Holy Blood, Holy Grail (73 page)

There is a connection between the house of Alsace and that of Lorraine.

Gerard of Alsace, on the death of his brother in 1048, became the first hereditary duke of Haut-Lorraine, today simply Lorraine. All subsequent dukes of Lorraine traced their ancestry back to him. 3It seems that there may have been some Grail “source document’ to which Philippe of Flanders had access, and which formed the basis of both Chretien’s and Robert de Boron’s romances. Professor Loomis says that one is forced to assume a common source for the Quest and Robert de Boron’s romance. He feels that Robert de Boron was telling the truth when he referred to a book about the secrets of the Grail which provided the bulk of his information. See Loomis, The Grail, pp. 233 ff. 4An argument for this is put forward by Barber, R.” Knight and Chivalry, p. 126. 5 Perlesvaus, p. 359. 6 Ibid.” p. 2. 7 Ibid.” p.

214. 8 Ibid.” p. 360. 9

Ibid.” pp. 199 ff. to Ibid.” p. 82. 11 Ibid.” p. 89. 12 Ibid.”

p. 268. 13

Ibid.” p. 12. 14 Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival, pp. 243 ff. 15 Ibid.” p. 251. 16 Ibid.”

p. 253. 17 Ibid.” p. 129. 18 Ibid.” p.

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130. 19 Ibid.” pp. 251 ff. 20 Ibid.” p. 251, n. 11. 21 Ibid.” p.

252. 22 Ibid.” p. 252. 23Rahn, Croisade cont re le Graal, pp. 77

ff.” and La Cour de Lucifer, p. 69. 24 Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzifal, pp. 263 ff. 25 Ibid.” p. 264. 26 Ibid.” p. 426. 27

Barral, Legendes Capetiennes, p. 64. 28It is interesting that the French city of Avallon dates back to Merovingian times. It was the capital of a region, then a comte, which was part of the kingdom of Aquitaine. It gave its name to the whole region the

Avallonnais. 29 Greub, “The Pre-Christian Grail

Tradition’, p. 68. 30Ha levi Adam and the Kabbalistic Tree, pp. 194, 201. Fortune, Mystical (Zabalah, p. 188. 31It is sometimes said that the Christian and Cabalistic traditions did not come together until the fifteenth century in the hands of such writers as

Pico delta Mirandola. However, the Perlesvaus would seem to prove that they had fused by the beginning of the thirteenth century. This is an area which needs more study. The particular images in the Perlesvaus are those normally associated with the Cabalah as it is used magically. 32 Queste del Saint Graal, p. 34. 33It may perhaps be echoing the fact that King Dagobert spent much of his youth in Britain. 34 (Zueste del Saint Graal, introduction, pp. 16 ff.

12 The Priest-King Who Never Ruled

1 Smith, Secret Gospel, pp. 14 ff. 2 Ibid.” pp. 1’5 ff. 3 Ibid.”

p. 16. 4Ibid.” pp. 16 ff. The youth naked save for a linen cloth appears later in

Mark 14:51-2. When Jesus is betrayed in Gethsemane, he is accompained by “a certain young man, having linen cloth cast about his naked body’.

5The oldest manuscripts of the Scriptures, including the Codex

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Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus, do not have the present ending to Mark. In both of them Mark’s gospel finishes at 16:8. Both date from the fourth century, the time when the whole Bible was collected into one volume for the first time. 6

Maccoby, Revolution in Judaea, p. 99. 7Dodd, Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel, p. 423. 8 Brandon, Jesus and the Zealots, p. 16. 9 Vermes, Jesus the Jew, p. 99.

10Charles Davis, reported in the Observer (London, March 28th, 1971), p. 25. 11 Phipps, Sexuality of Jesus, p. 44. 12 Smith, Jesus the Magician, pp. 81 ff. 13Brown lee “Whence the Gospel According to John’, p. 192. 14 Schonfield, Passover Plot, pp. 119. 134 ff. 15

Ibid.” p. 256. 16The standard tradition is given in Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend, in the Life of S. Mary Magdalen, pp. 73

ff. This dates from 1270. The earliest written form of this tradition would appear to be the “Life of Mary

Magdalen’ by Rabanus (776-856), Archbishop of Mainz. It is in The Antiquities of Glastonbury, by William of Malmesbury, that the extension o the legend Joseph of Arimathea coming to Britain first occurs. It is often considered a later addition to William’s account.

