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Post by Charlotte on Mar 10, 2015 8:55:37 GMT -5
Believed to be born in 1244, De Molay "was dubbed a Knight at age 21 in 1265", and "received into the Order of the Templars in a chapel at the Beaune House, by Humbert de Pairaud", a Dignitary, termed "Visitor" of France and England. Another prominent Templar in attendance was Amaury de la Roche, Templar Master of the province of France".
The first clue could be found in who these Gentlemen were, especially the purpose and activity of the travels of de Pairoud, other than cursory information. Hopefully I'll chance on such as I don't want to be side tracked just yet. Received into the Order at 21, it would be obvious that De Molay moved among Nobility from childhood on and groomed for such a high position. As with Hugues de Payens, founder and first Grand Master of the Order, little is known of de Molay's early years, at least not publicly. "Around 1270, De Molay went to the East (Outremer), though little is remembered of his activity for the next 20 years". This being the case with other great Persons in our History, it is not difficult to reason why for even what little is known is interpreted according to bias.
"After the Fall of Acre to the Egyptian Mamluks in 1291", (I might mention that I visited the tomb of the Mamluks in Cairo, a simple stone structure, their various size resting monuments draped in colorful cloth), Cyprus "became the headquarters of the dwindling Kingdom of Jerusalem", from there, De Molay planed to reform the Order. After the death of the 22nd Grand Master, Thibaud Gaudin, De Molay was elected.
"In spring 1293, he began a tour of the West to try to muster more support for a request of the Holy Land. Developing relationships with European leaders such as Pope Boniface VIII, Edward I of England, James I of Aragon and James II of Naples. De Molay's immediate goals were to strengthen the defence of Cyprus and rebuild the Templar force. From his travels he was able to secure authorization from some monarchs for the export of supplies to Cyprus, but could obtain no firm commitment for a new Crusade. There was talk of merging the Templars with one of the other military orders, the Knights Hospitaller. The Grand Masters of both orders opposed such a merger, but pressure increased from Rome."
As far as I know, the Knights Hospitaller and Templar were on separate missions, but united in the same goal in the greater scheme of things. Considering the relationships with these European Leaders proves De Molay a very influential and powerful Ambassador for Christianity.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 11, 2015 8:29:31 GMT -5
www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/cy.htmHuman activity on the Island of Cyprus dates to the 10th millennium BC and played an important part in our history. At 3,571 square miles and 402 miles of coastline and strategic location in the Mediterranean seems to have made it ideal to plan various battles against the Mamluks, which De Molay tried to organize but ultimately failed. "In 1300, De Molay and other forces from Cyprus put together a fleet of 16 ships which committed raids along the Egyptian and Syrian coasts. The force was commanded by King Henry II of Jerusalem, the king of Cyprus, accompanied by his brother, Amalric, Lord of Tyre, and the heads of the military order , with the ambassador of the Mongol leader Ghazan also in attendance. The ships left Famagusta on 20 July 1300, and under the leadership of Admiral Baudouin de Picquigny, raided the coasts of Egypt and Syria: Rosetta, Alexandria, Acre, Tortosa and Maraclea, before returning to Cyprus." An attempt was made "to establish a Templar bridgehead" to wait for the Mongols who got cold feet, "the island was finally lost in the Siege of Ruad on 26 September 1302, eliminating the Crusader's last foothold near the mainland." King Henry II "returned to Cyprus and resumed his throne with the aid of the Hospitallers." Tenacious, De Molay tried "to raise support for a new major Crusade, as well as strengthening Templar authority in Cyprus", but a power struggle between King Henry II and his brother leading to the exile of the King. "Meanwhile, pressure increased in Europe that the Templars should be merged with the other military orders, perhaps all placed under the authority of one king, and that individual should become the new King of Jerusalem when it was conquered." What a tremendous effort by De Molay, and struggle. A little vacation
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 13, 2015 9:05:43 GMT -5
