The MicMaq Indians of Nova Scotia had  hieroglyphic writing and we have evidence of this writing in which the MicMacs wrote the prayer  "Our Father who art in Heaven" MicMaq Indians are the people who lived in Acadia (Arcadia) when the first European and Viking explorers came to its shores. Their flag is a red cross on field of white with a five pointed star and crescent moon. The red cross on a field of white flag resembles the Crusader flag of the Crusades. The MicMaq wizards were said to received their power from the master magicians.
  

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Many have written about the similiarities of MicMaq heiroglyphic writing and Egyptian heiroglyphs. It is controversial and  an theory still debated. The Egyptian ankh and MicMaq word for holy are similiar to the Celtic cross of the cross and circle.

The triangle is the MicMaq word for god and that is similiar to the Egyptians as well as the Pythagoreans. The Merovingians at the Cathedral of Aachen believed also that the triangle was a symbol for God. Merovingians were known as the "Sorcerer Kings" The five pointed star is a sacred symbol that was used by Pythagoreans.

Cathedral of Aachen triangle with the all seeing eye

Illuminated by the Master of the Berthold Sacramentary
Germany, Weingarten Abbey, ca. 1215 is a manuscript picture of the Adoration of the Magi in which the star of the Magi is similiar to the MicMaq heiroglyph star. Is it a coincidence? You will see the Three Kings or Magi following the Star of the East directing them to the baby Jesus.  Weingarten Abbey was home to a relic brought back from the Crusades which was the precious blood of Jesus. The Templars participated in the Crusades and were arrested by the King of France and the Pope for witchcraft and idolatry. Many have written that one of the crimes of the Templars was worship of Baphomet. Hit the link below

http://www.themorgan.org/collections/collections.asp?id=80

Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall found 13th century artifacts of the Templars in Weimar with the Baphomet symbol.

He connected this symbols with the Gnostic baptism of fire or enlightening of the mind. The Templars and Crusaders  came in contact with the Gnostics during the Cathar wars.

The MicMaq have a flood story in which their god cried so much his/her tears created such a flood only one man and woman survived. It is similiar to Noah's story and Summerian story of Flood.

Acadia (Nova Scotia) used to be called by the French Arcadia and the Ancient Sumerians used the star as a symbol for Arcadia. The Egyptians used the star to represent  Sah and Sopdet his consort (Sirius) the star connected with the Orion Constellation. Sah was father of the gods who was written in Pyramidal texts. Sah sails in the heavens in a boat as rides in Orion. Sopdet is the goddess that brings the New Year and floods of the Nile. A five pointed star is on top of her statue. Isis has the five pointed star who gives rise to the morning star Venus. Orion constellation has been connected to the three pyramids of Giza and many have said the three kings are symbols to the three stars in the belt of Orion. The dog star Sirius was very important in its relationship as the Star of the East heralding birth of Horus.The Egyptian heiroglyph of Orion has a five pointed star. Is it a coincidence or are they connected?

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Pope Benedict announced to the world on Monday, February 11, 2013, that he was resigning. The first resignation of a Pope in nearly 600 years, He is in poor health and feels he is incapable of continuing the job of Papal leader for the church. It is interesting he picked the day of the vision of Our Lady of Lourdes which occurred on February 11 in 1858. It is one of the Marian Apparitions like Our Lady of Fatima which occurred in 1917. It was called the Miracle of the Sun in which 70,000 people witnessed a silver disc of the sun which rotated and was multicolored. The vision came to three children who foretold three prophecies. Two prophecies were revealed to the masses but the third prophecy was suppressed by the Vatican. Cardinal Ratzinger and Cardinal Bertone have had connections with the suppressing of the Third Prophecy of Fatima which was not released until the year 2000.

"After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: ‘Penance, Penance, Penance!' And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White ‘we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God."

Also read:  Nostradamus, Saint Malachy, the Pope's Resignation, and Comet ISON: Do They All Predict End Times?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima

The prophecy talks about the of of  city and a Bishop of White being killed. The Saint Malachy prophecy of the Popes predicts one more possible Pope to follow Pope Benedict XVI whose name will be named Peter the Roman. Peter the Roman will see afterward the destruction of the city of the seven hills. It is interesting the Pope announced his pending resignation on the day of a Marian Apparition. Saint BenedictXVI has seen two conferences supported by the Vatican Observatory on exploring with scientists over the world  to discuss the ramifications if man finds life on other planets. The Vatican Observatory director issued a paper title "The Aliens are our  Brother."

Peitro Bertone has been suggested the possible next Pope. Bertone's first name is Peter and he was born in Rome. He has worked closely with Pope Benedict XVI over the years. In my research of Rennes Chateau mystery,I have found that Berenger Sauniere had in his possession of the Prophecy of St Malachy. A statue of Our Lady of Lourdes holds a key to the mystery of Rennes Chateau on a Visigoth pillar. Sauniere lived at the time of Pope Leo XIII who had a vision in which Jesus allowed Satan to have influence over his church.

The guttural voice, the voice of Satan in his pride, boasting to Our Lord: "I can destroy your Church"

The gentle voice of Our Lord: "You can? Then go ahead and do so."

Satan: "To do so, I need more time and more power."

Our Lord: "How much time? How much power?

Satan: "75 to 100 years, and a greater power over those who will give themselves over to my service."

Our Lord: "You have the time, you will have the power. Do with them what you will."

http://www.futurerevealed.com/christian/catholic/vision-of-pope.htm

A legend says that on Sauniere's death bed he whisperred "John XXIII". Pope John XXIII was instrumental on bringing many changes to the Catholic Church during Vatican II. A story told says that Pope John XXIII read the Last Prophecy of Fatima and fainted for what he read was so disturbing. The Vision of La Salette is another Marian Apparition in which some books were forbidden to read by the Vatican. The book told of the end of the world.

Archangel Uriel in Da Vinic's painting Madonna on the Rocks

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In the Vision fo Fatima an angel with the flaming sword cries "Penance Penance Penance". The angel's name is often called Archangel Uriel  "the flame of God" or known as the "Angel of Repentance". The Archangel was kicked out of his veneration spot by Pope Zachary in 745 AD. Pope Benedict XVI was asked to reinstate Archangel Uriel as the fourth Archangel to be venerated along side Michael< Gabriel, and Raphael. Pope Benedict XVI refused to reverse the judgement. Archangel Uriel is painted in Da Vinci's Madonna on the Rocks. Our Lady of Lourdes was essentially a Madonna within a grotto of rocks. It was Da Vinci who painted the controversial Last Supper with the female looking figure sitting next to Jesus. Pope Benedict VI favored the conservative stance on women in the church as a result we will see another vote taken in Rome in which women's voices will not be heard. I am fascinated at the announcement of his pending resignation given on the day of the Marian apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes. The timing is interesting.

A new pope was elected on 03/13/13 whose name is Pope Francis I. I decided to write about the coincidence or significance of the date in which the new Pope was elected. The number three may reflect the third prophecy of Our Lady of Fatima which was suppressed by the Papacy especialy by Cardinal Ratzinger. The Third Prophecy of Fatima was given to Sister Lucia one of the children who saw the vision of Fatima. The apparitions occurred on the thirteenth day of six consecutive months starting on May 13 1917. The children called he Our Lady of the Rosary. The Third Prophecy was released in the year 2000 .

The third secret, a vision of the death of the Pope and other religious figures, was transcribed by the Bishop of Leiria and reads:

"After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: ‘Penance, Penance, Penance!' And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White ‘we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima

Many rumours and conspiracy theories surround the prophecy and the former  I find it a coincidence that the new Pope is elected on the thirteenth. The Third Prophecy and the Maalchy Prophecy both hailed a turburlent time ahead for the Church. Another event that happened on the same day was the Rover on Mars announcement that Mars could have supported life long ago in its past. A step closer to the reality that one day we will find life on other planets gets closer. A Catholic Church seems to agree with that possible reality with their conferences exploring the ramifications on religion if life is found. Who knows Pope Francis I may see that day come.

Also read: Pope Francis: Nostradamus and Malachy Wrong? and A New Pope, but sinister darkness resides behind the celebrations

The number thirteen has a connection with the Templars who were arrested on October 13 1307. De Molay has said to have placed a curse upon the Pope and the King of France at the time of his burning at the stake. The King and Pope later died within a short time after the Templar Grandmaster's death.

Pope Pius XII was buried on October 13 1958 in the Basilica of Saint Peter. He was consecrated a Bishop on May 13 and he fufilled the second prophecy of Fatima consecrating the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Both May 13 and October 13 were days that the visions of Fatima happened. The one thing that must be noted is that Pope Francis I day 03/13/13 though similiar with the number 13 the month March was not a month that the visions were seen. I think perhaps the number three may be linked to the third prophecy.

The Miracle of the Sun at Fatima was witnessed by 70,000 people in which a silver disc sun danced around in the sky. It would be described by UFO enthusiasts as one of the biggest witnessed sightings. It occured on October 13 1917. The same October 13 as the Templars execution date. The words Penance Penance Penance was announced by the angel with the flaming sword which rays of light were aimed at the Earth being witheld by Our Lady. We have seen over the years climate changes going on with the Earth and the corruption that caused the Church troubles these past years. We are witnessing great moments in time and I find that Pope Francis I election

on 03/13/13 an amazing coincidence in relation to the Prophecies of Our Lady of Fatima.

Mary Magdalene has been associated with the Holy Grail of which many paintings and pictures over centuries have been done with her holding a sacred cup. “He who drinks much, will see God. He who drinks a cupful, will see God and the Magdalene”. Is it a cup, a plate, a stone, a dish or are all of the aforementioned possibilities? The Grail legend became minced with legends of the Holy Chalice. Legends and folklores are traditional stories and/or tales that can sometimes become popular enough whereas they are looked upon as historical but there is no authentication or back-up facts.

