommodate pilgrims on the nearby route to Santiago de Compostela. A few hours to settle in, and to meet Javier and Eva's brilliant kids, Martin and Sofía - 10-year-old Martin had come from playing his dad in a scene from a TV series about Javier's life - as well as Sonia Labanda, who would be translating for both talks, then it was off to the Auditorium for Gary's highly thought-provoking talk.

The day of Lynn and Clive's talk, 12 October, was a public holiday - Spain's National Day, in fact - which was bound to boost attendance. L&C were pleased to meet top Spanish esoteric writer Enrique de Vicente - who turned out to be a fan. L&C, Gary, Javier and Enrique were filmed outside León's Santa Maria cathedral for the digital newspaper Leonoticias, as part of its coverage of the Ocultura conference.

Although L&C had a little trepidation about outlining their somewhat controversial conclusions about Jesus in the home of the Spanish Inquisition, their talk, to a full house, went down very well. The book-signing afterwards was a sell-out! There was a pleasing amount of coverage in the regional press, both in advance and the day after, such as this piece in La Neuva Crónica.

The next morning the party was treated to a tour of the basilica, which houses the burial chapel of the Kings of León, including a private viewing of its great treasure, the Chalice of Doña Urraca, personally led by historian Margarita Torres, author of The Kings of the Grail, in which she argues - very plausibly - that the chalice was the inspiration of the Holy Grail tales (at least those in which it's the cup of the Last Supper). Then the train back to Madrid, farewells to Gary and Anja who were staying for an extra few days, and the return flight to London.

Altogether, a fabulous, if hectic time and enormously encouraging for Lynn and Clive to find such enthusiasm for their work in Spain. Immense thanks to Javier and all at Luciérnaga, not just for the very welcome professional exposure, but for the staggeringly generous amounts of tapas, vino tinto and gin. Despite the latter, they will remember the trip for a very long time.

The show examined four conspiracy theories concerning the British royal family, with L&C contributing to two allegations relating to the Second World War: the Duke of Windsor's Nazi connections - including the claim that he passed vital strategic information to the Germans - and the involvement of his brother (and the present Queen's uncle), the Duke of Kent, in a desperate attempt to make a deal with Hitler to end the war. This was based on their 2001 book Double Standards: The Rudolf Hess Cover-Up, co-authored with Stephen Prior and Robert Brydon. (The other two segments concerned Princess Margaret's alleged illegitimate son and the death of Princess Diana.)

Other contributors included controversial royal biographer Andrew Morton and historian Jonathan Petropoulos.

Thanks to Paul, assistant producer Sacha Thorpe and series producer Ed Booth.

The documentary is available online at Demand 5.

Saunière Society members receive the journal as part of their membership - for details see their web site.

Conspiracy examines historical events in the context of conspiracy theory - and certainly there's no shortage of them around!

The day's other speakers include Andrew Collins, Graham Hancock and Megalithomania organiser Hugh Newman, among many others. It's on Saturday, 7 November, at the Queen Mary, University of London's Mile End campus in East London.

Well worth the trip to the edgy and atmospheric East End!

For full details and to book see the Origins Conference web site.

The show will be repeated on Monday, 20 April at 9pm and will be available for a short time on Yesterday's on demand service.

WitchFest is on Saturday, 14 November, at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, London. For details of the day and to book, see the WitchFest web site.

This is one annual event that is seriously not to be missed!

The Dee Tea is in the afternoon of Monday, 13 July and is to celebrate John Dee's birthday in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake High Street. There'll also be a guided tour of John Dee's Mortlake. And there will be, of course, lashings of tea - and particularly scrumptious cake.

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Jamie's bravely being sealed inside an iron maiden-style Faraday cage while being blasted with artificial lightning made for memorable TV.

Clive was one of the contributors, along with Alan Butler, Simon Cox, Polish researcher Igor Witkowski and Maurizio Verga of the Italian Centre for UFO Studies.

