The Temple Church of Halifax Nova Scotia
The history of Nova Scotia includes many little known
interesting historical facts and events. In many ways Nova Scotia’s history is
similar to that of the other colonies to the south that would become the United
States of America. Over time this included an overlap of the Norman family
bloodlines that seemed to work together and intermarry in a sort of family
fraternity or organization. This is obvious in examining the royal factions of
this tradition but what of the more plebian or collateral family relations of
this system?
Many of them were given gentry titles of Nova Scotia. During
the Revolutionary War period many colonists who were loyal to the King came to
the Maritime region of Canada including Nova Scotia. Many of these people may
have already had family there and many of them maintained relations with their
rebel relatives to the south both during and after the war. Among these United
Empire Loyalists may have been a few that did possess a pedigree that linked
them to this network of Norman families. Other influences such as German groups
of immigrants would also have an impact on the legends and folklore of Nova
Scotia. In addition we may see the direct influence of descendants of Knights
Templar Everhard Des Barres displaying knowledge of the mysteries of Oak
Island.
In our studies here two families of Norman descent, the
Foerester/Biddulph’s and the Mortuo Mari, included noted legacies that state
they have kept track of their family line dating from the fourth century. Given
this it may be surmised that family links were of paramount value in both the
upper and lower echelons of these families. It is also easy to assume that a
few of these United Empire Loyalists would be spies for the rebel cause.
It appears that as soon as the Normans came to France they
began to intermarry with all the Royal Houses of Europe including notably
Rollo’s family relations to the Prince of Monaco. At various times through
history there are examples of these family groups working together even if one
branch was French or Spanish while the other may have been German or English.
It is clear that even after the famous “Cutting of the Elm” at Gisors in 1188
that these family groups continued to work towards their mutual benefit even
though their countries and associated royals were at odds. This dynamic alone
has caused many to attribute many things that were caused or perpetrated by
these family groups to Freemason’s or Orders of Chivalry whom family members
may have also been members.
Included in the mix is a great deal of intrigue and
intelligence gathering on the part of the Latin Church. The family as it were
does seem to be loyal to the Church to a large degree but also appear to have
their own version of Christianity in some cases. In the early settlement of
North America many Catholics kept their true faith a secret due to the
political winds of change from monarch to monarch.
Nova Scotia normally may not have been a place of grave
concern for the Royal family of England. During the post Revolutionary War
period it was deemed important enough that Prince Edward was sent to Canada and
was put in command of all North American English forces. His tenure in Halifax,
Nova Scotia ended in 1801. While in Halifax Prince Edward seems to have taken
part in a family tradition that includes the building of architectural follies
that may convey some subtle symbology as well as serving as a kind of personal
Prime Meridian for the Prince and his associates. Somewhat like his distant relation
Thomas Jefferson had done by constructing three octagonal buildings with
directional qualities in Virginia. Both Prince Edward and Thomas Jefferson have
Mortuo Mari and de Eston ancestors in common. These same family relations are
held by the House of Windsor today.
Prince Edward had a strong German cultural background as
well as his direct links to the Stuart family much in the same way Prince
Rupert of the Rhine was related. In fact Prince Rupert’s Mother Elizabeth
Stuart is a common link between the German, English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish
factions of English Royalty. Prince Edwards German values may have compelled
him to build a church in Halifax for German Lutherans many who were Hessian Mercenaries
that had been brought by Cornwallis to fight against the Rebel Americans. Later
a descendant of German Colonel Von Vieth would serve on the board of directors
for the Oak Island El Dorado Company. The population of Halifax at that time
was a reflection of the ancestry of Prince Edward and included many German,
Swiss, and sympathetic French inhabitants. Many former American Colonists also
added to the mix during this era of Nova Scotia history.
