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The Legacy of the Templars
The Templar mystique continues to this day, permeated through the 
teachings of esoteric orders and secret societies as well as seemingly innocuous 
entities. The international youth organization Order of de Molay (a Freemasonic
offshoot), professing to teach young men to become better and more responsible
community leaders and organizers, takes its name from the “martyred” Templar,
Jacques de Molay. The Catholic fraternal organization the Knights of Columbus 
freely admit that their structure is modeled after the spirit of the Knights 
Templar. And the French Revolution—widely held to be masterminded by the 
Order of Illuminati (of whom we’ll go into detail in subsequent chapters—found 
an unlikely ally in the Templars when, during the public execution of Louis XV,
an unknown man lept onto the scaffolding to yell, “Jacques de Molay, thou art 
avenged!” before the applauding crowd before disappearing back into mystery. 
A blood-drunk boast? Or a Templar descendant?
Freemasonry and the Knights Templar
Certain traditions hold that some surviving Templars—who were
widespread in their travels and most certainly held alliances and links with
numerous European countries—went on to the British Isles (in particular
Scotland) where they perpetuated their teachings and practices in secret,
eventually forming the nucleus of one of the most powerful and influential secret

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societies in the West: the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry.
The link between the Templars and Freemasonry became even more brazen
in the 18th century when the High Knights Templar of Ireland Lodge accepted a
charter from the Mother Lodge of Freemasonry in Ireland (itself said to be
received from a reconstituted Templar order in Paris) establishing and
recognizing their claims of Masonic jurisdiction, eventually incorporating their
rites into what has been known as York Rite Masonry.
This rite is only available by invitation only, and ostensibly, only 
Freemasons who profess belief in Christianity (as opposed to standard 
Freemasonry which is available to anyone who professes belief in a higher 
power of any sort) are eligible. Yet the historical Knights Templar, who were 
also a nominally “Christian” organization, were alleged to hold beliefs
diametrically opposite to conventional Christian doctrine, including the rejection
of Jesus Christ (perhaps influenced by contact with the nearby heretical Cathar
sect of Gnostics active in the 12th and 13th centuries in the region.) Could it be 
that their Masonic descendants also teach similar doctrines in their lodge 
meetings? Doctrines hidden, even from the eyes of the sincere but misguided 
new recruit?