It isn't something tangible or palpable that we can taste or touch utilizing those senses were born with. However, the after-life can materialize smells or scents of what once was. If we know the background of the moment we encounter for such said history, we can actually document the connection between what we have experienced to what may correlate to fact. Verifying anything supernatural or mythical from a time where we could not possibly relate too, and decades worth of spins on old stories is always the challenge. Humans leave imprints and therefore a guided tour mapping out the ability to do excursions and conquests to search for items from the Lost City of Atlantis all the way to conjuring up the dead.

Even unverified stories from earlier times to today believed popular and historical, lead the human race to a constant momentum of being in search of greater things then mankind and manmade outcomes. Does this extend beyond earth into the skies above and out into our universe?

http://www.ufodigest.com/video/ufo-case-1890s-roger-marsh

UFO Case from the 1890s copyright Roger Marsh, Mutual UFO Network, Case #32747.

According to Roger Marsh, a UFO writer and independent filmmaker, yes. He is the director of communications for both the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), and Pennsylvania MUFON. Recently he wrote how there were twenty-two Triangle UFO's reported in November of 2012 with witness reports in their database. You can find the complete and fascinating story here: http://www.ufodigest.com/article/22-triangle-ufo-cases-reported-november-2012 as he has taken the time and effort as many in research to further educate mankind of the possibilities our universe has to offer. He states and writes that, "The triangle remains a top three UFO shape for 2012 with 685 U.S. reports filed through December 15, 2012".

MUFON is as with any group or organization like-minded individuals of all back grounds and intellect coming together for the purpose of education, truth, facts, myths and moments where the thought process of man should be to comprehend the notion that we are very small compared to what is really around, below and above us. Roger Marsh's works include Dime Novel Radio Theater, UFO Witness Theater and American Liberty Theater. He is the author of Sacred Dialogue, editor of Silent Invasion, and co-editor of Ron Paul Speaks. His directed works include Tragic Hinsdale House.

It is the like-minded individuals that try and open up the minds of those who are less apt in believing, that there is something grander then mankind on earth. The after-life, holy grail and ufo phenomena are folklores and legends to some while to others; an open door to the possibility of that belief of something being grander then us all. Today, we still seek out if these are segments of life's mysteries…or fact and reality.

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"The Keys of Antiquity" , the new book by adventurer and Rennes-le-Chateau archaeologist Bill Kersey, is everything that one would expect from this expert in the field.

He covers codes, discoveries, apocrypha, and history from ancient times through the fall of Rome and the Visigoths, to Blanche of Castille and the Voisons at Rennes.

Geometry in art and in the landscape is a key to understanding the mysteries of the Languedoc, Bill discusses this subject in detail beginning with the famous Poussin painting, he applies the Pythagorean ideal to the newly discovered younger Mona Lisa as well. The Rennes-le-Chateau parchments figure prominently in the mystery clues, and the author covers their translation by means of a complex code in detail. It is great fun to follow Bill and his friends on their arduous hikes in the tangled French countryside rain or shine - these are dedicated people!

There is an informative chapter on previous famous discoveries and maps. One of the great treasures revealed in this book is the link between Castle Cabrieres, home of opera diva Emma Calve, to Rennes-le-Chateau and the monastery of Montserrat in Spain during Templar times. A Bill Kersey book is truly and education. "Rhedae, the Visigothic capital of Aquitaine still holds many secrets even to this day. This same terrain, Rennes-le-Chateau, still the hilltop village of mystery, is loth to yield up her treasures. But now that the ancient cipher, extracted from a Poussin painting and artefacts from Pompeii by Bill Kerseys, yields its secrets. Much more the wily Visigoths now reveal in their wonderful system of concealment. Even Leonardo da Vinci proves this same cipher in both the Mona Lisas painted by him. 

 "Why did the Abbe Sauniere, the Priest of Rennes, insist in linking the 'Royal Treasure' with the ancient cipher for this generation to discover? The investigation of that hoard started in 1972 and has branched out into new dramatic discoveries following a secret cryptic document buried by the controversial priest of Rennes-le-Chateau. The trail leads back into the ancient past, touches base with the Visigoths and lurches forward into the future. Beset with conflicting international interests and dubious secret societies the team try to resolve the enigmas but are overtaken by events beyond their control. But hopefully the out will not prove too disastrous but there is yet another secret in hidden caves". - B.K.

About the Author:  "Some decades have slipped by since Bill Kersey became embroiled in the Rennes saga. By 1973 he had acquired many of the special skills essential to tackle this challenge with any hope of success. He grew up during the 1939 to 1945 war years. At that time the family lived in Surrey near London between three airfields and so endured some of the rigours of war. He received his education at the grammar school nearby. Fortunately the language subjects that he studied included both French and Latin. After leaving school Bill spent some time working on Scottish genealogy before serving two years as an armourer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. A year of his service was spent in Libya attached to the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and 16th/5th Lancers.

Much of this time he was working in the desert with the light aid detachment. Leisure activities included exploring the ancient Roman ruins where he was stationed at Sabratha near Tripoli or swimming and diving in the unspoiled Mediterranean sea. Returning to England, he settled into a career in the travel industry with Thomas Cook in London. But travel took him to Rhodesia where he settled with his wife and son and worked for Central African Airways. This included some time spent in Nyasaland as Assistant Senior Sales Supervisor at Blantyre. Again, with time on his hands, Bill served as Diving Officer in the newly-formed Salisbury Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club, which team achieved the Empire record for fresh water deep diving, using air, in the Sinoia Caves.

On the Zambezi Kariba Hydro-electric Dam project, Bill became part of a commercial diving team from the Sub-Aqua Club. Associated Divers undertook all diving work on the project as well as other commercial and police diving. Bill still found time to develop his mineral exploration and mining skills including operating beryllium and alluvial gold claims in Rhodesia.

This included rediscovering the lost Woolly Dog gold mine near Bulawayo. When Rhodesia declared itself independent, under the government led by Ian Smith, Bill was working for UTA French Airlines. But when UTA's flights were curtailed due to sanctions he moved to Johannesburg in South Africa with Lufthansa and was later transferred to Capetown.

While there, Bill also worked evenings and nights for IBM on the early generation of computers. This skill training stood him in good stead on his return to England.

From Capetown he worked his passage to England as a greaser just at the moment that this story begins. With the passage of time, the author has consolidated his computer and engineering skills while working on a wide variety of major petro-chemical, sub-sea, tunnelling and water projects including the Channel Tunnel and the Libyan Great Man Made River project. Petro-chemical and sub-sea projects include Morecambe Gas Field, Liverpool Bay, Whych Farm, and the West of Shetland development.

He kept his mineral exploration skills tuned by sourcing the gold and mercury deposits on the Gold Mines River in Ireland. Bill Kersey's planned retirement from projects was linked to his part time work with a publishing house over several years. The purpose of this was to learn the skills he would need to publish and bring into print some of his discoveries in the most exciting of all his projects in revealing this dark history behind the ancient cipher. Since then Bill has been involved in further discoveries revealed in the film "Bloodline" and some of those discoveries have opened the path to the Sauniere mystery which is locked into the architecture of the village church".

If you would like more information or to purchase this book from Amazon.Com simply click on its title: The Keys of Antiquity and the Ancient Cipher

The story begins with a monk noticing that two pages of the Codex Atlanticus   were found stuck together. The Codex Atlanticus is a book filled with Leonardo Da Vinci’s sketches as well as his assistant Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno otherwise known as Salai. The Codex Atlanticus is filled with Da Vinci sketches from music instruments to weapons.  The codex was rebounded and restored by Basilian monks in 1968 to 1972.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Atlanticus

The Codex Atlanticus has been dated around 1498 to 1519 and is one of the many codices of Da Vinci’s. It has been said that 44,000 pages of sketches existed around Da Vinci life and now we only have a few found and restored. Some estimates about 13,000 sketches exist today and one wonders what incredible sketches and inventions can be found on the other missing 31,000 pages. Da Vinci sketched on many subjects from anatomy of which he violated the law of the Vatican on dissecting cadavers. It is said he performed an autopsy on his best friend. His sketches of the human body are some of the best. The Vatican later gave him permission to continue his research and autopsies.

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The monk found the two pages stuck together and the pages were separated which revealed the sketch of a bicycle that had not been seen for over 500 years. In 1998 a professor has claimed it a fraud. Augusto Mariano , one of the leading experts on Da Vinci believe it is authentic.

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Bicycle replica from the sketches of Da Vinci from the Codex Atlanticus at the Da Vinci exhibit in St Louis permission given by my friend David Armstrong for this picture.

I had a wonderful time walking through the exhibit looking at all of the inventions that Da Vinci created and his amazing insight and genius.

Photo above is of a anemometer. Permission granted by David Armstrong picture taken at Da Vinci Exhibit.

One thing is obvious that Da Vinci was secretive about his work and was afraid it would fall into the wrong hands. He invented the first copyright by purposely eliminating one piece or step in his diagrams to ensure only he could get his inventions to work. Many of today’s machines contain a component or invention of Da Vinci. He was an incredible genius. Did he invent the bicycle? What do you think?

By Mary Alice Bennett 

The Templar Gold of Castle Cabrieres 
- home of La Diva Emma Calve

Real treasure has been found in the area around Rennes-le-Chateau over the years. It was discovered in the form of bricks made of fused Arab gold coins coated with a layer of tar. Under what circumstances would such wealth be lost? A Templar hoard would likely be in this form of Arab gold – a treasure on the move in the middle of the night, on the run from the officers of King Philip and headed for Catalonia. The following quotation is from the Seanz de Castillon diary. It contains the information given to Emma Calve by Abbe Berenger Sauniere concerning the Templar treasure that was once housed in her home, the Templar`s Castle Cabrieres.