In my additional reading I came upon no clues that would link De Molay directly to Shugborough, but going forward we meet with the Masons and the Anson's, and moreover, I read some time ago that a number of Templar survived the massacre which is logical, and perhaps their descendants are still with us under other names which is probable. De Molay left Cyprus and arrived "in France in late 1306 or early 1307", to attend a meeting of the military leaders requested by Pope Clement V, regarding yet another Crusade and the merger of the Orders, including the Templar and Hospitallers. The meeting was postponed due to the Pope's illness. "De Molay was opposed to the merger, believing instead that having separate military orders was a stronger position, as the missions of each order were somewhat different. He was also of the belief that if there were to be a new crusade, it needed to be a large one, as the smaller attempts were not effective. "King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Templars, was in favor of merging the Orders under his own command", which de Molay rejected. Philip tried "to tax the clergy", causing strife between him and the Pope. "Clement moved the Papacy from Italy to Poitiers, France, where Philip continued to assert more dominance over the Papacy and the Templar." While waiting for the leader of the Hospitallers, Fulk de Villaret, battling in Rhodes, "de Molay met with the Pope on other matters, one of which was the charges by one or more ousted Templars who had made accusations of impropriety in the Templar's initiation ceremony. De Molay had already spoken with the king in Paris on 24 June 1307 about the accusations against his order and was partially reassured. Returning to Poitiers, De Molay asked the Pope to set up an inquiry to quickly clear the Order of the rumours and accusations surrounding it, and the Pope convened an inquiry on 24 August." The charges against the Templar can be read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Molay Some time ago, I read how their initiation rites were misinterpreted, as can be seen to this day, and today, with many things, explaining why the Knights did what they did, and I, being biased, believe that some were invented for whatever reasons by their opponents. "On 14 September, Philip too advantage of the rumors and inquiry to begin his move against the Templars, sending out a secret order to his agents in all part of France to implement a mass arrest of all Templars at dawn on 13 October. Philip wanted the Templar arrested and their possessions confiscated to incorporate their wealth into the Royal Tresury and to be free of the enormous debt he owed the Templar Order. De Molay was in Paris on 12 October, where he was pallbearer at the funeral of Catherine of Courtenay, wife of Count Charles of Valois, and sister in law of King Philip. In a dawn raid on Friday, 13 October 1307, De Molay and sixty of his Templar brothers were arrested. Philip then had the Templar charged with heresy and many other trumped-up charges, most of which were identical to the charges which had previously been leveled by Philip's agents against Pope Boniface VIII." Wicked King Philip en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_IV_of_France
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 14, 2015 9:32:07 GMT -5
Tribulations of De Molay and Templar
"During forced interrogation by royal agents at the University of Paris on 24/25 October, De Molay confessed that the Templar initiation ritual included "denying Christ and trampling on the Cross", and forced to asked the Templar to admit the same. Apparently, the Pope was uneasy about the proceedings, sent two cardinals to speak to de Molay who retracted his earlier confessions. During a power struggle, Pope Clement and King Philip decided to share power and judge individuals and "the Order as an entity. Pope Clement called for an ecumenical council in Vienne in 1310 to decide the future of the Templars. In the meantime, the Order's dignitaries, among them De Molay, were to be judged by the pope."
Further on, De Molay was again questioned again by the cardinals, "but this time with royal agents present, and he returned to his forced admissions made in 1307", but before "the Papal Commission for the Kingdom of France", De Molay again recanted, presumably having a bit more trust in the Pope.
"Any further opposition by the Templars was effectively broken when Philip used the previously forced confession to sentence 54 Templars to be burned at the stake on 10- 12 May 1310.
"The council which had been called for in 1310 was delayed for two years due to the length of the trails, but finally was convened in 1312, at the council of Vienne, the Order of the Knights Templar was abolished by papal degree."
Barbarians kill people by burning them alive, to the average, sane person unthinkable and unpardonable.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 15, 2015 6:42:57 GMT -5
Come Wednesday, a witness day, seven hundred and one year passed since the execution of De Moley. As then, the Seine flows silently through Paris.
Of his death it is recorded:
"The cardinals dallied with their duty until 18 March 1314, when, on a scaffold in front of Notre Dame, Jacques de Molay, Templar Grand Master, Geoffroi de Charney, Master of Normandy, Hugues de Peraud, Visitor of France, and Godefroi de Gonneville , Master of Aquitaine, were brought forth from the jail in which for nearly seven years they had lain, to receive the sentence agreed upon by the cardinals, in conjunction with the Archbishop of Sens and some other prelates whom they had called in.
