Here at
Rennes-le-Château detectives we are
dedicated to
uncovering and finding out new, hidden, and disguised information regarding Rennes-le-Château. The site has been established with a passion and deep respect for Rennes-le-Château and its local environmental, archaeological and historical past. We're committed to bringing history to life for the Rennes-le-Château Affair and our team of historians/researchers/detectives work tirelessly to uncover, document, and share the events and figures that have shaped the Affair!
We endeavour to carry out:
- in-depth research in the form of articles, research papers and essays that delve into the various aspects of the Rennes-le-Château mystery as well as on the ground research.
- research into the Priory of Sion and its two main steering characters Pierre PLANTARD and Philippe de CHERISEY & the conspiracy theories that have emerged over the years.
- research in its historical context: with extensive background research on the area, including its significance during varying historical periods, and legends associated with them and the local archaeology.
- research into local theology and religious history and wider implications.
- research in to the local religious revivals contemporaneous with Bérenger Saunière.
- research in to the mythology and associated symbolism: we explore themes commonly linked with Rennes-le-Château, examining how these elements contribute to the story's allure. We focus on occult connections and esoterica lore connected to the Affair.
The site features new findings, publications and events related to Rennes-le-Château [usually on the NEWS page or the BLOG] making it a valuable resource for both newcomers and seasoned researchers interested in the topics. The site aims to keep abreast of French research offering translations of texts to open up this avenue of investigation to the English speaking public.
Our site is a go-to source for anyone looking to get to the truth of the complex world of Rennes-le-Château, providing a blend of scholarly research and speculative exploration. We favour this approach because a dry list of timelines does not always illuminate the truth of events. As one blog writer asserted;
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the way we are taught history is very minimalistic [&] very reductionary......perhaps history should be taught more like a detective crime scene with whiteboard and string, notes, pictures and artifacts connected in a giant spiderweb. Otherwise theories, evidence, documents, forensics and other archaeological remains and ideas [littering]
most of human history, which hasn't been written, won't be and are not explored. It's rather misleading to teach history in the context of "all we can safely say through the written word" rather than using all avenues possible to record history. Take someone like the Iceman found in Europe. His frozen remains date to 3000 BC, but in academic spheres you're not allowed to suggest that the Iceman was a world traveller & that he could have gone to Asia and back, or that he could have been a wealthy and renowned man, a shaman or Mystic or a Healer. He could have been on a mission for something, or making new discoveries or he could have been a king. The point I am making is that there's no room for imagination and history - if it wasn't directly presented to us then we cannot 'see' this aspect of the Iceman when he is presented as just a body in ice. Perhaps only fiction writers should teach history. If you want to tell the truth you write Fiction - it's the difference between saying Alfred the Great wanted to unify England to spread Christianity and make written accounts of everything - which historians report dryly, versus Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction "The Last kingdom" in which Alfred the Great's dream to unify England, to spread what he believed to be the True Religion, lead poor Farmers out of the dark of ignorance into the elucidation of writing and religion all because as a child he was taken to see the Pope and to study in Rome inspiring what would be his life's work. This is what forged the course of history. It seems to me that the moment you even entertain an alternate idea you are forever associated with that idea and blacklisted. BUT it is okay to be curious and ask questions.....”
This seems an excellent approach for researchers and so we will often cross between historical fact and speculative fiction as per the guide lines above, blending archaeological evidence, local folklore, religious history and oral testimony as well as verifiable facts [as Lincoln liked to say] to build a picture of the life and times of Saunière.
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Here on this website research has been broken down into individual sections. You can click on the link below to be taken to these.
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