Erling Haagensen

I’m a sucker for any books about the Knights Templar or any of the “mystic” societies. I loved Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. I’m not really sure why I enjoy these tales. Maybe it’s the mysteries that still hang over all of the societies. Maybe it’s the element of archaeology inherent in all of the stories. I’m not sure. Whatever it is, I enjoy it and that’s all that really matters.

Here is a fairly decent book about the Knights Templar and their work to convert Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia to Christianity. This has almost as much numerology in it as John Michell's book on Atlantis. Some interesting aspects of the geometry of Bornholm are depicted, as well as some areas on the island that have not yet been sufficiently analyzed. A pretty interesting read.

Does the remote Baltic island of Bornholm hold the key to an ancient secret? A secret that links it to the enigmatic village of Rennes-le-Chateau in the French Pyrenees and the tunnels beneath Mount Sion in Jerusalem? What is its connection with the Templar Knights, and what were they trying to hide on such a distant isle? The Templar's Secret Island is a journey of awe-inspiring breadth and complexity, a journey that spans Europe and reaches into ancient Palestine, that first takes us show more thousands of years into the past and then back to our own time. It is a journey that casts new light on some of the most important enigmas of modern science. show less

Very intriguing, I particularly liked the appendix that gives the mathematics involved in the author's conclusion that the Imperial system is actually better for universal use than the metric system.