"Considering the offences which the culprits had confessed and confirmed, the penance imposed was accordance with the rule — that of perpetual imprisonment. The affair was supposed to be concluded, when to the dismay of the prelates and wonderment of the assembled crowd, De Molay and Geoffroi de Charney arose. They had been guilty, they said, not of the crimes imputed to them, but of basely betraying their Order to save their own lives. It was pure and holy, the charges were fictitious and the confessions false.
"Hastily the cardinals delivered them to the Prevot of Paris, and retired to deliberate on this unexpected contingency, but they were saved all trouble. When the news was carried to Philippe he was furious. A short consultation with his council only was required. The canons pronounced that a relapsed heretic was to be burned without a hearing; the facts were notorious and no formal judgment by the papal commission need be waited for. That the same day, by sunset, a pile was erected on a small island in the Seine, the Ile des Juifs, near the palace garden. De Molay and de Charney were slowly burned to death, refusing all offers of pardon for retraction, and bearing their torment with a composure which won for them the reputation of martyrs among the people, who reverently collected their ashes as relics." (Note: the account varies by one day, not unusual for chronicles of the middle ages)"
These and previous quotes are from Wikipedia, again I made paragraphs of the account for easier reading.
It seems to me that there was considerable Angst among the Clergy during the years, knowing they were co-conspirators to an Injustice. In 1308, six years before the horrible execution of de Molay, de Charney, de Pairaud, "and other leaders of the Order", Pope Clement V had absolved them. "Another Chinon parchment dated 20 August 1308 addressed to Philip IV of France, well-known to historians, stated that absolution had been granted to all Templars that had confessed to heresy "and restored them to the Sacraments and to the unity of the Church."
The formal split of the Apostolic Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church occurred in 1054, the latter forcing and enforcing their own laws and rules while the Orthodox Church remained true to the original Teachings.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 16, 2015 9:05:58 GMT -5
Thinking of what I learned thus far of the life of De Molay, I feel I'm still in Kindergarten as to the Shughborough Monument inscription. Little is known of his early life, and "little remembered of his activities" in the 20 years he spent in the East, but that does not mean that nothing is recorded. Either that, or anyone deeply interested concerning the personal life of the Grand Master, the secrets of the Templar and their Treasure, "a treasure beyond all imaginings", Grandpa tells young Ben Gates in the film "National Treasure", must spend many years studying the tremendous events and many Relationships of the timespan of the founding of the Order by Hugues de Payens, who with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux "created the Latin Rule, the code of behavior for the Order.
Additionally, one would have to learn to understand why the Inscription is on a mirror image of Poussin's "Shepherds of Arcadia", the Shughborough Monument being built between 1748 - 1763. I also read that the Letters are upside down. If the Letters have something to do with De Molay, does this mean we should look back to his time and follow on through the Florence and English Renaissance which lit up western Europe in the early 14th century, partly recorded in stone at Shugborough, and since the road of our pilgrimage as one Humanity was and is paved by the Illuminated, not the worldly Illuminate, a bridge was made to to New England and New York via Nova Scotia.
Only a few weeks ago, it came as a disturbing surprise to me when an intelligent Man I sometimes work with, said he had looked for some time at the workings of the worldly Illuminate and found that they hoard all the various currencies and wealth of the world translating to "energy", and thereby obtaining immortality. No, no, I countered, all the wealth on this Planet belongs to Caesar and cannot buy you Immortality. I was shocked that such an idea existed.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 19, 2015 8:56:40 GMT -5
Before I read through the Wikipedia information on De Molay and the Templar, I had learned some fragments from Dr. Hoeller, Gnostic Bishop, lecturing for many years at the PRS, Philosophical Research Society, founded by Manly Palmer Hall, and read about the Order here and there. It surprised me to read that the Grand Master attempted several times to organize Crusades to fight the Mamluks, however, given the Order was Christian, that seems a valid reason. I don't know enough of the events, but do have an overview of the progress and development via many personal relationships and careful planning, the High Way lead to Shugborough. As the adage goes: it boggles the Mind, at least mine in trying to cast a giant web over the East, Near East, and Europe.
