The Knights Templar Revealed by Alan Butler, Stephen Dafoe
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2006
- Publisher: Fall River Press
- Format: Hardcover, 240pp
- ISBN-13: 9780760781784
- ISBN: 0760781788
Synopsis
Where did the mysterious white-mantled order of the Knights Templar come from? Was it simply a reflection of early twelfth-century Christian thinking? Authors Alan Butler and Stephen Dafoe believe that the true genesis of the Knights Templar belongs far back in time, long before Christianity even developed. The Templars were an offshoot of a little understood monastic brotherhood, the Cistercians, who themselves danced to the tune of an extremely powerful group of individuals living in Burgundy and Flanders from the time of the Romans onwards.
Butler and Dafoe give a detailed account of the rise of a specific group, identified as the "Troyes Fraternity," that did not simply respond to the caprices of history—they made it. Behind the Knights Templar lay a belief pattern almost as old as humanity and a heritage that was already ancient before recorded history began. The story is both fascinating and compelling. It will leave the reader in no doubt as to the true intentions of the Knights Templar and of the shadowy, immensely influential organization that brought them into being.
Biography
Alan Butler is the author of The Bronze Age Computer Disc and co-author of Civilization One: The World is Not as You Thought It Was.Stephen Dafoe entered the Masonic fraternity in 1992. He is the author of another study of the Templars, Unholy Worship.
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August 08, 2009: The title is misleading, in that what is "revealed" are more theories that purport to connect the Templars to ancient orders, and also attempt to demonstrate a passing of the baton from the Order of the Templar Knights to modern Freemasons. Although the authors do a fine job of fleshing out theories, sadly they fall short of any real evidence of the connections they allege. The theories are well articulated, but the evidence can be argued just as effectively that there were no such connections, as that there were these ancient connections. Rather than connecting the dots of data regarding this ancient legend, the authors have succeeded only in adding more dots.
The Templar legend is fascinating, and timeless, and will undoubtedly remain so as long as it remains a mystery, like the Mayan ruins, the Egyptian pyramids, or the ancient cities in the jungles of Cambodia.The Background of the Knights Templarby Anonymous
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May 05, 2009: Have you ever wondered what created the idea of Knights Templar? This research will take you far back in history and develop how the idea and organization developed. Fascinating discussions of "salt lines" and Cistercians and the reasons why the Knights Templar evolved.
I Also Recommend: The Templars, The Templar Legacy (Cotton Malone Series #1), The Knights Templar.
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