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Emrys, and his primary seat was at Carlisle in the north of England, from where he controlled the military defence of the English-Scottish border country. Edward de Vere of Oxford was a friend and student of the Emrys, and his primary seat was at Carlisle in the north of Rosicrucian alchemist and Secret Service operative John Dee, and England, from where he controlled the military defence of the he worked closely with the statesman and philosopher Francis English-Scottish border country. Bacon (later Viscount St Albans). Between them (along with oth- ers) they comprised the Royal Court Syndicate which was respon- eturning to the Raths (or royal mound-dwellings), we sible for providing much of the material for the works of their Rs perhaps consider the fact that, as mentioned, these playwright colleague, William Shakespeare. Portals to the Netherworld were called Tepes—for this was As mentioned in connection with Melusine, fountains, springs the very style afforded to one of the most enigmatic of all Gothic and water in general were always associated with the Ring Lord figures: Count Dracula. Historically, and quite outside the female line. This stems from the very earliest times of the Christian propagandist mythology which surrounds the vampire Anunnaki, whose founding mother (as explained in ancient character of Bram Stoker's famous novel, Dracula was Prince Mesopotamian literature) was Tiamat, the Sea-dragon. In later Vlad III of Wallachia, who is often referred to as Vlad Tepes. times, these queens were commonly represented as mermaids Since the word fepes relates to "wooden poles", it is often (mere maids), and were often called Ladies of the Lake. This was thought that Vlad's descriptive nickname relates to his individual a style granted to Mary Magdalene when she had settled in method of executing enemies of the State by impaling them upon Provence from AD 44. wooden stakes. Hence, Vlad Tepes is While the male descendants of Mary sometimes said to mean "Vlad the Impaler". Magdalene and Jesus became the noted This, however, is completely untrue. He Fisher Kings in Gaul, the female line retained was called Tepes (as were many other its Dragon Queen status, in a quite separate Fountains, springs and Druidic elders before him) because, within dynasty, as the matriarchal Queens of . the ancient Ring Lord culture of the Sidhé, Avallon in Burgundy. They were known as water in general were he was an appointed Creachaire Portal Wee del Acgs (the House of the always associated Guardian. ith vary Pr ; aters), and among their number was the . . ad Tepes, a -century Prince in great 6th-century Queen Viviane, revered as with the Ring Lord Romania, founded the capital city of the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian romance. A Bucharest. His popularised name, Dracula, This heritage was so important to the Celtic female line. means "Son of Dracul", and Dracul (or Church that, when King Kenneth MacAlpin Dragon) was a style by which his father united the Scots and Picts in 844, his extant This stems from the was known within the Grail fraternity of the installation document made specia . . Ordo Draconis (The Imperial Court of mention of his descent from the Queens very earliest times the Dragon) from 1431. of Avallon. ea, of the Anunnaki, During this past century, ever since The true significance of King Arthur . the 1897 novel, Dracula, was pub- was his immediate joint descent in botl whose founding lished, Vlad has become an archetype the male and female lines of the Albi- 1A f the Church- ted Gothic tradi- gens. His father was King Acdan of mother was Tiamat, tion. However, the esta tishment's Dalriada, the Pendragon of Britain in the Sea-d ragon. real fear of Dracula was not his harsh the year 559 and a descendant of the treatment of enemies, as is so often Wood Lord Beli Mawr. His mother cited, nor that he was a blood-sucking was Ygerna del Acqs, the daughter of vampire in the Stoker tradition. What Queen Viviane, whose grandson (by they feared was his in-depth knowl- Ygerna's sister, Viviane II) was the leg- edge of alchemy and the fact that he endary Lancelot del Acqs. Ygerna was truly an operative Oupire—a ven- (sometimes called Igraine in the Grail tradition) was the High erated Overlord of the Rath, a Portal Guardian in the ancient Queen of the Celtic kingdoms, and her daughter Morgaine (by her Yulannu manner of the Ring Lords. first husband, Gwyr Llew of Carlisle) was High Priestess of the Those of you who have read Bloodline of the Holy Grail, or Sisters of Avallon. maybe even Genesis of the Grail Kings, will be familiar with the Over the years, there have been any number of speculations terracotta portrayal of the Sumerian goddess, Lilith, from aroun concerning the historical Arthur, but these are mainly fronted by 2000 BC. In this depiction (as in those of other Anunnaki hierar- tourist establishments endeavouring to claim the Arthurian her- chy) Lilith is seen to be holding the Rod and Ring of Divinely itage for their particular parts of England or Wales. The fact is, Measured Justice. The Rod was actually an instrument of mea- however, that (in line with the traditional accounts) there was only sure, and in some portrayals it is very clearly marked in calculable ever one High King of Britain called Arthur. There was only ever units (like a modern ruler). By Babylonian times, it was referre one Arthur born as the son of a Pendragon. There was only ever __ to as the Rule, and the one who held the Rule was the Ruler— one Arthur whose mother was Igraine of Avallon and whose which is from where our governmental term derives. grandmother was the recognised Lady of the Lake. There was The Ring (as mentioned at the beginning of this talk) was a only ever one Arthur with a son named Modred, and there was symbol of wholeness, unity and eternity. It represented a continu- only ever one Arthur with a sister called Morgaine (or Morganna ance of Divine Justice—a justice that was measured by the Rot as some of the stories refer to her). (or Rule). Hence, the Ring was the ultimate insignia of the In this regard, the old annals of Scotland and Ireland, along Anunnaki Overlords—the enigmatic Oupires who were responsi- with the records of the Celtic Church, are unanimous in identify- ble for the establishment of municipal government and kingly ing Arthur mac Aedan of Dalriada. He was invested as Sovereign practice—for they were the progenitors of civilisation from about Commander and High King in the year 575 by the Druid, Merlin 4000 BC. Fountains, springs and water | in n general were or always associated with the Ring Lord female line. very earliest times of the Anunnaki, whose founding mother was Tiamat, NEXUS - 45 This stems from the the Sea-dragon. OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 1999