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at the last supper, in which his blood was collected after the crucifixion. grail guardians: nine maidens, sometimes associated with the guardians of sacred wells or with the nine priestesses of the isle of avalon who included morgan le fay, arthur's half-sister, and vivien, the lady of the lake in arthurian tradition who accompanied arthur on his funeral barge. in some grail legends, the knights templar were the traditional guardians of various holy relics, including the grail cup, that were brought back from the crusades. grail treasures: the main elemental ritual items in magick, associated with the treasures of the celts, and having parallels in christianity. handfastings: a popular marriage rite among wiccans, named after the focal point of the rite in which a couple's right hands are

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again["wailing rises without, louder and more insistent" a curse upon these fools! but for them i could hear his battle-cry. has he ever cried, and i not heard him? oh, why did the strange knight not bear me on his palfrey? i must be mad. fatma. you must be mad! laylah. bewail the dead, thou bald vulture, shaggy toothless crone, dam of perdition! there floats the banner again, above them all. the templar's banner dips; some one has cut through the staff. the christians are in rout["four eunuchs enter, bearing the corpse of "othman. fatma. othman is dead! alas! alas! weep, mother, three brave boys beside their sire! all dead! dead! laylah["not turning from window. lay him beside his father and his two brothers! brave banner! brave 91 banner! we go through the christians as a wedge cleaves a

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h and the upper sephiroth. however, its nature will be in keeping with the great work by only utilizing the above sephiroth. 4. the adept may wish to light up the \yyj u in the microcosm. the use of these archangelic forces along with the divine names attributed to the sephiroth shall prove extremely useful. here are the angelic forces that governeth the paths: 3 path archangel hebrew a raph rthe templar orders in freemasonry an historical consideration of their origin and development by arthur edward waite having regard to the fact that emblematic freemasonry, as it is known and practised at this day, arose from an operative guild and within the bosom of a development from certain london lodges which prior to the year 1717 had their titles in the past of the guild and recognised its old c

onstituted now and for ever" which is identical, word for word, with the formula of another masonic chivalry, and will not be unknown to many. but the appeal of the new foundations was set in an6ther direction, and was either to show that they derived from masonry or were masonry itself at the highest, in the proper understanding thereof. when the story of a secret perpetuation of the old knights templar- outside the order of christ- arose in france or germany, but as i tend to conclude in france, it was and remains the most notable case in point of this appeal and claim. it rose up within masonry, and it came about that the templar element overshadowed the dreams and pretensions of other masonic chivalries, or, more correctly, outshone them all. i am dealing here with matters of fact and

and in presenting the craft with the credentials of knightly connections it substituted the order of the temple for the chivalry chosen by ramsay. the battle of lepanto and the siege of vienna had invested the annals of the st. john knighthood with a great light of valour; but this was as little and next to nothing in comparison with the talismanic attraction which for some reason attached to the templar name and was obviously thrice magnified when the proposition arose that the great chivalry had continued to exist in secret from the days of philippe le bel even to the second half of the eighteenth century. there were other considerations, however, which loomed largely, and especially in regard to the sudden proscription which befell the order in 1307. of the trial which followed there we

ds that cherished them, there were other persons who were neither in the school of a rather cheap infidelity nor in that of common superstition, but who looked seriously for light to the east and for its imagined traditional wisdom handed down from past ages. they may have been dreamers also, but they were less or more zealous students after their own manner; within their proper measures, and the templar chivalry drew them because they deemed it not unlikely that its condemnation by the paramount orthodoxy connoted a suspicion that the old knighthood had learned in palestine more than the west could teach. out of such elements were begotten some at least of the templar rites and they grew from more to more, till this particular aspect culminated in the templar dramas of werner, in which an

noted a suspicion that the old knighthood had learned in palestine more than the west could teach. out of such elements were begotten some at least of the templar rites and they grew from more to more, till this particular aspect culminated in the templar dramas of werner, in which an order concealed through the ages and perpetuated through saintly custodians reveals to a chosen few among knights templar some part of its secret doctrine-the identity of christ and horus, of mary the mother of god, and isis the queen of heaven. the root of these dreams on doctrine and myth transfigured through the ages- with a heart of reality behind it- will be found, as it seems to me, in occult derivations from templar ritual which belong to circa 1782 and are still in vigilant custody on the continent of

be found, as it seems to me, in occult derivations from templar ritual which belong to circa 1782 and are still in vigilant custody on the continent of europe. i mention this lest it should be thought that the intimations of a german poet, though he was an active member of the strict observance, were mere inventions of an imaginative mind. there is no historical evidence for the existence of any templar perpetuation story prior to the oration of ramsay, just as there is no question that all documents produced by the french non-masonic order of the temple, founded in the early years of the nineteenth century, are inventions of that period and are fraudulent like the rest of its claim, its list of grand masters included. there is further- as we have observed- no evidence of any rite or degr

f that period and are fraudulent like the rest of its claim, its list of grand masters included. there is further- as we have observed- no evidence of any rite or degree of masonic chivalry prior to 1737, to which date is referred the discourse of ramsay. that this was the original impetus which led to their production may be regarded as beyond dispute, and it was the case especially with masonic templar revivals. their thesis was his thesis varied. for example, according to the rite of the strict observance the proscribed order was carried by its marshal, pierre d'aumont, who escaped with a few other knights to the isles of scotland, disguised as operative masons. they remained there and under the same veil the templars continued to exist in secret from generation to generation under the

with a few other knights to the isles of scotland, disguised as operative masons. they remained there and under the same veil the templars continued to exist in secret from generation to generation under the shadow of the mythical mount heredom of kilwinning. to whatever date the old dreams ascribe it, when emblematic freemasonry emerged it was- ex hypothesi-a product of the union between knights templar and ancient scottish masonry. such is the story told. the strict observance was founded by baron von hund in germany between about 1751 and 1754 or 1755, and is usually regarded as the first masonic chivalry which put forward the story of templar perpetuation. i have accepted this view on my own part, but subject to his claim at its value- if any- that he had been made a knight of the temp

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d spiritual potency the divine human to its purely divine monad, the prototype "in heaven" or nature) was represented as a serpent on human legs, either with or without arms. it was the emblem of the resurrection of nature, as also of christ with the ophites, and of jehovah as the brazen serpent healing those who looked at him; the serpent being an emblem of christ with the templars also (see the templar degree in masonry. the symbol of knouph (khoum also, or the soul of the world, says champollion (pantheon, text 3 "is represented among other forms under that of a huge serpent on human legs; this reptile, being the emblem of the good genius and the veritable agathodaemon, is sometimes bearded" the sacred animal is thus identical with the serpent of the ophites, and is figured on a great n

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of the triangle respect to the order. to all whom it may concern: greeting and health do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. 1. the o.t.o. is a body of initiates in whose hands are concentrated the wisdom and knowledge of the following bodies: 1. the gnostic catholic church 2. the order of the knights of the holy ghost. 3. the order of the illuminati. 4. the order of the temple (knights templar. 5. the order of the knights of st. john. 6. the order of the knights of malta. 7. the order of the knights of the holy sepulchre. 8. the hidden church of the holy graal. 9. the hermetic brotherhood of light. 10. the holy order of rose croix of heredom. 11. the order of the holy royal arch of enoch. 12. the antient and primitive rite of masonry (33. 13. the rite of memphis (97. 14. the rit

ned in paragraph 2 has been sifted and concentrated in the following degrees. the equinox 202 0 minerval. i m. ii m. iii m. iv p.m. companion of the holy royal arch of enoch. prince of jerusalem. knight of the east and of the west v sovereign prince of rose croix (knight of the pelican and eagle) member of the senate of knight hermetic philosophers, knight of the red eagle. vi illustrious knight (templar) of the order of kadosch, and companion of the holy graal. grand inquisitor commander, member of the grand tribunal. prince of the royal secret. vii very illustrious sovereign grand inspector general. member of the supreme grand council. viii perfect pontiff of the illuminati. ix initiate of the sanctuary of the gnosis. x rex summus sanctissimus (supreme and most holy king. 9. every man an

ht to these degrees. beyond this, admission is only granted by invitation from the governing body concerned. 10.0. 5.0. 20.0. 2 2 0. 1 1 0. 4 4 0 knight of the east and of the west 5.0. 1 1 0. v sovereign prince of rose croix (knight of the pelican and eagle) 15.0. 26.0. 3 3 0. 5 5 0 member of the senate of knight hermetic philsophers, knights of the red eagle. 10.0. 2 2 0. vi illustrious knight (templar) of the order of kadosch, and compan-ion of the holy graal. grand inquisitor commander, member of the grand tribunal. prince of the royal secret 26.0. 26.0. 26.0. 31.0 36.0 36.0. 5 5 0. 5 5 0. 5 5 0. 6 6 0 7 7 0 8 8 0 vii very illustrious sovereign grand inspector general. member of the supreme grand council. 51.0. 56.0. 1010 0. 11 11 0 viii perfect pontiff of the illuminati. epopt of the

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seu revelationes. 1310s and 1320s: the dominican meister eckhart (c. 1260-1327) teaches in latin at paris and preaches vernacular sermons in strassburg and cologne. 1311-2: the council of vienne legislates against beguines and the beguine-associated "heresy of the free spirit" 1313 friars minors' constitution generales antique forbade the friars to practice alchemy 1314 destruction of the knights templar 1316? ramon llull dies; peter de abano dies 1316/17 "sefer yetzirah "i" parma de rossi, 1390, foll. 36b-38b. italian writing. 1316 1329 friar odoric despatched to the east; in western india soon after 1321; spent three years in china between the opening of 1323 and the close of 1328. 1317 pope john xxii's papal bull against alchemical counterfeit spondet quas non exhibent. cistercians ban

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but the brotherhood stayed at el-amarna and broke away from the state. through the centuries, other vehicles for communicating the knowledge emerged. some, like the cathars in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, were destroyed by the catholic church in the most horrific manner after spreading their influence over a wide area from their base in southern france. the knights of the temple (knights templar, who came to prominence about the same time as the cathars, were dealt with equally severely by papal 'justice. but the templars went underground and their influence has continued up to the present day, both in their own right, and within other secret societies which are, after all, part of the same overall organisation. this period of the cathars and the crusades spawned many brotherhood

doctrines of the templars. legends say he visited the so called 'wise men of the near east- just as colombus had done. columbus had his own brotherhood connections. his father was a member of the brotherhood branch, the order of the christ. columbus himself was involved with a group which followed the beliefs of the poet dante, who was a member of the cathar church and an initiate of the knights templar. columbus was often seen wearing the garb of what was believed to be the franciscan order. columbus's son said his father had died in such attire. the priests at the ancient egyptian brotherhood temple at el-amarna wore a similar habit, as did a brotherhood group called the fraternites at the time of columbus. these are only some of his brotherhood connections. columbus's father-in-law was

o be the franciscan order. columbus's son said his father had died in such attire. the priests at the ancient egyptian brotherhood temple at el-amarna wore a similar habit, as did a brotherhood group called the fraternites at the time of columbus. these are only some of his brotherhood connections. columbus's father-in-law was a member of the knights of christ, the undercover name for the knights templar. when the templars were purged across europe, they survived in portugal by changing their name to the knights of christ. they devoted themselves to maritime activity. the explorer, vasco de gama, was a knight of 30..and the truth shall set you free christ, as was prince henry the navigator, a grand master of the order. columbus's father-in-law was one of prince henry's captains, and inheri

ss on a white background was the templars symbol. it was outlawed by the pope at the time of the purge. columbus's ships sailed with the red cross on a white background!3 his historic journey was funded by king ferdinand of aragon, spain and queen isabella of castile, spain, whose marriage helped to unify spain. these were 'catholic' monarchs funding a trip by a man flying the flag of the knights templar. more than that, other support came from leonardo da vinci and lorenzo de medici, both high initiates of brotherhood secret societies. given this background to columbus and caboto, it is hardly stretching the bounds of credibility to suggest that their 'discovery' of different parts of the americas within four or five years of each other was no coincidence. many of the early explorers and

e americas and particularly north america seems to have been a long-term aim of the great work of ages or the new world order. sir francis bacon, the grand chancellor of england, was a brotherhood member of high rank at the time of elizabeth i and james i. he was a grand commander of the brotherhood order called the rosicrucians, and very much involved in the underground operations of the knights templar traditions. bacon passed on knowledge secretly in codes contained in works like the shakespearean plays, which he wrote himself. the evidence for this is very substantial and the shakespeare story is a myth. sorry stratford! bacon used the network to encourage the colonising of north america, not the least to stop the spanish getting control of it. more than that, however, he was working f

y was a new grand lodge (launched in london in 1717) which became known as the mother grand lodge of the world. it was a centre of freemasonic manipulation, encouraging other lodges to be set up throughout europe, the british empire, and the americas. many other versions of freemasonry were introduced, including the york rite and the scottish rite of michael ramsey (which was based on the knights templar system. the scottish rite has 33 degrees of initiation and today has enormous influence in the politics, economics, military, and security services of britain, europe, the united states, and many other countries. new york was named after the york rite of freemasonry. the brotherhood plan was for the establishment of an independent united states of america- independent of the british govern

u free sources 1 professor g.r.s. mead, fragments of a faith forgotten (the theosophical publishing society, london, 1906) 2 manly p. hall, america's assignment with destiny: the adepts in the western esoteric tradition, part five (philosophical research society, los angeles, 1979) p58 3 it is interesting to look at where the symbol of the red cross is used today. not all of them will be signs of templar control, maybe, but many certainly will 4 letter by lt. colonel harold z. onlmeyer, commander, 8 reconnaissance technical squadron (sac, united states airforce, westover airforce base, massachusetts, to professor charles h. hapgood, of keene college, new hampshire, on july 6th, 1960. quoted by graham hancock in fingerprints of the gods (heinemann, london, 1995) p3 5 ibid 6 extra-terrestria

g that doesn't exist and said that if you don't pay me for it i will take you to court and take your property away, you might say we lived in a fascist state. yet what i have just described is the banking system of the world and the means through which both people and governments are drowning in debt. and what does debt equal? control. among the first bankers in the western world were the knights templar. they were given enormous riches by christians supporting the crusades and by legacies from people who were often hoping to buy a place in heaven. they were the wealthiest organisation in every country in which they established themselves, and their temples in paris and london became financial centres. eventually, king philip iv of france, in league with pope clement v, destroyed the templ

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e the cataclysm.39 even those built since the upheavals have been placed on older sites that aligned with the old north pole. the same is true of rosslyn chapel near edinburgh in scotland.40 this is an illuminati "holy grail" full of their ancient symbolism and built by the st clair-sinclair family, one of the foremost of the illuminati bloodlines and one of the founding forces behind the knights templar secret society. charles hapgood, incidentally, had a meeting arranged with president kennedy to discuss a project to find atlantis, but kennedy died in dallas a few days before their appointment.41 hapgood also told rand flem-ath that he was going to produce evidence in his next book of an advanced civilisation on earth 100,000 years ago. but hapgood died soon afterwards and the book was n

, the inverted pentagram, and that is their symbol for sirius (figure 2. the pentagram within a circle is used by satanists in their rituals to draw other dimensional demonic entities into this world or to "draw down the kingdom of satan into manifestation on earth, as one writer put it. the pentagram is symbolised by the goat head known as the "goat of mendes" or "baphomet, the image the knights templar secret society was accused of worshipping when it was purged in france after 1307. the goat head is also associated with the sirius system. the ancients designed massive temples to point directly at the spot on the horizon where sirius appeared at the "rising" and their key rituals were focused on sirius, just as many of the illuminati's are today. one example of these sirius-aligned struc

iodorus, said these initiates had the ability to heal, change the weather, and "shape-shift" into any form. thousands of years later, one of the most important of the illuminati secret societies, the knights hospitaller of st john of jerusalem, now the knights of malta, located on rhodes and for a while were known as the knights of rhodes. ultimately, they came from the same source as the knights templar. the name rhodes, which is connected to the german "rot, meaning red, as with rothschild("red-shield, became a code name for the bloodlines. red= sirius? these guys don't choose their locations or their names by accident. malta, too, was an important centre by 3500bc and the home of a major mystery school. under malta is a vast network of tunnels and megalithic temples where secret rituals

code name for the bloodlines. red= sirius? these guys don't choose their locations or their names by accident. malta, too, was an important centre by 3500bc and the home of a major mystery school. under malta is a vast network of tunnels and megalithic temples where secret rituals took place- and still do. malta's original name was lato, named after mother lato, the serpent goddess.53 the knights templar secret society was formed in the late 11th century to protect the reptilian bloodline or "le serpent rouge, the red serpent or serpent blood, together with their associated order, the highly secretive priory of sion.54 the goals of the knights templar and the illuminati were, and are, to place these serpent bloodlines in all positions of power worldwide and thus form a reptilian, centrally

serpent blood, together with their associated order, the highly secretive priory of sion.54 the goals of the knights templar and the illuminati were, and are, to place these serpent bloodlines in all positions of power worldwide and thus form a reptilian, centrally controlled, fascist state. we are now getting very close to that. the danaans also settled on cyprus (later controlled by the knights templar) and in ancient times it was known as la-dan or the "isle of dan".55 the name of the isle of man in the irish sea, a place so important to the druids, has the same origin, no doubt. the taurus mountains in turkey, the baleric islands, and syria (sirius) were 42 children of the matrix among other danaan settlements and they travelled from atlantis to britain where they became known as tuath

he legendary founder of the maya culture, called votan or wotan, is the name of the atlantean fire god and also the god of the teutonic peoples of germany and scandinavia. he was one of the gods of the nazis and they were created by the teutonic knights network (illuminati) in germany. the teutonic knights were formed in the same period, and operated in the same "holy land" region, as the knights templar and the knights of malta and they work to the same basic agenda right to this day. that part of the sumerian empire known as the phoenicians, with their base in the middle east and what we now call turkey, particularly cappadocia, were very much involved in establishing sumerian control of the british isles. under other names these peoples were known as the hittites and the goths. once aga

le and that may be the same with aeneas. the names "noah" and "king david" are also used as codes for the bloodline, but they did not exist in the way they are depicted and portrayed. the legends of aeneas fit with the codes and themes of the illuminati bloodlines, including his association with troy. aeneas is said to have been born in troy, the city so sacred to the merovingians and the knights templar. in the hymn to aphrodite, the goddess proclaims that aeneas, the son she has conceived by the mortal anchises, will come to rule the trojans, as will the generations upon generations that succeed him.29 the works of the greek poet, homer, who lived around the 9th or 8th century bc, is the main source of information about ancient troy and the conflicts that led to its demise. the two epics

last roman empire is charlemagne and his descendants, people like [prince] philip mountbatten (rex julius alexander battenberg) who is one of the ruling heads of the julian gens."31 the keepers of the secrets the priory of sion, an elite secret society created in the 12th century to serve the merovingian bloodline or "le serpent rouge (the serpent blood, was very closely connected to the knights templar who were, incidentally, officially formed at the french city of troyes, named by the sicambrian franks (merovingians) after their former home in troy. the priory of sion and the knights templar have had their feuds and break-ups over the centuries, but, as with similar conflicts from time to time with the knights of malta, these were battles for supremacy within the bloodlines, not between

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anity is so awash with babylonian symbols. the whole thing was a setup to create yet another religion to entrap the human mind, and the hierarchy of thechristian church today know all this! the church elite have always known thisbecause they are part of the secret society stream which created the myth calledchristianity. cynical lies like the turin shroud, which has been connected with theknights templar secret society, have been invented to perpetuate the propaganda. theforce which invented jesus and christianity is the same force which still controls theworld today. for instance, the roman college of architects was a forerunner of todaysfreemasons, only the name has changed. the romans used the same symbols of thesquare and compass and so on. a temple used by this college in pompeii was

malta in their roman catholicform and their protestant version is known as the knights of st john of jerusalem. asthe knights of malta, their official head is the pope and their headquarters is in rome.as the knights of st john they are based in london and their official head is the kingor queen. the catholic and protestant wings are in fact the same organisation at thehighest level. the knights templar were formed about the same time in 1118, thoughthis could have been at least four years earlier, and were first known as the soldiers ofchrist. the templars are surrounded in mystery and contradiction, but it is known thatthey dedicated the order to the mother of god. the knights templar promoted achristian image as a cover and so mother of god was taken to be mary, the mother ofjesus, but

other names under which he is known, represent thepower of the sun, the male. this was the knowledge on which the templars werefounded and their phoenician and reptilian inspiration can be seen in their symbol, thered cross on a white background- the fire cross or sun symbol of the phoenicians andsymbol of the bloodlines. this is also the flag of england to this day.from the start of the official templar story there were blatant untruths. theyclaimed to have been formed to protect pilgrims in the holy land, but for the firstnine years it seems there were only nine of them. some protection. it doesnt take agenius to see that this was a smokescreen for something else. in fact, it would appearthey were formed as the protectors and military wing of a secret society called theorder of sion, lat

bernard, thefounder of the cistercian order, and the french st clair family which became thescottish sinclair family after they settled in scotland following the norman invasionof britain by william the conqueror in 1066. the st clair/sinclairs are of a reptilianbloodline and knowledge of the reptilian agenda was the great secret held by theleading templars. the first grand master of the knights templar was hughes depayens, who joined in 1124. he was a french nobleman (meaning literally: aryan-man) allied to the count of champagne, and was married to a scottish woman ofnorman decent called catherine st clair. the first templar centre or preceptoryoutside the holy land was built on the st clair estate in scotland. other earlytemplars included fulk, the count danjou, who was the father of g

lgrims whobegan to arrive in large numbers through the ports of jaffa, tyre and acre. tyre wasone of the major centres for the phoenicians. the knights hospitaller established theamalfi hostelry in jerusalem to provide food and shelter for the visitors. as theirwealth and prestige grew, they formed a military wing, which was given papalbacking in 1118, the same year that the original nine knights templar arrived injerusalem to guard the pilgrims.135the templars were given quarters adjoining temple mount, the alleged, and i stressalleged, site of solomons temple. some researchers believe the templars foundsomething of great value, possibly manuscripts, possibly vast amounts of gold, whileexcavating under temple mount. but whatever happened events began to move rapidlyafter 1126, for it was

mplars foundsomething of great value, possibly manuscripts, possibly vast amounts of gold, whileexcavating under temple mount. but whatever happened events began to move rapidlyafter 1126, for it was then that the grand master, hugues de payens, left jerusalem togather recruits and expand the order. he headed back to france to meet st bernard, thenabbot of clairvaux, and he took with him bernards templar uncle, andre demontbard. bernard sang their praises to pope honarius ii, and the templars wereformally established on january 31st 1128 at the council of troyes. yes, named aftertroy, that great aryan and reptile-aryan headquarters in asia minor which also inspiredthe original name of london. the templars were part of the same gang, although manyof the lower initiates would not have known

he council of troyes,incredible expansion had taken place. they had a papal constitution, wealth, land and threehundred recruits from noble families who had to give all their wealth to the templars whenthey joined. as a result they owned land in france, england, scotland, spain and portugal,136and within ten years this was extended to italy, austria, germany, hungary andconstantinople. there were templar preceptories and villages, hamlets and farmsgalore all over england. whenever you see the name temple in a british place name(for instance templecombe) it is a former templar site. their national headquarters wasin london on land which is now high holborn and in 1161 they moved a short distanceto a new london temple which is still today called temple bar. here can be found theoriginal chur

onal headquarters wasin london on land which is now high holborn and in 1161 they moved a short distanceto a new london temple which is still today called temple bar. here can be found theoriginal church in the classic round design of the templars, along with some templargraves. in a most prominent position in temple bar, in the centre of the mainthoroughfare, is a statue of a winged reptile. the templar holdings included the strandand much of fleet street which, until recently, was the home of the british nationalnewspaper industry. the symbol of the national tabloid, the daily express, onceheadquartered in fleet street, is a knight carrying a shield emblazoned with thetemplar-phoenician red cross on a white background. the templar lands stretcheddown to the river thames where the templar

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as not entirely successful, however. in many countries, the people worshipped christ alongside the old gods. by the twelfth century there were a number of gnostic heresies which threatened the power of the church in rome. one gnostic sect was known as the luciferans. the luciferans believed that lucifer was the true god and yahweh was the devil. another gnostic sect, better known, was the knights templar. the knights templar fought in the crusades against the muslims but upon seeing how much more advanced the muslims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the 12th and 13th centuries, the various gnostic heresies were suppressed and many of their followers executed. the trial of the knights templar and the suppression of the various gnostic heresies w

he cult of satanism and practice of witchcraft and magic developed. those evil masons& brothers of the rosy cross masonic lodges, which began to appear in france and england in the 18th century and spread to other countries, made a number of false claims: a) the origin of masonry can be traced to ancient jerusalem and the construction of solomon s temple, b) freemasonry is linked with the knights templar, and c) the leader of the lodge is in contact with master beings who live in the himalayas the illuminati. the early lodges had no connection to each other but made similar claims of possessing hidden knowledge passed down from ancient times or from a race of secret masters in the east. in reality, these lodges had very few secrets to reveal other than hand-shakes and grade signs but mason

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ersion and defilement of catholic religious practices. however, the black mass as a celebration or homage to satan or the antichrist is a relatively modern activity. it was performed in the french royal court, and probably in england by members of the hell-fire club. possibly it was also done in the russian royal court. it is unlikely that black masses were ever used in the rituals of the knights templar, even though the knights were accused of trampling and spitting on the cross. black masses formed a part of the religious practices of the late anton szandor lavey and his los angeles based church of satan, founded in the 1960s, in the sense that these rituals were performed in honor of the devil and involved a parody of the church mass. however, lavey always asserted that his black mass w

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, cryptic and chivalric grades, conferred in bodies known respectively as the chapx introduction ter, council and commandery. the chapter has four degrees- mark master, past master, most excellent master and the royal arch, together with an honorary order of high priesthood. the council has two degrees-royal master and select master. the commandery has three orders-knight of the red cross, knight templar and knight of malta. free masonry has been tardy in admitting the african race to recognition. the first negroes made free masons were prince hall and fourteen colored citizens of boston. the travelling lodge of a british regiment in 1775 conferred the symbolic degrees upon them. england granted them a charter in 1787, and the first masonic lodge, with prince hall as master, was instituted

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made a strong comeback, and steadily grew in size and prestige during the last centuries of the second millennium c.e. in the post-protestant era, rosicrucianism was the first important international esoteric movement. it was followed by speculative freemasonry in the eighteenth century and theosophy in the nineteenth. out of freemasonry came a tradition of initiatory magic represented in the neo-templar orders of continental europe, as well as a rebirth of ritual/ceremonial magic in the english-speaking world. western esotericism s shared belief that magic was real, has led roman catholicism to oppose this movement, defining it as evil and using such labels as sorcery, witchcraft, and black magic. however, beginning with protestantism (in its reformed presbyterian version) and the secular

to be affiliated with the society of alethophilas, or lovers of truth, after which it named one of its grades. there were two temples, comprising the following degrees (1) apprentice of egyptian secrets (2) initiate into egyptian secrets (3) cosmopolitan (4) christian philosopher, and (5) alethophilos. higher grades (1) esquire (2) soldier, and (3) knight, thus supplying egyptian, christian, and templar mysteries to the initiate. in 1806 a pamphlet was published at berlin entitled a discovery concerning the system of the order of african architects. afs see american folklore society ag a red flower used by some hindus to propitiate the deity sanee (the planet saturn. it is made into a wreath with jasoon, also a red-colored flower, which is hung round the neck of the god, who is of a conge

gave a somewhat similar account. many other witnesses spoke of having seen these heads, which, however, were, perhaps, not shown to everybody, for the greatest number of those who spoke on this subject, said that they had heard speak of the head, but that they had never seen it themselves; and many of them declared their disbelief in its existence. a friar minor deposed in england that an english templar had assured him that in that country the order had four principal idols, one at london, in the sacristy of the temple, another at bristelham, a third at brueria (bruern in lincolnshire, and a fourth beyond the humber. some occultists have suggested that the baphomet of the templars was really the god of the witches deriving from the encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. baphom

opy ancient system of divination practiced by examining the phenomena of the air. cercle international de recherches culturelles et spirituelles cercle international de recherches culturelles et spirituelles (international circle for cultural and spiritual research) is a french initiatic association founded early in the twentieth century, one of a number of magical esoteric orders inspired by the templar tradition. in the years following the french revolution of 1789, several groups arose claiming a lineage centro di ricerca psichica del convivio encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 264 from a secret surviving templar order. over the succeeding decades the number of such groups claiming templar roots has multiplied. cercle international is grounded in the idea that each era (

he reduction of human suffering. each member is encouraged to find the best way to bind these values into reality in his/her daily life. the organization has several levels at which members may become involved. at the innermost level are several colleges, structures to focus research on the arcane sciences, the mundane sciences, and the creative sciences. there is also an inner order of sovereign templar initiates that focuses upon what are understood to be the traditional teachings of the templars. cercle international is headed by the grand master, currently fr. raymond bernard. there are national organizations in various countries and an english-speaking division, circles international, headquartered in plainfield, indiana. sources: bernard, raymond. the secret houses of the rose-croix

th-century gothic architecture, believed by some occultists to enshrine ancient mysteries of religious inspiration. for example, in his book the mysteries of chartres cathedral (1972, louis charpentier claims that the cathedral is built on the site of powerful and ancient earth currents. he examines the mystery of the amazing architecture of the cathedral, its historic connection with the knights templar, and its symbolic and esoteric meanings. sources: charpentier, louis. the mysteries of chartres cathedral. london: research into lost knowledge organization, 1972. reprint, new york: avon, 1972. chase, warren (1813.1891) one of the first apostles of spiritualism in america. born in pittsfield, new hampshire, chase began to study mesmerism in southport, wisconsin, by 1843. he was street com

e a dedicated theosophist and a close associate of blavatsky s. she remained loyal through the scandals arising from the charges of fraud by the society for psychical research, and after blavatsky s death in 1891 she became an international lecturer for the society. cooper-oakley s first book, traces of a hidden tradition in masonry and medieval mysticism (1900, is an exploration of the grail and templar traditions from a theosophical perspective. in 1907 blavatsky s successor, annie besant, appointed cooper- oakley to the presidency of the international committee for research into mystical traditions. while serving in that capacity she published further research on themes developed earlier as mystical traditions (1909. the esoteric and mystical history of the west had captured her attenti

r name. it could be the persian felekedaneh, a combined word which signifies astrology, and in that case it would be the title of an astrological work. some believed the legend originated in the mind of guyot himself, but this conclusion was strongly opposed by the folklorist alfred nutt. there is, however, some reason to believe that the story might have been brought from the east by the knights templar. the grail legend has often been held by various ecclesiastical apologists to support theories that either the church of england or the roman catholic church has existed since the foundation of the world. from early christian times the genealogy of these churches has been traced back through the patriarchs to numerous apocryphal persons, although it is not stated whether the religions poss