They'll be speaking at 7.30pm on Thursday, 8 January, in the Eurythmy Room of Rudolf Steiner House, Park Road, London NW1 (near Baker Street Station). For full details of the event, including admission, see the group's FaceBook page.

The search took Jamie to Paris and London, and included organisations such as the Freemasons and the Bilderberg Group, with contributions from researcher Robert Howells and journalist David Hambling.

L&C, along with several of the other regular contributors, cast doubt on whether the Illuminati even exist. Perhaps inevitably - given the fevered fantasies that surround the whole subject - their very denial has encouraged some to accuse them of secretly being initiates!

(When Lynn pointed out to one particularly hostile viewer via Facebook that she is not only not an Illuminati but is not an initiate of anything, the response was 'in that case, you're criminally ignorant…')

As always, it was a pleasure being part of such a great event - witches being among the most welcoming people around! Thanks to organiser Dave Mercer and the fabulous Children of Artemis.

L&C have already been booked for next year's WitchFest, which will be on Saturday, 14th November at the usual venue, the Fairfield Halls in Croydon.

These included the Hawkestone Grail found by Graham Philips, the Nanteos Cup, the Santo Caliz in Valencia and the Shugborough Hall monument.

This and the other shows will, of course, be frequently repeated. They're also available to view on Yesterday's on-demand service.

Entitled 'Shamanism: Gateway to the Gods', the talk will explore the question of whether traditional shamans hold the key, not only to other dimensions, but also to healing through magical communication with their own DNA. They will also argue that the priestesses and priests of ancient Egypt were initiates of a powerful shamanic tradition (not to mention imbibing shedloads of certain substances).

WitchFest International is on Saturday, 15 November at Croydon's Fairfield Halls - see the Future Events page for details.

The series will be broadcast on Yesterday in 2015.

Their friend, the astrophysicist Sinziana Paduroiu, had come over from Geneva especially to hear their talk, but was run over by a car on the way there. Clive accompanied her to Croydon University Hospital, while Lynn went on to give the talk.

The talk was 'John Dee and the Copernican Revolution' at the AGM of the John Dee of Mortlake Society, in St Mary the Virgin church (Dee's own!) in Mortlake, South West London.

The talk centred on John Dee as England's champion of Copernicus' new and controversial heliocentric theory, and how there was considerably more to this than mere science: behind Copernicanism lay complex and daring esoteric thinking that even fuelled a political agenda of revolutionary intensity.

Thanks to the Society and to John and Judith Rimmer for the invitation - and for comforting and encouraging Lynn who arrived in a state of semi-shock after witnessing the accident. And wishing Sinziana a speedy recovery!

The six-part series will cover subjects as diverse as the Holy Grail, Nazi UFOs and the Illuminati. Forbidden History is written and directed by Bruce Burgess and produced by HSP Productions in association with Like A Shot Entertainment and UKTV.

The filming was for a theatrical release documentary by producer/director Lance Mungia, with renowned cinematographer Monty Rowan.

Often meeting one's hero can be a let-down, but this was definitely the exception!

This time they look at the 17th-century alchemist and pioneer scientist Robert Boyle.

The Journal is one of the benefits of membership of the Saunière Society, which is dedicated to researching the Rennes-le-Château mystery and the myriad related subjects.

See the Society's web site for details on how to join.

Thanks, as always, to Marion Briggs for the invitation.

Entitled 'The Emperor's New Clothes: Twenty Years of Getting Away With It (If Only Just)', the talk will look back on some of the trouble that their books have landed them in over the last two decades, including blacklisting, break-ins - and being sued by the Grand Master of the Knights Templar…

The evening starts at 7.30 and will take place in the Eurythmy Room of Rudolf Steiner House, Park Road, London NW1 (near Baker Street Station).

For full details of the event, see the group's FaceBook page.

Thanks to Joy Millar, as always, for the invitation - and to the society for its support over the years.

The show is scheduled for broadcast in 2015 - details to follow when known.

