The Mysteries of Life Revealed Part 2 (The Knights

Templar)

For the eons of time, people know about the Knights Templar. From a group of people guarding Christian
pilgrims in the Holy Land to being the large international bankers of Europe, the Knights Templar have
a large legacy involving world history. The Knights Templar were made up of Catholic travelers
involved in the bloody Crusades. They were a Catholic military order which was founded in 1119 A.D.
They had a headquarters at Jerusalem through 1128. The Knights Templar readily wore a red cross and
fought in the Middle East. They created possibly the world's 1st multinational corporation. They grew in
so much wealth, and they negotiated with the Vatican constantly. Legends and rumors existed about the
group from occultism, greed, and to various sexual rituals. Scholars debate to this day whether these
rumors are true or not. What is true is that they ended officially by the 1300's. The Templars, like the old
building guilds of Europe, built structures like churches and castles across the European continent. The
old guilds evolved into modern day Freemasonry. There is a difference between speculative Freemasonry
and operative Freemasonry. Operative Freemasonry relates to masons who use tools to build buildings
and to study geometry. Speculative masonry relates to Freemasonry who didn't use tools per se but
studied philosophical concepts. Modern day Freemasonry existed long before 1717, but the Grand Lodge of
1717 is an example of speculative Masonry. They (or the speculative Masons) studied the philosophical
studies of life in order to evaluate the meaning of how the Universe functions. Masons like 33rd Degree
Freemason Albert Pike wrote about the Knights Templar constantly. Masons may not be an ideological
descendant of the Knights Templar, but Freemasonry utilized many of the words and imagery of the
Knights Templar in their degrees and rituals. The Knights Templar remains a mysterious group that
ended under the veil of controversy.
 The Start of the Knight Templar

The start of the Knights Templar began during the start of the Crusades. By the First Crusade, the Franks
captured Jerusalem from Muslim people in 1099. Many Christians started to make pilgrimages to many
sacred sites in the Holy Land. Many people targeted the Christian visitors. Many of the Christian pilgrims
were slaughtered by hundreds of people at times. That is why in 1119, something happened. The French
Knight Hugues de Payens approached King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Warmund, Patriarch of
Jerusalem, and proposed forming a monastic order for the protection of Christian pilgrims. King Baldwin
and Patriarch Warmund agreed to the request, probably at the Council of Nablus in January of 1120. The
King granted the Templars a headquarters in a win of the royal palace on the Temple Mount in the
captured Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Temple Mount has been believed to the site of Solomon's Temple. So, the
Temple Mount have always had a religious, spiritual mystique for a long time. The Templar Knights were
called the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon. Later, Freemasonry would always praise
Solomon Temple as a representation of the components and imagery of the Masonic Lodge of the modern
era of time.

Originally, the Knights Templar had 9 people including Godfrey de Saint Omer and Andre de Montbard.
The logo of the group showed 2 knights riding on a single horse, representing the group's poverty. Pope
Innocent II allowed the Knights Templar to travel via his papal bull of Omne Datum Optimum. The
Knights Templar was a military brigade too. They defeated Saladin's army of more than 26,000 soldiers
in 1177 during the Battle of Montgisard (where 500 Templar knights helped several thousand infantrymen).
Bernard de Clairvaux, in his 1135 work, praised the Knights Templar as fearless and secure. Many Knights
Templar worked in financial affairs, some sworn to individual poverty, and some handled the money of
noblemen. Their business dealings and donations make them very wealthy. They owned lands in Europe
and the Middle East. They developed farms, vineyards, cathedrals, and castles. They manufactured goods,
imported goods, exported goods, and had their fleet of ships.
In Chapter XXX, “Knight Kadosh” of Morals and Dogma, Albert Pike wrote of the Crusader Knights of
the Temple: \

"...In 1118, nine Knights Crusaders in the East, among whom were Geoffroi de Saint-Omer and
Hugues de Payens, consecrated themselves to religion, and took an oath between the hands of the
Patriarch of Constantinople, a See always secretly or openly hostile to that of Rome from the time
of Photius. The avowed objective of the Templars was to protect the Christians who came to visit
the Holy Places: their secret object was the re-building of the Temple of Solomon on the model
prophesied by Ezekiel..."

Godfrey of Bouillon

*There is a Merovingian link to the Crusades and the Knights Templar too. Godfrey of Bouillon was one
of the leaders of the First Crusade. He was the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100.
He apparently avoided using the title of king, choosing instead that of princeps. Godfey of Bouillon was a
descendant of the Merovingian Charlemagne of France. Therefore, Godfrey was a Merovingian. Godfey of
Bouillon's allies were the Knights Templar. Pope Urban II was a French pope who ordered the Crusades
from the beginning. There is no question that many Merovingians were involved in the Crusades.
Massive anti-Semitism including anti-Jewish pogroms existed during the Crusades. During the late
spring and summer of 1096 (during the People's Crusades), crusaders destroyed most of the Jewish
communities along the Rhine in a series of unprecedentedly large pogroms in France and Germany( in
which thousands of Jewish people were massacred, driven to suicide, or forced to convert to Christianity).
Twelve Jewish people were murdered in Speyer, where the Bishop saved the rest of the Jewish people in
return for a large payment from them, but in Worms some 800 were murdered. In Mainz, over one
thousand Jewish people were murdered, as well as more in Trier, Metz, Cologne, and elsewhere. Others
were subjected to forced baptism and conversion. The preacher Folkmar and Count Emicho of Flonheim
were the main inciters and leaders of the massacre. The major chroniclers of the 1096 killings were
Solomon bar Simson and Albert of Aachen

Estimates of the number of Jewish men, women, and children murdered or driven to suicide by crusaders
vary, ranging from 2,000 to 12,000. Julius Aronius put the number killed at 4,000, regarding other
figures as too high. Norman Cohn puts the number at between 4,000 and 8,000 from May to June 1096.
Gedaliah ibn Yahya estimated that some 5,000 Jewish human beings were killed from April to June
1096. Edward H. Flannery's estimate is that 10,000 were murdered over the longer January-to-July
period, "probably one-fourth to one-third of the Jewish population of Germany and Northern France at
that time." The clergy and nobility of Europe condemned the killing of Jewish people, and forbade it on
subsequent crusades

