The Skull and Crossbones

When we see a pirate ship on television, cinema or in comic books we also see an extremely ancient symbol - the skull and crossbones. This, however, was a symbol of death or poison, but instead a deep symbol of life in many aspects.

This is actually used by the infamous Templars.

But, I wondered, what explanation is given of the Knights Templar to use symbols? Where do they get it from? I found a strange story that was told most of the Templar researchers to link a symbol to them and this tale surprisingly involves the number 9, the image of Mother Earth and the skull.

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Baigent, et al to tell the story:

'great lady Maraclea loved the Knights Templar, Lord of Sidon, but she died in her youth, and the night of her burial, this wicked lover crept to the grave, dug up her body and it is violated. Then a voice from the void ordered him back in nine months time to find his son. He disobeyed an order to a specific time he opened the grave again and found the head of the leg bones of the skeleton (skull and crossbones). the same voice ask him "keep it well, for it will be a provider of all good things, and take him with you. It became his protecting genius, and he was able to defeat their enemies just by showing them the magic head. In time, it has passed into the possession order .'

In another version this Lord of Sidon actually ritualistically marries the corpse.

Now such stories are, of course, seen as macabre and the 'hidden messages', therefore still evades us - which is the idea. But as I was to discover what is really transmitted in these stories, the importance of unions or balance, which creates a state of enlightenment akin to talking about the Gnosics, alchemists and mystics. [1]

I turned first to the main character in the story, the infamous Lord of Sidon.

as the titular metropolis of Pamphylia Prima, Sidon, dates back to Neolithic times. In the tenth century BC Sidon had its own money he was carrying the head of Athena (also Minerva serpentine, feminine deity linked with healing.) I found that Athena was indeed the patron of the city, although its people are sometimes called "piratical horde 'and Constantine Porphyrogenitus called Sidon 'nest of pirates. "However, the place to go on to play host to one of Alexander the Great's garrisons for a while, which was used to subdue this piratical element for Alexander's own purposes. Under his successors Sidon became known as "the holy city of Phoenicia 'and enjoyed relative freedom, with a prize games attract people from far and wide.

In 1111 AD crusader Baldwin, who later became King Baldwin of Jerusalem, besieged the city and later became one of the four baronies of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

From early on, Sidon was a meeting for the pirates, and even the slave trade continued after the fall of slavery elsewhere.

The fact that she was known as a "nest of pirates" was startling. I considered also the link of the skull and crossbones to piracy, especially as it was connected with the Templars, and the fact that the Lord from the skull and crossbones story was Lord of Sidon.

So it was the Lord of Sidon mentioned in the Templar story really a pirate?

links between Sidon are strong: Templars were highly commercial and indeed linked to slavery, so was Sidon. It crashed in the 14 century, and so the Templars. This is a huge fleet, and so the Templars. In fact they were one and the same in many respects - both feeding from one another. The leaders of Sidon were linked with the Templars and Templar would have seen the banking system as highly important.

As to the Holy Land finally fell to the Muslims in 1291 I found mention of a Templar knight by the name Tybalt Gaudin who is thought to have carried the famous Templar treasure. When he finally arrived at the Templar port of Sidon, Gaudin was elected the next Grand Master - or Lord. It seems that there was sufficient financial reserves held at the Sidon Preceptory and so the Templar treasure may not be gold or otherwise it would not be mentioned.

If Sidon had a hidden message in the text then it is simply that the Lord of Sidon was to get the Grail from the Lady of Maraclea - as intimated in the story quoted above - which reveals, but also symbolic, a means by which he could claim.

Having now established links between Sidon and the Templars story I wanted to move to a different name given that caught my eye -. Maraclea

This peculiar name I found was taken from a site that previously held the Templars in the 13th century. I wondered whether the name had a symbolic meaning - the name of a hidden message in the language - why else would she be Maraclea and not Antioch or Acre

At first, I found a site called Maraclea because it simply means' pure more'ili 'sea'. But I wanted to know why the Templars had used the term and began with the standard etymological practice of breaking the word into two parts - Mara and Clea. I delved into the world of etymology once more and found some remarkable 'coincidences .'

