[royal family] glastonbury, roslyn and the grail

Various snippets

The author of Perlesvaus refers to his source: 'The Latin from whence this history was drawn into Romance was taken in the Isle of Avalon, in a holy house of religion that standeth at the head of the Moors Adventurous, there where King Arthur and Queen Guenievre lie, according to the witness of the good men religious that are therein, that have the whole story thereof, true from the beginning even to the end.'

In the Vulgate cycle especially l’ Estoire del Saint Graal, which would become one of John of Glastonbury's main sources in his description of the evangelization of Britain, the accounts of Joseph's missionary activities are presented in terms very similar to those used in the vitae of recognized saints.

Gildas' Concerning the Ruin and Conquest of Britain was perhaps written around 540. Gildas refers to the Battle of Mount Badon but he never alludes specifically to King Arthur. Gildas became the most renowned preacher in Britain and then he travelled over to Ireland where he converted much of the population to Christianity.

After Melwas had wickedly abducted Guenevere, the wife of King Arthur, and had brought her to his fortress at Glastonbury Tor, Arthur discovered where his wife was hidden and gathered together his forces in Cornwall and Devon to lay siege to Glastonbury. Thereupon Gildas and the abbot of Glastonbury approached Melwas and persuaded him to return Guenevere to Arthur; peace was thus restored.

The otherworldly aspect of Glastonbury - hinted at in the Melwas episode of the Life of St Gildas - is made even more explicit in the Life of St Collen which links Glastonbury Tor and Annwfn, the Celtic Otherworld, the region so lyrically described in the story of 'Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed' in The Mabinogion.

In the mid- to late thirteenth century William of Malmesbury's The Early History of Glastonbury has a search for a vessel called there the holy grail, almost the same thing is recorded where a white knight explains to Galahad, son of Lancelot, the mystery of a certain miraculous shield which he entrusts to him to bear because no one else could carry it, even for a day, except at great cost.'

Soon after this insertion, John of Glastonbury composed his chronicle expunging the Grail and replacing it with justification for Glastonbury's status as the most senior church in England. [The Holy House at the Head of the Moors James P Carley]

Belief in the Grail, and interest in its potential whereabouts, has never ceased. Ownership has been attributed to various groups [including the Knights Templar]. Some believe the grial is in the Chalice Well in Glastonbury - put there by Joseph of Arimathea. The search for the vessel became the principal quest of King Arthur and his Knights of the Roundtable - the Sword in the Stone - Excalibur - and the magic of Merlin.

For the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, who assert that their research ultimately reveals that Jesus may not have died on the cross, but lived to marry Mary Magdalene and father children, whose Merovingian bloodline continues today, the Grail is a mere sideshow. [Crystallinks]

Rosslyn Chapel, originally named the Collegiate Chapel of St. Matthew, is a 15th century church in the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was designed by William Sinclair (also spelled "St. Clair") of the St. Clair family, a Scottish noble family descended from Norman knights and, according to legend, linked to the Scottish Knights Templar. Construction of the chapel began in 1440, and the chapel was officially founded in 1446, with construction lasting for forty years. [Wilipedia]

The Chapel is famous for two of its pillars: the Apprentice Pillar and the Master Pillar which stand either side of the Journeyman's pillar and have distinctly different carving. Masonic Architects believe these structures could signify the pillars of Boaz and Jachin.

The chapel has long been famous for its possible connections to Freemasonry and its attendant rituals. William St Clair in 1736 was the first Grand Master of Scottish Freemasonry and Freemasonic parties were held in Rosslyn Chapel and surrounding area on a number of occasions in the following decades.

Because of its rumoured connections with the Knights Templar, the chapel has inevitably become part of modern lore as one of the possible final resting places of the Holy Grail. Proponents say that this is a possibility based upon legends of 'Secret Vaults' and the possibility that the similarities between Rosslyn Chapel and Herod's Temple might be more than cosmetic.

On June 2nd 1953, with the knights of the garter carrying and holding the canopy over her head, Elizabeth II was anointed and crowned as "Queen of Thy people Israel". Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II claim to be of the bloodline of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Jesus is claimed to have married Mary Magdalene and fathered a number of children. This bloodline is referred to as the "Holy Grail", with those possessing it believing themselves the rightful heirs to the throne of Jerusalem. They believe that a new king of "the holy seed of David" will preside over the Israel and the world.

The first kings of France were the Merovingians (c. 500 - 751 AD), a Frankish dynasty started by the chieftain Meroveg, said to be descended from the union of a sea creature and a French queen and following the pagan cult of Diana.

In "The Illustrious Lineage of the Royal House Of Britain" (First Published in 1902 by The Covenant Publishing Co., Ltd., London, England), the authors trace Prince Charles' lineage back to David and beyond. The College of Heralds (London) has also traced Prince Charles to be the 145th direct descendant of King David. This claim was also made, in May of 2000, in a documentary on Israeli television.

Charles also claims descent from Islam's prophet Mohammed.

Prince Charles' Coat of Arms and Crest was designed for him by the British College of Heraldry, using a system of guidelines over 500 years old. It has a dog supported by a roaring lion and a unicorn. On Charles' Coat of Arms are representations of the Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. These are the animal symbols for France, the leopard; Germany, the Bear; and England, the lion. These nations represented the western arm of the Holy Roman Empire. His Coat of Arms contains ten heraldic beasts, which is a first for the British Monarchy.

