Templarism

Recently several commentators have presented persuasive evidence that Freemasonry had its origins in Templarism: both The Temple and the Lodge by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh and Born in Blood by the American historical writer-researcher John J. Robinson have come to that conclusion even though approaching the subject from entirely different viewpoints.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Recently several commentators have presented persuasive evidence that Freemasonry had its origins in Templarism: both The Temple and the Lodge by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh and Born in Blood by the American historical writer-researcher John J. Robinson have come to that conclusion even though approaching the subject from entirely different viewpoints.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Templarism seemed to provide a fruitful source of inspiration.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

But all this attributes the baneful influence of Templarism to the

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

It was above all Freemasonry [says Findel], which -- because it falsely held itself to be a daughter of Templarism -- took the greatest pains to represent the Order of the Templars as innocent and therefore free from all mystery.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Scots Masons with the Knights Templar, and thus given rise to the subsequent flood of Templarism.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Templarism, and that the real author and inspirer of the movement was

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

I would suggest, then, that the term "Scots Masonry" became simply a veil for Templarism -- Templarism, moreover, of a very different kind to that from which the original degree of the Rose-Croix was derived.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Templarism at this crisis was played by Frederick the Great, probably with the co-operation of Voltaire, who in his _Essai sur les Mæurs_ championed the cause of the Templars.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Would it not therefore appear probable that, except in the case of the Rose-Croix degree, the authors of the upper degrees were not Scotsmen nor Jacobites, that Scots Masonry was a term used to cover not merely Templarism but more especially German

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918