THE DA VINCI CON: The Code War or Jiggery-Pokery in Rennes Le Château

Since the birth of speculative freemasonry in the early 17th century, large numbers of intelligent and otherwise well-informed, sane and sensible people have believed that much of what was happening around them only occurred because it was set in motion by secret societies, the motors of history. Many still believe that virtually everything unpleasant that happens can be attributed to them and that there is an occult force operating behind the seemingly real façade of public and political life. What has been written about the Priory of Sion is a monumental example of a view of the world shaped by nonsense and irrationality, and even though it is sometimes amusing, it is always disturbing when intelligent people seriously talk nonsense, taking fiction for reality. As many of these authors have found out to their advantage, it never pays to underestimate people’s credulity. The Da Vinci Code alone has sold approximately 80 million copies worldwide since its publication in 2003