Alternate reality?

Or a true history?

The Day the Earth Stood Still: Galileo and the secrets of Hermeticism

Myth or reality?

Whenever I read an article from a magazine like this (and I do love this magazine) I'm reminded of the book The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail whose arguments went something like this:

Suppose that Jesus didn't die on the cross. It's possible.
Suppose then that Jesus then took Mary Magdalene to France. It's also possible.
Then suppose they had children and those children were the beginning of the the lineage that should currently rule France. It's possible.
Having proven that...

Of course their argument was much denser and more detailed than this little thing, but that's what it came down to. Because we can state a supposition that supposition becomes its own proof. I laughed and laughed... (I'm not saying that that's the situation with this article, it's something that I think of often when reading things written by those who investigate the kinds of things this magazine devotes itself to. Everyone has to decide for themselves.)

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