n the course of my twenty year quest
of "Le Grande Secret", I have, of necessity, come across many related subjects.
Among these is surfacing evidence that the Templars, after their 'discovery'
in the stables of the Temple of Solomon, quietly sent a group of knights
to Ethiopia supposedly to help in the construction of the seven Holy Cathedrals
located there. In their supervision of the construction of these cathedrals
there can be found many unique elements of the Early Gothic architecture
they introduced in Europe. Among these are the vaulted arches, flying buttresses,
and the exclusive symbol of the Kights Templar, the 'patte croix'. The author
(whose name escapes me now but I will E-mail it to you as soon as I get to
the library) [Apparently Hancock. -Scribe] presented
some convincing evidence, drawn from his interpretations of the way in which
the earliest European Gothic church was laid out (again the name of the church
eludes me but I will get it to you), that the Templars were actually going
to Ethiopia to locate the long lost Ark of the Covenent and return it to
Europe, if possible.
e traced the Ark's journey back to
the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (who, he maintains, was Ethiopian
and not Persian). Supposedly, the son, having fallen to disfavor among the
Hebrew religious leaders, was banished. Solomon, being much troubled by this
because he loved his son, retaliated by banishing the sons of these leaders
in order that they might accompany his son on his return to Ethiopia. Angered
by the banishment, the Hebrew youths conspired to and stole the Ark from
the Temple. They did not tell Solomon's son about it until they were well
on their way through Egypt on their journey to the headwaters of the Nile
(in Ethopia). Solomon's son, being a good lad, wanted to return the Ark to
Israel. But the others convinced him that God had said that the Ark could
not be taken unless it was by His will. Reluctantly, he agreed and proceeded
to his homeland with the Ark.
ast forward several thousand years,
after the Templars, those busy little gophers, found something in their digging
in the recaptured city of Jerusalem. All of a sudden, this group of white
strangers shows up in front the Emperor of Ethiopia and volunteers, no less,
to give a helping hand in the construction of the churches. The emperor,
being a canny fellow and suspicious of Trojans bearing gifts, agreed to their
offer of help but kept a watchful eye on them. Who knows what tipped him
off to the Templars true intentions of stealing the Ark and returning it
to Europe (such a powerful artifact, as important to the Christian religion
as, say, the True Cross or the Holy Grail, would create quite a stir in post
dark-ages Europe, where such things were of extreme importance). Whatever
it was, he decreed that the Templars were to become his guests for the rest
of their lives. Having problems of their own in Europe with the increasing
discontent of the Roman Catholic Church and the European nobles with the
Templars autonomous status and increasing wealth and power, the order failed
to follow up on the results of their investigation.