The decline of the Knights Templar started as early as the 1200's. During the mid-12th century, the tide
started to turn in the Crusades. The Islamic world had become more unified with effective leaders like
Saladin. Dissension grew among many Christian factions concerning the Holy Land. The Knights Templar
at times were at odds with 2 other Christian military orders named the Knights Hospitaller and the
Teutonic Knights. Decades of internecine and feuds weakened these forces, both politically and military.
The Templars were involved in many unsuccessful campaigns like the pivotal Battle of Hattin. Then,
Jerusalem was recaptured by Muslim forces under Saladin in 1187. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
reclaimed the city for the Christians in the Sixth Crusade of 1229 without Templar aid. Yet, it held for a
little more than a decade. In 1244, the Ayyubid dynasty together with the Khawarezmi mercenaries
recaptured Jerusalem, and the city didn't return to Western control until 1917 (when during World War I,
the British captured it from the Ottoman Empire). The Templars were forced to relocate their headquarters
to other cities in the north, such as the seaport of Acre. They held it for the next century. It was lost in 1291,
followed by their mainland strongholds in Tortosa (Tartus, Syria) and Atlit in present day Israel.

Their headquarters then moved to Limassol on the island of

Cyprus, and they also attempted to maintain a garrison on tiny
Arwad Island, just off the coast from Tortosa. In 1300, there
was some attempt to engage in coordinated military efforts
with the Mongols via a new invasion force at Award. In 1302 or
1303, however, the Templars lost the island to the Egyptian
Mamluk Sultanate in the Siege of Award. With the island gone,
the Crusaders lost their last foothold in the Holy Land.

With the order's military mission now less important, support

for the organization began to dwindle. The situation was
complex, however, since during the two hundred years of their Saladin’s full name is Al-Nasir Salah al-Din
existence, the Templars had become a part of daily life Yusuf ibn Ayyub. He was a Sunni Kurdish
throughout Christendom. The organization’s Templar Houses, man and the first sultan of Egypt and Syria.
As the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, he led
hundreds of which were dotted throughout Europe and the his armies against the Crusader states in the
Near East, gave them a widespread presence at the local level. Levant (or in the Middle East in modern day
Israel and Palestine). He lived on this Earth
The Templars still managed many businesses, and many until 1193 A.D. He had more than a dozen
Europeans had daily contact with the Templar network, such children. Saladin was one of the most
prominent men of his time.
as by working at a Templar farm or vineyard, or using the
order as a bank in which to store personal valuables. The order was still not subject to local government,
making it everywhere a "state within a state" – its standing army, though it no longer had a well-defined
mission, could pass freely through all borders. This situation heightened tensions with some European
nobility, especially as the Templars were indicating an interest in founding their own monastic state, just
as the Teutonic Knights had done in Prussia and the Knights Hospitaller were doing in Rhodes.
 The Crusades

The Crusades are part of world history during the Middle Ages that changed the world forever. It was a
conflict of religions, ideologies, and other views that we deal with to this very day. In our time, we know a
lot of the Crusades' origin, history, and legacy. It was initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the
Roman Catholic Church. The multiple Crusades were long from 1096 to 1271. The goal of the crusaders
was overt. They desired to control the Holy Land from Islamic rule. Also, this era saw how the Catholic
Church used terrorism and violence to harm pagans, Gnostics like the Albigensians, and other dissident
religious groups like the Waldensians. People have the right to agree or disagree with these views, but no
one has the right to murder people by virtue of someone’s' political or religious views. The Crusades
represented an early form of European imperialism and war crimes on a mass scale across continents. The
first Crusade started by Pope Urban II on 1095. This was when he proclaimed the First Crusade at Council
of Clermont. He wanted military support for Byzantine Emperor Alexios I against the Seljuk Turks and
an armed pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Many people in Western Europe supported his action. Volunteers took a public vow to join the crusade.
The Crusades were complex. Some of it existed for feudal reasons, opportunities for economic growth,
religious extremism, etc. The Crusader states were in the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch,
the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the Country of Tripoli. The Knights Templar were involved in many of the
Crusades. Christians and Muslims fought in the Iberian Peninsula. Muslims controlled it until 1492 via
the Reconquista by Christians. That was when the fall of the Muslim Emirate of Granada came about.
The 1147 campaigns in Northern Europe against pagan tribes existed. Pope Innocent III started crusades
against what he deemed "Christian heretics" in 1199. By the 1200, crusading was done against the Cathars
or Gnostics in Languedoc in France, plus in Bosnia, the Waldensians in Savoy (in Italy), and the Hussites
in Bohemia. There was the targeting by the Vatican against Protestants by the 16th century. This
crusading rhetoric ended by 1699 with the War of the Holy League.

The Crusades started and ended with religion. By the end of the Roman empire, Christianity was
widespread in Europe. The first proclaimed Christian Roman Emperor was Constantine the Great in 324
A.D. The Western Roman Empire was gone by 476 A.D. The Eastern Roman Empire or the locations
around Byzantium continue to flourish for centuries until the 1400's. Islam was created by the 600's A.D.
by Muhammad. Islam expanded from 622-632 across the Arabian Peninsula. By 661 A.D., the Islamic
influence spread to all the New East, North Africa, and other places. By the time of the Umayyad Caliphate
from 661-750 A.D., this era saw Islam expanding into Spain. The Byzantine world and the Islamic world
during the time of the Middle East had massive wealthy, cultural development, and military power.
Western Europe was in a funk of lax power and influence. There was relative peace for a time among the
Christian and Muslim world before the Crusades. Muslim Arabic people conquered territory from the
Indus in the east to North Africa and Southern France in the West. Syria, Egypt, and North Africa were
taken from the Byzantine Empire. Shia Islam grew. Shia followers believe that only the descendants of
Muhammad's cousin and son in law Ali plus daughter Fatimah could be caliph. Sunnis disagreed with this
view.

