Knights Templar

Bennett, Chris, Lynn Osburn and Judy Osbum. Cannabis the Philosophers Stone. The Knights Templar and cannabis. Alchemy J2, no. 3 (May/Jun 2001). rhttp //www.alchemvlab.com/AJ2-3.html. 

Moving through the revelations of the Bible, the Koran and other religious texts Gardiner also delves into the "hidden" knowledge of the alchemists and the infamous Knights Templar to make public the secret once and for all"... 

Pinkham, Mark Amaru. Guardians of the Holy Grail The Knights Templar, John the Baptist and the Water of Life. Adventures Unlimited, 2004. 341p. ISBN 1931882282 Includes "Alchemy the Mystery of the Black Madonna"... 

Knights Templars Umberto Eco, Faith in Fakes. Travels in Hyperreality,... 

Alchemy did not enter mainstream Europe until the twelfth century. It is believed that the Knights Templar were among the first Westerners to be acquainted with alchemy. During the Crusades, the Knights Templar had adopted the teachings of the Druses, a mystical pagan sect within the Islamic world. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the Islamic empire in Spain lost territory to Christian rulers. With the help of Jews, who were able to act as intermediaries between the two cultures, Spain became a cultural melting pot. 

After the destruction of the Knights Templar in the 14th century, the Knights of St. John appropriated the Templars Red Cross symbol into their own iconography. 

The Knights Templar The Cathars The Gnostics Andrei Tarkovsky... 

The Maestro smirked. Of course that Raymbaud. Preceptor of commanderies of the Knights Templar in Outremer. Thelast such preceptor, naturally. Outremer was the French name for the Holy Land. ... 

Amid all the charges of heresy, blasphemy, and perversion hurled at the Knights Templar were some peculiar accusations that they had worshipped a detached head named Baphomet. No one had ever properly explained why they should have done so, and it is generally assumed that Baphomet was just a wild tale made up by some poor wretch to stop the pain after he had confessed to everything else he could think of The tale has proved remarkably enduring, though. The name is said to be a corruption of Mohammed. 

The site had been granted in 1235 by Henry hi to a farrier, one Walter le Brun, for repairing the armour of a Knight Templar wounded, in a tournament, on condition that he annually paid six horseshoes and 61 nails as rent, and in course of time it passed into the hands of the city with the same liability. 

The importance of Light and Dew emerges from many diverse sources such as garden roses, the orders of Rosicrucians and the historical milieu of the Knights Templars. We find that the Ancient of Days could be much more than a vision of Ezekiel. The romances of the Holy Grail integrate all of our knowledge of the Philosophers Stone into a consummate whole. 

Together the two pillars B and 7 represent the stability of the universe and Gods One Body Their consummation with the keystone of a perfect individual, the lintel or arch of Peace, Equilibrium and Joy, is visible only to the initiated." It is the royal or kingly secret. The Knights Templar represented this arch by the Pillar of Beauty, nicknamed the Apprentice Pillar, featured in Rosslyn Chapel. 

His name derives from the same root, Kur, as the furnace and smithy-god. The school transmitted ancient Pythagorean wisdom to the Muslim world until at least tenth century CE when visited by the Arab writer Al-Masudi." ° The school of Thabit ibn Qurra had a major part in the preparation of the romances of the Holy Grail, which had such a profound influence on the Knights Templar. 

The Persian word Sarmoung means both bee and purified head. It is associated with traditional wisdom and those that transmit the mysterious power of Zoroaster. Sufi adepts use the analogy to make a head of gold to refer to ritual alchemy. We shall see in Chapter 18 how the Knights Templar also revered a metal head. 

Sir Christopher Wren, the renowned architect of St Paul s Cathedral in London, attributed the majesty of Gothic architecture to Knights Templar and other Crusaders in bringing back Muslim ideas on science and architecture from the Near East ... 

We see here the hardening of attitudes to Arabian chemistry and philosophy that would ultimately result in the indictment of the Knights Templar. Pope John XXII issued his Papal Bull Spondent pariter in 1317, after the trial of the Knights Templar. It condemned all magic. 

Freemasonry eventually adopted this advice. Earlier on, this same advice would have been wise counsel for the Knights Templar. We shall soon see why they were condemned as heretics and their Grand Master burnt at the stake. We will look at the processes of traditional wet and dry alchemy before turning to these events. 

This School reunited with Ormus. According to the French Rite of Memphis, Ormus was an Egyptian priest in Alexandria baptized by St. Mark in 46CE. ° His school was probably the sole tmstee of the ancient doctrines of Egypt. The Knights Templar received these secrets from the Knights of Palestine, the latter day followers of Ormus. 

The Prieure du Notre Dame du Sion claims its original foundation in this Alexandrian School of Wisdom. However, the mediaeval form dates from about 1090CE and later became public when the Knights Templar annexed it to accommodate Jews and Muslims within their Christian organization. By this time, the Prieure du Notre Dame du... 

The Knights Templar and Prieure du Notre Dame du Sion shared the same Grand Master until 1188. In this year, the Orders separated to allow the Order of Sion to focus on the restoration of the Merovingian lineage in France. This separation occurred at Gisors as the Splitting of the Elm. The Elm is the tree that supports the young vine. " ... 

The Knights Templar and Prieure du Notre Dame du Sion efiectively reunited at the marriage of Count Rene d Anjou. 

II. It served the London headquarters of the Knights Templar until 1307. 

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