When this info was subjected to the Inquisition over and over again, it is hard to be able to "cite your sources" easily; but having made this my main topic of research for years now, I can say that this book summarizes the story of what happened to the Essenes and their gnostic branch of spirituality. And it covers enough of the scope of the story, that you begin to see why this info is so volatile to a church system that has hinged it's very existence on the dogma that "since we've concluded Jesus was a son of God and therefore synonymous with God" and "died to save you from Sin, if you'll just follow that dogma". The older spiritual systems, the ancient mysteries, that taught that we are all a part of God and the universe is multi-dimensional naturally were deemed "heretical". How sad, for a world that has always needed more toleration and love, not less!! But, thank heavens, those mystery traditions have survived, and will be seeing some great, altho always tinged with Hollywood glitz, light of day in Tom Hanks new upcoming movie about the DaVinci Code. The filming in historic Roslin Chapel, which has preserved all this history, will be great to see. Great to see the history subjected to the Inquisition over and over again coming to the surface again now in the New Age of Enlightenment, and great that the Quantum physicists are coming on board, saying the same things about our ability to participate freely in our multi-dimensional worlds!!! -- read The Yoga of Time Travel by Fred Alan Wolfe for the scientific backup of a spiritual world view!!-- that doesn't include the old "sin" stuff!! Great book here of what really happened to some of our history, ancestors, and original pythagorean teachings of spirituality, then. .

There is only one piece of new information in this book if you have already read the 1st one - Rex Deus - which is that Hugh de Payan, who founded the Templars was a descendant of Prophet Mohammad who was descended from the brother of Jesus. Yet no source is given for this, typically. The implications of this are lost on the authors.
Does their new informant exist ? I am beginning to doubt it. Why are the 'differences between rituals in different Rex Desu families' not revealed? Why are the extracts from the Rex Deus gospel and prayers not added to in this 2nd volume? I sense they would reveal unpalatable material for modern Holy-Blood-hounds.
Worst of all there are identical sentences and even paragraphs in both books. It is a rework of background info as given before. MONEYMAKING RIPOFF