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ork. under grant, the oto dominated the british ritual magic scene into the 1970s. over the last two decades a number of other thelemic magical groups have arisen in great britain and grant s oto has come to the united states, though it has remained small. ordo templi orientis (oto) a ritual magic organization founded in germany around 1904. the order found its inspiration in the medieval knights templar, who were suppressed through most of europe in the fourteenth century. among the charges made against the order were that they practiced various forms of illicit sex, specifically sodomy and bestiality. through the nineteenth century a number of groups had emerged in both france and germany claiming to carry on the templar tradition. however, this order seems to have originated out of a ma

a number of groups that emerged in france and neighboring countries in the years since 1804 that traced their authority to a lineage of grand masters of the order of the temple, a medieval order of knights that was suppressed at the beginning of the fourteenth century. in 1804, a parisian physician, bernard-raymond fabre- palaprat (1773.1838, claimed that he was the successor to a secret line of templar grand masters who had kept the order alive through the years since its disappearance from public view. following his death the order began to splinter. among the modern splinters from this millieu was the renewed order of the temple founded around 1970 by julian origas (1920.1983. the solar temple was founded in 1984 as the ordre international chevalresque tradition solaire by luc jouret (

committed suicide. however, the next year 16 more who had not been invited to the original event in switzerland died at their own hand near grenoble, france. a final five died on march 22 (spring equinox, 1997, in canada. in the meantime, the solar temple had been disbanded and its surviving members have melded back into the population. the solar temple deaths were a unique event for the european templar and occult community, though it has in the popular consciousness been tied to several other violent incidents involving small new spiritual/religious groups such as the murders committed by leaders of the aum shinrikyo buddhists in japan and the suicides of 39 members of heaven s gate, the american ufo contactee group. in france and belgium, it led to a backlash against minority religions

1.2. with three continuations. 1802.3. xenes. joanna southcott and her box. london: w. foulsham, 1927. southern california society for psychical research, inc. see society for psychic research (california) sovereign and military order of the temple of jerusalem the sovereign and military order of the temple of jerusalem, incorporated in belgium in 1932, is the largest group growing out of the neo-templar movement launched by bernard- raymond fabre-palaprat (1773.1838) in the years following the french revolution. the order of the temple, commonly called the templars, was a medieval monastic order virtually destroyed by king philip the fair of france and formally dissolved by pope clement v in 1307. the order survived for another century in portugal, but by the beginning of the fifteenth ce

clement v in 1307. the order survived for another century in portugal, but by the beginning of the fifteenth century had completely disappeared. however, as speculative freemasonry spread through europe in the eighteenth century, a rumor developed that the order had survived in the person of knights who sought protection in the masonic guilds of scotland and ireland. they were the sources of the templar degrees in the masonic initiatory structure. then, at the time of the french revolution, some french masons began to argue that since the templars came before freemasonry, it was logically independent of it and hence not subordinate to it. their cause was championed by fabre-palaprat, a physician residing in paris, who claimed to have found documents proving the existence of a lineage of g

to 1792 when the then-grand master was killed by political opponents. the most important of these documents was the lamenius charter which specifies the passing of the grand mastership by the last public master, jacques de molay, to one john mark lamenius who he met in prison while awaiting his execution. in the freer atmosphere of post-revolutionary france, in 1804 fabre-palaprat organized a new templar order and four years later received the approbation of napoleon. since the roman catholic church had not changed its official stance against the templars, he also organized an esoteric johannite church and consecrated its first bishop. after his death in 1838, the order experienced the first of many schisms. over the next century, a number of branches and derivative groups would appear, in

emplars, he also organized an esoteric johannite church and consecrated its first bishop. after his death in 1838, the order experienced the first of many schisms. over the next century, a number of branches and derivative groups would appear, including the german ordo templi orientis and the french-based independent group of esoteric studies founded by gerard encausse. among the more than 30 neo-templar groups operating in the 1990s was the infamous solar temple whose leaders committed suicide in 1994. fabre-palaprat s order of the temple existed as an informal association until 1932, when it was legally incorporated in belgium as the sovereign and military order of the temple of jerusalem, under the leadership of theodore covais. covais assumed the title of regent rather than grand maste

ontes has grown and prospered while at the same time it has played down its occult roots. like freemasonry, the contemporary templars (especially in north america) have emerged as a fraternal organization dedicated to work for their community and country, to support the poor and the unjustly accused, to stand against oppression, and to encourage the ideal of medieval chivalry. harking back to the templar history during the crusades, the modern templars see it their duty to assist christian pilgrims and to maintain a christian presence in the holyland. one must be a professed christian to be a member. the current grand prior of the order in the united states is col. chev. stewart mccarty. he may be contacted through the order s internet site at http//www.smotj.org. internationally, the orde

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.t.o (ordo templi orientis; 128/ practical sigil magic be ass ideas known s the thelemic current. numerous groups calling recent years. nown as the ten sephiroth and form a pattern called the tree of life. it is used by magicians for person wicca.an old english word meaning gwise. h origin he negative connotations at many hundreds of years of defamation have placed on the ociated with the knights templar and combined some fringe masonic traditions along with sex magic. aleister crowley became a member and later head of the order. he revamped it to match his magical a themselves o.t.o. have sprung up in ten sephiroth.in cabbalism (and neo-platonism, the universe is seen as being created through a series of emanations from the godhead. in the cabbalah these are k al development, a key to ast

FREEMASON BLUEBOOK

r. maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (55 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:56 am] when there is an escort, it leads the procession, but halts just before reaching the place of destination, to allow the body escorted to pass by it. in web's monitor, published in 1805, and in subsequent editions, places are assigned, in processions of lodges, to royal arch masons and knights templar immediately preceding the masterand it was for some time customary for masons of those degrees to take places in a lodge procession, clothed in their peculiar insignia. this is believed to have been an innovation at that time, as it is not found in any of the earlier monitors, either of webb or other authors. indeed, in the pennsylvania ahiman rezon of 1783, it is stated by the authority o

of the higher degrees" the better practice is to follow dermott's, and dalcho's original rule, except in cases in which a mason of a different grade has been invited, in his distinctive or official character, by the body or officer having charge, to participate in lile ceremonies. but bodies of other grades, recognized as masonic, may properly be assigned positions in masonic processions. knights templar, and similar organizations, appearing as a body, should always act as escort: other bodies are placed immediately in front of the officiating lodge, and the grand lodge, if that is in attendance. at the funeral of past grand master robert p. dunlap, his commandery acted as escort, his chapter marched in the procession immediately in front of his lodge, and members of the supreme council, i

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

r that his attendance declined, ceasing altogetherwhenhe moved permanently to ramsgate in 1920.itwas, as he had intended, a means to an end, and as soonashehad been raised, waite began his quest for the'higherdegrees (which arenowtermed 'additional degrees) in, earnest.duringthe sevenyearsthatfollowed, waite became amemberoften distinct rites and degrees; beginningwiththe holy royal arch, knights templar, knights of malta, and the swedenborgian rite in 1902, and proceeding to the mark degree,theredcrossofconstantine, secretmonitorand ancient and accepted rite. there were also othersthathe considered evenmoreimportant.thefirst of these, the early grand scottish, rite, was also .something of a means to an end. as a resultofcorrespondingwithedouard blitz, waite had cometoseethe regime ecossai

rness at what he saw as shabby treatment by the society. hetookhis revenge by sprinkling acidcomments-onboth westcott and the society as awhole-throughouthis masterly study of rosicrucianism,the_'brotherhoodisreligion'131brotherhood of the rosy cross(1924).he remained active in most of the additional degrees whose ranks he had joined, acting as secretaryfor both his rose-croix chapter and knights templar preceptory for periods of twenty and thirty years respectively. but his principal concernin masonrynow becamethe dissemination of hisideasthrough hiswriting. his first major 'contribution to masonic literature' wasthesecrettraditioninfreemasonry(1911),which received wide praise from the masonic and non255 masonic pressalike.the masonic writer w. j.wilmshurst (who was a member of the indepe

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d their right hands across below the chin and the left hand down at the side- as if a recognised ritual performance: i find no authority whatever for this statement. mr a. e. waite, the poet, tells us, inthe secret tradition,that 'the essenes remaind the depositories of the christ255 mystery in the eastern world, and are actually that hidden sodality from which masonry derives through the knights templar, not by the identification of the chivalry with the operative builders,butthrough the descent of a vital principle from onetothe other' this is but a poetic phantasy. christian ginsburg, a thoroughly competent modern hebrew scholar, in his published workthe essenes,1864,summarises almost all previous authorities, which are non-masonic, and makes no assertions of the use of secret words, si

GILBERT R A CHAOS OUT OF ORDER THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE

m its foundation in december 1882 to his death on 23 february 1885. earlier, in february 1876, he had been active in importing the antient and primitive rite from the u.s.a. and in august of that year he had acquired the supreme rite of memphis and the reformed egyptian rite from 28[28] lt. col. w. j. b. mcleod moore (1810 1890) was provincial grand prior of canada in the masonic order of knights templar, becoming grand master of the sovereign grand priory of canada on its formation in 1884; thomas douglas harington was the first sovereign grand commander of the supreme council 33 of the ancient& accepted rite for canada; the first recorded correspondence was, however, between beswick and longley 29[29] voorhis, op. cit, p. 226 30[30] the kneph, vol. 3, no. 1, january 1883 their respective

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arnest. on 10 april 1902 he and blackden were admitted to the grade of zelator in the s.r.i.a, having been proposed by palmer-thomas and seconded by westcott- both of whom were keen to have waite as a member. the two new rosicrucians then proceeded to the holy royal arch, being exalted in metropolitan chapter no. 1507 on 1 may 1902, following this one week later with their installation as knights templar at the consecration of the king edward vii preceptory. here they rested, and waite prepared for a journey to switzerland and for reception into the one rite he craved the most: the regime ecossais et rectifie and its grade of chevalier bienfaisant de la cite sainte (c.b.c.s. as a result of his earlier correspondence with blitz, waite had come to see the rigime ecossais et rectifie as maint

eed an occult order of unknown philosophers- a concealed kind'65[65. at a later meeting the c.b.c.s. was specifically excluded although it was restored to the council's control when a constitution was finally drawn up in april 1903 (see appendix d for the whole text of this curious document. greater satisfaction was anticipated by waite from the c.b.c.s. than he had so far gained from the knights templar 'i attended this evening the meeting of the templar preceptory [king edward vii] when two installations took place. it is by far the most interesting of all of the christian chivalries with the rites of which i am acquainted, though such gleanings as i can make concerning the perfect knights' charges seem to hope for greater significance therein'66[66. he was also far from adept when he 't

and and wales for the c.b.c.s. in england. he learned of the new charter through a letter from shute, and expressed his surprise and annoyance in his reply 'it should be clearly understood, in view of other rumours, that i have held for many years, and still hold, the warrant of the helvetian priory which placed the rite in my hands. you might tell me further about those 'printed reports that the templar great priory of england has taken over the c.b.c.s' in this country. i have heard nothing about it and cannot imagine what it means, as there is nothing less likely in the world of masonry than that it should attempt to work them here'82[82. with the failure to propagate its most important rite, waite's 'secret council of rites' had, masonically speaking, long since come to naught. he had

aite never actively sought recruits. he did, however, seize every opportunity to propagate his doctrine of the secret tradition, not only through his lectures (see appendix c) but also when speaking informally. his first masonic venture into public debate was at a meeting of quatuor coronati lodge on 3 october 1902, when he commented on e. j. castle's paper 'the reception (initiation) of a knight templar'83[83, and, with all the authority of a knight of five months' standing (castle was not a member of the order of the temple, asked a series of questions about castle's sources. the paper was unexceptionable and castle's answers more than adequate, but waite was convinced of his own superior knowledge and scornful of the members of quatuor coronati lodge. he recorded in his diary that the p

asonry. magnum opus i before this great work was published waite had written a series of articles on the origins of freemasonry and on the more obscure of the higher degrees, for his own journal, horlick's magazine. these were then published in studies in mysticism (1906. he followed these with a paper on 'the place of masonry in the rites of initiation' for the s.r.i.a. and a series of papers on templar symbolism and history, delivered between 1908 and 1910 at the sancta maria preceptory, of which waite had been a founding member in 1906. all these were, however, but a foretaste of the glory that was to come. in july 1911 waite's 'first contribution to masonic literature' appeared, seeming to him 'in respect of production- the most beautiful work which has ever been issued in any land or

and, having been perfected in the orpheus chapter rose croix no. 79 in 1909, he became its sovereign in 1915, and from 1918 onwards he was its recorder. but it was for the order of the temple that he felt the greatest affection and to the sancta maria preceptory that he gave his greatest support. he had been preceptor in 1909 and from 1910 to 1940 acted as its registrar; his early speculations on templar history and symbolism had been first presented as lectures in the preceptory and his last, and most important, paper 'the knights templar and their alleged perpetuation in freemasonry- had been delivered therein 1930. waite's rosicrucian activities, in their masonic context at least, had ceased in 1914 when he resigned from the s.r.i.a. after failing in his bid to be elected as celebrant

(rider, 1925) the liturgy of the rite of the strict observance (warrenton, n.c, 1934, mimeographed) the secret tradition in freemasonry (rider, 1937) shadows of life and thought, being a retrospective review in the form of memoirs (selwyn and blount, 1938 (chapter 17, and passim (2) contributions to periodicals ars quatuor coronatorum 1902 comment on e. j. castle 'the reception (initiation) of a templar' vol. 15, pp. 170-2 the british mail 1890 'freemasonry, vol. 20, new series, no. 172, march, pp. 20-1 the builder 1915 'master building, vol. 1, pp. 240-1 (reprinted from the occult review) 1916 criticism of 'the great work, vol. 2 'some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism, vol. 2, pp. 107-9; 144-6; 175-6 1917 'discourse on the fellowcraft degree, vol. 3, pp. 334-5 1918 note on the origin

2 note concerning the comacini, vol. 8, p. 25 review of dudley wright 'masonic legends and traditions, vol. 8, p. 221 the freemason 1915 reply to welcome at author's lodge no. 3456, 6 march, vol. 55 1920 'the recent attacks on freemasonry, vol. 60, pp. 133-5 (reprinted, in abridged form, from the occult review) 1921 'the laureate of masonry, vol. 61, p. 576 freemasons' chronicle 1930 'the knights templar and their alleged perpetuation in freemasonry, vol. 111, pp. 257, 290, 315; vol. 112, pp. 73, 91, 108-9, 124 horlick's magazine and home journal for australia, india and the colonies 1904 'the keeping of the brotherhood, vol. 2, pp. 365-74 'the freedom of the brotherhood, vol. 2, pp. 429-42 'the transformations of the brotherhood, vol. 2, pp. 559-68 1905 'the innermost sanctuary, vol. 3, p

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erception of the majority of historians of freemasonry is that the origin of the organization goes back to the crusades. in fact, though masonry was only officially established and recognized in england in the early eighteenth century, the roots of the organization do reach back to the crusades in the twelfth century. at the center of this familiar tale is an order of crusaders called the knights templar or the templars. six years before this present work, our book, entitled the new masonic order, examined the history of the templars in great detail. for that reason, we will now offer just a summary. for, as we analyze the roots of masonry, and the influence that it has had on the world, we discover the meaning of "global freemasonry" g no matter how much some may insist that the crusades

iram key reveals some important facts about the roots of freemasonry. according to these authors, it is evident that masonry is a continuation of the templars. though, in addition to this, the authors also examined the origins of the templars. dl the magazine mimar sinan, a private turkish masonic publication intended for its own members. from the templars to ancient egypt global freemasonry ec a templar-mason temple: rosslyn chapel the church known as "rosslyn chapel" near edinburgh in scotland is recognized as a symbol of the heretical pagan beliefs of the templars. in the course of the construction of this edifice, masons and rosicrucians, the successors of the templars, were employed, and decorated the whole chapel with symbols representative of their pagan philosophy. in a publication

chapel with symbols representative of their pagan philosophy. in a publication of turkish masonry, the magazine mimar sinan, the masonic origins and the pagan elements of the chapel are described in these words: the most convincing proof of the unity of the templars and the masons in scotland is the castle and chapel in the village of roslin, 10 km. south of edinburgh and 15 km. from the ancient templar center at balantrodoch. the templars lived in this region and in this castle especially after 1312 under the protection of the barons of st. clair..the chapel was built between 1446-48 by sir william st. clair who was one of the most prominent nobles of the time in scotland and even in europe. masons and rosicrucians worked on the construction. the chief architect of the work was the templ

erod's temple very well and every part of it was decorated with masonic symbols. among the symbols were reliefs on the walls and arches depicting the heads of hiram and his murderer, a relief of an initiation ceremony, the keystones of the arches, and compasses. apart from the fact that the chapel was constructed in a marked pagan style with egyptian, hebrew, gothic, norman, celtic, scandinavian, templar and masonic architectural elements, and that it contains very rich examples of stone work, one of the most interesting aspects of it is that the tops of the columns are decorated with cactus and corn motifs, besides various other plants figures. there are so many pagan decorative elements inside the chapel that a priest, writing an account of the baptism he performed of the baron of rossly

"ancient and accepted scottish rite" as we investigated in detail in the new masonic order, from the beginnings of the fourteenth century it is possible to detect traces of the templars and some jews associated with them at various stages of european history. without going into detail, here are some of the headings under which we examined this topic: in provence, in france, there was an important templar refuge. during the arrests, very many hid here. another important feature of the area is that it is the most well known center of kabbalism in europe. provence is the place where the oral tradition of the kabbalah was made into a book. the peasants revolt in england, in 1381, was, according to some historians, fanned to flame by a secret organization. those experts who study the history of

ealed to the israelites. we have also seen that its foundation rests upon a perverse way of understanding that regards human beings as uncreated though divine creatures that have existed for eternity. humanism entered europe from this source. christian belief was based on the existence of god, and the belief that human beings were his dependent servants created by him. but, with the spread of the templar tradition throughout europe, the kabbalah began to attract a number of philosophers. so, in the fifteenth century, a current of humanism began that left an indelible mark on the european world of ideas. this connection between humanism and the kabbalah has been emphasized in several sources. one of these sources is the book of the famous author malachi martin entitled the keys of this bloo

e points equidistant from one another show that these values are equivalent. this symbol adopted by the masons is known as the star of david; it is a hexagram formed by the imposition of one equilateral triangle on another. today it is known as the symbol of judaism and appears on the flag of israel. but actually, the origin of this symbol is in ancient egypt .this emblem was first created by the templar knights which they began to use as symbolism in wall decoration in their churches. this is because they were the first ones to discover in jerusalem some important facts about christianity. after the templars were dis- ld materialism revisited one of masonry's most important symbols is the six-pointed star. le global freemasonry the six-pointed star is the seal of a prophet and a holy symb

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met. these animals were made to look as disgusting and obscene as possible. the neophyte would then be asked to kiss the backside of the creature. if they refused they would have failed the initiation, if they went ahead and puckered up, they found they were kissing the lips of the priestess. here clearly is the movement from one mode of saturn to another, from the demiurge to sophia. the knights templar did something similar where their large devil like baphomet figure actually represent the sophia, the goddess of wisdom (indeed, the world baphomet when decoded with the atbash gematric code gives the name sophia) if we accept that dualism is perceptional therefore pain, suffering and the trials of life are relathe gnostic handbook page 45 tive. pain and suffering may seem nearly intolerab

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resulted in their persecution. their teachings were dualistic with an emphasis on the union of the opposing male and female facets of consciousness, this process was reflected in their use of the image of baphomet, an androgynous pan like figure within their secret shrines. their origins can probably be traced to 1188 ce when the order of sion split into two opposed factions, of which the knight templar was the major. as time progressed and their influence spread, the knight templars absorbed esoteric teachings from arabic alchemy and sufi mysticism- they form an important link in the transmission of the gnosis. the rosicrucians are thought to also have originated about the same time as the the knight templars. while their teachings are similar, the rosicrucians had a much stronger mystic

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y american explorer john lloyd stephens described as a species of sculptured mosaic .13 oddly, although the pyramid of the magician had been built long centuries before the conquest, the symbol most frequently featured in these mosaics was a close approximation of the christian cross. indeed there were two distinct kinds of christian crosses: one the wide-pawed croix-patte favoured by the knights templar and other crusading orders in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; the other the x-shaped saint andrew s cross. after climbing a further shorter flight of steps i reached the temple at the very top of the magician s pyramid. it consisted of a single corbelvaulted chamber from the ceiling of which large numbers of bats hung suspended. like the birds and the clouds, they were visibly distre

se. q. how does this verse run? a. the red bamboo from canton is rare in the world. in the groves are 36 and 72. who in the world knows the meaning of this? when we have set to work we will know the secret. the atmosphere of intrigue that such passages generate is accentuated by the reticent behaviour of the hung league itself, an organization resembling the medieval european order of the knights templar (and the higher degrees of modern freemasonry) in many ways that are beyond the remit of this book to describe.24 it is intriguing, too, that the chinese character hung, composed of water and many, signifies inundation, i.e. the flood. finally, returning to india, let us note the content of the sacred scriptures known as the puranas. these speak of four ages of the earth, called yugas, whi

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y the dark side of the force. at certain times and places in history- for example, medieval tibet or, in more modern times, nazi germany the black lodge has operated more or less openly with characteristic occult symbols of human skulls, lightning bolts, etc. out in the open. but like the great white brotherhood that it actively seeks to subvert and overthrow (as it did in the time of the knights templar, the black lodge has generally communicated by cipher and myth, in silence and secrecy, often within religious, fraternal and political institutions dedicated to the status quo. in the west since at least the early 18th century, the black lodge has tended to operate along crypto-masonic lines, and its development has tended to coincide with and mirror that of the great white brotherhood. t

n assembly, a society of the elect, of those who sought for and had capacity for light, and this interior society was called the interior sanctuary or church. in medieval european graal mythology, we find a strain of accomplished graal templars going out in secret to govern and protect far-flung populations, but (as in von eschenbach s parzival..writing was seen on the gral to the effect that any templar whom god should bestow on a distant people for their lord must forbid them to ask his name or lineage, but must help them gain their rights..members of the gral company are now forever averse to questioning, they do not wish to be asked about themselves. as magical mythologist aleister crowley has a wonderful time with both friend and foe in the fictional moonchild, but his nonfictional re

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grand master of rosicrucians in germany in the seventeenth century and sir francis bacon's deputy on the continent [8] lord raymond vi as count of toulouse, refused to prosecute the mystics who laid the foundation for rosicrucian philosophy in southern france in the thirteenth century. as a mystic martyr, his body was refused burial in "holy ground" but was preserved for 600 years in the knights templar building, built by his forefathers [9] h. spencer lewis, ph.d. f.r.c. former imperator, a.m.o.r.c. of north and south america and founder of its second cycle of activity in the western hemisphere.member of the supreme council r.c. of the world. legate of the order in france.minister of the foreign legation. ordained priest of the ashrama in india.honorary councilor of the corda fratres, it

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a continuing rosicrucian presence in england was given a seeming veracity by the presence in england of sigismund bacstrom with his certificate attesting. to his initiation into a rosicrucian group by the comte de chazal on 12 september 1794 in mauritius. godfrey higgins'anacalypsis(1836) was claimed as a further proof of the continuing tradition. higgins stated that he had been invited to join a templar and rosicrucian order in london. higgins was a freemason and i have no doubt that what he was referring to were themasonicknights templar and rose croix degrees.thelatter is now the 18th degree of the antient and accepted [scottish] rite of freemasonry, which in higgins' time did not exist as a coherent rite in england.therose croix degree was generally worked within knights templar encamp

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ion. the marks or fig. 7. the letter shin 50 the rosicrucians. symbols of the zodiacal signs, virgo-scorpio, are closely similar to each other, with certain differences, which we behold! i show you a sign. virgo. libra. scorpio. the woman conqueror leading the dragon. the restored world, or captivity captive" recommend to the judicious consideration of close and experienced observers. fig. 8. the templar banner: the famous beauseant. fig. 9. fig. 8 is the symbol, or hook, of saturn, the colour of whom, in the heraldic configuration, is sab, sable, or black, divided, party per pale, with the opening light of the first crescent moon of the post-diluvian world* fig. 9 is the same* the shining star as the harbinger in the moon's embrace. meaning the divine post-diluvian remission and reconcili

is is, according to montfaugon, sketched in the minutest detail in the engravings of the ancient phoenician cabiri. from india into egypt was imported this spiritual firebelief. we recognise, again, its never-failing structuresignal. rightly regarded, the great pyramids are nothing but the world-enduring architectural attestation, following (in the pyramidal) the well-known leading law of egypt s templar-piling mound-like, spiry of the universal flame- faith. place a light upon the summit, star-like upon the sky, and a prodigious altar the mighty pyramid then becomes. in this tribute to the world-filling faith, burneth expressed devotion to (radiateth acknowledgment of) the immemorial magic religion. there is little doubt that as token and emblem of fire-worship, as .indicative of the ador

ited (and intersecting, form the cross. the first mark is the origin of the upright tower, pyramid, or imitation ascending flame of fire, which aspires against the force of gravity; also of the steeple, or phallus, all over the world. the second, or horizontal, mark is the symbol of the tabernacle, chest, or ark, or fluent or base-line, which is the expression of all egyptian, grecian, and jewish templar architecture. the union of the two lines gives the christian, universal cross-form, in the blending of the two dispensations old and new, or law and gospel. now, both of these lines, in the rosicrucian sense, have special magic powers, or gifts, according to their several places, and according to the supernatural extra forces brought specially to bear on them through the operations of thos

at of dis or charon, according to the classic nomenclature. the object was reputed to be a talisman, and it is called by some the head of medusa, or the snake-haired visage, dropping blood which turned to snakes, and transforming the beholder to stone. it was this head, or one of a similar description, which was supposed to serve as the talisman or recognitive mark of the secret fraternity or the templar idol or head. 227 society, headed by pichegru and others, which was suppressed by napoleon, and the members of which were tried and condemned as aiming at revolutionary objects. why napoleon adopted this mysterious supposed magical head, as he is said to have done, on the suppression and destruction of this revolutionary body, to which we refer elsewhere, and why he chose to place his own

fig. 164. isis, dragon's head. fig. 165. hand in benediction. temples, the parthenon at athens and the pantheon at rome, which are supposed to have been built with perfect fig. 166. egyptian alto-relievo (british museum) fig. 167. hook of saturn, crook of bishops. art. we have translated these phantom olian melodies played in the winds (so to express it, and fixed them in modern musical notation. templar banner. chapter the twenty-seventh. the rosicrucians amidst ancient mysteries. their traces discoverable in the orders of knighthood. he collar of esses is supposed always to be a part of the order of the garder. the coupled s.s. means the sanctus spiritus, or holy spirit, or the third person. the fleurs-de- lis, or lisses, or the lilies of the field, invariably appear in close connection

the tuilerics, year viii) thus the egg-and-tongue moulding( egg and adder's tongue, for the egg and the serpent were two of the emblems of the egyptian and greek mysteries, the griffin, the lion of st. mark, the honeysuckle-and-lotus ornament the convolutions and volutes, the horns as floriations springing from the lighted candelabra, the lotus and tori of egypt, and the greek ornaments and roman templar ornaments, are all related in their religious meanings. the names of the three kings, or shepherds, who descried the star of annunciation in the east, are caspar, melchior, and balthasar. caspar, or gaspar, is the white one; melchior is the king of light; balthasar, the lord of treasures. balthasar or balthazar, is the septuagint spelling of belshazzar. linga is the old name of an island n

easons: the strange explanation which this mysterious writer gives is, that the bovine animals would have themselves become men in their future generations, but for that divine arrest which interfered athwart as it were, and wasted the ruminative magnetic force; which otherwise miraculously would have effected the transformation, by urging the powers of the brain from the radix of the rudimentary templar region into the enormous branching, tree-like, then improvised appendages, where this possibility or extension of the nervous lines became spoiled and attenuate, solidified and degraded. growth and development are assumed as taken from expansion and radiation off a nervous sensitive centre, by election or affinity governed by an invisible power operating from without. it is to descend very

ream as all this sounds) that the egyptians setup the very horns to worship as the real thing the depositor or ark into which the supernatural rescue was committed. thus the egyptian and gothic forms identical. 249 horns of the animal-as the idol standing for the means, equally as another representative figure (the phallus, expressive of the mighty means to which man s existence and fig. 176. the templar banner, beauseant. multiplication was entrusted-were exalted for adoration, and placed as the trophies heroically won even out of the reluctance and hostility of nature and adored, not for themselves, but for that of which they spoke. fig. 177. arches of the temple curch, london. symbol of the b.v.m. also delphic e, or seleucidan anchor. fig. 178. eight-pointed bhuddist cross. poor soldier

