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son and his heirs: "And she, being with child, cried...and pained — He was recorded to have died at the age of 80 on 27 July AD 82, to be delivered...and behold, a great red dragon, having seven and thus would have been aged 32 at the time of the Crucifixion. heads...and seven crowns...stood before the woman...for to devour In fact, Joseph of Arimathea was none other than Jesus Christ's her child... And she brought forth a man-child...and the woman own brother, James, and his title had nothing whatever to with a fled into the wilderness... And the dragon was wroth with the place name. Arimathea never existed. It therefore comes as no woman, and went to make war forever with the remnant of her surprise that Joseph negotiated with Pilate to place Jesus in his seed...which...have the testimony of Jesus Christ." own family tomb. It was to Gaul that Mary was said to have carried the Sangréal The hereditary "Arimathea" title was an English corruption of (the Blood Royal, the Holy Grail); and it was in Gaul that the the Graeco-Hebrew style ha-Rama-Theo, meaning "of the Divine famous line of Jesus and Mary's immediate descendant heirs, the Highness", or "of the Royal Highness" as we'd define it today. Fisher Kings, flourished for 300 years. Since Jesus was the senior Messianic heir—the Christ, Khristos or The eternal motto of the Fisher Kings was "In Strength"— King—then his younger brother was the Crown Prince—the inspired by the name of their ancestor, Boaz (the great-grandfa- Royal Highness, Rama-Theo. In the Nazarene hierarchy, the ther of King David), whose name similarly meant "In Strength". Crown Prince always held the patriarchal title of "Joseph"—just When translated into Latin, this became "In as Jesus was a titular "David" and his wife Fortis", which was subsequently corrupted was a "Mary". to "Anfortas", the name of the Fisher King in Grail romance. n the early fifth century, Jesus and Mary's We can now return to the Grail's tradi- [essa Fisher Kings became united tional symbolism as a chalice containing by marriage to the Sicambrian Franks, and the blood of Jesus. We can also consider The descendant from them emerged a whole new ‘reigning’ g gning graphic designs dating back well beyond the H dynasty. They were the noted Merovingian Dark Ages to about 3,500 BC. And in heirs of Jesus posed Kings who founded the French monarchy and feng i ne scone fata esa enrormous threat | nus she wel inown ud hy female. Its representation was that of the to the Roman High royal emblem of France. ; Sacred Vessel—the vas uterus, the womb. From the Merovingian succession, another And so, when fleeing into France, Mary Church because strain of the family established a wholly inde- Magdalene carried the Sangréal in the they were the pendent Jewish kingdom in southern Sacred Chalice of her womb—just as France: the Kingdom of Septi-mania, the Book of The Revelation explains. d . which we now know as the Languedoc. ynastic leaders of the true Nazarene And the name of this second son was And the early princes of Toulouse, Church. Joseph. Aquitaine and Provence were all The equivalent traditional symbol of descended in the Messianic bloodline of the male was a blade or a horn, usually the Holy Grail. Septimania was granted represented by a sword or a unicorn. to the Royal House of David in 768, and In the Old Testament's Song of Prince Bernard of Septimania later mar- Solomon and in the Psalms of David, ried a daughter of Emperor the fertile unicorn is associated with Charlemagne. the kingly line of Judah; and it was for Also from the Fisher Kings came this very reason that the Cathars of another important parallel line of suc- Provence used the mystical beast to cession in Gaul. Whereas the symbolise the Grail bloodline. Merovingian Kings continued the patri- Mary Magdalene died in Provence in AD 63. In that very year, monial 'male' heritage of Jesus, this other line perpetuated the Joseph of Arimathea built the famous chapel at Glastonbury in matriarchal heritage of Mary Magdalene in a 'female' line. They England as a memorial to the Messianic Queen. This was the first were the dynastic Queens of Avallon in Burgundy, the House del ‘above-ground’ Christian church in the world, and in the following Acqs—meaning "of the waters", a style granted to Mary year Mary's son Jesus Justus dedicated it to his mother. Jesus the Magdalene in the early days when she voyaged on the sea to Younger had in fact been to England with Joseph before, at the Provence. age of twelve, in AD 49. It was this event which inspired William Those familiar with Arthurian and Grail lore will by now have Blake's famous song, Jerusalem: "And did those feet in ancient recognised the ultimate significance of this Messianic family of time, walk upon England's mountains green." the Fisher Kings, the Queens of Avallon and the House del Acqs (corrupted in Arthurian romance to "du Lac"). ut who was Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed The descendant heirs of Jesus posed an enormous threat to the B full control of affairs at the Crucifixion? And why was it | Roman High Church because they were the dynastic leaders of the that Jesus' mother, his wife and the rest of the family true Nazarene Church. In real terms, the Roman Church should accepted Joseph's intervention without question? never have existed at all, for it was no more than a ‘hybrid’ move- As late as the year 900, the Church of Rome decided to ment comprised of various pagan doctrines attached to a funda- announce that Joseph of Arimathea was the uncle of Jesus' mother mentally Jewish base. Mary. And from that time, portrayals of Joseph have shown him Jesus was born in 7 BC and his birthday was on the equivalent as being rather elderly at the Crucifixion, when Mother Mary was of 1 March, with an ‘official’ royal birthday on 15 September to herself in her fifties. Prior to the Roman announcement, however, comply with dynastic regulation. But, when establishing the the historical records of Joseph depicted a much younger man. Roman High Church in the fourth century, Emperor Constantine heirs of Jesus posed an enormous threat to the Roman High they were the dynastic leaders of the true Nazarene Church. full control of affairs at the Crucifixion? And why was it that Jesus' mother, his wife and the rest of the family accepted Joseph's intervention without question? As late as the year 900, the Church of Rome decided to announce that Joseph of Arimathea was the uncle of Jesus' mother Mary. And from that time, portrayals of Joseph have shown him as being rather elderly at the Crucifixion, when Mother Mary was herself in her fifties. Prior to the Roman announcement, however, the historical records of Joseph depicted a much younger man. B ut who was Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed JUNE - JULY 1998 NEXUS © 15 The descendant Church because