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Historical Notes Relative To The Order Of The Temple.
with their animals , but not to exceed the above number ; anil that he , or his heirs or assignees , shall pay to me or to my heirs , or to my agents , merely five pieces of silver , the one-half to be paid at Easter , and the other half at the festival of St . Michael , as the only service-rent , tribute , or quit-rent . And that I and my heirs shall guarantee quiet possession of the said land , with all its before mentioned freedoms and privileges , unto the said Stephen and his heirs , against all men and women . Templars for ever . In witness whereof , & c . & c . "
Hammer On The Gnosticism Of The Templars.
HAMMER ON THE GNOSTICISM OF THE TEMPLARS .
MR . VON HAMMER adduces an alleged Templar coin or medal , representing , as he says , the temple of Jerusalem with four towers , and bearing the inscription -j- S . S . SIMOONJUfi A . This he reads the reverse way , not beginning , however , exactly with the final A , but with the letter next it—which is evidently a D , although a little awkwardl y formed , and on its face —and which he takes to be a Q ; making out of the whole , SSTA QUINOOSIS . He thus inserts a T where there is noneand converts
, the M into a reversed sigma ; finally changing the QUI into G , and making only one O instead of two , he obtains GNOSIS , thus proving the secret gnosticism of the Order . After this tremendous twisting and torturing , it is strange that the devoted letters still will audaciously assert their ori ginal signification of -f-S . S . SIMON JUDA ! voilatout ! One is amusingly reminded by this of Aiken Drum ' s long ladle , in the Antiquary ; but , the truth is ,
as both French and German writers have not failed to remark that many of the coins , medals , or sculptural inscriptions cited by Von Hammer , hacl nothing to do with the Templars , or their supposed secrets . " Recte quidem , " says one learned writer to Von Hammer , " omnes cle sculpturis et figuris hieorglyphicis per te adducta sunt , quce in ecclesiis fratrum militia templi huedum existentibus reperiuntur ; at tales etiam in aliis , pnesertem Scoticis , reperiuntur templis , quae Templarii nunqutim possiderunt . " One house of ihe Templars in Scotland , however , has an inscription , 'VJESAC MTHM . We should like to know what monstrous mysticism , or mysteries , M . Von Hammer would evoke from this .
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Historical Notes Relative To The Order Of The Temple.
with their animals , but not to exceed the above number ; anil that he , or his heirs or assignees , shall pay to me or to my heirs , or to my agents , merely five pieces of silver , the one-half to be paid at Easter , and the other half at the festival of St . Michael , as the only service-rent , tribute , or quit-rent . And that I and my heirs shall guarantee quiet possession of the said land , with all its before mentioned freedoms and privileges , unto the said Stephen and his heirs , against all men and women . Templars for ever . In witness whereof , & c . & c . "
Hammer On The Gnosticism Of The Templars.
HAMMER ON THE GNOSTICISM OF THE TEMPLARS .
MR . VON HAMMER adduces an alleged Templar coin or medal , representing , as he says , the temple of Jerusalem with four towers , and bearing the inscription -j- S . S . SIMOONJUfi A . This he reads the reverse way , not beginning , however , exactly with the final A , but with the letter next it—which is evidently a D , although a little awkwardl y formed , and on its face —and which he takes to be a Q ; making out of the whole , SSTA QUINOOSIS . He thus inserts a T where there is noneand converts
, the M into a reversed sigma ; finally changing the QUI into G , and making only one O instead of two , he obtains GNOSIS , thus proving the secret gnosticism of the Order . After this tremendous twisting and torturing , it is strange that the devoted letters still will audaciously assert their ori ginal signification of -f-S . S . SIMON JUDA ! voilatout ! One is amusingly reminded by this of Aiken Drum ' s long ladle , in the Antiquary ; but , the truth is ,
as both French and German writers have not failed to remark that many of the coins , medals , or sculptural inscriptions cited by Von Hammer , hacl nothing to do with the Templars , or their supposed secrets . " Recte quidem , " says one learned writer to Von Hammer , " omnes cle sculpturis et figuris hieorglyphicis per te adducta sunt , quce in ecclesiis fratrum militia templi huedum existentibus reperiuntur ; at tales etiam in aliis , pnesertem Scoticis , reperiuntur templis , quae Templarii nunqutim possiderunt . " One house of ihe Templars in Scotland , however , has an inscription , 'VJESAC MTHM . We should like to know what monstrous mysticism , or mysteries , M . Von Hammer would evoke from this .