: About Me

In 1969, I was born in Stirling, Scotland; but since 1995 I have lived in London, England.

My education was at the local state high school, which I left as soon as I turned 16 in order to work with my father as a chimney sweep.

Whilst not the healthiest of jobs, the chimney sweeping afforded enough flexibility to enable me to develop business opportunities in the music industry as a session musician playing drums.

By 2004, a sequence of ongoing 'problems' reached crisis-point that eventually resulted in me being formally diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the autumn of 2006.

I've spent years collecting information, and so it's now time to start sharing. Who knows, a couple of you may even like it.

My passion is ...

Playing my drumkit.

I know too much about ...

The origins of Christianity and other monotheistic beliefs.

My parents always told me ...

If you're going to do something, do it right.

My childhood ambition ...

To become a spy.

My favorite memory ...

The year I spent with Melanie.

Why I write ...

To clear space in my cluttered brain.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading The Alchemist... watching Family Guy... listening to Santana

My first job ...

Chimney Sweep

My best moment ...

Receiving a standing ovation from 5,000 people after one of my drum solos.

My inspiration ...

A thirst for truth.

Arts & Humanities > European History The relationship between Freemasonry and the Knights Templar

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Why would a secular group such as the Freemasons wish to associate their heritage with the Knights Templar, a Catholic Military Order whose alleged heresy brought about their dissolution by the Pope? I believe the simple answer to be because the Templars were the outcasts of Christendom who are perpetually shrouded in mystery. I should perhaps clarify at the outset that there is disagreement within the Masonic community as to their own origins, but the belief in their Templar heritage has been gaining momentum over the past few decades, and is certainly the most exciting theory to be promu...

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