“Staying at La Diva's "Castle" the Chateau de Cabrieres in the Aveyron not far from the town of Millau in Languedoc. A bit of an out of the way place to get to but worth the journey. La Diva bought it in 1895 or thereabouts. It came about this way. You could say it was the call of the soil crying out to a woman who comes from good Provencal peasant stock indeed her father, a trained engineer, was forced at one stage, by economic circumstances to go back to working the family farm. They were only tenant farmers and after her father took his family to Spain in search of better things the farm reverted back to the landlord so their was no family home to inherit. She didn't set out to buy a castle what she had in mind was large farmstead and land but when she made enquiries about suitable properties at an agent's in Millau she was told about this estate comprising chateau, farm, lands and so on but it could not be split up so no chateau no farmstead. During it's long history (built originally in the 11th century they say and according to La Diva had in the 13th century connections with the Knights Templar who had a treasury here and according to local tradition it held "a great treasure." Indeed when the Order was suppressed some knights were kept here in the dungeons and put to death when no treasure was found in the castle and they refused to divulge its whereabouts) it has been owned by several noble families interconnected by marriage but the last of these (the Des Esseintes) finally died out about 90 years ago since when the chateau has stood empty but the farm, lands, forest rights, shooting rights, fishing rights have been let out to tenants. La Diva has spent lavishly on renovating and restoring with a certain amount of modernization to make it amenable to present day expectations of comfort whilst retaining its medieval atmosphere. The work is by no means finished yet…

This priest Sauniere holds the benefice of some backwoods place called Rennes le Chateau deep in the Languedoc. All that part of the Languedoc is, according to La Diva steeped in history, mystery, supernatural happenings, a cradle of kings, a refuge for Cathars and Templars with hoards of hidden treasure waiting to be discovered in undiscovered caves and grottoes and powerful occult secrets too waiting to empower those who can uncover and interpret them, to those who can decipher certain clues hidden in nature and man-made structures and monuments also. She told me all this as we took our ease that warm drowsy Spring afternoon on the lawn at the foot of the castle walls. It would appear that this curé is a man with a special gift for divining such things something akin perhaps to a dowser or water diviner and that he is also a man with a SECRET. I emphasize this because La Diva put plenty of emphasis on it as she told it to me. She would not explain further as to what this SECRET might be no, not even to me a fellow Martinist and Traveler in the Path. Does she know what it is? After she came into possession of the Chateau de Cabrieres Sauniere wrote a letter in which he claimed to have in his possession a manuscript chronicle of events in and around Rennes for roughly three decades from 1290 to about 1320 written in Occitan by a wandering Franciscan Friar which states that the last Seneschal of Cabrieres, a Templar named Eustache de Rastaignac passed through Rennes in June 1309 with a squire and six heavily laden pack mules bound for the monastery of Montserrat in Catalonia but that close pursuit by officers of King Philip forced him to hide whatever the mules carried somewhere in the vicinity of Rennes. Raistagnac was soon afterward apprehended at the Chateau Blanchefort in a state of physical exhaustion alone, no mules, no squire. He was tortured and executed. Tantalizingly she said that the letter also contained other "esoteric" information. She did not offer to show it to me however. We were annoyingly interrupted at this point by the arrival of a Monsieur de Senmaret the architect responsible for work on the chateau and they must needs talk business.”

“The treasure in Arab gold coins. At least two genuine recoveries of Gold coins in the surroundings of Rennes le Chateau have been found, These were gold coins of Arab origin that were amalgamated in bitumen. These two instances, similar, have experienced several years of variation and have never received a satisfactory explanation. The first lucky find took place in 1860 in Bézu by RED Mr. SEE”  - from “Rennes Treasures”.

“In 1830 a man found a gold ingot weighing almost 20 Kilos whilst out walking near to Rennes. Not long after this in 1860 another man found a gold bar near to Bézu made from partly smelted Arabic coins and weighing almost 50 Kilos. These are real, confirmed discoveries. Doubtless there have been many others where the discoverers did not announce their finds.

A 50 Kilo gold bar is extremely heavy and one would think, if dropped, would be noticed. Also, it is not the kind of object an individual uses in the form of his secret investment. It was normal of people in bygone days to usually bury coins, being more mobile.

These gold bars could have come from a number of sources.

One possibility is that caravan was transporting them across country. If a heavily laden horse stumbled and fell or a cart lost a wheel it is possible that the mass of gold it was carrying would have spilled out across the land and it is not unfeasible that one or two bars may have become embedded in the soft soil and were overlooked.

The caravan may have been fleeing an enemy, thinking it preferable to loose a few gold bars than waste time gathering the spilled gold only to end up loosing the entire convoy”.- from the History of Bezu.

“THE STORY OF THE GERMAN SMELTERS
In 1156, the Templars installed on the plateau of Lauzet, betweenBlanchefort and Rennes-le-Château, a colony of German workers,forbidden to have the slightest contact with the local population.
It was explained that they were exploiting the former gold mine of Blanchefort, but - oddly - they weren't miners but smelters...
This could lead one to guess that they weren't digging, but weretransforming an immense treasure into gold bars; what could be easier thanto hide it in a gallery, at the bottom of a mine!

THE STORY OF THE COUNTERFEITERS OF BEZU
In 1307, the Templars of France were all arrested the same day (13 October). On 2 May 1312, the Order of the Temple was dissolved by a Bull of Pope CLEMENT V.
In 1340, a search by the agents of King CHARLES V at the château of BEZUcaught red-handed, in the process of counterfeiting, the Seigneur Guilhen CATHALA, his wife, and two stooges.
An agent of the King was killed and the others put to flight; given the gravity of the affair, the soldiers had to intervene and arrest the guilty parties.
During this era, counterfeiting could mean making coins that did not contain the required weight in gold, a question of theft; but it could also mean making correct coins without authorisation, which was forbidden. So where did the gold come from?
The affair was not followed up, and the "criminals" were pardoned, becausethe Seigneur de CATHALA was both the son-in-law of the Seigneur de RENNES,and the nephew of Pope BENOIT XII, whose real name was Jacques FOURNIER, a former Cistercian at the monastery of BOULBONNE..”.-from the History of Bezu.

Did German smelters melt down Templar gold from Castle Cabrieres for over a century? Did Eustache know the location of the smelter, the perfect place to hide his treasure near Rennes-le-Chateau? Thanks to the diary of Don Rodrigo de Saenz y Castillon, we have new information about the source of the bricks made of fused Arab gold coins found in the area of Rennes-le-Chateau.

In the Castillon Diary we have an eye witness account of a visit to Rennes-le-Chateau in May of 1900. Don Rodrigo was a newspaper reporter and a diarist who entered Abbe Berenger Sauniere`s private rooms while waiting for refreshments from Marie. There are several statements included which reinforce the findings of other researchers:

“It was obvious that La Diva was somewhat annoyed at this news and also by the not unsurprising (to me anyway) fact that the concierge had no idea as to who she was. La Diva then explained that she was a friend of Father Sauniere from Paris who had travelled a long way to see him and at that we were invited inside and taken into a rather dingy and sparsely furnished parlour where La Diva was installed in the only comfortable looking chair in the room. The concierge offered us some refreshment and bustled off to get it. I looked around the room and opening a door in the inside wall found myself in what must have been the priest's study. It was as poorly furnished as the parlour, a large desk, a bookcase two or three upright chairs and a wall-clock. On the dingy walls besides the usual religious objects, crucifix, statuette of the Virgin, etc. was a large scale map of Rennes and the surrounding countryside with certain locations ringed in red ink and also three well framed prints quite diverse in subject matter and looking somewhat incongruous in the study of a country priest. One was of what appeared to be the Temptation of St. Anthony clearly in the Dutch style but by an artist I did not recognize, the second a portrait of a Pope identified by a label as Celestine V, Saint of whom I then knew nothing and the third Poussin's masterpiece Les Bergers d'Arcadie, closer inspection revealed that this was not in fact a print but a fine copy of the type done regularly in the Louvre by accomplished copyists and would have commanded a fair price. The books in the bookcase from what I could see through the dusty glass doors were mostly devotional works but I also noted Michelet's History of France, Reclus' Universal geography, a history of the Merovingian Kings, Ulfilas' History of the Goths, some treatises on applied mathematics and a Surveyor's Manual. Another door led from this room into what was clearly a storeroom full of crates some open revealing laboratory equipment, piles of books some corded into bundles, a hunting rifle and bandolier, fishing rods and what looked like a surveyor's theodolite and distance measuring staffs. I was about to edge into the room when I heard a voice saying "Pardon Monsieur but Father Sauniere does not like strangers to enter his private rooms." Turning I mumbled an apology of sorts to the concierge and rejoined Madame in the parlour. La Diva looked at me with a wry smile and said "So Rodrigo you now know what curiosity did to the cat but never mind have a glass of Madame Denarnaud's excellent lemonade." The lemonade was indeed excellent and afterwards La Diva expressed a desire to be shown round the Church which she understood to have been recently restored...”

“She said that the church interior was all done to special designs drawn by Father Sauniere adding that he was extremely particular that they were done accurately and that he had sent three back to be corrected. La Diva inspected them with great care but to me they looked merely conventional products of church interior fitters. When we left the church La Diva having declared that she felt quite overcome by the experience and would with Madame Denarnaud's kind indulgence rest a while in the parlour I decided to stroll around the village. After the splendour of the church interior the village, despite the bright Provencal Spring sunshine seemed drabber than before and I could find no building of particular interest there is a chateau but although inhabited it is in a very ruinous state. I eventually found an estaminet of sorts and refreshed myself with a glass of cider and naturally as an outsider I attracted from the few loafers who were in there and there was much audible whispering, in Occitan of course. Then one asked in French, "You sightseeing Mister?" I nodded. "Not much to see though is there?" They all laughed. “You have a beautiful church here,” I replied, “and I had hoped to see Father Sauniere”. "Slippery Sauniere eh weren't he there then? Probably out treasure hunting." More laughter. . “Madame Desnarnaud yes she showed us around.”. "Madame Desnarnaud eh? You mean Black Marie the hatmaker's daughter?."I made no reply. "Did she tell you where the good Father gets his gold from then?""His brother should have had some of that gold Mister, he helped on the church he found the documents that made Sauniere rich,” interjected another. “No,” I said, “we did not discuss that”. "I bet she didn't. Graverobbers that's what those two are did she tell you they tore up the graveyard?" The talk was becoming heated. "Grave robbing and black magic," added another. "You mean he gets gold from base metal," I ventured. "More like from the ground Mister when he goes out with his fancy paraphernalia and his magic umbrella"- more general laughter. "He and she they summon up spirits, old kings and knights they give them knowledge." All this is fascinating gentlemen I said (as indeed it was) seeking to extricate myself which I accomplished by instructing the publican to give them all drinks and providing a generous sum to do it with. I left with shouts of "Here's to you sir, come back soon but not at full moon!" and raucous laughter. I went straight back to the presbytery. Madame Desnarnaud having provided the necessary means La Diva wrote a note for Father Sauniere which she entrusted to that worthy woman and we walked back to the square where with some difficulty we woke Janou from deep slumber and endured a painfully slow journey back to Limoux and, needs must, put up at the Hotel Moderne for the night….”