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y: the brotherhood of the winkelers; the apostolikers; the beghards and the beguinen; the brothers and sisters of the free spirit; the lollards; the albigenses, crushed out by the catholic church; the troubadours. 660. fourteenth century: the hesychasts, the precursors of the quietists; the friends of god; german mysticism, led by nicholas of basle; johann tauler; christian rosenkreutz; the great templar persecution; the fraticelli. 661. fifteenth century: the fratres lucis at florence, also the platonic academy; the alchemical society; society of the trowel; the templars; the bohemian brothers, or unitas fratrum; the rosicrucians. 662. sixteenth century: the rosicrucians became widely known; the order of christ, derived from the templars; cornelius agrippa of nettesheim, in connection wit

ssued the charter of the order, and its organization was fully established. 673. the order of the temple in the days of its glory consisted of various grades. the knights (fratres milites) formed its most important section, at least from the military point of view; at their reception they were pledged to observe the three evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience(*the reception of a templar. bro. e. j. castle, k. c. in a. q. c, vol. xv, p. 163) like the members of all other religious orders throughout the church. the knights, who were often of high birth, were each entitled to three horses, a squire and two tents. married men were also received, but only on condition of bequeathing one half of their property to the order. no women were admitted. 674. besides these there was a

famuli and officii. 675. at the head of the whole organization stood the grand master; next in rank came the seneschal of the temple, and the marshal, the supreme authority in military affairs; and the order was administered in provinces under a number of commanders. after the fall of the latin kingdom, the headquarters of the order were moved from jerusalem to cyprus, and paris became the chief templar centre in europe. 676. the influence wielded by the templars grew rapidly. they fought gallantly in the various crusades, and also became the great interna-tional financiers and bankers of the age, thereby amassing vast riches. it is reckoned that before the middle of the thirteenth century they possessed nine thousand manors in europe alone. the paris temple was the centre of the world s

thirteenth centuries, although the full secrets were given only to the few; alone, therefore, among the religious orders, their ceremonies of reception were conducted in strict privacy. as was but natural in such an age, the most evil and horrible practices were attributed to the order because of this secrecy, and stories were told which had absolutely no foundation whatever in fact. 678. in the templar form of what we now call the 18, the most wise sovereign was an ordained priest or bishop, and the bread and wine which was consecrated in open chapter in the course of a splendid ceremony was a veritable eucharist- a wonderful blending of the egyptian with the christian sacrament. 679. the suppression of the templars 680. the suppression of this great and powerful order forms one of the d

are claimed as genuine by their modern representatives, but without sufficient reason. the french ordre du temple alleged a direct succession from jacques de molay, and produced in support thereof the celebrated charter of larmenius (which is usually considered a forgery; in any case the ordre du temple had no connection with modern masonry. the strict observance, though it claimed to perpetuate templar lines of thought, never, i believe, held its rituals to be of ancient origin, for these clearly belong to the eighteenth century. the modern military and religious order of knights templars does not claim direct descent, though it may well embody certain genuine traditions. its ritual is beautiful, and it appears to have been one of those rites which have been taken up by the h.o.a.t.f. an

appears to have been one of those rites which have been taken up by the h.o.a.t.f. and used. the real rites of the templars have not survived, though it would no doubt be possible to reconstruct them, and certain traditions about them have passed down and become incorporated into various modern degrees. 690. the royal order of scotland 691. the most important of the bodies inheriting part of the templar tradition is the royal order of scotland, though it is in reality the result of the interaction of several lines of masonic descent. as i have said on page 124, the doctrines which the knights templars brought with them from france when their order was suppressed in their native country were intermingled with those of more than one of the existing scottish rites. those who founded it, or a

unknown even to-day in political circles, and perhaps we need not attach great importance to it. 734. the scottish adherents of king james ii, who followed him into exile after the landing of the prince of orange in 1688, brought to the english court at s. germains (which had been placed at the disposal of the king by louis xiv) those ancient rites of heredom and kilwinning, intermingled with the templar tradition, to which we have already referred. when king james ii fled from england he took refuge at the jesuit abbey of clermont, which had attached to it a college of clermont in paris, founded by guillaume du prat, bishop of clermont, in 1550(*the catholic encyclopaedia (1913, vol. xiv, p. 88) there, most unexpectedly, the king found a masonic centre, working rites which had been handed

baron von hund was received in 1743, which was derived from the scottish courtiers exiled at s. germains and from the college of clermont. according to thory (who, however, wrote sixty years after the event) this chapter was based on the three degrees of blue masonry, the scots or s. andrew s degree, and worked three higher grades- 5, knight of the eagle or select master; 6, illustrious knight or templar; 7, sublime illustrious knight. 748. in the later form in which it emerges in 1754 both jacobite and jesuit connections had been dropped, and the succession, together with certain ceremonial degrees, probably including a form of the kadosh, had passed into the hands of distinguished french noblemen, courtiers, military officers, and the elite of the professions(*ibid, p. 95) it was in this

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d to represent the satanic. however, the complete graphic referred to as the sigil of baphomet the now familiar goat s head in an inverted pentagram encircled by hebrew letters spelling out leviathan did not become the foremost symbol of satanism in the public consciousness until after the founding of the church of satan in 1966. the word baphomet dates back to records of the trial of the knights templar, and there are ongoing discussions concerning its derivation and meaning. however, there is no clear evidence that the symbol that has come to be referred to as baphomet is similarly derived. the first artwork for an image of a goat face in a pentagram appeared in a 1931 book on freemasonry by oswald wirth (1931, 60. this was, however, only a pentagram containing a goat s face. it was not

n. finally, this symbol was widely released with the publication of the satanic bible in 1969, where it adorned the cover and appeared on the interior page introducing the section detailing the satanic ritual. it was in the satanic bible that this graphic was first referred to as the symbol of baphomet in any publication available to a mass audience: the symbol of baphomet was used by the knights templar to represent satan. through the ages this symbol has been called by many different names. among these are: the goat of mendes, the goat of a thousand young, the black goat, the judas goat, and perhaps most appropriately, the scapegoat. baphomet represents the powers of darkness combined with the generative fertility of the goat. in its pure form the pentagram is shown encompassing the figu

ho slavishly complement another person purely for the sake of personal gain. it also seems to be the source of the familiar expression brown-nosing. in addition to witches, who regularly confessed to having committed the act under torture, the kiss of shame was attributed to heretics such as the cathars and the waldenses. the accusation of the oscularum infame was also leveled against the knights templar,who were said to require new initiates to kiss the anus as well as certain other parts of the anatomy of their superiors. both the templars and the cathars were accused of kissing satan, in the form of a black cat, underneath the tail. the british novelist dennis wheatley, who wrote a series of black magic novels, includes a description of the kiss of shame in his novel, the devil rides ou

and even humorous. this book, however, has been recommended as a serious reference in law enforcement training material on this topic. in books, lectures, handout material, and conversations, i have heard all of the following referred to as satanism: church of satan, ordo templi orientis, temple of set, demonology, witchcraft, occult, paganism, santeria,voodoo, rosicrucians, freemasonry, knights templar, stoner gangs, heavy metal music, rock music, kkk, nazis, skinheads, scientology, unification church, the way, hare krishna, rajneesh, religious cults, new age, astrology, channeling, transcendental meditation, holistic medicine, buddhism, hinduism, mormonism, islam, orthodox church, roman catholicism. at law enforcement training conferences, it is witchcraft, santeria, paganism, and the o

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forth the hga or angelick familiar. there is no mystical guideline for this force, it is very much a part of your being, illuminated and empowered by your own desires. fetishes (lesser and greater) a fetish is simply a storehouse of power. it represents the sorcerer in some way, particularly an aspect of his or her personality. for instance, a vampyric famulus would be a human skull (the knights templar were said to worship baphomet in the form of a human skull) which holds a consecrated sigil representing the vampyric aspects of self; along with the grave soil of a graveyard in which the sorcerer has rested in and meditated upon death. fetishes are considered a powerful tool in witchcraft and primal sorcery, as they are gateways of consciousness and a growing extension of the sorcerer. i

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the headdress was a tiny cup of gold, made in the form of a flower. this signified that the nature of the priest was receptive and that he had a vessel in his own soul which, cuplike, was capable of catching the eternal waters of life pouring upon him from the heavens above. this flower over the crown of his head is similar in its esoteric meaning to the rose growing out of a skull, so famous in templar symbology. the ancients believed that the spiritual nature escaping from the body passed upward through the crown of the head; therefore, the flowerlike calyx, or cup, symbolized also the spiritual consciousness. on the front of the golden crown were inscribed in hebrew, holiness unto the lord. though robes and ornaments augmented the respect and veneration of the israelites for their high

human life. p. 200 [paragraph continues] waite. this author, after making several rather disparaging remarks on the subject, amplifies his article by reproducing an engraving of the wrong comte de st.-germain, apparently being unable to distinguish between the great illuminist and the french general. it will yet be established beyond all doubt that the comte de st.-germain was both a mason and a templar; in fact the memoirs of cagliostro contain a direct statement of his initiation into the order of the knights templars at the hands of st.-germain. many of the illustrious personages with whom the comte de st.-germain associated were high masons, and sufficient memoranda have been preserved concerning the discussions which they held to prove that he was a master of freemasonic lore. it is

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g of the fallen angels. neither devils, like satan and his cohorts, nor angels, but somewhere between the two. neither good nor bad, merely indifferent. it is at this point that organized christianity began to take a hand, and bore down heavily on all those suspected of either having consorted with or actually being elves or "faery folk" the heresy trials of the waldenses, albigenses, and knights templar had spanned the twelfth, thirteen, and fourteenth centuries, as mother church consolidated herself and waged war against the forces of dissolution and darkness manifesting as rival doctrinal factions within her bosom. it was not till the fifteenth century that the actual cult of witchcraft became established as an entity in the mind of the church's "instrument of justice" the inquisition

rose cross, whereas others see it as being a type of the crux ansata, or egyptian ankh, symbolizing divine life. in this particular instance, however, the symbol connotes a different history altogether, being derived from the same source as that old pirate device familiar to all readers of treasure island, the skull and crossbones. this emblem makes its appearance in more serious context in both templar and masonic symbolism, alongside that of the witch tradition. it is the sign of osiris. its proper import is that of death (sometimes accompanied by resurrection, and most necromantic processes make use of it. it is also used in laying curses on people, as you will find out in chapter 6, which deals with magical warfare and such matters. having traced the symbol above the photograph, carry

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dom. as related in the sufis by idries shah, the arabic root fehm (charcoal) is fhm, meaning black or wise. this is recognizable and easily understood in an initiatory sense from the sufic phrase, dar tariki, tariqat (in the darkness, the path and reflects the ideal of the light or wisdom coming from the darkness. the arabic root fhm is symbolic of baphomet, meaning head of wisdom. in the knights templar, hugues de payns (which translates of 16 the sufis by idries shah and a history of secret societies by akron daraul. 10 the pagan) held a coat of arms which had three saracen heads, which resembled severed heads, indicating wisdom. it is also the sufis who move against the sun17 which brought such practice to the west. in the yatus cult, the darkness must be observed, absorbed and the init

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rotherswith our welfare at heart. this author is, however, far from subscribing to these andother kindred theories. along with comyns beaumont, william bramley, c. s. lewis, and others, the authorbelieves that the aliens have never left this planet and are, in fact, themselves responsi-ble for the origin and presence of evil in the consciousness of mankind. this place is terrible (an unintepreted templar inscription in rennes le chateau, france).this place is terrible!74atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation though it is unlikely, but not impossible that none of the original alien visitors stillphysically live, their offspring certainly do exist and continue to bring mankind to thebrink of spiritual degradation and physical annihilation for their own selfish purposes.descenda

er the compacted clusters of stars and galaxies of galactic center.osirisplutarch suggested this comes from os, meaning many and iri, meaning eyes. osiris was called thegreat eye.habsburgswere originally the merovingians, of the grail bloodline.appendix b: book abstracts252atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation oak islandnear nova scotia, is labyrinthed with tunnels, reputed to hold templar treasure. fdr owned shares in amining company which was working the area. he also visited the island several times in 1909 (see p. 65.)tuatin egyptian means the underworld. interestingly the celtic tribe tuatha de danaan, did retreat into thesidhe, the portals to the underworld.hathorthe cow goddess. the word galaxy meant mothers milk and refers to the milky way in particular.hathor was th

erious celestial body and calculated that it was possibly eighty billion kilome-ters away from earth, they speculated that it is moving towards earth (p. 95)quetzalcoatlhe whose home is water .oannes (the original fisher king)in africa, known as the king of the dogons. the name means the dove. from oannes we derivejoannes or john, the same as the author of revelation, or worshipped by the knights templar. john wascalled the baptizer and connected to water and to the dove also.atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation253 appendix b: book abstracts oannes was said to have a removable fish-skin, probably a wet-suit of some kind, and to live under theocean.oannes is similar to the philistine dagon, who like osiris, brought the secrets of agricultural science,etc. in celtic myth ther

45 (hiroshima) was 33 days.atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation279 appendix c: suggested areas of research 18. 1946 on august 19, 1946, bill clinton, the 42nd president, was born in hope, arkansas, at the 33rdparallel. his parentage is disputed. as a young man, bill clinton was a master counselor of themasonic-connected demolay (demolay derives from the grand master of the knights templar,james demolay (1244-1314. clinton's ties with the c.i.a. began when he studied at oxford. clin-ton's reign as president has been noted for numerous scandals, including the unexplained deaths ofmore than 50 of his associates by means of bullets and plane crashes. 19.1947 on july 8, 1947, a ufo and aliens' bodies were allegedly found in the desert outside roswell,new mexico, at the 33rd para

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oth, stained with menstrual blood or otherwise) is the mark of lilith and cain, born unto the night within the mysteries of vampyrism. dress in vestments of the moon of the color of the red serpent, a blood red robe and a mask of the dead (in the form of a skull, the bare mysteries which time does not hide nor tell. the human skull is considered as a symbol of baphomet, worshipped by the knight's templar. the skull is also a powerful fetish which may hold the familiar shades of the dead, a projected tomb of bone which holds the gravesoil and sigilic alphabet of the self in shadow. the magister of the rite recites "behold, the vampyre queen awakens before me, she whose skull holds the mystery of the grave. from your soul comes many serpents, those who breed the forms of dragons, your secret

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the visualization of the archangels and the elemental forces associated with them. in detail, i ll be explaining how to do it later in this book. the pentagram represents man- the five points being his head, two arms, and two legs. inverted it becomes the symbol of baphomet, the goat of a thousand young. now to understand what baphomet represents, i need to give you a little lesson on the knights templar, a debased christian sect that practiced occult rituals. king phillipe of france had them burnt at the stake in the 14th century for worshipping baphomet- an idol with the head and feet of a goat, the breasts of a woman, and the wings of an angel. inverted the pentagram becomes the symbol of baphomet- the five points being two horns, two ears, and the beard. so now you know! love and witch

itchcraft as if they were working with a group. using this magical power is simplicity itself. the warlock of the middle ages, desiring to arouse love and passion, was required to make a figure of wax to represent the woman whose company he desired above all else. positive magic is worked from the first quarter until a full moon, and black magic from the last quarter until a new moon< the knights templar was a debased christian sect that practiced occult rituals. it's a good idea to work a protection ritual on a regular basis. the pentagram (five-pointed star) is a tool used by both witches and magicians to keep evil forces at bay. the pentagram represents man- the five points being his head, two arms, and two legs. in reading these words you will learn many ancient secrets of the occult

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dence showing that certain opinions expressed in what are accepted as fundamental works on freemasonry are actually lacking any basis of support. conversely, the same rectitude of thought and judgment led me to the opposite conclusion: that certain legends whose credibility had been greatly shaken among positivist minds were, in truth, based on sound arguments. this is especially the case for the templar origins of freemasonry. it should be clearly stated, though, that this does not mean i believe modern "speculative" freemasonry is a direct survival of this vanished order. for their ceaseless understanding, kindness, and strong encouragement, i thank all those in the wide variety of fields i have explored in the undertaking of this book. i give my acknowledgment and thanks to all those wh

clesiastical masters. these brotherhoods were precursors to later trade guilds and corporations; they were able to be transformed into these new structures when social evolution offered a legal framework that supported this change. the history of monastic associations is primarily linked to that of two religious orders: the benedictine order and its various persuasions (cluny and citeaux, and the templar order. the role of the benedictines was especially prominent up to the twelfth century. they can be credited with not only the propagation of romanesque art but also the birth of gothic art. as for the templars, initially students of the benedictines, with whom they always maintained a connection, their ecclesiastical and monastic associations 35 activity extended well beyond the time of t

the abbey of cluny was the center and regulator of civilization. solely from an architectural standpoint, the cluny monks carried their art as far as the east. the churches they erected in jerusalem and elsewhere in the holy land during the time of the first crusade were burgundian. in this land of great relics and byzantine art, france remained naively faithful to its genius. though the knights templar contributed most to the spread of eastern influences on an operational level, the benedictines were subject to the influence of these regions, and the romanesque style does indeed have a byzantine feel. the statutes from the cluny monastery are divided into two books. the second volume contains the rules to be followed in founding and constructing new abbeys. according to the legislator, a

ve at saint-benoit sur loire. the cistercians, too, played an important role. they were the first to spread the knowledge of gothic art throughout italy, germany, and the scandinavian countries. and we cannot overlook the templars, students of the benedictines, among the architects of the romanesque-to-gothic transition. their church on fleet street in london (1165, more or less influenced by the templar church in paris, is in fact one of the more unusual buildings from this transitional period. we can see, then, that there was no gap existing between romanesque (or old gothic) art and the new gothic. one flowed out of the other and the secret of the ribbed vault was perhaps invented by the same masters who had spread the romanesque vault, just as the 44 the origins of freemasonry from anc

me of which brings to mind the dangers faced by travelers crossing the durance, mirabeau, and pont saint esprit is attributed to them "in 1277 the community of bompas, whose prior was one [this refers to the bridge of avignon. trans] ecclesiastical and monastic associations 47 raymond alfantim, delegated one of its members, pierre de regesio, to go to the holy see to request that it join with the templar order. giraud, bishop of cavaillon, after having given his assent to this request, rescinded his decision and asked pope nicolas iii to unite the brothers of bompas with the hospitallers of saint john of jerusalem, which was done."9 at this time the templars also concerned themselves with the establishment and maintenance of roads and the construction of bridges and hospices. over the cour

le, have to the present day preserved this trust with loyalty equal to their wisdom."7 the templars fulfilled prominently and for all time this role of builders on behalf of the crusaders. the importance of this was emphasized a century later, in 1240, during the construction of the castle of safed on the instigation of the bishop of marseilles, benoit d'alignan, who had gone to acre to visit the templar master armand de perigord and tell him that he must at any cost build the fortification in safed. the master of the temple, who was ill at the time, answered that he did not have any money "stay in bed" benoit told him "but tell your brothers that it is your desire that this construction be undertaken i am convinced that the action you inspire from your bed will be greater than that of any

the fortification in safed. the master of the temple, who was ill at the time, answered that he did not have any money "stay in bed" benoit told him "but tell your brothers that it is your desire that this construction be undertaken i am convinced that the action you inspire from your bed will be greater than that of any army."8 in fact, the fortress was rapidly erected under the direction of the templar raymond de caro. it came to govern some 260 caserns and a rural populace of more then 10,000 and guaranteed the safety of the pilgrimage roads to nazareth and other sanctuaries in galilee.9 in 1243, following an accord reached with the malek of damascus, the franks took possession of the whole of jerusalem, after which the templars set about building a fortified castle there.10 the constru

f jerusalem, after which the templars set about building a fortified castle there.10 the construction activities of the templars were not confined to the holy land, however. they erected churches and chapels throughout all 66 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages of christendom. during the time of the council of troyes, hughes de payens went to london to found the first templar house at holborn bars, and during the second half of the twelfth century, the templars built their famous chapel on fleet street on the banks of the thames. in france, they had maintained an establishment in paris since the reign of louis vi the fat, who died in 1137. the templars devoted themselves to the laying out and maintenance of roads and the construction of bridges and hospices, wh

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of america. commander of the so-called cerneau supreme council.2. guild was also identified with this illegal scottish rite organization.many other instances might be cited, but those already given will suffice. grand lodges frown upon spurious rites and degrees while the various state grand lodges admit that chapters of royal arch masons,councils of royal& select masters,commanderies of knights templar, and bodies of the ancient accepted scottish rite, working under the authority of regular grand bodies, are a part of legitimate masonry, they have quite generally taken the stand that such organizations as the rites ofmisraim and memphis have no legal status, and a number of them, by constitutional amendment or edict of the grand master, have forbidden members of their lodges in their jur

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ation, some newly accredited legend? the study of talismans and pantacles is one of the most curious branches of magic and connects with historical numismatics. there are indian, egyptian and greek talismans, kabalistic medals coming from ancient and modern jews, gnostic abraxas, occult tokens in use among members of secret societies and sometimes called counters of the sabbath. so also there are templar medals and jewels 92 the doctrine of transcendental magic of freemasonry. in his treatise on the wonders of nature, coglenius describes the talismans of solomon and those of rabbi chael. designs of many others that are most ancient will be found in the magical calendars of tycho brahe and duchentau, and should have a place in m. ragon's archives on initiation, a vast and scholarly undertak

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e is summed up in the cultus of love and licence. the association came into existence when the roman church was persecuting freemasonry. the mopses pretended to recruit only among catholics, and for the penal pledge at reception they substituted a solemn engagement upon honour to reveal no secrets of the order. it was more effectual than any oath and silenced religious objections. the name of the templar baphomet, which should be spelt kabalistically backwards, is composed of three abbreviations: tem. ohp. ab, templi omnium hominum pacts abbas, gthe father of the temple of peace of all men h. according to some, the baphomet was a monstrous head, but according to others, a demon in the form of a goat. a sculptured coffer was disinterred recently in the ruins of an old commandery of the temp

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and even humorous. this book, however, has been recommended as a serious reference in law enforcement training material on this topic. in books, lectures, handout material, and conversations, i have heard all of the following referred to as satanism. church of satan. ordo templi orientis. temple of set. demonology. witchcraft. occult. paganism. santeria. voodoo. rosicrucians. freemasonry. knights templar. stoner gangs. heavy metal music. rock music. kkk. nazis. skinheads. scientology. unification church. the way. hare krishna. rajneesh. religious cults. new age. astrology. channeling. transcendental meditation. holistic medicine. buddhism. hinduism. mormonism. islam. orthodox church. roman catholicism at law enforcement training conferences, it is witchcraft, santeria, paganism, and the oc

y for love to be accomplished is. 32. one cannot learn to concentrate without becoming sensitive to. 33. freedom to create and to construct requires that the individual be_ and. 34. in al, had is actually. 35 "medu" means both_ and_ and is the_ of western magical tradition. 36. maat is the egyptian neter of_ and_ and her symbol is a. 37. the symbol used by both the church of satan and the knights templar with which crowley identified himself was the. 38. in babylonian mythology_ was the original watery chaos. 39. zoroaster professed that ahura did not create the masculine devil, but stated rather that this was an_ existence. 40. the yezidis worshipped the devil-god_ who took the form of a. 41. consciousness is the measure of, making actual that which otherwise is only. 42. manifestation se

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who were, or have since become, well known in the arts and sciences, and the business world. eventually a "magic circle" evolved from this group. the major purpose of the circle was to meet for the performance of magical rituals lavey had discovered or devised. he had accumulated a library of works that descibed the black mass and other infamous ceremonies conducted by groups such as the knights templar in fourteenth-century france, the hell-fire club and the golden dawn in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century england. the intent of some of these secret orders was to blaspheme, lampoon the christian church, and address themselves to the devil as an anthropomorphic deity that represented the reverse of god. in lavey's view, the devil was not that, but rather a dark, hidden force in nature re

large group rituals a trapezoidal altar about 3 to 4 feet high and 5 to 6 feet long can be specially constructed for the woman to lie upon. if this is impractical, or in private ceremonies, any elevated plane may be used. if a woman is used for the altar, the other devices may be placed upon a table within easy reach of the priest. symbol of baphomet the symbol of baphomet was used by the knights templar to represent satan. through the ages this symbol has been called by many different names. among these are: the goat of mendes, the goat of a thousand young, the black goat, the judas goat, and perhaps the most appropriately, the scapegoat. baphomet represents the powers of darkness combined with the generative fertility of the goat. in its "pure" form the pentagram is shown encompassing th

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carcosa. songs that the hyades shall sing, where flap the tatters of the king, must die unheard in dim carcosa. song of my soul, my voice is dead, die thou, unsung, as tears unshed shall dry and die in lost carcosa -robert w. chambers "casilda's song" from the king in yellow the ceremony of the stifling air is the the which was performed when entering the sixth degree of the order of the knights templar. it celebrates a reawakening of the flesh and a rejection of past self-denials, and symbolic rebirth is attained through a contrived entombment. the ceremony originated in the thirteenth century. in its original form it was not the historical parody into which it later developed. accounts of the performance of l'air epais ultimately strengthened the charges of king philip iv of france in h

y of sheik adi and the yezidis, applied to the already acquired wealth and physical resources of the templars, might have eventually drawn the western world away from christianity if not stopped. even with the banishment of the templars, their combination of prideful, life-adoring principles joined with western goal-oriented materialism did not wholly succumb, as borne out by any history of post- templar fraternal orders. as the templars had gained power, they had become more materialistic and less spiritual minded. rites such as the stifling air, therefore, presented timely and compatible statements to men who had turned from their earlier heritage of self-sacrifice, abstinence and poverty. the fraternal attainment conferred by l'air epais would correspond to the thirty-fourth degree of f

ternal attainment conferred by l'air epais would correspond to the thirty-fourth degree of freemasonry, if such a grade existed. the present scottish rite ends at the thirtysecond degree (master of the royal secret, with an additional degree conferred under honorary circumstances. correspondingly exalted status is attained in york rite masonry at its tenth grade, which carries the title of knight templar. the original templars' rite of the fifth degree symbolically guided the candidate through the devil's pass in the mountains separating the east from the west (the yezidi domain. at the fork of the trail the candidate would make an important decision: either to retain his present identity, or strike out on the left-hand path to schamballah, where he might dwell in satan's household, having

w, twain, or wells. he was one of the few outsiders who, for the first time in the yezidi history, showed sympathy for their devil. by now the yezidis have largely been absorbed into the world of "those without" but their influence has taken effect. that influence has been manifest, throughout satanism's underground period, in the procedures of virtually every secret brotherhood since the knights templar, and in countless literary works. now, after the often tragic epic of the yezidis has become history, it is safe to pronounce the dread name. the statement of shaitan and wordless rite of dedication the rite begins one hour after sunset. the congregants enter the chamber and seat themselves on pillows placed on the floor in a semicircle facing the shrine of melek taus. the water runs over

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cs, or the branch of the parable of the ring gotthold lessing s nathan the wise is set during the third crusade, which was conducted in the early 1190s as part of christian europe s effort to retain control of palestine, the holy land, and especially jerusalem. the play depicts representatives of the warring parties, which include nathan, a jewish merchant; saladin, a muslim general; and a knight templar (a christian warrior. the parties are shown resolving the differences between judaism, islam, and christianity. at the center of the play is the ring parable, which nathan tells after saladin asks him which religion is the true one (a parable is a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson) within the parable, a ring is repeatedly passed from father to most-favored son, with

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ndreds of years, there arose esoteric groups which continued to practice the rites, traditions, and enculturation brought in from the original groups "over the centuries, these groups practiced openly in some countries, and covertly in countries where christianity or other religions opposed their practices. some of the groups which came out of these ancient roots included the order of the knights templar, rosicrucian's, baphetomism, and druidic cults. these groups were the forerunners, or roots, of modern day illuminism. the original illuministic leaders chose to take what they felt were the best practices of each root religion, combine them into principles, then organized these principles according to specific guidelines "modern day illuminism is a philosophy funded by the wealthy, but pr

