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Bel”, The Fair).
They were accused of Satanic and other practices, and of course King
Philippe had always envied them their power and privileges. So the Knights Templar flew
France to seek refuge in safer lands like Portugal, England and Scotland where the
Vatican’s might was diminished.
There some of them joined the already existing Masonic
lodges and worked under new identities for the Protestant Reformation to revenge their
persecution by the Catholic Church.
Another group of Templars was re-established in Portugal.
There they changed their name
to “Knights of Christ” and later, were rehabilitated by Pope Clement V.
They again gained
substantial power.
On March 18, 1314, Philippe IV had the Grand Master JACQUES DE MOLAY burnt at the
stake in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The FRANCISCANS and the DOMINICANS were two further institutions at the time of the
Crusades.
The FRANCISCANS adopted the robe with the cord and thew tonsure form the
Egyptian brotherhood at El Amarna and were quite humane.
The DOMINICANS, however,
were the tools of probably the cruelest institution ever created by man: The Catholic
Inquisition.
In 14th century Germany, the highest initiates of the “BROTHERHOOD OF THE SNAKE”,
together with its body of knowledge, appeared for the first time under the Latin name of
“ILLUMINATI” (the biblical term for snake, “nahash” derives from the root NHSH which
means “decipher, discover”; the Latin term “illuminare” means “to illumine, to recognize, to
know).
One of the main branches of the Illuminati in Germany was the mystical
Rosicrucians who were introduced at the beginning of the 9th century by Charlemagne.
The
first official lodge was founded in Worms in 1100 A.D.
The Rosicrucians had the nerve to
pretend to have knowledge of the (extraterrestrial) origin of humanity and of the Egyptian
esoteric doctrine.
They were commended for their work with mystical symbols and their
alchemy. The connection between Rosicrucians and the Illuminati was very close, so that
rising in the secret initiation degrees often led to being admitted by the Illuminati.
The reason that ROSICRUCIANS are very difficult to trace is that every large branch of the
brotherhood worked openly for 108 years after its foundation, only to continue the next 108
years in secret.
These changing phases created the impression that the order had
disappeared in the meantime and so made the brothers’ work easier.
Some authors give 1614 as the year the Rosicrucians order was established because then a
document was published in Hesse announcing their existence and calling for members to
sign up. At this time another phase of public work had started.
The document called for
people to give up false teachers like the Pope, Aristotle and Galen (a popular physician of
antiquity); it told the story of the fictitious “Christian Rosenkreutz” – to symbolize their
founding.
Today the latter is often falsely given as the true founder.
The system with the
108-year cycle had been a real success!
The ROSICRUCIANS today are represented by several branches who have developed into
one of the most positive orders and aim to use their knowledge for the spiritual and mental
deliverance of the individual (e.g., the AMORC, Antiquus Mysticus Order Rosae Crusis =
Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross).
The Illuminati and the Rosicrucians were the driving force behind the religious drive during
the years of pestilence. They were joined by the “FRIENDS OF GOD” who had a strong
apocalyptic teaching and demanded absolute obedience to their rulers.
The whole
movement was later passed on to the “ORDER OF ST. JOHN” whom Albery MacKey in his
book “Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry” calls a “Freemason organization with a secret
mission.
MARTIN LUTHER also had close links to both the Illuminati and the Rosicrucians, which
insiders could recognize by his seal (a rose and a cross with his initials, like the seal of the
Rosicrucians). At this time the Catholic Church was led by Pope Leo X, the son of
