A roller coaster intellectual journey through the back streets and rat runs of history to uncover the traces in architecture and monuments of a secret religion that has shaped the world. The story takes us from Heliopolis to Luxor, Aleksandria, Toulouse, Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Washington DC, New York and finally, to the globe pandemonium folowing 9/11/2001. It is a tale filled with romance and inteigue, heroism and faith, peopled by Ancient Egyptian astronomer priests, Chrisrian Gnostics, Hermetic sages, Iearned Jews, Arab savants, Occitan Counts, Cathar perfecti, Knights Templar, Renaissance magi, Rosicrucian invisibles, Bravarian Illuminati and Freemasons.