They will be talking on John Dee and the Copernican Revolution, showing how there was considerably more to Dee championing the new and controversial heliocentric theory than mere science. They will also reveal the underlying complex and daring thinking - which even fuelled a revolutionary political agenda.

For full details, see the Future Events page or the John Dee of Mortlake web site.

Their talk on 'The Real Leonardo - Photographer, Heretic and Though Not the Messiah A Very Naughty Boy' was enthusiastically received. Thanks to Robert Harris and his team for a hitch-free day.

'We got to know Bob well in the early 2000s when he provided additional research for three books we co-authored with the late Stephen Prior. It was never less than a joy to work with him.

'One of the cliches often wheeled out on these occasions is "we'll never see the like of him again", but in Bob's case it is no more than the literal truth. He was truly a one-off: a profoundly erudite man who wore his learning lightly, and who was great fun with a wicked sense of humour. He was famous for his hospitality and generosity of spirit - always encouraging and helpful, digging into his vast reserves of information to provide fellow researchers with both factual back-up and a great fund of fascinating anecdotes.

'We send our love and condolences to his widow, our friend the artist Lindsay Brydon.'

Under the genial direction of Bruce Burgess, and with Jamie Theakston as the star presenter, they covered a huge spread of subjects, from Nazi occultism to the magical design of London. (Curiously, however, the room seemed to become colder and colder, calling to mind the filming of series one, when it was 8 degrees below in central London.)

L&C were also delighted to be accompanied by Iulia Serafim, a former Romanian television luminary - and new friend - and Melissa Kassinen, a very talented make-up artist. It was the first time L&C had ever had anything approaching an entourage - or 'people' - and so they were determined to make the most of it.

The new series will be shown on the Yesterday channel in autumn 2014. The first series is still available to view on Yesterday's on demand service.

'We are very sad to hear of the sudden death of our friend John Ritchie, the broadcaster and man of many parts, at the age of 67.

John, the founder of the Midlothian community radio station Black Diamond FM and the Edinburgh Guide web site, was a great supporter and help during our collaboration with Stephen Prior in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during which we worked for long periods at the Templar Lodge, the hotel run by Stephen in East Lothian where John was a familiar figure. Since then meeting up with John was one of the highlights of Saunière Society weekends in Newbattle Abbey.

A member of the Militi Scotia Templi, the Scottish Templar revival organisation, of which he became Grand Herald, John had a lifelong association with, and was an authority on, Rosslyn Chapel - he was born in Roslin village, and his grandfather was caretaker of the Chapel. Appropriately, his funeral is to be held there on Friday (14 March).

We will miss John's enthusiasm, knowledge, and very Scottish sense of humour.'

The Scotsman (among other newspapers and web sites) carried an obituary covering John's full career - indeed careers.

Thanks to Sylvia Francke and Bob Harris for the invitation. For full details of the event, and to book, see the RILKO web site.

They gave two talks: on the Saturday, they focussed on the themes of their last book, The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God. Sunday saw them give their 'Real Leonardo' talk to a highly responsive audience. They left feeling they had made many friends.

Thanks to Neil for the invitation and for organising such a memorable event, and to Helen Johnson and David Taylor for providing the taxi service.

For details of time, venue and admission, see the group's web page.

In this article they look at Sir Isaac Newton, concentrating on his occult interests and heretical religious views and their influence on the scientific work for which he is now best remembered.

Saunière Society members receive the Journal as part of their membership. Single copies are available from the Society for £5.00 or €6.00. For details see the Saunière Society web site.

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From his early days as a famous 'Angry Young Man', with his landmark book The Outsider, it was clear he was always going to shake things up in a big and meaningful way. Both Lynn and Clive knew him - Lynn from the early 1980s, when he was consultant for the iconic partwork The Unexplained of which she was Deputy Editor - and always looked forward to encountering him at conferences.

He was refreshingly different, funny, humble, honest and direct - not to say courageous, for he took on the vexed world of the paranormal in his major tomes The Occult and Mysteries, giving it the benefit of his formidable intellect and respect. He was one of the greats and should be remembered as such.

