tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39372684951442635402024-02-07T16:59:55.651-08:00Order of the GrailThis blog is the successor to our Grail Seekers Community (discontinued February 21, 2009). Posts relating to The Order of the Grail and related subjects including: Grail Myths, Arthurian Legends, Celtic Christianity and Folklore, Chivalry, Alchemy, Gnosticism, Esoteric Christianity, Mysticism, Knights Templar, Rosicrucian’s and Rosicrucianism, Martinism and Freemasonry will include previous Grail Seekers message board material.Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-78334072737924395132011-12-25T14:56:00.000-08:002011-12-25T14:56:05.717-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-71942634798711865542011-11-30T13:08:00.001-08:002011-11-30T13:14:52.364-08:00Another Secret Mission of The Templars: THE COMING OF THE PARACLETE, Part one<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="TextRun SCX120677620" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">the New Testament were written in Greek. ln the Greek text of</span><span class="EOP SCX120677620" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX10563162" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">ATTRIBUTES OF THE PARACLETE Returning to the particular</span><span class="EOP SCX10563162" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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</div>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-75659475726776768642011-11-30T12:59:00.001-08:002011-11-30T13:17:38.441-08:00THE SECRET MISSION OF THE TEMPLARS & The Arab World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">of these was to work for the linking of Christianity and Islam.</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">The word Islam means "confident submission to God."</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">Islam is the religion promulgated by the Prophet Mohammed, and</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">someone who accepts Islam is a Moslem. Islam dates from the</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">seventh century AD when Mohammed, a welI—to—do Arab merchant,</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">received instructions in a vision to bring the message of the One</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">task was merely to bring Ito his countrymen the message of mono-</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">MOSLEM BROTHERHOODS There is documentary evidence that</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">nature of the Assassins, there is general agreement that the</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fraternity taught a secret doctrine which was transmitted only to</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">The old belief that the Assassins were a fraternity of</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">THE SUFI TRADITION The flowerings of the Sufi tradition</span><span class="EOP SCX45917840" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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</div>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-35683427539914587172011-11-30T12:54:00.001-08:002011-11-30T13:03:09.146-08:00The Templars: LINKS WITH THE ALCHEMISTS & KABALISM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-3960454133764981672011-11-30T12:50:00.001-08:002011-11-30T13:02:35.263-08:00STRANDS OF THE TEMPLAR TRADITION<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="TextRun SCX78544778" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were links </span><span class="TextRun SCX78544778" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">between well known alchemists and the Templars. One of these</span><span class="EOP SCX78544778" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX78544778" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kabalism, the esoteric branch of judaism. Several writers have</span><span class="EOP SCX78544778" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX78544778" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;">THE SECRET MISSIONS OF THE TEMPLARS</span><span class="EOP SCX78544778" style="font-family: Times New Roman,Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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</div>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-21322105342523596802011-10-09T12:00:00.000-07:002011-11-30T13:05:23.622-08:00THE EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC MISSION OF THE TEMPLARS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
THE EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC MISSION OF THE TEMPLARS
The mission of the Templars was two—fold. Firstly, to
inject a certain spiritual idealism into the world of their time
through a number of concrete actions. Secondly, to ensure the
continuity of the Spiritual Tradition of the Temple by seeking out
the sacred esoteric heritage of mankind wherever it was to be
found, to reunite it, and to present to a certain spiritual elite a
synthesis of the Tradition adapted to the Western mentality of the
Middle Ages. Some of their activities were secret, while others were
carried out publicly. Some actions, although done openly, had
more profound effects on the contemporary world than were appar-
ent. For example, St. Bernard stimulated public awareness of
the Feminine Principle by promoting the adoration of the Mother
of Christ in the Church, and by encouraging the Templars to
dedicate chapels, cathedrals and churches to the Virgin Mary. ln
the harsh, cruel and male dominated world of the Middle Ages,
the activation of the feminine archetype was extremely important.
The esoteric tradition to which the Templars had
access taught them that the universe was conditioned by the laws
of sound, colour, number, weight and measure. They knew how
to apply these 'laws so that symbols could be used to develop a
closer relationship between man and spiritual realities.<br />
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NUMBER According to the Templar tradition, number was the
principle of being on three levels of manifestation, i.e. Divine,
Man and Nature. Number in this sense was the expression of the
cosmic design and an element of the mysterious harmony which
exists in the universe. This vision of things can be traced back
to the priests of ancient Egypt and was developed by Pythagoras
in the fifth century BC. In the Middle Ages, the science of
numbers played an important part in the spiritual research
carried out by the Christian mystics, the jewish Kabalists and
the Moslem Sufis.
The numbers 3 and 9 had a particular significance for
the Templars and these numbers were always present in their
buildings and churches. The ancients have always deemed the
number 3 to be the most sacred of all numbers. According to-
Plato it was the perfect symbol of the Creator because it
contained the properties of the first two numbers. Aristotle
added the reflection that 3 contains in itself a beginning, a
middle and an end. Gold had strong symbolic meaning for the
Templars: to them it symbolized the radiance of the spirit after
purification. They therefore associated gold with the number 3,
the symbol of the perfect manifestation of unity.<br />
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THE NUMBERS THREE & NINE For the Templars the number
3 also symbolized the mystery of the Trinity. Here we find the
symbol of the triangle which is 3 as well. The triangle appears
in most of the patterns and designs left behind by the Order.
The number 3 was always present in the daily life of the
Templars: their rite of reception was repeated 3 times; the
aspirant had to present himself ritually 3 times; the aspirant
took 3 vows; the Templar ate meat 3 times a week; a Knight had
3 horses; he had to accept to fight against odds of 3 to 1, etc.
` The number 3 when multiplied by itself gives 9, the
number of completion. The number 9 is the only number which
when multiplied by any other number always reproduces itself
when the digits of the product are added together. (Try it! i.e.
9 x5 = 45; 4+5 = 9). Like 3 the number 9 has always been con-
sidered a sacred number in esoteric tradition. lt is not
surprising that the founders of the first Templar Order were 9,
that the Templars took vows after a waiting period of 9 years,
and that the Order was divided into 9 provinces. During their
trials they chose 9 members of the Order to defend them, and 9
of them stood before the Council of Vienne when the Order was
abolished. Thus the number 9 was with the Templars at the
beginning and with them at the end. ‘ ·
The Templars believed that if certain geometrical
forms and mathematical relationships were employed in the
construction and design of buildings, these would have important
spiritual effects on the people who visited them. Sacred
buildings such as chapels, cathedrals and churches were places
where man aspired to approach the Divine. lt was not surpri-
sing that the Templars were particularly interested in church
construction and, as we shall see later, this explains their
concern for the welfare of the builders and artisans who could
erect and decorate buildings according to their specifications.
The Templars also made sure that certain symbols were included
in the decoration of buildings in order to pass on esoteric
knowledge for future generations of initiates. The Templars
applied themselves to the business of cathedral building with
such industry that over a thousand chapels and churches were
constructed with their support in a little under two hundred
years.
St. Bernard, the spiritual father of the Order of the
Knights Templar, was a passionate believer in the power of
specially constructed forms to bring a realization of the Divine to
man. He was of course the driving force behind the Templar's
monumental building program which even reflected his tastes in
architecture. St. Bernard favoured a rather simple and austere
style, probably in reaction to the rich and ostentatious one
preferred by the Benedictines of Cluny.<br />
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THE TEMPLARS & THE ARABS The Templars had negotiated
with the Arabs for permission for their church builders to do
construction work in the region of Damascus, Jerusalem, St. ]ean
d‘Acre and Cyprus. The Arabs promised not to molest them so
long as they did not bear arms. The builders were placed under
the general authority of a Knight named Guy de Lusignan. These
builders, known as Compagnons, were men who had spent many
years experimenting in order to develop what later became known
as Gothic architecture. ln their day-to—day tasks the builders
owed obedience to de Lusignan but in their spiritual life they
owed allegiance to the Templars.<br />
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THE RULE OF HOLY DUTY According to Raoul Vergez,
a Frenchman and modern Compagnon, some time around 1100 AD the
Templars and the leaders of the Compagnons formalized the Rule
known as the "Saint Devoir" or the Rule of the Holy Duty, which
governed the manner and spirit in which the latter practised the
art of construction, and established the relationship between
Templars and Compagnons. Under this arrangement the Templars
committed themselves to protect the Compagnons, while the latter
agreed to place their skills at the disposal of the Templars.
There was probably also an undertaking by the Compagnons to
keep secret, such teachings about the esoteric aspects of con-
struction as the Templars would pass on to them.
This was a good arrangement for the Compagnons -
without the protection of the Templars, they would have been
obliged to place themselves under vassalage to some ruler who
would not particularly respect their customs. (These included the
traditional working journey around France which every builder
had to perform before he was recognized as a Compagnon). Under
the Templars they enjoyed a better status than the serfs and
could travel freely under Templar protection.<br />
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THE COMPAGNONS in a way, the Compagnons de Saint Devoir
were the first organized movement in the world of the working
man. During the period of Templar ascendancy, there were also
other craftsmen and artisans who did not belong to the Saint
Devoir, but, wishing to escape from the rigid structure of their
feudal lords, pledged oaths of vassalage to the Templars.