My view of the Templar Order, and the Hospitallers, is two-fold, the historic and mystic spiritual in tandem to bring us closer to our destined Home, in measured ways as circumstances allowed. I also read scholarly interpretations on these times which I like.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 20, 2015 9:19:09 GMT -5
The work of the English Renaissance continued at Shugborough Hall, located "in a secluded Arcadian landscape", Seat of the Earl's of Lichtfield. Thomas Anson 'of the Inner Temple' commissioned the Shepherd Monument. He was a "self-effacing" Man, also called "a shadowy figure", perhaps because everything knowable written of him is uncertain. Lady Elisabeth Yorke, wife of his older brother George, the great Navigator, apparently corresponded with Thomas, but his "amusing letters" to her were lost. She also refers to Thomas as being at Castle Versailles, France, so was Benjamin Franklin, "the wisest America", and a certain Count Benyowsky, a mysterious figure. Though much is written about Hugues de Payens, De Molay, and many important Persons through the years, surely much is also withheld, and I would think that the reason the Letters have not been deciphered is because the time is not yet ripe enough. There is a bit of information here on "The Great Paintings" forum, page 2, titled "Another Center of the World", cobbled together by me, should anyone be interested.
The Shugborough Monument, adopted from Poussin's painting, containes the "Holy Grail", I read, and also that it has been added onto. "On Roman tombs, the letters 'D M' commonly stood for Dis Manibus, meaning "dedicated to the shades". Thinking for about 10 minutes of what that meant - I don't know.
There are several suggestions of what the eight letters stand for, one is "Best of wives, Best of Sisters, a most devoted Widower dedicates (this) to your virtues", by "George Anson to his deceased wife", which would be Elisabeth Yorke, said to represent the Shepherdess.
Another interpretation: "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity." Hamlet though so too. Another "I pray that all may follow the Way to True Life",
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 21, 2015 8:56:48 GMT -5
Additional interpretations given by Wikipedia, and Interpreters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugborough_inscription This one I think is cryptic: "Margaret, Countess of Lichfield has claimed that the inscription was a love message, referring to the lines Out Your Own Sweet Vale, Alicia, Vanishes Vanity. Twixt Deity and Man Thou, Shepherdess, The Way, but no source for those words has ever been traced," Some Letters may refer to Persons residing at Shugborough, "Orgreave United with Overlay and Shugborough, Viscount Anson Venables Vernon." And, "a polyalphabetic cipher was used to encrypt the name 'Magdalene." "... the letters stand for the number 2810, the distance in miles from Shugborough to the so-called "Money Pit" at Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada." The letters UOSV should be pronounced "as 'Iosef', interpreted as a reference to the biblical prophet Joseph," It is proposed "that VV should read 'TEN', with reference to Roman numerals, and the ten letters then read as an anagram of 'DEVOUT MASON'. To my mind, half of the interpretations are too far afield (Lich(t)field, field if light). Of great interest to treasure hunters is Oak Island, the elusive Treasure thought to be that of the Templar. It could be, I thought, that the Templar constructed a shaft which, to reach the bottom where the Treasure might be found, is exceedingly difficult if not impossible, as is the Holy Grail, to indicate the hard work and perseverance necessary. Currently, there are two brothers who have spent almost all their money on finding the Treasure on Oak Island, reminding me of the hidden Treasure in a field in the Bible, and the Man who found it sold all he had, bought the filed and hid it again. The bottom of the "Money Pit" at Oak Island is submerged in water, which would have partially corroded the objects or parchments, unless they were holy objects, said Miranda. Maybe there really is a Treasure www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/inscribed_stones_translation.html
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 22, 2015 9:00:45 GMT -5
Meant to say 'maybe there is a material treasure'.
Knowing next to nothing apropos De Molay's personal life and behind the veil activity can be gleaned and enlarged by what is known or conjectured from the copious body of information about the Templar, connections and relationships. It seems to me that all Mysteries having to do with the Holy Grail lead to what someone wrote about Rosslyn Chapel, to wit, a row of widows from East to West shows the story of our life from youth to old age. But since we have a spiritual and earthy nature, depicted in the East is "the nativity scene", ending with "the crucifixion" in the West to be "born a second time" as the Egyptians have it. Reminding also of the Riddle of the Sphinx said to be the story of our life from youth to old age.
