The framework is interesting, and if it suits your purpose, by all means.
Personally, I think the author mixes up a lot of things together in one pot without really deep understanding.
for instance: what he says about the templars, is at best sketchy and superficial, regurgitating the official narrative, that is proven to what it is with many official narrative of those times in the best tradition: a forgery.
A better source on that particular issue is the updated edition of Holy blood and the Holy Grail, ( The original work was reissued in an illustrated hardcover version with new material in 2005. this latter version I am referencing here) which dives deep into the progression of secret societies and offers documentary evidence.
And that closely aligns with Fall of the Cabal.
There is way more to the story, as from both etymological and geopolitical / economical and nautical point of view, there are a lot of unanswered questions.
I agree that it misses a lot of important details, and even mixes up a couple things, or at least I have heard/read other versions of certain events that seem more probable in a few of his expositions. But it lays it all out pretty well, and provided a few details I had not seen before. I think it is a good primer, with the footnote that more research should be done on the minutia.
The framework is interesting, and if it suits your purpose, by all means.
Personally, I think the author mixes up a lot of things together in one pot without really deep understanding.
for instance: what he says about the templars, is at best sketchy and superficial, regurgitating the official narrative, that is proven to what it is with many official narrative of those times in the best tradition: a forgery.
A better source on that particular issue is the updated edition of Holy blood and the Holy Grail, ( The original work was reissued in an illustrated hardcover version with new material in 2005. this latter version I am referencing here) which dives deep into the progression of secret societies and offers documentary evidence.
And that closely aligns with Fall of the Cabal.
There is way more to the story, as from both etymological and geopolitical / economical and nautical point of view, there are a lot of unanswered questions.
I would not even use it as a primer.
I agree that it misses a lot of important details, and even mixes up a couple things, or at least I have heard/read other versions of certain events that seem more probable in a few of his expositions. But it lays it all out pretty well, and provided a few details I had not seen before. I think it is a good primer, with the footnote that more research should be done on the minutia.