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Templar and Troubador
Templar and Troubador
For this attunement I would like to go back in time to the crusades, that
adventure of knights from Europe who decided to take the holy lands around
Jerusalem from the Moslems.
The knights Hugues de Payens and Godfrey de Saint-Omar asked Baldwin
II, king of Jerusalem if they could form an order of monastic knights. Their
mission would be to protect pilgrims. Baldwin gave them space in the AlAqsa mosque which was believed to have been built over the original temple
of Solomon. The order was recognized by the church at the council of
Troyes in 1129, and soon they had patrons, and gifts of land and a banking
system.
Templar knights had to be celibate, to wear a white surcoat with a red cross,
to be loyal to comrades, and to observe some monastic rules of daily life.
Fierce in battle, but gentle at the monastery dining table, they also took a
vow of poverty.
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However the order itself was assisted by clerks and became very wealthy.
Even kings borrowed from its banks and when a French king went into debt,
and after the Moslems had recaptured the holy lands, the Templars were an
inviting target.
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False charges were laid upon them. Their secret initiation was supposed to
be a sexual and irreligious rite, involving a dark idol named Baphomet.
Under torture some knights agreed to this, then recanted when released.
And so were burned at the stake, for that is what a recanter faced during the
Inquisition.
Templars fought and lost, and fled to other lands. Some went to Spain and
Scotland where they were welcomed. The legend of the Secret Treasure
arose, a mystery carried by the monastic knights to protect it from a vengeful
Papacy.
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the Templars discover in Jerusalem that had to be hidden from the Church?
An inconvenient truth?
So outlawed knights met cast-out minstrels and perhaps new heart comrades
were discovered, who knows?
This reiki energy would lend itself to loyalty, courage, a fierce independent
thought, and friendship. It is a masculine energy and assertive and builds
team work. It would be healing for misunderstood men today.
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Disclaimer: This energy system is intended for relaxation and wellness and spiritual
growth, but people with medical problems should of course continue to see their doctors
and get medical advice from a professional.
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