-Caveat Lector- from [rosslyntemplar] Digest Number 150 ----- As always, Caveat Lector. Om K ----- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:10:40 -0000 From: "Free Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Origins of neo-templar orders. >Dear All: > >Most of the books which have been published recently regarding the Knights >Templar (Hiram Key etc.) are considered to be little more than a joke in >terms of real historical reasearch (they are not even reviewed in Historical >Journals). Below is my recommended 'reading list' of 'positive' rather than >'speculative' histories of the Knights Templar. > >The Trial of the Templars. Malcolm Barbour. >James of Molay, the Last Grand Master. Malcolm Barbour. >The Knights Templar - Their Rise and Fall. G. Campbell. >The Knights Templar. Stephen Howarth. >Records of the Templars in England in the 12thC. B. A. Lees. >Scotland and the Crusades - 1095-1560. Alan MacQuarrie. >The Knights Templar in England. T. Parker. >The Knights Templar and their Myth. Peter Partner. >The Monks of War. Desmond Seward. >The Piebald Standard. Edith Simon. >Pour la Foy. George Draffen of Newington. > >The latter of the above traces the origin of the modern Masonic Knights >Templar in Scotland from the 'Oration' of Chevalier Andrew Ramsay, a >Scotsman from Ayr, to the Grand Lodge France in 1737. His 'Oration' stated >that Freemasons were decendents of 'Crusaders'. He never mentioned the >Knights Templar. It seems that it was his highly speculative explanation of >the origin of Freemasonry which led to the myth that modern Freemasonry is >derived from the Knights Templar - a mis-interpretation of 'Crusaders'. Even >this wide category is not supported by any evidence but the emergence of >Templar groups from 1750 on suggests that many interpretated 'Crusader' as >'Knight Templar'. It does demonstrate, however, that the modern Order of >Knights Templar, in Scotland, was founded by Scottish Freemasons and that >subsequent Neo-Templar bodies were schismatic bodies of that original >organisation. The original Masonic Knights Templar body remains in existence >and is termed the Great Priory of Scotland. The Website of the Great Priory >can be accessed through the Grand Lodge of Scotland Website: > >http://www.grandlodgescotland.com > >or directly: > >http://www.greatprioryofscotland.co. > >Unfortunately many of the above books are now out of print although some >might be available through a book search service provided by the major book >shops. > >Kindest regards. > >FM> ----- 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
