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REVIEWS < FENCES AND WINDOWS: like criminals by the government and its the greater social good and for an ideal Dispatches from the Front Lines of the hired thugs who want to deport them to back — Christian way of living. And as with the Globalization Debate toa possible war zone.. ancient Essenes, the men and women of this by Naomi Klein Naomi's powerful preface sets the tone for —_ apostolic sect had gender equality. Flamingo/HarperCollins, UK, 2002 these dispatches, challenging America's cap- They were on a righteous mission to ISBN O 00-71 an (283 st b) italising on terror and highlighting the possi- _ spread their doctrine from the old to the new dian j list N pee : th bilities for true freedom and democracy world, creating a "New France" with eee oat the last few years through peaceful, creative action. A gem! Montréal as the promised biblical centre. travelling the world and visiting hotspots . Their claims included a link with their THE TEMPLARS' LEGACY IN patron saint, John the Baptist, with here the "battle" inst the fe s of glob- : . s . . alisation is being played out. Fencesand. MONTREAL, THE NEW JERUSALEM ——Meelchizedek, the king-priest figure impor- Windows is a brilliant collection of her dis- by Francine Bernier tant to both the Essenes and Templars, with atches and speeches from the front lines, Frontier Publishing, Netherlands, and Stella Maris, the Star of the Sea from Mount commencing ‘vith the watershed Seattle Adventures Unlimited Press, USA, 2002 Carmel, and with St Blaise, re Laie ath World Trade Organization protests in ISBN 1-931882-14-2 (351pp tpb) B s sdictine Order wad he 7 ey pnd o the November 1999, Some of these have been Availability: Australia/NZ/UK/Europe— Cod sink h er ee ft emp th published in the Toronto Globe and Mail NEXUS offices; USA—Adventures 11 ‘din to th Tem i “sf Solomon nd th and the London Guardian, while others have _ Unlimited, website http://www. avelery ot Rennes te Chateau in France ch never before been seen in print. adventuresunlimitedpress.com decoding Montréal's street names among For the collection's title, Naomi chose the 'rancine Bernier set out on a quest in the other key signposts, Bernier enlightens us to metaphors of "fences", to help us make late 1980s to get to know the esoteric atich secret history, which she supports " sense of the barriers put up by globalists and _ side of her home town, Montréal, in Québec, in solid documentation. As Francine free-trade advocates to keep out the disen- Canada, and eventually uncovered some of attests, it's remarkable what you can find out franchised, and "windows", to help us see the secrets behind the foundation of this key ahout a place you've taken for granted that the true internationalists seeking truth, French city in the New World. She discov- Prace y 8 : justice, freedom and compassion are having __ ered that the island of Montréal had been a positive impact on the world—despite the designed in the 17th century as the New Fecal ode attempts of the powers-that-be to criminalise Jerusalem of the Christian world, and that it The Te ih e i= dissent. She takes us to the streets of First had become the centre for a group of mys- oO itil arate i World cities where protesters are fenced out _ tics who wanted to live as part of a flawless fe: , gat’ Mental, of discussion on free trade issues, and to Primitive Church of Jesus which could not he New Jerusalem farms where multinational biotech corpora- be tolerated in their old world. tions are ensuring that crops become conta- Bernier's research revealed that the elite eel minated by GMOs; to Third World cities behind this New World push were members L and villages where the people are being shut _ of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal, out from their livelihoods and where capital- _ some of whom belonged to an even more ism is taking no responsibility for social and _ exclusive group, the Compagnie du Saint- , ae environmental destruction. Sacrement. These mystics were compared = t 4 Naomi also focuses on Woomera in the to the apostles of Jesus and to the original a Australian outback, where Afghani and Iraqi Templar and Hospitaller soldier-monks of ee refugees seeking freedom are being treated the first Crusades, working as they did for like criminals by the government and its hired thugs who want to deport them to back to a possible war zone.. Naomi's powerful preface sets the tone for these dispatches, challenging America's cap- italising on terror and highlighting the possi- bilities for true freedom and democracy through peaceful, creative action. A gem! 68 = NEXUS the greater social good and for an ideal Christian way of living. And as with the ancient Essenes, the men and women of this apostolic sect had gender equality. They were on a righteous mission to spread their doctrine from the old to the new world, creating a "New France" with Montréal as the promised biblical centre. Their claims included a link with their patron saint, John the Baptist, with Melchizedek, the king-priest figure impor- tant to both the Essenes and Templars, with Stella Maris, the Star of the Sea from Mount Carmel, and with St Blaise, the patron saint of stonemasons as well as a key figure to the Benedictine Order and the Templars. Coded into the architecture were themes alluding to the Temple of Solomon and the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau in France. In decoding Montréal's street names among other key signposts, Bernier enlightens us to arich secret history, which she supports with solid documentation. As Francine attests, it's remarkable what you can find out about a place you've taken for granted. Vee nie ak “the Temple Legacy in Montreal, cel . APRIL — MAY 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com