Richard Cassaro (1972- ) is a journalist from New York City with a passionate interest in ancient mysteries. His new book, Written in Stone (Sept. 2011) is a study of parallel architectural features to be found in ancient structures on both sides of the Atlantic and further afield in Asia. He focuses on the ubiquity of what he calls a “triptych’ feature in sacred buildings around the world and ascribes their continued use to the influence of Freemasonry. Up to this point I find his work credible but I think that he pushes the boat out too far when he speculates that these structural similarities are the result of the influence of a much earlier mother culture – Atlantis.

Global building features

His website(a) includes excerpts from his book and interesting video clips.

Cassaro also has an article on the frequency with which a pagan concept of a sacred trinity is expressed in symbolism found across ancient pre-christian Europe^(b). The Wikipedia entry for ‘triskelion’^(c) augments Cassaro’s case.

Cassaro has recently written an article^(d) claiming that the Egyptian god Osiris was the first Messiah and that Jesus was the second! However, I must advise readers that this is not an entirely new idea^(e).

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^(a) http://www.richardcassaro.com/

^(b) http://www.deepertruth.com/trinity

^(c) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion

^(d) http://www.richardcassaro.com/osiris-the-first-messiah-was-jesus-the-second-coming-of-egypts-christ

^(e) http://www.egyptorigins.org/osirisandjesus.htm