Sanford Holst

Discovering the ways we make life better for ourselves and those important to us has always been a deep interest of mine--and it's one that many of us share. Our traditions and heritage seem to play an important role in that, since many of the things we do have their roots in events that happened much earlier. 

Among the groups affecting our life were the Knights Templar who created an international society in Medieval days, then the more recent Freemasons who were involved in the revolutions of England, America and France. How much do we really know about societies such as these and our heritage? Is their involvement a good thing, or something to be dreaded like the cabals within The Da Vinci Code? My current research into these areas is discovering there is more than meets the eye. A few secrets still seem to be hiding just out of sight.

Our history from long ago includes Greeks and Romans of course, but also other highly influential people such as the Phoenicians, who are often overlooked. Yet they each made important contributions to what we do today. We could not even write these letters and words without the alphabet that the Phoenicians gave to the Greeks, who passed it on to the Romans, and then on to us. 

I am fortunate to be able to write books and give talks about remarkable things learned from the history of all these people and our own society. Of course, a big part of the attraction is that these studies give me an excuse to do what I enjoy most, which is to travel the world and talk with intriguing people.  The stories they tell are fascinating . . . as are their creations and the sites which are hundreds -- sometimes thousands -- of years old. 

These discoveries about people and their history puts a measure of excitement and adventure into what might otherwise be just a cobblestone street or a hill with some cubic stones.  It infuses them with the pageantry of human life, brotherhood and experience, of which we contribute only the latest part.

---  Sanford Holst

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We all do better with the help of good friends.  I warmly thank the many caring people who have given me the benefit of their efforts and support for all these years. You know you can call on me whenever the need arises.

May you enjoy the best life has to give!

-- Sanford Holst

A world of peace

for you and yours