17Vermes. Jesus the Jew, p.21, mentions that in Talmudic sayings the Aramaic noun denoting carpenter or craftsman nag gar stands for learned man or scholar. 18Maccoby, Revolution in Judaea, pp. 57 ff.” quotes Philo of Alexandria describing Pilate as “cruel by nature’. 19 Cohn, H.” Trial and Death of Jesus, pp. 97 ff. 20All scholars concur that no such privilege existed. The purpose of the fiction is to increase the guilt of the Jews. See Brandon, Jesus and the

Zealots, p. 259, Cohn, H.” Trial and Death of Jesus, pp. 166 ff.

(Haim Cohn is an ex-attorney-general of Israel, member of the Supreme Court, and lecturer on historical law), and Winter, P.” On the Trial of Jesus. p. 94. 21As Professor Brandon says (Jesus and the Zealots,

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p. 328) all inquiry concerning the historical Jesus must start from the fact of his execution by the Romans for sedition.

Brandon adds that the tradition of his being “King of the Jews’ must be accepted as authentic. In view of its embarrassing character, the early

Christians would not have invented such a title. 22 Maccoby, Revolution in Judaea, p. 216. 23 Brandon, Trial of Jesus, p. 34. 24

Joyce, Jesus Scroll, p. 106. 25For crucifixion details see Winter, On the Trial of Jesus, pp. 62 ff.” and

Cohn, H.” Trial and Death of Jesus, pp. 230 ff. 26 See Schonfield, Passover Plot, pp. 154 ff.” for details. 27An argument for this identification is given by Allegro, The Copper

Scroll, pp. 100 ff. 28 Cohn, H.” Trial and Death of Jesus, p. 238. 29See The Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, p. 214 (Mark 15:43, 45). 30Joyce, Jesus Scroll. The author claims that while in Israel he was asked to help smuggle a stolen scroll from the Masada excavations out of the country.

Although he refused, he claims to have seen the scroll. It was signed Yeshua ben Ya’akob ben Gennesareth, who described himself as eighty years old and added that he was the last of the rightful kings of Israel (p. 22). The name, when translated into English, becomes Jesus of Gennesareth, son of

Jacob. Joyce identifies the author as Jesus of Nazareth.

13 The Secret the Church Forbade

1 Eisler, Messiah Jesus, pp. 606 ff. 2 Chadwick, The Early Church, p. 125. 3

Goodenough, Jewish Symbols, vol. 7, pp. 178 ff. 4See Halsberghe, The Cult of Sol Invictus. The author explains that this cult was brought to Rome in the third century A.D.

by the Emperor Elagabalus.

When Aurelian introduced his religious reform it was in fact a re-establishment of the cult of Sol Invictus as originally introduced.

5218 for, 2 against. The Son was then pronounced identical with the Father. 6 It was not until 384 that the Bishop of

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Rome called himself “Pope’ for the first time. 7There is a possibility that some may be discovered. In 1976 a large repository of old manuscripts was discovered at the monastery of Saint

Catherine on Mount Sinai. The find was kept quiet for some two years before news was leaked to a German newspaper in 1978. There are thousands of fragments, some dating from before A.D. 300, including eight missing pages from the Codex Sinaiticus now in the British Museum. The monks who hold the bulk of the material have granted access only to one or two Greek scholars.