Don Rodrigo reports that Sauniere had a map of Rennes-le-Chateau on the wall with certain areas circled in red ink. Red ink was used on some of the bottle notes found by Ben Hammott.  Rodrigo also saw the priest`s surveying equipment. The villagers that talked to him related that Sauniere took this equipment on his hikes into the surrounding mountains. Did he use it to site the locations of his messages that he left in buried bottles? They also mentioned that Marie accompanied Sauniere which has been reported by other researchers.

Author Patrice Chaplin stated in her latest book “The Portal” that it was “Sauniere`s task to leave a message in symbol for those to come.”  This refers to the arcane symbolism in his church as well as the notes that he left hidden in wine bottles in the surrounding foothills. According to Patrice, Sauniere was a member of a private society based in northern Spain that provided for the priest and his household and gave him instructions as to his historical mission.

The diary of Don Rodrigo supports the finds of Ben Hammott and the historical information recorded by Patrice Chaplin.

The town of Glastonbury in the Southwest of England is probably the best-known sacred site in the U.K., for it is linked to Jesus, the Holy Grail, and King Arthur.

Tradition holds that Joseph of Arimathea, the uncle of Jesus, came to Glastonbury in 37 A.D., bringing with him the chalice from the Last Supper, the same goblet he used to capture drops of Jesus’ blood on Calvary. Legend says Joseph stuck his walking stick into the ground where it later bloomed into a hawthorn tree. Following divine instruction, Joseph buried the Grail at the foot of what is now called Chalice Hill. He is also said to have built the first Christian church in Britain.

Whether or not these legends are based on historic facts or are merely myths, there is much in present-day Glastonbury to inspire spiritually-minded visitors.

High atop the hill called Glastonbury Tor stands St. Michael’s Tower, the remains of a 14^thcentury church. The Tor itself may be one of the most ancient pilgrimage sites in the land. Traces of a labyrinth dug into the hillside have been dated to the Neolithic era. It is widely held that, 2,000 to 3,000 years before Christianity, followers of the Great Goddess would make the spiritual walk, following the intricate, winding path up the hill. Even today’s modern pilgrims come to absorb the terrestrial energy from Mother Earth and the celestial power from above.

In the heart of the town are the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey. Once among the most powerful and rich of medieval abbeys, it was closed by decree of King Henry VIII in 1539. It is believed that, just before closing, its greatest treasures were buried by monks in secret tunnels under Glastonbury Tor.

The ruins that can now be seen date from the 13^th, 14^thand 15^thcenturies. A fire destroyed an earlier Abbey in 1184. In 1190, during re-building, two Dark Ages coffins were discovered, along with a metal cross bearing the Latin inscription “Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur in the Isle of Avalon.” The male and female remains were re-buried, and the site of King Arthur’s Tomb is now a popular shrine in the center of the Abbey grounds.

Between the foot of Glastonbury Tor and Chalice Hill lies Chalice Well. It was here, legend says, Joseph hid the Grail, after which the natural spring water turned blood red. In reality, the water’s reddish tint is caused by a high content of iron. For centuries the water’s healing power has been widely proclaimed. In 1754 a Matthew Chancellor declared he had been miraculously cured after drinking water from Chalice Well. A Pilgrim’s Bath was created so visitors could immerse themselves, and numerous healings of various kinds were reported.

Adorning Chalice Well and its nearby garden is the vesica pisces. This pre-Christian symbol, formed by two overlapping circles, became the basis for the Christian fish emblem. The twin circles represent the yin and yang, the sacred blending of feminine and masculine energy, as well as the intersection of the conscious with the unconscious worlds.

The famous Glastonbury thorn tree may still be seen in the Abbey grounds, in front of St. Patrick’s Chapel. The tree was cut down during the Puritan Movement, when it was judged it as a superstition, but cuttings of the original tree were taken by monks, who carefully nurtured them. The current thorn tree grew from those cuttings.

With its tor, abbey, well and thorn tree, Glastonbury offers visitors a rich array of sacred sites that connect us with both history and legend. But there is one deeper connection with the past for which no visible relic remains. Some people believe Christ Himself visited Glastonbury when He was young. His uncle Joseph was a trader, who is believed to have come to Somerset to barter for tin. His nephew Jesus may have accompanied him on such a journey. It was this apocryphal holy visit that inspired William Blake in 1804 to write the poem that would later become the hymn “Jerusalem.”

And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

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 Rennes Chateau: Mary Magdalene the one Jesus loved the most

by Carolyn Shield

Mary Magdalene plays a major role this past week in the Easter story of Jesus's  Resurrection. She is the first one that Jesus appears to after he rises from the dead. He doesn't appear to Peter, John, James his brother, or even his mother. He appears to the one who he loves the most Mary Magdalene. She followed him through his journeys and supported his cause financially. She is at the Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection. Pope John Paul II has called her the "Apostle to the Apostles". She is named fourteen times in the bible more than most of the apostles. Magdalene is mentioned more than Mother Mary in the bible. Jesus cured her of a serious illness and as a result saved her life. Her bravery is outstanding when compared with Saint Peter. It is Saint Augustine who said "it was the Holy Spirit who made  Magdalene the Apostle of the Apostles." We are lucky to have the Gospel of Mary Magdalene which she tells the Apostles secret teachings Jesus taught her. Jesus teaches a woman and then this woman teaches his Apostles. It is another terrific part of the story. No more Magdalene carries the false label of the prostitute but not an equal to the Apostles. Many can debate if she is seated next to Jesus in Da Vinci's Last Supper. It is her actions that speak for themselves. She has earned the right to be seated with the Apostles.

http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0506.asp

At  Rennes Chateau in France Mary Magdalene carries a cross and holds a urn.  On the cross she  bears is  a five pointed star. The five pointed star is the symbol of Venus. Titian has a painting called Venus with Mirror. The two cherubs are there holding her mirror.

Hit the link to see the Rennes Chateau image of Mary Magdalene carrying the cross below her feet are two cherubs. In the mirror the eye of the goddess Venus is older and more wrinkled. She will be crowned by roses which have thorns. In the mirror do we see the all seeing eye of the goddess peering back at her. The Egyptian all seeing eye of the goddess Wedjet known as green one and the Greeks called it "risen one".

http://benhammott.com/mary-magdalene-skull-book-text.html

Poussin self portrait in the background is the beautiful profile crowned with a gold crown with the all seeing eye in it. Poussin was said to possess many secrets. It is interesting that he included in his self portrait a goddess with an all seeing eye in her crown.

Titian Pieta is his last painting. In the painting we see Mary Magdalene with two cherubs one above and the other below. A woman carrying the cross crowned with rose crown of thorns. She was a Cumaen Sibyl who predicted the coming of the savior.

It is interesting that the cherubs under Magdalene  at Rennes Chateau are pointing down and one wonders if there is a crypt under the church. The cherubs are seen in many paintings dealing with the burial of Christ.  Bourdon, Poussin, Titian, and others have placed the cherubs with Magdalene and the other women at Jesus grave. These women who came to Jesus's grave possibly had children. The cherubs in the paintings maybe a symbol representing the children of the Holy Family or children of Jerusalem. Luke 23:28-31 says

"Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us'. For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

It doesn't surprise me that Venus the goddess of Love whose symbol is the five pointed star would be connected to Mary Magdalene. It could be the reason for the symbol on the tree cross that she carries. Venus symbol has a cross in it for its astrological symbol. It is connected to the Ankh. The key of life to the Egyptians connected to Isis and eternal life. 

Venus retrogrades every 584 days (19 months) making five retrograde points around the Sun. After eight years, Venus forms a five-pointed star in the sky. Ishtar and Astarte carry the jar of life and so Mary Magdalene carries her jar . Mark 14:3 talks about the woman with the alabaster jar. The jar the Egyptians used for the funeral rites. It seems the symbolic connections with Magdalene and Venus makes sense. She loved Jesus with such passion and he loved her by showing his resurrected self first to her. It is all about the power of  love and that is what Venus and Isis is all about.

At the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is a wooden panel which depicts the life of Christ. A panel depicts the Wedding of Cana. Three people have halos one is Jesus another is a woman who sits next to Jesus. . Is she Mother Mary or possibly Magdalene?One wonders who the fellow next to Jesus who has a halo too? Is he Jesus brother? Is he the bride's father? Is he the bride's groom? The lady next to him does not have a halo and she is darker skinned than the others. She does wear a gold crown and her hair is not covered. I'm interested to hear what other people think of this interpretation of the Wedding of Cana especially the saint next to Jesus. The French had a oral tradition which said Mary Magdalene came to France by boat with other saints. She brought with her the dark servant girl Sara the Egyptian. Napoleon made the Paris coats of arms the five pointed star and the ship who brought Isis to the city called Paris. It is interesting the similar story of Isis and Magdalene coming by boat to France.  Napoleon created the Arch de Triumph as a symbol of Isis and her star Sirius. Isis was devoted and loved Osiris very much. I could see how Magdalene and the story of Isis could be similar. What do you think?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fusniak/talisman/articles/isisofparis.html

http://www.thestarhouse.org/MMWho.html

http://www.steeppath.com/article.php?ID=1

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Esoteric-Symbology-3874/2008/10/tell-mythology-symbolism-behind.htm

Berenger Sauniere and Emma Calve – How did they meet and were they members of a Secret Society?