Mara in Hebrew means "bitter" and was a common alternative for Mary - whether the Mother of Jesus or Mary Magdalene. In Latin it equates to mare, which is 'water', 'Lake', 'sea' and indeed linked to 'horse' (female horse.) In the Anglo-Saxon I found that the term Mara means "higher" or "more" . In Buddhism Mara is' smrt'ili "evil." Mara is said to tempt us like Eve and indeed it was Mara who tempted Buddha on the night before his enlightenment experience. I found this very interesting as the Garden of Eden was a snake, which gave the fruit of the tree of knowledge to Eve and therefore supplying enlightenment just like Buddha.

This Mara of the Buddhists I discovered was also closely related to Rama, where ma equates to black or dark, the term associated with beauty and a term also meaning 'Great Mother .'

I quickly moved to another part of the word - clea

It was perfectly 'clear' what it meant. Clea means simply 'clean', 'clear', 'to be clear,' to be pure, "" be bright "or" to shine !'

I ran through the variants that are now possible:

Mary Pure - well no, that did not work.
Water Bright - this did not really relate

Actually, there are numerous configurations that I could have made​​. Finally I landed on two that just seemed perfect sense and related etymologically in the Anglo-Saxon for both words - without mixing up languages​​. The result sent a shiver my spine as I realized the two meanings Maraclea. The first is
Black-Clear or Dark-Clear.

So it was significant in the Gnostic sense, as a contradiction of words revealed the duality spoken by the Gnostics and Manicheans -. light and darkness, male and female

Maraclea other meaning of the name is equally astounding and related even more the concept of illumination. This was a 'larger Shining'.

Here I am Lord of Sidon, possibly a Templar knight, if indeed not the Grand Master, coming into union with the 'Greater Shining. "What could it possibly mean other than this Templar was a' Shining One'i therefore experienced the Holy Grail of enlightenment for yourself? result of his union will be at the head or skull 9 months later (although another version says 9 years), and as I was to discover in my research in the Temple in Jerusalem, number 9 was of paramount importance to the Templars. Chapter was also definitely being used as a metaphor for this internal process, which actually involved the head or something within it.

I decided in this case just to look at language rather than numbers and so consulted Encyclopedia of Word and phrase origins Robert Hendrickson.

'Nine days' Wonder - Minor miracles, things that cause great sensations for a short time and then go into oblivion ... Kittens, puppies and other young animals have their eyes closed for many days [9], and then open them and see the light ....'

is unbelievable reflected in folktales, myths and legends, and thus the significance of the number we have here a period of 9 months, where a woman is pregnant, 9 months or years for the Lord of Sidon to receive his award, and 9 days before the new born animals see the light - it all made ​​complete sense

So, the skull and crossbones is linked with the number 9 and again, enlightenment and the Holy Grail - which are both seen as good, pure and holy. Indeed, it was the Holy Grail, said that the provider of all good things, just like the head of the Templar tale, 'guard it well, for it will be the provider of all good things .'

"It became his protecting genius." Others have discovered this part of the text very strange, but I realized it means immediately, and to confirm I looked up the meaning in a standard dictionary and found perfect corresponding evidence for a larger Shining.

Genius, inborn faculty. (L.) L. genius, the tutelary spirit of any, also wit, lit. 'inborn nature .'

So, this 'Greater Shining,'this 'head, ' became his inborn faculty or inborn nature. two were similar.

The Lord of Sidon (Templar) with friends from Our Lady Maraclea (Qatar) and we have an inborn nature called genius. Suddenly the Skull and Crossbones symbol, as explained in the text of the Templar discovered before our eyes.

At this point it occurred to me that I just went back to the Templars. I wondered how far back in time maybe I could go with this skull and crossbones image?

The earliest reference to the actual skull and crossbones I could detect the Templar reference. However, getting the image as symbolic, which is what really happened, then we are looking to form -. skull or head with a diagonal cross or Saltaire below

Surprisingly, I found this in Ancient Egypt and the tomb of Tutankhamen.