Many go so far as to credit Prince Edward with the design of
the St. George’s Round Church in Halifax. Even though Prince Edward was
building this church for a German Lutheran congregation he still seemed to
value England in a symbolic way with his plan of this church. From plan view
the St. George Round Church of Halifax Nova Scotia resembles the famous Temple
Church in the City of London originally built by the Knights Templar in late
twelfth century. Through its long and storied history the Temple Church would
later be controlled by the Knights of St. John Hopitalier and later the City of
London itself. So we may see that it is possible that many groups other than
the Knights Templar would value the Temple Church including the Royal Orders of
the Bath and Garter. The Temple Church in London seems in turn to have been
designed as a copy of the Mausoleum of St. Helena that was originally meant for
Emperor Constantine. So even the design of the Temple Church may have Coptic or
Eastern Christian overtones that are not obvious at first glance.
In this light it is interesting that Edward chose such a
design for a church in Halifax. Originally he may have also been expressing a
Scandinavian heritage in the design of the Round Church. At first the Church
was round with no extending apse. Later it was changed to have a linear apse
extending to the southwest (at 225 deg. TN) thus making it resemble the Temple
Church more than the traditional “Templar Round Church” seen on Bornholm Island
in the Baltic Sea (Lincoln, Haagensen). In any case the original Temple Church
in London has many characteristics in common with the Round Churches of
Bornholm Island that Lincoln and Haagensen have associated with the original
Knights Templar. It may also be surmised that the Newport Tower and Powder
Magazine in Williamsburg reference a similar tradition with all harkening back
to the octagons of Constantine and the Tower of the Winds. Prince Edward had
established a Prime Meridian in a tradition that was very popular during the
era in which he lived. It may be that Prince Edward was aided in his
arrangements of architecture by a man who happens to be interred inside the St.
George Round Church, famous cartographer Joseph Frederick Des Barres.
The St. George Round Church of Halifax is also oriented with
regard to True North. This neighborhood of Halifax includes a street plan that
seems to be oriented at 45/225 degrees true north both even divisions of an
octagonal compass scheme. The St. George Round Church does point to some
interesting places on the globe that have come up in our studies in the past.
Using an octagonal division of 360 the St. George Round Church of Halifax
points the way on the globe to the Maryhill Stonehenge in Washington State.
This Stonehenge replica was built by none other than Samuel
Hill descendant of George Washington and several other notable First Families
of Virginia. Mr. Hill was from Minneapolis Minnesota and a branch of his family
also lived in Alexandria, Minnesota near where the Kensington Rune Stone was
found. (see additional chapter about the Maryhill Stonehenge). The Hill family
is considered one of the First Families of Virginia and are intermarried with
many of the most influential families that would include several future notable
U.S. Presidents and politicians.
Another arc on the globe from the St. George Round Church
extends to Perillos, France. Perillos is home to a mystery that many associate
with Rennes le Chateau. Perillos was also of note for the involvement of the
Cassini Family and the Lords of Perillos one of which was Grand Commander of
the Knights of Malta. The mystery of Perillos does involve a landscape mystery
similar to a Pirates Map. It is likely a similar quest initiation to what Oak
Island may represent to some degree.
Of all of the architecture built by Prince Edward during his
stay in Halifax the Round Church stands out as a likely copy of the Temple
Church in London. But what of the other architecture including the Halifax
Clock Tower and a gazebo or bandstand at the Prince’s estate? Prince Edward
also constructed what is known of as a “Martello Tower.”
A Martello Tower is a defensive fortification that is
circular in design. The one in Halifax does have some design elements that may
suggest arcs or directions on the globe from that point. This structure
includes some amazing geographic associations that relate to the Book of Enoch,
James Bruce, the St. George theme, and possibly the Oak Island Legend.
The Martello Tower built by Prince Edward points an azimuth
on the globe to the Church of St. George in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Using a
separate arc on the globe suggested by an octagonal division and architectural
elements that conform to this scheme from the tower the St. George Round Church
of Halifax is also sighted. Two churches of St. George pointed to by the same
structure built by Prince Edward. What was the Prince attempting to tell us if
indeed this is a hidden message? What possible links could there be between
Nova Scotia and Ethiopia of all places? The answers may lay in the associations
of the namesake of Halifax Nova Scotia.