One of the techniques which the Compagnons learned
from the Templars was the art of choosing the place where a
church should be located. The fathers of the Church had long
suspected that certain earth currents were useful in enabling
contact to be made with cosmic currents, and that the junction of
these two types of forces created conditions which were propitious
to prayer and mystical contemplation. There is a story that this
knowledge was acquired by the Church from a man called Stan-
islas, who had inherited a family gift which enabled him to
identify telluric currents. lt is said that Stanislas established
that sacred buildings should always be placed so that they could
benefit from telluric or earth currents which flow from north to
south. lt seems that it is also helpful to place a church altar-
above an underground stream.<br />
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MASTER BUILDERS The Compagnons developed a particular
approach to their trade. Their art was dedicated not only to the
creation of beautiful buildings, but to the construction of forms
which were also functional, by glorifying the Creator and forging
a living link with Him. The trade of constructing sacred buil-
dings was initiatic in the sense that the master builders kept
secret their art and passed on their secret skills only by word of
mouth. Certain instructions, especially those associated with the
application of spiritual laws in the craft, were transmitted only
after theapprentice. had passed certain ordeals to test aspects of
his character. lt was these masteribuilders, the Compagnons,
inspired by their Templar masters, who worked certain hermetic
keys into the geometry and forms they created to decorate cath-
edrals and churches.The island of Cyprus has important associations with
the Compagnons. It was here that the results of their research
into building techniques were first tested. ln 1195 Guy de
Lusignan was recognized as King of Cyprus. lt was natural,
because of his earlier associations with these master builders of
the Saint Devoir, that he became their champion on the island.
·He actively helped those who had survived expulsion from the
Holy Land or could not make a living in France. lt was here lin
Cyprus under the protection of de Lusignan that the followers of
the Saint Devoir probably lived their most exciting days in an
atmosphere where manual work was elevated by spiritual discipline and Templar ideas of chivalry. Unfortunately, with the
exception of a few esoteric circles, the influence of Compagnonage
in the spiritual odyssey of Western civilization has virtually
disappeared.</div>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-60429352268964235652009-12-02T15:01:00.001-08:002009-12-02T15:01:06.624-08:00L'Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia<a href=http://www.artandpopularculture.com/L'Ordre_Kabbalistique_de_la_Rose-Croix>L'Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-64338381722390144262009-11-27T14:42:00.000-08:002009-11-27T14:50:12.282-08:00Joséphin Péladan and The Ordre de la Rose-Croix, du Temple et du Graal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8Rwzg8TeClSGFXi9Le_Wa6xT3-KAESMeTcoVqRTxTV26Cmb7ZQn8n1L5jvvpXQcDmHs6SbnzC0qvunOzXgsRoeJsITC_A5NuWb-8dYAuenkzwlNCNw42h6ckr9RsFErbELfvrQgJxtA/s1600/peladan.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 76px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8Rwzg8TeClSGFXi9Le_Wa6xT3-KAESMeTcoVqRTxTV26Cmb7ZQn8n1L5jvvpXQcDmHs6SbnzC0qvunOzXgsRoeJsITC_A5NuWb-8dYAuenkzwlNCNw42h6ckr9RsFErbELfvrQgJxtA/s320/peladan.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408919468169092146" /></a><br />The Ordre de la Rose-Croix, du Temple et du Graal, is said to have been founded. It would later include Josephin Peladan among its membership rolls. This is said to have been an offshoot of a somewhat irregular Masonic Lodge known as La Sagesse in Toulouse. It is said that members of the Hautpoul family were members of this Lodge, and perhaps members of the Marconis de Negre family as well. Around 1850 one of its members, the Vicomte de Lapasse (1792 - 1867), a well respected doctor and alchemist, founded the Ordre de la Rose-Croix, du Temple et du Graal. A subsequent head of this Order was Josephin Peladan (1859 - 1918), who was also from Toulouse... <br /><br />Joséphin Péladan was born in 1858, in Lyon. His father, Louis-Adrien, and his brother, were impassioned by alchemy, magnetism, arts, sciences, literature and Christian mysticism. <br /><br />Joséphin’s brother Adrien (1815-1890), was one of the first French homeopaths, and had become a Rosicrucian of the order of Firmin Boissin (1835-1893), who was Commander of the Rosicrucian Temple of Toulouse, Prieur of Toulouse and senior of the Council of Fourteen. Another member of the Toulouse Command had Viscount Louis-Charles-Edouard de Lapasse (1792-1867), a pupil of prince Balbiani of Palermo, who had been a pupil of Cagliostro. <br /><br />In 1884, Péladan published a novel with strong Rosicrucian and occult themes, probably in the same vein as Bulwer-Lytton’s Zanoni. It was a success and he became a celebrity, involved in many art reviews. He also did studies of painters such as Rembrandt, Dürer, Herbert, Frans Hals. <br /><br />Be became a member of l'Académie Française. <br />In Paris, Péladan became acquainted with the Marquis Stanislas de Guaita, who had become interested in Occultism after reading Péladan’s novel. The two determined to rebuild the Command of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood. To this end they recruited Gerard Encausse, “Papus.” Within a short time there were problems. Papus wanted to dramatically extend the membership of the organization, which Péladan was against. Péladan felt that Papus was too interested in occultism and magic, and they also disagreed with his doctrines, clearly modeled on the Theosophical teachings of Mme. Blavatsky, which suggested that Christianity was on a par with the other great religions. <br /><br />In November of 1890, Péladan split with de Guaita and Papus. Péladan created the "Rose+Croix Catholique,” which almost immediately changed it’s name to "Ordre of Rose+Croix of the Temple and Graal" De Guaita and Papus published invectives against Péladan, and the whole fiasco was known as the “War of the Roses.” <br />Peladan was an occult expert, inspired by Eliphas Levi. Peladan developed a magical system that has been described as 'erotic Catholocism-cum-magic' and organized the popular Salon de la Rose + Croix. He believed that the Catholic Church was a repository of knowledge that it had itself forgotten, and he was particularly interested in John's Gospel. <br /><br />Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. The old Rosicrucian Lodge fell into abeyance, according to W. W. Westcott (writing in 1916). This would be the Nascent Dawn Lodge. Gould states that it was in operation until the 1870s. He also wrote that the first Lord Lytton was received into the Adeptship and became imbued with the ideas he displayed in his novel "Zanoni" and other works...<br /><br /><br />Emile Dantinne was born in the city of Huy, Belgium, on the 19th of April, 1884. In his youth he turned out to be an excellent student with a talent for languages. Dantinne taught himself Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Latin, and Russian. From 1909 on he studied Hebrew and Arabic at the University of Liege (Luik), in Belgium. In 1913 Dantinne meets C.Virollaud, managing director of "Babylionaca', in Paris. He starts to study the 'Sumerian Tablets' and this way he also becomes an expert on the ancient Assyrian language. <br /><br />In 1904 Dantinne met Josephin Peladan when Peladan lectured at the Ravenstein hotel in Brussels. The Ravenstein Hotel was a meeting place for the members of Peladan's Order 'L'ORDRE DE LA ROSE-CROIX CATHOLIQUE EST ESTETHIQUE DU TEMPLE ET DU GRAAL', originally founded in 1891by Josephin Peladan after he left 'L ORDRE KABBALISTIQUE DE LA ROSE-CROIX' ( The Kabbalistic Order of the Rose+Cross ). After Peladan founded his new Order, he organized the now famous 'Salons des Rose-Croix' in Paris. He engaged 170 artists who collaborated in the famous art–exhibitions. At the third exhibition held in Brussels in 1894, a branch of Peladan's Order was established in Belgium. The Belgian branch was headed by the famous symbolist painter Jean Delville <br /><br />After the first meeting with Peladan in 1904, Dantinne became a regular visitor of Peladan's branch at the Ravenstein Hotel in Brussels. The Rosicrucian philosophy flourished in Belgium. <br /><br />Brussels became the 'headquarter' of the European esoteric Orders and Societies. In 1918 Josephin Peladan died. His death was caused by food poisoning. The 'ORDER OF THE CATHOLIC ROSE-CROSS ...' was reorganized by his disciples. The Order divided into several branches. Gary de Lacroze continued the Original "L'Ordre de la Rose-Croix Catholique" in France, as did the painter Jaques Brasilier. Brasilier was the publisher of a periodical, named 'Les Feuillets de la Rosace', later rebaptized 'Feuillets des Dunes, organe de la Rosace'. <br /><br />In Belgium the Order was reorganized by Emile Dantinne under the name of 'ROSE-CROIX UNIVERSELLE' (the Universal Rosecross) with the help of Du Chastain. <br />"After the death of Peladan it was Sar Hieronymus who relighted the torch of the Order and restored it in the ancient tradition of the real Rose+Cross". ( an Addition to 'L'Oeuvre et la Pensée de Péladan', written by Emile Dantinne in 1952 ).Sar Hieronymus is , as mentioned before, the 'Nomen Mysticum' of Emile Dantinne. <br />The title 'SAR' was used in the original 'ORDRE DE LA ROSE-CROIX CATHOLIQUE...' This title was only given to the highest initiates of the Order. The meaning of the title 'SAR' is 'Son of Ra' (SA= son; R'=Ra or Re). 'SAR' was also used among the ancient kings of Assyria. A more plausible explanation can be found in the letters which Josephin Peladan (SAR MERODACK) wrote to his friends. An example can be seen in 'La Vie Supreme' (Peladan's first novel), in which we find a letter addressed to a certain Prince de Courtenay. If we'll take a look at the opening words, we read: <br />‘S.A.R. MONSEIGNEUR LE PRINCE de COURTENAY '. The abbreviation stands for ' SON ALTESSE ROYALE ' (His Royal Highness). The 'Nomen Mysticum' -SAR- was eventually copied by SAR HIERONYMUS and later on attached to all dignitaries of the F.U.D.O.S.I. <br /><br /><br />In 1923 Dantinne reorganizes the whole R+C Order (ORDO AUREAE & ROSAE CRUCIS -OARC) in 3 separate Orders. 'L'ORDRE de la ROSE-CROIX UNIVERSITAIRE', divided into 9 Degrees. 