Before the start of the Crusades, many events occurred. From 1040 to 1055, the Turkish people migrated
from central Asia to southwest Asia. They conquered Persia, and they started to invade Armenia including
Iraq. They captured Baghdad or the capital of the Abbasid capital city. From 1067 to 1070, the Turkish
people invaded Byzantine territory in Turkey. Turkic forces took over Jerusalem from the Fatimid dynasty
of North Africa. By 1071, Turkic forces defeated the Byzantine forces at the Battle of Manzikert and found
the Sultanante of Rum in Asia Minor (Turkey). In 1054, the Catholic Church was divided. It split among
the Vatican in Rome and the Greek Orthodox Church in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. From
1061 to 1091, Christian forces under the Normans invaded and defeated Muslim ruled Sicily. Yet, they
retained Muslim cultural influence under Norman rule. The Turkic people conquered Antioch, Syria in
1085. The Muslim city of Toledo was captured by Christian forces under Alfonso VI.

To start, the First Crusade (1095-1099), started by the Byzantine Emperor or the Emperor of the Eastern
Roman Empire. He wanted the Pope to reclaim lands in Turkey that were lost to Turkic Islamic forces.
The Council of Clermont on 1095 was when the Pope called upon the princes of Western Europe to rule
Jerusalem. Crusaders were promised absolution of all sins. The problem was that Jerusalem wasn't
originally owned or controlled by Europeans. The People's Crusade came about in 1096. The Pope called
on the princes of Europe. Many people in Europe were followers of that call of invasion. In 1096, vicious
peasants killed many Jewish people living in the Rhineland of Germany. The Fatimids retook Jerusalem
from the Seljuk Turks in 1096. In 1096, Crusader armies under Peter and Walter destroyed at Nicaea by
Kilij Arslan. In 1097, the Crusades invaded Turkey and reached Antioch by October 21, 1097. From 1096
to 1099, a group of 50,000 to 60,000 Europeans (including 7,000 knights) took the city of Jerusalem. They
set up the Western dominated Kingdom of Jerusalem. On Spring and Summer of 1096, Jewish people were
massacred in Europe. On October 20, 1097, there was the siege of Antioch. Crusaders took lands formerly
belonging to the Byzantine Empire. They worked as a mercenary army. The city of Antioch fell about a
long siege. By March 10, 1098, Edessa was formed as the first Latin settlement in the West under Crusade
leader Baldwin after its Turkic leader flees. Muslims fought them or the Crusaders at Antioch on June 5,
1098. The Crusaders captured the city of Jerusalem in 1099.

They or the Crusaders massacred many of the residents, including Jewish people, Muslims, and Christians.
Godfrey was elected ruler of the city. They divided the city into four sections. Later, the Knights Templar
would work heavily in Jerusalem. By 1100, Baldwin was chosen as the first Crusader king of Jerusalem.
The city of Acre was ruled by the Crusader leader Baldwin. It was a port city. In that same year, the
Muslims defeated the Franks at Harran. It prevented them from moving further east into Muslim territory.
The Hospitallers or the Knightly Order of St. John was founded as a Crusader force. By Spring of 1115, an
alliance of Muslims and Franks in Syria were used to fight Seljuk Sultan Muhamamd ibn Malikshah. The
Knights Templar was founded as a Crusader force by 1119 A.D. The Second Crusade was from 1147 to 1148.
This was when Westerners wanted to retake the city of Edessa. It failed. The 2nd Crusade also included
Crusaders in parts of Muslim ruled Spain, Eastern Germany, and the East. Spanish Crusaders took Lisbon
from Muslim rule.

The Crusader armies under Conrad of Germany and Louis VII of France besieged Damascus, but they are
turned back by Nur al-Din's forces. By 1187, the Muslim soldier Saladin captured the Kingdom of
Jerusalem. Saladin ended Fatimid rule in Egypt, and he formed the Ayyuid dynasty. There was
competition between Nur al-Din and Saladin. Saladin ruled Damascus by 1174. After Saladin took over
Jerusalem, Franks only retained the cities of Tyre, Tripoli and Antioch. The entire army of the Kingdom
of Jerusalem was lost in the battles for the city. The Third Crusade lasted from 1189 to 1192. The Crusaders,
who headed it, were Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I.
Frederick I died en route to the Middle East by June 1190. This was when there was an attempt to conquer
Jerusalem again by the Crusaders.
FILMS WITH THEMES FROM THE CRUSADES

El Cid (1961) The Kingdom of Heaven (2005) The Order (2001)

Robin Hood (2010) Arn – The Knight Templar (2007) Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End
(2008)
Richard the Lionhearted led the Third Crusade. He was from England. He controlled a small amount of
land in Israel. Christians could visit the city of Jerusalem. By September 2, 1192, Richard and Saladin end
their fighting with a treaty. Richard left for his home in England. Saladin died by 1193. His brother al-Adil
ruled. The Fourth Crusade was from 1203 to 1204. The Crusaders wanted to conquer Jerusalem again. They
were involved in politics. They sacked Constantinople to form the Latin Kingdom of Constantinople. The
Fifth Crusade was against Egypt. It lasted from 1218 to 1221. It was a costly failure. From 1209 to 1229,
Albigensian people were massacred by the Vatican in Southern France. In 1212, the Children's Crusades
began and ended in tragedy. From 1217-1221, there was the Fifth Crusade. Pope Honorius III continued it.
Cardinal Pelagius led an invasion of Egypt which was ruled by al-Malik al-Makil. The Muslim forces
defeated the Crusader army. Al-Kamil provided bread and supplies to save the Crusader army from
starvation. By 1219, a rare inter-religious dialogue happened between Sultan al-Kamil and Francis of
Assisi. Francis preached. al-Kamil negotiated with Frederick II over the control of Jerusalem by 1222.
Byzantine retook Turkey in 1235. From 1236-1238, in Spain, Ferdinand III of Castile attacked the city of
Cordova.

