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Knights Templar

According to William Cooper · cited in 29 hrs · aka Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem, Knights of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, Militia Templi, Order of the Temple…
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"Established first, primarily and foremost, as a branch of the ancient order of the religion of Mystery Babylon"[1]. Cooper calls them the first international bankers, "the first modern communists", "an invisible superstate", and the channel through which the mysteries came to Europe. "Everything that's happening today can be traced right to the door of the Knights Templar"[1]. "They still exist to-day ... For they are the mystery school to-day"[2].
Aliases
Knights of the Temple of JerusalemKnights of the Temple of Solomon in JerusalemMilitia TempliOrder of the TempleSoldiers of the TempleTemplarsancient order of the Temple
Controls / directs
It founded Freemasonry (14th century, England and Scotland), the York Rite and the Columbian Faction of the Illuminati. It evolved into Skull and Bones (the land branch, "Brotherhood of Death") and the Pirates (the fleet), built Chartres Cathedral, and killed Nasir al-Din. Cooper ties its dates to the JFK assassination[3]
Answers to / controlled by
It was created by the Priory of Sion (1118) and initiated by the Assassins, who were "the larger ... organization". It was answerable only to the Holy See after Omne Datum Optimum[4]
Lineage
College of Priests of Babylon / Mystery Babylon → Syrian sects, Gnostics, Assassins, Roshaniya and Essenes → Templars (1118) → driven underground (1307) → Freemasonry, the Scottish Rite (its "outward form"), the Knights of Malta, Skull and Bones and the York Rite[5]. Johannite doctrine played a large part[6].
Dates
  • c. 1099 / 1118–1307/1313
  • 1128-01-31 (Troyes)
  • 1162 (Omne Datum Optimum)
  • 1187-07-03 (Hattin)
  • 1307-10-13 (arrests)
  • 1307-11-22 (bull)
  • 1310 (54 burned)
  • 1312–13 (abolition)
  • 1314 (de Molay burned)[7]
Places
Temple Mount, JerusalemParis TempleFranceEnglandScotlandIrelandCastilePortugalItalyGermanySicilyCyprusLyonthe Nile ValleyChartres
Key events
  • 1118: nine knights
  • 1128: approved at Troyes (Saint Bernard)
  • 1129: allied with the Assassins against Damascus
  • 1133: Alfonso of Aragon wills them his kingdom
  • 1153: Ascalon
  • 1155: sell Nasir al-Din for 60,000 gold
  • 1161: switch to Pope Alexander III
  • 1187: beheaded at Hattin except the Grand Master
  • 1292–1305: sent against Wallace
  • 1307-10-13: "the very first October surprise", with treasure moved out beforehand
  • 1307–08: English Templars get three months' warning and vanish
  • 1381: vengeance on the Hospitallers in the Peasants' Revolt[8]
Members / notable people
Grand Masters Hugues de Payens, Bertrand de Blanquefort, Philip of Nablus, Gerard de Ridefort and Jacques de MolayEnglish master Brian de Jaypreceptors Geoffroy de Gonneville, Hugues de Pairaud and Raimbaud de CaronGuy of AuvergneRobert de Ros (banker and spymaster)later claimed members Lafayette, Christopher Columbus (green-cross banner), Dante, William Donovan, Thomas Keightley and George H. W. Bush. Patrons: Baldwin II, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Fulk of Anjou, Alfonso I, Richard I, Robert the Bruce, Edward I of England. Persecutors: Philip IV, Clement V, the Dominicans (Guillaume Imbert), Edward II of England (reluctantly, after giving three months' warning). Accusers: Esquieu de Floyran, Noffo Dei, Cardinal Cantalupo[9]
Author's claims · 6
  1. 01Their aristocratic hierarchy was built for world hegemony, "carried over even unto the modern day"[10].
  2. 02Their Baphomet was "the light, Lucifer, the gift of intellect". Spurned by the pope, "they spurned God and turned to Lucifer"[11].
  3. 03"Templars and Hospitallers were and still are one and the same"[10].
  4. 04The hidden Templar wealth "built a financial empire that stands to this day as the most powerful on the earth" (with Robinson)[12].
  5. 05The skull-and-bones gravestones match Yale's Brotherhood of Death and the pirate flag[10].
  6. 06Kirk's reversed initials (K.T.J.) and the Jedi/Yoda encode them[13].
Sources · 29
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Notes

  1. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars.
  2. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2).
  3. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars; Hour 13 - The End of The Templars; Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones; Hour 17 - Sun Worship (Mystery Babylon series, announced as 16th hour); Hour 22 - William Morgan Interview 2-3; Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000; Hour 35 - Secret Societies & The Vatican II.
  4. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars; Hour 13 - The End of The Templars.
  5. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2); Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars; Hour 13 - The End of The Templars; Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones; Hour 22 - William Morgan Interview 2-3; Hour 35 - Secret Societies & The Vatican II.
  6. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 27 - America's Assignment with Destiny (3-3).
  7. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars; Hour 13 - The End of The Templars; Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones.
  8. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 8 - Ecumenism; Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars; Hour 13 - The End of The Templars; Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones.
  9. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2); Hour 8 - Ecumenism; Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars; Hour 13 - The End of The Templars; Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones; Hour 16 - Quotes by Freemasons; Hour 20 - Convocation of the Rose Cross Order; Hour 27 - America's Assignment with Destiny (3-3).
  10. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 13 - The End of The Templars.
  11. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 13 - The End of The Templars; Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones.
  12. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones.
  13. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 24 - Jordan Maxwell Interview (part 1); Hour 28 - In the Coils of the Coming Conflict; Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  14. ↑ a b The Biggest Secret (1999), Chapter Seven: Knights of the Sun (part 1).