22nd December, 2008 , 08:45 PM
Lovers of Dan Brown novels will be salivating at the discovery of three previously unknown drawings on the back of one of Leonardo's major works. A curator spotted the sketches on the back of The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne when it was taken down in September for restoration.

12th December, 2008 , 08:14 AM
George Kiess delves into the controversial subject of the Knights Templar and their link to the enigma. In ill-consulted archives in Toulouse, he finds new evidence that strengthens the claims that the village and its lords were members of this controversial order.

2nd December, 2008 , 10:49 AM
A chance encounter in a bookshop leads the Société Perillos to realise that a pillar originates from Rennes-le-Château. They are able to trace it to a story of 1980, and an intriguing discovery – at least according to some – on the hill known as Las Casteillas.

20th November, 2008 , 08:37 PM
On Andrew Gough's Arcadia: Carrie Kilkpatrick debuted her excellent new documentary on the Mysteries of Spain. Girona: City of Secrets in London's Devereux pub last night. In attendance were members of London's 'Moot With No Name' as well as special guests Patrice Chaplin, Ben Hammott, Bill Kersey, Rat Scabies, David Barrett and London's Rav Fashion designer, Namalee Bolle.

20th November, 2008 , 08:31 PM
The four angels above the Holy Water Stoup in Sauniere's Mary Magdalene church are situated above, depending on your preference, a Devil or a Demon and it is he who actually supports the basin holding the Holy Water. In 1986, Alain Féral who was at the time at the bookshop in Rennes-le-Château, found that the right-hand angel's head was hollow and stuffed with pages, or cuttings, (the story differs) from German newspapers that dated from 1898. Ben Hammott reports.

1st November, 2008 , 08:35 PM
The website of Jean-Patrick Pourtal is reporting that the 2nd pillar of Saunière's Altar has been found back in a corner of the cemetery of Rennes-les-Bains. It had been known for a long time that there was a 2nd, plain version of what is called Saunière's Visigothic altar pillar and which is at the heart of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. Jean-Patrick has published some photos that show a remarkable resemblance between the two pillars. If this is indeed the other pillar that once supported the Altar of the church in Rennes-le-Château, it sheds a new light on the relation between Abbé Saunière and his colleague Abbé Henri Boudet in Rennes-les-Bains.

28th October, 2008 , 07:12 PM
Veteran French photographer and researcher Jean Brunelin has discovered what might well be an entirely new area of research in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. All over the huge fresco Abbé Saunière had installed in his church of St. Mary Magdalene, he painted miniatures of locations in the area, mystic animals and artefacts. This may be the start of a cartoon treasure hunt.

19th October, 2008 , 10:57 AM
With the tragic death of Jean-Luc Robin earlier this year, the Association for the Preservation of the Soul of Rennes-le-Château (APARC) lost its founder and chairman. Now a group of people, headed by André Galaup is reviving the initiative and seeking liaisons with organisations and individuals who have a heart for Rennes-le-Château and like them, want to preserve it for future generations. Go visit the new website!

18th October, 2008 , 10:03 AM
In 1307, it was reported that millions of funds disappeared from the Temple treasury in Paris, some arguing that the “Templar fleet” sailed to Scotland, or onwards to the US. On October 13, 2008, the English government performed a similar coup. And whether by coincidence or design, there are many direct parallels. This time, it is Gordon Brown who has largely taken over British banking, and has made it a state-controlled entity.

17th October, 2008 , 07:34 PM
The thrill of entering the church of Rennes-le-Château often means that few if any pay any attention to the entrance itself. Indeed, the porch of the church of Rennes has received some attention, but several details about it remain unknown. We’ve used the term “church of Rennes”, but perhaps it should be described as the “church of Saunière”, for it is clear that what we see today, is the work of this man and he alone. Société Perillos reports.

17th October, 2008 , 07:33 PM
The Prophecy of the Popes, attributed to St Malachy, is a list of 112 short phrases in Latin. They purport to describe each of the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few anti-popes), beginning with Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143) and concluding with a later added pope described in the prophecy as "Peter the Roman", whose pontificate will end in the destruction of the seven hilled city. Gradale.com deducted that all might be indicating an event on 28th October 2008.

5th October, 2008 , 12:53 PM
A team of scientists led by renowned French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio recently announced that they have found a bowl, dating to between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D., that, according to an expert epigrapher, could be engraved with the world's first known reference to Christ.