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s affiliated with the grand lodge of the orient in paris, the united lodge in london, or the grand masonic lodge of israel, may well utilize signs and handshakes not used, seen, or understood in other orders. then, of course, there is the order of the rosicrucians, the order of the trapezoid, the priory of sion, the alta vendita, the p2 lodge, the solar order of the temple, the modern-day knights templar, the vatican's knights of malta and knights of columbus, the order of the odd fellows, the order of ahepa, the order introduction 13 of skull and bones, the bohemian club, the pilgrims society, and a thousand or more other secret societies and orders, not to mention the many jewish cabalistic groups, satanic churches, and witchcraft and druid sects. knowledge of secret signs opens doors br

doctrine.14 pike's embrace of the "luciferian doctrine" is not surprising. manly p. hall, 33, considered by freemasonry as the lodge's greatest scholar of the 20th century, taught that the energies of lucifer were necessary for the successful masonic warrior. meanwhile, john j. robinson, whose book, born in blood, was celebrated by top masonic lodge officials as an accurate history of the knights templar and of freemasonry, insisted in his later book, a pilgrims progress, that lucifer is not satan or the devil. instead, robinson insisted that lucifer is an angel whose guidance and help can be employed either for good or for evil. of course, robinson's writings make clear that pleasing lucifer is high-up on the lodge's list of priorities. lucifer the divine eliphas levi, the cabalist magici

owley's one great commandment put it "do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" now baphomet, the androgynous horned, half man-woman, half goat god of the medieval knights templars, inculcates this "do your own thing" philosophy of illuminism. he is the very image of the freethinker, the mason and illuminist who raises the "torch of liberty" the fire of hell and light of lucifer. the knights templar, predecessor to today's freemasons, revered baphomet as the deity of wisdom. look closely at the reverse side of the u.s. dollar bill and you will find the horns of baphomet meticulously designed and imbedded- in this chapter, you will discover more about baphomet; about the green man; about pan, the horned witch god; and about crowley and his ordo templi orientis (o.t.o. since the days of

es jesus angleton, perverted mason who was long-term deputy director of the cia and was guilty of murder, rape, torture, treason, and numerous other counts of evildoing. it is also at yale where the order of skull and bones and other elitist groups initiate their recruits. pirates hoisted the skull& bones (the "jolly roger) flags on their sea vessels (illustrations from book, pirates and the lost templar fleet, 2003) the seal of edinburgh university in scotland. logo of garrett- evangelical theological seminary, a liberal institution in illinois. 234 codex magica the japanese army occupying the philippines in world war ii issued their own local currency. this 10 peso bill was found by american soldiers on the body of a dead japanese soldier. the "x" is apparently the roman numeral for "ten

infeld. inside the masonic lodge magazine, it was noted that richards holds the 32nd degree of freemasonry and has received the red cap. richards says he is a keen student of masonry and its symbolism and has over 1,000 masonic books in his home in california. observe michael richards' clearly masonic handsign, which presents the v and is the "due-guard" sign of initiation in the order of knights templar which relates to the penalty of the obligation the oath agreeing that one's head will be impaled on the highest spire in christendom as a penalty for revealing secrets. the sign is also similar to the sign for the "due-guard" of the past master, 5th degree in the scottish rite. 304 codex magica u.s. senator kay bailey hutchinson (r-tx) is highly exalted by the elite as this photo demonstra

igion based on worship of a nameless "supreme being" after relishing so many of his opponents being sent to their death, one day the tumbrel carriage came also for robespierre, the jewish plotter of terror, who himself lost his head. as his head rolled, the mob laughed and cried out "do you feel any pain, your majesty" hand on heart 311 was christopher columbus a clandestine member of the knights templar, or another 15th century secret society? much evidence exists confirming exactly that. so, too, does the cabalistic sign he displays of the left-handed path of the initiate (oil painting by sebastiano del piombo, 1519) 312 codex magica a statue of soviet communist party leader joseph stalin on the cover of the book, stalin's shadow, by rosamond richardson. photographs of stalin also show t

nd inside the cover of a rock album. right: sri yantra from the book, the tantric way, showing the multiple-triangle design, representing the generative (sex) act. in this design the interior, triangular (male) elements are "buried" within the lotus blossom (female. 376 codex magica the sri yantra pictured as a mystical diagram of solomon's temple, as planned in the building scheme of the knights templar. the cross and sun rays on top do not represent jesus christ, but point to the cosmic christ, who came in many names in the past and shall come again with a new name (from the book, the sword and the grail, by andrew sinclair, new york: crown publishers, 1992) a masonic tracing board with an image of a coffin, decorated with the "tools' of the craft. the v or square at the bottom of the co

point.7 in this sign, the point of the spear can either be sharply angular or it can be modified. often, the fingers are positioned so that the horns and face of baphomet are indistinctly seen, as in the inverted pentagram star. grace's research also indicates the priory of sion is either linked or had something to do in the development of other, related occult groups such as the order of knights templar "the spear point symbol" he says "is the building block of the four-spoked, eight-pointed maltese cross of the order of the knights of malta."8 how the sign is given a variation of the sharp, angular spear point sign is that displayed in this chapter of the merovingian dynasty, the priory of sion 407 codex magica in the photos of abc news reporter sam donaldson and u.s.a. vice president di

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se of secret formulas, magical words, and supernatural rituals. rumors and legends of secret societies have fueled the imaginations, fears, and envy of those on the outside for thousands of years. many secret societies, such as the assassins, the garduna, the thuggee, and the tongs, were made up of highly trained criminals who were extremely dangerous to all outsiders. others, such as the knights templar, the illuminati, and the rosicrucians, were said to possess enough ancient secrets of power and wealth to control the entire world. conspiracy enthusiasts allege that there are clandestine organizations which for centuries have remained a threat to individual freedoms, quietly operating in the shadows, silently infiltrating political organizations, and secretly manipulating every level of

hen the teachings of origen (185 c.e. 254 c.e, who championed preexistence, was anathematized in 553, they, along with other believers in reincarnation, were condemned as heretics. in later centuries, those who held gnostic views were forced to remain silent regarding their beliefs in reincarnation, so they very often formed their own sects and schools of thought, such as the cathars, the knights templar, the rosicrucians, and the albigenses. because many serious-minded christians believe that there is evidence in the gospels that jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. 30 c.e) himself believed in reincarnation, they are comfortable with t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 49 contemporary mystery schools have been built around teachings

eralis or auto-da-fe and might consist of a public whipping, a pilgrimage to a holy shrine, a monetary fine, or the wearing of a cross. the most severe penalty that the inquisitors could pronounce was life imprisonment; therefore, when they turned over a confessed heretic to the civil authorities, it was quite likely that person would be put to death at the stake. the wealthy and powerful knights templar were accused of heretical acts, such as invoking satan and worshipping demons that appeared as large black cats. in spite of a lengthy trial and 573 witnesses for their defense, the arrested templars were tortured en masse, burned at the stake, and their order was disbanded by pope clement v (c. 1260 1314. in 1313 as he was being burned to death on a scaffold built for the occasion in fron

orshipping demons that appeared as large black cats. in spite of a lengthy trial and 573 witnesses for their defense, the arrested templars were tortured en masse, burned at the stake, and their order was disbanded by pope clement v (c. 1260 1314. in 1313 as he was being burned to death on a scaffold built for the occasion in front of notre dame cathedral, jacques de molay (1243 1314, the knights templar grand master, recanted the confession produced by torture and proclaimed his innocence to the pope and the king and he invited them to meet him at heaven s gate. when both dignitaries died soon after de molay s execution, it seemed to the public at large to be a sign that the grand master had been innocent of the charges of heresy. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u

n 1978, ian wilson published the shroud of turin: the burial cloth of jesus christ? in which he presented the results of his historical research which brought continuity, from 33 c.e. to 1204 c.e, to the story of the shroud and its travels. wilson concluded that the face of edessa and the mandylion of constantinople were but other designations for the shroud of turin. he also postulated a knights templar connection for the so-called missing years of the shroud from 1204 to 1357 which indicates that the relic was in athens and bescancon, france, during that period. it may well have been, wilson suggested, that the extensive copying of the face on the shroud by the knights templar could have led to the papal revocation of their charter, which was later followed by the execution of their lead

years of the shroud from 1204 to 1357 which indicates that the relic was in athens and bescancon, france, during that period. it may well have been, wilson suggested, that the extensive copying of the face on the shroud by the knights templar could have led to the papal revocation of their charter, which was later followed by the execution of their leaders by the french ecclesiastical court. the templar involvement appeared to be validated by the discovery of a matching shroud face that was found behind the false ceiling of an outbuilding in templecombe, southern england, on grounds that had once served as a templar recruitment and training center. from its earliest years, in legends and in art, there have been claims of miracles and healings through the shroud. four credible witnesses re

donna may also refer to mary magdalene, who, in the traditions of many christian sects, such as the gnostics, was the wife of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) in this interpretation of the events that occurred after jesus death at the hands of the romans, mary brought the cup used at the last supper the holy grail from palestine to southern france, where it would eventually be guarded by the knights templar. there is also a belief that mary arrived in france carrying within her womb a child fathered by jesus of nazareth, who then became the progenitor for the royal family of france. for those who hold such beliefs, the holy grail is but a metaphor for mary magdalene s womb, which carried the true blood of jesus in the person of his unborn son. therefore, many of the depictions of the black ma

scape death during the bloody decades of the crusade that had been launched against them were now at the mercy of the relentless witch and heretic hunters. m delving deeper baigent, michael, leigh, richard, and lincoln, henry. holy blood, holy grail. new york: dell publishing co, 1983. clifton, charles s. encyclopedia of heresies and heretics. new york: barnes& noble, 1992. delaforge, gaetan. the templar tradition. putney, vt: threshold books, 1987. lea, henry charles. the inquisition of the middle ages. new york: citadel press, 1963. trevor-roper, h. r. the european witch-craze. new york: harper& row, 1967. gnosticism several cults with widely differing beliefs all bearing the label of gnostic arose in the first century, strongly competing with the advent of christianity. the term gnostic

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se of secret formulas, magical words, and supernatural rituals. rumors and legends of secret societies have fueled the imaginations, fears, and envy of those on the outside for thousands of years. many secret societies, such as the assassins, the garduna, the thuggee, and the tongs, were made up of highly trained criminals who were extremely dangerous to all outsiders. others, such as the knights templar, the illuminati, and the rosicrucians, were said to possess enough ancient secrets of power and wealth to control the entire world. conspiracy enthusiasts allege that there are clandestine organizations which for centuries have remained a threat to individual freedoms, quietly operating in the shadows, silently infiltrating political organizations, and secretly manipulating every level of

ethods hidden from the larger society. throughout the centuries, such secret societies have taunted outsiders with their forbidden knowledge and, on occasion, frightened or even assassinated those whose persistence in seeking access to their mysteries were unwelcome. 1 chapter exploration the assassins the decided ones of jupiter the freemasons the garduna the holy vehm the illuminati the knights templar the leopard men the mau-mau the rosicrucians the thuggee the tongs introduction in this chapter a number of secret societies will be examined that have fueled the imaginations, fear, and envy of those on the outside of the mysterious organizations for hundreds of years. one of the favorites of paranoid conspiracy theorists, the freemasons, while once powerful and influential throughout the

ndividuals who believe that the rich and successful have acquired their wealth and power only through their possession of secret formulas, utterance of magical words, and performance of supernatural rituals. those same individuals will seek desperately to become members of groups that they believe have such mystical powers or they will become obsessed in their efforts to destroy them. the knights templar gained status as an order of knighthood because of the selfless actions of a handful of knights who vowed to protect pilgrims on their way to the holy land. in the beginning, these pious and valiant knights were so poor that they had to share the same horse and take turns riding it. centuries later, when the knights templar had become the wealthiest and most powerful order in all of europe

r by worshipping satan and committing the most foul acts of desecration and blasphemy. the order of knights that had once served as the bulwark of christianity during the crusades to protect the holy land was ordered disbanded by papal decree, and its members tortured and burned at the stake. history has not yet determined the degree of their true guilt as heretics, but it is unlikely the knights templar deserved such an ignoble end. while there was never any clear evidence to prove that the knights templar committed the acts of human sacrifice of which they were accused, the members of the leopard cult of africa were responsible for many such ritual murders on their jungle altars and left hundreds of mutilated human corpses to prove their guilt. the thuggee of india, who committed more mu

rders than any other secret society, allegedly dedicated the lives of the thousands of victims which they strangled to death to their goddess kali. of all the secret societies examined in this chapter, only the tongs and the freemasons remain in existence in the twenty-first century. while some contemporary metaphysical groups proclaim that their philosophical heritage may derive from the knights templar or the rosicrucians, there is little to substantiate such claims other than an admiration for their precepts and ideals. on occasion, international law enforcement investigators may see elements suggestive of the thuggee or the assassins involved in certain murders or assassinations, but there is little evidence that these societies still exist as forces to be feared. on the other hand, th

into europe, in 1272, the mamluk sultan baybars brought about their downfall as an organized sect. m delving deeper heckethorn, charles william. secret societies of all ages and countries. kila, mont: kessinger publishing, 1997. howard, michael. the occult conspiracy: secret societies. their influence and power in world history. rochester, vt: inner traditions, 1989. howarth, stephen. the knights templar. new york: barnes& noble, 1993. the decided ones of jupiter in the early nineteenth century, southern italy suffered greatly from the raids of small gangs of bandits who would descend from t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 5 between1090 and 1256, there were eight grand masters who ruled the society of assassins their

illuminati. html. roberts, j. mythology of the secret societies. new york: macmillan, 1972. vankin, jonathan and john whalen. the seventy greatest conspiracies of all time: history fs biggest mysteries, coverups, and cabals. new york: citadel, 1998. wilgus, neal. the illuminoids. new york: pocket books, 1978. wilson, robert anton. masks of the illuminati. new york: pocket books, 1981. the knights templar the two principal orders of knighthood of the crusades were established prior to the launching of the first crusade in 1096 and shortly before the second crusade began in 1146. the fundamental principle on which the new orders were based was the union of monasticism and chivalry. before this time, a man could choose to devote himself to religion and become a monk, or he could elect to beco

s were almost annihilated in the disastrous battle of tiberias, where the saracen army under the generalship of saladin (1137.1193, the sultan of egypt and syria, thoroughly defeated the christians and reclaimed jerusalem. the second of the great orders of knighthood was founded in 1117 by two french knights and was originally known as the knights of the temple of solomon and later as the knights templar or the knights of the red cross. hugues des paiens and geoffrey of saint-omer, two compassionate nobles, had t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 19 observed the hardships endured by christian travelers en route to jerusalem and decided to serve as guides and protectors for the defenseless pilgrims. the warrior guides so

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dom. as related in the sufis by idries shah, the arabic root fehm (charcoal) is fhm, meaning black or wise. this is recognizable and easily understood in an initiatory sense from the sufic phrase, dar tariki, tariqat (in the darkness, the path and reflects the ideal of the light or wisdom coming from the darkness. the arabic root fhm is symbolic of baphomet, meaning head of wisdom. in the knights templar, hugues de payns (which translates of the pagan) held a coat of arms which had three saracen heads, which resembled severed heads, indicating wisdom. 8 the sufis by idries shah and a history of secret societies by akron daraul. 17 it is also the sufis who move against the sun9 which brought such practice to the west. in the yatus cult, the darkness must be observed, absorbed and the initia

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of magic particularly associated with the o.t.o. and the historian of occultism is regretfully forced to look upon them as being unsubstantiated. the real origins of the o.t.o. seem to lie in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century occult templarism. until towards the middle of the eighteenth century few people seem to have displayed any great interest in the original order of the temple, the knights templar, suppressed in 1314 on the grounds that its members were heretical, blasphemous and sodomitical. with the rise of continental and anglo-saxon freemasonry, however, the building activities of the templars began to attract attention. perhaps, thought some masons, the fact that the symbolism of the craft degrees of masonry was concerned with both the building of a temple and the murder of its

sphemous and sodomitical. with the rise of continental and anglo-saxon freemasonry, however, the building activities of the templars began to attract attention. perhaps, thought some masons, the fact that the symbolism of the craft degrees of masonry was concerned with both the building of a temple and the murder of its architect, hiram, suggested the existence of a connection between the knights templar and freemasonry? perhaps the masonic fraternity did not, as was assumed by most of its members, go back to the time of king solomon but was simply an underground continuation of the order of the temple? perhaps the murdered hiram was really jacques de molay, the martyred grand master of the templars? the idea of an historical connection between masonry and the crusading orders received the

ed promise was therefore not an execrable oath, as it has been called,5 but a respectable bond to unite christians of all nationalities into one confraternity. some time afterwards our order formed an intimate union with the knights of st. john of jerusalem. from that time our lodges took the name of lodges of st. john. 6 these and similar speculations inspired the manufacture of several spurious templar masonic side-degrees. the first of these was very probably the still surviving royal order of scotland, organized into two degrees, that of the royal order of h.r.m (heredom) and that of the knights of the r.s.y.c.s (rosy cross. according to the legend of this order its origins lay in the arrival of pierre d aumont and seven other templars, refugees from persecution, in the island of mull

two degrees, that of the royal order of h.r.m (heredom) and that of the knights of the r.s.y.c.s (rosy cross. according to the legend of this order its origins lay in the arrival of pierre d aumont and seven other templars, refugees from persecution, in the island of mull, situated off the coast of scotland. the supposed incident was described, from a hostile point of view, by a member of a rival templar order: after the death of jacques de molay, some scottish templars having become apostates at the instigation of robert bruce ranged themselves under the banner of a new order instituted by this prince and in which the receptions were based on those of the order of the temple. it is there that we must seek the origin of scottish masonry and even that of the other masonic rites. the scottis

ism that was introduced into scotland a number of sects took birth.7 the legend of pierre d aumont was accepted as historical truth by many continental masonic groups, among them the french chapter of clermont, and it was from the ranks of the last mentioned organization that at some time between 1751 and 1754 baron von hund (1722-76) recruited the first members of the stricte observance, a quasi-templar masonic order which claimed to possess secret templar documents dating back to the fourteenth century and to work under the direction of mysterious unknown superiors, individuals irresponsible themselves but claiming absolute jurisdiction and obedience without question. in his history of the prussian monarchy mirabeau has described the first appearance of the agents of these unknown superi

in like manner, the shutters also being secured. i turned in the direction of the voice, being that of the long garden belonging to the house, and thereupon i beheld m pasqually with my eyes, who began speaking, and with him were my father and mother, both also dead in the body. god knows the terrible night which i passed! the teachings of de pasqually seem to have had some influence upon another templar group, the order of the temple, which probably originated in the eighteenth century although its existence was not revealed until the publication of the manuel des chevaliers du temple (1811) by fabre palaprat, who claimed to be grand master of the order. the order of the temple saw itself as the true church of christ, preserving through the centuries a true egyptian gnostic christian trad

pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. up to the year 1118 the mysteries and the hierarchic order of the initiation of egypt, transmitted to the jews by moses, then to the christians by jesus christ, were preserved by the successors of st. john. these mysteries and initiations. were a sacred trust. preserved from all adulteration. these gnostic christians, appreciating the courage and piety of the templar knights. held it their duty to trust to hands so pure the knowledge acquired over so many centuries. hugues de payens (the templar grand master) was invested with the apostolic patriarchal power and placed in the legitimate order of the successors of st. john. such is the origin of the foundation of the order of the temple and of the fusion in this order of the different kinds of initiatio

by several nineteenth-century occultists and eliphas l vi asserted that theoclet the gnostic pontiff who had supposedly passed on the apostolic succession to the templars had initiated hugues de payens into the mysteries and hopes of his pretended church, he lured him by the ideas of sacerdotal sovereignty and supreme royalty, he indicated him finally as his successor; so the order of the knights templar was stained from its origin with schism and conspiracy against kings! 10 by the last decade of the nineteenth century certain german occultists, most of them high-grade freemasons, had been stimulated by their study of l vi s writings on magic to take an interest in templarism. these men were to be the founders of the o.t.o. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20

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f the early christians. 171 gnostics, manich ans, nicolait, followers of florian &c. 173 the bulgarians, and their practices. 176 walter mape s account of the patarini, and their secret rites. 176 the waldenses and cathari. 178 popular oaths and phallic worship. 181 secret society in orleans for celebrating obscene rites. 182 the stedingers of germany, and their secret ceremonies. 184 the knights templar charges brought against them. 185 spitting on the cross, and the denial of christ. 188 the kiss. 189 intercourse with women prohibited. 190 the cat and idol worship. 194 baffomet, or baphomet. 198 von hammer s description of the templars images or idol. 199 the witches sabbath the last form which the priapeia and liberalia assumed in western europe 206 contents. xi page. trial of witches a

ound. 186 on the worship of the the charges urged against them, and many confessed, while others obstinately denied the whole. amongst these charges were the following: 1. that on the admission of a new member of the order, after having taken the oath of obedience, he was obliged to deny christ, and to spit, and sometimes also to trample, upon the cross; 2. that they then received the kiss of the templar, who officiated as receiver, on the mouth, and afterwards were obliged to kiss him in ano, on the navel, and sometimes on the generative member; 3. that, in despite of the saviour, they sometimes worshipped a cat, which appeared amongst them in their secret conclave; 4. that they practised unnatural vice together; 5. that they had idols in their different provinces; in the form of a head

t sworn to the order, and they all pleaded that they had obeyed with reluctance, that they had denied with the mouth but not with the heart; and that they had intentionally spit beside the cross and not upon it. in one instance the cross was of silver, but it was more commonly of brass, and still more frequently of wood; on one occasion the cross painted in a missal was used, and the cross on the templar's mantle often served 1 proc s des templiers, edited by m. michelet, vol. i, pp. 90-92. generative powers 187 the purpose. when one nicholas de compiegne protested against these two acts, all the templars who were present told him that he must do them, for it was the custom of the order.1 baldwin de st. just at first refused, but the receptor warned him that if he persisted in his refusal

n ano et in umbilico, et ipsi osculati fuerunt in anca et umbilico super carnem nudam. ib. ii, 159. 4 item dixit quod, pr dictis peractis, dictus pr ceptor dixit ei quod secundam ob190 on the worship of the upon to perform this act, refused, and was allowed to kiss his receiver on the navel only.1 a presbyter named ado de dompierre was excused for the same reason,2 as well as many others. another templar, named pierre de lanhiac, said that, at his reception into the order, his receptor told him that he must kiss him in ano, because that was one of the points of the order, but that, at the earnest supplication of his uncle, who was present, and must therefore have been a knight of the order, he obtained a remission of this kiss.3 another charge against the templars was still more disgusting

and others were told that it would be better to satisfy their lust among themselves, whereby the order would escape evil report, than if they went to women. 2 but although the almost unanimity of the confessions leave hardly room for a doubt that such injunctions were given, yet on the other hand they are equally unanimous in denying that these injunctions were carried into practice. almost every templar, as the questions were put to him, after admitting that he was told that he might indulge in such vice with the other brethren, asserted that he had never done this, and that he had never been asked to do so by any of them. theobald de taverniac, whose name tells us that he came from the south, denied indignantly the existence of such a vice among their order but in terms which themselves

credere contenta in ipsis articulis esse vera, quia poterant habere mulieres pulchras et bene comptas, et frequenter eas habebant, cum essent divites et potentes, et ex hoc ipse et alii fratres ipsius ordinis amoti fuerant a suis domibus, ut dixit. proc s, i, 326. generative powers 193 neglect the other sex in a statement quoted by du puy that, if a child were born from the intercourse between a templar and a virgin, they roasted it, and made an unguent of its fat, with which they anointed their idol.1 those who confessed to the existence of the vice were so few, and their evidence so indefinite or indirect, that they are deserving of no consideration. one had heard that some brethren beyond the sea had committed unnatural vices.2 another, hugh de faure, had heard say that two brothers of

some brethren beyond the sea had committed unnatural vices.2 another, hugh de faure, had heard say that two brothers of the order, dwelling in the chateau pelerin, had been charged with sodomy; that, when this reached the ears of the master, he gave orders for their arrest, and that one had been killed in the attempt to escape, while the other was taken and imprisoned for life.3 peter brocart, a templar of paris, declared that one of the order, one night, called him and committed sodomy with him; adding that he had not refused, because he considered himself bound to obedience by the rules of the order.4 the evidence is decidedly strong against the prevalence of such a vice among the templars, and the alleged permission was perhaps a mere form of words, which concealed some occult meaning

en a grey cat suddenly appeared amongst them, and they worshipped it. at nismes, some templars declared that they had been present at a chapter at montpellier, when the demon appeared to them in the form of a cat, and promised them worldly prosperity, but they appear to have been visionaries not to be trusted, for they stated that at the same time devils appeared in the shape of women. an english templar, examined in london, deposed that in england they did not adore the cat, or the idol, but that he had heard it positively stated that the cat and the idol were worshipped by the templars in parts beyond sea.1 a solitary frenchhman, examined in paris, gillet de encreyo, spoke of the cat, and said that he had heard, but had forgotten who were his informants, and did not believe them, that be

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- theodor reuss "mysteria mystica maxima"xliii the sexual act is a sacrament of wiil. to profane it is the great offense. all true expression of it is lawful; all suppression or distortion of it is contrary to the law of liberty- crowley, the law is for allxliv sex, magic and secrecy had, of course, long been associated in the western religious imagina-tion. from the early gnostics to the knights templar to the cathars of medieval europe, esoteric orders had long been accused of using sexual rituals as part of their secret magical arts. xlv however, perhaps the first sophisticated and well-developed system of sexual magic was that of paschal beverly randolph (1825-75. the son of a wealthy virginian father and a slave from madagascar, randolph was raised a poor, self-taught free black in ne

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ter. his disciples were called wise ones and adopted a goat as their tribal symbol. the goat had a torch between the horns which incidentally later became a symbol for the devil in spain. the torch simply represented illumination and wisdom, that the tribe (goat) was the head of wisdom. long afterabu el-atahiyya died some of his tribe migrated to spain. much of the illustrious past of the knights templar was that they worshipped a head, which was called baphomet. the name according to shah21 is a corruption of the arabic abufihamat which means father of understanding. in sufic terminology, ras el fahmat (head of knowledge) is a point meaning the mentation of man after the process of refinement, a transmuted consciousness. in a left hand path perspective, the witch or sorcerer by calling ba

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ench are not a race of giants, so there must have been some reason for this belief. a large number of manxmen did distinguished service in the navy at this time, and it was said that the manx regiments (fencibles) covered more ground on parade than any other british regiment, on account of the remarkable width of their shoulders. 6- how the little people became witches, and concerning the knights templar in england these little people were mostly pre-celtic aborigines, but among them would be many roman-britons who had stayed on after the saxon conquest. most of these would be christians, but all their priests had fled. at that time many of the people of rome thought that all her troubles arose because they had deserted the old gods. presumably the roman-britons might think the same; but t

ucester was condemned to the dreaded bishop's prison in peel castle, isle of man, where she languished sixteen years until her death. her companion margery, the witch of eye, was burned alive and roger witche (note the name) or bolingbroke, a clerk and churchman, was drawn from the tower of london to tyburn and there hanged, beheaded and quartered. there is also the celebrated case of the knights templar. they were attacked suddenly and their destruction by fire and torture brought enormous amounts of loot into the hands of state and church. there have been innumerable books stating the cases for and against this order, so this may be of interest. the witches tell me 'the law always has been that power must be passed from man to woman or from woman to man, the only exception being when a m

kiss. but both were tortured to make them say it was elsewhere. another charge was that the templars worshipped a head, variously described as having sometimes three faces, sometimes simply a human skull or death's-head: that they believed that this head had the power to make them rich, cause the trees to flourish and the earth to become fruitful (we could call it a fertility cult) at initiations templar candidates were stripped nearly or entirely naked; they held their meetings and initiations secretly and by night, as witches do. my books of reference give the official charges made against the templars as follows: 1. denial of christ and the defiling of the cross. 2. the adoration of an idol. 3. a perverted form of the mass. 4. ritual murders. 5. the wearing of a cord of heretical signif

ce. 6. the ritual (or obscene) kiss. 7. alteration in the words of the mass and an unorthodox form of absolution. 8. treachery to other sections of the christian army in palestine. 9. immorality. with regard to no. 8, no body of men fought so bravely and so long in palestine, so this seems to be only a trumped-up charge. with regard to nos. 3 and 7, if this were true it must have been done by the templar priests, and not by the fighting knights, but only knights were tried. no action was taken against any templar priest. with regard to no. 9, all the crusaders and the ordinary clergy were charged with this at some time or other. there seems little evidence that the templars were worse than the others. but with regard to 1, 2, 5 and possibly 4 and 6, i think there may have been some base fo

ut eight hundred were executed or died under torture; but this was out of fifteen thousand knights scattered all over europe. there were also about twenty-five thousand priests and serving brothers, who do not seem ever to have been persecuted. so seemingly about forty thousand people dived underground and disappeared, as the witches did later. one curious point about this persecution is that the templar priests were never charged. if there is any truth in charges 3 and 7, it could only be the work of the priests. it was said they addressed the thief on the cross, which would probably have meant barabbas- surely an unlikely person to turn into a god. another story was that they called christ a thief because he claimed to be the son of god when he was the son of man. if they had said the li

it was never even hinted at. in those times, a mammot was used to denote a doll or an idol and mahommerie would mean 'having to do with idols. they were said to have used these cords to bind the skull or head which they worshipped. to a witch this binding of a skull could have a meaning. that the templars attached some meaning to these cords seems clear. in the chronicle of cyprus we hear that a templar's servant removed? stole) his master's girdle. when the templar discovered this he immediately killed the servant with his sword. again, an outsider is said to have heard a knight instructing some novices, telling them to guard these cords well, wearing them concealed beneath their clothing, as through them they might attain great prosperity. now all this might apply to the consecrated cor

or death's head later, told it represented the same god and to do reverence to it, that might be termed adoration of an idol by the church. if another novice were shown the same skull and told it was simply an emblem of mortality or the head of a saint, the most orthodox churchman could not object. there is some evidence that these skulls existed. some were found, one in paris. there is a curious templar story of a skull that brought good luck or fertility. a noble lady of maraclea was loved by a templar, a lord of sidon; but she died and was buried. such was the force of the knight's love that he dug up her body and violated it. when a voice told him to return in nine months' time he did so and found a skull on the leg bones of a skeleton (a skull and cross-bones. the same voice told him

while; this meant that no mention of any unorthodox teaching would get outside. there is no reason to say that from the beginning the templars were unorthodox; it may have just happened that owing to peculiar circumstances this order was organised in a way that meant that secret doctrines could be taught safely at a time when free thought was strongly suppressed, i should imagine that most of the templar priests knew what the rites meant; why, for instance, the novices were stripped of all or nearly all clothing. the number three played a very important part in the lives of the knights. for example, the ritual kiss and the symbolic denial of the cross were said to occur three times in the ceremonies. there are many other cases of the use of the numbers three, five and eight that occur in t

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ganise the order and set it upon a wider footing. neville died in the arms of dr. felkin in october, 1912. dr. felkin f.r.c.s (edin) was a distinguished physician scientist and explorer. he was a member of the royal geographical society, the anthropological society, the ethnographical society, as well as of corresponding societies on the continent. he was also a mason of the 33rd degree, a knight templar, a leading member of the anti slavery society and on the medical staff of london national guard. he was definitely a christian man. there was a prophecy in the order that the order would at some time be taken across the seas to certain islands where it would again flourish. in 1912 dr. felkin, the 41st grandmaster of the order, justified the first part of this prophecy and brought to new z

