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were under the protection of the Templar Grand Knights of St Anthony—"the Guardian Princes of the Royal Secret"—who loaded the hoard one night onto 18 galleys of the Templar fleet at La Rochelle. By daybreak, the fleet had sailed for Scotland, and on arrival they were welcomed by King Robert the Bruce who, along with the whole Scottish nation, had been excommunicated by the Pope for challenging the Catholic King Edward of England. In Scotland, the Templars and their treasure remained, and the Knights fought with Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314 to regain Scotland's independence from Plantagenet England. Subsequent to the Battle of Bannockburn, Bruce and the St Anthony Templars founded the new Order of the Elder Brothers of the Rosy Cross in 1317—from which time the Kings of Scots became hereditary Grand Masters, with each successive Stewart King holding the honoured Grand Priory title of "Prince Saint Germain". were under the protection of the Templar Grand Knights of St were supposed to be crowned by the Pope! Anthony—"the Guardian Princes of the Royal Secret"—who As a direct result of this coronation, Saint Augustine was even- loaded the hoard one night onto 18 galleys of the Templar fleet at tually sent from Rome in 597 to dismantle the Celtic Church. He La Rochelle. proclaimed himself Archbishop of Canterbury three years later, By daybreak, the fleet had sailed for Scotland, and on arrival but his overall mission failed and the Nazarene tradition persisted they were welcomed by King Robert the Bruce who, along with in Scotland, Ireland and Wales and across the breadth of northern the whole Scottish nation, had been excommunicated by the Pope _—_ England. for challenging the Catholic King Edward of England. In An important fact to remember is that the Grail dynasts were Scotland, the Templars and their treasure remained, and the never territorial governors of lands. Like Jesus himself, they were Knights fought with Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314 to regain designated "Guardians" of the people. The Merovingians of Gaul, Scotland's independence from Plantagenet England. for example, were Kings of the Franks—never Kings of France. Subsequent to the Battle of Bannockburn, Bruce and the St King Aedan, Robert the Bruce and their Stewart successors were Anthony Templars founded the new Order of the Elder Brothers Kings of the Scots—never Kings of Scotland. of the Rosy Cross in 1317—from which time the Kings of Scots It was this implicitly ‘social’ concept which the High Church came hereditary Grand Masters, with each successive Stewart found so difficult to overcome, for the bishops preferred to have King holding the honoured Grand Priory title of "Prince Saint dominion over ‘territorial kings’, while the people's senior lord and Germain". master was supposed to be the Pope. Only by maintaining ulti- mate spiritual control over individuals could o, why was it that King Arthur, a Celtic the Church reign supreme, and so whenever commander of the sixth century, was so a Grail dynast came to the fore he was met important to the Knights Templars and by the wrath of the papal machine. the Grail courts of Europe? Quite simply, . . In 751 the bishops managed to depose the because Arthur had been unique, with a ‘dual’ Only by maintaining Merovingian succession in Gaul, and they heritage in the Messianic line. i Ha stablished traditi hereby kings of King Arthur was by no means mythical, as ultimate spiritual the Carolingian. succession ‘(that of many have supposed. Far from it. But he control over Charlemagne) had to be approved and has generally been looked for in the wrong . Par crowned by the Pope. But the Church could places. Researchers, misguided by the fic- individuals could never topple the Desposynic lines in tional locations of the romances, have . Scotland, even though the old Celtic king- searched in vain through the chronicles of the Church reign doms of England had been dismantled by Brittany, Wales and the west of England. Germanic Anglo-Saxons from the sixth cen- But the details of Arthur are to be found in supreme, and so tury. the Scots' and Irish annals. He was indeed whenever a Even into the Middle Ages—long after "the High King of the Celtic Isle", and he was the sovereign commander of the British troops in the late sixth century. Arthur was born in 559, and he died in battle in 603. His mother was Ygerna del Acqs, the daughter of Queen Viviane of Avallon, in descent from Jesus and Mary Magdalene. His father was High King Aedan of Dalriada (the Western Highlands of Scotland, now called Argyll)—and Aedan was the British Pendragon ("Head Dragon" or "King of Kings") in descent from Jesus' brother James. It is for this reason that the stories of Arthur and Joseph of the Norman Conquest of England—the Nazarene Church and the long-prevail- ing cult of Mary Magdalene were prominent in Europe. Women's rights of equality were upheld throughout the Celtic structure—and this was an enor- mous problem for the male-only priest- hood of orthodox Christianity. r “Nhe underlying principle of the Grail monarchs was always one of Service, in accordance with the Messianic code established by Jesus when he washed his apostles’ feet at the Last Supper. And so the Grail dynast came to the fore he was met by the wrath of the papal machine. Arimathea are so closely entwined in the Grail romances. true Grail dynasts were kings and guardians of their realms, but Indeed, the coronation records of Scotland's King Kenneth they were never rulers. MacAlpin (a descendant of Aedan the Pendragon) specifically This key aspect of the Grail code was perpetuated at the very refer to his own descent from the dynastic Queens of Avallon. heart of nursery tale and folklore. Never did a valiant cardinal or King Aedan's paternal legacy emerged through the most ancient bishop ride to the aid of an oppressed subject or a damsel in dis- House of Camulot (England's Royal Court of Colchester) in a line tress, for this has always been the social realm of Grail princes from the first Pendragon, King Cymbeline (who is well-known to and their appointed knights. students of Shakespeare). The Grail code recognises advancement by merit and acknowl- By that time, Messianic descendants had founded Desposynic edges community structure, but, above all, it is entirely democrat- kingdoms in Wales and across the Strathclyde and Cambrian ic. Whether apprehended in its physical or spiritual dimension, regions of Britain. Arthur's father, King Aedan of Scots, was the the Grail belongs to leaders and followers alike. It also belongs to first British monarch to be installed by priestly ordination, when the land and the environment, requiring that all should be "as one" he was crowned and anointed by Saint Columba of the Celtic in acommon, unified Service. Church in 574. This, of course, infuriated the Roman Church Continued on page 83 bishops because they claimed the sole right to appoint kings who Only by maintaining ultimate spiritual control over the Church reign supreme, and so whenever a Grail dynast came to the fore he was met by the wrath of the 18 = NEXUS JUNE - JULY 1998 individuals could papal machine. Continued on page 83