Templar History

Templar History

Who Were The Knights Templar?

by Stephen Dafoe Within two decades of the victory of the First Crusade (1095-1099) a group of knights led by Hugues (Hugh) de Payens offered themselves to the Patriarch of Jerusalem to serve as a [...]
Templar Mysteries

The Larmenius Charter

While history certainly shows that the Templars were dissolved in 1312 with the papal bull Vox in Excelso, there exists a manuscript – largely discredited by historians – which purports to be a list of [...]
Templar History

The Templars in Portugal

An excerpt from The Warriors and the Bankers by Alan Butler and Stephen Dafoe Many who have read accounts of how Templars, fleeing the French oppression of 1307, set the fleet towards Portugal where they [...]
Templar History

Hugues de Payens – The First Grand Master

Traditional history tells us that Hugues de Payens and Geoffrey de St. Omer arrived at the palace of King Baldwin II with the desire to defend Christian pilgrims from the attack of the infidels. While [...]
Templar Mysteries

The Rosslyn Light Box

A video showing some discoveries made by Alan Butler and John Ritchie during their field research for their latest book, Rosslyn Revealed.

King Richard I – The Lionheart

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Effigy of Richard I by Adam Bishop CC3.0 A King Is Born While Richard Plantagenet is revered as one of the great warrior kings of England, he is perhaps best known as “the […]

The Siege of Ascalon

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by Stephen Dafoe Excerpted from the book Nobly Born: An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar On 25 January 1153 the Commander of the City of Jerusalem, along with the ten knights under his command, […]

The Templar 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 […]

Chronology of the Crusades

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The following is a brief overview of the various crusades, together with dates and details on each. 1095 – 1096 – The Peasant’s Crusade The Peasant’s or People’s Crusade is considered part of the First […]

Worms massacre of 1096

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Throughout the two centuries of the Templars and the five centuries that occupied the Crusades, many would die – Christian, Moslem and Jew alike. Some would die in battle and many others would die innocent […]

The Causes of the Crusades

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Publisher’s Note: The following material is an excerpt from an article on the Rite of Strict Observance by By Burton E. Bennett, published in the 1920s. It is presented to show the view point still […]

The Bearded Head of the Templars

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Many accusations were leveled against the Knights Templar during the trials that the Order worshiped a head of some sort. The question remains as to what this head was and what was its significance if […]

The Mystic Ladder

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Publisher’s Note: Many of the writings of early Masonic historians took considerable liberties with Templar History, connecting their lineage to the Freemasons. As such, we present this information as a record of what was considered historic […]

Baphomet: The Pentagram Connection

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

The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem

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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 with […]

In Hoc Signo Vinces

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On the Grand Standard of a Commandery of Knights Templar these words are inscribed over “a blood-red Passion Cross,” and they constitute in part the motto of the American branch of the Order. Their meaning, […]

The York Rite Of Freemasonry

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The York Rite Degrees of Freemasonry consist of several branches including The Royal Arch, Cryptic Rite and Knights Templar. This video, created by the Freemasons of Indiana explains the degrees in intricate detail.