'L'ORDRE de la ROSE-CROIX UNIVERSELLE' under the leadership of Imperator Francois Soetewey (SAR SUCCUS), likewise divided into 9 Degrees. Both the Orders served the same cause, except the 'ORDRE de la ROSE-CROIX UNIVERSITAIRE' only admitted members who were university-trained. Finally there was 'L'ORDRE de la ROSE+CROIX INTERIEURE' under the leadership of Imperator Jules Rochat de Abbaye (SAR APOLLONIUS), divided into 4 Degrees. Consequently the R+C Order was divided in a total of 13 Degrees, the 13th being "the Degree of Imperator". <br /><br />On December 31, 1925 Dantinne founded a 'R+C CENTRE' in Brussels (Belgium) under the leadership of Francois Soetewey with Jean Mallinger as secretary. In 1927 Dantinne founded 'L'ORDRE HERMETISTE TETRAMEGISTE et MYSTIQUE'. The Order was a reconstruction of the 'Order of Pythagoras". The Order was led by Dantinne (Sar Hieronymus) himself, Francois Soetewey (Sar Succus) and Jean Mallinger (Sar Elgrim), leader of the Belgian branch of the 'RITE MEMPHIS-MIZRAIM'. <br /><br />Dantinne worked as a librarian for the Belgian city of Huy. We know that Dantinne attended colleges at several universities all through his life. He published numerous articles in the famous Swiss periodical 'INCONNU', published by the Rosicrucian Pierre Gillard, cousin of Edouard Bertholet (SAR ALKMAION) leader of the "ROSE-CROIX d'ORIENT" and "L'ORDRE MARTINISTE et SYNARCHIQUE (successor of Blanchard). Gillard was a member of the Swiss Grand lodge of AMORC. <br />Dantinne was also the founder of the C.R.S.O. (Commision de recherches scientifiques sur l'occultisme), established in Huy, Belgium. He also founded 'Institut scientifiques sur l'occultisme' and the 'Societe Metaphysique' in Brussels. <br /><br />The Government and the King of Belgium rewarded Dantinne several times for his contributions to education and culture. In 1962 Dantinne was admitted into 'De Leopoldsorde' (one of the highest honorable titles of the state of Belgium). It is needless to say that Emile Dantinne was an accomplished writer. During his lifetime he published over 30 titles concerning topics such as foreign languages, local history, metaphysics, occultism etc. Emile Dantinne died in Huy on the 21st of May, 1969, at the age of 85. <br /><br />http://kingsgarden.org/english/organizations/om.gb/Dantine/DantinneBio.html<br /><br />http://www.arbredor.com/titres/androgyne.htmlRev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-22644222860827719032009-11-25T01:05:00.000-08:002009-11-25T01:31:17.098-08:00Could Joseph of Arimathea have founded the Celtic Christian Church?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTvNAlp-8Zh6g3bpthaLigjwhRbbD0XNPcHCkG2QqG3S7Bxt7aloMcjPFQzKIq1twb01s7ArEXg9_5yQcIMfxu62bTbEWmjSCidm_cTQ5vVzHcoIPOfQgsHPicbvQBQZs-Pkww9DEuFw/s1600/glastonbury-tor.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407969963432724194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTvNAlp-8Zh6g3bpthaLigjwhRbbD0XNPcHCkG2QqG3S7Bxt7aloMcjPFQzKIq1twb01s7ArEXg9_5yQcIMfxu62bTbEWmjSCidm_cTQ5vVzHcoIPOfQgsHPicbvQBQZs-Pkww9DEuFw/s320/glastonbury-tor.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Could Joseph of Arimathea founded or influenced the Celtic Christian Church? In the History of Christianity, we find that missionaries were first sent to evangelize Britain in the 6th century. The British historian Gildas (AD 516–570) wrote that Christianity was introduced into Britain in AD 38, during the last year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Another source is Geoffrey of Monmouth, who was Bishop Elect of St Asaph in Wales, and he states, "When Augustine came to Britain he found in the province of the Angles seven bishoprics and archbishoprics, all filled with the most devout prelates and also a great number of abbeys." The Bishop of Caesarea and father of ecclesiastical history wrote in Demonstratio Evangelica, "The Apostles passed beyond the ocean to the isles called the Britannic Isles." Saint Hilary of Poitiers (C.E. 300-376) also wrote that the Apostles had built churches and that the Gospel had passed into Britain. This claim is echoed by Saint John Chrysostom (C.E. 347-407), the Patriarch of Constantinople: “The British Isles which are beyond the sea, and which lie in the ocean, have received virtue of the Word. Churches are there found and altars erected... Though thou shouldst go to the ocean, to the British Isles, there though shouldst hear all men everywhere discoursing matters out of the scriptures, with another voice indeed, but not another faith, with a different tongue, but the same judgement.”<br /><br />The recurrent problem with ancient historic sources is accuracy. The venerable Bede, the monk, is known not to be accurate as a historian, probably because he simply recorded oral histories and traditions which themselves may not have been accurate. There are a number of sources that claim that Joseph of Arimethia did travel to Britain and form a church, so we cannot dismiss the possibility entirely even though many of the details of these stories are historically inaccurate.Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-11471320744243778592009-05-29T16:47:00.000-07:002009-05-29T17:33:34.288-07:00Chivalry in Modern Literature ~ The World of JRR TolkienSince my area of expertise is generally considered to be in the area of "Modern expressions of chivalry" I thought I would share with this forum a current discussion I am hosting on the Chivalry Program forum about chivalry in J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth. Scion of both the worlds of Beowulf and Sir Gawaine, Middle-earth is a detailed compention of chivalric themes, coventions and symbolism. For the modern student of "chivalry" there is much to be learned in the world of Middle-earth.<br /><br />Enjoy<br /><br />________________________________________<br /><br />Do "knights" exist in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth? Or does the "Chivalric Spirit" of the known world only exist in the archetypal forms, or in symbols devoid of reality and meaning? Certainly, none of the classic documents of Medieval chivalric thought exist in Middle-earth. In this time and place, there is no "Ordene de Chivalry", nor do we find writers and philosphers like Geoffrey Chaucer, Ramon Lull, or Andreas Capallanus speaking to us of knighthood and the "Way of the Warrior."<br /><br />When examining the "Lord of the Rings" for textual clues as to Tolkien's intent for this topic, several incidents from the story do support the hypothesis that "knight" and chivalry do exist in a recognizable form in Tolkien's world. Two of the most obvious examples are:<br /><br />1) Merry's exchange of Vows with Theoden<br />2) Pippen's Oath of Fealty to the Steward of Gondor<br /><br />In the Middle Ages, as part of the standard chivalry "contract," a knight was expected to exchange with his overlord a series of promises in which the knight agreed to perform such services as the overlord deemed appropriate to his rank. In return, the King (or other secular or ecclestical authority) would promise to provide services to the knight in return. In the "Lord of the Rings", there are two examples of this kind of contract being executed. In the first, we find Merry exchanging his vow with Theoden, in a relationship that results in his joining the King's household as a 'sword-thain and esquire':<br /><br />"I have a sword," said Merry, climbing from his seat, and drawing from it's black sheath his small bright blade. Filled suddenly with love for this old man, he knelt on one knee, and took his and and kissed it "May I lay the sword of Meridoc of the Shire on your lap, Theoden King?" he cried. "Receive my service if you will!"<br /><br />"Gladly will I take it", said the king; and laying his long old hands upon the brown hair of the hobbit, he blessed him. "Rise now, Meriadoc, esquire of Rohan of the household of Meduseld?" he said. "Take your sword and bear it unto good fortune!""As a father you shall be to me," said Merry."For a little while," said Theoden. (Return of the King, Pg. 49)<br /><br />In the second example of a chivalric exchanging of vows, you have Pippin swearing an even more formal Oath of Fealty with Denethor:<br /><br />"Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor, and to the Lord and Steward of the realm, to speak and to be silent, to do and to let be, to come and to go, in need or in plenty, in peace or in war, in living and in dying, from this hour henceforth. until my lord release me, or death take me, or the world end. So say I Peregrin, Son of Paladin, of the Shire of the Haflings."<br /><br />"And this do I hear, Denethor son of Ecthelion, Lord of Gondor, Steward of the High King, and I will not forget it, nor fail to reward that which is given: fealty with love, valour with honour, oath breaking with vengeance."(Return of the King, Pg. 27)<br /><br />In both cases, the symbols of chivalric exchange are present: The Boon (the request to be accepted into service), the Oath (the promise of recpriocal service) and the Accolade (the exchange of the sword, and the announcement of the "knight's" new status.)<br /><br />Later in the book you find this new status reinforced when Merry and Pippin announce to Frodo and Sam at the Field of Cormallen: "We are knights of the City and of the Mark as I hope you observe." (Return of the King Pg. 237)<br /><br />When it came to portraying chivalric themes in the "Lord of the Rings, Tolkien did not stop with these two characters, however. Elsewhere in the text we find situations that exemplify other forms of the "chivalric" contract. In the next installment of this thread we will examine these two other examples of the "Arte of Chivalry."<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">In the meanwhile, however, this topic is being discussed on a Lord of the Rings forum elsewhere...so we'll leave the scholars a bit of time to ponder the topic and postulate their answers before I post the solution to the challenge here.</span><br /><br />Bauceant!Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-15700274826063463482009-04-12T09:49:00.000-07:002009-04-12T09:51:21.184-07:00WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiPrd0NbRTej7D9mEqXqwWhm-zqXfG4CyB2QHdamndJu3aS9RC8Z1_U526Ei6bwLTYtDkzdhWzMoH5GJkfh6ICmX8yRutQAFGWP-EsYmCltoQjZsE2yKbqT7nyJ-ik3QWvsOMLkZ60Qk/s1600-h/duccio4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiPrd0NbRTej7D9mEqXqwWhm-zqXfG4CyB2QHdamndJu3aS9RC8Z1_U526Ei6bwLTYtDkzdhWzMoH5GJkfh6ICmX8yRutQAFGWP-EsYmCltoQjZsE2yKbqT7nyJ-ik3QWvsOMLkZ60Qk/s320/duccio4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323848255494019666" border="0" /></a><br />WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER!<br /><br /><br />The gospel is taken from the Gospel according to St. Matthew:<br /><br />As it began to dawn towards the first day of the week came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow, and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the Angel said unto the women: Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified. Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that he is risen from the dead. And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, and did run to bring His disciples word. And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying: All hail. And they came and took Him by the feet, and worshipped Him. http://www.gnosis.org/ecclesia/lect045.htm<br /><br />“The Savior swallowed up death - (of this) you are not reckoned as being ignorant - for he put aside the world which is perishing. He transformed himself into an imperishable Aeon and raised himself up, having swallowed the visible by the invisible, and he gave us the way of our immortality. Then, indeed, as the Apostle said, "We suffered with him, and we arose with him, and we went to heaven with him". Now if we are manifest in this world wearing him, we are that one`s beams, and we are embraced by him until our setting, that is to say, our death in this life. We are drawn to heaven by him, like beams by the sun, not being restrained by anything. This is the spiritual resurrection which swallows up the psychic in the same way as the fleshly. “ The Treatise on the Resurrection, The Nag Hammadi Library http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/res.html<br /><br />“What great confidence at the hour of death shall be his who is not attached to this world by any affection. But the sickly soul does not know what it is to have a heart thus separated from all things, nor does the natural man know the liberty of the spiritual man. Yet, if he truly wishes to be spiritual, he must renounce both strangers and friends, and must beware of no one more than himself.…Grace is a supernatural light, a certain special gift of God, the proper mark of the elect and the pledge of everlasting salvation. It raises man up from earthly things to love the things of heaven. It makes a spiritual man of a carnal one. The more, then, nature is held in check and conquered, the more grace is given. Every day the interior man is reformed by new visitations according to the image of God.”<br /><br />Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ http://www.leaderu.com/cyber/books/imitation/imb3c51-59.html<br /><br /><br />the Gnostic Chapel of Saint Jeanne D'Arc Blog at:<br /><br />http://saintjeannechapel.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />and The Chapel of Saints Serge and Bacchus Blog at:<br /><br />http://chapelofsergeandbacchus.blogspot.com/Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-23875148762184311582009-03-16T09:45:00.000-07:002009-03-16T09:57:30.393-07:00New Theory on the Essenes?From: <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1885421,00.html?cnn=yes">http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1885421,00.html?cnn=yes</a><br /><br /><blockquote>"Sixty years of research have been wasted trying to find the Essenes in the<br />scrolls," Elior tells TIME. "But they didn't exist. This is legend on a<br />legend."</blockquote><p>While I am neither an archeologist nor an ancient Hebrew scholar, it seems at first glance as if Elior's main arguement is that since the Essenes aren't mentioned by name in the Dead Sea Scrolls, that they do not exist. (Even though Essene is not a Jewish term.)</p><p>She then counters with an ephemeral argument that the "Renegade Sons of Zadok" were operating in that area and were the copyists of the scrolls without any better proof. Makes a nice plot point for a Frank Herbert novel, but it doesn't seem to have any real bearing. It is likewise somewhat constraining that Elior posits that the Essenes could have only essentially have been an invention to appeal to Greco-Roman thinking. Can she possibly believe that Palestine of the time was so monochromatic that it was not processing all the spiritual currents intersecting, as it were, at the crossroads of of the world of mid-antiquity?</p><p>It's almost easier to suppose that if the Essnes had not existed, some group very like them must have. It's understood that Judaism had been influenced by it's close neighboring relations to Zoroastrianism, but Judaism had closer neighbors of course. Gnostic groups such as the Mandeans probably had their origin near Palestine of that time, if their own origin story is to be taken slightly verbatim. There was heavy Greek influence, and of course lingering tradtions from other religions, and even important competitors like the Samaritans. It's not a discussion that I know enough about to really crack the lid of.</p><p>However I know there are some smart minds here and I would be interested in your thoughts. </p><p> </p>Jonathon Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535656244608139248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-10400751135757935482009-03-10T17:13:00.001-07:002009-03-10T17:13:55.726-07:00The philosopher's stoneThe philosopher's stone (Latin: lapis philosophorum; Greek: chrysopoeia) is a legendary substance, supposedly capable of turning inexpensive metals into gold; it was also sometimes believed to be an elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and possibly for achieving immortality. For a long time it was the most sought after goal in Western alchemy.<br /><br />Alchemists once thought a key component in creation of the stone was a mythical element named carmot.<br /><br />Alchemy itself is mostly an original concept and science practiced in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and India. However, the concept of ensuring youthful health originated in China, while the concept of transmuting one metal into a more precious one (silver or gold) originated from the theories of the 8th century Arab alchemist, Jabir ibn Hayyan. He analysed each Aristotelian element in terms of the four basic qualities of hotness, coldness, dryness, and moistness. Fire was both hot and dry, earth cold and dry, water cold and moist, and air hot and moist. He further theorized that every metal was a combination of these four principles, two of them interior and two exterior.<br /><br />From this premise, it was reasoned that the transmutation of one metal into another could be effected by the rearrangement of its basic qualities. This change would presumably be mediated by a substance, which came to be called al-iksir in Arabic (from which the Western term "elixir" is derived). It is often considered to exist as a dry red powder (also known as al-Kibrit al-Ahmar الكبريت الأحمر -- red sulphur) made from a legendary stone — the "philosopher's stone".<br /><br />In the 11th century there was a debate among Muslim chemists on whether the transmutation of substances was possible. A leading opponent was Avicenna, who discredited the theory of transmutation of substances:<br /><br />"Those of the chemical craft know well that no change can be effected in the different species of substances, though they can produce the appearance of such change."<br /><br />According to legend, the 13th-century scientist and philosopher Albertus Magnus is said to have discovered the philosopher's stone and passed it to his pupil Thomas Aquinas, shortly before his death circa 1280. Magnus does not confirm he discovered the stone in his writings, but he did record that he witnessed the creation of gold by "transmutation."<br /><br />The 16th-century Swiss alchemist Philippus Paracelsus believed in the existence of alkahest which he thought to be an undiscovered element from which all other elements (earth, fire, water, air) were simply derivative forms. Paracelsus believed that this element was, in fact, the philosopher's stone.<br /><br />Jabir's theory was based on the concept that metals like gold and silver could be hidden in alloys and ores, from which they could be recovered by the appropriate chemical treatment. Jabir himself is believed to be the inventor of aqua regia, a mixture of muriatic (hydrochloric) and nitric acids, one of the few substances that can dissolve gold (and which is still often used for gold recovery and purification).<br /><br />Gold was particularly valued as a metal that would not rust, tarnish, corrode or otherwise grow corrupt. Since the philosopher's stone would turn a corruptible base metal to incorruptible gold, naturally it would similarly transform human beings from mortal (corruptible) to immortal (incorruptible). One of many theories was that gold was a superior form of metal, and that the philosopher's stone was even purer and superior to gold, and if combined with lesser metals would turn them into superior gold as well.<br /><br />A mystical text published in the 17th century called the Mutus Liber appears to be a symbolic instruction manual for concocting a philosopher's stone. Called the "wordless book", it was a collection of 15 illustrations.<br /><br /> <br />Philosopher's stone as depicted in the first Harry Potter film.<br /><br />View article...Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-17537591642208838832009-03-04T07:44:00.000-08:002009-03-04T08:08:31.172-08:00Rudolf Steiner on Grail<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vuXFUqBwGLMC&pg=PA25&dq=#PPP1,M1">http://books.google.com/books?id=vuXFUqBwGLMC&pg=PA25&dq=#PPP1,M1</a><br /><br />Interesting read.Jonathon Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535656244608139248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-56494177948641743762009-02-22T15:48:00.000-08:002009-02-22T15:52:28.201-08:00King Arthur - ATrue Story?<!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHT1qDbiqhKv-37wzdaWyd-7v94oi1VAlQH7pdKfZZw7OurYi919P4KlTDa1fY_74kvn59PC7b9QwNs79OM2lhN-4unj8W4vqWk1oA_D6u0bq0NWwEdulUhawI5GKvGm0c4p4TjEzFG4/s1600-h/king_arthur_3.jpg"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143452538421476610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHT1qDbiqhKv-37wzdaWyd-7v94oi1VAlQH7pdKfZZw7OurYi919P4KlTDa1fY_74kvn59PC7b9QwNs79OM2lhN-4unj8W4vqWk1oA_D6u0bq0NWwEdulUhawI5GKvGm0c4p4TjEzFG4/s400/king_arthur_3.jpg" style="margin: 0in 10px 10px 0in; cursor: pointer; float: left;" border="0" /></span></a>For centuries King Arthur has remained a mystery - the site of his fabled Camelot long forgotten and the true location of his final resting place shrouded by the mists of time. Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman, in their book: "King Arthur - The True Story", have attempted to find the truth behind the historical King Arthur, his Camelot and ultimately his lost tomb.