The Christian army of Argon took over the city of Valencia from Muslim rule. The Crusaders lost
Jerusalem for good by 1244. In 1245, Pope Innocent IV sent missionaries to the Mongols to attempt an
alliance against Muslims in Asia and the Middle East. In 1247, Louis IX planned another Crusade. His al-
Mail's son Ayyub knows of the plan. The Sixth Crusade lasted from 1248-1254. Louis IX of France invaded
Egypt. He controlled Damietta, but he is defeated and captured by the city of Mansurah. He was released
for ransom and return of Damietta. By 1258, the Ayyubid dynasty ended, the Mamluk dynasty ruled
again, and the Mongols under Genghis Khan's grandson Hulegu invaded plus destroyed Baghdad. The
Seventh Crusade started with Louis IX in 1270, and forces attacked Tunis. Louis IX died in the same year.
Mamluk sultans Qalawun and his son Khalil retake Tripoli and Acre from the Franks by 1289. 1291 was
the end of the Great Crusades. Many Crusaders retreat to the island of Cyprus. Jerusalem was controlled
by Muslim people until 1917.
 1314

The end of the Knights Templar started in 1305. This was when the new Pope Clement V (from Avignon,
France) sent letters to both the Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay and the Hospitaller Grand Master
Fulk de Villaret to discuss the possibility of merging the two orders. Neither was amenable to the idea, but
Pope Clement persisted, and in 1306 he invited both Grand Masters to France to discuss the matter. De
Molay arrived first in early 1307, but de Villaret was delayed for several months. While waiting, De Molay
and Clement discussed criminal charges that had been made two years earlier by an ousted Templar and
were being discussed by King Philip IV of France and his ministers. It was generally agreed that the
charges were false, but Clement sent the king a written request for assistance in the investigation.
According to some historians, King Philip, who was already deeply in debt to the Templars from his war
against England, decided to seize upon the rumors for his own purposes. He began pressuring the church
to act against the order, as a way of freeing himself from his debts. By dawn on Friday on October 13, 1307
(which is linked to the Friday the 13th superstition), King Philip IV ordered de Molay and scores of French
Templars to be arrested at once.

The arrest warrant started with the phrase: "Dieu n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans
le Royaume" ["God is not pleased. We have enemies of the faith in the kingdom"]. The Templars were
accused of spitting the Cross, denying Chris, and engaging of certain sexual acts including worshiping
idols. These allegations were made under duress. Also, the Templars were charged with financial
corruption, fraud, and other forms of secrecy. Many of those accused confessed these charges under torture
(even though the Templars denied being tortured in their written confession). This caused a scandal in
Paris. Many of the prisoners were forced to confess that they spat on the Cross, etc. Some of them were
accused of idolatry by worshiping a figure of Baphomet or a mummified, severed head they recovered
among other artifacts found form the Temple Mount. Relenting to Phillip's demands, Pope Clement then
issued the papal bull Pastoralis praeeminentiae on November 22, 1307, which instructed all Christian
monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.

Pope Clement wanted a papal hearing to see if these allegations were true or false. The pope appointed
the archbishop of Sens, Philippe de Marigny, to lead the investigation, Philip blocked this attempt, using
the previously forced confessions to have dozens of Templars burned at the stake in Paris. Philip threatened
military action against the pope unless he complied with his wishes. Pope Clement agreed to disband the
order. He issued bulls like Vox in excelso in 1312 that banned the order and Ad providam that turned over
Templar assets to the Hospitallers. Grand Master Jacques de Molay retracted his confession after the
torture. Geoffroi de Charney, Preceptor of Normandy, also retracted his confession and insisted on his
innocence. Both men were declared guilty of being relapsed heretics, and they were sentenced to burn alive
at the stake in Paris on March 18, 1314. De Molay reportedly remained defiant to the end, asking to be tied
in such a way that he could face the Notre Dame Cathedral and hold his hands together in prayer.
According to legend, he called out from the flames that both Pope Clement and King Philip would soon
meet him before God. His actual words were recorded on the parchment as follows: "Dieu sait qui a tort et
a péché. Il va bientot arriver malheur à ceux qui nous ont condamnés à mort" ("God knows who is wrong
and has sinned. Soon a calamity will occur to those who have condemned us to death"). Pope Clement died
only a month later, and King Philip died in a hunting accident before the end of the year.

The remaining Templars around Europe were either arrested and tried under the Papal investigation (with
virtually none convicted), absorbed into other Catholic military orders, or pensioned off and allowed to
live out their days peacefully. By papal decree, the property of the Templars was transferred to the Knights
Hospitaller except in the Kingdoms of Castile, Aragon, and Portugal. Portugal was the first country in
Europe where they had settled, occurring only two or three years after the order's foundation in Jerusalem
and even having presence during Portugal's conception.
The Portuguese king, Denis I, refused to pursue and persecute the former knights, as had occurred in all
other sovereign states under the influence of the Catholic Church. Under his protection, Templar
organizations simply changed their name, from "Knights Templar" to the reconstituted Order of Christ
and also a parallel Supreme Order of Christ of the Holy See; both are considered successors to the Knights
Templar. The Chinon Parchment was found in the Vatican Secret Archives by Barbara Frale on September
2001. It was date August 17-20, 1308. It has been filed in the wrong place in 1628. It shows the trial of the
Templars. It showed by Clement absolved the Templars of all heresies in 1308 before disbanding the order
in 1312. There was another Chinon Parchment dated August 20, 1308 showing information addressed to
Philip IV of France, also mentioning that all Templars that had confessed to heresy were "restored to the
Sacraments and to the unity of the Church." This other Chinon Parchment has been well known to
historians, having been published by Étienne Baluze in 1693 and by Pierre Dupuy in 1751. The leaders of
the Catholic Church say that the medieval persecution of the Knights Templar was unjust and didn't
condemn the order today. Therefore, the Catholic Hierarchy have said that Philip IV of France, also
mentioning that all Templars that had confessed to heresy were "restored to the Sacraments and to the
unity of the Church." King Philip IV of France was Merovingian (as he was a direct descendant of
Charlemagne), and he was related to Pope Clement V, who was another Merovingian.
 Possible Offshoots of the Knights Templar?