Wearing a staff or scepter, in ancient Egypt, a symbol of universal energy. flail was used to kill animals (or people) into submission and shows authority like a scepter - hence their mutual nature. crook was a shepherd is a tool used to remove stray animals without hurting the neck. Here we have a picture of push and pull. This shepherd aspect of the king is as old as Mesopotamia and possibly beyond.

Wearing a staff or scepter, in ancient Egypt, a symbol of universal energy. flail was used to kill animals (or people) into submission and shows authority like a scepter - hence their mutual nature. crook was a shepherd is a tool used to remove stray animals without hurting the neck. Here we have a picture of push and pull. This shepherd aspect of the king is as old as Mesopotamia and possibly beyond.

Wearing a staff or scepter, in ancient Egypt, a symbol of universal energy. flail was used to kill animals (or people) into submission and shows authority like a scepter - hence their mutual nature. crook was a shepherd is a tool used to remove stray animals without hurting the neck. Here we have a picture of push and pull. This shepherd aspect of the king is as old as Mesopotamia and possibly beyond.

When it is dead, the king becomes Osiris, and I find that this same image is seen in Osiris and is therefore his symbol - a symbol of the ultimate universal power and borrowed by his earthly representative the Pharaoh

Osiris is the archetypal resurrecting god - a symbol of regeneration, akin to the power of the Templar in the text. So symbolically Templar same as Osiris on Earth. No wonder that Christ is called the "good shepherd" - as was Osiris who was called 'good god .'

I turned my gaze even more laterally and found another symbol related entirely to both the skull and crossbones and the Egyptian influence.

This is a separate and more obscure image also closely resembles a skull and crossbones and over it a "holy war " has raged for decades.

The symbol is now known as the Chi-Rho - so called because it is composed of the Greek letters Chi (X) and Rho (P ).

war over these two letters is fought between Christians and historians, among the fundamentalists on both sides, yet both sides are missing the point

Christians claim that the Chi-Rho form the first two letters of Christ (Cristos) and the historians claim that the symbol can find hundreds if not thousands of years before Christianity and was therefore usurped by them. I should have a look at that to discover the origin, meaning and why it is so reminiscent of the style skull and crossbones.

is identical to the symbol of Chi-Rho has been found carved into rocks in 2500 years before Christ lived, and was interpreted as 'a combination of two symbols of the Sun' - symbols of the ancient shining ones. It also was used on the coins Ptolemeus III 247-222 BC, as well as being a symbol of the Chaldean sky / sun god and a definition of "everlasting Father Sun '(The Illustrated encyclopedia of traditional symbols.)

According to Sir Flinders Petrie - the Egyptologist - the monogram Chi-Rho symbol is the Egyptian god, Horus, thousands of years before Christ, and hence the link between Horus the Saviour, and Christ the Savior. I have already noted on several occasions, the connection between these ancient characters and so it was very convincing and persuasive. [2]

For others, it is in the second century BC where the secret of the monogram lies with the Greek Ptolemy's who are said to have 'borrowed' from the Africans. In this scenario the Greeks called their version of the Horus, Herecles or Hercules and applying the Greek Xpnc (Chres) on it. This suddenly gave the ancient Horus the title of Lord, Chrestos, and inevitably 'Christ. "This, if true, shows again the direct link between Horus, the Chi-Rho monogram and Christ.

Indeed, many European scholars have actually identified Heracles or Hercules as none other than the character of Jesus Christ. I had to keep in mind that the name Heracles, is related to Hero and Hu, which means 'great', but they are also related etymologically to Christ, showing that these titles of the Messiah are directly derived from the word Heru which is of African origin and can be found worldwide as word of the Sun

But it was still more links, as I discovered. Greek name of Christ, like Heru, also derived from Egypt-African word Karast, and Kristos or Christos is the Cross (Karast). Karast is a person who is anointed (enlightened or shining) as a Heru (Hero) during his own life. It is only when the deceased to receive a term 'cross' or Ausur. This Ausur is none other than Osiris, Egyptian god of the same I found with the skull and crossbones symbol with the flail and scepter.

anointing in the physical sense, (as the anointing also applies in the spiritual sense,) derived from the body or cadaver is anointed with spices, oils and resins to preserve it. The body is then wrapped in bandages, placed in a coffin, which is then placed upright to symbolize resurrection. It is believed that in the plural, Herus (Heroes) and Cross's (Christs) would rise again to save the world as fully divine beings and thus become the 'once and future king. "It seems then that this tradition came from Africa, through Egypt and into Greek and Christian legend and brought with the original symbols of Osiris.