<br /><br /> In the Middle Ages numerous tales were written about King Arthur and his famous knights. Although many themes within these so-called Arthurian romances are clearly invention, a much older manuscript - written three centuries before the earliest of these tales was composed - records that Arthur was an historical figure. According to the work of the ninth-century Welsh monk Nennius, Arthur was one of the last British leaders to make a successful stand against the Anglo-Saxons who invaded the country from their homeland in Denmark and northern Germany in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. This was during the Dark Ages: an era of anarchy and tribal feuding that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire.<br /><br /> Nennius does not say where Arthur originated but he does list twelve of his battles and the last of them, the battle of Badon, is datable from a separate historical source: the work of the British monk Gildas who wrote within living memory of the battle. In his De Excidio Conquestu Britanniae ("On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain"), dating from the mid-sixth century, Gildas makes reference to the event that seems to have occurred around 500 AD.<br /><br /> In the Arthurian romances King Arthur is said to have ruled form a magnificent city called Camelot. However, the writers disagree on its location and its whereabouts has long remained a mystery. So where did Arthur originate? Where was his seat of power?<br /><br /> In the Arthurian romances Arthur is Britain’s one true king. According to Nennius, however, he is the leader of an alliance of British kings. Either way, if he existed, Arthur must presumably have ruled from the country’s mightiest stronghold. Historically, around AD 500 Britain had fragmented into a number of smaller kingdoms - the largest and strongest of which appears to have been the kingdom of Powys. Now merely a Welsh county, in the late fifth and early sixth centuries Powys covered much of what are now the Midlands of England and Central Wales. Its capital was Viroconium, once a thriving Roman town that became the most important city in the country during the post-Roman era.<br /><br /> Viroconium still survives as an impressive ruin just outside the village of Wroxeter, some five miles southeast of Shrewsbury in the county of Shropshire. The latest archaeological excavation there took place in the mid 1990s and revealed that there was a major rebuilding of the city around AD 500. The nerve centre of this new Viroconium was a massive winged building that appears to have been the palace of an extremely important chieftain. As the work seems to have begun at the very time the Britons defeated the Saxons at the battle of Badon, it may well have been the seat of power for the British chieftain who led the Britons at the time - in other words, the historical Arthur. As Viroconium was the Roman name for the city, and no records survive of what the Dark Age Britons called it, could it actually have been the historical Camelot?<br /><br /> Powys was the largest British kingdom at the time of the battle of Badon and its capital was the most sophisticated in the country. So who did rule the kingdom of Powys around 500 AD? A tenth-century manuscript detailing the family trees of important Dark Age chieftains, catalogued as Harleian MS 3859 in the British Library, provides us with the answer. He is one Owain Ddantgwyn- Owain White Tooth - the son of a warlord named Enniaun Girt, whom the manuscript lists as a king of Powys in the late fifth century.<br /><br /> When they first discovered the name of this king, Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman were disappointed. It seemed that the king who rebuilt and refortified Viroconium had not been King Arthur after all. That was until they discovered that the name "Arthur" may not have been a personal name but a battle-name - a title. The language of the Romano-Britons was Brythonic (a cross between Latin and the native Celtic tongue) and it survives almost intact in modern Welsh. The reason being that many of the Britons were driven into Wales during the Saxon invasion. Still preserved in Welsh is the word Arth, meaning "Bear", and many linguists believe that the name Arthur derived from this word. If this is right then Arthur may actually have been the king’s battle-name - The Bear. The name of an animal, in some way typifying the qualities of the individual, was given to many Dark Age kings as an honorary title.<br /><br /> There is compelling evidence that Owain Ddantgwyn, the king of Powys around AD 500, had indeed been called The Bear. Many of these battle-names where inherited by the chieftains’ eldest sons. A whole succession of Welsh kings, for example, where called the Dragon during the later Dark Ages, which is why there is still such an emblem on the Welsh flag. Gildas, writing less than half a century after the battle of Badon, actually refers to Owain Ddantgwyn’s son Cuneglasse as the Bear. If Cuneglasse was called the Bear, then so perhaps was his father.<br /><br /> In "King Arthur - The True Story", Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman claim that Owain Ddantgwyn was the historical figure who seems to have inspired the legend of the mighty King Arthur. They also claim to have discovered Owain's (and Arthur's) final resting place in Shropshire at the heart of rural England.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><span style=";font-family:";" ><br /><a href="http://mysteriesaroundus.blogspot.com/2007/12/king-arthur-real-or-figmant-of.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>Rev. Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932467529208367547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-45754908474915176062009-02-21T07:08:00.000-08:002009-02-21T07:14:45.908-08:00The American Fons Honorum<a href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=29194#p29194"></a>by <a class="username-coloured" style="COLOR: #aa0000" href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=756">Bauceant</a> »<br />Fri May 04, 2007 8:43 am<br /><br />When asked, most Americans would reply that there are "no knights" in the U.S. As every school child learns, ours is a democratic nation and the U.S. Constitution probibits the assignment of noble and royal titles to it's citizens. As this quote from Alexander Hamilton in "The Federalist" illustrates, this was a very important issue to the American founding fathers:<br /><br />"Nothing need be said to illustrate the importance of the prohibition of titles of nobility. This may truly be denominated the corner stone of republican government; for so long as they are excluded, there can never be serious danger that the government will be any other than that of the people."(1)<br /><br />So strong was the law maker's desire to prohibit such titles from being bestowed on it's citizens, that a further amendment was proposed that would strip recipients of such awards of their citizenship. This amendment, proposed by senator Philip Reed in 1810; read in part:<br /><br />"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain, any title of nobility, or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept any present, pension, office or emolument, of any kind whatever, from any Emperor, King, Prince or foreign Power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them." (2)<br /><br />Thankfully, however, that Amendment was never ratified; leaving modern legislators and lawmakers the opportunity for a much wider interpretation of the original law. So, now that we have an idea of what didn't happen, let us turn our attention to what does Article I: Section 9, Paragraph 8 of the Constitution (the "Emolument Clause") does provide for:<br /><br />"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."<br /><br />According to many scholars and historians, the purpose of the Emolument Clause was two-fold:<br /><br />1) prevent our fledgling government of instituting it's own system of nobles and titles.<br />2) to prevent royalty existing at that time from using promised preferments and titles as bribes in order to obtain cooperation from U.S. citizens.<br /><br />The first thing an attentive reader should note is that the text in this section is very specific as to whom it applies to. Private citizens are, by textual ommission, exempt from compliance under Article I. It is only a "Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them (i.e. the U.S. Government) who is prohibited from accepting noble or royal honours. Once a citizen relinquishes their public office (at whatever level he/she holds it), they are no longer part of the "prohibited class" and may accept such honours are conveyed upon them without (as they say in Medieval parlance) "let, or hindrance from any."<br /><br />In 1966, to help clarify the guidelines regarding honors bestowed on Americans by foreign governments (such "honors" including, but not limited to: orders, devices, medals, badges, insignias, emblems or awards") the U.S. Congress passed the "Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act."(5 U.S. Code (U.S.C.) 7342). In this Act:<br /><br />"...Congress consents to the accepting, retaining, and wearing by an employee of a decoration tendered in recognition of active field service in time of combat operations or awarded for other outstanding or unusually meritorious performance, subject to the approval of the employing agency of such employee."<br /><br />During later review of said Act, the U.S. Department of Justice ruled that an honorary knighthood should be considered an "Order", and as such is considered as permitted by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.<br /><br />_________________________________________<br /><br />1. The Federalist No. 84, at 577-78 (Alexander Hamilton) (J. Cooke ed., 1961).<br />2. 20 Annals of Congress, pg. 530 (1810).<br /><br />TO BE CONTINUED...Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-14054596471703272182009-02-21T06:53:00.000-08:002009-02-21T07:01:02.870-08:00Jacques de Longuyon ~ Les Neuf Preux<a href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=33959#p33959"></a>by <a class="username-coloured" style="COLOR: #aa0000" href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=756">Bauceant</a><br />Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:36 pm<br /><br />The Nine Worthies (les Neuf Preux) were nine historical, scriptural, mythological or semi-legendary figures who, in the Middle Ages, were considered to be the personifications of the chivalric ideals. As an allegory for the chivalric ieal, Les Neuf Preux were first postulated in the early fourteenth century by Jacques de Longuyon in his chanson de geste entitled Voeux du Paon (1312). Organized into three groups of three, these nine exemplars of the ideas of chivalry were divided among three distinct groups: Pagan, Jewish and Christian. The Worthies were:<br /><br />Pagan<br />Hector<br />Alexander the Great<br />Julius Caesar<br /><br />Jewish<br />Joshua<br />David Judas<br />Maccabeus<br /><br />Christian<br />King Arthur<br />Charlemagne<br />Godfrey of Bouillon<br /><br />__________________<br /><a href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=33972#p33972"></a>by <a class="username-coloured" style="COLOR: #aa0000" href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=756">Bauceant</a> »<br />Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:23 pm<br /><br />The following balade was written in 1386 by the prolific French writer Eustaches Deschamps. A contemporary of England's Geoffrey Chaucer, Dechamps laments the degeneration of the chivalric character in his "current age" and uses the Nine Worthies as examples of what those in positions of power should have aspired to in the way of moral character and behavior. ________________________________________<br /><br />"CONTRE LES VICES DES TEMPS"<br />(Against the Vices of the Times)<br />Eustaches Deschamps (1386)<br /><br />If it were possible for human nature<br />To revive those who have turned to ashes,<br />The worthy Hector, Arthur, and Charlemagne,<br />Julius Caesar, Godfrey, Alexander,<br />David, Judas, and Joshua who were willing<br />To take so much trouble in order to conquer<br />And to gain honor and renown,<br />And were they to be brought back to life,<br />I believe they all would wish to die again<br />Thus seeing the envy of the world,<br />And the suffering that everyone here inflicts,<br />Of coveting, robbing, expropriating, and acquiring,<br />Of deceiving his neighbor, man or woman,<br />Of abandoning honor and taking up vices,<br />Doing evil to the good, and rewarding the wicked,<br />Doing disservice to the noble and generous heart<br />But serving and honoring the wicked,<br />And foolishly waging war against one another;<br />All the nine worthies would wish to make an end<br />Thus seeing the envy of the world.<br />It would seem a wicked thing to them<br />To compare time present with time past,<br />When honor was in the world, sovereign<br />Knowledge, which made everyone understand<br />To love the good, and Largesse bestowed<br />Reward on everyone, in order to uphold valor<br />And loyalty, to maintain prowess: Justice and<br />Right held lordship. It goes otherwise; they would all wish to perish<br />Thus seeing the envy of the world.<br />Envoy Princes, there is no one, if he has common sense,<br />And knew the tyranny of the world,<br />Who would not wish to die directly,<br />Thus seeing the envy of the world.<br /><br /><a class="postlink" href="http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/middleages/topic_2/deschamps.htm">http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/middleages/topic_2/deschamps.htm</a> (Download 7-3-08)Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-90104561074509578222009-02-21T06:49:00.000-08:002009-02-21T06:51:23.358-08:00Le Chevalier Errant~Thomas, Marquis de Saluzzo (de Saluces)<a href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=33958#p33958"></a>by <a class="username-coloured" style="COLOR: #aa0000" href="http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=756">Bauceant</a> »<br />Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:21 pm<br /><br />In the late 14th Century, Thomas, Marquis of Saluzzo (Saluces) wrote the manuscript for the allegorical poem Le Chevalier Errant (1) In this important text on Medieval Chivalry, the Marquis of Saluzzo cites nine women as "les neuf Preuses" or the "Nine Worthy Women" whose qualities were the embodiment of the chivalric ideal:<br /><br />Deiphille<br />Iynoppe<br />Hippolyte<br />Menalyppe<br />Semiramis<br />Lampetho<br />Thamarys<br />Theuca<br />Penthésilée(i)<br /><br /> _________________________________________<br /><br />(1) (Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, mss. Fr. 12559, fol. 125v; manuscript dated 1403-04). (2) Velde, Francois. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.heraldica.org/topics/worthies.htm">http://www.heraldica.org/topics/worthies.htm</a> _________________________________________<br /><br />(i) Compared to the list feature in the 15th Cenury work Triomphe des Neuf Preux. In this work, the list of Worthies is slightly different: Deborah, Judith, Esther, Susanna, Lucretia, Boadicia (or Boudicca), Mariamne, Saint Clotilde, and Andegona (or Antigone)Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-65121788959413776342009-02-20T20:49:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:51:27.530-08:00Templar Studies : The BeauceantAs exoteric heraldic display goes, the Beauceant is an extremely simple Blazon. Since there are no charges on the field anywhere, the heraldic description would be something to the effect of: "Party per fess, agent & sable."<br /><br />IMHO - however, the Beauceant is deceptive in it's simplicity. Quite without the use of charges and/or embellishments it's message is both powerful and profound. In its juxtaposition of black and white, one is reminded of the Kabbalistic "Pillars of the Temple"...Boaz (Black) and Jachin (White)...within whose sway "Might and Mercy" reside.<br /><br />For me, this interpretation of the banner makes sense. In a book I recently read, the author indicates that the Templars used the following "Challenge" before engaging the enemy in battle: "In the Name of the Lord Al<strong>mighty </strong>I call upon you to relinquish your weapons and receive the <strong>Mercy </strong>of Christ the King."<br /><br />... Note the wording on the bolded sections (i.e. the "Might" of God, and the Mercy of Christ).<br />If it is indeed true that this Challenge was used, then I find this to be (at the very least) an interesting coincidence...Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-66710812691549821422009-02-20T20:46:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:49:26.984-08:00The Templar Rule: The Initiation of a CandidateFrom: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a> (Original Message)<br />Sent: 1/20/2006 5:34 PM<br /><br />Among the many things included in the historical Templar Rule is the formula for reception of a Templar brother. Before the candidate is admitted into the ranks of those who will become his spiritual brothers in both adversity and triumpth (as well as being allowed into the assemblage known as the "General Chapter"), the following is read by the Master or presiding Preceptor:<br /><br />"Fine brother kinights [Biaus seignor freres], you see that the majority has agreed that this man should be made a brother. If there be someone amongst you who know something which prevents him from becoming a brother according to the Rule, then say it, since it is better to say it before he has come before us."($657) (1)<br /><br />Hearing no objections on the candidate from the assembled bretheren, then the candidate is brought forward before the Chapter. At this time, the candidate is advised of the difficulty of the path he has chosen. In resounding terms, the Rule outlines the many dangers and difficulties inherent in the life of a warrior monk...not in the least, the loss of personal freedom and self rule:<br /><br />"You see us with fine horses, and fine harness and eat well and drink well and possess fine clothes, and it therefore appears to you that you will be much at your comfort. But you do not know of the harsh commandments which obtain here within: because it is a hard thing that you, you are master of yourself, should become the serf of another...if you wish to be on thr land this side of the sea, you will be sent to the other side; if you wish to be at Acre, you will be sent to Tripoli..." ($561) (2)<br /><br />Much of the rest of the Reception ceremony apparently has to do with the interrogation of the candidate, to ensure that he has met all the criteria for consideration. When this thorough interrogation concludes, the candidate having met all criteria successfully, candidate is asked one final question. As historian Edward Burman elaborates: "The final grand question, that still resounds magnificantly after seven centuries leaves no room for doubt that the prospective knight is leaving behind him the trappings of his life up to that moment: 'Do you wish to be, for all the days of your life, servant and slave of the house?' To which the candidates replies: 'Yes, if God wills, sire.'* (3)<br /><br />Having now affirmed his intent to be entered into the order, the newly invested brother is required to swear loyalty to the Master as well as to loyally serve the order. The ceremony then concludes with an explanation of the Rules of the order, instructions on conduct, and guidelines for religious disciplines.<br /><br />With dilligence (and very close adherence to the order's Rule), it is to be hoped that such a thorough instruction of the new candidate will help him long reside in the order, while keeping him from "losing his habit" (pert son abit), or "losing his house" (pert son maison) through intentional or unintentional breaking of the Rules so painstakingly presented and explained. *<br /><br /><em>[Translation: French] 'Voles vos estre, tous le jours de vostre vie mes, sers et esclaf de la mison? "Oill, se Dieu plaist, Sire."]</em><br /><br />_______________________________<br /><br />(1) Burman, Edward "The Templars: Knights of Christ" Crucible: London. 1986. Pp. 47<br />(2) Ibid Pp. 47<br />(3) Ibid Pp. 47Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-5546694409074824172009-02-20T20:42:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:44:51.166-08:00Templars and the Vow of ChastityFrom: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a> (Original Message)<br />Sent: 1/19/2006 1:40 PM<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">NOTE: This topic was first posted on TemplarHistory.com by the author (C. Leddon) on 11-20-05. It has been transferred here with the permission of the author..<br /></span>______________________________________________<br />IMHO - Chastity, as defined in the Templar Rule, represents not so much a constraining of energy (and spedific behaviors), but a channeling of them. Since men *are* rather "hard-wired" for certain biological responses (and imperatives), mastering this particular discipline implies an absolute focus of Will, a focus that once learned can be applied to other uses... So, is it possible that the Discipline of Chastity is more than it appears? (Certainly, as monks, celibacy would have been sufficient to maintain order and discipline....)<br /><br />For example, the term often applied to Templar troops in battle is "implacable". Certainly, some of the leaders *did* indulge in rash campaigns (and arrogant decisions), but they seem to be relatively rare. Also, despite their reputation for martial prowess, you seldom ever hear of Templars indulging in "berserker rages" (a tactic that *might* otherwise account for some of their formidable reputation.)