It is no surprise that interest in the Poor Fellow Soldiers of
Christ and of the Temple of Solomon - the Templars - has never
waned. This secretive organisation, the wealthiest and most
powerful of the Christian military orders, existed for two
centuries. Renowned warriors, builders of fortifications across
Europe and the Holy Land and at the same time pioneers of modern
banking systems, the Templars were destroyed over a few short years
by the King of France and the Pope. Claims that the Order lives on
through freemasonry today are persistently made. Ernest Coleman has
researched in archives and explored the Holy Land over several
years to answer many intriguing questions about the Order. He
begins with the `lost' mount of Heredom (which still features in
the higher orders of Freemasonry). It is not, as some claim, in
Ayrshire. What is the evidence for the Templar treasure? Was it
found under the Temple Mount and concealed from King Philip IV on
the dissolution of the Order in 1307-12? The author has a new
theory based upon his research. In fact, the wealth of the Templars
is the mainspring of most of the myths and legends. The author has
consulted with theologians and clergy to explore the possibility
that Bernard of Clairvaux (the Templars' ecclesiastical champion)
used his access to the lost Gospel to blackmail the Pope. Why was
the Order given so many privileges, to the fury of most of the
Roman clergy? Is there a genuine unbroken link from the Templars to
19th-century freemasonry? Did the brotherhood's `Reception' or
initiation ceremony include spitting on the cross and if so, why?
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