Walter Johannes Stein
The British: Their Psychology and Destiny
East Grinstead: New Knowledge Books, 1958.

“There are two spiritual traditions which found each other and united in Rosslyn Chapel. These two traditions appear also in the history of the Holy Grail. Both of them deal with the secrets of Christianity; but one deals with the subject from the macrocosmic point of view, the other from the microcosmic aspect.. That these two traditions have united in Rosslyn Chapel can be seen in the symbols there used, which indicate both paths: how man can strive to become Divine, and how the Divine became flesh. Christ as the corner stone of cosmic and human evolution is shown in the Chapel. Statues in this chapel are situated in such a way that those portraying certain events of the Old Testament are placed opposite to statues portraying events in the New Testament. These statues are connected by garlands. If we take the Bible and read through it in the way the garland leads from one quotation to the next, we shall see that the Old Testament shows how the cosmic force, the Logos, came down to earth, step by step. Reading in the same way through the New Testament, we can see how man is taken back to heaven, again, step by step. The corresponding stages of the way down and the way up are placed opposite to each other in this building. The master who built the Chapel has conveyed many secrets of evolution to those who study, not only what is portrayed, but also how it is portrayed.”