TBL Staff

Readers looking for an even more striking revelation will find it in a controversial new book that hits bookstores next week. "The Key To Solomon's Key, Secrets of Magic and Masonry," by Lon DuQuette, brings subjects of mystery and intrigue, Freemasonry, Knights Templar and King Solomon, to an astounding conclusion. DuQuette, a celebrated occult author and Mason, reveals for the first time an intricately woven connection between King Solomon's legend and the Templar/Masonic legacy.

According to accepted history, King Solomon has long-held an established position as a wise magician King. He is a key element to the traditions of three warring religions, as well as the central figure of both the secret rituals of Freemasonry and the forbidden rites of sorcery.

Yet, DuQuette respectfully calls into question the truth of the story of Solomon, his magnificent Temple in Jerusalem, and the very keystone of the Bible that supports and connects the Old Testament to the New.

DuQuette's research addresses the reality of King Solomon in a tightly woven narrative that is sure to shock the world. It is here between the shadow of religion and magic that "The Key To Solomon's Key" dispels myths and, for the first time, explains to the public a most dangerous secret -- infinitely more fascinating than accepted history.

Richard Kaczynski, Ph.D., Yale University, Author of "Perdurabo, The Life of Aleister Crowley" states, "For those of us lacking the resources to excavate occult secrets hidden beneath the Louvre, CIA Headquarters or Rosslyn Chapel, 'The Key to Solomon's Key' is the next best thing. These pages reveal the true secrets of Solomon, from Masonry to magic. DuQuette's experience and learning make this fascinating journey through the history of the Bible, Knights Templar, Freemasons, and the Goetia all the more striking because it is real."

DuQuette is the author of over a dozen well received books on Occult subjects, including, "Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millennium," "My Life With the Spirits," "The Magick of Aleister Crowley," and "Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot." DuQuette lectures and teaches internationally.

"The Key to Solomon's Key, Secrets of Magic & Masonry," published by CCC Publishing, (www.cccpublishing.com) will be available May 31, 2006.

Templar Guy

This from the Mason author of the new book, THE KEY TO SOLOMON'S KEY.

The popularity of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has ignited an explosion of public interest in Freemasonry and the role this ancient and secretive fraternity has played in the untold history of western civilization. What (if any) is Masonry's connection to the intrigues of the Knights Templar - the crusading order of military monks condemned for heresy and sorcery in the 14th century? Did the Templars, as so many modern commentators are suggesting, really possess a secret so astonishing that it threatened the very existence of the Church of Rome, and the monarchies of Europe whose power rested upon the "Divine Right of Kings?"

I am a Freemason, and in my new book, "The Key to Solomon's Key", I share the reasons I believe that the secret of the Templars has, for the last three hundred years, been quietly revealed to those who have eyes to see in the symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry. I am also a ceremonial magician, and as such it is clear to me that the traditions of Magic and Masonry meld in the person of Solomon, the legendary Magician-King of Israel, and the archetypal centerpiece of both Masonic lore, and the rituals of ceremonial Magic.

Is Solomon's story true? Or do myth and tradition hold the key that unlocks mysteries of human consciousness infinitely more astounding than history?

Perhaps the purpose of Masonry's veneration of Solomon is not to advance an alternate view of history, but to present, however subtly, the archetype of the future human being - men and women who truly possess Solomon's Key - the power to master our own demons and redirect their destructive energy to build the Temple of our own evolving soul. -- Lon Milo DuQuette