Inside Puilaurens Castle in the south of France, built by the Cathars who followed a Gnostic version of Christianity. They are believed by many altern

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Inside Puilaurens Castle in the south of France, built by the Cathars who followed a Gnostic version of Christianity. They are believed by many alternative historians to have possessed a mysterious secret about Jesus and were persecuted by the Catholic Church as a result.

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