This year the blurb for L&C's talk reads: 'Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince reveal the shameless way successive patriarchies have set out to crush the Sacred Feminine - originally celebrated in their religions - from God's consort to Jesus' partner, a feminine Holy Spirit and the Mormon "Heavenly Mother". But the goddess will always find a way to make us aware of her beneath all the misogyny and hate…'

As always, thanks to Dave Mercer for organising this great event, and to assorted Croydonians and witches for making the whole day memorable - for all the right reasons.

The show also commissioned its own Shroud-making using L&C's method, with very gratifying results.

However, L&C swiftly homed in on one particular piece - in fact one that had a truly pivotal effect on their lives: a report, way back in the 15th anniversary edition in 1988, by Mike Dash on the then recent carbon dating of the Turin Shroud. Dash's observations spurred their research into the Shroud, which led to their first book - and to their joint writing career that celebrates its own 20th anniversary in 2014. And you can't get much more inspirational than that. Thanks, FT!

Entitled 'Heavenly Mother, Mrs Christ and Ms Holy Spirit', the talk will show how, from the Old Testament Yahweh's consort through Christ's lover to the Mormons' Heavenly Mother, successive patriarchies schemed to suppress the Goddess and the Sacred Feminine, and how, in what must be the most outrageous propaganda in history, they fabricated the Virgin Mary…

WitchFest International is on Saturday, 9 November at Croydon's Fairfield Halls. For full details of the day, and to book, see the WitchFest International web site.

Rudolf Steiner House is in Park Road, London NW1 (nearest tube Baker Street). Lynn's talk starts at 7.30, and admission is £10.

For details of time and venue, see the group's web page.

The interview will be part of the Darkside Mystery series, to be broadcast in Japan on 7 November.

Lynn appeared talking about the historical Mary Magdalene and her relationship with Jesus, while Clive outlined L&C's conclusions about the Priory of Sion (that it is a modern group that concocted the 'bloodline' claims as a cover story).

The other interviewees included Andrew Gough, Lionel Fanthorpe, Robert Howells, Pat Jokl and Corjan de Raff.

As always, the programme is available on Yesterday's on demand service.

Concentrating on the reasons for the flood of members now exiting the faith, she drew on her experience as a Mormon missionary, and detailed the many problems with the religion. She was pleased to invite Yinka Lawal, a former Mormon bishop, to speak briefly about his own experiences.

Thanks to Joy Millar for such a great day.

This programme examines the claims that the Knights Templars' treasure escaped the Order's suppression in the 14th century, presenting the various theories of what it was and where it might be now. It took Jamie to Jerusalem, Scotland's Rosslyn Chapel, England's Royston Cave and Oak Island in Nova Scotia.

L&C were interviewed on the historical Templars and the possible nature of their treasure. Other interviees included Lionel Fanthorpe, Robert Howells, Andrew Sinclair, Shimon Gibson and Andrew Gough.

The show will be available for a time on Yesterday's on demand service.

'Based on their latest book Lynn and Clive will reveal the true origins of science and show how scientists' denial of their discipline's esoteric roots undermines their capacity to understand their own discoveries…

All the great names of the Scientific Revolution - from Copernicus to Newton - were directly inspired by the Hermetica, mystical texts traceable to ancient Egypt. But a strange collusion between religion and science led to a rewriting of history to eliminate the importance of the Hermetic tradition.

Although rarely mentioned to the wider public, cutting-edge modern science, particularly quantum physics, has overwhelmingly indicated that the universe was designed for intelligent life. In fact, as Lynn and Clive show, these discoveries gel remarkably with the ancient cosmology of the Hermetica.'

Thanks to Gerri McManus for the invitation to speak, and for organising such a fascinating crowd. L&C were particularly happy to speak in a Wetherspoon.

