THE ASSASSINS AND THE KNIGHTS OF TEMPLARS CONSPIRACY Even in modern times, scholars of popular fiction are familiar with the notorious Order of the Assassins of Alamut, a medieval islamic sect, ruled by the legendary Old Man of the Mountain. The word assassins is usually linked to hashish, and the name of the group is sometimes spelled Hashishins, because of their alleged use of the drug to keep their fearsome warriors properly motivated. Much later, the man calling himself Count of Monte-Cristo made use of hashish in the same fashion, and recounted a popular version of the Assassins history. What is not as widely known is that, in fact, the name Assassins derives from the word Assass, meaning Guardians or Protectors, for the Assassins were in reality the Islamic Soldier-Monks in charge of the protection of the Holy Land. Assasseen in Arabic signifies guardians, and some commentators have considered this to be the true origin of the word: guardians of the secrets. - Arkon Daraul, Secret Societies. The Assassins were the keepers of much occult knowledge, inherited from Israel, Babylon, Egypt, and other far more ancient sources. They knew the secrets of the gnostic and of the kabbala. Their role in the history of alchemy is well documented. The longer-than-normal lifespan of their leader, Hasan ben Saba, the Old Man of the Mountain, is one clue; another is their motto, the alchemical saying, Nothing is true... ... In 1099, the Crusaders captured Jerusalem. In the ensuing years, many contacts took place between the Christian Knights and their Islamic counterparts. In 1118, under the leadership of Hugues de Payen and Hugues de Champagne, nine knights were authorized to form a new order to guard and protect Mount Moriah, upon which once stood the Temple of Solomon. These nine called themselves -- Templars. The Templars were, from the start, very different from all other religious orders. They were the only crusaders to respect the truce with Saladdin. They were steeped in esoteric knowledge and rituals. Finally, they displayed a strange dualism, presenting the face of poor knights fighting for Christendom on the outside, and that of the secret accumulation of wealth and power on the inside. In truth, there were two Temples: the outer one, known to the world, and the inner one, known to but a few. Ten years later, in 1128, when the Church officially recognized the Templars, they had grown to an astounding network of over 3,000 men, and were a force to be reckoned with thoughout Christendom. Much has been written about the Templars, their secrets, their history, etc.My purpose is not to go over facts that can be better researched in other books and publications. We shall merely point out the similarities between the Assassins and the Templars: same purpose, same organization (Grand Master = Cheik El Dejebel; Grand Prieurs = Dais; Chevaliers [Knights] = Refik; Ecuyers [Squires] = Fidavi; Freres servants [Brothers] = Lasik), same power, same methods and, strangely, even the same symbols: a holy emblem in red over a white background. S. Ameer Ali, an Orientalist of considerable repute, goes further in his assessment: From the Ismailis the Crusaders borrowed the conception which led to the formation of all the secret societies, religious and secular, of Europe. The institutions of Templars and Hospitallers; the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola, composed by a body of men whose devotion to their cause can hardly be surpassed in our time; the ferocious Dominicans, the milder Franciscans - may all be traced either to Cairo or to Alamut. The Knights Templar especially, with their system of grand masters, grand priors and religious devotees, and their degrees of initiation, bear the strongest analogy to the Eastern Ismailis. 2. The Fall of the Templars The story of the fall of the Templars is also very well covered in various books on the subject. We shall highlight only the major points here. In 1306, Capetian King of France Philippe IV (the Fair) decided to destroy the Templars. There is little doubt that his motivation was greed -- France was virtually bankrupt at the time -- and power. He struck the following year, arresting the Templars, and dismantling the order. The executor of his policy was the Chevalier Guillaume de Nogaret. After an initial, mild protest from Pope Clement V, Philippe received the support of the Church, who also had accounts to be settled with the Templars. At the Council of Vienna in 1311, the Church formally abolished the Order. On 18 March 1314, Grand Master Jacques de Molay -- grand master of the Outer Temple as opposed to the Inner Temple -- was burned at the stake. His dying words were: Pope Clement, Chevalier Guillaume de Nogaret, King Philippe, before a year, I am ordering you to appear before the tribunal of God. Cursed you will all be! Cursed until the 13th generation! Writer Maurice Druon (of the French Academy) in his six-volume series, Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings) shows in great details how Jacques de Molays curse came to pass, in every detail, and how it eventually triggered the end of the Capetian dysnasty, and the Hundred Years War between England and France. Do we need to state here that every serious historian believe that the Temple survived its destruction? In Portugal, it merely changed it name to Knights of Christ. In Germany, it merged with the Teutonic Knights. It is a well-established fact that all of the French Temples archives and treasures vanished overnight, and Nogarets men found nothing of value in their thorough searches throughout the country. Templar Jean de Chalon testified under torture at his trial that, having anticipated the Kings dastardly plan, the Inner Order had ordered all of the Temples goods and treasures packed in a chariot caravan, which was seen travelling west of Paris, under the leadership of Hugues de Chalon and Gerard de Villers, presumably to beceventually loaded into eighteen waiting ships. There has been many hypotheses written about the final destination of the treasures of the Templars, some even pointing to the New World! But it is far more likely that the quickest, shortest and safest destination was -- England. The English King was a staunch ally of the Templars -- he was the only one who stuck with his protests -- and besides, such a scheme had already worked once before in 1247. One might add that Arsene Lupin later explained how the use of the secret underground river and the hidden fortress of the Hollow Needle may have helped made such a scheme feasible (The Hollow Needle). The links between the Templars -- who greatly supported and, some say, inspired the builders of the Cathedrals -- and what became known as the Free Masonry, are also too well known to be recounted here in detail. For example, in 1155, Bertrand de Blanquefort, a Grand Master of the Templars, was elected Grand Master of the Emglish Masons. The formation of the the Illuminati by Freemasons and the instigation of the French Revolution and anti-papacy movements in the eighteen century have been seen by many as a fulfilment of Templar revenge. Thus the Order of Knights of the Temple was at its very origin devoted to the cause of opposition to the tiara of Rome and the crowns of Kings, and the Apostolate of Kabalistic Gnosticism was vested in its chiefs. (...) Hence Free-Masonry, vulgarly imagined to have begun with the Dionysian Architects or the German Stone-workers, adopted Saint John the Evangelist as one of its patrons, associating with him, in order not to arouse the suspicions of Rome, Saint John the Baptist [the Johannite heresy], and thus covertly, proclaiming itself the child of the Kabbalah and Essenism together. Allocution of Pio Nono against the Free Masons. In conclusion, there can be little doubt that: 1) After their official destruction, the Templars merely went underground and reincarnated themselves in the guise of various masonic and other secret societies; 2) More than ever, their goal was to destroy the Monarchs. In fact, a popular legend states that, when Louis XVI was guillotined, a man stood among the crowd and shouted: Jacques de Molay, you are avenged!
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