So, I wondered, what do Christians believe that Chi-Rho to derive from? Well, I found that it goes back to Constantine and was an amazing propaganda device to establish the new Roman, and therefore become, Catholic Empire.

The story goes that Constantine had a vision before a great battle and I was told that the Chi-Rho symbol, which they called Labarum, he will get the victory - 'By this sign, you will win. 'Using new Labarum as his battle standard, which would apply to all, Constantine was on the field and the Empire was' reborn. "In fact, Christians have been using this symbol secretly as a sign of their faith and Constantine (or somebody who advised him) simply picked up the fact that it is a symbol of the whole process of the Savior as well as old and widespread as I have outlined here - a according to some - it was used to plunder the treasury of pagan temples. Unbelievable, but the money during and after the death of Constantine, we see the Laburnum or Chi-Rho, underlined with the serpent - a symbol used throughout time and especially the Gnostics of wisdom and enlightenment process

Strangely, just as the biblical term, Elohim, a plural word used for God, and in reality means "Shining Ones, 'X part of the monogram is also plural (X = 10) and of the Lord. Chi also has another meaning - '. The Shining "," Great Fire "and" Light "or even P (Rho) part is harder, but was associated with the" Pen "(pen means,' head ') in etymology thus implying that the loop on top of P's head, in the place to be on the skulls and bones of the skull. [3]

I discovered that the symbol of skull and crossbones then, goes back thousands of years and refers to only the old 'Shining One' - and directly to Osiris, the Egyptian version of the original 'Shining Father ' incarnated on earth. Not only that, but geographically it goes right into the heart of original Shining territory.

I was tempted to look into the infamous Skull and Bones secret society at Yale University so famously joined by Bush Senior and Junior, as well as many other extremely powerful individuals, but decided I was straying too far into the world of conspiracy theories that have little or no substance and so I left it alone. However, as I was to discover with the Jesuits, who swear an oath to the symbol of skull and crossbones, I found that the Freemasons also have this symbol and use it without too much knowledge about the origin - or so we are led to believe.

However, what is intriguing is the 'degree' that use the symbol -. Knights Templar

The George Washington Masonic Memorial in Virginia, United States, there is a hallway with a large portrait of the colonial period Grand Master Lafayette Templar Apron bearing wearing a 'skull and crossbones. "Apron same images have also been found elsewhere, such as Michigan, Detroit and Jackson and I'm sure it is not only because several members have also pointed out to me that they did not see the apron.

According to Masonic history the apron can only be dated from the late 18th century and that an audit carried out by Thomas Smith Webb where he pointed out that the 'black flap and skull and cross bones embroidered in silver it .'

On another apron is described by Cornelius Moore in 1859, "Apron of black velvet of a triangular form, trimmed in silver lace. At the top or flap is a triangle, with twelve holes perforated through it, in the middle of the triangle is a cross and a snake , the center of the apron skull and cross bones, and at an equal distance from them, in a triangular shape, a star with seven points, and in the middle of each star a red cross. "(From the artisans and Freemasons Guide, 1859 .)

explanation that the skull and crossbones on the Masonic apron, is revealed in the story with which I began - the story of Lord of Sidon. . .

Notes
1 For more on this see Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed Philip Gardiner, New Page Books, DVD-2006 and the reality of Fun 2006

2 more on this see Secrets of the Serpent: In Search of our sacred past, Philip Gardiner, Reality Press, 2006 - books and DVDs

3 One thing is sure, Rho stood for 'Pater'or 'Patah' (the Egyptian god Ptah), which is 'Father'. Together they therefore make 'Shining Father' (Dyaus Pittard) - which later became the Roman 'Jupiter' (Hu Ptah = father Sun) - the Roman version of a Greek father-god Zeus