November 6, 2024
  • The Beauseant
    Templar History

    The Beauseant

    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 [...]
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    Daughters of The Nile

    Daughters of the Nile is a benevolent international fraternal organization for women who are related by birth or marriage to Shriners. It boasts 149 constituted Temples throughout the United States and Canada The organization was [...]

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The Templar Round Church in London

Left: The restored Templar Round Church in London.  In 335 AD, St. Helena, Emperor Constantine’s mother, discovered the Sacred Cave where Jesus Christ was buried after His crucifixion on Golgotha. Interestingly, this site was previously […]

The Cistercians
Templar History

The Cistercians

Above: The Cistercians built Melrose Abbey:  JeremyA under CC BY-SA 2.5 The Knights Templar are known to history as the warrior monks, but what is not as commonly known is the kinship the Order shared […]

Saladin and the Templars
Templar History

Saladin and the Templars: A Clash of Titans

Saladin and the Templars Introduction: Salah al-Din Yusuf bin Ayub, commonly known as Saladin, was a towering figure in the medieval world. As the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, he rose to prominence as the […]

The Crusades

Knights Hospitaller
The Crusades

The Knights Hospitaller

The Knights Hospitaller, known officially as “Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem,” was founded at Jerusalem during the first Crusade. It has been known also as “Knights of Rhodes”, […]

Pope Urban II
The Crusades

Pope Urban II – 1042 – 1099

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 […]

True Cross
The Crusades

The True Cross – a Holy relic

Above: The Finding of the True Cross, Agnolo Gaddi, Florence, 1380 One of the outcomes of the Crusades was the production of many religious relics. Among these alleged instruments of Divinity the more common ones […]

Templar Mysteries

Alan Butler - Templars Founding Switzerland - rosslyn revealed
Templar Mysteries

Rosslyn Revealed book by Alan Butler and John Ritchie

Below is a video on the Rosslyn Light Box featured in the book Rosslyn Revealed by Alan Butler and John Ritchie “Rosslyn Revealed” is a captivating and insightful book authored by Alan Butler and John […]

Leo Taxil - The Taxil Hoax - Baphomet
Templar Mysteries

The Taxil Hoax – Baphomet and the Freemasons

The Taxil Hoax – Baphomet and the Freemasons by Stephen Dafoe Leo Taxil’s hoax on Albert Pike in the late 1800s, still accepted by some condemning Freemasonry, falsely linked the fraternity to Lucifer and Devil […]

Modern Day Templarism

Rite of Strict Observance
Modern Templars

The Rite of Strict Observance

The Rite of Strict Observance by Burton E. Bennett The Strict Observance: An Overview The system of the Strict Observance grew out of what is known as Templarism. Templar Masonry commenced to grow up in […]

Good Templars
Modern Templars

The Good Templars

The Independent Order of Good Templars One day in 1832 Joseph Livesey made a conscious decision that he wouldn’t drink any more alcohol. To make it a solemn vow he and seven fellow workmen signed […]

Albert pike - templarism
Modern Templars

Templarism: Its Duty And Its Sphere

Templarism by Albert Pike Seven centuries and a half have passed away since, in 1118 eight French noblemen, uniting themselves into a society, became the Master and Brethren of the Temple. They first displayed the […]

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