Cryptex Publishing was established to make available the original research of Jack Lawson from extensive travels to Terra Sancta, Italy, France, Switzerland and the Templar regions of his native Scotland.
Noted over 20 years in 32 hand-written journals, proposed book titles include: The Painter and the Carpenter, The Secret of the Beloved Disciple, and The Intercepted Letter.
The Cryptex is a portable carrier to secure a message on a scroll. It works by combination lock. Made to guard a secret, it is a revealing secret in itself.
The device is attributed to Dan Brown’s 2003 novel which states six times that it was invented by da Vinci. It may be typical Leonardo but cannot be attributed to him. It is not found in his notes or drawings.
Author Jack Lawson believes it to be one of many tell-tale signs of his novel which was read in 1998 but never returned by Dan Brown’s publisher.
The device has seven features expressed in my novel of 1998. It is a cylinder/ engraved/ conceals the secret of the Holy Family/ in a scroll/ with a code/ and combination/ and is described as treasure.
The true story forms Part I of his book, The Man Who Walks in My Shoes.
The Man Who Walks in My Shoes
Exposing a Religious and Commercial Deception
The Da Vinci Code was hastily concocted in London by four authors over the summer of 2002. The “Jesus Wife” papyrus was revealed as a forgery in 2016. The fake history of the Priory of Sion, The Holy Blood, Holy Grail etc have long since been exposed as a deception.
This is the inside and unpublished story of the book that sold 100 million and its sources.
The Intercepted Letter
Recognising The Authentic Voice of James and Jesus
The Letter of James is the most authentic surviving record of the words of the Master. Compared to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John it was written closer to the life of Jesus by a few crucial decades by one who knew him well and shared his mindset.
In the words from the cross he identifies James, the beloved disciple mentioned in the Fourth Gospel as his half-brother, the son of Mary, the only male friend or family to attend the crucifixion and the first to reach his tomb.
James’ eloquent Greek preserves the humour, meaning, and alliteration of the sayings from Aramaic, the spoken language of the time. Comparing sayings from the Sermon on the Mount, they are more concise as better understood by James.
This edition is based on an excellent French translation by the École Biblique as published in the Jerusalem Bible. Our commentary unravels the interventions, confusion, and concealment of James down the centuries which has resulted in the neglect of such a precious writing.