It was Sir David who was the first influential broadcaster to recognise the potential in their Leonardo-and-the-Shroud theory. After personally pitching the idea to the high-ups at the BBC, it was his production company - David Paradine Productions - which made L&C's first documentary, shown in October 1995. Entitled 'Double Exposure', produced by Trevor Poots and directed by Nikki Stockley, it was part of the BBC 2 Everyman series.

In 2001 Sir David was the executive producer of Paradine's documentary 'Hitler and Hess', based on L&C's book - co-authored with the late Stephen Prior - Double Standards, which was shown on ITV in the UK and the History Channel in the USA.

The magazine, edited by Andrew Gough, also has articles by, among others, Robert Bauval, Robert Eisenman, Robert Feather, Mark Foster, and David Rohl. It is available as a pdf download from The Heretic web site.

The series will explore whether the individuals on the famous - or notorious - list of the Priory's Grand Masters really were involved with the Priory. And, if they weren't, why their names were chosen.

The Journal is available to members of the Saunière Society. For details of how to join, see the Society's web site or look up The Saunière Society on Facebook.

Ian was particularly keen to hear about the major revelation of The Masks of Christ - left hanging at the end of the last radio chat - about the real relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist. They also talked about their latest research into the Turin Shroud.

For those who missed it first time around, the show can be heard on-demand on the Coast to Coast web site.

The show is syndicated to stations throughout the USA and Canada, and can also be listened to online and on iPhone. For details see the Coast to Coast AM web site.

The talk will be at 8pm Wednesday, 11 September at the Jack Phillips pub (a Wetherspoon) in High Street, Godalming. Entrance is £5.00 in advance, £7.00 on the night. For full details, and for advance tickets, see the group's web page.

The journal, now under the editorship of Stefan Hager, will be out in July. It is available to members of the Society as part of their annual subscription of £20. For details of how to subscribe, see the Saunière Society web site.

For full details of the day, see the Saunière Society web site.

L&C will be speaking on both days, giving talks on The Forbidden Universe and the real Leonardo da Vinci.

For full details, and to book, see the Megalithic Tours web site. Many thanks to Neil McDonald for the invitation.

The church was packed with members and friends of the John Dee of Mortlake Society - including members of the clergy - who had been campaigning for some such recognition for Dr Dee for many years. The plaque was unveiled by Benjamin Woolley, author of a biography of Dee, who also gave an entertaining talk. Emily Hoffnung, the artist who created the plaque - made of Welsh slate in honour of Dee's Welsh ancestry - was there to see her handiwork made public.

Congratulations to the Society for their persistence and achievement.

In L&C's view, Dee might have talked to angels, but he was also a trail-blazing cartographer in the golden age of exploration, a great mathematician and philosopher who deserves to be honoured as a national treasure.

Thanks to John and Judith Rimmer for the personal invitations to this historic event.

Although both talks were well received, things were rather enlivened during one by the fire alarm, which saw speakers and audience decant onto the lawn, and during another by the mysterious crashing of a book from a display on a mantlepiece. And yes, it was one of L&C's…

Thanks to Joy Millar for the event.

The series, produced and directed by Bruce Burgess, will be broadcast in the autumn.

For those who missed it live, the show can be heard on Red Ice's archive.

The talk is open to non-members. Admission is £2.00. For more details see the Children of Artemis web site.

As always, it was a special day, wafting around in the idiosyncratically welcoming atmosphere of WitchFest - a nicer bunch would be hard to find anywhere - and drinking in the jollity (along with more obvious things). It was especially good to meet up with friends old and new and share a day to remember.

Thanks to Dave Mercer and his Children of Artemis team for organising WitchFest, and more personally to Maurice Brennock, Sheila Andrews, Sally Morgan and Helen Scott for their support, friendship and fun.

As Lynn and Clive are already booked to speak at next year's WitchFest, there is no excuse not to come along!

For those who missed it, the show can be heard on the show's archive.

The first is on Saturday, 9 March, at Newington Village Hall, Folkestone, Kent, and the second the weekend symposium at Newbattle Abbey just outside Edinburgh in Scotland. At both L&C will be giving their talk on the 'Real Leonardo da Vinci'.

