Druid Mysteries and the Dawn of Christianity
There has been much speculation about Jesus' activities before the start of his ministry at the age of thirty. Did he travel beyond Palestine in search of wisdom and knowledge? Where did he acquire the great learning that amazed all who heard him teach, enabling him to debate with Scribes and Pharisees? Certain legends suggest that Jesus traveled to the British Isles with Joseph of Arimathea, a tin trader.

Beginning with these legends, the author uncovers fascinating interconnections between the Celtic and Mediterranean cultures and philosophies. Taking the biblical image of "wisdom as master craftsman," Strachan explores the deep layers of Mystery knowledge shared by the world of Jews and Greeks and that of the northern Druids-using the secret geometry of masons and builders, which Jesus would have encountered in his work as a craftsman in Palestine, as well as the biblical Gematria, or numeric encryption.

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