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Palladium Masonry

An androgynous society, both sexes, of Masonic adoption, established, says Ragon, at Paris in 1737. It made great pretensions to high antiquity, claiming that it had its origin in the instructions brought by Pythagoras from Egypt into Greece, [...]
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In Hoc Signo Vinces

“In Hoc Signo Vinces,” Latin for “In this sign, you shall conquer,” is a phrase with historical significance that has been associated with Christianity and the Knights Templar. The origin of this motto can be [...]
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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 [...]
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Ecossais Masonry

This is a French word, pronounced a-ko-say, which masonically is generally to be translated as Scottish Master. There are numerous Degrees under the same or a similar name; all of them, however, concurring in one [...]
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Templar Motors Company, a brief history

Above: Templar Motors Company Templar Sportette Templar Motors Company by Stephen Dafoe Reprinted From The Scottish Rite Journal March April – 2006 The “Templar Vitalic Top-Valve Motor,” a luxury car of its day, put out [...]

Philip IV – 1268 – 1314

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King Philip IV, commonly referred to as Philip the Fair (le Bel), was born in the year 1268, one hundred and fifty years after the formation of the Knights Templar. Philip was King of France […]

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The Templar origin of Freemasonry

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Publisher’s Note: Many of the writings of early Masonic historians took considerable liberties with the Templar origin of Freemasonry, a connection between Templarism and Freemasonry. As such, we present this information as a record of […]

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Templar Organizational Structure

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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 Knights Hospitaller

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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 – 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 True Cross – a Holy relic

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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 […]

Atbash Cipher Theory and Baphomet

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In order to understand the Atbash Cipher theory, as it relates to the Baphomet mythos, it is first important to examine the origins of the code. As early as 500 BC Scribes writing the book […]

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 […]

Baphomet origins: A “Mystery” Solved At Last?

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Baphomet origins: A “Mystery” Solved At Last? by Kevin Bold Sooner or later every student of either the esoteric or the history of the Crusades encounters the name of an allegedly sinister entity known as […]

In Hoc Signo Vinces

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“In Hoc Signo Vinces,” Latin for “In this sign, you shall conquer,” is a phrase with historical significance that has been associated with Christianity and the Knights Templar. The origin of this motto can be […]

Templarism: Its Duty And Its Sphere

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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 […]

Templar Regalia of the Freemasons

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The regalia worn by the modern day Masonic Knights Templar is a harsh departure from that worn by the Templars of the middle ages. The sharpest contrast is in the amount of ornamentation on the […]