"The Masonic collar of Abbe Berenger Sauniere, found among his possessions" - that`s the antique green collar. The blue collars are modern collars of Memphis-Mizraim, the single one is a Grand Master collar like his. The room is the Lodge of Memphis-Mizraim at Versallies.

Rennes-le-Chateau researcher Gerard de Sede wrote that “No one will ever know exactly how the Abbe Berenger Sauniere and opera diva Emma Calve met one another.” De Sede had interviewed those related to the mystery who had known the original RLC players in person. La Diva was the queen of the occult in her time, were she and Sauniere involved with the same secret society? Author Patrice Chaplin has written much about the relationship between these two at Sauniere`s retreat in Girona, northern Spain along with information regarding the Girona Rosicrucian-based “private society” and their activities throughout the history of the region which goes back to the Templars. Her findings will enlighten us on this subject.

The diary of Rodrigo de Saenz de Castillon describes the meeting of the priest and the opera singer in Paris during the year of 1893 (de Sede thought that they had met in 1891):

18 May “After the departure of her guests and also JB her manager and eminence grise and ? - who had urgent business in Paris (Another and younger mistress Leconte whispered to me gleefully as he too left for the railway station in Millau.) La Diva declared herself to be in need of a little holiday and put it to me that as I was obviously in no hurry to return to Paris or anywhere else that I accompany her on a tour of the South with a visit to a most interesting priest with whom she had become acquainted in 1893 in Paris. They met in the Church of St. Sulpice where she often goes to hear Mass. He introduced himself saying that he was a devotee of the opera. He also gave evidence that he is an initiate of the Craft. Delighted she invited him to one of her soirees and they have kept up some sort of correspondence since. This priest Sauniere holds the benefice of some backwoods place called Rennes le Chateau deep in the Languedoc. All that part of the Languedoc is, according to La Diva steeped in history, mystery, supernatural happenings, a cradle of kings, a refuge for Cathars and Templars with hoards of hidden treasure waiting to be discovered in undiscovered caves and grottoes and powerful occult secrets too waiting to empower those who can uncover and interpret them, to those who can decipher certain clues hidden in nature and man-made structures and monuments also. She told me all this as we took our ease that warm drowsy spring afternoon on the lawn at the foot of the castle walls. It would appear that this curé is a man with a special gift for divining such things something akin perhaps to a dowser or water diviner and that he is also a man with a SECRET. I emphasize this because La Diva put plenty of emphasis on it as she told it to me. She would not explain further as to what this SECRET might be no, not even to me a fellow Martinist and Traveller in the Path. Does she know what it is?”

Here Don Rodrigo reveals that he and Emma were Martinists. This was no mere fad for Don Rodrigo, his great uncle was one of the founders of Martinism and was with Martinez de Pasqually in the Carribean with the other members of Elus Cohen who formulated the doctrine of the sect. Could this connection explain the Masonic regalia discovered with the possessions of Abbe Sauniere?

The research of Patrice Chaplin in northern Spain outlines the basic tenets of the esoteric group who practiced undercover for generations. It contains Kabbalistic elements which include Egyptian names and references. Kabbalists of the Jewish tradition use no Egyptian references because their ancestors were held prisoner as slaves in Egypt. Also, the Kabbalah diagrams drawn by the Rosicrucians utilize only the Hebrew names on the Tree of the Sephiroth, there are no Egyptian terms used. From whence does this combined tradition of the Hebrew and Egyptian originate? Is it a branch of Freemasonry?

The Martinist Lodge still exists. Using the information from the Castillon diary, we know that Emma and Rodrigo were Martinists. Sauniere`s name has been found on a sign-in sheet of a 19^th c. Martinist meeting in Lyon. Emma also makes mention of the priest belonging to this sect.

Modern day Martinists are a branch of the Memphis-Mizraim Lodge of Freemasonry, these are both Egyptian names. “Memphis” is of course a famous city in Egypt and “Mizraim” is the family from which the Egyptians descend in the “Table of Nations” from Genesis 10 in the Bible. Examination of present-day Martinist masonic collars reveals the insignias of the structured Masonic offices. The collar owned by Sauniere is that of the Grand Master!

It is rumored that Sauniere was a high-ranking Freemason and this proves it. He was Grand Master of the local Lodge of Memphis-Mizraim Freemasonry and a Martinist.

Does this mean that the private society in Girona and their journey of initiation is Martinist in origin? They are very secretive due to the opposition of the Roman church over the centuries. At least we have discovered the group to which Emma and Berenger belonged thanks to the diary of Don Rodrigo.

Do you believe in synchronicity? I do because it happens to me often. I believe that everything is connected and there are  no coincidences. It is called the mystery of chance.

"Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events, that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner. The concept of synchronicity was first described by SwisspsychologistCarl Gustav Jung in the 1920s"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

A friend just traveled to Rennes Chateau and recently took a picture of Berenger Sauniere's official priest regalia. It is the priest vestment he wears for service. On the vestments of Sauniere was the symbol of the maple leaf. Sauniere was the mysterious priest of Rennes Chateau who came into a fortune of which he later lost. He built the beautiful Rennes Chateau with his fortune. Noel Corbu a later owner of Rennes Chateau talked about the legend of the lost treasure of Blanche Castile. She had her treasure buried because her son Saint Louis IX was a hostage in the Holy Land. She was of ill health and buried her treasure. Some believe that Sauniere found the treasure or secrets about a treasure brought by the Crusader knights from the Holy land entrusted to Saint Louis IX care. The Nova Scotia legends of how knights came to the land long ago with the Vikings have been suggested by many writers. The Mic Mac Indians have legends that talk of the Red Bearded one coming from a land far away. The Oak Island legend and Money pit is one of them.

Sauniere's official Priest regalia locate Rennes Chateau Museum

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/8113/p1010287l.jpg

thanks to Nic for going to Rennes Museum and bringing back this awesome picture.

The maple leaf is an interesting symbol on Sauniere's vestments because it was the symbol for Canada in his time. In fact the Maple leaf goes back into the 1700's as the symbol for Canada. It was the Maple tree that yielded up the treasure of maple syrup. The Indians lived off the syrup. The French settlers showed the Indians how to make it into sugar. On the vestments another  symbol is a vine with grapes which has many meanings. One is the wine which is connected to Jesus at the Last supper "take this and drink for this is my blood". It may indicate a bloodline of what the Hebrews called the "Chosen People".  It means abundance and rebirth. It has a serpentine motion in which it weaves toward the sun.

Another symbol is the gold rose. The rose is a symbol of keeping a secret. Sauniere did just that kept a mysterious secret. Romans would place a rose by the door for confidential meetings. The rose was the favorite flower of the goddesses such as Isis and Venus. The Virgin Mary often is connected with the rose. Our Lady visions of Knock Lourdes and Fatima have connections with the rose. Mary Magdalene was connected with the rose in the movie Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Mary Magdalene was a favorite of Sauniere because he built her chapel dedicated to her. A hymn to the Virgin of Monteserrat

begins with the words: "Rosa d’abril, Morena de la serra..." (April rose, tanned lady of the mountain chain...). Therefore this virgin is sometimes known as “Rosa d’abril”.

^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_%28symbolism%29}

^{The symbol IHS which has the meaning in hoc signo vinces}. It means

"in this sign you will conquer". Sauniere has these words in Magdalene chapel at Rennes Chateau under the four archangels who stand above the demon . The symbol was found in the catacombs. It has connections with the Tetragrammaton.  Other Sauniere regalia
 bears the Tetragrammaton.

Hit the link for the view of Sauniere's regalia

http://andrewgough.co.uk/Saunieres-Regalia.jpg

The Sauniere connection with Canada goes with a ship which bears his name. It is located in Canada. It bears the Templar Cross or Cross Patee and a bear. It stands next to the Halifax. Is this a interesting synchronicity? I found the ship after noticing the maple leaf on his regalia. Here she is the Sauniere

hit the link for a view of the Sauniere

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=316047000

Another link

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/fullscreen.php?lid=1050031

She is due to be scrapped but she sailed the Great Lake region

In the Rennes Chateau mystery is a connection of Saint Sulpice. In Canada lies the seminary of Saint Sulpice founded in New France in 1657 and is one of the oldest buildings in Canada. It is located in Montreal next to the beautiful Basilica Notre Dame Montreal.

Scroll down and see the beautiful pictures of the Basilica

http://www.basiliquenddm.org/en/basilica/pictures.aspx

The Tetragrammaton which is the triangle with Yahweh written in the middle or has the all seeing eye. It is above the pulpit in gold. The lamb lies on the altar of Jacob to be sacrificed. The Last Supper is in gold under the altar which is based on Da Vinci's Last supper. It is similar to the Ursuline convent chapel Our Lady of Prompt Succour which also has Da Vinci's Last Supper carved in marble below the altar. It is here Bishop Dubourg trained at the Sulpician Seminary in Paris lived with the Ursuline Sisters in New Orleans. The Cajuns were the Acadiens who left Nova Scotia in the Great Expulsion. They came to New France from Old France bringing their myths and legends with them.

The Sauniere family may have  a history connected to the Acadiens and Louisiana.

Below is a link of the Acadien family Sonnier and Saulnier sometimes people changed their name when they came to the New France just slightly

Hit the link to see the Acadien family history

http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-SONNIER.htm

It appears that Sauniere may have known of his family ties in Canada or the legends connected with Nova Scotia and New France. Do you believe in synchronicity? I do?

Rennes-le-Chateau Mysteries: The Centurion Stone, was it carved by Sauniere or is it more ancient?