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an eisen^ earns the seamless coat of his master, and afterwards wins frau breide, the fairest of women: king eigcl of trier was his father's name. the whole tissue of the fable puts one in mind of the odyssey: the shipwrecked man clings to the plank, digs himself a hole, holds a bough before liim; even the seamless coat may be compared to ino's veil, and the fisher to the swineherd, dame breide's templars would be penelope's suitors, and angels are sent often, like zeus's messengers. yet many things take a different turn, more in german fashion, and incidents are added, such as the laying of a naked sword between the newly married couple, which the greek story knows nothing of. the hero's name is found even in ohg. documents: 1 who is also found apparently in a version of the lay of king o

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) the grand master of the temple; and of the god that is ass-headed did he dare not speak. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 73 [76] commentary( lambda-gamma) 33 is the number of the last degree of masonry, which was conferred upon frater p. in the year 1900 of the vulgar era by don jesus de medina-sidonia in the city of mexico. baphomet is the mysterious name of the god of the templars. the eagle described in paragraph 1 is that of the templars. this masonic symbol is, however, identified by frater p. with a bird, which is master of the four elements, and therefore of the name tetragrammaton. jacobus burgundus molensis suffered martyrdom in the city of paris in the year 1314 of the vulgar era. the secrets of his order were, however, not lost, and are still being communi

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s the word to be? nice quiet peasant folk, or genial hard-working hunters and fighters, are not easy to arouse to indiscriminate slaughter without reason. in order to get them going, there are only two things which you can play on greed and fear. the motive behind the crusades was the story of the fabulous wealth of the east. we find, in fact, that well-organised armies of buccaneers, such as the templars, did not bring back incalculable spoils, while the honest pious mugs ruined themselves in the process. now, in this particular sport of suppressing earnest enquirers, it was not much good trying to play on people s greed. for everyone knew that even if the jews had wealth, they managed to hide it very successfully, and that they had a nasty was of arranging for protection with peo le who

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phues, male and female in one, bearing the thyrsus-rod, and a cluster of grapes or a wineskin, while a tiger leaps up by his side. this form is suggested in the taro card, where 'the fool' is shown with a long wand and carrying a sack; his coat is motley. tigers and crocodiles follow him, thus linking this image with that of harpocrates. almost identical symbols are those of the secret god of the templars, the bi-sexual baphomet, and of zeus arrhenothelus, equally bi-sexual, the father-mother of all in one person (he is shown in this full form in the tarot trump xv "the devil) now zeus being lord of air, we are reminded that aleph is the letter of air. as air we find the "wandering fool" pure wanton breath, yet creative. wind was supposed of old to impregnate the vulture, which therefore w

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e gate! thus useful. also 74= 37 2. so we see 37 1= 37, man s crown, jechidah, the highest soul in termino. 37 2= 74, the balance, 2 being the symbol in vi. 37 3= 111, aleph, etc, 3 being the mother, the nurse of the soul. 37 4= 148, the balances, and so on. i have not yet worked out all the numbers of this important scale. 77. zu, the goat, scil. of the sabbath of the adepts. the baphomet of the templars, the idol set up to defy and overthrow the false god though it is understood that he himself is false, not an end, but a means. note the 77= 7 11, magical power in perfection. 78. most venerable because alzm is shown as the influence descending from on high, whose key is the tarot: and we possess the tarot. the proper number of the name of the messenger of the most exalted one.66 [the acc

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useful. also 74= 37 x 2. so we see 37 x 1= 37, man's crown, jechidah, the highest soul "in termino" 37 x 2= 74, the balance, 2 being the symbol "in vi" 37 x 3= 111, aleph, etc, 3 being the mother, the nurse of the soul. 37 x 4= 148 "the balances: and so on. i have not yet worked out all the numbers of this important scale. 77. oz, the goat "scil" of the sabbath of the adepts. the baphomet of the templars, the idol set up to defy and overthrow the false god- though it is understood that he himself is false, not an end, but a means. note the 77= 7 x 11, magical power in perfection. 114 78. most venerable because mzla is shown as the influence descending from on high, whose key is the tarot: and we possess the tarot. the proper number of the name of the messenger of the most exalted one [the

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swami, alias mrs. jackson, alias soror s.v.a, claimed to be princess editha lollito baroness rosenthal, countess of landfeld, daughter of louis i, king of bavaria, and lola montez (for lola montez see "lola montez: an adventuress of the forties" by edmund b. d'auvergne. in cape town she had promoted "the order of theocratic unity" which was also called "the order of the atonement" and the "united templars" her whole trial was marked by the disgusting display of public eagerness to revel in the filth that was disclosed. at the time, from the coroneted aristocrat to the red-tied demagogue, all classes in england were smacking their filthy lips over such insinuating muck as "daisy is a dark little thing, bright and attractive, with hair down her back in thick curls, and looking even less that

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revised, demy 8vo "with hundreds of illustrations. half morocco" 7"s" 6"d" some of the contents: critics of the rosicrucians criticized- the hermetic philosophers- fire- theosophy of the persians- drudical stones- the round towers of ireland- mystic christian figures and talismans- the rosy cross in indian, egyptian, greek, roman, and mediaeval monuments- the great pyramid- connexion between the templars and gnosticism- astro-theosophical system of the rosicrucians- robt. fludd- the holy greale- the round table- alchemy- the outline of the kabbalah, etc, etc. the kabbalah unveiled, containing the following books of the zohar (1) the book of concealed mystery (2) the greater holy assembly (3) the lesser holy assembly, translated into english from the latin version of knorr von rosenroth, a

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epistles of st john. 67 to gr:alpha-gamma-alpha-theta-alpha in memory of the hour of initiation, and to lampada tradam and mohammed ibn rahman in memory of our wanderings in the desert, and to my brothers of the o. of k. d. s. h. in memory of the martyrdom of our g. m. j. b. m. i dedicate this tragedy. the scorpion persons of the tragedy act i sir rinaldo de la chapelle "preceptor of the knights templars" sir raymond, sir james, sir eustache, and others "his knights" jocelyn "a troubadour, in their company<
rs to do the wandering and singing. the system of troubadours and jongleurs developed in 11th to 13th century provence, following the norman conquest of britain, and probably based on the bardic traditions of the british isles. minstrels were jongleurs with a permanent position at court. in recent centuries these terms have become confounded. although there were troubadours during the time of the templars, they didn't go around battle fields entertaining the troops! our modern system of composers and performers is directly derived from that of the troubadours and jongleurs> esquires "etc, to these" said omar "an arabian emir. his band of warriors" laylah "his newly-wedded bride" a nymph "and children attendant on her" act i scene "the desert. in the foreground, a walled well with a lever

d jongleurs> esquires "etc, to these" said omar "an arabian emir. his band of warriors" laylah "his newly-wedded bride" a nymph "and children attendant on her" act i scene "the desert. in the foreground, a walled well with a lever. three palms. tall grasses. the ground is uneven. in the background other palms, among which are several military charges, held by esquires. around the well are knights templars, armed, reposing. also" jocelyn "a troubadour" jocelyn["sings to his harp: noon slumbers softly in the palms; the desert breezes whisper psalms; and we who rest must rise and ride beneath the banner cruciform that braves the saracen and the storm, this blessed christmastide. for we are hardy, and worn with blows and battles, and languish for our mother snows. what is the gladness of the w

ng gazelle leaping with love toward my husband. he is black-bearded and bold and magnificent. even on the morn of the wedding he rode forth against the infidel. he is so strong and brave: god must look favourably upon him, bidding him return a conqueror to the flower of his garden that awaits his hand to pluck["during the last part of the song" sir rinaldo de la chapelle "preceptor of the knights templars, has entered l. quitely, dismounted, tethered his palfrey to palm, and approached" laylah "as she pulls the pitcher from the water he claps his hands over her eyes. she shudders with fear, but gives no sound" sir rinaldo. you are a brave maiden. laylah. you are- an infidel. i had not my dagger, or your shriek- not mine- would have summoned my kin. rinaldo. i have a score good knights with

and a faint shouting. i think the battle is coming here. laylah. oh, we cannot have been beaten! silman is so strong and brave. fatma["re-entering. all is lost! all is lost! let us all flee! laylah. peace, parrot["enter messenger" messenger. pardon, princess! laylah. thy news, or thy head shall pay it. messenger. glorious news! sidi omar hath entered jerusalem, and sacked the house of the knights templars, and the house of the knights hospitallers, and- 86 ledmiya["at window. oh, i can see the spears shining through the dust of the horses! messenger- but- laylah. speak, if thou wouldst ever speak again! messenger. but the knights of malta appeared in great strength, riding from the valley on their noble chargers, armed at all points- laylah. yes? yes? messenger. so that we judged it best t

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ost notable case in point of this appeal and claim. it rose up within masonry, and it came about that the templar element overshadowed the dreams and pretensions of other masonic chivalries, or, more correctly, outshone them all. i am dealing here with matters of fact and not proposing to account for the facts themselves within the limits of a single study. the chevalier ramsay never spoke of the templars: his affirmation was that the hypothetical building confraternity of palestine united ultimately with the knights of st. john of jerusalem; that it became established in various countries of europe as the crusaders drifted back; and that its chief centre in the thirteenth century was kilwinning in scotland. but the french or otherwise german masonic mind went to work upon this thesis, and

low infidelity was characterised by the kind of licence which fosters intellectual extravagance, by a leaning in directions which are generally termed superstitious- though superstition itself was pilloried- and in particular by attraction towards occult arts and supposed hidden knowledge. advanced persons were ceasing to believe in the priest but were disposed to believe in the sorcerer, and the templars had been accused of magic, of worshipping a strange idol, the last suggestion- for some obscure reason- being not altogether indifferent to many who had slipped the anchor of their faith in god. beyond these frivolities and the foolish minds that cherished them, there were other persons who were neither in the school of a rather cheap infidelity nor in that of common superstition, but who

speaking- in the world to come, and the reward of chivalry is there; but there is a reward also on earth within the bonds of the order, because this is said to be divine and possessed of the treasures of wisdom. the kind of wisdom and the nature of the great secret is revealed in the perpetuation story, and so far as i am aware offers the only instance of such a claim being made on behalf of the templars, in or out of masonry. it belongs to a subject which engrossed the zeal of thousands throughout the seventeenth century and had many disciples- indeed, they were thousands also- during the masonic age which followed. the story is that the templars began in poverty, but baldwin ii, king of jerusalem, gave them a house in the vicinity of the site where solomon's temple was built of old. whe

digging operations unearthed an iron casket which contained priceless treasures, and chief among all the true process of the great work in alchemy, the secret of transmuting metals, as communicated to solomon by the master hiram abiff. so and so only was it possible to account for the wealth of adornment which characterised the first temple. the discovery explains also the wealth acquired by the templars, but it led in the end to their destruction. traitors who knew of the secret, though they had not themselves attained it, revealed the fact to clement v and philip the fair of france, and the real purpose of the persecution which followed was to wrest the transmuting process from the hands of its custodians. jacques de molay and his co-heirs died to preserve it, but three of the initiated

ith and acknowledging nothing else in freemasonry except the craft degrees. in respect of antiquity it claims descent by succession from certain canons or knights of the holy sepulchre, who first bore the red cross on their hearts, and were founded by james the first, brother of the first bishop of jerusalem. these canons became the knights hospitallers of a much later date. on these followed the templars, from whom the masonic knights of the temple more especially claimed derivation, though in some obscure manner they held descent from all, possibly in virtue of spiritual consanguinity postulated between the various christian chivalries of palestine. the traditional history of the grade is given at unusual length and is firstly that of the templars, from their foundation to their sudden f

ignified also that his arm is ever ready to do battle with the enemies of the holy christian religion and his heart for the sacrifice of his entire being to jesus christ. the alleged correspondences and meanings are developed at some length, but it will be sufficient to mention that the masonic candidate enters the lodge poor and penniless, because that was the condition at their beginning of the templars and the other orders of christian knighthood. the candidate is prepared for the second craft degree in a somewhat different manner from that of the first, and this has reference to certain distinctions between the clothing of a knight of the holy sepulchre and that of a knight of st. john. the seven steps are emblematic of the seven sacraments of the holy church, by the help of which the

tian chivalries maintained their faith against the infidel, and also of the seven deadly sins which they trampled under their feet. the blazing star inscribed with the letter yod, being the initial letter of the name of god in hebrew, signified the divine light which enlightened the chivairies and was ever before their eyes, as it must be also present for ever before the mind's eye of the masonic templars, a sacred symbol placed in the centre of the building. in french freemasonry the pillar b belonged to the second degree and was marked with this letter, which had reference to baldwin, king of jerusalem, who provided a house for the templars in the holy city. the traditional history of the master grade is that of the martyrdom of jacques de molay, the last grand master of the temple. the

the metropolitan chapter of france, and 8 in the rite of the philalethes: they may or may not refer to the same ritual as that which i have summarised here. there is no means of knowing. in any case the 36th grade of mizraim and the 34th of memphis, which became no. 13 in the ancient and primitive rite, is to be distinguished utterly: it is called knight of the temple, but has no concern with the templars and is quite worthless. it should be added that in one of the discourses belonging to le chevalier du temple there is a hostile allusion to the existing multiplicity of masonic and pseudo-masonic grades, and this may suggest that it is late in the order of time. a great many were, however, in evidence by and before the year 1759. we should remember gould's opinion that there was an early

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ox 200 the names of women members are never divulged. it is not lawful here to disclose the name of any living chief. it was karl kellner who revived the exoteric organization of the o.t.o. and initiated the plan now happily complete of bringing all occult bodies again under one governance. the letters o.t.o. represent the words ordo templi orientis (order of the temple of the orient, or oriental templars, but they have also a secret meaning for initiates. 3. the order is international, and has existing branches in every civilized country of the world. 4. the aims of the o.t.o. can only be understood fully by its highest initiates; but it may be said openly that it teaches hermetic science or occult knowledge, the pure and holy magick of light, the secrets of mystic attainment, yoga of all

men in power are often utterly devoid of all general education. i would call your attention to the fact that many monastic orders, both in asia and in europe, have succeeded in surviving all changes of government, and in securing pleasant and useful lves for their members. but this has been possible only because restricted life was enjoined. however, there were orders of military monks, like the templars, who grew and prospered exceedingly. you recall that the order of the temple was only overthrown by a liber clxi 229 treacherous coup d. tat on the part of a king and of a pope who saw their reactionary, obscurantist, and tyrannical programme menaced by those knights who did not scruple to add the wisdom of the east to their own large interpretation of christianity, and who represented in

true wisdom and perfect happiness. the equinox 270 he goes out, the deacon and children following, into the tomb of the west. music (voluntary) note: the priestess and other officers never partake of the sacrament, they being as it were part of the priest himself. note: certain secret formul of the mass are taught to the priest in his ordination. 271 nekam, adonai! the preceptor s address to his templars to sir james thomas windram love, the saviour of the world, must be scourged with many rods, from its place in heaven hurled, outcast before all the gods. love, that cleanses all, must be washed in its own blood and tears, heir of all eternity made the martyr of the years. love, that fills the void with bliss, staunches the eternal flood, heals the hurt of the abyss, blanches, beggared of

of bliss! life, the pimp of malice, drags love with rape of fingers rude, flings to dust-heap death the rags of its bleeding maidenhood. therefore, we, the slaves of love, stand with trembling lips and eyes; there is that shall reach above the soul.s sullied sanctuaries. blasphemy beneath our touch turns to prayer.s most awed intent; the profaner s vilest smutch is our central sacrament. triumph, templars, that are sworn to that vengeance sinister, vigilant from murk to morn by our rifled sepulchre. death to superstition, swear! death to tyranny, respond! by the martyred master, dare death, and what may lie beyond! heel on crucifix, deny! mouth to dagger-blade, affirm! point to throat, we stab the spy; hand on knee, we crush the worm. nekam, adonai! 273 every knight unbare the brand! fling

h to tyranny, respond! by the martyred master, dare death, and what may lie beyond! heel on crucifix, deny! mouth to dagger-blade, affirm! point to throat, we stab the spy; hand on knee, we crush the worm. nekam, adonai! 273 every knight unbare the brand! fling aloft the gonfalon! by the oath and ordeal, stand! by the bitter cup, set on! is beaus ant forward flung? is vexillium belli set? onward, templars, old and young, in the name of baphomet! 274 a la loge je vois dans le lointain une triangle d r o brille un oeil; je vois, travers les ep es qui me menacent, un oeil, un oeil ensoleill, et sous cet oeil la t te osseuse de la mort sur l.autel noir, autel de sinistre d cor dont la noirceur reluit la noirceur effray e de cette me blouie, de ce corps ab m. l initiation soit ma tre de mon sor

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ti protocols' to get away from the jewish emphasis. if they were a forgery, something that is quite possible, what were they a forgery of, and by whom? the authors of the best-selling book, holy blood, holy grail, conclude that the original protocols were indeed authentic. they suggest that they were the work of an elite group called the priory of sion, the inner, controlling, core of the knights templars.26 they believe that this original document was changed to make it appear as a jewish plot. i certainly would not dismiss such a conclusion. it is the manipulation they describe that interests me, not who has been blamed for it. i believe their origin lies with the illuminati, as does rabbi antelman. whatever the arguments, one fact cannot be denied, given the hindsight of the last 100 ye

ythias, and wore the red fez of the ancient arabic order of nobles of the mystic shrine. this organisation claimed to be connected with the illuminati.1 winston churchill, the british prime minister, was a freemason and had several meetings with the satanist aleister crowley, another esoteric guru and a high initiate of many orders, including the order of the golden dawn and the order of oriental templars (more on him later. churchill's meetings with crowley do not, of course, constitute proof that the british prime minister was a satanist, but it does show that behind the scenes, esoteric knowledge in all of its forms is taken far more seriously than it is in public. this was the case during elizabethan times and has been throughout human history. the two greatest creations of the black m

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designed the famous gothic cathedrals that became shrines to the serpent goddess. between 1170 and 1270, some 80 cathedrals and 500 churches were built in france alone and dedicated to "our lady (el, semiramis, mary. the knights templar were controlled by the serpent cult/illuminati, but many of their members would have not been aware of this- just like the vast majority of freemasons today. the templars used the red cross of thor/lndara/george as their symbol and to all appearances they were worshippers of a christian god- again like freemasons today. but at the top level, they are both expressions of the serpent cult/iuuminati. their "christian" churches and cathedrals are full of goddess, astrological, sun, and sexual symbolism, as is freemasonry. of course they are. they were both cre

d paris, where mathers made his home. one of their secret signs was the pointed arm salute that the nazis would use when saying "heil hitler. remnants of the order of the golden dawn continue to this day, but the original version splintered after a row between the mather faction and the satanist, aleister crowley, which split the membership. crowley then became involved with the order of oriental templars or oto in 1933, the rocket expert, willi ley, fled from germany and revealed the existence of the vril society and the nazi's belief that they were to become the equals of the supermen in the bowels of the earth by use of esoteric teachings and mind expansion. they believed this would re-awaken the vril force sleeping in the blood. the initiates of the vril society included two men who wo

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sion comes from siona, theancient sanskrit (aryan) name for. the sun.1 here we go again. among the latergrand masters of the priory of sion, according to the book, holy blood, holy grail,2was leonardo da vinci, who was sponsored by the de medici banking family of thev enetian black nobility. they would also sponsor christopher columbus. among themost important sponsors and supporters of the early templars was st bernard, thefounder of the cistercian order, and the french st clair family which became thescottish sinclair family after they settled in scotland following the norman invasionof britain by william the conqueror in 1066. the st clair/sinclairs are of a reptilianbloodline and knowledge of the reptilian agenda was the great secret held by theleading templars. the first grand master

the first templar centre or preceptoryoutside the holy land was built on the st clair estate in scotland. other earlytemplars included fulk, the count danjou, who was the father of geoffreyplantagenet and the grandfather of the english king, henry ii. it was henry whosponsored the building of the famous benedictine abbey at glastonbury in the westof england, a sacred site since ancient times. the templars were connected to theknights hospitaller (knights of malta) at their highest level and these links verymuch continue today. there are many tales of how much they hated each other andthere have undoubtedly been periods of rifts and conflict. but at their peak they aredifferent branches of the same organisation and at that level the agenda is allimportant. in june 1099, another glorious blo

freemasons are the templarsunder another name. many churches and cathedrals, like westminster abbey and notredame in paris, also have black and white squares on the floor, because the christianchurch is a front for the babylonian brotherhood. many police forces, including thosein the uk and the usa, have black and white squares on their uniform because they arecontrolled by the freemasons and the templars. the skull and bones is symbolic, inpart, of the black magic rituals the brotherhood have employed since their very earliestdays and these same sickening rituals, often involving human sacrifice, are still goingon today. if you look at the v atican or papal crest, you will see that the dome of stpeters basilica and the crossed keys of peter also form the same skull and crossbones.theyre a

in america, and a satanist, childabuser and serial killer. see a later chapter for details of this. the watchtower symbolcan be seen in the jehovahs witness organisation because this is also a brotherhoodfront that is conning countless followers into believing it is christian. one of itsfounders was charles taze russell, a high degree freemason, who is buried under apyramid.only a year after the templars were formally established at the council of troyes,incredible expansion had taken place. they had a papal constitution, wealth, land and threehundred recruits from noble families who had to give all their wealth to the templars whenthey joined. as a result they owned land in france, england, scotland, spain and portugal,136and within ten years this was extended to italy, austria, germany

operational level, together with parisand the v atican. and paris was the other dual-headquarters for the knights templar. that137city also has a 3,200 year old egyptian obelisk at a key point in its street plan, the placede la concorde. princess diana passed that obelisk in the mercedes literally a minutebefore it crashed in the pont de lalma tunnel in 1997.by the middle of the 12th century the templars were second only to the romanchurch for wealth and influence. they had their own fleet of ships (on which they flewthe skull and bones flag, and their financial centres in london and paris were, in effect,the start of the modern banking system which has made humanity slaves to non-existentmoney. they, too, lent money that didnt exist and charged interest on it in truebabylonian brotherhoo

hurch for wealth and influence. they had their own fleet of ships (on which they flewthe skull and bones flag, and their financial centres in london and paris were, in effect,the start of the modern banking system which has made humanity slaves to non-existentmoney. they, too, lent money that didnt exist and charged interest on it in truebabylonian brotherhood style. one documented case shows the templars charging 60 percent interest on the late payment of a debt. one of the plans promoted by the templarswas the creation of a united states of europe and under different guises and fronts theirmasters in the brotherhood have achieved just that. the creation of the european unionwith its single central bank and currency is one of the pillars of the brotherhood agenda.some of the advanced know

rcent interest on the late payment of a debt. one of the plans promoted by the templarswas the creation of a united states of europe and under different guises and fronts theirmasters in the brotherhood have achieved just that. the creation of the european unionwith its single central bank and currency is one of the pillars of the brotherhood agenda.some of the advanced knowledge inherited by the templars was that of the earthsenergy grid, the network of magnetic force lines known as ley lines, dragon lines ormeridians. the major sacred sites are where many of these lines cross, creatingenormous vortices of energy. if you perform a black magic ritual and human sacrifice atthese points the deeply negative energy it produces is carried on the force linesemanating from the vortex and pumped t

ols the world. the most important weapon for thebabylonian brotherhood since its creation has been the manipulation of fear. nothinglimits peoples potential to express their true selves more than fear. it becomesunderstandable, therefore, why so many christian churches were built on ancient pagansites and why so many satanic rituals are performed in churches under the cover ofdarkness. it was the templars, with their knowledge of the esoteric arts, who financedthe great gothic cathedrals of europe between 1130 and 1250. the gothic style can beshown to have originated with the aryan race in the middle-near east. the gothiccathedrals which were funded and designed by the templars included westminsterabbey, york minster in northern england, chartres in france not far from paris, andnotre dame

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. for example "600" would be 1000 "60" would be 100 and "6" would be 10. the occult is trinitarian, i.e. it's main teachings are grouped in three's. the number sequence "93 and 93, 93; or 600, 60, and 6 is the "current" of the new age of aquarius- the water bearer, which heralds the end of the age of pisces- the fishes (an early symbol of christianity) in the teachings of the order of the eastern templars or o.tur147 preface by jerry w. decker www.keelynet.com po box 111786 carrollton, tx 75011 there are fields of study which are relatively unknown to the general public. though 'pyramid power' is well known, few have pursued it to other geometric forms and the phenomena which can be produced by understanding what is happening. some of the key early researchers into shape power and the more

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tian deities nuit, hadit, and ra hoor khut. in the book of the law we read dowhat thou will shall be the whole of the law and love is the law, love under will. the word of the aeon of horus was thelema, the greek word for will. the will in this context was a magical will, the true will of the magician s higher self or his holy guardian angel. crowley s magick, as embraced by the order of oriental templars (oto) and order of the silver star (aa) combined eastern mysticism and yoga with the western ceremonial magic of the golden dawn. in practice, however, crowley s magick largely involved sex and drug use. it was the sexual aspects of tantric yoga crowley adopted together with some of the more deviant practices of black magicians and satanists of middle ages europe. the age of satan begins

o galacticus in ona literature) the embassy of s.a.t.a.n. may no longer exist, but the social realist philosophy of nomolos and the embassy of s.a.t.a.n. s goal of creating an independent nation (the island of pan-shaitan) influenced the philosophy and objectives of the embassy of lucifer. the embassy of lucifer may be seen as the successor to the church of satan, temple of set, order of oriental templars, order of nine angles, and embassy of s.a.t.a.n, but magus susej has made no claim of exclusivity for members of his organization. members of the embassy of lucifer have an obligation to further the development and advancement of the satanic community by working with other satanic organizations for common goals and objectives. the law of the aeon of lucifer thelema, xeper, detius or will

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of the rugged young man, and he was placed on light duty as president of a court-martial at annapolis, maryland. on may 15 he was mustered out of service and returned to the profession of law in his native state of rhode island. the stirring events narrated were followed, as has been the case in many other similar instances, by a pleasant sequel. in june, 1875, the richmond commandery of knights templars made a brief visit to providence on their return from the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the battle of bunker hill. captain bliss had a cheery time with a number of the members, to whom he related his experience at waynesborough. when they went home they retold the story. thus the way was opened for not only an acquaintance with the ex-confederates whom he encountered, but f

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ee of knowledge was widespread in the middle ages and may be found in the twelfth century quete del st. graal, ascribed to walter map but probably only adapted by him. all the traditions of the kabala are embodied in the allegory contained in the book of the penitence of adam, which supplements and throws considerable light on the entire kabalistic literature. adam, l abbe about the time that the templars were being driven from france, the devil was said to have appeared under various guises to the abbe adam, who was journeying with one of the servants from his convent to another part of his abbacy of the vaux de cernay. the evil spirit first opposed the progress of the abbe taking the form of a tree white with frost, which rushed toward him with inconceivable swiftness. the abbe s horse t

banyen.com. february 28, 2000. branches of light. vancouver, british columbia, n.d. bapak an indonesian name for father, given affectionately to patrons, gurus, and charismatic leaders, especially to muhammad subuh, founder of the subud movement, a modern mystical school combining sufi insights with elements of the thought of georgei i. gurdjieff and p. d. ouspensky. baphomet the goat idol of the templars and the deity of the sorcerers sabbat. some authorities hold that the baphomet was a monstrous head, others that it was a demon in the form of a goat. one account of a veritable baphometic idol describes it thusly: a pantheistic and magical figure of the absolute. the torch placed between the two horns, represents the equilibrating intelligence of the triad. the goat s head, which is synt

or the pentagram with one beam in the ascendant, symbol of human intelligence, which, placed thus below the torch, makes the flame of the latter an image of divine revelation. this pantheos should be seated on a cube, and its footstool should be a single ball, or a ball and a triangular stool. in narratives of sorcery and magic (1851, thomas wright states: another charge in the accusation of the templars seems to have been to a great degree proved by the depositions of witnesses] the idol or head which they are said to have worshipped, but the real character or meaning of which we are totally unable to explain. many templars confessed to having seen this idol, but as they described it differently, we must suppose that it was not in all cases represented under the same form. some said it w

entalist baron joseph von hammer-purgstall discovered an inscription on a coffer in burgundy that he claimed showed that the name baphomet derived from two greek words meaning baptism of metis [wisdom; the inscription exalted metis or baphomet as the true divinity. when karl kellner and other early twentieth century german occultists founded the secret order oto (ordo templi orientis, or order of templars in the east, they adopted an emblem of baphomet taken from richard payne knight s a discourse on the worship of priapus as the seal of the order s grand master. at a later date, when british occultist aleister crowley became head of the british section, he took the name baphomet as his motto. he had previously wrestled with the numerological significance of the name. sources: crowley, ale

ion, he took the name baphomet as his motto. he had previously wrestled with the numerological significance of the name. sources: crowley, aleister. the confessions of aleister crowley. edited by john symons and kenneth grant. new york: hill and wang, 1969. levi, eliphas. transcendental magic. london: rider, 1896. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1972. partner, peter. the murdered magicians: the templars and their myth. oxford: oxford university press, 1981. reprint, n.p: crucible, 1987. wright, thomas. narratives of sorcery and magic. london: r. bentley, 1851. reprint, detroit: grand river books, 1971. baptism of the devil it was said that at the witches sabbat children and toads were baptized with certain horrible rites. this was called the baptism of the devil. baptism of the line a cu

jargon; and ceremonial processes for the fulfillment of imprecations of misfortune, calamity, sin, and death. the deity who was worshiped and whose powers were invoked in the practice of black magic had many names: the source and creator of evil, satanas, belial, the evil, a debased descendent of the egyptian set, the persian ahriman, the python of the greeks, the jewish serpent, baphomet of the templars, the goat-deity of the witches sabbat. he was said to have the head and legs of a goat and the breasts of a woman. his followers called him by the names of forgotten deities as well as the black one, the black he-goat, the black raven, the dog, the wolf and snake, the dragon, the hell-hound, hell-hand, and hell-bolt. his transformations were unlimited, as is indicated by many of his names

oot, attracting also that of the hanged man. widespread belief in black magic pervaded the middle ages. machinations and counter-machinations engaged church and state, rich and poor, learned and ignorant. in persecutions and prosecutions, the persecutor and judge often met the same fate they dealt to the victim and condemned. in this dreadful phantasmagoria and procession can be found the haughty templars, the blood-stained gilles de laval, the original of bluebeard, catherine de medici the marshals of france, as well as popes, princes, and priests. literature divulges traces of black magic in weird legends and monstrous tales, in stories of spells and enchantments. the tale of dr. faustus recounts his pact with the devil, his pleasures and their penalty when he must forfeit his soul to he

this organization, it was asserted, were recruited from the higher branches of masonry, although it also initiated women. needless to say, the charge was indignantly denied by masons. bataille and margiotta claimed that the order of the palladium, or sovereign council of wisdom, had been constituted in france in 1737, and this, they inferred, was one and the same as the legendary palladium of the templars, better known by the name of baphomet. in 1801 isaac long, a jew, was said to have carried the original image of baphomet to charleston, south carolina, in the united states, and it was alleged that the lodge he founded then became the chief in the ancient and accepted scotch rite. he was succeeded in due course by albert pike, who, it was alleged, extended the scotch rite and shared the