Using the same octagonal scheme from the tower that points
to the two Churches St. George an additional arc on the globe extends to Scone
Abbey in Scotland. Scone Abbey of course is the site where all Scottish
Monarchs were crowned sitting atop the Stone of Scone sometimes referred to as
“The Stone of Destiny.” Legends of this stone have it coming from the Temple of
Jerusalem when it was sacked in 70 A.D. by future Emperor Titus. The theme of
Biblical relics equal to the importance of the Stone of Scone seems to repeat
itself via many of the quests involved. It is easy to see why the father of
Queen Victoria, Prince Edward would value the location of Scone Abbey in
relation to the Churches of St. George and the metaphorical messages he is
sending us via these associations. What more appropriate association could
there be but between Scone Abbey and Nova (New) Scotia (Scotland)?
Halifax is named for the second Earl of Halifax George
Montigu-Dunk. As a coincidence the Earl was close friends and an associate of
James Bruce the famous Ethiopian Explorer. During his eighteenth century
travels to Ethiopia and Egypt Bruce returned to Europe with ancient copies of
the Book of Enoch and original manuscripts that comprised the Pistis Sophia.
Both of these tomes were already important to Freemasonry and Bruce had
supplied verifiably ancient copies that confirmed or validated the more modern
version of these valued texts. At the same time his adventures caused somewhat
of a stir in Freemasonry.
What may be revealing in our study of lost Nova Scotia
History is the possible use of the Coptic overtones of James Bruce’s
discoveries and how they may relate to the Oak Island Treasure legend.
Amazingly a major portion of James Bruce’s book about his travels and
discoveries in Ethiopia was comprised of letters from the field to George
Montigu-Dunk second Earl of Halifax and namesake of the city. Could it be that
James Bruce had somehow had an effect on the mythology and lore of Nova Scotia
and Freemason’s that a kind of legend had developed that displayed some of the tenets
from the Book of Enoch as valued by their organization? Or is there still more
to the truth or myth of Oak Island in Nova Scotia history?
The Montigu Legacy is also manifested in Nova Scotia by Lord
Charles Greville Montigu. This Montigu is buried in the crypt of the St. Paul’s
Anglican Church in Halifax. Charles is known for his efforts at recruiting
colonial prisoners to fight against Spain and France during the Revolutionary
War era. On his memorial at St. Paul’s his efforts are noted with regard to the
“Corps of Carolina” he commanded also known as the Cumberland Division. Apparently
Montigu had recruited many of his soldiers from prison ships in Charleston
South Carolina. Many of these men would later contribute a great deal to the
history of Nova Scotia. After the war they were brought to Nova Scotia and
given pensions and property. Note also earlier in history Charleston had been
the home of Admiral Anson of Shugborough and a part of Charleston, Ansonborough
is named for him. Charleston is also the birthplace of the American “Scottish
Rite” of Freemasonry.
The Montigu family has a strong association with both the
Knights Templar and Knights of St. John Hospitalar. During the thirteenth
century at the same time there were two men both named Pedro Montigu who were
Grand Commanders of the Knights Templar and Knights of St. John. This
coincidence also marks an event that involves Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor
who built an ocatagon in the form of Castel del Monte that points to both Oak
Island and the International Peace Garden using the plan of the structure. Or
previous view of Frederick II shows that he is of Norman descent and was
associated with ‘magi’ Michael Scot who was adept at spherical geometry and
many other highly advanced technical and spiritual knowledge of the day.
One interesting story about the two Pedro Montigu Grand
Commanders involves them both being invited to the wedding of Frederick II.
Both men made it a point not to be seen together or speak to each other at the
wedding. This is very curious indeed. Is it possible that these two were
actually the same person? It is possible but this association points out the
significance of the two Montigu’s that are so intimately involved in the early
history of Halifax Nova Scotia. This coupled with the association of James
Bruce and Enochian imagery in Nova Scotia and the Oak Island legend shines a
light on the Montigu legacy and how it may apply to the folklore and legends of
Nova Scotia. It is also no secret that there was no love lost between Frederick
II and the Knights Templar. When Frederick “invaded” Jerusalem the Templars
were angry that he used diplomacy instead of warfare to retake the city.