See International Herald Tribune (April 27th, 1978). 8 Gospel of Peter, 5:5. 9 Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ, 2:4. 10Maccoby, Revolution in Judaea, p. 129. The author adds that the portrayal of Jesus as anti-Pharisee was probably part of the attempt to show him as a rebel against the Jewish religion rather than as a rebel against Rome. 11Brandon, Jesus and the Zealots, p.327. See also Vermes, Jesus the few, p. 50, “Zealot or not, Jesus was certainly charged, prosecuted and sentenced as one.” 12 Allegro, Dead Sea Scrolls, p. 167. 13

Ibid.” p. 175. 14 Josephus, Jewish War, p. 387. 15 Ibid.” p. 387.

16 Ibid.” appendix, p. 400. 17 Eisler, Messiah Jesus, p. 427. 18

Ibid.” p. 167. 19 Irenaeus, Five Books .. . against

Heresies, p. 73. 20Koran, 4:157. See also Parrinder, Jesus in the (2ur’an, pp. 108 ff. 21 Pagels, Gnostic Gospels, pp. xvi ff. 22The Second Treatise of the Great Seth, in Robinson, J.” Nag Hammadi Library in English, p. 332. 23The Gospel of Mary, in Robinson, J.” Nag Hammadi Library in English, p. 472. 24 Ibid.” p. 473. 25 Ibid. 26The

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Gospel of Philip, in Robinson, J.” Nag Hammadi Library in English, p.

140. 27 Ibid.” pp. 135 ff. 28 Phipps, Was Jesus Married?” pp. 136

ff. 29 The Gospel of Philip, in Robinson, J.,

Nag Hammadi

Library in English, p. 138. 30 Ibid.” p. 139. 31 Ibid. 32 Ibid.” p.

148.

14 The Grail Dynasty

1 Parrinder, Jesus in the Qur’an, pp. 110 ff. 2 Blancasall, Les Descendants, p. 9. 3

Koran, 4:157. 4There was the sacred Bull of Meroe, at Heliopolis. That bulls were regarded highly by the Sicambrians is shown by the fact that a gold bull’s head was found buried with Childeric, the father of Clovis. 5Hen ri Lobineau, Dossiers secrets, planche no. 1, 950-1400, n. 1. 6 Rabinowitz, “De Migrantibus’. 7 Zuckerman, Jewish Princedom, pp. 36 ff. 8 Zuckerman, Jewish Princedom, p. 59. 9 Ponsich, “Le Conflent’, p. 244, n. 10.

See also Levillain,

“Nibelungen’, year 50 (1938) genealogy facing p. 46. 10 Zuckerman, Jewish Princedom, p. 81. 11 Ibid.” p. 197. 12 William, Count of Orange, The Crowning of Louis, p. 4 (9). 13 Part of it now forms “The Cloisters’ in New York. 14 Saxer,

Marie Madeleine, vol. 2, p.412. The cult, observing the day of January 19th, dates from at least A.D. 792-5. 15 Zuckerman, Jewish Princedom, p. 64. 16 Ibid.” p. 58. 17 Pange, Maison de Lorraine, p. 60.

15 Conclusion and Portents for the Future

1 Lacordaire, St. Mary Magdalen, p. 185. 2Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14th edn (1972), Crown and Regalia, fig. 2. 3 Nilus, Protocols, no.

24. 4 Peguy, Charles, “La Tapisserie de Sainte

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Genevieve’, in Oeuvres poetiques completes (Paris, 1.957), p. 849. 5

Saint Sigisbert was the father of Dagobert

II.

Appendix: The Alleged Grand Masters of the Prieure de Sion

1See Digot, P.” Notre-Dame-de-Sion, p. 8. We obtained a copy of the original charter of this Order, the records being held in the Bibliotheque

Municipale, Nancy. 2 Fedie, Le Comte de Razes, p. 119. 3 Birch, Life of Robert Boyle, p. 274. 4 Ibid. 5See Manuel, Portrait of Isaac Newton, and. Dobbs, Foundations of Newton’s

Alchemy. 6Newton was also a supporter of the Socinians,_ a religious group who believed that Jesus was divine by office rather than by nature. They were

Arian in orientation. Newton himself was described as an Arian. 7

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Perey, Charles de Lorraine, p. 287. Index