So the letters D and M could very well stand for De Molay, for that is what the Templar were fundamentally on about, the rest is fiat of circumstance, and the very rest, chaff. There is a healing aspect to the Order(s), that of the Knights Hospitallers of Malta, who ministered to the Lepers, they themselves said to be afflicted with the decease. Leprosy being a flesh-eating decease, physically, in spiritual terms it means we're unclean: "And a leper came to him, and kneeling said to him, "if you will, you can make me clean."
Many of us would like to know what these Letters on the Shepherd Monument mean, it's hard to imagine it can be summed up in one sentence for it has so many parts. If I happen on something interesting I'll post it.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 23, 2015 9:23:43 GMT -5
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 24, 2015 9:55:10 GMT -5
Couldn't stop thinking about the Knights Templar- and -Hospitallers, the Teutonic Knights and so many other Orders created for various purposes in Europe, Great Britain, the Near East and Russia. Kings, Queens, Tzar, Counts in company with many Brethren and Scholars of brilliant Mind, establishing a tidal wave halfway to the sky, not to rush to shore washing over everything, but its graduated movement dictated by its Enormity nudging us ever onward to the firm ground of understanding.
I forgot to mention something I was not aware of, namely, the authors Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas "theorize that the image on the Shroud of Turin is in fact that of the last Grandmaster of the order, Jacques de Molay, who was tortured some month before his execution in 1307. The image on the Shroud certainly does fit the description of de Molay in medieval wood cuts, a long nose, hair shoulder length and parted in the center, a full bird that forked at its base, not to mention the six-foot frame. De Molay was said to be quiet tall.
"The authors theorize that Jacques de Molay may have been tortured in a manner similar to Christ as a mockery. Certainly then, the wounds suffered by de Molay were the same as those of Jesus Christ on the Cross."
The Shroud was carbon dated "from between 1260 and 1380". Some years past I watched a documentary on examining and dating the Shroud but don't recall a mention of de Molay. I suspect that most people familiar with these things already know about it. It is a theory and I'm none the wiser for it.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 27, 2015 10:06:43 GMT -5
Circa 8 centuries of Templar activity in shaping European and World History pausing at Shugborough. I read that Free and operative Masons also left their mark at Rosslyn Chapel, and one of the interpretation of the insciption is "Devout Mason", D and M the first and last letter. To my thinking, de Molay, titled Grand Master of the Templar Order implies a Mason in terms of a Builder. There is no doubt in my mind that Hugues de Payens and de Molay dedicated their lives to enlighten Humanity, in the sense best expressed by Hermes to Asclepius, viz., that here on Earth "are mediated and projected all operations which govern and actuate heavenly forces".
Must keep an appointment.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 28, 2015 9:41:25 GMT -5
Excluding Bernard of Clairvaux here, and generally speaking, it is written that not much is known of Hugues de Peyens and de Molay, tho one could suspect that information is preserved in Libraries, or, perhaps guarded by oral tradition, but by their, and the work of their successors, we can have an inkling of what spirits children they were. Much information can be found in London.
"In the mid 12th century, before the construction of the church, the Knights Templar in London had met at a site in High Holborn in a structure originally established by Hugues de Payens (the site had been historically the location of a Roman temple in Londinium citation needed). Because of the rapid growth of the order, by the 1160s the site had become to confined, and the Order purchased the current site for the establishment of a larger monastic complex as their headquarters in England. In addition to the church, the new compound contained residences, military training facilities, and recreational grounds for the military brethren and novices, who were not permitted to go into the city without the permission of the Master of the Temple."
The "Old Temple", or a part of it, is till there, and upon approaching the area there is a very large building with a few signs on the top row indicating it is an area of historic consequence. Of course, for me such places are not simply historical, but invoke a wondrous feeling of a mystical association and I walk with care.