Eventually this would result in Frederick banning the Temple in Sicily and
limiting their influence in Norman Italy as well. Frederick II was most
associated with the Teutonic Knights who helped to maintain the Hanseatic
League that Frederick had also had a hand in creating. The ancestry and legacy
of the Montigu’s and another early Nova Scotia luminary Joseph Des Barres point
to the involvement of traditional Knights Templar and Knights of St. John
families in the type of legend we see manifesting itself at Oak Island. In fact
we will see evidence shortly that may show who world famous cartographer Joseph
Des Barres was aware of the Oak Island mystery as early as 1760.
In our previous work we have examined the influence of James
Bruce on the Kirkwall Scroll of Scotland (Orkney). The travels of James Bruce
also had a huge influence on another explorer named Antoine (Thompson)
d’Abbadie who amazingly also has ties to one of the more famous governors and
pirates of French Arcadia in the very region where the Oak Island is located.
D’Abbadie was known to have slept with a copy of James Bruce’s Ethiopian book
by his bedside. He followed in Bruce’s footsteps with a major expedition to
Ethiopia with his brother Arnaud. Antoine was considered one of the premier
geographers of his day. Antoine built what is considered by many to the “The
Rosslyn Chapel of France” near Hendaye. His family is thought to be behind the
creation of a mysterious monument known as the Great Cyclic Cross of Hendaye as
discussed here.
So in the legacy of Nova Scotia and Oak Island we see the
possible influence and involvement of two Ethiopian explorers whose families
are likely related via Norman blood. The Kirkwall Scroll as discussed does
contains much of the same imagery seen on both the Cyclic Cross of Hendaye and
the newly discovered Cross of Sara France. The Kirkwall scroll also contains
symbols that are similar to the “stone head” that is part of Nolan’s Cross and
a recently discovered stone in Nova Scotia displaying a Coptic Cross. Though
many “alternate” historians would be tempted to ascribe these similarities to Romans
or Byzantines coming to North America it is more likely that these symbols are
present in relation to Oak Island and its Enochian overtones of a hidden
chamber containing the answers to many questions. A direct forebear of Antoine
d’Abbadie was one of the most famous Pirates during the French occupation of
the Maritimes.
Now in addition we have Prince Edward himself possibly
providing us clues as to what all of this means via the architecture that he
left in Halifax. The use of architecture in this manner may also imply that
there is no real treasure at Oak Island. This sort of scheme or plan is meant
as a learning device for specific people whether they be Freemason’s or members
of specific family groups. It is clear that through history similar mysteries
have been associated with structures such as the Halifax Round Church including
the mysteries of Charlemagne and Constantine both associated with octagonal
structures that infer directions on the globe.
The association of the theme of St. George in Ethiopia and
Lalibela may refer to the actual Ark of the Covenant. The Ark is said to have
rested in Lalibela among the churches there for some time. The Ark of the
Covenant was one of the items looted from the Temple Mount by Titus and
displayed in the Peace Temple or Forum of Vespasian. We have discussed how the
Peace Temple of Rome points to the International Peace Garden also seemingly
built and planned by this same Norman bloodline. The Vatican array points to
Lalibela and Chartres France in opposing directions suggested by the windrose
and obelisk of St. Peter’s Square.
The inclusion of the mystery of the Ark of the Covenant’s
whereabouts is typical in this kind of quest oriented mystery. This version of
the story seems to be suggesting the Ark is at the International Peace Garden
and not Oak Island. The Ark of the Covenant also fits the Book of Enoch tale of
a nine chambered structure with each chamber having a different level. This is analogous
to concept said to be part of the Royal
Arch degree of Freemasonry today. Is it possible that all of the legends of Oak
Island are boiling down to the fact that this point on earth was significant in
this quest somehow and not the fact that a treasure per se was located there?
Is it possible that people who had been sent on this quest would view simply
finding the location of the Island of great value in a solved mystery? Could
all of this have been blown out of proportion for centuries leading to the
circus we see at Oak Island today as well as the recent past? Yes. The Oak
Island Mystery appears to have more to do with the involvement of Bruce,
Montigu, and the d’Abbadie family. It is possible that the treasure at Oak
Island is something entirely different that what we have been told and
imagined. With all of this said it is still entirely possible that these
families were proceeding with knowledge of a much more ancient secret at Oak
Island and other places. The evidence all compiled and analyzed also raises
many questions that may indicate these legends were formed later based on
ancient traditions that dictated the creation of folklore in this vein. There
is no smoking gun with this new evidence that states there are no ancient
associations or treasure present at Oak Island. It merely suggests that there is
no treasure and that all of this was done as part of a tradition or ploy to
hide places of real significance.
