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Perhaps Tim Wallace-Murphy’s most controversial work is 2000’s Rex Deus: The True Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau, written with Marilyn Hopkins and Graham Simmans. In it, the authors explore the theory that Jesus Christ did not perish on the cross, but instead lived on to marry and have children with Mary Magdalene, who settled in France after his death. Direct descendants of this bloodline, who are rumored to have kept it pure to the present day, are referred to as Rex Deus, meaning “king God.”

The Rex Deus did not originate with Jesus, the authors suggest, but can be traced further back to the twenty-four high priests of the Temple of Jerusalem. According to the authors, the Rex Deus were forced to keep the “true” teachings of Jesus secret for about two thousand years to avoid being persecuted by the Catholic Church, which desired to propagate its own fabricated version of the truth unhindered. The book explores the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau and the physical and spiritual secrets that may be hidden within the French village. Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins took the investigation of the subject further with Custodians of Truth: The Continuance of Rex Deus. One Publishers Weekly contributor felt that the book provides a “readable—if not fervent—overview of this controversial theory.” Dina Komuves, contributor to the Library Journal, wrote that the book offers “more than enough viable detail to poke a few substantial holes into the credibility of strict fundamentalism.”