Many Knights Templar joined the newly formed Order of Christ group. They came into Portugal too. The
order of Christ was created in 1319. Its headquarters became a castle in Tomar, a former Knights Templar
castle. Many temperance groups named themselves after the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and of the
Temple of Solomon. The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem was made in 1804. It's not
an offshoot of the Knights Templar, but it is ecumenical of admitting Christians of many denominations
in its circle.

This is the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain. It is one of the oldest

mosque buildings in the world. During the Umayyad dynasty, Muslims
conquered most of Spain. This was from the ca. 700’s A.D. to the 1200’s.
A.D. Many Muslims back then tolerated religious freedom of Christians
and Jewish if they paid a tax. Later, the Vatican used the Reconquest
movement to slowly reconquer Spain for Roman Catholic leaders. By the
1300’s, anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish spread into Spain (like in Toledo
back in 1370), formerly a haven for Jewish people.
 The York Rite and Other Influences

Freemasonry have used the symbols and rituals of medieval military order in many Masonic bodies since
the 1700's. This is shown in the Red Cross of Constantine inspired by the Military Constantinian Order,
and the Order of Malta (inspired by the Knights Hospitaller). The Orders of Malta and the Temple have
imagery found in the York Rite. There are many that claim that Freemasonry is a direct descendant of the
Knights Templar via its 14th century members who took refuge in Scotland and aided Robert the Bruce in
his victory at Bannockburn. This theory is rejected by many Masonic authorities. Historical evidence is
lacking in this theory. The York Rite is one of many rites of Freemasonry. The 3 main bodies of the York
Rite are the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Council of Royal and Select Master or Council of Cryptic
masons, and the Commendary of Knights Templar. Each are governed independently, and they are part
or the York rite. York is from the city of York, where according to Masonic legend, the first meetings of
Masons in England took place. The first order of the York Rite is Royal Arch Masonry, the 2nd one is
Cryptic Masonry, and the 3rd one is the Knights Templar.
 Conclusion

For the eons of time, people have learned about the Knights Templar. In our time, we know more to
separate fact from fiction about their existence. A long time ago, Europe was dominated by the Roman
Catholic Church religiously, economically, and politically. That is why the kings of Europe had to submit
their authorities under the Popes. In the Holy Land, many Muslims ruled lands. The Europeans leaders
wanted to not only control areas of the Holy Land. They wanted to allow pilgrimages to occur among
Christians. The Crusades existed as a product of a disagreements and conflicts over ruling areas in the
Middle East. The Crusades lasted for a long time, over one century. At first, the Europeans had many
victories. As time went onward, the Muslims regrouped to have the ultimate victory in control the
Middle East completely. At this time, the Knights Templar existed. They were originally a religious
group of Catholic warrior priests who wanted to protect Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land. They
fought in multiple Crusades. They once ruled Jerusalem where Solomon's Temple was located at, and
they formed an international banking system that grew into massive influence globally. This reality
caused jealousy and envy. One French king accused the Knights Templar of many things from occultism,
sexual rituals, and blasphemy against the Lord Jesus Christ. Most Templar members deny these
allegations after torture. One leader, Jacques DeMolay, was burned to death after denying the charges.
This was during the 1300's.
The many Kings of Europe were either Merovingians or were influenced by Merovingians. The Knights
Templar after the 1300's ended, some came into other orders, and others traveled into other places. There
are always rumors that Freemasonry existed from the Knights Templar, but recent research shows that
Masonry came from independent guilds of Europe not by the Knights Templar directly. What is true is
that many Masonic orders like the York Rite copied many of the concepts from the Knights Templar and
used them in their organizations as rituals, titles, etc. In our time, more people know the truth. The
existence of the Knights Templar makes us aware that searching for the truth is important. After almost
40 years of me living on this Earth, I never lost my core convictions. Some people have sold out, betrayed
our people, and compromised. Yet, I am still here believing in religious freedom, loving environmental
protection, and honoring the Civil Rights Movement. In any time, there is always that remnant who not
only respects mercy but legitimate principles of honor, integrity, and fidelity to true wisdom. Also, during
this pandemic of the coronavirus, we won't stop fighting for justice. The suffering today deserves not
scapegoating but profound compassion including human dignity. `

Merovingian Kings Spanning Centuries

Charlemagne (748-814) was
the son of Pepin the Short.
He was the first recognized
emperor to rule Western
Europe since the fall of the
western Roman Empire
almost 3 centuries earlier. He
was crowned by Pope Leo III
on Christmas Day at the Old
St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in
800 A.D. During his time,
many classical Latin works
were copied and preserved
by Carolingian scholars.
William the Conqueror
(1028-1087) was the first
Norman King of England. He
was a descendant of Rollo
and was the Duke of
Normandy. People know him
from the famous Battle of
Hastings. He ordered many
castles, keeps, and mottes to
be built in England. He
wanted England secure and
under his control.
King George III (1738-1820)
was the King of Great Britain
and Ireland in his day. He was
famous for being the King
who fought the Patriots
during the American
Revolutionary War. He
spread the British empire all
over America, Asia, Africa,
etc. He saw the defeat of
Napoleon at the Battle of
Waterloo in 1815. He was a
vicious supporter of the
wicked slave trade (while Pitt
and other abolitionists
opposed it).
King Edward VII (1841-1910)
saw the Second Boer War in
South Africa. He saw the
modernization of the British
Home Fleet. He tried to make
peace among France and
Britain (as they were rivals
for centuries). The
Edwardian era saw the new
20th century and the growth
of socialism worldwide.
 The Mysteries of Life Part 3: The Holy Grail
One of the greatest mysteries in the world relate to the Holy Grail story. It is found in mythologies and
various stories, but its influence continues to this generation in 2020. In Arthurian literature, the Holy
Grail was famous for being its story. The legend of Arthur comes from the early Middle Age period where
Celtic peoples and Anglo-Saxons lived at. This came after the Roman Empire conquered the British Isles.
It is not a secret that many Celtic tribes fought the ancient Romans in Britain for self-determination. Some
traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous powers that can provide
happiness, eternal youth, or some sustenance. In the occult world, the Holy Grail is more than an elusive
object. It is about a symbol of the Mysteries that can help enlighten humanity. The concept of a grail is
found in Perceval, Le Conte du Graal. This was an unfinished romance written by Chretien de Troyes in
ca. 1190. This story was translated into many centuries via many translations. One famous one was from
Wolfram von Eschesnbach. Wolfram viewed the Grail as a stone. Religious myths are tied to the grail
story. By the late 12st century, Robert de Boron wrote in Joseph d'Arimathie that the Grail was Jesus's
vessel from the Last Supper, which Joseph of Arimathea used to catch Christ's blood at crucifixion. The
Holy Grail story evolved into the Holy Chalice legend or the Last Supper cup. Books from Holy Blood,
Holy Grail and the Da Vinci Code mention the Holy Grail stories. The problem with both books is they
have so many misinformation and falsehoods, that many people unfortunately deny any legitimate
conspiracy related research because of those 2 books. That is why it is important to be clear that researching
the mysteries of life is important along with rejecting falsehoods and deceptions. The Holy Grail remains
a key element about human curiosity (from understanding information about the Ark of the Covenant to
Solomon's Temple).

The Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most important religious objects of Judaism and other monotheistic
religions. Originally, the Ark of the Covenant was housed in the Temple of Solomon. The Temple of
Solomon was destroyed many times. It was destroyed completely by 70 A.D. by the Roman forces after the
prophecy of Jesus Christ saying that Solomon's Temple will have all of its stones gone. The Bible stated
that after Solomon's Temple was completed, as part of the dedication ceremony the Ark was seated within
the Kodesh Hakodashim or the Holy of Holies. Within the Holy of Holies, there are two massive statues of
the cherubim or angels who attend to God in the Abrahamic tradition, stood overlooking the Ark. The Old
Testament of the Bible described many detailed depictions of how the Ark of the Covenant was to be built.
Much of the ark was made up of acacia wood. The wood was covered with gold and a lid was fashioned
with the Cherubim on the lid. Moses and Arron worked together as Aaron was Moses' brother. In the Bible,
God commanded Moses that each of the 12 tribes would put forth a rod to determine which tribe would be
the priests of the Ark of the Covenant. The tribe connected to the rod that bloomed overnight would be the
priests. Aaron put forth his rod for the Levites. Over the right, his rod was blooming, and almonds came
from it. Many traditions say that the Israelites used the Ark in Bible. The location of the Ark of covenant
is unknown. For decades, researchers and scholars have tried to find the Ark in Ethiopia, Israel, and other
places of the world. The symbol of the Ark of Covenant is found in synagogues, Churches, and in Masonic
artwork (as Freemasonry copy concepts from the OT). The 2 cherubim images on the Ark represents God's
glory. The Ark had the golden pot filled with manna (as a memorial for future generations about how God
fed them in the wilderness as found in Exodus 16:32-33), Aaron's Rod (that was a sign of God's continued
choice of Aaron as priest as found in Numbers 17:5), and the 10 Commandments. It was lost during the
destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians.

The Holy Grail

The word graal comes from the word grail (in its modern sense). The Old French word graal means a cup,
a bowl of earth, wood, or metal. By the Middle Ages, Holy Grail stories existed either in King Arthur's
knights visiting the Grail castle or questing after the object. The 2nd set of Grail stories are about the
legends relating to the history of the time of Joseph of Arimathea. In real life, Joseph of Arimathea was the
man who was responsible for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. Many legendary stories
mention that Joseph of Arimathea visited Glastonbury, England and France. The Gospel in the verse of
Matthew 27:57 described him as a rich man and a disciple of Jesus. Mark 15:43 said that Joseph of Arimathea
was a respected member of the council and was looking for the Kingdom of God. Mark 15:46 mentioned
that Joseph of Arimathea purchased a linen shroud and came to Golgotha to take the body of Jesus down
from the cross. Joseph is mentioned in non-canonical accounts like the Acts of Pilate. Many early church
historians mentioned him like Irenaeus (125-189 A.D.), Hippolytus (170-236 A.D.), Tertullian (155-222 A.D.),
and Eusebius (260-340 A.D.). Many of the early church leaders never mentioned Joseph of Arimathea going
into Britain, but they did write that the early church was very powerful in Britain long before 300 A.D.
Robert de Boronmade up the legend of Joseph of Armiathea carrying the Holy Grail to Britain. Other
haters of Christianity claim that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene, and their children made up of
the Merovignians and Royal families of Europe. As we know, there is no evidence of Jesus having a wife.
We know that the Merovingians and the Royal families of Europe are of Indo-European descent, not Jewish
descent. Even the Priory of Sion of the Middle Ages have been proven to not have existed historically.
Henry Lincoln, who wrote Holy Blood and Holy Grail believe that the Knights Templar were the
guardians of the Grail and the Grail Family. We know that isn't true. We also know that the Gnostic
Gospels and the Apocrypha contradict so much of the Old and New Testaments, that the early church
rejected them.
 THE BLACK AFRICAN PRESENCE DURING THE RENAISSANCE AND LATE
MIDDLE AGES
Today, more and more people know about the presence of black African people in Europe, Asia, etc. during the age of the
Renaissance and beyond. Books like Black Africans in Renaissance Europe (edited by Thomas F. Earle, Kate J. P. Lowe
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN: 9780521815826) document this reality.

This is a bust of a black woman
wearing a pearl necklace. This
print was made by the Dutch
person Johnnes De Groot II
(1703-1776).
This is a fragment of a larger
painting. This is a picture of an
African woman who was
enslaved. It is attributed to
Annibale Carracci, circa 1580s,
oil on canvas.
John Blanke was a black This is a portrait of a black man
musician in the area of Great during the 1500’s. Many people
Britain during the 1500’s don’t know that many black people
during the era of King Henry did live in Europe during the
VII. He probably came to Renaissance period of Europe.
England as one of the African
attendants of Katherine of
Aragon in 1501. He is one of
the earliest recorded black
people in England after the
Roman period. Historian
Onyeka Nubia has written
about John Blanke's possible
origins in his 2013 book
Blackamoores: Africans in
Tudor England, their Presence,
Status and Origins.