While hiking in the rough mountainous area surrounding Rennes-le-Chateau, Ben Hammott and his team came upon a carved stone near the rock formation known as “The Centurion” which looks like a helmet. They didn`t know what to make of it, but they supposed it to be one of the rocks carved by the Abbe Berenger Sauniere. Unlike the other stones, this one was not a clue that pointed to a message in a bottle.

Like the controversial “Crista” artifact, the Centurion stone design bears the serpentine form of the Caduceus. In ancient Israel, the serpent on the staff of Moses evolved into an object of worship called the “Nehushtan” which was eventually destroyed by King Hezekiah. Perhaps the Crista, with its fearsome reputation is a form of the Nehushtan - an artifact of the Hebrews would carry a powerful reputation similar to that of the Ark of the Covenant. Is the Centurion stone related to the symbol of the serpent on the staff as well? This design symbolizes medicine and it is also an important Hermetic sigil as the Staff of Hermes himself – the winged Caduceus. 

The number 4 was originally the mark of Hermes before it was adopted by the Catholic Church as the sign of  the “making of the cross” when crossing oneself. As the sigil of Hermes it signifies the 4 directions and the crossroads. The emblem on the stone uses the 4. Is it a Catholic or a Hermetic reference? Those who believe that Sauniere carved the Centurion stone would interpret it as a Catholic sign, while others might consider the 4 to be Templar Hermetic mark.

Thanks to a Swiss member Arcadia Forum there is another example of this design on a beautiful family crest. The insignia is set on a gold background between parted red draperies. At the top are the crescent moon and a gold star. It is the exact same symbol but on the crest it points upwards. Does this indicate that a branch of the Languedoc Templars migrated to Switzerland?

 Does the “S” on the carving stand for the “South” and the Templar connection to Girona, Spain? We know from the Castillon diary that the Templar treasure of Castle Cabrieres was intended for transport to Girona in the south during the battles faced by the Templar Knights against the forces of the Pope and the King of France. The Templars did have a strong connection to the south over the Pyranees Mountains in Girona, Spain.

On the gold crest, the crossbar of the 4 ends in another small cross which makes it the Cross of Hermes, a definite Hermetic reference. The Soldiers of the Temple, the Templars, had learned Hermeticism in the Holy Land during the Crusades. In light of the sigil on the heraldic emblem being so similar, I would say that the carving on the Centurion stone is of Templar origin,

Thanks to Ben Hammott we have an example of this insignia at Rennes-le-Chateau on the Centurion stone. The similarity to the lovely gold crest supports Ben`s discoveries.

A geometric sigil is not the usual heraldic device. The one on the golden crest is similar to the carving on the Centurion stone found in the Rennes-le-Chateau area by Ben Hammott and his team. The sigil on the stone and the shield are shown pointing to one another in the collage below, do they illustrate the joining of the North and the South so important to the private esoteric society in 19th c. Girona, Spain?

The book “City of Secrets” by Patrice Chaplin tells of the connection of the Abbe Berenger Sauniere of Rennes-le-Chateau church to the city of Girona in the south. He made visits to Girona whenever possible and he used the 19th c. tower near the Girona Cathedral as a directional model for his own tower which he built on his parish hilltop.

The Girona tower was a part of the House of the Canons which was his home away from home.

It was believed by the private Rosicrucian society to which Sauniere belonged, that the connection between the two towers created a vibrational dimension that could be used to create a portal to the spirit realm and to visions of the past – a form of time-travel as it were.

Both the sigil on the Centurion stone (fig. E) and on the gold shield (fig. C) contain the Hermetic “4”, the ancient sign of the god of the crossroads and of the 4 directions. They also both display the serpentine “S” on the staff reminiscent of the medicine staff of Moses in the wilderness and also of the wand of Hermes, the Caduceus.

It is of interest that the upward-pointing arrow on the shield appears to be a compass pointer with the “S” for “south” pointing to the north. This is reminiscent of the method used by Ben Hammott with the direction clues left by Sauniere. Ben found nothing following the pointing arrows, but when he explored in the opposite direction, he found the messages in the bottles left buried by Sauniere.

Hermetic marks are indicative of the Templar Crusaders who once occupied the area of S. France and N. Spain. The Templars had learned of the Hermetic wisdom of the Greeks from the Moslem scholars (captors) in the Holy Land. Greek wisdom had been preserved in Arabic and passed onto the Europeans though the Templars. This newly discovered ancient Greek wisdom caused the European Renaissance.

Both the Hermetic "4" and the Caduceus "S" are Hermetic marks. Another obvious sign of the Crusades is the large gold crescent and star on the golden shield (fig. C). Knights who battled the Moslem Saracen troops in the Middle East often used the sign of the Moslem crescent in their heraldry. The gold crescent moon is displayed on a field of red which is a drapery. Heavy red drapes where used in the palace of the pope.

In the collage of Hermetic devices there are five examples of the Hermetic 4 Cross. The top left is the sign itself (fig. A). Below that is a crest from Limoux, France near Rennes-le-Chateau. This crest is located in an Anglican (Episcopalian English) establishment in Limoux as a wall decoration (fig.B). It utilizes the upside-down 4 of the Hermetic Cross at the base with the “X” for the crossroads. Above on the upper part of the vertical is the double bar of the Cross of Lorraine. This cross is said to originate from the surveying device used by the Templars – the staff with the double-bar.

The carved stone crest at the bottom of the page (fig.D) is from the Renaissance when the Hermetic 4 Cross was used by the printing industry. This is a guild crest of a printer in Venice, Italy.

The final example is one of the clue stones (above) carved by the Abbe Berenger Sauniere and discovered by Ben Hammott through the subliminal clues left by Sauniere in the redecoration of his church. Berenger Sauniere, “BS”, carved his initials in this rock and he also used the Hermetic 4 with the X at the base and a small cross on the crossbar of the 4.

The Centurion stone (fig.E) is also thought to have been carved by Sauniere, but its similarity to the sigil on the gold crest suggests an earlier, perhaps Templar, origin. The Castillon diary is evidence of the Templar connection to Girona – the gold from the Templar castle Cabrieres in S. France was intended to travel to Girona, Spain for safe-keeping.

Does the sigil on the gold crest  prove that the bond between the hoped-for Templar state in S. France and N. Spain existed? As an heraldic shield device, the sigil on the golden crest is totally unique. 

I have been researching the Rennes Chateau Mystery and the connection to the Acadians of Nova Scotia . We have very few picture of Abbe Berenger Sauniere,

Here is the link to one of his few pictures

http://www.templaricavalieri.it/images/rennes_le_chateau_berenger_sauniere_03.gif

You see above Berenger Sauniere's regalia and he has a triangle that points down which has two tassels hanging. I have already written on a past article about how Sauniere on his other regalia had the symbol for the Tetragrammaton withing a triangle on another vestment worn by Sauniere. It is located and can be seen at the Rennes Chateau museum. It seems Pope John the XXIII had a pectoral cross with the triangle with the all seeing eye on it. It is seen in cathedrals like Saint Germaine in France.It is surrounded by cubes.

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Saint Germaine's stained glassTetragrammaton

Pope John XXIII and his pectoral cross

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Here is a link to see the golden triangle with the letters of the Tetragrammaton

http://www.gloriaamendola.com/alchemy/image/dsc01786.jpg

In the tetragrammaton the four letters that is the name of God is written in the center of the triangle. YHWH is written in the bible as the name that must be spoken with great reverence.

The triangle with the all seeing eye is used as a mystical symbol for many different groups such as the Freemasons, Scottish Rite, and Roisicrucians.

Old Saint Louis Cathedral in Saint Louis photo by Carol Shield

A document at the cathedral brought a interesting connection with Rennes Chateau. A group of Osage Indians came to Saint Louis and requested from Bishop DuBourg missionaries to come teach their people. Out of the four only two survived the disease of the city which the Indians had no immune system to protect them. The two Indians that died were baptized and given their last rites by a priest named Father Saulnier. The Saulnier family in genealogy goes back to a ancient Perigord region family. Armand Perigord was a Grandmaster of the Knights Templar. It formed the northern part of the region of Aquitaine.  In heraldry, they are connected to the Sauniere family. It seems the Saulnier family were from Nova Scotia and New Orleans. They are listed in the Acadian genealogy families. Below is the document found at the Saint Louis Cathedral in Saint Louis telling us of Father Saulnier.

Photo by Carol Shield

Bishop Dubourg was trained at Saint Sulpice began by Ollier who was friends with Saint Vincent DePaul. Ollier and Vincent De Paul were close friends. Dubourg family came for a ancient Lanquedoc family. Dubourg was eventually buried at Besacon Cathedral in France home of the Shroud of Turin before stolen. Another ArchBishop dubourg was buried at Bensacon. Bensacon cathedral has the coincidence of having two DuBourg Bishops buried there. Another Cardinal Dubourg is buried at the Cathedral at Rennes. The Dubourg family has definite connections to the French Catholic Church.

Another coincidence is at the cathedral is a picture that has connections with the Priory of Sion group talked about in the book Holy Blood Holy Grail by Lincoln Baigent and Leigh. It was a group also referenced in the book DaVinci Code by Dan Brown.

In the church is a replica of the painting by Crucifixion by Diego Velázquez

http://www.sanjeev.net/scanopia/diego-rodriguez-de-silva-velazquez/the-crucifixion.jpg

DuPlantier states in Priory documents that this painting is an object of meditation. One thing interesting in this picture is the plaque above Jesus head. "Jesus of Nazarene King of the Jews" is written in Greek Aramaic and Latin. The word Nazarene is important since the word Nazareth is often used. The Nazarenes may have lived in a another area different from Quamran where the Essenes lived. It states here that Jesus was a Nazarene.

The first picture of Sauniere shows him wearing his vestments and a triangle forms over his heart with two tassels hanging down. Saint Vincent De Paul is seen wearing the same triangle tied by a cord.

