Kathleen Ball

My career journey began with a near-death experience in 1990 that completely changed my trajectory. I went back to school, earned my master's degree and eventually a PhD, and spent 9 years working with children doing art therapy while completing my education. I taught art at Columbia College in California until 2015, when I discovered a Knights Templar cave in Brazil during one of my archaeological trips to ancient sites. Nine days after returning from that discovery, my home burned to the ground with all my curriculum and supplies. Eight weeks later, I had a liver transplant, which gave me a year to recover and decide my path forward. I chose to pursue documentary filmmaking and writing full-time. My first book, 'A Grail Quest, A Discovery of a Mysterious Knights Templar Cave in Brazil,' tells the story of my first film 'The Brazilian Templar's Mystery,' which aired on Gaia for three years and is now on Amazon Prime. I'm currently writing my second book, 'The Templar Agenda,' about the last 10-11 years of my research into the inner workings of the Knights Templar and how their work eventually led to the creation of the United States of America. I have two more documentary episodes to complete by the end of 2027, and then I plan to move into research on the ancient culture of Lemuria. I've been actively working in this field since 2015, though my research began in 1990.