The Templar Mission to Oak Island and Beyond: Search for Ancient Secrets: The Shocking Revelations of a 12th Century Manuscript

I could not put this book down! Halpern's mountain of research is impressive and compelling, and is well organized to help the reader stay on course. The sequence of events map a path through the research. Essential and appropriate brief reviews of complex data are key in providing clear connections and understanding. Halpern personalizes her purpose and research: her approaches, goals, and thoughts about what she has found and how she's presenting it. Asking questions, and explaining her own thinking is excellent and I find it sets a realistic tone of honest and highly dedicated research. Visual details and data are very helpful. The Epilogue adds a final 'wow' and offers a springboard to Volume II. Without a knowledge of Templar history, but experienced in carrying out research, I find this book to be a rich and thoughtful document. With Volume II to be finished next, I can agree with where Halpern chose to end Volume I. I'm well prepared and eager to move forward in the total story. Of additional interest to me is that 'The Curse of Oak Island' TV series has gleaned some data from Halpern's research and will most likely continue to do so. Halpern's website, with comprehensive background and bio, will also offer the additional information needed to make Volume I complete. Maps will also be presented in a clearer and larger format. These sources of information and investigation complement each other, and offer compelling collaboration, as should all on-going quality research.

This is a very interesting book, especially if you are a follower of the History channel series "Oak Island"

The author unravels a series of related mysteries, that are fascinating, but she presents the story and the evidence rather clumsily. And, for those of you mostly interested in the Oak Island "money pit," that is only a peripheral aspect of her story, touching on who built it, to hold what, but nothing about how it works or how to reach the prize. Mostly it is about evidence of two, related, pre-Columbian visits to North America, one following on the trail of the other, and an early 20th century one following those.

Great for history and if you like that part of it

It is a slow read. Lots of tedious facts to think about. Very interesting if you follow "Curse of Oak Island."

Zena is spot on with her research and theory that the Knights Templar brought their Treasures to Oak Island, Nova Scotia - great book! ❤️

Got this as a gift for my grandma and she absolutely loved it. It came in great condition and we were not at all disappointed.

I purchased this book as a testimony for skeptics in Portugal that laughed when I mentioned evidence of Knights Templar activity in America. However, if they had read "Pioneers of Globalization" (also reviewed on Amazon) they could view the Cantino Map (1502) on page 176 which reveals a Portuguese flag on Nova Scotia. It will be interesting to obtain their reaction to the text. This appears to be a self published account.“The Templar Mission to Oak Island and Beyond,” Part I? Starts with an account by an individual named Dr. William D. Jackson in 1984 allegedly took two decorative garden ornaments from the Bannerman Castle on an island in the Hudson 50 miles north of NYC around the bend from West Point. After a brief history of Scottish 14th century events and the island with its buildings the author moves the story to the brass device enclosed in one of the ornaments and its contents. These contents were a circular disc with astrological symbols with Theban script as a cipher and a compass? Also enclosed were several geometric objects for navigation and a deciphering mechanism. This find led to a translated journal by Dr. Jackson which he purchased from a woman for $400 which the author presents in chapter 4.The author’s presentation relates to an alleged voyage by a known English Templar named, Ralph de Sudeley from Gloucestershire on the Welsh border. According to Zena Halpern he with the blessing of the King of Denmark and 6 ships voyaged to America in 1178-1180 to retrieve deposited objects placed by Hebrews in a cave in Hunter Mountain, New York during the 1st Century. The book reads like a David Brody novel where I could not put it down to void. Although the text may drive some mad, I enjoyed having the repetitious segments throughout the book to remind me of the ongoing story that gets complicated.The book is in four parts and it takes 258 pages to get to Oak Island which appears if as a disjunctive add- on which I have not understood the connection at this writing. I had problems with copied text being too small to read throughout. Although the photos and figures were in order of text movement, some were hard to discern. More editorial attention needs to be given to the text. There were only five references within the text and they were all books which I am acquiring. An index would be very helpful as also glossary.I enjoyed the story for I have been to almost all the places described in the book. I even visited Hunter Mountain snow skiing as a teenager and was almost struck by lightning as described in the book. Although I enjoyed the story, it appears to me a great deal of controversial material was shoved into one publication similar to how my students would compile historical scientific papers as novices. I commend the author on the attempt and look forward to Part 2 with a skeptical eye.

This book is a must read and in your collection!

I watched Curse of Oak Island, Zena Halpin wrote the book, sadly passed away now. I have wanted to read her research for quite some time, fascinating and historical.!

Dieser Artikel kam in hervorragender Qualität in dem mir zugesagten Zeitraum an. Dieses Buch kann man nur empfehlen, da die Sprache und Schrift gut verständlich ist.

Highly recommend

Groundbreaking research by the late Zena Halpern moves us in time from 1stC AD Temple Mount and its underground labyrinth to the 12thC Templar discoveries which any adherent of Masonic Royal Arch ritual will find fascinating. The ensuing adventures of Templar Ralph de Sudeley, following ancient treasure maps and using ancient navigational aids to sail West are as exciting as any "Indiana Jones" novel, (but with evidential reasoning, pointing towards validity of reality). I loved the revelation that sailing from the Llyn Peninsular 12thC also resulted in discovering Celtic speaking peoples already in America.