Knight's Templar Part VI

Historians believe that the Order of Christ was the main refuge for the Knights Templar that escaped the spate of arrests on Friday, 13 October 1307, in France; the new Portuguese order became the (only?) resurgence of the Order of the Temple.

 As a result, the Order of Christ inherited the Templar's knowledge in terms of construction and maritime navigation. It was used a century later by Henry the Navigator, the Grand Master of the Order of Christ, to develop his famous caravel, whose sails proudly flew the Templar cross, and later still by Christopher Columbus, who was also a Grand Master of the Order of Christ.

There are two aspects to the Knights Templar. The Templar's were protectors of the Holy Grail, part of their methods of operation  was by compartmentalize information. As you grew in rank you were given more responsibility and knowledge. 

 There were only three Templar's including the Grand Master who knew the location of the secret, and the Holy Grail. Their covert aspect was the Priory of Sion, whose entire reason of existence was to protect the Bloodline or descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

 The descendants were the Merovingian Royal family of France, and their offspring that exist today.  And yes the Priory of Sion still exists and is very active.

  The roots of the Templar's beliefs have always been claimed to be the Bible, but only in part. To truly understand the Templar's, one must go deeper into the studies of the Gnostic's.

 The esoteric followers of the TRUTH and farther back to the early Hebrew traditions, to the time of Solomon, when there was not only Yahweh but also the Goddess Ashtoreth. 

 She was known in Mesopotamia as Astarte. Ashtoreth or Asherah is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. She was openly worshiped by the Israelite s until 6th century B.C. when she was replaced by the single supreme male god of Jehovah.

In one painting of the Middle Ages hanging in the Louvre, the Magdalene is shown in the pose so often seen in Sumerian sculptures, of the Goddess Astarte, with her hands cupped under her breasts.

The Templar's were known for the high value they placed on women, their role as "knights in shining armor" from the Middle Ages. Some say they were followers of the ancient wisdom or Sophia, the Goddess of truth and wisdom.

The Templar's relationship to the Grail stories of Wagner, of King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake. Their place in the arts, poetry and the expounding of courtly love of the middle ages.

This surely places the Templar's if not within the realm of Goddess worship at least within the realm of their acknowledgement of the feminine principal of divinity.

 Because of the Inquisition and the persecution of the Templar's they went underground, using sacred geometry, symbology, art, and architecture to pass their beliefs, knowledge and secrets to the generations. Only the select few with sacred knowledge could interpret them.

 The Holy Grail was an allegory term to hide the real meaning of the treasure.  History records it as the Chalice that Joseph of Arminthia caught blood from Jesus side wound.

  Also it is thought to be an allegory reference to the womb of Mary Magdalen as the Sangrail, another name of the Holy Grail,  that was to contain the Holy Blood or bloodline of Jesus Christ.