Page numbers in italics refer to Notes and References

Acre, 68, 127Arcons, Cesar d’, 92

Adam, Abbot of Orleans, 127 Arianism. 45, 255, 263, 408-9,

Alaric the Great, 35 516

Albi, 45Arimathea. Joseph of, 299, 362,

Albigensian Crusade, 33, 42-3, 375-6, 390 50-1 Arius, 407

Albigensians, see Cathars Arnaldus, Prior, 113

Alchemy, 155, 311, 455, 456-7 Arques, 39. 41

Alexandria, Athanasius, Bishop Arsenal Library, Paris, 154-5 of, see Athanasius Ashmole, Elias, 147

Alexandria, Clement, Bishop of, Athanasius, Bishop of Alexan see Clement dria, 333

Alpine, Grande Lodge, 97, 104, Auvergne, Bernard d’, 275 218, 238Axel.

see Villiers, PA.” Comte de

Alsace, Gerard d’. 510

Alsace, Philippe d’, Count of 1”Isle Adam

Flanders, 300, 510

Amatus, Saint, Bishop of Sion, Bannockburn, Battle of, 74 262, 506

Baphomet, 29

Andrea, Johann Valentin, 125, Bar, Catherine de, 453 133, 134, 145, 147, 453; (hem- Bar, Edouard de, Count, 133, ical Wedding of Christian 168, 443

Rosenkreuz, 125, 145, 430 Bar, Iolande de. 133, 447-8

Anjou, Count of, 85 Bar, Jean de, 444

Anjou, Fulques, Count of, 316 Bar, Jeanne de, 444

Anjou, house of, 316 Bar, Louis de, Cardinal, 447

Anjou, Iolande d’, 140 Barabbas. Jesus, 368-71

Anjou, Rene d’, 133, 138-40, Barberie, Chateau. 184-5, 217, 168, 299, 430, 446-7 223

Anson, George, 191 Barres, Everard des, 131; 491

Antoine 1”Ermite, 96, 97; Un Barrbs, Maurice, 463; La Colline Tresor merovingien a Rennes- inspiree, 161 leChateau, 103-4 Basilides, 401

Apocrypha, 389-90 Baudouin I, King of Jerusalem,

Arc, Jeanne d’. 139-40 61, 111, 116-17

Arcadia, 140-1, 249-50, 285-9 Belle-Isle, Marquis of, 187

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Arcadia, see Sannazaro, Jacopo Benedict X, Pope, 71 Benjamin, Tribe of, 282-7, 365 Boulogne, Eustache, Count of,

Beta VI, 276see Eustache, Count of

Bernard, Saint, 49, 88-9, 118 In Boulogne

Praise of the New Knighthood, Bourdon, Raynier, 128 63 Boyle, Robert, 133, 134. 148,

Besalou, Miron ‘le Levite’, 453-5, 492

Count of, see Miron ‘le Levite’ Bran the Blessed, 82, 297

Bethania, Villa (Rcnnes-le- Brandon, Professor S. G. F.” 366

Chateau), 28-9,32”Brown lee Professor William, 170, 204, 361 359

Bethanie, “arch’, 361 Bruno, Giordano, 452

Bethany, Mary of, 352-;i Buonarroti, Filippo Michele, 493

Beziers, 43Burros, Lionel, 216-18

Bezu, 25, 91

Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Cabalism, 44, 318-19 96-7, 103-4Calve.

Emma, 27, 42, 159, 464

Bieil. Abbe, 26Camisa rds 51, 150, 458

Bigou, Abbe Antoine, 25, 28, Campagne-sur-Aude, 92 428 Cana, wedding at, 348, 364

Blancassal, Madeleine (Les De- Carcassonne, 41 scend ants merovingiens et Carcassonne, Bishop of, 205 1’enigme du Razes wisigoth), 97

Carpocratians, 335-6

Blanche, Queen of Castile, 224 Castelnau, Pierre de, 50

Blanchefort. 484 Castile, Blanche, Queen of, see

Blanchefort, Bertrand de, 25, 34”Blanche 69, 91, 130. 425, 484, 490