5th October, 2008 , 12:48 PM
Veteran German researcher Peter Ernst knows the underworld of the Languedoc like no other. On his website he reports on the Skeleton Cave near Bézu and La Caune near the ruined village of Perillos.

29th September, 2008 , 01:55 PM
Dan Green descends into the Royston Cave, and ponders what the Templar graffiti inside might reveal. Green believes he has cracked the code, and revealed the message the Templars were trying to impart.

26th September, 2008 , 06:53 PM
Ben Hammott has published two photo reports on his website. In the first one he visits the Château de Cazemajou in Montazels. It was here that Abbé Saunière's father worked for the Marquis de Cazemajou. The second report is about de Fontaine d'Amour near Rennes-les-Bains, the place where Henry Lincoln found an insrciption he thought to be from Abbé Saunière and Emma Calvé.

19th September, 2008 , 05:06 PM
On Société Perillos Filip Coppens sets out to investigate deeper into the controversial Saunière model. An article about tombs and rituals.

12th September, 2008 , 04:51 PM
The Société Perillos visit the Devil’s Armchair in Rennes-les-Bains, and compare it to two other such stone seats. Though of historical interest, they do question whether the site has any importance in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château.

5th September, 2008 , 08:41 PM
Today in Rennes-les-Bains at 'Espace d' Art, Marcus Williamson is launching his new book. It concerns an English translation of Abbé Henri Boudet's, 'La Vraie Langue Celtique et le Cromleck de Rennes-les-Bains'. This book, now titled 'The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes-les-Bains' is available in English for the first time. Modern researchers are convinced this enigmatic book is at the very heart of the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château. Marcus' translation will no doubt fuel a new impulse of research in the Rennes-les-Bains area.

31st August, 2008 , 01:57 PM
The website of Rennes-le-Château Research and Resource, better known as RLC Research has a number of new articles containing panoramas of Abbé Saunière's church and Tour Magdala as well as the full text of Abbé Boudet's handwritten manuscript 'Du Nom de Narbonne'. The most recent article examines the 1832 book 'A voyage to Rennes-les-Bains' in which historian Labouisse-Rochefort recounts a local story about a treasure near the Château de Blanchefort, guarded by the devil. In the video section RLC Research now features the 1996 BBC Timewatch documentary on the book 'the Tomb of God' by Paul Schellenberger and Richard Andrews.

29th August, 2008 , 09:14 PM
In the final part of his trilogy on the lost tradition of the Bee, Andrew Gough explores the Bees peculiar connection with Rennes-le-Chateau and esoteric societies, as well as the implications of the Bees apparent demise. According to Albert Einstein, man has 4 years to live once the Bee dies, and that puts us at 2012, the end of days according to the Mayans. Can the Bee be saved? Can we?

24th August, 2008 , 09:32 PM
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by Flemish master Jan van Eyck is renowned all over the world for its beauty and detail. It is also the center of one of Europe's biggest art theft mysteries. A mystery that could perhaps lead us to Rennes-le-Château.

22nd August, 2008 , 10:48 AM
Radio rennessence interviewed Hugo Soskin about his remarkable and very amusing book 'the Cook, the Rat and the Heretic'. Being the son of Rennes-le-Château legend Henry Lincoln, you bet he clearly has an opinion about the whole thing that is quite different than his father's. Only on Radio rennessence.

22nd August, 2008 , 08:00 AM
The Société Perillos visit St-Felix-Lauragais, site of the First Cathar Synod. The town's castle was bought by Noel Corbu, after selling the Villa Bethania. Coincidence, or part of a larger mystery?

1st August, 2008 , 07:51 AM
The Société Perillos report on the discovery of a tower house on Mallorca, which bears a striking resemblance to the Tour Magdala. What’s more, it’s built by a French emigrant, and at the right timeframe.

29th July, 2008 , 10:20 PM
Researcher Ben Hammott has launched a website to promote his upcoming book on his controversial discoveries. The book will be called 'Lost Tomb of the Knights Templar'. The researcher, whose name is an anagram for 'The Tombman', claims that clues from Abbé Saunière's church in Rennes-le-Château led him to discover four bottles with cyphered parchments, a buried chest and a tomb containing a treasure and the mummified body of Mary-Magdalene. His claims are the subject of the documentary film Bloodline the Movie.