The Round Temple
Foster-child of Silence and slow time
The new compound the Templar settled is an area in the "City of London", called 'The Temple', for short. "It is one of the main legal districts of the capital and a notable center for English law, both historically and in the present day. The Temple area of the City of London consists of the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, which are two of the four Inns of Court . . ." It is in the "Inner Temple" where Thomas Anson, who commissioned the Shugborough Monument, studied law, but in his will stated that he had no knowledge in legal matters.
The City of London itself
Oh look, Sir Francis Bacon at Gray's Inn
"The Knights Templar order was very powerful in England, with the Master of the Tmple sitting in parliament as primus baro (the first baron of the realm). The compound was regularly used as a residence by kings and by legates of the Pope. The Temple also served as a depository bank, sometimes in defiance of the Crown's wishes to seize the funds of nobles who had entrusted their wealth there. The independence and wealth of the order throughout Europe is considered by most historians to have been the primary cause of its eventual downfall."
I think these factors may have contributed but was not the primary cause. The development of Humanity is dynamic.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 29, 2015 9:39:52 GMT -5
If I have dates and locations sorted aright, this is the "structure originally established by Hugues de Payens", first Grand Master of the Temple Order. To learn that he visited England and Scotland in 1128 enlarged my horizon, and in the interim, one can also glean the work done by De Molay, last Grand Master. The Templar Order was abolished in 1307, upon which King Edward II took control and gave the London Temple to the Order of Saint John, the Knights Hospitaller, as touched upon in the video. The new complex in the "City of London" its perimeter nicely explained on yesterday's video. It's to be remembered that in this "City", during the reign of Elizabeth I, the Colonization of America was planned and prepared by the Humphrey Brothers, Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon et al. The "smallest nation ever to colonize parts of America in mid 1600" were four Caribbean Islands acquired by the Knights Hospitallers. It also reads that the Hospitaller's were dissolved by Henry VIII, Elizabeth's father, that doesn't mean they simply vanished but likely shed their official Title and joined the ranks of those bear-threading the Halls of Somerset House, in the City, where Princess Elisabeth had her Being for a while.
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 30, 2015 10:09:45 GMT -5
The long way to the 'new' Temple Church
The musings of this Gentleman shows what a tourist would encounter when looking for the Church walking along the Victoria Embankment, areas of extensive land holdings of the Templar in the City of London, several effigies of Knights, first and foremost among them William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who "recalled on his deathbed that he bested 500 Knights during his tourneying career", among the Richard the Lionhearted, but I think a major reason the Archbishop of Canterbury eulogized him as the "best knight that ever lived" is due to and known as the Marshal Law, which the Gentleman explains quiet clearly at the end. Hence, the Church is the "Mother Church of the Common Law".
The energy of the impulse given by Hugues de Payens, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and Jacques de Molay, was transported between Malta and Jerusalem, France, England, sometimes called the New Jerusalem, Nova Scotia, to the Caribbean Islands. It is also contained the "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis. Why such stupendous effort?
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Post by Charlotte on Mar 31, 2015 9:41:00 GMT -5
Two comments by the Gentleman in yesterdays video stood out. Concerning Marshal Law, it "was the example, or demonstration that the undercurrent, the controlling force beneath Kings, beneath Leaders, beneath everything, is the rule, the order, brought to us by the Knights Templar." Corresponding to his failed attempt to virtually drop "the little man" into the Temple area because "it is out of reach of the Constitutional Law that says ordinary people have access to the lands of England, but not the lands owned by the true sovereign Leaders of this country, those being the mysterious, hidden folks inside the Temple of the City of London itself." And so it was at the time of Elizabeth's Court and the planning of the Colonization of America, previously noted, and at the time when Thomas Anson of Shugborough fame studied law at the Inner Temple, going to the Bar in 1719. Only one portrait exists Thomas, disputed if it portrays him, he "left very few records, was a fascinating figure with important influence in the arts and sciences", and claimed he had "no understanding of legal formalities". So I'm repeating this I read and heard, not because anyone says so, but because what is apparent in the greater scheme of things, which includes Hugues de Payens, De Molay, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, "the most powerful Monk of his time", Rennes le Chateau, Poussin