-Caveat Lector- from: prioryofsion digest 502 http://www.onelist.com The mailing list resource page can be found at the following address http://www.albino.com/circle/pos/ ---- Message: 10 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:30:48 -0600 From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Gnosis Article Dear friends, Regarding the article by the author mentioned below in Gnosis magazine (spring, 1999) the following. Richardson sheds some interesting light on Pierre Plantard and the groups he was connected with. Basically Richardson is stating that Plantard's PoS was a hoax by some right-wing anti-Masonic, anti-Semitic, monarchists, who appropriated a lot of esoteric, political and historic themes in their writings, to further a right-wing monarchist agenda. Richardson states: "The "Priory's" first objective is to position itself in the mind of an unknowing public as the supreme Western esoteric organization. It dreams of utilizing that constituency in a synarchy-like fashion to promote its hybrid agenda of right-wing politics and turn-of-the-century esoteric teachings. It does not represent the real teachings of any positive esoteric order. It is materialistic, obsessed with attaining influence, and has fabricated documents without regard for any ethical considerations. Its program is to manipulate people through lies in order to promote itself." Richardson explains the fact that Plantard's PoS had access to a lot of knowledge concerning esoteric-historical groups and individuals by stating: 1) "The fraudulent history of the "Priory of Sion" and its false bloodline was created by utilizing the vast amount of esoteric documents publicly available in French libraries and by depositing its own documents among them." And: 2) that they had connections within the Vichy regime during W.W.II, which gave them access to the confiscated archives of the many out-lawed Masonic and other esoteric groups. Richardson: "During the war it is probable that the "Priory" also had access to the seized records of Masonic and esoteric societies, some quite old, which were deposited in the occupation-controlled Centre d'Action MaConnique. This depository was headed by Henri Coston, a right-wing, anti-Semitic journalist and collaborator, who was quoted on the first page of Vaincre No.1." Corollary he debunks the possibility that the same knowledge could have come from a since 1099 continuous existing PoS. About the, in his eyes, real PoS he states, "The real Priory of Sion was an authentic Catholic monastic order. A priory is a religious house or order. Sion or Zion is the ancient name for Jerusalem, where the order was headquartered at the monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Zion. It transferred its headquarters to St. Leonard d'Acre in Palestine and later to Sicily. In 1617 it ceased to exist and was absorbed into the Jesuit order." (The footnote refers to Gerard de Sede's "Rennes-le-Chateau: Le dossier, les imposteurs, les phantasmes, les hypotheses:") I think he makes some valid points, though it's not yet strong enough to falsify the many theses put forward in "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," like Jesus' bloodline, the sacred geometry around Rennes-le-Chateau, the connection between Templars and Masons, and many more. It's possible of course that Plantard &co. used some real historical secrets found in those archives, but then adapted them to their own agenda. The fact that Plantard promote PoS as being a factor in the founding of Masonry, and that now Plantard stands exposed as being anti-masonic, these two facts beg for explanation. To do this thoroughly we should go to the articles in question, which appeared in the magazines VAINCRE and CIRCUIT, both which were connected with Plantard's PoS, and see in which way Plantard was anti-masonic. (Interestingly the article shows the cover of the first issue of Vaincre, and though it's hardly legible, you can read that the magazine is for "the people, united in a real socialism, forever banishing the quarrels of capitalist interests." ) The big question for me would be to see whether he was anti-masonic in a Catholic way, i.e. opposed to any kind of Masonry, or would he make a distinction between original Masonry, which gave us the enlightenment (and persons like Washington and Jefferson and the American Revolution and Constitution), and Masonry 'illuminized' by Weishaupt and his Illuminati, which gave us an anti-spiritual deranged rationalism (and persons like Robespierre and the French Revolution and the Terror), and still active and dominant in French politics? Capito? If not, just drop it. Some other questions would be: who profits and who is calling the shots? The Vatican, the Jesuits, a limited circle of French monarchists, just only Plantard and some of his friends? xxxxxz? ----- 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. 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