"Gardiner's acclaimed The Serpent Grail linked the Grail, Elixir and Philosopher's Stone. In this book, he shows that the Ark of the Covenant, the Shroud of Turin, and the Virgin Mary are connected in myth, tradition, and language. Gardiner reveals when and how the Shroud was made and whose image it actually recreates - then shows how this secret was protected by a dual brotherhood throughout time and was the source of enlightenment spoken of by secret societies from the Sufis to the Knights Templar. 320 pp."