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the order of napunsakas in the west and the cultus skanda-karttikeya is known by his religious name, sahajananda skanda-das. the order is headquartered at p.o. box 1219, corpus christi, tx 78403-1219. it publishes a periodical, zibaq. information on the order can be found on the internet through the site of the servants of the star and the snake at http//www.wild.au/sss/ index.html. order of new templars german occult sect organized between 1894 and 1907 by austrian occultist jorg lanz von liebenfels (1874.1954) at burg werfenstein near the river danube. the order used the swastika symbol, advocated master-race ideals, and developed rituals from appropriation of the holy grail traditions and parsifal. von liebenfels published a journal, ostara. the order of new templars survived for a gen

nction, would join the ranks of some similar society, or would keep the flame alive in secret. the occult idea has been preserved through the ages, the same in essence among the believers in all religions. to a great extent, the occult s trend was in one direction, so that the fusion of the older mystical societies and their rebirth as a new brotherhood is a plausible hypothesis. the entry on the templars, for example, suggests the possibility of that brotherhood having received its tenets from the east. it seems very likely that its rites were oriental in origin, and certainly the occult systems of europe owed much to the templars, who, probably, after the fall of their own order, secretly formed others or joined existing societies. masons have a hypothesis that they inherited traditions

ary order of the temple of jerusalem, under the leadership of theodore covais. covais assumed the title of regent rather than grand master. then, as belgium was engulfed by world war ii (1939.45, the regency was passed to antonio campello pinto de sousa fontes, who resided in neutral portugal. after the war, he continued as the regent, though not without opposition from some of the frenchspeaking templars. he issued charters in many countries and encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. sovereign and military order of the temple of. 1447 the order grew significantly. an american branch was chartered in 1962. antonio campello pinto de sousa fontes died in 1960 and was succeeded by his son, fernando campello pinto de sousa fontes. however, not all approved his election and in 1970

ut again and to completely wall up this back door of hell. the four buildings above ground were the only ones which still remained open, and they had a court and chambers like those underground; and the ruins of these have lasted even to the present day. the temple hill at jerusalem the vast subterranean vaults under the temple hill at jerusalem were probably used as a secret meeting place by the templars during their occupation of the holy city, and it was perhaps there that the strange eastern rites of baphomet that they later affected were first celebrated. in his book recent discoveries on the temple hill (1884, rev. james king gives the following account: on the occasion of a visit to the noble sanctuary, the author had an opportunity of examining the ancient masonry inside the wall a

: kegan paul, trench, trubner, 1933. summit lighthouse see church universal and triumphant summons by the dying it was once maintained by theologians that if anyone who was unjustly accused or persecuted should, with his dying breath, summon his oppressor to appear before the supreme tribunal, the person thus summoned would die on the day fixed by his innocent victim. thus the grand master of the templars cited the pope and the king of france to appear before god on a certain date, and as the story goes, both died at the appointed time. francois i, duke of brittany, hired assassins to murder his brother in 1450. the dying prince summoned his murderer before the highest of all courts, and francois shortly expired. yet another instance is that of ferdinand iv of spain, who was summoned by tw

the battle and that his mutilated body was discovered several days later. charles was introduced into two novels by sir walter scott.quentin durward and anne of geirstein. the latter novel contains an account of the battle of nancy, before the fatal encounter at morat. temperature changes marked changes of temperature sometimes occur in the seance room, usually a sudden lowering (see also winds) templars the knights templars of the temple of solomon were a military order founded by hugues de payns of burgundy and godeffroi de st. omer for the purpose of protecting pilgrims journeying to the holy land. they were soon joined by other knights; a religious chivalry speedily gathered around this nucleus. baldwin i, king of jerusalem, gave them as headquarters a portion of his palace, contiguou

doms of christendom. its power grew, and its organization became widespread. it formed a nucleus of the christian effort against the paganism of the east. its history may be said to be that of the crusades. moreover it became a great trading corporation, the greatest commercial agency between the east and west, and as such amassed immense wealth. on the fall of the latin kingdom in palestine, the templars were forced to withdraw from that country. although they continued to harass the saracen power, they made little headway against it, and in reality appeared to have undertaken commercial pursuits in preference to those of a more warlike character. the attack upon the templars when the temple was at the high point of its power, its success aroused the envy and avarice of philip iv of franc

the temple was at the high point of its power, its success aroused the envy and avarice of philip iv of france (1285.1314, who commenced a series of attacks upon it. pope clement v, who was devoted to philip s interests, denounced the order for heresy and immorality and gave philip his chance. for several generations before this time, rumors had been circulating concerning the secret rites of the templars, which were assisted by the very strict privacy of their meetings. they were usually held at daybreak with closely-guarded doors. it was alleged that the most horrible blasphemies and indecencies took place at these meetings, that the cross was trampled underfoot and spat upon, that an idol named baphomet (baphemetios, baptism of wisdom) was adored, or even that the devil in the shape of

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on in it of all species."1 hence it was that ancient priests were able to make statues and images which foretold the future. agrippa is aiming at the full demonic magic of the asckpius, going far beyond the mild neoplatonised magic of ficino which he has been describing in the earlier chapters. he knows that there is an evil kind of this magic, practised by "gnostic magicians" and possibly by the templars, but adds that everyone knows that a pure spirit with mystical prayers and pious mortifications can attract the angels of heaven, and therefore it cannot be doubted that certain terrestrial substances used in a good way can attract the divinities.2 there follow chapters on fascination, poisons, fumigations (perfumes sympathetic to the planets and how to make them, unguents and philtres, r

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wn aside and all men shouting and killing and revelling injoy. then the liberated old ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom. 2 there is a marked similarity between this passage and the teachings of many actual secret societies of the past, including the assassins, the gnostics, and the templars, but in particular to the law of thelema, as expounded by lovecraft s contemporary, aleister crowley. the main distinction is one of moral interpretation whereas lovecraft regarded his ancient gods as essentially evil, crowley saw the return of such atavistic deities as being in full accord with the progression of the aeons. following the call of cthulhu, lovecraft produced a series of a

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coherent whole. its membership included william butler yeats, arthur machen, sax rohmer, macgregor mathers, dion fortune, aleister crowley, israel regardie, a.e. wait n iot (the magical pact of the illuminates of thana glossary/ 127 tually became its sole ader the greater key of olom .the philosophical belief that abstractions, generalities or universals have no objective reality order of eastern templars. founded in the late 1800s, it claimed to koans.a buddhist method for meditation, it involves giving the meditator an idea with no simple answer on which to contemplate. the most famous is gwhat is the sound of one hand clapping? h lao-tse.founder of taoism. master therian.a name used by aleister crowley under which he wrote several of his most important books, including magic in theory a

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constitution, and causes each to gravitate in its respective orb h. 24 in other words, it is the equilibrating force in the world of action, kether 'hokmah, and binah, christ and the two thieves on their crosses, the caduceus of hermes, the solar disc and dual serpents of egypt, and, according to eliphas levi, the astral light between the horns of the baphomet of mendes- the panlike satan of the templars. when erect it is the rod of aaron and the brazen serpent of moses (see plate vii on page 44) its three teeth, or tongues, represent three vaudin and consequently may be translated into the number 666, the solar number and the number of the beast in the apocalypse. according to the siphrah d'tzniuthah, it is the serpent which runs with 370 leaps. 25 it gleaps over mountains and hastily ru

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pts &c'.hedid, however, limit the numberofstudents to'nogreater number than twelve' and it is possible, assuming that he everhadany students, that they saw themselves as a secret fraternity and allowed others to label them as rosicrucians. certainly in1833godfrey higgins refers to contemporary rosicrucians, but these were evidently membersofa masonic rose-croix chapter, for he links them with the templars and says 'i am notofthe two orders; i have abstained from becoming a memberofthem that i might not have my tongue tied or my pen restrained by the engagements i must have made on entering the chapter or encampment.'2in spite of the disclaimer he does not reveal anything about their structure or their rituals for he would, as a craft mason himself, have seen such a revelation as a betrayal

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uggestion of an experiment, and the possibility of failure. the spark is not strong enough. no result follows' the extreme caution as to secrecy inculcated on witches in old times as to their designs and methods is usually attributed to fear of persecution. probably it was far older than persecution days, and much more occult than generally supposed. the silence so strongly insisted on by the old templars, the freemasons, and by students of ceremonial magic was an essential of occult working, and necessary to successful witchcraft. but how, we ask, did the witches themselves regard their own operations when successful? here we must distinguish. the ordinary uneducated peasant woman who had become a witch, as i have tried to indicate, seems to have had very little thought or care for the co

hich goes by that name; it is absolutely an esoteric school, possessing extraordinary wisdom.162 the sorcererand his apprenticea large amount of wisdom has also been preserved among the freemasons, although they have lost a great deaf of what they ought. to have; they have a large quantity. of exoteric symbology, but, sad to say, they have in great part lostthekey toitin the meantime, the knights templars in the middle ages again, handed down a great deal-of wisdom and knowledge. they are gone;butthere are schools of occultism descended from them still existing, and from timetotime these. schools. allow certain portions of their knowledge to be proclaimed generally. to such allowance we owe the foundation of the theosophical societyinthe west. and the east has taught us much- for example

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simulacra "antic figures which a juggler dances '84[84. later he referred to the paper again 'of course i must not say what i think 82[82] letter from waite to shute, 22 november 1938 83[83] aqc 15 (1902, pp. 163-74. waite's comments are printed on pp. 170-2 84[84] diary, 3 october 1902 really- that it is an incoherent and slovenly paper i begin to see very clearly how much a real history of the templars is wanted in england to set matters right, so far as they can be set, once and for all. this is of course a scheme of my own doing for my seminal work on the secret doctrine of religious societies'85[85. waite's strictures on castle's paper were, of course, quite unjust but his diary entry is highly significant in that it reveals how his unpublished esoteric history of freemasonry was bei

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. e it is no exaggeration to say that the collection of books by harun yahya have assumed this leading role. by the will of god, these books will be a means through which people in the 21st century will attain the peace, justice and happiness promised in the qur'an. the works of the author include the new masonic order, judaism and freemasonry, global freemasonry, kabbalah and freemasonry, knight templars, islam denounces terrorism, terrorism: the ritual of the devil, the disasters darwinism brought to humanity, communism in ambush, fascism: the bloody ideology of darwinism, the 'secret hand' in bosnia, behind the scenes of the holocaust, behind the scenes of terrorism, israel's kurdish card, the oppression policy of communist china and eastern turkestan,palestine, solution: the values of

f material on faith-related issues, which are very useful and a pleasure to read. in them, one will not find, as in some other books, the personal views of the author, explanations based on dubious sources, styles unobservant of the respect and reverence due to sacred subjects, or hopeless, doubt-creating, and pessimistic accounts that create deviations in the heart. j introduction..8 i. from the templars to ancient egypt..10 ii. the inside story on the kabbalah..34 iii. humanism revisited..52 iv. materialism revisited..80 v. the theory of evolution revisited..118 vi. the masonic war against religion..155 conclusion..185 notes..188 contents reemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for several centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. instead o

related in this book will be a means whereby many, including masons, will be able to look at the world with better awareness. after reading this book, the reader will be able to consider many subjects, from schools of philosophy to newspaper headlines, rock songs to political ideologies, with a deeper understanding, and better discern the meaning and aims behind events and factors. dc -ifrom the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders he common perception of the majority of historians of freemasonry is that the origin of the organization goes back to the crusades. in fact, though masonry was only officially established and recognized in england in the early eighteenth century, the roots of the organization do reach back to the crusades in the twelfth century. at the center of this familia

story, towards military aggression. the founder of the crusades was pope urban ii. he summoned the council of clermont, in 1095, in which the former pacifist doctrine of the christians was abandoned. a holy war was called for, with the intent to wrest the holy lands from the hands of the muslims. following the council, a huge army of crusaders was formed, composed both of professional dd from the templars to ancient egypt the roots of masonry date back to the crusades against muslims initiated by pope urban ii soldiers, and tens of thousands of ordinary people. historians believe urban ii's venture was prompted by his desire to thwart the candidacy of a rival to the papacy. furthermore, while european kings, princes, aristocrats and others greeted the pope's call with excitement, their int

his end, they established military orders, the alike of which had never existed before. members of these orders came from europe to palestine, and lived in a type of monastery where they received military training to fight against muslims. one of these orders, in particular, was different from the others. it underwent a transformation that would influence the course of history. this order was the templars. df from the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders wreaked havoc in jerusalem. the mediaeval engraving shown above depicts certain scenes of the horror. the templars the templars, or, their full name, the poor fellow-soldiers of jesus christ and the temple of solomon, was formed in 1118, that is, 20 years after the crusaders took jerusalem. the founders of the order were two french knig

ounders of the order were two french knights, hugh de payens and godfrey de st. omer. at first there were 9 members, but the order steadily grew. the reason they named themselves after the temple of solomon was because the place they had chosen as a base was the temple mount where this ruined temple had been located. this same location was where the dome of the rock (qubbet as-sakhrah) stood. the templars called themselves "poor soldiers" but within a short time they became very wealthy. christian pilgrims, coming from europe to palestine, were under the complete control of this order, and by whose money they became very rich. in addition, for the first time they set up a cheque and credit system, similar to that of a bank. according to the british authors, michael baigent and richard leig

tine, were under the complete control of this order, and by whose money they became very rich. in addition, for the first time they set up a cheque and credit system, similar to that of a bank. according to the british authors, michael baigent and richard leigh, they established a kind of medieval capitalism, and led the way to modern banking through their interest-based transactions.5 it was the templars who were mainly responsible for the crusaders' at- global freemasonry dg the crusaders put to sword all those living in the lands they conquered. tacks of and murder of muslims. for this reason, the great islamic commander saladin, who defeated the crusaders' army in 1187, in the battle of hattin, and afterwards rescued jerusalem, put the templars to death for the murders they had committ

s they conquered. tacks of and murder of muslims. for this reason, the great islamic commander saladin, who defeated the crusaders' army in 1187, in the battle of hattin, and afterwards rescued jerusalem, put the templars to death for the murders they had committed, even though he had otherwise pardoned a large number of christians. although they lost jerusalem, and suffered heavy casualties, the templars continued to exist. and, despite the continual diminution of the christian presence in palestine, they increased their power in europe and, first in france, and then in other countries, became a state within a state. there is no doubt that their political power made the monarchs of europe uneasy. but there was another aspect of the templars that also made the clergy ill at ease: the order

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er works of morton smith. the path of the serpent involved secret training, occult techniques and death and rebirth rites, it was both a way of life and a ritualised process (as it is today. there were two paths of survival for the doctrine of theosis. as the gnostic cults came and the gnostic handbook page 89 went the doctrine was passed from one to another and flowered in the cathars and knight templars. from the knight templars the doctrine passed to various esoteric orders and was transmitted via freemasonry and occult traditions. this form of the doctrine of deification sustained the technology and science, but lost most of the ethical and religious teachings associated with it. on the other hand, the doctrine was also passed from the gnostic cults to various monastic orders within th

that it began in the time of the great sumerian and egyptian kingdoms and was passed down, at first in oral form (cf.kabbalah" passed by mouth) through esoteric brotherhoods. in the west this knowledge was passed onto the initiate (jesus) in the essene sect, after his death his followers passed on the secret teachings. this new order centred around ormus (46 a.d) and continued through the knights templars, the eleutherians, the church of carmel, the rosicrucians and onwards. in modern times the lineage continued in a variety of forms, the more ritually oriented line was continued in such organisations as the hermetic order of the golden dawn, the early theosophical movements, the astrum argentinum, the ordeo templi orientis and the fraternity of saturn (germany. however, these organisation

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ts god with the demiurge, they saw jesus as the emissary of the light world and the only chance of experiencing the divine. their response to the world was unique in the gnostic world, they were militaristic in emphasis and battled, both intellectually and physically, against the prevailing ecclesiastical authorities. it is rumoured that some of the descendants of the paulicians joined the knight templars. the major period of paulician teaching was between 600 and 1100 ce. gnostic theurgy page 205 the bogomils the bogomils started in bulgaria around 950 ce. they take their name from their founder, the priest we know only as bogomil. his name meant friend or beloved of god. the bogomils were extreme dualists, railing against the world and reproduction. they encouraged homosexuality as an al

the transmutation of man into god, the techniques for which were transmitted under the guise of chemical transformation. the texts of the alchemists were coded to avoid the inquisition and hence sustained the secret tradition through the veil of symbolism. some of the major alchemical figures include trithemius (1642-1516, paracelsus (1493-1541) and agrippa (1486-1535. the rosicrucians and knight templars both the knight templars and the rosicrucians are orders steeped in mystery. the knight templars were, at first, considered to be simply an order for the protection of the roads along which pilgrims travelled to the holy land. however, as they become better known, rumours began to circulate about their esoteric knowledge and occult practises and this resulted in their persecution. their t

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ng adepts and initiates. it was soon exposed, but by the mid-19th century something new was afoot in the occult underground [i must return momentarily to the high middle ages, the renaissance, and the period of the protestant reformation in europe. the persecution of real or imagined witches, heretics, jews, moslems and occultists was then at a peak, and the heirs of the illuminated tradition the templars, cathars, albigensians and other gnostics were forced to resort to a roundabout code or cipher to carry on their ideas in relative safety. new ciphers were developed. the cryptic language of alchemy that so intrigued carl jung and others overlaps with the rosicrucian tradition. a key work that dates to the 1600s, the alchymical wedding of christian rosenkreutz, contains a specifically ros

green gloves and a reputed psychic, was frequently visited by hitler and was rumored to hold the keys to the kingdom of agarthi. such keys are best understood in terms of ciphers. western mystics including karl kellner, p.b. randolph and g.i. gurdjieff received instruction from surviving institutions of the great white brotherhood and carried their influence back with them to europe, just as the templars had done centuries before, and incorporated their teachings into the western esoteric system. it is known that the black lodge which, as it opposes evolution, inherently fights a rear-guard action has made unceasing war on the great white brotherhood in the west from the beginnings of the magical revival. indeed, fallen and failed adepts of the great white brotherhood have become the tool

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kerel at dawn to mark the liminal edge of night: a custom which has become a glyph of a certain arcanum in sabbatic lore. esbat- the witches' lesser rite of meeting where each initiate gives account of their recent work to the master and mistress of the circle; there is a persian word identical esbat, meaning 'to prove' or 'to give account. baphomet- the 'idol' said to have been worshipped by the templars. it's form was that of a goat's head with a torch between the horns and thus is identical to the sabbatic goat: an icon used in sabbatic cult to denote certain arcana. in arabic the word is analogous to aby-fi-hamat-'the black head of wisdom' or 'seat of knowledge' and constitutes a cipher of certain secret practices used in sects and tribes preserving a gnosis of ancient origin in persia

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ch things' observes the monkish treasurer of relics 'i have thought home with me very devoutly" and if the foregoing is set aside as the invention of a protestant enemy, may we not be allowed to refer the reader to the history of eng- land and authentic documents which state the existence of a relic not less extraordinary than the best of the others? henry hi received from the grand master of the templars a phial containing a small portion of the aacrcd blood of christ which he had shed upon the cross. it was attested to he genuine by the seals of the patriarch of jerusalem and others. the procession bearing the sacred phial from st. paul's to 141. des mouncauz: mauri, de, p. 431; klso ch. sv, etc 142. dtmottolofia, p. 432; london, 1831. 143 'apologu pro herodotum' tu h. stepheiu' edit, of

of life, lah 'i am" well then may we repeat these lines of ausonius (epig, xxv"?e: lacchiu; egypt tfainki me oniii; huiiuu dune me pimimz; the indi raasidec me dionynu; hie romwi uyateriei caj] me liber; the arebtmi rm adouul" and the chosen people adoni and jehovah we may add. how little the philosophy of the old secret doctrine was understood is illustrated in the atrocious persecutions of the templars by the church, and in the accusation against them of worshiping the devil under the shape of the goat baphomet! without going into the old masooic mysteries, there is not a mason of those we mean who do know tome- thing but has an idea vx the true relation that baphomet bore to azazel, the scapegoat of the wilderness* whose character and meaning are entirely perverted in the christian tra

the general convic- tion that these sectarians had rites and practices of a licentious character appears too strong to be entirely disregarded^ if he draws an honest line of demarcation between the gnostics of the first three centuries and those medieval sects whose doctrines "rather closely resembled modem communism" we have nothing to say. only, we would beg eveiy critic to remember that if the templars were accused of that most 'abominable crime' of applying the 'holy kiss' to the root of baphomet's tail* st. augustine is also suspected, and on very good grounds too, of having allowed his community to go somewhat astray from the primitive way of administering the 'holy kiss' at the feast of the eucharist. the holy bishop seems quite too anxious as to certain details of the kdies' toilet

uch men would have instituted "libidinous rites" as well accuse jesus of having promoted the similar rites which we find practised so extensively by the medieval orthodox christians behind the secure shelter of monastic walls. if however we ore asked to credit such on accusation against the gnostics, an accusation transferred with tenfold acrimony, centuries later, to the unfortunate heads of the templars, why should we not be- heve the same of the orthodox christians? minucius felix states that the first christians were accused by the world of inducing, during the ceremony of the 'perfect passover' each neophyte on his admission to plunge a knife into an infant concealed under a heap of flour; the body then serving for a banquet to the whole congregation. after they had become the dominan

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eat pyramid. 199 chapter the twenty-fifth. history of the tower or steeple. 206 chapter the twenty-sixth. presence of the rosicrucians in heathen and christian architecture. 228 chapter the twenty-seventh. the rosicrucians amidst ancient mysteries and in the orders of knighthood. 237 chapter the twenty-eighth. rosicrucianism in strange symbols. 253 chapter the twenty-ninth. connection between the templars and gnosticism. 266 chapter the thirtieth. rosicrucian origin of the order of the garter. 282 chapter the thirty-first. rosicrucian supposed means of magic through signs, sigils, and figures. 295 chapter the thirty-second. astro-theosophical system of the rosicrucians the alchemic magisterium. 303 chapter the thirty-third. rosicrucian celestial and terrestrial (means of intercommunication

chapter the thirty-eighth. robert flood (robertus de fluctibus, the english rosicrucian. 361 supplementary notes. the first. notice of an ancient work (1595. 367 the second. rosicrucian views on the ark of noah. 368 the third. cabalistic illustrations. the sang-r ale, gr al, or holy gr ale. 369 concluding note. remarks upon two curious works. 372 the rosicrucians badge of the grand master of the templars. chapter the first. critics of the rosicrucians criticised. hat modern science, spite of its assumptions and of its intolerant dogmatism, is much at fault nay, to a great extent, a very vain thing is a conclusion that often presents itself to the minds of thinking persions. thus thoughtful people, who choose to separate themselves from the crowd, and who do not altogether give in with suc

ng light of the first crescent moon of the post-diluvian world* fig. 9 is the same* the shining star as the harbinger in the moon's embrace. meaning the divine post-diluvian remission and reconciliation. thus the sublime mahometan mythic device or cognisance the crescent of the new moon (lying on her back, and the shining star in this display: or rather the new moon, as thus" the beaus ant of the templars. 51 grandly mystic banner, denominated beaus ant( beau- s ant, revealing a whole occult theosophy to the initiate, which the leaders of the templars undoubtedly were. the difference between these two figures, fig. 8 and fig. 9, is, that the fly of the ensign marked fig. 9 is bifurcated (or cloven) in the lighted part. we subjoin the representation of the wondrous banner of the poor soldie

that the fly of the ensign marked fig. 9 is bifurcated (or cloven) in the lighted part. we subjoin the representation of the wondrous banner of the poor soldiers of the temple, as depicted abundantly on the spandrels of the arches of the temple church, london. fig. 10. fig. 11. von hammer s mystery of baphomet revealed contains much suggestive matter relative to these mysterious supposed dreadful templars. the parisian templiers assert that there is a connection between the recent niskhi letter and the cufic characters, and that the origin of the secrets of the order of the temple is contemporary with the prevalence of the latter alphabet. we here refer to the work entitled, mysterium baphometis revelatnm; seu, fratres militia templi, qua gnostid et quidem ophiani, apostasi, idololatri, et

c or german words: alb, alf (qy. alfred, and alp, which all signify white, as their original root. thus much for white. white is also a colour not auspicious to the prussian royal family, although, again, in a contradictory way, the ensigns of prussia (borussia, or of the borussi) are, as armorists well know, the original white and black of the egyptians, which were adopted by the teutons and the templars. these white and black tinctures are heraldically argent and sable: luna, or pearl, for tears; saturn, or diamond, for sadness, penance, and ashes. in these strange senses, the rosicrucians accepted colours as in themselves talismanic, powerfully operative through their planetary efficients, or signatures, as the astrologers call them. these ideas, more or less pronounced, have prevailed

rophets, or the gospel (woman. a. because it was delivered by. w. because it came through. fig 118. the union of and is consequently+ or the cross. piscis, which is a pointed oval figure, familiar in gothic architecture, and shaped like a boat or a shuttle, counterchanging the letters and the closing arcs, white and black, the black occupying the left or female side, according to the ideas of the templars. the standards of these soldiermonks were white and black, either oblong or forked. there are two columns of that heavy, severe order, however grand and impressive, which distinguishes the early norman period of architecture in england, in regard to which, though abounding in far-off hermetic suggestions, we have 226 the rosicrucians. seen no notice in antiquarian quarters. these two colu

e runic hammer of thor, and which in truth is a cross, occupies the centrepoint, or, heraldically, the honour-point, of the first column to the right. the master-masons were celebrated in their art of concealing myths, or hinting them cautiously in the most difficult and far-off resemblances. the curious reader is referred to our illustration, figs. 119, 120. the character of the" head" which the templars were charged with having worshipped in their secret encampments, or mystic lodges, has been the subject of much dispute. some say it was the head of proserpine, or of isis, or of the mother of nature, presented under certain strange aspects. others assert that the figure was male, and that of dis or charon, according to the classic nomenclature. the object was reputed to be a talisman, an

c e means the number five, or the half of the cabalistic zodiac, or the five ascending signs. this delphic e is also the seleucidan anchor. it was adopted by the gnostics to indicate the saviour, and it is frequent in the talismans and amulets of the early chris- fig. 173. tians. it is one of the principal gems of the gnostics, and is a cameo in flat relief. one of the charges against the knights templars was as follows: that they bound, or touched, the head of an idol with cords, wherewith they bound themselves about their shirts or next their skins( processus contra templarios, dugd. monast. ang. vol. vi. part ii. pp. 844-846, 240 the rosicrucians &c. there is something strange about these cords; cordons, ropes, belts, bands, baldrics (also in the term belted earls. these are always male

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named sylvester, who reigned during the council of nicaea in the early 4th century. the legend says, the book is still worshipped today in high circles within the papacy of rome. the legend says, the book was first seen by common men after a copy was taken during the sacking of rome by the vandals. the legend says, the book was worshipped throughout the ages by many secret societies, such as the templars and the priory de sion. the legend says, the book gives great power to its disciples, and men such as copernicus, galileo, nostradamus and isaac newton have worshipped it. the legend says, you must create a copy of the book with your own blood, when you are elected as a leader in one of these secret societies that still worship the book today. the legend says, that if you add even one wor

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re gathered together in 1717 to form the grand lodge of england, and so it has come down to us unto the present day. 84. it should be understood, however, that there is no one line of masonic orthodoxy. a parallel tradition, coming originally from chaldean sources, has given rise to masonry as worked upon the continent of europe. and yet another line seems to have been brought back by the knights templars on their return from the crusades. 85. the whole subject of masonic history is one of exceeding interest; but, owing to the fact that masonry is after all a secret society, it is often almost impossible to trace the line of its descent by means of any documents which are now available, and consequently there is great confusion and contradiction among the various accounts. we have ourselve