Further details of the events can be found on the Saunière Society web site.

Thanks to Joy Millar for the invitations.

This edition includes a new epilogue (only available in the eBook) detailing Lynn and Clive's new research into the connection between the Shroud and Leonardo's recently rediscovered painting Salvator Mundi.

L&C discussed the esoteric background to Dee as champion of Copernicus' then new and radical (to say the least) heliocentric theory, setting it against the apocalyptic ferment that gripped Europe in the late sixteenth century.

The well-attended conference was smoothly chaired by John Rimmer of the John Dee of Mortlake Society. The other speakers were historian Glyn Parry, who emphasised the central importance of the occult philosophy throughout Elizabeth I's court - and its hold over the Queen herself; Robin E. Cousins on Dee's angel-magic and alleged authorship of the grimoire Tuba veneris; astrologer Tracy Thursfied on Dee's charts; and Rosemary Warner on John Dee and Elizabethan Ciphers.

It was a brilliant day on every level - well organised, thought-provoking and with more than a dash of sheer style. Thanks to Geraldine and Bali Beskin of Atlantis, and the latter for the world-beating cake, complete with bits of gold.

It was a stunning show, even for those for whom opera is not usually the entertainment of choice. Although the cast was superb, it was the design and staging that provoked the gasps of amazement and delight - the live ravens (talk about stage presence!) winning the biggest cheers.

Did the show succeed in promoting Dee's significance to a modern audience? Perhaps. But it did establish, in a few broad, mainly visual, strokes, the numinous world he conjured - and lived for.

'We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of John Millar, Chairman of the Saunière Society, who passed away last night after suffering a stroke. A friend for more than ten years, through his and his wife Joy's energetic work organising the society's many conferences, John gave our work - and that of many other authors and researchers - an important platform. His wide knowledge of matters religious, historical and esoteric made him an invaluable contact for our research, and his wicked and irreverent sense of humour made him great company. We'll miss John. Our thoughts are with Joy, son Chris and the family at a very difficult time.'

L&C's talk, 'Dr Dee's Copernican Agenda', focuses on the mage as major champion of Copernicus' heliocentric theory in Elizabethan England, revealing that his motives were primarily esoteric, rather than a purely scientific.

The other speakers include Glyn Parry, Robin E. Cousins and Tracy Thursfield, all authorities on Dee's life and work.

For full details see the Atlantis Bookshop web site.

The eBook should be available in the spring or early summer.

Other speakers on what promises to be a memorable weekend include Jon Ronson, Dave Clarke and Andy Roberts, and Gail-Nina Anderson. For full details and to book, see the UnCon 2011 web site.

Along with other lectures from their diverse programme, RILKO plan to make the talk available as an audio download - watch the RILKO web site for details.

Thanks to RILKO Chairman Rob Stephenson for the invitation and a very lively evening.

As usual, it was a thought-provoking and enjoyable day - and it was good to see so many new faces.

Thanks to Joy and John Millar for the invitation and Rat Scabies for the efficient and gossipy taxi service.

The special issue will be available for three months on newsstands in Australia and New Zealand, from Barnes and Noble stores in the USA, and as a download from the New Dawn web site.

Organised by the leading wiccan group the Children of Artemis, the Fest is on Saturday, 12 November and, as always, will be at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, south London. For full details of the event and to book, see the WitchFest web site.

It'll be a busy weekend as Lynn ad Clive are speaking at the Fortean Times UnConvention the next day. You know what they say: no rest for the w….

New Dawn is available on newstands in Australia and New Zealand, in Barnes and Noble stores in the USA, and as an e-mag from the New Dawn web site.

The show is available for on-demand listening and download on the Guardians of the Holy Grail web site.

Thanks to Mark for being so welcoming and showing such great taste as to have them on his show!