<br /><br />So, I have to admit that I wonder about this. While it would be easy to discount this entirely (and chock it up to the time period's opinion that "women are icky, stay away from them!") it feels like some other factor is at work here as well. I probably wouldn't have even thought of this...but as a fledgling fighter, I'm often told by my more experienced colleagues that I need to "focus" ...even in mock combat, a lot can go wrong at the last second if you are not completely engaged and focused on your opponent. In a melee situation, this is even more true...especially when you're trying to save your own hide, protect your own banner bearer *and* listen to the commands of the marshals and/or heralds.<br /><br />As a monk, this kind of "focus" also has it's applications. As a young person, I used to spend literally hours sweeping (and resweeping) the walkways at the California Mission nearby. This particular Spanish Colonial Era structure still had a monastic community attached to it, so once in a while I would see the monks at their labors...and given some of the mindless, repetitive tasks they were doing...being able to focus on one thing would have made that process much easier.<br /><br />So, I guess (if one were to consider the "chicken and egg question", I would say that the discipline first had monastic applications ...and then (once mastered) might have been developed for military ones. This is, certainly, all speculation on my part...but as a student of history, I've found that many human endeavors are actually quite consistent (even over cultural boundaries)...and when compared side to side (as we did with the Chivalry for Children program), the various warrior codes have some amazing parallels ...<br /><br />So, Ladies & Gentlemen, what do you think? Was the Discipline of Chastity more than just adhering to the Rule's Cistercian origins? Or could this adherence to "Chastity" represent the underpinnings of training that could benefit the Knight on (and off) the battlefield?<br /><br /> (And don't worry about calling me "nuts" on this...you won't be the first one to do so over one of my strange (and no doubt heretical) theories... )Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-62241955343082868152009-02-20T20:35:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:38:08.697-08:00Templar Studies : On the Topic of: Tibet and the Alchemy of CompassionFrom: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a> (Original Message)<br />Sent: 5/23/2006 6:55 PM<br /><br />Last night I had the distinct honor of being invited to attend a lecture sponsored by The Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center of Wichita. Thinking with fondness the stories of Tibet that Raymond Bernard recounts in his book "Letters from Nowhere" I decided to accept my friend's invitation to attend.<br /><br />Arriving at the small Episcopal Church just before 7:00, I scanned the room for my friend and the other members of the group who had invited me. Not seeing anyone I recognized, I was preparing to take my seat in the back of the room when a red-clad monk walked up and gestured for me to follow him. Moments later, I was astounded to be invited to sit in a chair in the very front row. But thankfully my discomfort was short-lived as my Buddhist friend joined me shortly after.<br /><br />As the clock reached 7:00, a small gong sounded, announcing the arrival of the Ven. Bardor Tulku Rinpoche and his party. As the back door of the sanctuary opened, we rose to greet our honored guest. Smiling gently, the Teacher returned our salutations and then took his seat at the front of the room. After a few moments to allow his translator to prepare his materials and the audience to settle in, he began to speak.<br /><br />As had been previously announced, the topic of the evening's lecture was: "A Path of Compassion and Peace in a Troubled World." As a teacher in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpoche began his lecture by explaining the nature of Karma. <br /><br />_______________________<br />From: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a><br />Sent: 5/23/2006 7:38 PM<br /><br />Karma he explained, simply represents the teaching that a person bears the sole and unique responsibility for their actions. At this basic level, right or wrong, good or bad, we and only we are responsible for what we say and do and ultimately, the suffering (or happiness) that results from our actions. But Karma is also a powerful vehicle for change as well. As Rinpoche went on to explain, each and every one of us possesses very powerful resources; the ability to manifest true wisdom; the potential to express gentleness and genuine compassion; and the potiential to use these things as vehicles to alleviate suffering in our lives, as well as the world at large. By learning about ourselves, he explained, and by taking responsibility for our own negative Karma, we can come to understand the causes of our suffering. Once we do this, we become the Master of our Suffering, and in doing so not only gain the ability to decide how we will respond to it, but the ability to decide how we will respond to it IN OTHERS. It is this ability (or empathy), which is the true catalyst for Compassion and Love. <br /><br /> _______________________________<br /><br />From: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a><br />Sent: 6/26/2006 2:46 PM<br /><br />As the lecture continued, Rinpoche went on to introduce a work called "The Eight Verses on Transforming the Mind" One of the most important texts from a genre of Tibetan spiritual writings known as the lo-jong, this work (whose title literally translates as 'transforming the mind.') was written by the eleventh-century Tibetan master Langri Thangpa. According to the Dalai Lama's book "The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Wisdom", some of the seminal themes of the lo-jong include: "the enhancement of compassion, the cultivation of balanced attitudes toward self and others, the development of positive ways of thinking, and the transformation of adverse situations into conditions to favorable to spiritual development." (Pg. 129)<br /><br />_____________________________________<br /><br />From: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a><br />Sent: 7/21/2006 1:51 PM<br /><br />Considered essential to the development and understand of Compassion as a vehicle to Enlightenment, the Chenrezig Meditation is one of the few Tibetan Meditation practices which are allowed the student before Initiation. According to Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, who served for many years as the Chief Meditation Master of the Kagyu Lineage:"Most tantrayana or vajrarana visualization and mantra practices require that an initiation and subsequent authorization and instruction be given by a qualified lama before the sadhana, or ritual practice, can begin. However, a few practices, those that were given publicly by Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, do not fall under such restrictions. Very definitely, all the practices given in the Sutras have the full blessing of the Buddha and therefore can be practiced if one has the aspiration to do so. Such practices include those of the noble Chenrezig and of the mother of the buddhas, Green Tara. Naturally, whenever it is possible for you to take the vajrayana initiation of Chenrezig or Green Tara, you are encouraged to do so." (from the book "Gently Whispered")As Bokar Rinpoche wrote, in Chenrezig: Lord of Love, these clarifying remarks: "As long as one considers Chenrezig outside oneself, the initiation, in fact, is not indispensable. However, to meditate on oneself in the form of the deity and to actually accomplish the phases of creation and completion, the initiation is necessary."<br /><br />__________________________________________________<br />As I promised to do so, I would very much like to share this meditation with you. Before I do so, however, I would like to spend a bit more time with my instructors. Hopefully, after my next session in August, I will be able to do so.<br /><br />__________________________________________________<br /><br />From: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a><br />Sent: 10/8/2006 8:57 PM<br /><br />My profound thanks to Lama Kathy for her advice, patience, and compassionate teaching of this technique. To her I can only say: Tashi Delek.....<br /><br />__________________________________________<br /><br />The Chenrezig Meditation, in conjunction with Tonglen (Taking & Sending) the Chenrezig Meditation is used to help an individual in his/her development of the "Compassionate" mindset. According to Tibetan scholar Pema Chodron:<br /><br />"The tonglen practice is a method for connecting with suffering – ours and that which is all around us – everywhere we go. It is a method for overcoming fear of suffering and for dissolving the tightness of our heart. Primarily it is a method for awakening the compassion that is inherent in all of us, no matter how cruel or cold we might seem to be." Simple in explanation, but very difficult in practice, Tonglen represents the very heart of what I have come to know as the Alchemy of Compassion. As an explanation of the technique, once again let me share with you the words of Pema Chodron:"You breathe in the pain of a specific person or animal that you wish to help. You breathe out to that person spaciousness or kindness or a good meal or a cup of coffee - whatever you feel would lighten their load. You can do this for anyone: the homeless mother that you pass on the street, your suicidal uncle, or yourself and the pain you are feeling at that very moment. The main point is that the suffering should be real, totally untheoretical. It should be heartfelt, tangible, honest, and vivid."<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meditation.htm" target="_top">http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meditation.htm</a><br /><br />As I understand the discipline, in it's purest form, Tibetan Meditation is a "universal" practice, in other words, all beings are prayed for regardless of gender, race, culture or species.Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-49175872720739199612009-02-20T20:29:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:33:20.816-08:00Templar Prayers<div align="left">From: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a> (Original Message)<br />Sent: 4/14/2006 2:20 PM<br /><br />TEMPLAR PRAYERS<br /><br />Psalm 94 (94:1-23) King James Version O Lord God, [1] to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. 