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scottish minutes. english minutes. irish minutes. the grand lodge of england. the recomposition of the rituals. two and three degrees. opposition. the succession of l.m.s. the grand lodges of york, ireland and scotland. the ancients. the holy royal arch. the united grand lodge. craft masonry in other countries chapter x other lines of masonic tradition the stream of secret societies. the knights templars. the suppression of the templars. the preservation of the templars tradition. the royal order of scotland. the brothers of the rosy cross. the literature of rosicrucianism. the traditional history of the rosicrucians. the history of the order. chapter xi the scottish rite origin of the rite. the jacobite movement. the oration of ramsay. the chapter of clermont. the council of emperors. st

tarte. bro. ward explains that the festivals of the two patron saints of freemasonry, s. john the baptist in summer and s. john the evangelist in winter, are only a perpetuation of the feasts of the old fertility cult at the summer and winter solstices; that similar cultural rites are found in other lands, teutonic, celtic and greek, that they also survived among the essenes, and that the knights templars brought back from syria a story very similar to that of the 3. the tale of jonah, he remarks, has always been understood as a myth of death and resurrection, and he also was sacrificed to appease a deity, and obtain salvation for others, just as was the priest-king of old. he quotes many instances of foundation and consecration sacrifices; and, holding as he does that hiram abiff was the

radition passed down independently of the later operative lodges, for there is no trace whatsoever of any high degrees in the extant minutes of mother kilwinning, no. 0 upon the roll of the grand lodge of scotland, which date from 1642(*history of the lodge of edinburgh (mary s chapel, no. i) d. murray lyon, pp. 340, 434) there is truth in the legend of the coming of certain of the french knights templars to scotland after their proscription in 1307, and there was an intermingling of their doctrines also with the scottish rites. one line of descent crossed from scotland to france, where it was blended in the eighteenth century with the egyptian tradition to form the rite of heredom or of perfection under the council of the emperors of the east and west, as will be further explained in chap

the f.c.h.s(*freemasonry and the ancient gods, j. s. m. ward, ch. xviii, passim) at coire cathedral in switzerland, which is romanesque in style and contains abundant evidence of comacine work, several figures on the capitals of the pillars in the choir and sanctuary are depicted making masonic s s, notably the f.c.h.s, the g. and r. s, and several s s now associated with the rose-croix, knights templars, and other high degrees in freemasonry(*an outline history of freemasonry, j. s. m. ward, p. 34) in the town-hall at basle there is a fresco by hans dyg, painted in 1519, in which we may see the same s s, and also one of the mark degree. king solomon s knot is the traditional name among the italians of to-day for the elaborate interlaced stonework executed by the comacine masters up to th

nal histories, likewise going back to the days of solomon s temple; and in that of the former an elaborate account of the death of maitre jacques is given, which may likewise be an echo of the death of another and greater master- for it is clearly intended to be symbolical. there is also a suggestion that it was taken to refer to the death of jacques de molay, the last grand master of the knights templars. much yet remains to be discovered about the compagnonnage, for no full investigation into its records has yet taken place; and it may well be that future research will show clearly that the speculative masons of england and the operative journeymen of france derive their traditions from a common ancestry in the ancient mysteries. this at least was the opinion of r. f. gould, the greatest

lity based upon an almost fanatical devotion. 544. devotion, indeed, was the great characteristic of the middle ages. the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, so rich in the annals of christian mysticism, were adorned by men and women whose power of devotion reached heights rarely touched in any other age. the great s. bernard (who among many other noted works gave their rule to the order of knights templars, richard of s. victor, s. hildegarde, s. francis of assisi and s. antony of padua, and a little later s. bonaventura and s. thomas aquinas- all these have shone forth as a light unto many generations. profound changes took place in the catholic church during these significant years, and europe rose from the dark ages into the full glory of an era of culture and art. gothic architecture wa

ns and the euchites; also the paulicians and the bogomiles. 657. eleventh century: the cathari and patarini, condemned by the roman church, both derived from the manichaeans; the paulicians with the same tradition, also persecuted; the knights of rhodes and of malta; scholastic mystics. 658. twelfth century: the albigenses appear, probably derived from manichaeans who settled in albi; the knights templars, publicly known; the cathari, widely spread in italy; the hermetists. 659. thirteenth century: the brotherhood of the winkelers; the apostolikers; the beghards and the beguinen; the brothers and sisters of the free spirit; the lollards; the albigenses, crushed out by the catholic church; the troubadours. 660. fourteenth century: the hesychasts, the precursors of the quietists; the friends

2. sixteenth century: the rosicrucians became widely known; the order of christ, derived from the templars; cornelius agrippa of nettesheim, in connection with a secret association; saint teresa; s. john of the cross; philippe paracelsus; the fire philosophers; militia crucifera evangelica, under simon studion; the mysteries of the hermetic masters. 663. seventeenth century: the rosicrucians; the templars; the asiatische bruder; academia di secreti, at the home of john baptista porta; the quietists, founded by michael de molinos; and the whole group of spanish mystics. 664. eighteenth century: the fratres lucis, or the knights of light; the rosicrucians; the knights and brothers initiate of st. john the evangelist from asia, or the asiatische bruder; the martinists; the theosophical societ

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tem. the trinity is the source of lucifer, the morning star, and sophia, the female divine being who is often revered as our lady of mt. carmel. the neo-pythagorean church is subject to a supreme heliophant, and its american jurisdiction is under bishop pierre-antoine saint-charles of boston, whereas michael bertiaux in chicago is over the caucasian-american members. the ancient order of oriental templars a lodge with credentials derived from the pre-crowleyite ordo templi orientis in germany the arithmosophical society, zotheria and the esoteric traditions research society (both outer courts of the various esoteric structures) are associated with the church. see also magic and magical groups for further reading: green,marian. the elements of ritual magic. longmead, shaftesbury, dorset, uk

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ate. thus useful. also 74= 37 2. so we see 37 1= 37, man.s crown, jechidah, the highest soul..in termino. 37 2= 74, the balance, 2 being the symbol .in via. 37 3= 111, aleph, etc, 3 being the mother, the nurse of the soul. 37 4= 148 .the balances. and so on. i have not yet worked out all the numbers of this important scale. 77. zo, the goat, scil. of the sabbath of the adepts. the baphomet of the templars, the idol set up to defy and overthrow the false god.though it is understood that he himself is false, not an end, but a means. note the 77= 7 11, magical power in perfection. 78. most venerable because alzm is shown as the influence descending from 68 [specifically .the wake world (liber xcv. t.s] 48 liber lviii on high, whose key is the tarot: and we possess the tarot. the proper number

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n on the emerald table. from these associations it is evident that chiram is to be considered as a prototype of humanity; in fact he is plato's idea (archetype) of man. as adam after the fall symbolizes the idea of human degeneration, so chiram through his resurrection symbolizes the idea of human regeneration. on the 19th day of march, 1314, jacques de molay, the last grand master of the knights templars, was burned on a pyre erected upon that point of the islet of the seine, at paris, where afterwards was erected the statue of king henry iv (see the indian religions, by hargrave jennings "it is mentioned as a tradition in some of the accounts of the burning" writes jennings "that molay, ere he expired, summoned clement, the pope who had pronounced the bull of abolition against the order

olay, ere he expired, summoned clement, the pope who had pronounced the bull of abolition against the order and had condemned the grand master to the flames, to appear, within forty days, before the supreme eternal judge, and philip [the king] to the same awful tribunal within the space of a year. both predictions were fulfilled" the close relationship between freemasonry and the original knights templars has caused the story of chiram to be linked with the martyrdom of jacques de molay. according to this interpretation, the three ruffians who cruelly slew their master at the gates of the temple because he refused to reveal the secrets of his order represent the pope, the king, and the executioners. de molay died maintaining his innocence and refusing to disclose the philosophical and magi

d the story of chiram to be linked with the martyrdom of jacques de molay. according to this interpretation, the three ruffians who cruelly slew their master at the gates of the temple because he refused to reveal the secrets of his order represent the pope, the king, and the executioners. de molay died maintaining his innocence and refusing to disclose the philosophical and magical arcana of the templars. those who have sought to identify chiram with the murdered king charles the first conceive the hiramic legend to have been invented for that purpose by elias ashmole, a mystical philosopher, who was probably a member of the rosicrucian fraternity. charles was dethroned in 1647 and died on the block in 1649, leaving the royalist party leaderless. an attempt has been made to relate the ter

posedly formulated by king solomon himself. the occult properties of the mandrake, while little understood, have been responsible for the adoption of the plant as a talisman capable of increasing the value or quantity of anything with which it was associated. as a phallic charm, the mandrake was considered to be an infallible cure for sterility. it was one of the priapic symbols which the knights templars were accused of worshiping. the root of the plant closely resembles a human body and often bore the outlines of the human head, arms, or legs. this striking similarity between the body of man and the mandragora is one of the puzzles of natural science and is the real basis for the veneration in which this plant was held. in isis unveiled, madam blavatsky notes that the mandragora seems to

ol the universal life force--that which eliphas levi calls the great magical agent or the astral light. by the manipulation of this fluidic essence the phenomena of transcendentalism are produced. the famous hermaphroditic goat of mendes was a composite creature formulated to symbolize this astral light. it is identical with baphomet the mystic pantheos of those disciples of ceremonial magic, the templars, who probably obtained it from the arabians. p. 102 black magic has merely passed through a metamorphosis, and although its name be changed its nature remains the same. a well-known magician of the middle ages was dr. johannes faustus, more commonly known as dr. faust. by a study of magical writings he was enabled to bind to his service an elemental who served him for many years in variou

ely concerning the origin of playing cards, the purpose for which they were intended, and the time of their introduction into europe. in his researches into the history of playing cards, samuel weller singer advances the opinion that cards reached southern europe from india by way of arabia. it is probable that the tarot cards were part of the magical and philosophical lore secured by the knights templars from the saracens or one of the mystical sects then flourishing in syria. returning to europe, the templars, to avoid persecution, concealed the arcane meaning of the symbols by introducing the leaves of their magical book ostensibly as a device for amusement and gambling. in support of this contention, mrs. john king van rensselaer states "that cards were brought by the home-returning wa

begin again to blossom, but why the first one chose their name and why the others shall also choose theirs, only those can solve who have understanding grounded in nature" political aspirations of the rosicrucians were expressed through the activities of sir francis bacon, the comte de st.-germain, and the comte di cagliostro. the last named is suspected of having been an emissary of the knights templars, a society deeply involved in transcendentalism, as eliphas levi has noted. there is a popular supposition to the effect that the rosicrucians were at least partial instigators of the french revolution (note particularly the introduction to lord bulwer-lytton's rosicrucian novel zanoni) the third postulate the third theory takes the form of a sweeping denial of rosicrucianism, asserting t

ian rosencreutz were one and the same individual. they accept fire as their universal symbol because it was the one element by means of which they could control the metals. they declared themselves the descendants of tubal-cain and hiram abiff, and that the purpose of their existence was to preserve the spiritual nature of man through ages of materiality "the gnostic sects, the arabs, alchemists, templars, rosicrucians, and lastly the freemasons, form the western chain in the transmission of occult science (see the tarot of the bohemians translated by a. e. waite from the french of papus) max heindel, the christian mystic, described the rosicrucian temple as an "etheric structure" located in and around the home of a european country gentleman. he believed that this invisible building would

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rm, and also a guide of the dead, he leads his wild rout across the winter skies accompanied by the baying of his death hounds! gogmagog. prehistoric version of the god and goddess in giant form. andros. the god as worshipped in the weald. adonai or adonis. hebrew for "the lord" dying god, consort of astarte. sabaoth. another hebrew name for god. baphomet. horned deity allegedly worshipped by the templars, a christian order of fighting monks of the twelfth century. the name has been variously construed to mean "the father of the temple of universal peace among men" the initials of which phrase in latin spell the name backwards: templi omnium hominum pacis abbas; or by others as a corruption of bathos metis "purification by wisdom" however, many witches take it to refer to "the stone of buf

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the looking glass todungeons and dragons, the themes are one. what is the tree of the east and the treeof the west? what are the two seraphim who guard the ark of the covenant? what arethe gates of v alhalla? why are there twin columns at the portals of illustrious edifices?what do the swastika, the double-headed eagle, the masonic double cube, the double-barred cross of lorraine, the two knights templars riding one horse, really signify?what are the real pillars of hercules that guarded the way to atlantis?atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation49 chapter 7records of blood and stoneof central importance to the proof of the war between the gods is the purely scientificaccounts of the devastation that affected the earths flora and fauna: what then has exterminated so many speci

ity (michael ellner)there are many other acts, perhaps not so overtly or initially violent, that are still partof the blood ritual inspired by the macrobes. one manner of keeping the masses incheck, as well as helping them lose their senses and commit slow suicide, concerns thepurveyance of alcoholic beverages called spirits in taverns and inns. this customwas started under the tax exempt knights templars who opened most of the inns inengland. these dens all have patently occult names (like green dragon, or blackhorse, raven's head, red lion, plough and stars, rose and crown, etc. they alsocommonly bore the name arms to commemorate that they were established by themilitary orders. they were also known down through history as venues for all kinds ofrevolutionaries and malcontents (see daphn

ts.567 gregory of tours reports that just before the bubonic plague invaded the auvergne region offrance, three brilliant lights appeared around the sun and the heavens appeared to be on fire. 590 another historian reports that bright lights in the sky precede the plague in another province infrance. 1099 christian crusades to free palestine from the muslims (to 1270. 1119 founding of the knights templars. appendix f: general chronology of events320atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation 1228 german emperor frederick ii leads a crusade to jerusalem. 1243 centralization of papal power in pope innocent iv until 1254. 1298 between 1298 and 1314 seven large comets seen over europe. 1333 a plague in china, preceded by a terrible mist emitting a fearful stench and infecting the air

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and of astrological symbols in the historical descriptions of it; but also, and yet more, from the details of the imaginary reconstructed edifice, seen by ezekiel in his vision. the apocalypse completes the demonstration, and shows the kabalistic meanings of the whole. the symbola architectonica are found on the most ancient edifices; and these mathematical figures and instruments, adopted by the templars, and identical with those on the gnostic seals and abrax, connect their dogma with the chaldaic, syriac, and egyptian oriental philosophy. the secret pythagorean doctrines of numbers were preserved by the monks of thibet, by the hierophants of egypt and eleusis, at jerusalem, and in the circular chapters of the druids; and they are especially consecrated in that mysterious book, the apoca

xviii. knight rose croix [prince rose croix] each of us makes such applications to his own faith and creed, of the symbols and ceremonies of this degree, as seems to him proper. with these special interpretations we have here nothing to do. like the legend of the master khurum, in which some see figured the condemnation and sufferings of christ; others those of the unfortunate grand master of the templars; others those of the first charles, king of england; and others still the annual descent of the sun at the winter solstice to the regions of darkness, the basis of many an ancient legend; so the ceremonies of this degree receive different explanations; each interpreting them for himself, and being offended at the interpretation of no other. in no other way could masonry possess its charac

in the sad task of torturing and murdering his brother; and of which ambition, avarice, envy, hatred, lust, and the rest of ahriman's and typhon's army make a pandemonium: this world, sunk in sin, reeking with baseness, clamorous with sorrow and misery. if any see in it also a type of the sorrow of the craft for the death of hiram, the grief of the jews at the fall of jerusalem, the misery of the templars at the ruin of their order and the death of de molay, or the world's agony and pangs of woe at the death of the redeemer, it is the right of each to do so. the third apartment represents the consequences of sin and vice and the hell made of the human heart, by its fiery passions. if any see in it also a type of the hades of the greeks, the gehenna of the hebrews, the tartarus of the roman

of egypt, persia, greece, india, the druids and the essenes, as vehicles to communicate the great masonic truths; as it has used the legends of the crusades, and the ceremonies of the orders of knighthood. it no longer inculcates a criminal and wicked vengeance. it has not allowed masonry to play the assassin: to avenge the death either of hiram, of charles the 1st, or of jacques de molay and the templars. the ancient and accepted scottish rite of masonry has now become, what masonry at first was meant to be, a teacher of great truths, inspired by an upright and enlightened reason, a firm and constant wisdom, and an affectionate and liberal philanthropy. it is no longer a system, over the composition and arrangement of the different parts of which, want of reflection, chance, ignorance, an

ts of jerusalem and up to calvary, upon which he cried "not my will, o father! but thine be done" is an unmistakable and eloquent symbol of these three virtues. he suffered upon it, because he consorted with and taught the poor and lowly, and found his disciples among the fishermen of galilee and the despised publicans. his life was one of humility, patience, and self-denial. the hospitallers and templars took upon themselves vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity. the lamb, which became the device of the seal of the order of the poor fellow soldiery of the temple of solomon, conveyed the same lessons of humility and self-denial as the original device of two knights riding a single horse. the grand commander warned every candidate not to be induced to enter the order by a vain hope of en

the consciousness of our own honor, the spirit of the high chivalry that is our boast, we must disdain the evils that are only material and bodily, and therefore can be no bigger than a blow or a cozenage, than a wound or a dream. look to the ancient days, sir e, for excellent examples of virtue, truth, and honor, and imitate with a noble emulation the ancient knights, the first hospitallers and templars, and bayard, and sydney, and saint louis; in the words of pliny to his friend maximus, revere the ancient glory, and that old age which in man is venerable, in cities sacred. honor antiquity and great deeds, and detract nothing from the dignity and liberty of any one. if those who now pretend to be the great and mighty, the learned and wise of the world, shall agree in condemning the memo

and some mere political knaves, purified masonry by persecution, and so proved to be its benefactors; for that which is persecuted, grows. to them its present popularity is due, the cheapening of its degrees, the invasion of its lodges, that are no longer sanctuaries, by the multitude; its pomp and pageantry and overdone display. an hundred years ago it had become known that the [hebrew] were the templars under a veil, and therefore the degree was proscribed, and, ceasing to be worked, became a mere brief and formal ceremony, under another name. now, from the tomb in which after his murders he rotted, clement the fifth howls against the successors of his victims, in the allocution of pio nono against the free-masons. the ghosts of the dead templars haunt the vatican and disturb the slumber

ls against the successors of his victims, in the allocution of pio nono against the free-masons. the ghosts of the dead templars haunt the vatican and disturb the slumbers of the paralyzed papacy, which, dreading the dead, shrieks out its excommunications and impotent anathemas against the living. it is a declaration of war, and was needed to arouse apathy and inertness to action. an enemy of the templars shall tell us the secret of this papal hostility against an order that has existed for centuries in despite of its anathemas, and has its sanctuaries and asyla even in rome. it will be easy, as we read, to separate the false from the true, the audacious conjectures from the simple facts "a power that ruled without antagonism and without concurrence, and consequently without control, prove

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phues, male and female in one, bearing the thyrsus-rod, and a cluster of grapes or a wineskin, while a tiger leaps up by his side. this form is suggested in the taro card, where 'the fool' is shown with a long wand and carrying a sack; his coat is motley. tigers and crocodiles follow him, thus linking this image with that of harpocrates. almost identical symbols are those of the secret god of the templars, the bi-sexual baphomet, and of zeus arrhenothelus, equally bi-sexual, the father-mother of all in one person (he is shown in this full form in the tarot trump xv "the devil) now, zeus being lord of air, we are reminded that aleph is the letter of air. as air, we find the "wandering fool" pure wanton breath, yet creative. wind was supposed of old to impregnate the vulture, which therefore

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cal working of any kind. your powers will be absoluhe contents preface vii introduction 1 part 1: the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages 1 the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 4 2 the collegia and the barbarian invasions 18 3 ecclesiastical and monastic associations 34 4 secular brotherhoods: the germanic and anglo-saxon guilds 51 5 the crusades and the templars 62 6 the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry 81 7 the templars and the parisian builders 102 part 2. from the art of building to the art of thinking 8 mason corporations in france 146 9 builders corporations in italy, germany, and switzerland 168 10 the corporative masonry of great britain 180 11 universal freemasonry 205 12 speculative freemasonry 221 13 the grand lodges and mo

rtain sources of freemasonry have emerged as the following: 1. the roman collegia, the remnants of which remained in the west following invasions and survived in the east as institutions discovered by the crusaders at the end of the eleventh century. 2. the ecclesiastical associations of builders formed by the bishops of the early middle ages, especially the benedictines, the cistercians, and the templars. 3. trade-based freemasonry, which was born under the aegis of these associations and followed the form of lay brotherhoods or guilds. the history of freemasonry and its origins will form the first part of this book. in the second part, we will study the evolution of the professional organization; its purposes, both operational and speculative; its initiatory and spiritualist nature; its

esiastical and monastic associations 35 activity extended well beyond the time of the monastic associations. from the twelfth century on they were involved with the organization of lay communities of builders that enjoyed specific franchises, earning them the name francs metiers (free craftsmen; see chapter 6. in this chapter we will study these monastic associations specifically. the role of the templars, which appears to be closely tied to the birth of operative freemasonry, will be developed in chapters 5-7. the formation of ecclesiastical and monastic associations in the goth regions and their extension into the north we have seen how in england and the frankish kingdoms the advocates of christianity appealed to the roman collegia and their remnants in the visigoth regions. this was wi

d the same from the very beginning. in fact, in the town of saint omer the merchant guild went on to become the commune* in the second half of the twelfth century, london may not yet have had a builders guild. in fact, we know that craftsmen and artists capable of building in stone were few in number in that city. in chapter 5 we will learn that in order to build their church on fleet street, the templars had to import an architectural brotherhood from the holy land and thus may well have been responsible for the formation of the original masons guild in london. the statutes of the earliest germanic, english, and scandinavian guilds include precious little information on their professional hierarchy. in the twelfth century in the norwegian city of bergen, however, there existed the classic

ury in the norwegian city of bergen, however, there existed the classic tripartite division of discipuli (apprentices, formuli (journeymen, and magistri (masters. in part 2, we will look more closely at the english guilds as they existed in the fourteenth century* esmein, histoire du droit francois, 292-93 [a commune is equivalent to the english or american district. trans] 5 the crusades and the templars the eight crusades, which took place from 1096 to 1291, had a profound social, economic, political, cultural, and religious effect on western europe. and from the beginning to the end of the crusades, the templars were among the continent's most important and effective agents in all these areas of experience. the order of the templars, derived from its true name, the militia of the temple

llaume de tyr, histoire des croisades, vol. 2 (paris: editions guizot, 202. guillaume was born in jerusalem around 1130 and became counselor to amaury of jerusalem and tutor of his son baudoin, royal chancellor in 1173, and archbishop in 1174. he fulfilled numerous missions and attended the council of latran in 1176. he died from poisoning in 1193. his testimony of the strong campaign against the templars that was based on a conflict over ecclesiastical rights makes guillaume's history of the crusades particularly valuable. in his historia orientalis (written in the thirteenth century, jacques de vitry, bishop of acre, who was closely aligned with the templars, ceaselessly refers to guillaume's book. the crusades and the templars 63 paien or payan de montdidier; archambaud de saint-armand

de montdidier; archambaud de saint-armand or saint- aignan; andre de montbard, maternal uncle of saint bernard de clairvaux; godefroy; gondemar; roral or roland; and godefroy de bissot or bissor. in 1126 hugues, count of champagne and donor of clairvaux, joined this number. together they drew their authority from the patriarch theocletes, sixty-seventh successor of the apostle john, for whom the templars maintained, along with the holy virgin, a special worship. these men took the three vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity and swore an oath to do all in their power to safeguard the roads and protect pilgrims against the attacks of brigands and infidels. initially the order, which at first followed the rule of saint augustine, did not expand greatly. in the ninth year of the order's ex

n of its holdings to such an extent that their wealth is, on this we can be sure, equal to that of kings. the order of the temple was able to establish itself and prosper not merely in the holy land, but in all regions of the christian world during the same era that witnessed the appearance of brotherhoods and* with the council's consent, saint bernard, responsible for writing the new rule of the templars, would have delegated this task to jean michel (jean michaelensis. see also h. de curzon, la regie du temple (paris: 1886. it should be noted that the rule of the temple had much in common with the rule of citeaux+ from 1146 on these robes were embellished with a red patty cross embroidered on the chest, which referenced the privilege bestowed upon them by pope eugene iii on the authority

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ced into europe by, ormus, a seraphic priest of alexandria, and egyptian sage,who had been converted by st.mark, and reformed the doctrines of the egyptians in accordance with the principles of christianity. the disciples of ormus continued, until b b b i, to be the sole guardians of ancient egyptian wisdom as purified by christianity, and solomonian science. this science they communicated to the templars.they were then known by the title of knights of palestine or brethren rose-croix of the east. in them, the rite of memphis recognizes its immediate founders. in defining the object and intention of his order,marconis speaks as follows: the masonic rite of memphis is a combination of the ancient mysteries; it taught the first men to render homage to the deity. its dogmas are based on the p

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our wits, to have a wholesome dread of the law, and to keep at a respectful distance from the church and her faggots. would you care, as a change, to behold something less fantastic, more real and also more truly terrible? you shall assist at the execution of jacques de molay and his accomplices or his brethren in martyrdom. be not misled, however; confuse not the guilty and the innocent! did the templars really adore baphomet? did they offer a shameful salutation to the buttocks of the goat of mendes? what was actually this secret and potent association which imperilled church and state, and was thus destroyed unheard? judge nothing lightly; they are guilty of a great crime; they have exposed to profane eyes the sanctuary of antique initiation. they have gathered again and have shared the

eared before the eyes of the world without having consumed solemnly the remains and evidences of its previous life. so also moses saw to it that all those who had known egypt and her mysteries should end their life in the desert; at ephesus st. paul burnt all books which treated of the occult sciences; and in fine, the french revolution, daughter of the great johannite orient and the ashes of the templars, spoliated the churches and blasphemed the allegories of the divine cultus. but all doctrines and all revivals proscribe magic and condemn its mysteries to the flames and to oblivion. the reason is that each religion or philosophy which comes into the world is a benjamin of humanity and insures its own life by destroying its mother. it is because the symbolical serpent turns ever devourin

d standing on a cube over which tongues of flame are passing; the phallus is replaced by a caduceus; the sun and moon figure on the right and left breast; the figure is bearded, crowned and holds a sceptre in his hand. this is the azoth of the sages on its pedestal of salt and sulphur. the symbolic head of the goat of mendes is occasionally given to this figure, and it is then the baphomet of the templars and the word of the gnostics, bizarre images which became scarecrows for the vulgar after affording food for reflection to sages innocent hieroglyphs of thought and faith which have been a pretext for the rage of persecutions. how pitiable are men in their ignorance, but how they would despise themselves if only they came to know! 96 xx w u the universal medicine caput resurrectio circulu

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agent. the double current of light, the living and astral fire of the earth. was represented by the serpent with the head of an ox, goat or dog, in ancient theogonies. it is the dual serpent of the caduceus, the old serpent of genesis, but it is also the brazen serpent of moses, twined about the tau, that is, the generating lingam. it is, moreover, the goat of the sabbath and the baphomet of the templars; it is the hyle of the gnostics; it is the double tail of the serpent which forms the legs of the solar cock of abraxas. in fine, it is the devil of m. eudes de mirville and is really that blind force which souls must overcome if they would be freed from the chains of earth; for, unless their will can detach them from this fatal attraction, they will be absorbed in the current by the forc

read a frank and simple inscription. the devil. yes, we confront here that phantom of all terrors, the dragon of all theogonies, the ahriman of the persians, the typhon of the egyptians, the python of the greeks, the old serpent of the hebrews, the fantastic monster, the nightmare, the croquemitaine, the gargoyle, the great beast of the middle ages, and. worse than all these. the baphomet of the templars, the bearded idol of the alchemist, the obscene deity of mendes, the goat of the sabbath. the frontispiece to this gritual h reproduces the exact figure of the terrible emperor of night, with all his attributes and all his characters. let us state now for the edification of the vulgar, for the satisfaction of m. le comte de mirville, for the justification of the demonologist bodin, for th

obscene deity of mendes, the goat of the sabbath. the frontispiece to this gritual h reproduces the exact figure of the terrible emperor of night, with all his attributes and all his characters. let us state now for the edification of the vulgar, for the satisfaction of m. le comte de mirville, for the justification of the demonologist bodin, for the greater glory of the church, which persecuted templars, burnt magicians, excommunicated freemasons, etc. let us state boldly and precisely that all inferior initiates of the occult science and profaners of the great arcanum, not only did in the past but do now, and will ever, adore what is signified by this alarming symbol. yes, in our profound conviction, the grand masters of the order of the templars worshipped the baphomet, and caused it t

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of the silver star, as the entire organization was bound so tightly to his own authoritarian personality that it could not survive. he had made no adequate provision for the selection of successors, and most of the order's prominent members were more personal fans than magicians. the same applies to another order over which he assumed control, the german ordo templi orientis or order of oriental templars. at the present there are numerous offshoots of the parent organization, each claiming sole authenticity. political examples also abound, such as the fragmentation of the empires of alexander and charlemagne and the rapidly-shifting regimes of latin america (5) mixture of black and white principles. magical orders have generally been successful to the extent that they have embodied such b

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oracular nature within this aat, reflected through the use of the portals of the moon. cell 6 being the aat of the 7th and 18th letter of the sacred alphabet this cell is a discourse upon the double will and the divided twins as found in the mystery of the androgyne also known in the occult communities as baphomet. i am her as i am he (p. 241. this cell connects with the supposed mysteries of the templars and the vapours of demolay can be sensed in its discourses of the twin vessels and the construction of the stone-god. the physical representation of the god or famulus are integrated as an important and crucial part on the crooked road towards the light of the midnight-vale. this technique was employed by the german reuss-derived occult group in the concept of the gotos. a title assigned

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ow a demonic king ruling 40 legions, with the heads of a man, a bull, and a ram, with the tail of a serpent. rides a bear, carries a goshawk, speaks hoarsely. tells fortunes, gives invisibility, makes men witty. baphomet this character has long been identified with the devil and the goat of mendes, and as purely male. such has played its part in the continuation of that myth which states that the templars were the agents of darkness. the name baphomet is also that of the goddess of the gnostics, sophia. it is hidden through the cabbalist codes of temurah. in this, the letters of words are substituted, transposed and altered, so that any word may yield a hidden meaning. in writing the twenty two letters of the hebrew alphabet in a special order and in two lines, the letters above and below

