The Bond Code

The stories of James Bond are not just popular spy thrillers. The Bond Code is the remarkable tale of how Ian Fleming and his associations with the world of the occult actually led him to create a masterful series of clever clues, ciphers and codes within his novels, revealing a sacred truth discovered whilst searching for his own inner harmony.

Every time there is a new Bond film produced, the same old Bond documentaries are played on our TV screens. Our book and film will introduce not just new material, but radically reappraise everything we thought we knew about James Bond. Well, it did for me.

The words and concepts may sound strange to the reader, such as alchemy and gnosis, but in this documentary and book we will reveal their truths in a simple and step by step approach. In fact, the codes within will even make people radically reappraise books such as the Da Vinci Code.

My own journey into the hidden and coded world of Ian Fleming began one winters night whilst watching Live and Let Die. There was a surge of interest for all things James Bond and so, almost every night there was one Bond film or another. I had just finished writing The Ark, The Shroud and Mary and my mind was full of the world of the esoteric, alchemy and psychology. Live and Let Die struck me almost immediately as being a very strange film. Any Bond fan will know that the film involves many references indirectly and directly to the world of the occult Ð in this instance voodoo. For me at that particular time in my life I was struck by the strangeness of that fact. You see, I had watched all the Bond films many times, having loved them from my childhood, and I had never before considered why Ian Fleming should delve into the dark world of voodoo. Now, having a deeper understanding of ancient psychological methods we know as gnosis, alchemy and a great many other terms, I had to sit down and re-consider things.

That was nearly two years ago now and in that time I have read every Bond novel; searched out every scrap of writing produced by Ian Fleming; researched his background, associations, friends, military history, book collections and even cross-referenced his relatives. What I discovered was to me, simply amazing. I had never considered that Ian Fleming was writing anything other than a simple spy thriller. I had never thought for one moment that the adventurous tales of a fictional British spy would lead me into not just the dark nature of mankind, but the dark world of intrigue he developed and fostered around him.

At the end of my journey into Bond I found myself at one of Fleming's former homes in the South of England. I sat for a while wondering which of the three white beach houses before me had been the Fleming retreat. Then moments later an elderly gentleman emerged from behind the houses to walk his Scottie dog. He looked as if he had stepped out of the 1930's with his smoking jacket and cravat. As his silvery hair gracefully danced in the breeze I wondered if he would be able to help. I plucked up courage and asked, "I don't suppose you could tell me which house Ian Fleming once lived in?" He smiled, stopped and turned towards me. "My boy, I should jolly well hope so, mine!"

We spent time talking about Fleming and his exploits that the elderly gentleman remembered from his youth. The local gossip and the fables were a constant source of amusement for this man trapped in time. It was folklore in the area that 007 had been named after the local bus service, but I already knew this to be false having checked it out the day before with the bus company. My new found friend knew more though and chuckled at the thought. As he said, "there is a much deeper reason for the number that would fly over the heads of our friends hereabouts." Almost everything I had found in the last two years was being constantly affirmed by my new friend.

My journey, although coming to an end, had been confirmed and I had one of those marvellous moments of sheer joy that any researcher will know well. But nothing ever stops there, time moves on and I found that my journey had really only just begun. The discoveries hidden within the pages of Fleming's novels opened up a whole new world before me and now I was onto Conan Doyle and Sherlock HolmesÉ

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Book Published March 2008 by New Page Books, USA

© 2008 Philip Gardiner