Since I read
"Holy Blood, Holy Grail" back in 1998, I've been interested in history. Yes I know that the secret documents it was based on turned out to be a hoax, but nevertheless it put forward a lot of interesting theories that got me thinking.
The more I read history and the more I look into world changing events, the more I realize that there has to be some sort of a secret powerful organization out there that is pulling the strings behind the curtains.
Look at the Knights Templar (Freemasons incorporated Knights Templar symbols and rituals). The more I look into this, the more I am convinced that there is an unseen force that has operated in the shadows for centuries and pulled strings as they saw fit.
Let us say that the Dossier Secrets is a hoax, but that still doesn’t explain everything. The first historical information we have about the Knights Templar is dated 1175-85 and was provided by the historian Guillaume de Tyre. This was during the peek of the crusades (7 major crusades in total, the first one being the most successful), Western armies had conquered the Holy Land and formed the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
According to Guillaume de Tyre the 'Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Salomon' was founded in 1118 by Hugues de Payen. One day, out of the blue, Hugues and 8 comrades show up at the doorstep of Baudouin I, king of Jerusalem (whose brother Godfroi de Baouillon had captured the Holy City 19 years earlier). They received a warm welcome from the King and the Patriach of Jerusalem. The King immediately vacated an entire wing of the royal palace and placed it under the knight's disposal. It is believed that their quarters were built on the foundations of the ancient temple of Solomonv (hence the name).
They took upon the noble quest of keeping the roads safe and offering protection to the pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land. For the next 9 years the Templars did not admit new candidates to the order. They were still supposed to live in poverty, there are official Templar seals showing two knights sharing a horse.
During these years something happened to make their popularity soar like a wildfire throughout Europe. The 9 knights returned to Europe in 1127 where they received a triumphal welcome by Saint Bernard, furthermore in 1128 Saint Bernard issued a tract praising the virtues of the Templars stating that they were the epitome of Christian values. In January 1128 at a Church council at Troyes (Bernard was the drive force behind it all), the Templars were officially recognized as a religious-military organization and later that year Hugues de Payen visited England, where he was received with the utmost respect and 'great worship' by King Henry I.
From there it all started to snowballing. In 1139 Pope Innocent II (St Bernard’s protégé) issued a papal bull were the Templars would owe alliance to no other than the Pope himself, rendering them totally independent from political and religious authorities.
During the next hundred years the Templars became a substantial power with almost unlimited international influence. In England the master of the Templars was regularly called to parliament and took precedence over all priors and abbots in the country. They maintained ties with the Muslim world as well, even with the Hashishim. It is clear that they had the power to make or depose monarch when the master of the Temple warned Henry III when he in 1252 threatened the order.
Now tell me, how can a group of nine poor knights be received by the King and the Patriach of Jerusalem as the Templars did? How could they go from totally anonymity to become the Powerhouse in Europe for hundreds of years? There are stories that they discovered some secret concerning the origins of Christianity during their stay in Jerusalem. Wolfram von Eschenbrach stated eight centuries ago that the Templars were the guardians of the Holy Grail, whatever that might be.
Clearly something does not add up. There must have been a force behind the scene that catapulted Hugues de Payen and his companions into the higher echelons of European Society. As the Knights Templar spawned the Teutonic Knights, could not the Knights Templars in itself be the spawn or front of another highly elusive and secretive organization?