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r satan, the arch fiend asmodeus- hebrew devil of sensuality and luxury, originally "creature of judgement" astaroth- phoenician goddess of lasciviousness, equivalent of babylonian ishtar azazel (hebrew) taught man to make weapons of war, introduced cosmetics baalberith- canaanite lord of the covenant who was later made a devil balaam- hebrew devil of avarice and greed baphomet- worshipped by the templars as symbolic of satan bast- egyptian goddess of pleasure represented by the cat beelzebub (hebrew) lord of the flies, taken from symbolism of the scarab behemoth- hebrew personification of satan in the form of an elephant beherit- syriac name for satan bil- celtic god of hell chemosh- national god of moabites, later a devil cimeries- rides a black horse and rules africa coyote- american in

he satanist! if this sounds repugnant, then the success of the reports of the black mass, in keeping the devout in church, is easy to understand. no "decent" person could fail to side with the inquisitors when told of these blasphemies. the propagandists of the church did their job well, informing the public at one time or another of the heresies and heinous acts of the pagans, cathars, bogomils, templars and others who, because of their dualistic philosophies and sometimes satanic logic, had to be eradicated. the stories of unbaptized babies being stolen by satanists for use in the mass were not only effective propoganda measures, but also provided a constant source of revenue for the church, in the form of baptism fees. no christian mother would, upon hearing of these diabolical kidnappi

ir carefully bound spirits and demons, have also succeeded in binding the minds of many who call themselves parapsychologists to this day! as far as satanism is concerned, the closest outward signs of this were the neo-pagan rites conducted by macgregor mathers' hermetic order of the golden dawn, and aleister crowley's later order of the silver star (a. a- argentinum astrum) and order of oriental templars (o.t.o, which paranoiacally denied any association with satanism, despite crowley's self-imposed image of the beast of revelation. aside from some rather charming poetry and a smattering of magical bric-a-brac, when not climbing mountains crowley spent most of his time as a poseur par excellence and worked overtime to be wicked. like his contemporary, rev) mantague summers, crowley obviou

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st self-denials, and symbolic rebirth is attained through a contrived entombment. the ceremony originated in the thirteenth century. in its original form it was not the historical parody into which it later developed. accounts of the performance of l'air epais ultimately strengthened the charges of king philip iv of france in his campaign to abolish the rich order, which was banished in 1331. the templars had been exposed to the dualistic concepts of the yezidis in the near east they had seen pride glorified and life praised as never before, when they entered the courtyard of the serpent and the sanctuary of the peacock, where indulgence became tantamount to greater power. as a result, they developed what was destined to become one of the most significant rites of satanism. martyrdom, once

pride glorified and life praised as never before, when they entered the courtyard of the serpent and the sanctuary of the peacock, where indulgence became tantamount to greater power. as a result, they developed what was destined to become one of the most significant rites of satanism. martyrdom, once believed desirable, was considered with disgust and ridicule, and fierce pride was to become the templars' last image to the world. the philosophy of sheik adi and the yezidis, applied to the already acquired wealth and physical resources of the templars, might have eventually drawn the western world away from christianity if not stopped. even with the banishment of the templars, their combination of prideful, life-adoring principles joined with western goal-oriented materialism did not wholl

h would nevertheless wind up on the left. fortunately, precious few of crowley's disciples progressed as far as the grade of adeptus exemptus, thus neatly preventing problems that might have arisen from such rude spiritual awakenings. the overtly anti-christian sentiments of the ceremony of the stifling air classified it as a "black mass" according to the accounts that were employed to indict the templars. upon assuming the sixth degree, a candidate renounced all life-denying spirituality and acknowledged an understanding of the material world as a prerequisite to higher planes of existence. this is a ritual of the death-defiant and allows any unconscious death motivations to be exorcised. it is a statement of rebirth, of the delights of life as opposed to the negation of death. the celebr

ence and other writers. the title stifling air refers both to the tension produced by the contrivedly oppressive atmosphere during the early segments of the ceremony, and the closeness within the coffin. when the performance of l'air epais was resumed in 1799, it served as a celebration of the successful curse placed upon philip and pope clement v by jacques de molay, the last grand master of the templars, who had been condemned to death along with his knights. the present text employs the actual curse leveled against the king and the pope by de molay. though the dialogue of the priest of satan, the king, and the pope are presented in modern french prose, the statements of de molay have been retained in their actual stilted delivery. james thompson's diabolical litany of the nineteenth cen

reater confrontation for the celebrant, making him hyperconscious of his role. mirrors also serve to "rob the soul" according to old tradition. an austere chair is provided in which the celebrant sits during the first part of the ritual. the coffin may be of any type, although a traditional hexagonal style is recommended, as this is the type depicted in the actual sigil of the sixth degree of the templars and, combined with the skull and crossbones, is retained in masonic symbology. the coffin must be large enough to accommodate two persons, hence special construction or modification is likely to be necessary. the usual devices of satanic ritual are all employed. additional accouterments include a cat-o'-nine-tails with which to scourge the celebrant, a cruet for the wine of bitterness, an

e all employed. additional accouterments include a cat-o'-nine-tails with which to scourge the celebrant, a cruet for the wine of bitterness, and a goblet the celebrant (pope) is attired in tattered and decaying vestments. the king is represented as counsel for the celebrant; he wears rags and a miserable crown made out of cardboard. de molay is dressed in satanic splendor, with the mantle of the templars and the symbols of his office. he carries a sword. the woman in the coffin should be sensually appealing and seductive, the opposite of the wan, pale concept usually associated with death. for music suitable to this ritual, refer to le messe noir, or employ berlioz1 "funeral and triumphal symphony" procedure for performance the ceremony begins in the customary manner, as described in the

e ma personne et mes actes. les templiers se sout veng s; ils ont de'touit le pape, ils ont de'touit le roi. leur pouvoir n'est-il pas arr t par la mort? why am i here? what is the meaning of this? i cannot comprehend the mystery of my presence in this place. it is as if a strange and overpowering summons intrudes upon my rest. a curse must be upon me yet, for even after death, the torment of the templars is not still they have destroyed this pope, and with me they have taken the king. yet here am i as it was in centuries past. will not their power stop with death? king: la question est vieille et oubli e. the matter is old and should be forgotten. priest: la question ne peut pas tre oubli e. beaucoup d'hommes moururent, partni les plus braves de france. the matter cannot be forgotten. man

pe: ce n'est pas moi qui les ai condamn s. leur roi, phillipe, connaisait les actions des templiers: il obtient des informatious. il consid re leur fortune, leur pouvoir, leur arrogance, et leurs rites tranges, sombres et terribles. il les condamn. a mort! i did not condemn them. the king, philip, condemned them when he was informed of their indiscretions. he obtained damning evidence against the templars. he had no choice, when confronted with the evidence. they had wealth beyond their station, and power as well they had become arrogant in their manner towards the guardians of decency. they conducted strange, dark rites, unholy and terrible, which violated the precincts of the church. so he condemned them to death. it was only right. de molay: mais en a-t-il le droit? quel titre le lui do

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) was found in this cedarwood sarcophagus. this pharaoh is thought by egyptologists to be the ruler who enslaved the israelites and forced them to build cities. 224 codex magica painting from the tomb of rameses i, valley of the kings, west thebes, in egypt. the figure at right (luriferian angel) has wings crossed in "x" fashion. this is said to be a secret, coded alphabet used by the clandestine templars order (from secret societies, by arkon daraul "cross my heart and hope to die" 225 these ancient egyptian figures demonstrate how prevalent was osiris' sacred sign "x" bronze figurine of the demon god pazuzu, 800-600 b.c. pazuzu is still secretly worshipped today by many. a real egyptian mummy, arms crossed in honor of osiris, divine father. pre-aztec figurine, today on display in mexico

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on their way to jerusalem had become a privileged order of opportunists bloated with wealth. and in their new quest for power and wealth, the protection of the pilgrims was often forgotten. even st. bernard issued a series of exhortations that the order was accepting into its membership too many knights who were but adventurers and outlaws and that a good number of the nobility who had joined the templars were men who had been regarded as oppressors and scourges by their serfs. there were three divisions of the templars in the east.jerusalem, antioch, and tripoli. in europe, there were 16 provinces.france, auvergne, normandy, aquitaine, poitou, provence, england, germany, upper and lower italy, apulia, sicily, portugal, castile, leon, and aragon. a majority of the templars were french, and

sions of the templars in the east.jerusalem, antioch, and tripoli. in europe, there were 16 provinces.france, auvergne, normandy, aquitaine, poitou, provence, england, germany, upper and lower italy, apulia, sicily, portugal, castile, leon, and aragon. a majority of the templars were french, and it was estimated by the middle of the thirteenth century that as many as 9,000 manors were held by the templars in france. the chief seat of the templars had remained in jerusalem from the origins of the order in 1118 to 1187, when it was moved to antioch after the christians f defeat by saladin in the plain of tiberias. the hospitallers and the templars had been slaughtered in battle and 230 captive knights had been beheaded when they refused the muslims f offer to convert to the religion of the p

tion imposed by church and state on others. the self-righteous among the rulers and the people were indignant over the knights f pride, arrogance, and licentiousness, and rumors began to spread that the order had acquired heretical practices during their time in the east. in 1306, king philip iv (1268.1314) of france, called philip the fair, sought refuge for himself and the royal treasury in the templars f massive fortress in paris. the unruly mobs were calling for his death, and he feared that the disloyal among his nobles would loot the nation fs wealth. while philip was in the process of entrusting the treasury of france to the templars f protection, he also managed to gain sight of the incredible wealth that the knights had accumulated. when he fully comprehended that this was only a

obs were calling for his death, and he feared that the disloyal among his nobles would loot the nation fs wealth. while philip was in the process of entrusting the treasury of france to the templars f protection, he also managed to gain sight of the incredible wealth that the knights had accumulated. when he fully comprehended that this was only a portion of their immeasurable riches and that the templars had forts and estates throughout france, each containing its own deposit of treasure, he was awed by the enormity of their riches. when philip sat more securely on his throne, he began to perceive the templars as rivals for his kingdom. the knights had more money and power than he, the king, and they owed their allegiance only to the pope. philip t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f

it of treasure, he was awed by the enormity of their riches. when philip sat more securely on his throne, he began to perceive the templars as rivals for his kingdom. the knights had more money and power than he, the king, and they owed their allegiance only to the pope. philip t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 22 secret societies theknights templars owed their allegiance only to the pope. met with pope clement v (c. 1260.1314) to seek his counsel on how the order might be exterminated. although the templars had enjoyed the blessing of the papacy for decades, the pope admitted that he had been made uneasy by accusations that the order had sought to protect their own interests by securing a separate treaty with the mulis when the chris

officials in france, and the endorsement of william of paris, the grand inquisitor, king philip demanded that the pope conduct an investigation into such charges against the knights templar. whether or not clement believed such stories, he gave his approval that a judicial inquiry be instituted, and the knights were charged with heresy and immorality. on the night of october 13, 1307, all of the templars f castles in france were surrounded by large bodies of men that were led by small parties of priests and noblemen. when the unsuspecting knights were ordered to open their gates in the name of the king, they immediately complied. taken completely by surprise, about 900 knights were arrested, and all their property and holdings in france were seized. when word of the arrests reached other

l friendship with de molay, who was the godfather of his younger son, philip ordered the grand master and the 140 knights imprisoned with him to be starved, tortured, and kept in filthy dungeons. although the pope had little problem yielding to pressure and issuing a ban on the order, he hesitated to give his sanction to the extermination of the knights. philip, however, was determined to see the templars destroyed and their wealth distributed to the state. for two weeks, the knights imprisoned in paris suffered the rack, the thumbscrew, the pincers, the branding iron, and the fire. thirty-six died under torture without speaking. the rest confessed to every charge the inquisition had leveled against them.the worship of baphomet, a black cat, and a serpent; the sacrifice of babies and the m

may 10, 1310, to review the confessions. but philip fs victory was sullied when 54 of the knights withdrew their confessions and appealed to government and church officials that they had been tortured. they swore that they had remained true to their vows and that they had never practiced any kind of witchcraft or satanism. philip silenced their pleas three days later when he ordered all 54 of the templars burned at the stake in a field behind the alley of st. antoine. in 1312, the pope convened the council of venice to weigh the fate of the templars. it t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 23 was decided that the order should be abolished and its property confiscated, but pope clement chose to reserve final judgment conc

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it has been necessary or possible for it to be literal, there also it is invariably literal" we agree that it is either more or less than translation, and the following examples selected at hazard in the course of half-an-hour will enable the reader to judge whether mr. waite is acquainted with either french or english "gentilhomme "gentleman "the nameless vice which was reproached "against" the templars "certaines circonstances ridicules et un proces en escroquerie "certain ridiculous processes and a swindling lawsuit "se mele de dogmatiser "meddles with dogmatism "la vie pour lui suffisait a l'expiation des plus grands crimes, puis qu'elle etait la consequence d'un arret de mort "according to him life was sufficient for the greatest crimes, since "these" were the result of a death sente

s, making the cross of st. andrew "the suppression of the two left-hand points expresses the negation of the cross, the negation of mercy and of love "the affirmation of the absolute reign of force, and its eternal antagonism, from above to beneath, and from beneath to above "the glorification of tyranny and of revolt "the hieroglyphic sign of the unclean rite, with which, rightly or wrongly, the templars were reproached; it is the sign of disorder and of eternal despair" such, then, are the first revelations of the hidden science of the magi with regard to these phenomena of supernatural manifestations. now let it be permitted to us to compare with these strange signatures other contemporary apparitions of phenomenal writings, for it is really a brief which science ought to study before t

hurls him beneath it, into the abyss. the devil, then, exists really enough for the qabalists; but it is neither a person nor a distinguished power of even the forces of nature. the devil is dispersion, or the slumber of the intelligence. it is madness and falsehood. thus are explained the nightmares of the middle ages; thus, too, are explained the bizarre symbols of some initiates, those of the templars, for example, who are much less to be 203 blamed for having worshipped baphomet, than for allowing its image to be perceived by the profane. baphomet, pantheistic figure of the universal agent, is nothing else than the bearded devil of the alchemists. one knows that the members of the highest grades in the old hermetic masonry attributed to a bearded demon the accomplishment of the great

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

during the last thirty years in all parts of the civilized world, all following some line of occult study, yet there is but one ancient organization of genuine mystics which shows to the seeker after truth a royal road to discover the lost mysteries of antiquity and to the unveiling of the one hermetic truth. this organization is known at the present times (sic) as the: ancient order of oriental templars ordo templi orientis otherwise: the hermetic brotherhood of light it is a modern school of magic. and, like the ancient schools of magic, it derived its knowledge from the east. this knowledge was never revealed to the profane, for it gave immense power for either good or evil to its possessors. it was recorded in symbol, parable and allegory, requiring a key for its interpretation. the s

are however but different aspects of the one great mystery. they all require a key to disclose the real underlying meaning. there exists, however, but one right key, and moreover this one right key must be used the right way. this key can be placed within the reach of all those who are prepared unselfishly to study and work for its possession, if they apply for membership to the order of oriental templars (o.t.o. the o.t.o (ordo templi orientis) is a body of initiates in whose hands are concentrated the secret knowledge of all oriental orders and of all existing masonic degrees. its chiefs are initiates of the highest rank and recognized as such by all capabel (sic) of such recognition in every country in the world. the order is international, and has existing connections in every civilize

mplar order: after the death of jacques de molay, some scottish templars having become apostates at the instigation of robert bruce ranged themselves under the banner of a new order instituted by this prince and in which the receptions were based on those of the order of the temple. it is there that we must seek the origin of scottish masonry and even that of the other masonic rites. the scottish templars were excommunicated in 1324 by larmenius, who declared them to be temple desertores and with the knights of st. john of jerusalem, dominiorum militae spoliatores, placed for ever outside the pale of the temple. a similar anathema has since been launched by several grand masters against templars who were rebellious to legitimate authority. from the schism that was introduced into scotland

the temple saw itself as the true church of christ, preserving through the centuries a true egyptian gnostic christian tradition. it claimed that the son of god. was brought up in the schools of alexandria. he was able to reach all the degrees of egyptian initiation. jesus conferred evangelical initiation on his apostles and disciples. how this mystic christianity had supposedly passed on to the templars was recounted in the order s legend: file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c2.html (4 of 5 [12/28/2001 2:01:22 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. up to the year 1118 the mysteries and the hierarchic order of the initiation of egypt, transmitted to the jews by moses, then to the christians by jesus christ, were preserved by the successors of

fusion in this order of the different kinds of initiation. designated under the title of primitive christians or johannites. the order of the temple relied for its authority on the so-called charter of larmenius, an eighteenthcentury forgery, which purported to show that jacques de molay9 had been secretly succeeded by a certain larmenius. from him had come a line of grand masters under whom the templars had survived into the nineteenth century. this preposterous nonsense was taken seriously by several nineteenth-century occultists and eliphas l vi asserted that theoclet the gnostic pontiff who had supposedly passed on the apostolic succession to the templars had initiated hugues de payens into the mysteries and hopes of his pretended church, he lured him by the ideas of sacerdotal sovere

the sexual magic which kellner believed had been the real secret of the original order of the temple. kellner claimed to have rediscovered this secret doctrine by means of a thorough study of the sexo-yogic teachings he had orally received from three oriental adepts, two arab and one hindu. he therefore decided, reasonably enough, to call his fraternity ordo templi orientis the order of oriental templars thus properly acknowledging his intellectual debts to his teachers. whether these teachers ever actually existed, or if they did, whether they taught kellner the things that he claimed that they taught him, is of no great importance. the fact remains that from somewhere or other this german occultist obtained the knowledge of a remarkable magical system bearing some resemblance to both be

uth in their hearts, and, loving light, to bear the lamp of virtue beneath the cloak of secrecy. and these at certain seasons went at night by ways open or hidden to heaths and mountains, and there dancing together, and with strange suppers and spells diverse, did call forth him, whom the enemy called ignorantly satan, and was in truth the great god pan, or bacchus, or even that baphomet whom the templars worshipped secretly, and yet worship as in the vi all illustrious knights of the holy order of kadosch, all dame companions of the holy grail are taught to do, or babalon the beautiful, or even zeus apollo of the greeks. and each when first inducted to the revel was made partner of that incarnate one by the consummation of the rite of marriage. consider of this. file//c /documents%20and%2

e regardie, golden dawn (llewellyn, 1970, mathers, astral projection magic and alchemy (spearman, 1972, e. howe, magicians of the golden dawn (routledge, 1972) and my own ritual magic in england (spearman, 1970. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael/my.%20secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/note4.html [12/28/2001 2:08:59 pm] sroto_notes 5. clearly ramsay was referring to the charge that the templars took oathes involving spitting and trampling upon the cross. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael/my.%20secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/note5.html [12/28/2001 2:09:06 pm] sroto_notes 6. ramsay s oration was intended to be delivered on march 21, 1737. it was first printed in 1741 in the almanach des cocus, a periodical described as obscure and obscene by the author of a paper pu

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

he priapeia and liberalia assumed in western europe 206 contents. xi page. trial of witches at arras, in france. 207 sprenger and others on witchcraft in the fifteenth century. 209 bodin s description of the sabbath ceremonies. 210 pierre de lancre s full account of the witches sabbath. 212 pictorial representation of the ceremonies. 245 similarity of the proceeding of the sabbath to those of the templars. 246 intermixture of priapic orgies with christian rites and ceremonies. 247 traces of phallic worship still existing on the western shores of ireland 248 index. 249 list of illustrations note. as frequent references are made to some of the engraved figures in different parts of the work, it was found impossible to insert the illustrations always opposite the explanatory text. the plates

f art, the shelahna- gigs of ireland. there can be little doubt that the superstition to which these objects belonged gave rise to much of the indecent sculpture which is so often found upon medi val ecclesiastical buildings. the late baron von hammer-p rgstall published a very learned paper upon monuments of various kinds which he considered as illustrating the secret history of the order of the templars, from which we learn that there was in his time a series of most extraordinary obscene sculptures in the church of schoengraber in austria, of which he intended to give engravings, but the drawings had not arrived in time for his book;1 but he has engraved the capital of a column in the church of egra, a town of bohemia, of which we give a copy,2 in which the two sexes are displaying to v

ecially in the south of europe, where roman traditions were strongest, both as an amulet and as an insulting gesture. the italian called this gesture fare la fica, to make or do the fig to any one; the spaniard, dar una higa, to give a fig; and the frenchman, like the italian, faire la figue. we can trace this phrase back to the thirteenth century at least. in the judicial proceedings against the templars in paris in 1309, one of the brethren of the order was asked, jokingly, in his examination, because he was rather loose and flippant in his replies, if he bad been ordered by the said receptor (the officer of the templars who admitted the new candidate) to make with his fingers the fig at the crucifix. 1 here the word used is the correct latin ficus; and it is the same in the plural, in a

d was carefully carried on the person, or preserved in the house. it conferred fertility in more senses than one, for it was believed that as long as you kept it locked up with your money, the latter would become 1 carduus puellarum legitur et ab eisdem centum cruces. generative powers 169 doubled in quantity every year; and it had at the same time all the protective qualities of the phallus. the templars were accused of worshipping the mandrake, or mandragora, which became an object of great celebrity in france during the reigns of the weak monarchs charles vi. and charles vii. in 1429 one friar richard, of the order of the cordeliers, preached a fierce sermon against the use of this amulet, the temporary effect of which was so great, that a certain number of his congregation delivered up

up. such were the secret ceremonies of the stedingers, according to the deliberate statement of pope gregory ix, who also charges them with offering direct worship to lucifer.1 but the most remarkable, and at the same time the most celebrated, affair in which these accusations of secret and obscene ceremonies were brought to bear, was that of the trial and dissolution of the order of the knights templars. the charges against the knights templars were not heard of for the first time at the period of their dissolution, but for many years it had been whispered abroad that they had secret opinions and practices of an objectionable character. at length the wealth of the order, which was very great in france, excited the cupidity of king philippe iv, and it was resolved to proceed against them

eriod of their dissolution, but for many years it had been whispered abroad that they had secret opinions and practices of an objectionable character. at length the wealth of the order, which was very great in france, excited the cupidity of king philippe iv, and it was resolved to proceed against them, and despoil them of their possessions. the grounds for these proceedings were furnished by two templars, one a gascon, the other an italian, who were evidently men of bad character, and who, having been imprisoned for some offence or offences, made a confession of the secret practices of their order, and upon these confessions certain articles of accusation were drawn up. these appear to have been enlarged afterwards. in 1307, jacques de molay, the grand master of the order, was treacherous

that when it was done, he was so conscience-struck that he wished he had been outside at his liberty, even though it had been with the loss of one of his arms. 1 when odo de dompierre, with great reluctance, at length spat on the cross, he said that he did it with such bitterness of heart that he would rather have had his two thighs broken.2 michelet, in the account of the proceedings against the templars in his history of france, offers an ingenious explanation of these ceremonies of initiation which gives them a typical meaning. he imagines that they were borrowed from the figurative mysteries and rites of the early church, and supposes that, in this spirit, the candidate for admission into the order was first presented as a sinner and renegade, in which character, after the example of p

, 307. generative powers 189 articles of accusation, one of the ceremonies of initiation required the novice to kiss the receiver on the mouth, on the anus, or the end of the spine, on the navel, and on the virga virilis.1 the last is not mentioned in the examinations, but the others are described by so many of the witnesses that we cannot doubt of their truth. from the depositions of many of the templars examined, it would appear that the usual order was to kiss the receptor first in ano, next on the navel, and then on the mouth.2 the first of these was an act which would, of course, be repulsive to most people, and the practice arose gradually of only kissing the end of the spine, or, as it was called in medi val latin, in anca. bertrand de somorens, of the diocese of amiens, describing

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

crowley, the law is for all, p. 42 "when you have proved that god is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the perception that the sex instinct is god (crowley, quoted in israel regardie, the eye in the triangle: an interpretation of aleister crowley [st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 1970, 417. xlvon the charges of sex magic brought against the cathars and later the templars, see francis king, sexuality, magic and perversion (secacus: citadel, 1971, 170-71. xlvifranklin rosemont, foreward to john patrick deveney, paschal beverly randolph: a nineteenth century american spiritualist, rosicrucian and sex magician (albany: suny, 1997, xv. as deveney observes, largely through randolph's influence the genie had been released from the bottle. a multitude of sexual m

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

gland depends on the sexual potency. great schools of regeneration have existed through the course of history (it is enough for us to remember the rosicrucian alchemical school that became secret in the year 1620. likewise, it comes into our memory the schools of aryavarta ashrama of tibet, as well as the sect of the manicheans of persian origin, and the famous sufis with their sacred dances, the templars, etc. all of these were schools of regeneration; the coitus reservatus is practiced in all of them. the schools of regeneration constitute the golden chain of the white lodge. escuelas de regeneraci n regenerarse, significa generarse nuevamente, es decir recrearse, volver a crearse. esto de nacer nuevamente, es un problema absolutamente sexual. las escuelas de regeneraci n est n gobernada

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

t according to satanic law with different colours used for different ceremonies depending on the time of year. sometimes they would use the churches in secret, but don't underestimate how many people in the 'christian' clergy are also members of the satanic network. the satanists, she remembers, were dressed in robes and a number wore masks, including the face of a goat or baphomet, the deity the templars were accused of worshipping. in the uk, as in america, some of the best known names in the country are involved. she remembers vividly (god, the thought of it, being laid on her back on the floor of a church as a screaming boy, no more than six, was being held by the hair above her while a man, who she would later identify as a top politician in northern ireland, had anal sex with him. wh

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

d against this order, so this may be of interest. the witches tell me 'the law always has been that power must be passed from man to woman or from woman to man, the only exception being when a mother initiates her daughter or a father his son, because they are part of themselves (the reason is that great love is apt to occur between people who go through the rites together) they go on to say 'the templars broke this age-old rule and passed the power from man to man: this led to sin and in so doing it brought about their downfall' if this story was not merely invented to explain the fall of the order, it would seem that the templars may have known and used some of the old magic. is it possible that the heads or skulls they were said to worship may simply have been images representing death

out their downfall' if this story was not merely invented to explain the fall of the order, it would seem that the templars may have known and used some of the old magic. is it possible that the heads or skulls they were said to worship may simply have been images representing death and what lies beyond? the main ground for this theory is that the witches think they recognise indications that the templars conditioned their bodies in the way they themselves do to produce magic; how they do so, however, i am forbidden to mention. but they also say that one of the charges made against the templars at the grand process in paris in 1316 was 'that at their reception into the order they denied christ, declaring he was not god but a man, and that they had no hope of salvation through him and that

e order they denied christ, declaring he was not god but a man, and that they had no hope of salvation through him and that they did not believe in the sacraments of the church. though they do not deny christ or the sacraments, witches generally do not believe in them, which was at least 'unusual' at that date. at her initiation a witch is always received into the circle with a kiss on the mouth. templars received a similar kiss. but both were tortured to make them say it was elsewhere. another charge was that the templars worshipped a head, variously described as having sometimes three faces, sometimes simply a human skull or death's-head: that they believed that this head had the power to make them rich, cause the trees to flourish and the earth to become fruitful (we could call it a fer

the grail castle really depicted the journey of the soul through the underworld to reach paradise, and that this is made very clear by various exhibitions which are given to the hero whenever he cannot understand certain incidents (see the high history of the holy grail; also j.s.m. ward, the hung society, for full details) now this secret castle was said to be in a far land and to belong to the templars. to reach it you had to undergo trials or to ask certain questions, know certain secrets and secret words (passwords; in other words 'initiation' into a more or less secret society whose secrets were a magical talisman, which had five forms, or five things which were different but the same; a secret of prosperity and fertility, and a secret of resurrection or regeneration connected with a

cret of prosperity and fertility, and a secret of resurrection or regeneration connected with a lance which dripped blood into a cup or cauldron. ah this might be taken to be equivalent to saying that it was possible for man to attain a happy afterlife without the aid of the church, or that you had no need to worship christ in order to obtain salvation. this is exactly what the church charged the templars with believing. as this struck right at the heart of the church's teaching, the church said that all those who held these views must be destroyed; hence the various trials and executions. i do not think it has ever been explained exactly what happened to the bulk of the templars. records show that about eight hundred were executed or died under torture; but this was out of fifteen thousan

at their meetings they ate the body and drank the blood of their god! and during the first world war the turkish police raided the english church at jerusalem, tore up the altar and dug up all the floor, because they had heard that the priest in charge had recently made two canons at the altar- canon had only one meaning for them. wearing a cord of heretical significance. to modern writers on the templars this has always seemed a curiously pointless charge at a time when all monks wore such a cord or girdle. but though the inquisitors may have been scoundrels, they were certainly not fools. the way they stressed this charge shows that their object was to discredit the templars with the general public in a way that would cause them to forget their great services to christendom. so it is obv

nation! i am forbidden to tell of the uses a witch makes of her cord, and i doubt whether the church knew, or they might have mentioned it at the trials. or perhaps they did know and did not wish this knowledge to be made public. all this may be the merest coincidence, and i only give it to show what some witches now believe. for myself i see nothing impossible in it. it is not suggested that the templars were members of the witch cult, simply that some of them may have had memories of an old cult of death and resurrection, and while more or less christians still had leanings towards it, and possibly practised some of the magic connected with it. it must be remembered that novices were forbidden to speak of anything which occurred at their initiations, even to another member. if they were

to be a garbled account of a ceremony of death and resurrection, perhaps seen by some outsider. there are many ancient legends of such heads or skulls: that of bran the blessed in the mabinogion, the bleeding head in the story of peredur, and others, all bringers of victory and prosperity, reminiscent of the old legends of adonis and astarte, and of horus who was begotten by the dead osiris. the templars may have attempted practices which, while sheer heresy to a witch, were founded on her methods. witches teach that to work magic you must start with a couple, a male and a female intelligence being necessary, and they must be in sympathy with each other; and they find that in practice they become fond of each other. sometimes it is undesirable that they should fall in love. witches have m

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