29th July, 2008 , 10:19 PM
The Gazette of Rennes-le-Château is drawing our attention to the website Templiers.net. On there, a register is kept of Templars that gave properties to the Order of the Knights Templar. Under the header 'Espéraza', it shows that in 1140, a Templar Knight called Bonnet de Rennes-le-Château donated properties to the Order.

29th July, 2008 , 10:19 PM
Bill Kersey, translator of Gérard de Sède's book l'Or maudit de Rennes-le-Château has renewed his website. Bill was closely involved in the controversial discoveries of Ben Hammott that are the subject of the documentary film Bloodline the Movie. On his new site, Kersey claims he has discovered a Royal Treasure from the 6th century a.d. in two hiding places. Surveys are underway to prepare a fullsize archeological survey of the sites. The author and researcher claims an ancient Dionysian cipher was used to mark the two locations on the landscape near Rennes-le-Château.

22nd July, 2008 , 01:06 AM
The Société Perillos highlight the recent work that has uncovered a new dimension to the Vison memorial stone at Notre-Dame de Marceille. New evidence shows that the Vison family were prominent Freemasons. Coincidence, or further evidence that there is something at the site that attracted their attention?

20th July, 2008 , 10:59 PM
Dan Green, proponent of a theory that the mystery of Rennes-le-Château and Lincoln Cathedral are interrelated, travels south of Lincoln to the 12th century Knights Templar site of Temple Bruer and video’s the remains while offering a perspective as to its significance in the mystery.

15th July, 2008 , 07:50 AM
The long-awaited Bloodline DVD will be released on September 16th and can be ordered now. At the same time, the Bloodline Team is releasing ' The Priory of Sion Dossiers', a 114 page collection of correspondence and documents from Nicolas Haywood and the Priory of Sion including the famous 'Dossiers Secrets'. It is claimed to contain documents that have never been released before about Rennes-le-Château and its associated mystery.

13th July, 2008 , 08:01 AM
Cardiff University folklore expert Dr Juliette Wood argues that claims linking the Grail to Scotland are relatively new. In her new book Eternal Chalice: The Enduring Legend of the Holy Grail, she says that Wales’ claims on the ancient relic are far stronger.

13th July, 2008 , 07:57 AM
The Société Perillos turn the pages of Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin novels, and find one passage that features the players and landscape of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. With all of this information compressed into 13 lines, it strongly suggests Leblanc was very aware of something!

12th July, 2008 , 03:22 PM
Radio rennessence is celebrating its first anniversary. Andrew Gough, Philip Coppens and Corjan de Raaf discuss what’s been going on in and around the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. This time, they talk about the mayoral elections, the state of the village and of course the controversial documentary film Bloodline the Movie.

9th July, 2008 , 09:35 PM
The release of Bloodline the Movie made internet forums smoke with controversy earlier this year. Ben Hammott, whose discoveries feature in the film, throws new evidence on the table, claiming it demonstrates the authenticity of his discovery. It concerns a carbon dating of one of the parchments he found and more details on the glass vial he discovered inside a buried chest.

4th July, 2008 , 10:42 AM
Isaac ben Jacob completes his initial exploration of what Saunière found by uncovering a new stash of information, showing that ca. 1930, the Spanish government became interested in Rennes-le-Château. He argues that the discovery made by Saunière seems to have been highly cherished in royal circles.

2nd July, 2008 , 07:48 AM
In Part II of Andy Gough's exploration into the lost esoteric tradition of the Bee, he traces the legacy of the sacred creature from Mediterranean and other ancient cultures across the globe to the United States of America, where the Bee served as the foundation of the then young countries most important ideals, setting the stage for Part III – the Bee and Rennes-le-Château.

27th June, 2008 , 11:27 AM
Isaac ben Jacob, ahead of the publication of The Rise, delves into the writings of Philippe de Chérisey and not only uncovers some hidden dimensions of this man, but also reveals some vital clues, which most researchers seem to have missed until now.

20th June, 2008 , 11:37 AM
On April 1, 2008, an Israeli website launched a story, arguing Shimon Peres was the true “sacred heir” of the Priory of Sion. The Société Perillos runs the article in translation, and adds the observation how easily a successful hoax can be created – as several readers will be able to follow how this story is growing in its own conspiracy theory.

