The Templar Papers

Ancient Mysteries, Secret Societies and the Holy Grail

By: Oddvar Olsen (Editor), Karen Ralls Ph.D. PhD (Contribution by), Robert Lomas (Contribution by)

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Much has been written about the group of 14th-century warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. Some authors, such as Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code, portray them as folk heroes wrongly accused. Others disagree, saying the Templar story is ultimately one of greed, deception, and idolatry. Just who were the Knights Templar? And what is their legacy? In The Templar Papers, author and historian Oddvar Olsen has assembled a veritable Who's Who of experts to unravel the mystery. Instead of rehashing previous scholarship, this book delves into new aspects of Templar lore, such as the origins of the order and its supposed survival after 1314.

It attempts to answer the following:

Were the Templars devil worshippers who venerated a mysterious head?
Was the head that of John the Baptist?
What exactly did they find in Solomon's Temple?
Did they keep, and later hide, the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant?

You'll also discover the Templar link to Mary Magdalene and the Freemasons, including answers to questions such as:

Were Jesus and Mary lovers or, in fact, husband and wife?
Did Mary give birth to a child after Jesus' death?
Did Freemasonry originate from the Templars?

The Templar Papers offers the inquisitive reader several lifetimes of research and insight. This is a distinctive and truly unique compilation that will stimulate your mind and settle the controversy.

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Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 13
The Historical Beginnings of a Knightly Order	p. 17
A Brief History the Knights Templar	p. 17
Godfrey de Bouillon and the Early Knights Templar	p. 23
The First Templars	p. 23
Godfrey de Bouillon's Templar Knights, Mount Sion, and the Essenes	p. 31
The Ladies of the Grail	p. 53
Salome: The Lady of the Grail	p. 53
The Legacy of Mary Magdalene	p. 60
The Knights Templar and Lady Wisdom	p. 67
Mary Magdalene: Mistress of the Grail	p. 75
The Templar and Related Mysteries	p. 93
The Franks Casket, Sabine Baring-Gould, and the Sangreal	p. 93
The Larmenius Charter and the Legitimacy of Modern-Day Knights Templar	p. 99
Abbot Henry de Blois, the Templars, and the Holy Grail	p. 105
The Head on the Platter	p. 115
Abraxas: The Seal of the Inner Order Templars?	p. 119
Knights Templar House, Kelevdon, Essex	p. 125
The Templars of Rousillon	p. 133
Schiehallion: Mount Zion in the Far North	p. 147
One Possible Source for the Grail: The Joseph of Arimathaea Connection	p. 158
Were the Templars Head Worshippers?	p. 162
Templar Preceptories	p. 171
Templars Sightings in Bristol and Somerset	p. 171
Balantradoch: The Scottish Temple	p. 179
St. Michael's Church, Garway	p. 191
The Fall of Acre: The Last Battle for the Holy Land	p. 195
Freemasonry	p. 207
A History of Canadian Masonic Templarism	p. 207
The Early History of Freemasonry	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 239
Index	p. 247
About the Authors	p. 253
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