Kathleen Ball Ph,D.

25 years after an NDE, a lifetime as an art professor, ancient sites enthusiast, part-time lay-archeologist, wife, and mother Dr. Kathleen Ball became an author, filmmaker, lecturer, and researcher. Following her trek back from discovering the Knights Templar cave in Brazil, her life took on a sudden turn due to what she refers to as an initiation by fire. Her entire life, teaching career as an art professor, and art collection went up in flames in the Butte Fire in Northern California in 2015. She then underwent a liver transplant 6 weeks later, giving her a year to recreate her life. Following the trail of the Templars, she Backtracked their history to Portugal, Scotland, France, Italy, Istanbul, and Africa. During this research, a mysterious story of esoteric practices, secret tunnels, mason marks, and secret records began to unfold. She then created the film The Brazilian Templars Mystery, which is out on Gaia TV and she has written a book, A Grail Quest: Discovery of a Mysterious Knights Templar Cave in Brazil. It is the back story of her quest leading up to this history-changing discovery that she believes is her destiny.