3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow [2] it. 16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? 17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost [3] dwelt in silence. 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Psalm+94">http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Psalm+94</a><br /><br />Venite (95:1-7) King James Version:<br /><br />O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come [1] before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea [2] is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [3] and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Psalm+95">http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Psalm+95</a><br /><br />Non Nobis(115: 1-18] King James Version<br /><br />Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great. 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence. 18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Psalm+115&ver=kjv">http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Psalm+115&ver=kjv</a><br /><br />Gloria Patri (Glory Be)<br /></div>GLORIA PATRI, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen<br /><em>(Trans: GLORY BE to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.)</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sspx.co.uk/prayers.php?id=120">http://www.sspx.co.uk/prayers.php?id=120</a><br /><br />Pater Noster (Our Father)<br /><br />PATER NOSTER, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen Tuum, adveniat Regnum Tuum, fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittímus debitoribus nostris; et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.<br /><br />(Trans: OUR FATHER, Who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sspx.co.uk/prayers.php?id=119">http://www.sspx.co.uk/prayers.php?id=119</a><br /><br />The Ambrosian Hymn/Te Deum E DEUM laudamus:<br /><br />* te Dominum confitemur. Te aeternum Patrem * omnis terra venerator. Tibi omnes Angeli, * tibi Caeli, et universae Potestates: Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim * incessabili voce proclamant: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra * majestatis gloriae tuae. Te gloriosus * Apostolorum chorus, Te Prophetarum * laudabilis numerus, Te Martyrum candidatus * laudat exercitus. Te per orbem terrarium * sancta confitetur Ecclesia, Patrem * immensae majestatis; Venerandum tuum verum * et unicum Filium; Sanctum quoque * Paraclitum Spiritum. Tu Rex gloriae, * Christe. Tu Patris * sempiternus es Filius. Tu, ad liberandum suscepturus hominem, * non horruisti Virginis uterum. Tu, devicto mortis aculeo, * aperuisti credentibus regna caelorum. Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, * in Gloria Patris. Judex crederis * esse venturus. Te ergo quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni, * quos pretioso sanguine redemisti. Aeterna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in gloria numerari. Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine, * et benedic haereditati tuae. Et rege eos, * et extolle illos usque in aeternum. Per singulos dies * benedicimus te; Et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum, * et in saeculum saeculi. Dignare, Domine, die isto * sine peccato nos custodire. Miserere nostri, Domine, * miserere nostri. Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos * quemadmodum speravimus in te. In te, Domine, speravi: * non confundar in aeternum.<br /><br />(Translation) WE PRAISE Thee, O God: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship Thee: the Father everlasting. To Thee all Angels; to Thee the Heavens and all the Powers therein. To Thee the Cherubim and Seraphim cry with unceasing voice: Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of the majesty of Thy Glory. Thee the glorious choir of the Apostles, Thee the admirable company of the prophets, Thee the white-robed army of Martyrs praise. Thee the Holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge. The Father of infinite Majesty. Thine adorable, true and only Son. Also the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete. Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. Thou having taken upon Thee to deliver man, didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb. Thou having overcome the sting of death, didst open to believers the kingdom of heaven. Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. We belive that Thou shalt come to be our Judge. We beseech Thee, therefore, help Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious Blood. Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints, in glory everlasting. O Lord, save Thy people: and bless Thine inheritance. Govern them, and lift them up for ever. Day by day we bless Thee. And we praise Thy name for ever, and world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day, to keep us without sin. Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in Thee. O Lord, in Thee have I hoped: let me never be confounded.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sspx.co.uk/prayers.php?id=232">http://www.sspx.co.uk/prayers.php?id=232</a><br /><br />Article #222 (To be continued)Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-21707792948685546172009-02-20T20:21:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:28:14.492-08:00Letters from Home: Hugues de Payens to his BretherenFrom: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a> (Original Message)<br />Sent: 1/12/2006 2:01 PM<br /><br />PREFACE: Every once in a while, someone will ask me: "are there Templars in the Chivalry for Children program?" And while the classic virtues of the Templar Rule (i.e. poverty, chastity and obedience) are NOT overtly included in the seven virtues we teach (i.e. humility, courtesy, honesty, loyalty, courage, charity and perseverance) the spirit of the Templar legacy *is* represented in the material.<br /><br />In a recent re-reading of a reference book on the history of the Templars, I was reminded of this translation of a letter written in 1126 from Hughes de Payens to his bretheren. Not only is it a window into the mind of the order's founder at a time of great uncertainty, it also illustrates two of the C4C virtues as Hughes de Payens saw them.<br /><br />Certainly, within the purview of our program, necessity requires that we do a secular presentation of these two virtues...but these two virtues are very much present, none-the-less.<br /><br />(Note: For futher research, the original text is found in: Leclerq "Sur le Debut de Templiers", p 84)<br /><br />1) Hugues asserts that the knights' original vocation has been weakened by the devil, and then seeks to reassure them by means of spiritual quotations.<br />2) He states that the military nature of the order is a major objection raised against them, and replies to this objection by insisting that since the main intention is religious the purpose of the order is primiarily relitious and only then military.<br />3) The devil tempts the brothers with pride and ambition, and the idea of achieving highter rank. Hugues insists that they must resist such desires with humility (emphasis mine). With patience and humility they well best serve God.<br />4) Referring to the same temptations, he reminds the knights that neigher tank nor dress conver Christian grandeur.<br />5) To the possible objection that military duties might be a obstacle to the peace of mind essential for contemplation, he argues that even contemplatives must perform some labour and cannot live without devoting time to activities other than contemplation.<br />6) He emphasizes the necessity of duty and perseverance (emphasis mine), since these qualities will enable the knights to resist the temptations of the devil which threaten their vocation.<br />7) The multiform nature of the devil's suggestions is stressed, especially the notion that the Templar brothers are not mere servants. Hugues insists on the idea of an association of free brother knights, and how service in such an association can lead to salvation."(1)_______________________________________________<br /><br />(1) Burman, Edward "The Templars: Knights of God" Crucible Press, 1986., Pp. 24<br /><br /><br /><br />_________________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br />From: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/CelestialCommanderyofOSTINorthAmerica/profile?user=kynara54leddon%E2%9C%93">kynara54leddon</a><br />Sent: 1/12/2006 2:03 PM<br />ADDENDUM: As a historian, I find it very interesting that the order is remembered for its triune Vow of poverty, chastity and obedience... But when it's all said and done, I agree with Edward Burman, who noted (vis a vis the Prologue to the Templar Rule) that "the dilligence and perseverance echo the plaintive language of Hugues de Payen writing to the brothers left behind in Jerusalem."(2)<br /><br />"Devant toutes choses quiquioques seit chevlaier de Christ, elisant tant sainte conversation, toi entour le profession, covient ajoustier pure diligence e ferme perseverance, qui est si digne et si sainte, et si haute est coneue a estre, que se ele est gardee purement et pardurablement, tu desserviras a tenir compaignie entre les martirs qui connerent por Jhesu Christ lor arms." (3a)<br /><br /><em>[translation: Above all things, whoever is a knight of Christ choosing only holy conversation, you who have taken the vow should add pure diligence and firm perseverance which are worthy and holy and recognized as elevated virtues so that if you observe it in all it's purity and eternity you will be worthy of keeping company with the martyrs who give their souls for Jesus Christ."]</em> (3b) ____________________________________<br /><br />(2) Burman, Edward "The Templars: Knights of God" Crucible Press, 1986., Pp. 31 (3a/b) Ibid Pp. 30Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937268495144263540.post-49293535567545756362009-02-20T19:23:00.000-08:002009-02-20T19:26:26.084-08:00Les Grands-Maîtres de l'Ordre du Temple - Hugues de PaynsFrom: <a class="SubLink" href="http://groups.msn.com/GrailSeekers/profile?user=Filcos">Filcos</a> (Original Message)<br />Sent: 2/6/2009 4:15 PM<br /><br />Un très beau site, seulement la remarque en rouge est déplacée. Les templiers furent mis à mort, mais il y a eu des rescapés, de là nos Ordres. De toute façon, ce qui figure sur ce site est du copiage, soit-disant ayanr reçu l'autorisation des éditeurs. Vrai ou faux? Or, un chevalier peut donner l'adoubement à un autre. Vos réactions! Merci.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.templiers.net/maitres/index.php?page=jacques-de-molay" target="_top">http://www.templiers.net/maitres/index.php?page=jacques-de-molay</a>Bauceanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776397643449850014noreply@blogger.com0