Prince Charles has a red dragon on his coat of arms from the flag of Wales. At his coronation (investiture as Prince of Wales) in 1969, he sat on a chair with a large red dragon emblazoned on it. During the ceremony, his mother, Queen Elizabeth II said: "This dragon gives you your power, your throne and your own authority." His response to her was: "I am now your Liege-man, and worthy of your earthly worship."

Another symbol on Prince Charles' Coat of Arms is that of The Order of the Garter, the parent organization over Free Masonry. When a man becomes a 33rd Degree Mason, he swears allegiance to that organization.

On June 26th 1994, Charles announced that when he becomes king he will relinquish the monarch's role as head of the Church of England. He said he would rather be seen as "defender of the faiths," rather than "defender of the faith."

Prince Charles' link is through the Merovingian Kings of France. He is allegedly descended from the Merovingian Hildegarde. Princess Diana's Bloodline can also be traced back to the Merovingians.

In 1992 just before the full unification in 1993) Charles applied to the EU (European Union) to be made King of Europe. He was turned down by the European parliament.

[CNN] March 6 1996: "Twelve year old Prince William of Great Britain was one of the first human recipients to be implanted with a high frequency microchip in his right hand.

The BBC science program, "Tomorrow's World", aired in September 1995, revealed that people in the UK were already being microchipped with their medical records. The microchip allegedly recharges itself by harnessing the changes in body temperature to generate electrical energy.

Prince William was born in London, England, at 9:03 pm, on June 21, 1982 at St Mary's Hospital in London. His birth took place just after a solar eclipse at the Summer Solstice.

On June 3 1991, Prince William himself, at the age of 9, received a near fatal head wound, when struck on the head by a golf club and was close to death.

The Pont de l'Alma site in Paris is ancient and dates back to the Merovingian kings and before. In pre-Christian times, the Pont de l'Alma was an underground chamber and was used as a pagan sacrificial site. In Middle English, "soul" has, as its etymology, "descended from the sea."

"Pont" has as a Latin root "pontifex", meaning a Roman high priest. "Alma" also is Spanish for "Soul or spirit". One translation of Pont del' Alma would be "Bridge of the Soul." It was believed that those who died at the sacrificial site became saintly and went directly to heaven.

In 1118 A.D., nineteen years after the first successful Crusade, the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Jesus Christ, as they had termed themselves, were officially recognized and sanctioned and were given for their headquarters a building on Mount Moriah, the site of the former Temple of King Solomon. Consequently, they became known as the Knights of the Temple, or Knights Templar.

What of the Templars? "in turn lions of war and lambs at the hearth; rough knights on the battlefield, pious monks in the chapel; formidable to the enemies of Christ, gentleness itself towards His friends." -Jacques de Vitry. The Grand Master Philip of Nablus (1167 A.D.) was a Syrian and in time, various non-European and non-Christian ideas entered the brotherhood.

Pope Innocent II issued a Papal Bull in 1139 granting the Templars diplomatic immunity throughout Europe; they were exempt from taxation, and were bound only by the Church. The resultant wealth gave them control over Europe's emerging capitalist system. They were, in effect, the world's first international financiers. No one else had the power to transfer investment and capital from one state to another tax-free.

With their network of preceptories throughout Europe and the Middle East, they were able to organize, at moderate rates of interest, loans to merchant traders, who increasingly depended on borrowed capital to trade in goods.

Philip the Fair, with Pope Clement, arranged for the Convocation of the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques DeMolay and his officers in Paris. In 1314, on a Friday the 13th, Jacques De Molay was slowly cooked at the stake for alleged heresy.

The Templars in Portugal, for example, simply changed their name to the Knights of Christ and went on to gain fame in their explorations of Africa and the West Indies with such names as King Henry the Navigator, (who was a Grand Master), Vasco da Gama, and Christopher Columbus' father-in-law, who inspired Columbus to emblazon the red cross of the Templars on his three famous ships.

The financial centre of London known as Temple Bar is built on the foundations of the Templar preceptory from which it descends. The power today wielded by Temple Bar in international finance should not be underestimated.

Another interesting snippet from the Pirates’ site: the skull and bones flag was first used by a French order of militant monks known as the "Poor Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon" - commonly known as the Knights Templar.

“Note - last month, HMS Turbulent, a nuclear-power submarine, slipped back to Plymouth, [from Iraq] flying the Jolly Roger, the pirates' emblem.”
- J Pilger, 3 Jun 2003

Hugues de Payns the first Grand Master of the Templars was married to a Sinclair. The Sinclairs (or Saint-Clairs) castle near Edinburgh, was situated next to Rosslyn chapel, which was constructed by the Sinclairs according to the floorplan of Solomon's original temple.

Another recurrent symbol with the Templars is the two crosses side by side, or double-cross, such as are highlighted in the original logo of the company Exxon.

So, all interesting stuff, isn’t it? It goes on and on and on and there’s no time to start on the Freemasons. If you detect any factual error in the above text, please draw my attention to it.