{"title":"Freddy Silva","description":"\u003cp\u003eFreddy Silva's works delve into the crossroads of history, spirituality, and personal transformation. His books invite readers to explore ancient mysteries and sacred traditions with a thoughtful and inquisitive approach, blending \u003cem\u003eself-help\u003c\/em\u003e insights with profound spiritual themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect a journey through esoteric knowledge and inner awakening, where the boundaries between past and present dissolve to reveal deeper truths. Silva’s writing encourages both reflection and growth within the realms of \u003cstrong\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePersonal Development\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"first-templar-nation-by-freddy-silva-9781620556542","title":"First Templar Nation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverturns the long-established historical narrative about the origins and purpose of the Knights Templar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Templar Nation\u003c\/em\u003e explains how and why the Templars created Europe’s first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their own as king. It reveals the Portuguese roots of key founding members, their relationship with the Order of Sion, the Templars’ devotion to Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist, and the meaning and exact location of the Grail. The book provides evidence of Templar holy sites and hidden chambers throughout Portugal and includes over 700 references, many from new and rare sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConventional history claims that nine men formed a brotherhood called the Knights Templar in Jerusalem in 1118 to provide protection for pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land. Overturning this long-established historical narrative, Freddy Silva shows that the Order of the Temple existed a decade earlier on the opposite side of Europe. The protection of pilgrims was entrusted to a separate organisation, and in league with the Cistercian monks and the equally mysterious Order of Sion, the Templars executed one of history’s most daring and covert plans: the creation of Europe’s first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their own as king.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding over 700 references, many from new and rare sources, Silva reveals Portugal, not Jerusalem, as the first Templar stronghold. He shows how there were eleven founding members and how the first king of Portugal, a secret Templar, was related to Bernard de Clairvaux, head of the Cistercians. The author explains the Templars’ motivation to create a country far from the grasp of Rome, where they could conduct their living resurrection initiation—whose candidates were declared “risen from the dead”—a secret for which the Church silenced millions and which the Templars protected to the death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlacing the intrepid Knights in a previously unknown time and place, Silva’s historical narrative reveals the Portuguese roots of key founding members, their relationship with the Order of Sion, the Templars' unshakeable devotion to Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist, and how they protected a holy bloodline in Portugal. He also provides evidence of secret Templar holy sites, initiation chambers, and hidden passageways throughout Portugal, often coinciding with pagan and Neolithic temples. The author explains how their most important site forms a perfect triangle with the Abbey of Mont Sion in Jerusalem and the Osirion temple in Egypt. Silva also reappraises the meaning of the Grail and reveals its exact location, hidden in plain sight to this very day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868539146476,"sku":"9781620556542","price":41.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27241863482764.jpg?v=1759759488"},{"product_id":"the-lost-art-of-resurrection-by-freddy-silva-9781620556368","title":"The Lost Art of Resurrection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReveals the radical ancient practice of living resurrection, in which initiates ritually died and were reborn into a state of higher consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores living resurrection initiation practices\u003c\/strong\u003e from world cultures, including Egyptian, Greek, Gnostic, Chinese, Celtic, and Native American traditions. Describes the secret chambers and temples where Mystery Schools practiced “raising the dead”. Shows why this practice was branded a heresy and suppressed by the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than two thousand years before the resurrection of Jesus, initiates from spiritual traditions around the world were already practising a secret mystical ritual in which they metaphorically died and were reborn into a higher spiritual state. During this living resurrection, they experienced a transformative spiritual awakening that revealed the nature of reality and the purpose of the soul, described as “rising from the dead.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring the practice of living resurrection in ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Persian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Celtic, and Native American traditions, Freddy Silva explains how resurrection was never meant for the dead, but for the living—a fact supported by the suppressed Gnostic Gospel of Philip: “Those who say they will die first and then rise are in error. If they do not first receive the resurrection while they live, when they die they will receive nothing.” He reveals how these practices were not only common in the ancient world but also shared similar facets in each tradition: initiates were led through a series of challenging ordeals, retreated for a three-day period into a cave or restricted room, often called a “bridal chamber,” and while out-of-body, became fully conscious of travels in the Otherworld. Upon returning to the body, they were led by priests or priestesses to witness the rising of Sirius or the Equinox sunrise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSilva describes some of the secret chambers around the world where the ritual was performed, including the so-called tomb of Thutmosis III in Egypt, which featured an empty sarcophagus and detailed instructions for the living on how to enter the Otherworld and return alive. He reveals why esoteric and Gnostic sects claimed that the literal resurrection of Jesus promoted by the Church was a fraud and how the Church branded all living resurrection practices as a heresy, relentlessly persecuting the Gnostics to suppress knowledge of this self-empowering experience. He shows how the Knights Templar revived these concepts and how they survive to this day within Freemasonry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring the hidden art of living resurrection, Silva shows how this personal experience of the Divine opened the path to self-empowerment and higher consciousness, leading initiates such as Plato to describe it as the pinnacle of spiritual development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384042307820,"sku":"9781620556368","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27240123482764.jpg?v=1773398582"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/freddy-silva.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}