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The Templars and the Ark of the Covenant

The Templars and the Ark of the Covenant by Patrick Byrne Author of Templar Gold To answer this question we must attempt to peer back through the historical mists to try and determine whether anyone [...]
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Pope Clement V – 1264 – 1314

Pope Clement V was born Bertrand de Got in 1264 CE at Villandraut in Gascony. He was crowned as Pope in Lyons, about a year after the death of Pope Benedict. De Got was a [...]
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Templar Organizational Structure

Templar Organizational Structure © 2001 by Salvatore T. Brunoo This article will summarize the detailed analysis presented in my book, Templar Organization: the Management of Warrior Monasticism. I will describe the Templar Organizational Structure hierarchy [...]
The Crusades

Chronology of the Crusades

The following Chronology of the Crusades is a brief overview of the various crusades, together with dates and details on each. The Crusades, a series of religious and military campaigns launched by Western Christians between [...]
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Bible in Masonry

Joseph Fort Newton BROTHER Toastmaster: Time is a river and books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, a very [...]

Templars – The Brethren Persecuted: The Downfall of the Templars

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The following article on the downfall of the Templars was originally written for Knight Templar Magazine, the official publication of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar (USA) by Stephen Dafoe The Brethren Persecuted: The Downfall […]

The Templars and Tomar

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Tomar, a picturesque town located in central Portugal, holds a significant place in the history of the Knights Templar. Known as the “City of the Templars,” Tomar served as a headquarters and stronghold for the […]

The Beauseant

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The banner of the Knights Templar was called the Beauseant and, like many pieces of medieval history, its true etymology may have been lost somewhere along the way. An anonymous pilgrim who visited Jerusalem between […]

The Teutonic Knights

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The Teutonic Knights of St. Mary’s Hospital of Jerusalem was one of the three great religious and military orders produced by the Crusades. It was founded during the third Crusade, and was the last one […]

The Massacre at Worms: A Dark Chapter in the Crusades

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One of the most harrowing events during the Crusades was the massacre at Worms, a city in present-day Germany. The incident occurred during the First Crusade in 1096 and remains a dark chapter in the […]

Pope Urban II – 1042 – 1099

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Above: Pope Urban II by Thesupermat – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Pope Urban II, the man who was ultimately responsible for the launch of the first Crusade was born Odo de Lagery, although […]

The History of the Pentagram and Its Symbolism

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It was the nineteenth-century Occultist, Eliphas Levi, who is falsely credited for first differentiating between the good and evil aspects of the five-pointed star or pentagram. Levi envisioned two points down as being magical in […]

The Larmenius Charter

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The Larmenius Charter is a legendary document that has captured the imagination of Freemasons and researchers for centuries. According to the myth, the charter was written in 1646 by Johannes Marcus Larmenius, who claimed to […]

Eliphas Levi: The Man Behind Baphomet

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Eliphas Levi, Alphonse Louis Constant was born the son of a shoemaker in 1810. At an early age he caught the attentions of a Parish Priest who arranged for Alphonse to be sent to the […]

Masonic Knight Templar Swords

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PLEASE NOTE We do not give, nor are we qualified to give, appraisals on your fraternal Masonic Knight Templar swords. One of the most frequent questions we receive in our email box comes from people […]

SMOTJ: The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem

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SMOTJ by Chevalier Steve E. Pehrson Preface: The following article is not meant to present the opinions of any person or organization other than those of the author. Many points of history are debatable and […]

Chivalry for Children Program

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Chivalry for Children by Allen Leddon “Chivalry is dead.” I’ve heard that a thousand times. I’ve said it myself. You’ve probably said it, too. But thinking about it, I’ve realized that what people generally mean […]