-Caveat Lector- from POS digest 1/19/99: ----- Message: 11 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:27:36 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Templars & Freemasons Greetings... I am new to this group and as a consequence I will do my best to kep my mouth shut, watch and listen until I figure out the group's focus (from what I can see it is pretty unfocused, which is not a bad thing but it takes lots of time to sort through all of the messages. I am a profesional historian, archaeologist, nd geologist with more than 25 years in the fields. I got interested in this PoS busines by a route so circuitous it would take hours to describe. I've been reseaching Arthurian legends for maybe 7 years. And From this very existing but neverthess peripheral subject I folllowed a path that lend me from one seeming unrelated topic to another. What I found odd as tha these unrelated topic were related by several curious and I dare say off the wall things. I research the Turin Shroud, Catharism, the formation of the early Church, the relationship of the chruch with the Carolindians, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi documents. I was especially interested in the First through fourth century formation of the chuch and the realtion of Paul with the 12. I became much more interested in what ws excluded from the New testament than what was out in it. I also studied Sufism, Kabbalism,the Templars, and Freemasonry. After 7 years I read Holy Blood and Holy Grail and was astonished that by following aveues of research significantly different than my own the authors identified at kleast a hald dozen of the same historical coincidences I did. A good scientist always seeks the simplist explantion and it is not uncommon for a historian to do the same. Unfortunately, I spent most of my life followin this tectic and during this entire time I always got the sense that something was missing. Onecan hardly cll the history of the past 2000 years simple. History is a fascinating subect and yes there are times that things simply just happen. But is, in my opinion, overlysimplistic to view 2000+ years of history and not be curious about certain specific crucial events and then they occurred and by whom. Time and time again, important events occur at times that are traditionally dismissed as coincidence. The same names opo up or at least the same families. Even before I read anything about the PoS, I came to my own conclusion that something or someone was manipulating history, consistently and in a way that can be traced by looking across disciplines. I am not much into conspiracy or crackpot theories that abound. Nor am I a great believer in magic or the paranormal. If one bothers to consider western history since the first century I would be astounded if any serious student of the subject doesn't see the trends/coincidences. Most professionals have to keep their mouths shut or rick their repuations. I'm an indepenent consultant so I can say what's on my mind. I am sort of hoping that there are enough serious and thoughtful people on this list who may have read HB/HG but arrived saw much of the evidence independently. I am interested at this point in primary source data as I see no point in reading more published secondary texts greeing with HB/HG. And that is a little about me and if no one cares I ofer my apology in advance for wasting your time. Roger Werner ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