and trusted Companions, the Templar, and Persons involved. In yesterday's video also is seen, close to the Temple Church, an impressive door above a fierce looking, crowned Lamb with Flag guarding the entrance. All this belongs with "the mysterious hidden folks inside the Temple of the City of London itself", as the Center of the Government is in Westminster. The City of London is "beyond the Kings reach", though now a formality, even the Queen "must seek the formal permission of the Lord Mayor and on State occasions this colorful ceremony is usually carried out at the Temple Bar, near the Law Courts. When the Royal carriage is about to cross the boundary of the City of Westminster to enter the City of London, the Sovereign is challenged by the Lord Mayor, the City Marshal and the Aldermen." What it takes to just become the Mayor was humorously explained in a previous video. Another interesting note. When King Edward II gave the London Temple, that is, the area of the Inns of Court, to the Order of St. John, Knights Hospitaller, "the lawyers were looking for a home in London in order to attend the royal courts in Westminster. So the Temple was rented to two colleges of layers, who came to be identified as the Inner and Middle Temples. The two colleges shared the use of the church. In this way, the Temple Church became the "college chapel" of those two societies and continuous to be maintained by them to the present day." Perhaps, the Lawyers of those two Societies are "the mysterious hidden folk", descendants of the Templar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inns_of_Court
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Post by Charlotte on Apr 1, 2015 8:52:51 GMT -5
The short way to the Temple Church Walking on Fleet Street, one can easily miss the iron gate with a small sign, as shown in the video, and miss the entrance to the Church which is "off-street", and "he who enters leaves all noise behind". Before the Chancel was added, there was the original Round Church modeled after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Shown also in the video, under the Dome of the Round Church are "eight principle effigies - Statues in Military Habits - of which five are cross legged. Crossed legs were a convention, familiar from manuscripts and stained glass, to show animation: such figures were imagined as walking toward the viewer." These quotes are from the 83 page booklet of the history of the Church, obtained there. To me, the crossed legs don't look like forward motion as depicted, for instance, of the Kings of Egypt, but rather look like the left foot crossed over the right, as the effigy of William Marshal shows. Another effigy shows a Knight's left leg "stepping up". Moreover, stated and depicted on the next page of the booklet: "The marks of medieval stone-masons, found on stonework in the restoration of the 1860s." The at the time wicked Germans dropped bombs and: "It is hard to be sure now how the effigies once looked in detail. Richardson restored and partly recut them; in 1941 the Round's burning roof fell in on them." I think I see enough indication of the crossed legs being a cue to Masonry. In view of history then and now, how could it not be? According to the booklet, there was a Treasury in the Church, I forgot details but will find them again. This video takes one round about the Church yard. On the column are the two Knights on one horse, the reason give is that the Templar were too poor in the beginning to acquire more horses, or, I either read it or made it up that there were more Knights than horses. Though there are buildings and rows of parked cars adjacent to the Church, a sort of Church Yard, but few people about, all "off-street", it is indeed quiet, to me a serene atmosphere, and on most of the usual doorways a little plague with a number and the Pegasus. Yet this old emblem (worthy veneration) Doth figure out that winged contemplation On which the learned mount their best Invention And climb the hills of highest apprehension. This is the nimble Gennet which does carry Their fancies through worlds imaginary, And by ideas feigned, shows them there The nature of those Truths that reall are. By means of this, our souls do come to know A thousands secrets in the Deeps below, Things here on Earth and things above the skyes, On which we never fixed our eyes.
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Post by Charlotte on Apr 2, 2015 11:03:30 GMT -5
From Jerusalem, "The Centre of the World", so designated in the Church booklet, to "Another Center of the World", Shugborough.
In the booklet is shown Mappa Mundi "the largest and most beautiful of medieval maps of the world (1625 x 1370 mm). The map tells the story of the world." De Molay went to the East and little is 'remembered' of his activity for twenty years, no doubt, I believe, to learn of this history from some such Historians. The scanty information I read doesn't specify what countries of the East, but surely, de Molay knew what transpired in the twelve centuries, and beyond, before he was dubbed a Knight in 1265 at the age of 21.
As far as I can see, fighting the Mamluk and protecting the Pilgrims on the way to Jerusalem was not the only activity the Templar were engaged in. In any event, Poussin painted a mystery baffling scholars and ordinary folk alike to this day.
