| All this work didn't take an afternoon. In fact it | | | | the Louvre and saw the culmination of thousands |
| took many years work and many thousands of | | | | of years of the inner wisdom tradition, which |
| miles of travelling across the globe.We travelled | | | | surrounded the serpent cult. In Rome, I immersed |
| from the beautifully romantic city of Paris, with its | | | | myself in the feeling of the timeless city and |
| enigmatic buildings and wonderfully laid back | | | | incredibly came away with more than I had |
| atmosphere, to frantic and noisy Rome, with its | | | | bargained for. Even in the Vatican there were |
| carefree and yet devout attitude to life. We took | | | | thousands of images of the wise serpent. In St |
| in the cosmopolitan Malta - a mixture of medieval | | | | Peter's the very columns were topped with |
| Europe's greatest minds and artistic flare - and | | | | winged snakes. In Malta, I found the imagery of |
| saw for ourselves the serpentine temples of | | | | St Paul's supposed contact with the serpent cults |
| Mnadjra and the time capsule of crusader Mdina. | | | | and visited the ancient megalithic monuments |
| We climbed mountains in Cyprus to discover | | | | erected by serpent cults. In Egypt, I saw first |
| Orthodox Greek Cypriot Churches with their | | | | hand the mysterious images of snakes, which are |
| incredible iconography. On to Egypt, with its | | | | simply everywhere and in South America I |
| ancient and sacred secrets, locked up in images | | | | enjoyed the warm embrace of the serpent cults |
| that play mysterious tricks upon the mind. From | | | | descendants who still live and work in the remote |
| there we flew across the vast oceans to | | | | areas.But this is a new life for me and my |
| America, where we met up with the North | | | | co-author, Gary Osborn, because neither of us |
| American Indians and engrossed ourselves in the | | | | have ever been big authors before on the |
| culture and traditions; sweat lodges, respect for | | | | world-wide stage. It is a new journey also, |
| the earth and an understanding of the ancient | | | | because we are now signed up to an American |
| spirits. Next we made our way to the Far East | | | | company in-order to take other people on our |
| and bent our minds to the new mindset required | | | | journey too - another unique experience. We are |
| to comprehend the Eastern ways.We took in | | | | hoping that we can re-live the excitement and joy |
| Portugal, Spain, Greece and many more places on | | | | we felt as we travelled across the globe on our |
| our "Grail Journey" and we came away with our | | | | voyage of discovery, and we hope that others |
| "truth". Now, after two years of laborious work | | | | will too. It is a wonderful world, full of mystery, |
| our journey has come to an end with the launch | | | | awe, beauty and excitement. We may still think |
| of our book, The Serpent Grail and boy, what a | | | | the world is a small place, that can be traversed |
| journey. But in many respects this is a journey | | | | in just a few hours by some modern fast jet, but |
| we have only just begun.Before being a writer | | | | in truth, getting down to the ground, we see and |
| and researcher I had been a marketing guy and | | | | experience much, much more.Philip Gardiner |
| had found my life lacking in spirit and fun, | | | | Best selling author, researcher and lecturer |
| especially the joy of travel. Then I discovered a | | | | name is Philip Gardiner. You may or may not |
| secret in the depths of ancient texts and my | | | | know of me, I am the author of several books, |
| mind raced, where my body could not go. And so | | | | including my latest The Serpent Grail and another |
| a new quest had begun, a new life was sparked in | | | | Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple |
| that moment of discovery and I could no longer | | | | Revealed. In these books we uncover the secrets |
| resist the desire to go see and touch the amazing | | | | of the ancients and reveal the true Holy Grail - an |
| history of man's past for myself. It was a unique | | | | actual artefact within which was mixed the Elixir |
| journey of discovery, for everywhere I went I | | | | of Life. |
| saw confirmation of my insight.In Paris, I visited | | | | |