Saint Vincent De Paul at Saint Martin of Tours at Martinville LA photo by Carol Shield

Saint Vincent De Paul Society is connected with the Saint Louis Cathedral in Saint Louis helping to build it. Pope Pius the X is also shown having the triangle pointing downwards in his regalia. Abbe Sauniere has his also tied in the same fashion. The number four plays a significant part of the Rennes Mystery. The triangle with the tassels hanging down  on Sauniere chest maybe the symbol for the number four. At the Magdalene Chapel are four angels representing the four archangels, four cardinal points, four elements, and four Royal stars Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius, and Taurus. The angels are making the sign of the cross.

The triangle pointing downward has a connection with the The Shield of the Trinity which dates back to the 1100's. It is a triangle pointing downward with the Tetragrammaton in the middle. It was produced by a Petrus Alfonsi a former Jew converted to Catholicism. Mathew Paris in the 1200's reproduced a Crusader knight holding a shield in the form of a triangle thus called "The Shield of Trinity."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Alphonsi

The number 4 and I'll repeat 4 4 4 if tilted is a triangle pointing downwards with two tassels. It is the symbol of four plus three which equals the holy number seven. The triangle pointed down in connection with Saint Vincent relates to the sixth Beatitude

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God
Matthew 5:8

The mystery still continues.

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In the Castillon Diary we have an eye witness account of a visit to Rennes-le-Chateau in May of 1900. Don Rodrigo was a newspaper reporter and a diarist who entered Abbe Berenger Sauniere`s private rooms while waiting for refreshments from Marie. There are several statements included which reinforce the findings of other researchers:

“It was obvious that La Diva was somewhat annoyed at this news and also by the not unsurprising (to me anyway) fact that the concierge had no idea as to who she was. La Diva then explained that she was a friend of Father Sauniere from Paris who had travelled a long way to see him and at that we were invited inside and taken into a rather dingy and sparsely furnished parlour where La Diva was installed in the only comfortable looking chair in the room. The concierge offered us some refreshment and bustled off to get it. I looked around the room and opening a door in the inside wall found myself in what must have been the priest's study. It was as poorly furnished as the parlour, a large desk, a bookcase two or three upright chairs and a wall-clock. On the dingy walls besides the usual religious objects, crucifix, statuette of the Virgin, etc. was a large scale map of Rennes and the surrounding countryside with certain locations ringed in red ink and also three well framed prints quite diverse in subject matter and looking somewhat incongruous in the study of a country priest. One was of what appeared to be the Temptation of St. Anthony clearly in the Dutch style but by an artist I did not recognize, the second a portrait of a Pope identified by a label as Celestine V, Saint of whom I then knew nothing and the third Poussin's masterpiece Les Bergers d'Arcadie, closer inspection revealed that this was not in fact a print but a fine copy of the type done regularly in the Louvre by accomplished copyists and would have commanded a fair price. The books in the bookcase from what I could see through the dusty glass doors were mostly devotional works but I also noted Michelet's History of France, Reclus' Universal geography, a history of the Merovingian Kings, Ulfilas' History of the Goths, some treatises on applied mathematics and a Surveyor's Manual. Another door led from this room into what was clearly a storeroom full of crates some open revealing laboratory equipment, piles of books some corded into bundles, a hunting rifle and bandolier, fishing rods and what looked like a surveyor's theodolite and distance measuring staffs. I was about to edge into the room when I heard a voice saying "Pardon Monsieur but Father Sauniere does not like strangers to enter his private rooms." Turning I mumbled an apology of sorts to the concierge and rejoined Madame in the parlour. La Diva looked at me with a wry smile and said "So Rodrigo you now know what curiosity did to the cat but never mind have a glass of Madame Denarnaud's excellent lemonade." The lemonade was indeed excellent and afterwards La Diva expressed a desire to be shown round the Church which she understood to have been recently restored...”

“She said that the church interior was all done to special designs drawn by Father Sauniere adding that he was extremely particular that they were done accurately and that he had sent three back to be corrected. La Diva inspected them with great care but to me they looked merely conventional products of church interior fitters. When we left the church La Diva having declared that she felt quite overcome by the experience and would with Madame Denarnaud's kind indulgence rest a while in the parlour I decided to stroll around the village. After the splendour of the church interior the village, despite the bright Provencal Spring sunshine seemed drabber than before and I could find no building of particular interest there is a chateau but although inhabited it is in a very ruinous state. I eventually found an estaminet of sorts and refreshed myself with a glass of cider and naturally as an outsider I attracted from the few loafers who were in there and there was much audible whispering, in Occitan of course. Then one asked in French, "You sightseeing Mister?" I nodded. "Not much to see though is there?" They all laughed. “You have a beautiful church here,” I replied, “and I had hoped to see Father Sauniere”. "Slippery Sauniere eh weren't he there then? Probably out treasure hunting." More laughter. . “Madame Desnarnaud yes she showed us around.”. "Madame Desnarnaud eh? You mean Black Marie the hatmaker's daughter?."I made no reply. "Did she tell you where the good Father gets his gold from then?""His brother should have had some of that gold Mister, he helped on the church he found the documents that made Sauniere rich,” interjected another. “No,” I said, “we did not discuss that”. "I bet she didn't. Graverobbers that's what those two are did she tell you they tore up the graveyard?" The talk was becoming heated. "Grave robbing and black magic," added another. "You mean he gets gold from base metal," I ventured. "More like from the ground Mister when he goes out with his fancy paraphernalia and his magic umbrella"- more general laughter. "He and she they summon up spirits, old kings and knights they give them knowledge." All this is fascinating gentlemen I said (as indeed it was) seeking to extricate myself which I accomplished by instructing the publican to give them all drinks and providing a generous sum to do it with. I left with shouts of "Here's to you sir, come back soon but not at full moon!" and raucous laughter. I went straight back to the presbytery. Madame Desnarnaud having provided the necessary means La Diva wrote a note for Father Sauniere which she entrusted to that worthy woman and we walked back to the square where with some difficulty we woke Janou from deep slumber and endured a painfully slow journey back to Limoux and, needs must, put up at the Hotel Moderne for the night….”

Don Rodrigo reports that Sauniere had a map of Rennes-le-Chateau on the wall with certain areas circled in red ink. Red ink was used on some of the bottle notes found by Ben Hammott.  Rodrigo also saw the priest`s surveying equipment. The villagers that talked to him related that Sauniere took this equipment on his hikes into the surrounding mountains. Did he use it to site the locations of his messages that he left in buried bottles? They also mentioned that Marie accompanied Sauniere which has been reported by other researchers.

Author Patrice Chaplin stated in her latest book “The Portal” that it was “Sauniere`s task to leave a message in symbol for those to come.”  This refers to the arcane symbolism in his church as well as the notes that he left hidden in wine bottles in the surrounding foothills. According to Patrice, Sauniere was a member of a private society based in northern Spain that provided for the priest and his household and gave him instructions as to his historical mission.

The diary of Don Rodrigo supports the finds of Ben Hammott and the historical information recorded by Patrice Chaplin.

The town of Glastonbury in the Southwest of England is probably the best-known sacred site in the U.K., for it is linked to Jesus, the Holy Grail, and King Arthur.

Tradition holds that Joseph of Arimathea, the uncle of Jesus, came to Glastonbury in 37 A.D., bringing with him the chalice from the Last Supper, the same goblet he used to capture drops of Jesus’ blood on Calvary. Legend says Joseph stuck his walking stick into the ground where it later bloomed into a hawthorn tree. Following divine instruction, Joseph buried the Grail at the foot of what is now called Chalice Hill. He is also said to have built the first Christian church in Britain.

Whether or not these legends are based on historic facts or are merely myths, there is much in present-day Glastonbury to inspire spiritually-minded visitors.

High atop the hill called Glastonbury Tor stands St. Michael’s Tower, the remains of a 14^thcentury church. The Tor itself may be one of the most ancient pilgrimage sites in the land. Traces of a labyrinth dug into the hillside have been dated to the Neolithic era. It is widely held that, 2,000 to 3,000 years before Christianity, followers of the Great Goddess would make the spiritual walk, following the intricate, winding path up the hill. Even today’s modern pilgrims come to absorb the terrestrial energy from Mother Earth and the celestial power from above.

In the heart of the town are the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey. Once among the most powerful and rich of medieval abbeys, it was closed by decree of King Henry VIII in 1539. It is believed that, just before closing, its greatest treasures were buried by monks in secret tunnels under Glastonbury Tor.

The ruins that can now be seen date from the 13^th, 14^thand 15^thcenturies. A fire destroyed an earlier Abbey in 1184. In 1190, during re-building, two Dark Ages coffins were discovered, along with a metal cross bearing the Latin inscription “Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur in the Isle of Avalon.” The male and female remains were re-buried, and the site of King Arthur’s Tomb is now a popular shrine in the center of the Abbey grounds.

Between the foot of Glastonbury Tor and Chalice Hill lies Chalice Well. It was here, legend says, Joseph hid the Grail, after which the natural spring water turned blood red. In reality, the water’s reddish tint is caused by a high content of iron. For centuries the water’s healing power has been widely proclaimed. In 1754 a Matthew Chancellor declared he had been miraculously cured after drinking water from Chalice Well. A Pilgrim’s Bath was created so visitors could immerse themselves, and numerous healings of various kinds were reported.

Adorning Chalice Well and its nearby garden is the vesica pisces. This pre-Christian symbol, formed by two overlapping circles, became the basis for the Christian fish emblem. The twin circles represent the yin and yang, the sacred blending of feminine and masculine energy, as well as the intersection of the conscious with the unconscious worlds.

The famous Glastonbury thorn tree may still be seen in the Abbey grounds, in front of St. Patrick’s Chapel. The tree was cut down during the Puritan Movement, when it was judged it as a superstition, but cuttings of the original tree were taken by monks, who carefully nurtured them. The current thorn tree grew from those cuttings.