20th June, 2008 , 11:35 AM
Stolen religious art, estimated at 5 million euro, has been recovered from an apartment building on Rue de Tocqueville in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. In the course of these past months, Rachid N. had deposited two Virgins from the 12th century, a head of Christ and a Virgin with the Child from the 16th century, as well as a Romanesque Christ, a crucifix and a panel from a sarcophagus stolen in June 2007 from the Abbey of the Trinity in Fécamp (Seine-Maritime). Perhaps there is therefore still hope for the stolen head of Notre-Dame de Marceille, which is not part of this treasure, as the story queries.

15th June, 2008 , 04:21 PM
Dan Green provides an overview of Lincoln Cathedral, the church that featured in The Da Vinci Code, and which for Green is a most important monument. To back up his claims, he provides an overview, as well as a rundown of some famous visitors. And Henry Soskin of course chose the name… Lincoln.

14th June, 2008 , 06:44 AM
Jacques Cholet was the only person who was allowed to excavate in and under the church of Rennes-le-Chateau. He then published a report about his work. But is this report all it pretends to be?

11th June, 2008 , 08:20 PM
Times Online has an interview with author and former rennessence guest Kate Mosse. She is unexpectedly down to earth for an author whose bestselling novels display a keen interest in the paranormal. Her latest book, Sepulchre, now in paperback, features tarot cards, ghosts and an Old Testament demon, while her last, Labyrinth, which has sold millions in 40 countries, contains coincidental echoes of The Da Vinci Code (with grail quests) and an apparently reincarnated heroine.

7th June, 2008 , 04:13 PM
In October, one of the most eagerly awaited books in the genre of the last few years will arrive at the bookstores. It concerns 'The Rise' by Isaac Ben Jacob and Sarah Fishberg. With over 5.000 sources and references it contains probably the best researched and substantiated theory on Rennes-le-Château in a very long time, covering Saunière's magical workings and the penitential movement in Europe. The book puts forward some revolutionary new insights into Saunière's life and the sources of his wealth. The book can now be pre-ordered at allbooks.com. The book's cover was designed by Corjan de Raaf.

7th June, 2008 , 08:10 AM
Andrew Gough's investigation into Girona brought him in contact with a deep knowledge about the bee cult. In the first of three parts, Gough tries to reconnect us with the sacred importance of this creature, from prehistory to Egyptian times. It appears to have been viewed as the single most cherished deity on the planet.

7th June, 2008 , 08:07 AM
The Head of the Saviour is a religious artefact, located in Rennes-les-Bains, that has become, over time, woven into the enigma. Rightfully so, or has a lot been made out of very little?

2nd June, 2008 , 08:42 PM
The new mayor’s office of Rennes-le-Château reports that substantial funds need to be made available to secure the future and safety of the Villa Bethania and the Tour Magdala. Details have been made available where those willing and able to help, can make donations.

30th May, 2008 , 10:07 AM
For US moviegoers, Bloodline is scheduled to hold for an additional week at the Monica 4-Plex in Santa Monica, while the South Coast Village in Santa Ana has announced they will begin running the film starting Friday, June 6, and in Washington at Yelm Cinemas June 27th-July 3rd. The team state they are working on releases in Chicago IL, Phoenix AZ, Sedona AZ, Portland OR, Dallas TX, Minneapolis MN, and Seattle WA.

30th May, 2008 , 09:57 AM
The Société Perillos delve into the life and times of Dr. Paul Courrent, who not only was near Saunière during his final moments, but also wrote extensively about the history of the Razès. Less known is that he also features in the Dossiers Secrets, was claimed to know the secret… and was a well-known visitor to Perillos.

29th May, 2008 , 09:36 PM
Radio rennessence has had a complete makeover. The enormous amount of visitors made it necessary to move to a more flexible set-up. The French version will follow soon. The new design and technical platform will allow for some great new features that will be launched in the coming months. Watch this space while you illuminate your ears. Only on Radio rennessence!

29th May, 2008 , 08:46 PM
Pascal Guillaumes, founder of the Chronodrome experience, has opened a website and forum to discuss more curiosities about the Opoul-Perillos area than just the Chronodrome. He opens with a detailed discussion of a round indentation in the rock that resembles a tomb. In fact from the photos it is clear that this feature was shown in the illegal copy of the Tellus Film documentary 'Tombeau du Christ' that circulated on the internet last year, suggesting it was one of the two tombs, indicated by Saunière on a scale model of the Holy Places he allegedly ordered before his death.