Alessandro de' Medici (1510-
1537) was Duke of Penne and
the first Duke of the Florentine
Republic (from 1532), was ruler
of Florence from 1531 to his
death in 1537. His mother was
an African woman. His
daughter was Guilia de’ Medici
(1535-1588).
Benedetto da San Fratello was
the 16th century. He was born
to African slaves. Later, he
became a Franciscan friar in
Sicily.
Juan de Pareja (c. 1606 in
Antequera – 1670 in Madrid)
was a Spanish painter, born
into slavery in Antequera, near
Málaga, Spain. He worked in
the workshop of painter Diego
Velázquez, who freed him in
1650. His 1661 work The
Calling of Saint Matthew
(sometimes also referred to as
The Vocation of Saint
Matthew) is on display at the
Museo del Prado in Madrid,
Spain.
Yasuke was a retainer of African
origin who served under the
Sengoku period Japanese daimyō
Oda Nobunaga. In 1579, Yasuke
arrived in Japan in the service of
Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro
Valignano, Visitor of Missions in the
Indies, in India. Yasuke was most
probably from Mozambique.
 Esoteric Works

In esoteric works and legends, the Holy Grail is a fictional representation of lapis exilis. Lapis exilis in
legends represent the jewel from the crown of Lucifer after he fought the archangel Michael. Manly P.
Hall wrote on this subject. He writes that, "...the Lapis Exilis, crown jewel of the Archangel Lucifer, fell
from heaven." and "Michael, archangel of the sun...at the head of the angelic hosts swooped down upon
Lucifer...During the conflict, Michael with his...sword struck the flashing Lapis Exilis from the coronet of
his adversary...and the green stone fell...into the dark and immeasurable Abyss." (Manly P. Hall, "The
Secret Teachings of All Ages, p. XCIX). Hall also wrote that, "Out of Lucifer's radiant gem was fashioned
the Sangreal, or Holy Grail...from which Christ is said to have drunk at the Last Supper." (Manly P.
Hall, "The Secret Teachings of all Ages", XCIX). Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (May 12, 1828 – April 9,
1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an artist who made a painting with a Grail in her
hand. Other legends say that the Holy Grail was divided into different parts. Some believe that the Grail
Stone is the same as the Emerald Tablet. The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Tablet, or
Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic piece of the Hermetica reputed to contain the secret of the
prima materia and its transmutation. It was highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation
of their art and its Hermetic tradition. The original source of the Emerald Tablet is unknown. Although
Hermes Trismegistus is the author named in the text, its first known appearance is in a book written in
Arabic between the sixth and eighth centuries. The text was first translated into Latin in the twelfth
century. Numerous translations, interpretations and commentaries followed. The layers of meaning in
the Emerald Tablet have been associated with the creation of the philosopher's stone, as well as with
other esoteric ideas.

In its several Western recensions, the Tablet became a mainstay of medieval and Renaissance alchemy.
Commentaries and/or translations were published by, among others, Trithemius, Roger Bacon, Michael
Maier, Albertus Magnus, and Isaac Newton. At the Siena Cathedral, there is an image of the Emerald
Tablet in that church (on the mosaic floor). The Emerald Tablet of Hermes mentions the words of "That
which is below is like that which is above..." The tablet is also called the Philosopher's Stone. Carl Jung
said that he had dreams of the Emerald Tablet. Manly P. Hall wrote about the Emerald Tablet in the
following terms, "The oldest and most revered of all the alchemical formulae...is the sacred Emerald
Table of Hermes." (Manly P. Hall, "The Secret Teachings of All Ages, p. CLVII). The occult writer Tracy
R. Twyman in the book entitled, "The Merovingian Mythos and the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau"
mentioned the following information, "The story of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes appears to be yet
another incarnation of the Grail as stone..." (pg. 149). She further mentioned that, "The legend connected
to these items, and the stone they came from, relate that the stone bounced off Cain's head as it fell to
Earth...leaving a scar on his forehead in the shape of a red serpent: the Mark of Cain...This is what the
Grail as stone represents." (pg. 149). The Rosicrucian and occultist Nicholas Roerich believed in a Stone
of Destiny (or the Chintamani Stone) in his life. One occult author mentioned the following words on
Secret Societies: "Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the
secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface."
(Author Arthur Edward Waite, The Real History of the Rosicrucian Steiner Books, 1977)

Well Known Occultists of

of the Modern Age

Madame H.P. Alice Bailey Henry Steel Olcott Aleister Crowley

Blavastky
 Legends and Real Life Stories

There are many legends of the Holy Grail. One of the biggest legends of the Holy Grail is that it was a
meteorite or the cup where Jesus Christ drank from. Another legend is how the Holy Grail came from the
crown of Lucifer. There are many real-life stories in the world as it relates to secret societies. There is a
real-life story of Henry Wallace temporarily being an ally of Nicholas Roerich. It is true that Manly P.
Hall praised the work of Madame H. P. Blavatsky according to Dr. Obadiah Harris of the President of
the Philosophical Research Society (based in Los Angeles, California). Blavatsky was the co-founder of
the Theosophical Society. She wrote books like Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine. It is no secret that
Blavatsky praised Lucifer. It is also no secret that Manly P. Hall was a high-level Freemason. Manly P.
Hall praised Lucifer in his book, "The Lost Keys of Freemasonry" on pg. 48 with the following words,
"When the Masons learns...mystery of his Craft...The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands..." We
know that Freemason Harry Truman had the books of Hall in his desks. We know that Helena and
Nicholas Roerich were deep into the occult.
 ‫ֶחֽד‬
ָ‫ָה א‬
‫ְהו‬
‫ֵינוּ י‬
‫ֱ ה‬
‫ָה א‬
‫ְהו‬
‫ֵל י‬
‫ְרא‬
ָ‫ִשׂ‬
‫ַע י‬
‫ְמ‬‫שׁ‬

What is Fact?