With its tor, abbey, well and thorn tree, Glastonbury offers visitors a rich array of sacred sites that connect us with both history and legend. But there is one deeper connection with the past for which no visible relic remains. Some people believe Christ Himself visited Glastonbury when He was young. His uncle Joseph was a trader, who is believed to have come to Somerset to barter for tin. His nephew Jesus may have accompanied him on such a journey. It was this apocryphal holy visit that inspired William Blake in 1804 to write the poem that would later become the hymn “Jerusalem.”

And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

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 Rennes Chateau: Mary Magdalene the one Jesus loved the most

by Carolyn Shield

Mary Magdalene plays a major role this past week in the Easter story of Jesus's  Resurrection. She is the first one that Jesus appears to after he rises from the dead. He doesn't appear to Peter, John, James his brother, or even his mother. He appears to the one who he loves the most Mary Magdalene. She followed him through his journeys and supported his cause financially. She is at the Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection. Pope John Paul II has called her the "Apostle to the Apostles". She is named fourteen times in the bible more than most of the apostles. Magdalene is mentioned more than Mother Mary in the bible. Jesus cured her of a serious illness and as a result saved her life. Her bravery is outstanding when compared with Saint Peter. It is Saint Augustine who said "it was the Holy Spirit who made  Magdalene the Apostle of the Apostles." We are lucky to have the Gospel of Mary Magdalene which she tells the Apostles secret teachings Jesus taught her. Jesus teaches a woman and then this woman teaches his Apostles. It is another terrific part of the story. No more Magdalene carries the false label of the prostitute but not an equal to the Apostles. Many can debate if she is seated next to Jesus in Da Vinci's Last Supper. It is her actions that speak for themselves. She has earned the right to be seated with the Apostles.

http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0506.asp

At  Rennes Chateau in France Mary Magdalene carries a cross and holds a urn.  On the cross she  bears is  a five pointed star. The five pointed star is the symbol of Venus. Titian has a painting called Venus with Mirror. The two cherubs are there holding her mirror.

Hit the link to see the Rennes Chateau image of Mary Magdalene carrying the cross below her feet are two cherubs. In the mirror the eye of the goddess Venus is older and more wrinkled. She will be crowned by roses which have thorns. In the mirror do we see the all seeing eye of the goddess peering back at her. The Egyptian all seeing eye of the goddess Wedjet known as green one and the Greeks called it "risen one".

http://benhammott.com/mary-magdalene-skull-book-text.html

Poussin self portrait in the background is the beautiful profile crowned with a gold crown with the all seeing eye in it. Poussin was said to possess many secrets. It is interesting that he included in his self portrait a goddess with an all seeing eye in her crown.

Titian Pieta is his last painting. In the painting we see Mary Magdalene with two cherubs one above and the other below. A woman carrying the cross crowned with rose crown of thorns. She was a Cumaen Sibyl who predicted the coming of the savior.

It is interesting that the cherubs under Magdalene  at Rennes Chateau are pointing down and one wonders if there is a crypt under the church. The cherubs are seen in many paintings dealing with the burial of Christ.  Bourdon, Poussin, Titian, and others have placed the cherubs with Magdalene and the other women at Jesus grave. These women who came to Jesus's grave possibly had children. The cherubs in the paintings maybe a symbol representing the children of the Holy Family or children of Jerusalem. Luke 23:28-31 says

"Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us'. For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

It doesn't surprise me that Venus the goddess of Love whose symbol is the five pointed star would be connected to Mary Magdalene. It could be the reason for the symbol on the tree cross that she carries. Venus symbol has a cross in it for its astrological symbol. It is connected to the Ankh. The key of life to the Egyptians connected to Isis and eternal life. 

Venus retrogrades every 584 days (19 months) making five retrograde points around the Sun. After eight years, Venus forms a five-pointed star in the sky. Ishtar and Astarte carry the jar of life and so Mary Magdalene carries her jar . Mark 14:3 talks about the woman with the alabaster jar. The jar the Egyptians used for the funeral rites. It seems the symbolic connections with Magdalene and Venus makes sense. She loved Jesus with such passion and he loved her by showing his resurrected self first to her. It is all about the power of  love and that is what Venus and Isis is all about.

At the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is a wooden panel which depicts the life of Christ. A panel depicts the Wedding of Cana. Three people have halos one is Jesus another is a woman who sits next to Jesus. . Is she Mother Mary or possibly Magdalene?One wonders who the fellow next to Jesus who has a halo too? Is he Jesus brother? Is he the bride's father? Is he the bride's groom? The lady next to him does not have a halo and she is darker skinned than the others. She does wear a gold crown and her hair is not covered. I'm interested to hear what other people think of this interpretation of the Wedding of Cana especially the saint next to Jesus. The French had a oral tradition which said Mary Magdalene came to France by boat with other saints. She brought with her the dark servant girl Sara the Egyptian. Napoleon made the Paris coats of arms the five pointed star and the ship who brought Isis to the city called Paris. It is interesting the similar story of Isis and Magdalene coming by boat to France.  Napoleon created the Arch de Triumph as a symbol of Isis and her star Sirius. Isis was devoted and loved Osiris very much. I could see how Magdalene and the story of Isis could be similar. What do you think?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fusniak/talisman/articles/isisofparis.html

http://www.thestarhouse.org/MMWho.html

http://www.steeppath.com/article.php?ID=1

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Esoteric-Symbology-3874/2008/10/tell-mythology-symbolism-behind.htm

Berenger Sauniere and Emma Calve – How did they meet and were they members of a Secret Society?

"The Masonic collar of Abbe Berenger Sauniere, found among his possessions" - that`s the antique green collar. The blue collars are modern collars of Memphis-Mizraim, the single one is a Grand Master collar like his. The room is the Lodge of Memphis-Mizraim at Versallies.

Rennes-le-Chateau researcher Gerard de Sede wrote that “No one will ever know exactly how the Abbe Berenger Sauniere and opera diva Emma Calve met one another.” De Sede had interviewed those related to the mystery who had known the original RLC players in person. La Diva was the queen of the occult in her time, were she and Sauniere involved with the same secret society? Author Patrice Chaplin has written much about the relationship between these two at Sauniere`s retreat in Girona, northern Spain along with information regarding the Girona Rosicrucian-based “private society” and their activities throughout the history of the region which goes back to the Templars. Her findings will enlighten us on this subject.

The diary of Rodrigo de Saenz de Castillon describes the meeting of the priest and the opera singer in Paris during the year of 1893 (de Sede thought that they had met in 1891):

18 May “After the departure of her guests and also JB her manager and eminence grise and ? - who had urgent business in Paris (Another and younger mistress Leconte whispered to me gleefully as he too left for the railway station in Millau.) La Diva declared herself to be in need of a little holiday and put it to me that as I was obviously in no hurry to return to Paris or anywhere else that I accompany her on a tour of the South with a visit to a most interesting priest with whom she had become acquainted in 1893 in Paris. They met in the Church of St. Sulpice where she often goes to hear Mass. He introduced himself saying that he was a devotee of the opera. He also gave evidence that he is an initiate of the Craft. Delighted she invited him to one of her soirees and they have kept up some sort of correspondence since. This priest Sauniere holds the benefice of some backwoods place called Rennes le Chateau deep in the Languedoc. All that part of the Languedoc is, according to La Diva steeped in history, mystery, supernatural happenings, a cradle of kings, a refuge for Cathars and Templars with hoards of hidden treasure waiting to be discovered in undiscovered caves and grottoes and powerful occult secrets too waiting to empower those who can uncover and interpret them, to those who can decipher certain clues hidden in nature and man-made structures and monuments also. She told me all this as we took our ease that warm drowsy spring afternoon on the lawn at the foot of the castle walls. It would appear that this curé is a man with a special gift for divining such things something akin perhaps to a dowser or water diviner and that he is also a man with a SECRET. I emphasize this because La Diva put plenty of emphasis on it as she told it to me. She would not explain further as to what this SECRET might be no, not even to me a fellow Martinist and Traveller in the Path. Does she know what it is?”

Here Don Rodrigo reveals that he and Emma were Martinists. This was no mere fad for Don Rodrigo, his great uncle was one of the founders of Martinism and was with Martinez de Pasqually in the Carribean with the other members of Elus Cohen who formulated the doctrine of the sect. Could this connection explain the Masonic regalia discovered with the possessions of Abbe Sauniere?

The research of Patrice Chaplin in northern Spain outlines the basic tenets of the esoteric group who practiced undercover for generations. It contains Kabbalistic elements which include Egyptian names and references. Kabbalists of the Jewish tradition use no Egyptian references because their ancestors were held prisoner as slaves in Egypt. Also, the Kabbalah diagrams drawn by the Rosicrucians utilize only the Hebrew names on the Tree of the Sephiroth, there are no Egyptian terms used. From whence does this combined tradition of the Hebrew and Egyptian originate? Is it a branch of Freemasonry?

The Martinist Lodge still exists. Using the information from the Castillon diary, we know that Emma and Rodrigo were Martinists. Sauniere`s name has been found on a sign-in sheet of a 19^th c. Martinist meeting in Lyon. Emma also makes mention of the priest belonging to this sect.

Modern day Martinists are a branch of the Memphis-Mizraim Lodge of Freemasonry, these are both Egyptian names. “Memphis” is of course a famous city in Egypt and “Mizraim” is the family from which the Egyptians descend in the “Table of Nations” from Genesis 10 in the Bible. Examination of present-day Martinist masonic collars reveals the insignias of the structured Masonic offices. The collar owned by Sauniere is that of the Grand Master!

It is rumored that Sauniere was a high-ranking Freemason and this proves it. He was Grand Master of the local Lodge of Memphis-Mizraim Freemasonry and a Martinist.

Does this mean that the private society in Girona and their journey of initiation is Martinist in origin? They are very secretive due to the opposition of the Roman church over the centuries. At least we have discovered the group to which Emma and Berenger belonged thanks to the diary of Don Rodrigo.