| In old Europe a group of women who practiced herbal magic and worked together belonged to a coven. A group of nuns who all work together, in the church, belong to a convent, the name of which obviously arose out of the former. In Morte d’ Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory tells us that Morgan le Fey, known as a great enchantress and witch, grew up in a nunnery where she first started to study and practice necromancy and magic. (16) One of the interesting and noteworthy developments which occurred during this time of reorganization of the power of the church in the 12th century, is that of the fragile relationship between the landowners, some of whom were aligned with the church, and the monarchs. It was in the best interest of the church and the crown to unite against the hereditary wealthy landowners. These were families who had been clan tribes for centuries and maintained wealth spread out amongst themselves. If the church and crown were to ever be sovereign, they would have to work on eliminating the power of the landowners, or barons. (17) Pope Gregory (540-604) believed that church paintings helped to educate the poor and illiterate and therefore should be used for that purpose. We may trace the beginning of this following trend of “Christian Art” to Pope Gregory, quite possibly. (18) In the medieval period of the 1100-1200’s most people were illiterate. The world had gone from the height of knowledge of mythology, medicine, arts, architecture, music, masonry, drama and poetry performance, festivals of celebrations of the earth, freedom of expression, liberalism to the fullest, to a point where people were so stupid and dumbed down that nobody could read anymore, all because of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church made the world stupid and illiterate, and if anyone reading this book complains for one moment about the intense amount of information in this book and how difficult it is to read or get through, blame the Catholic Church not the messenger. Due to the overwhelming stupidity in the world at this point, the church had resorted to teaching with pictures. Many of the old depictions we will see on church walls and cathedrals tell stories to the poor and uneducated to explain to them the history of the Bible and the “Word of God.” Except this time, it’s a picture book, no words. This explains as well, why mushrooms can be depicted in so many images in the early churches. It served a dual purpose. In one instance it allowed the priesthood to conceal the information from the dumb, while showing the true meaning to “initiates.” These initiates were primarily the artists of the wall murals, I would imagine. I don’t think this was a known secret for the Cardinals, though I cannot say for certain. I can only imagine that if this were not kept with very tightly closed lips and secret, the knowledge would have been made available to the public a long time ago. |
The Inquisition and the Crusades In the following sections of this chapter there will be a lot of bold highlighting. There are many family members of royalty who will be presented and some of them mentioned several times. In order to avoid confusion, I have highlighted each one when they are mentioned for the first time, including some of the important words relating to titles and events. The Inquisition “officially” started with Pope Alexander III when the title was adopted at the Council of Tours in 1163. In 1184 the Synod of Verona was conducted under Pope Lucius III and the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Plans for the Crusade were formulated at this meeting. Heresy was condemned, and capital punishments were prescribed. (19) The primary families comprised of the kings and queens of Jerusalem, tied into the powers of the Catholic Church, were to become the ruling royal monarchies of the world for the next thousand years until the modern age. Brief episodes of infighting occurred only when it became necessary to control arms of the ever growing and expanding royal family. The King of Jerusalem was the new imaginary Mickey Mouse for the newly created Disneyland of the Holy See, called the Kingdom of Jerusalem, founded in 1099 when the First Crusade took the city. Godfrey of Bouillon IV was selected to be the “King of Jerusalem,” but refused, preferring to be called the “Defender of the Holy Sepulchre.” His successor King Baldwin I in 1100 was the first King to officially use the title. Godfrey of Bouillon IV was from the line of the Lorraine family, centered in France and Belgium. He was born around 1061 AD in Belgium and died July 18, 1100 in the Crusades where he was buried in Jerusalem. His brother, Godfrey de Boulogne was born in 1860 in Lorraine, France and died in 1100 as well, leading to general confusion among the two. Baldwin I, also known as Baldwin of Boulogne (1060s – 2 April 1118), was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100, and the second crusader ruler and first king of Jerusalem from 1100 -1118. Baldwin was the third son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne and Ida of Lorraine. (21) The Boulogne and the Lorraine families of France were the first to lead the Crusades. Baldwin I was left childless though and other lines of the same greater family took over carrying forward the title of King and Queen of Jerusalem. (16) Great Cosmic Mother, p. 349-50 (17) Serpent and the Goddess, p. 150 (18) Psychedelic Gospels, p. 118 (19) History of the Devil, p. 308-09 (20) Morris, Colin (1989). The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250. Oxford University Press (21) Murray, Alan V. (2000). The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History, 1099–1125. Prosopographica et Geneologica |