Entitled 'Being Human: The Great Magical Experience', the piece explores the implications of humanity's 'hardwiring' to think in magical terms about the world and our place in it. The evidence suggests it's not the believers who are weird, Richard Dawkins et al please note…

Thanks to Alistair Coombs for the invitation.

The magazine will be available at the end of August, on newstands in Australia and New Zealand, in Barnes and Noble stores in the USA, and as an emag from the New Dawn website.

P & P, who are stalwart fans of J.D.W.'s, are delighted to make it into that particular hall of fame. In fact, they'll drink to that!

Well, Anti-God Squad, you know where to find these particular ballsy authors. But let's not forget The Forbidden Universe is also no friend to creationists, so who's for a three-way fight?

Interviewer and interviewees all agreed that the situation was complex, and that the putative spirits could have been genuine - perhaps the tricksy 'Ultraterrestrials'. L & C reckon staying up until 2am was well worth it.

The show is available for on-demand listening at the Inception Radio web site.

The film is being made by Pioneer Productions and is directed by Chris Holt. Thanks to Chris, assistant producer Hannah James and researcher Jean-Michel Villot for making it happen.

The book was officially launched on 21 November at the Gaudeamus book fair as part of an intense day of TV and press interviews, which kicked off with a live interview on The Morning Show on the national television station TVR. Lynn and Clive also recorded a chat show, for broadcast a week later, with Antena2 TV, as well as giving numerous interviews to press and TV throughout the day, including the national daily newspaper Cotidianul and the Romanian edition of the New York Times Book Review.

Lynn and Clive would like to thank to all at Rao, especially director general and Ovidiu Enculescu and his wife Anca, their editor Monica Nechiti and publicist Alina Bratu, for all their hard work, kindness and hospitality. Thanks too to their Romanian agent Simona Kessler and to translator Carmen Bourceanu.

The following day Lynn and Clive gave a well-attended talk on the Johannite heresy organised by CISCE. Many thanks to CISCE's president, Dr Vlad Sauciac, for making it all happen, and to TV presenter Oreste Teodorescu for hosting a delightful party afterwards - and to Oreste's mother for the food. It was also a pleasure to meet CISCE member and former deputy prime minister Gelu Voiculescu.

It was a memorable, if hectic, introduction to Romania.

Many thanks to all at Simon & Schuster for bringing this project to fruition, especially Lynn and Clive's editor Meghan Stevenson.

The magazine is also available as a pdf download - see New Dawn's web site for details.

Among the distinguished guests were writers Ahmed Osman and Dr Robert Feather, astronomers Professor Heather Couper and Dr Nigel Henbest, television producer and historian James Burge, Fellowship of Isis luminaries Olivia Robertson and Caroline Wise, researcher and writer on the esoteric Andrew Gough, drummer and Grail hunter Rat Scabies, John and Joy Millar of the Saunière Society and Executive Producer of David Paradine Productions, Trevor Poots. Also present was Lynn and Clive's agent and friend Jeffrey Simmons, and Keith Prince, who had suggested some of the key discoveries in the book.

Eric was always interested in and encouraged Lynn and Clive's ideas and projects, and helped enormously with research for their books dealing with the Second World War, by sharing his firsthand experiences of the Italian campaign and the results of his own extensive research, having become since his retirement from teaching a prolific and respected author of such works as Operation Millennium, Showbiz Goes to War and a number of books detailing the experiences of women at war.

Eric's hugely varied and active life even included a stint playing for Manchester United in the 1941-42 season. His widow, our close friend Sheila (and Lynn's Grammar School English teacher), asked Lynn to say a few words, joining Eric's many family members and friends in eulogising this modest, funny, caring - and much-missed - man.

To see the match for yourself, click on the links below. The first superimposes the Shroud face, and the second a portrait painted from the Shroud by Ariel Aggemian in the 1930s, onto the Salvator Mundi. (The links run Windows Media Video files, which are best viewed full screen. They may take some time to load, so please be patient.)

1: Turin Shroud to Salvator Mundi

2: Aggemian’s Shroud Portrait to Salvator Mundi