A wanting summation.
The original Round Church in London was consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, on February 10, 1185 by Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Attached to the Church was St. Anna Chapel which was demolished. There was a Treasury for the famous wealth of the Knights, which in my estimation served as terrestrial currency. The Emblems of the Church are Agnus Dei, the Lamb holding the Christ Banner, and Pegasus, horse of the Muses.
King Henry VIII, Elizabeth's father, abolished the Order and confiscated their property.
From the booklet:
"At the reformation it reverted to the Crown, and in 1608 - when the Church was already over 400 years old - James I granted the Templar's former land between Fleet Street and the River to the societies of the Inner and Middle Temple, two of London's Inns of Court. (Every barrister in England and Wales must, to this day, still belong to one of the four Inns.) The Letters of the Patent commanded that the Inns 'shall serve for the accommodation and education of those studying and following the profession of the ...laws, abiding in the same Inns, for all time to come."
Thought- and -powerful declaration. James I knighted Francis Bacon who studied at Gray's Inn, was the father of Princess Elizabeth who married Frederick V of Germany, they became King and Queen of Bohemia, hence these countries of Europe were allied with the Templar Tradition, as well as the Rosicrucians.
The Church had undergone several restaurations, one after the Great Fire by "Christipher Wren (whose first marriage was solemnized in the TempleChurch in 1669)." Wren is credited for refurbishing 52 Churches in the City of London, not to forget St. Paul, and brought his knowledge and craft to Virginia, State of colonization, where he built the College of William and Mary, the oldest College Building in our Country.
Mentioned is "the blind John Stanley was organist of the Inner Temple (1734-86), it was not uncommon to see forty or fifty other organists, including Handel, gathered in the Church to hear him play."
Even through these short notes one can somewhat glean the personality and enormity of the work of the Grand Master de Molay, and it is said that the Letters on the Shugborough Monument hide instructions of how to find the Holy Grail, the Great Treasure, which Secret neither Thomas Anson of the Inner Temple, Poussin, de Molay, nor many Knights would reveal, many on pain of death.
Were tens of thousands delusional?
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Post by Charlotte on Apr 3, 2015 7:34:59 GMT -5
Seemed almost impossible to me that Sir Christopher Wren refurbished 52 Churches in the City of London, Looked it up and read that before the Great Fire in 1666 over a hundred church spires dominated the City, 89 were destroyed by the fire. Because the Citizens demanded the Churches rebuilt, an act was passed in 1670 that 51 were to be rebuilt. Today a mere 38 survive, and that in a square mile.
It may be of interest that next to the Tower, outside the City, is the "All Hallows", "the oldest church in the City of London", with connection to America. From the little pamphlet:
"All Hallows has a rich history which is still demonstrated today in its Grade l listed building. The Saxon Abbey of Barking founded the church in 675 AD, and an arch from the original church remains. Beneath the arch is a Roman pavement, discovered in 1926, evidence of the city life on this side for the best part of two thousand years.
"Located next to the Tower, the church has dealt with numerous beheaded bodies, including Thomas More, John Fisher and Archbishop Laud.
"In 1666 the Great Fire of London started in Pudding Lane, a few hundred yards from the church. All Hallows survived through the efforts of Admiral Penn (William Penn's father) who, along with his friend Samuel Pepys, watched London burn from the tower of the church.
"William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, was baptized in the church and educated in the schoolroom (now the Parish Room).
"John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, was married here on July 26th 1797 to Louisa Catherine Johnson. The Marriage Register entry is on display in the Undercroft Museum.
"In 1940 the church was bombed and only the tower and walls remained, but the late Queen Mother laid a new foundation stone in 1948 and she attended the rededication service some nine years later. The vicar at the time was "Tubby" Clayton, founder of Toc H. The movement's lamp of maintenance still burns in the Lady Chapel, and the founders effigy and body rest in the church.
"All Hallows continues in its international ministry through strong relationships with the Church of the Epiphany in New York, Christ Church, Philadelphia and the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, for which it is the London home. All Hallows is also the church of H.M. Revenue and Customs."
The Principle Altar in the Undercroft is made of stones from the Templar Church Athlit, Israel
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