> From: "Mike Carrell" > Curious: what is the allusion to the "dripping feather"? I'm well out of the > loop on that one.
Only because you're not following the thread. > As for the Templars, there are many legends woven about them, some > interesting parts of that story can be found in "The Hiram Key", a history > of Freemasonry which traces roots of its elements back to ancient Egypt and > includes the Templars. Geeze, I'm not talking about Joachim and Boaz. > An argument is made that the image on the Shroud of > Turin is that of Jacques DeMolay, Grand Master of the Templars, [tortured by > the Inquisition before a show trial] when they were pulled down by the > conspiracy of Philip the Poor of France and the Pope [after a pogrom when > Jews were chased out of France and their wealth confiscated] Both died a > month after DeMolay cursed them as he was burned at the stake. Pope Clement (V) withing a month, Philip le Bel (IV) took another seven. > As for the "origins" of money. banking and control, that started in the > Mediterranean basin when the Phoenicians invented money, and probably before > that in China when they invented paper money. There is nothing new at all > about any of this, one group rises and another falls as they are swept by > the tides of events well beyond their control Maybe but not to the point of issuing credit.