During this generation, Christ-haters are abundant. I have debated and refuted them all of my life. With
the advent of the Internet, more people are waking up about how evil people claim tolerance, but they
want to paint a broad brush against Christians collectively. We are fortunate enough to live in this time
where the truth is readily available. One major lie promoted in the Da Vinci Code and in the Holy
Blood/Holy Grail movements is that the Bible was created by the Council of Nicea via Constantine
during the 300's A.D. The truth is that Emperor Constantine of the Roman Empire had nothing to do
with the making of the Christian canon. All of the books of the Bible were created by 100 A.D. There was
the Council of Hippo at 393 A.D., and the Council of Carthage of 397 A.D. All dealt with canon issues.
Also, another lie is that some believe that Christians didn't believe in the deity of Jesus Christ until the
Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. We can look at the New Testament and early church writers long before 325
that mentions Christi's divinity and the existence of the Trinity. Here are some verses (which are
powerful, eloquent statements) proving this point:

"...they shall call his name EMMANUEL, which being interpreted is, GOD WITH US." (MATTHEW
1:23)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...All things were
made by him...He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not...And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:1, 3, 10, 14)

"...the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ...gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all
iniquity..." (Titus 2:13-14)

"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." (John 8:58)

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD was manifest in the FLESH, justified
in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, BELIEVED ON in the world, RECEIVED UP
into glory." (1 Timothy 3:16).

Here are following quotes of early church leaders believing that Jesus Christ is God:

"I pray for you happiness forever in our God, Jesus Christ." (Ignatius AD 105)

"Brethren, It is fitting that you should think of Jesus Christ as of God." (Clement AD 150)

"For Christ is King, Priest, God, Lord. . ." (Justin Martyr AD 160)

"God was put to death, the King of Israel slain." (Melito AD 170)

"He was man, and He was God." (Irenaeus AD 180)

"Our Instructor is the holy God Jesus. . ." (Clement of Alexandria AD 195)
"Christ is received in the person of Christ, because even in this manner is He our God." (Tertullian AD
200)

"Therefore, He is not only man, but God also. . ." (Novatian AD 235)

"Jesus Christ, our Lord and God" (Cyprian AD 250)

"He truly was and is . . . with God, and being God." (Methodius AD 290)

"We believe Him to be God" (Lactantius AD 304) "He is God in reality and without any shadow of doubt.
. ." (Arnobius AD 305)

Theophilius mentioned the Trinity before the 300's A.D. The Council of Nicea was made up of bishops
who wanted to debate theological issues as it relates to Christianity, not forming a biblical canon. We
know that Pierre Plantard's Priory of Sion was a hoax being created in 1956. By the 2nd century, the
Apostles Creed firmly believed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. There is no historical evidence that
Jesus married Magdalene or had children with her. Many Jewish people were celibate back then like the
Apostle Paul, John the Baptist, and the Essene (who are the Jewish people who created the Dead Sea
Scrolls). The Dead Sea Scrolls were about the Old Testament and didn't reference Jesus Christ, except in
prophecies. Even one part of the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas says that a woman can't go into the Kingdom
of Heaven without changing into a man, which is sexist. Gnostics believe in bashing the physical
existence and praising the spiritual world when both physical and spiritual entities can be good. Even the
Zeitgeist documentary came out to not only bash Christianity but all religions in promoting a Utopian
society. The documentary promoted the lie that Christianity is just a copy of pagan religions, and Jesus
Christ never existed (when Josephus, the New Testament, Tacitus, the Talmud, and other people back
then mentioned Jesus' existence). It tries to tie Jesus with Horus when there is no evidence that Jesus was
born in December 25, and Horus was not a product of virgin birth. Jesus wasn't referred to as a solar
deity. Therefore, discernment and truth remain clear and firm.
She-ma yisrael, adonai eloheinu, adonai echad

Baruch shem kavod malchuto l’olam va-ed

The Love of Discovery

Being on this Earth for almost 40 years has certainly been a journey. The love of discovery never ends in
my mind. We know that the mystery of the Holy Grail has inspired curiosity for decades and centuries.
The common myth is that Freemasonry is just some quaint group with minor rituals that shouldn't be
taken seriously. The Bavarian Illuminati (of the 18th century) was dominated by numerous Freemasons.
In many works of Freemasonry, lying is promoted. For example, the Masonic Handbook on page 183 by
Freemason Edmond Ronayne said that, "You must conceal all the crimes of your brother
Masons...Should you be summoned as a witness against a brother Mason be always sure to sshield hield
him." Albert Pike in his Morals and Dogma book says that, "Truth is close at hand, is forced to disguise
it, to induce the multitudes to accept it ... Fictions are necessary to the people."
people ('Morals & Dogma", Page
102, 3rd Degree). Pike again: "Masonry, like all the Religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism and
Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false
explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled; to
conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from it ... So Masonry
jealously conceals its secrets and intentionally leads conceited interpreters astray."
astray ["Morals and Dogma",
p. 104-5). I have my sources and my receipts now. Freemasonry makes people take oaths in order to join,
but Jesus Christ is clear about swearing oaths in the following words from the Scriptures:

"...Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you,
Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is
his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt
thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let
your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these
cometh of evil."

-Matthew 5:33-37

Therefore, we know that Freemasonry is not God for many reasons, one of which is how they promote
deception. Freemasonry have their own codes, passwords, and constitutions. So, when you see people
attacking believers in God, promoting the New Age movement, and these groups like the Bohemian
Grove existing, these things didn't exist by happenstance. Large foundations, secret societies, and other
groups promote these entities in order to shift people from a belief in God and into the belief into the
Mysteries. In the end, we will keep the faith always.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life."
-John 3:16

By Timothy
 Future Works in 2021

The 70th Year Anniversary of Kwame The Real Story of the City of Oakland
Ture’s Life

The New Biden/Harris Administration R&B Music of the 2000s

Like Always, Keep the Faith.