There are many reasons one would misinterpret all of this as
meaning more ancient people had come to Oak Island. An octagon Constantine had
built himself points the way to Oak Island and the Powder Magazine in
Williamsburg in a single arc on the globe. Trajan’s hexagonal port of Portus
points to Oak Island. This indeed may be one of the reason’s later people
during the eighteenth century such as James Bruce or Montigu would value such
an association that does not involve any treasure at all being located there.
In the process the suspicion on the part of these people that Constantine was
indeed a Coptic would contribute to the value of what Bruce and d’Abbadie had
found in Ethiopia and had possibly manifested itself on the designs seen on the
Kirkwall Scroll. The Scroll incidentally is an object of debate over its true
age as well. People who had been enthralled by the exploits of Bruce may have produced
the Kirkwall scroll just as others may have created a kind of initiatory quest
using this imagery and the location of Oak Island in the same manner.
Some of this may be put into perspective by examining why
Prince Edward would point an arc on the globe to Perillos France. As stated
Perillos is likely part of the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau. Many researchers
as well as the Society of Perillos have established a connection between people
involved in both mysteries. Perillos was of interest for unknown reasons to the
Lords of Perillos and the famous family of astronomers the Cassini family. The
Cassini’s established the Paris Observatory and managed it for many generations
prior to the revolution. Cassini during the era he lived in Perillos was associated
with the Lords of Perillos who were in turn associated with the Knights of St.
John of the Hospital.
Noted earlier is the situation of the Cassini’s estate north
of Paris directly north of the northern tip of the star identified in the
landscape of Rennes le Chateau by author Henry Lincoln. The Cassini estate
includes an octagon that points the way to Oak Island just as Constantine,
Frederick II, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and Trajan had done. Here in this
club of octagon builders is displayed knowledge of the true nature of why Oak
Island is valued. Is this the reason Prince Edward chose to sight Perillos with
one of his pieces of architecture in this tradition? Or was it a just a chance
association?
The Cassini’s were also intimately associated with Antoine
d’Abbadie and his mentor Françoise Arago. Arago is famous for the brass
medallions that bear his name marking the Paris Meridian in that city. Arago
was the onetime director of the Paris Observatory and had personally surveyed
the Rennes le Chateau area earlier in his career working for the Cassini’s. So
here is a full circle broad connection between Bruce, d’Abbadie, the Cassini’s
and other similar landscape mysteries that these men displayed knowledge of as
expressed in their architecture. All of these connections are steeped in
symbols and events that harken back to an earlier era of history. Both Thomas
Jefferson and Alexander Von Humboldt were associated with and corresponded with
these men. All of these men are involved in the construction of structures
representative of a Prime Meridian or Axis Mundi that points to places of
importance to them on the globe.
Note also that Thomas Jefferson held a friendship and
correspondence with Blaise d’Abbadie of the same family who was the last governor
of French Louisiana. D’Abbadie actually defacto was the one who handed
Louisiana to Jefferson. All of this in turn related to why the Kensington Rune
is located on the margins of the Hudson’s Bay and Louisiana Border. (additional
chapter). The d’Abbadie’s are beginning to surface as an unknown factor in the
development of Nova Scotia and possibly the Oak Island question. Jefferson also
corresponded with Dominique Cassini concerning methods involved in establishing
a Prime Meridian.
These Traditions and associations have led many to believe
that people from the age of Rome and the Byzantine Empire had visited Nova
Scotia long ago. It is possible that those who know the truth of these axes
mundi propagate these false myths intentionally. Some of the people who left
these legends also believe they are descendant of Egyptian and Scythian
nobility via the Queen Scota saga. The fact that others who were aware of this
grand geographic game had later paid homage to this concept by making Oak
Island a place of veneration or interest that has in turn left many with the
false assumption that these people from antiquity had actually come to Oak
Island. This identification on the part of many nobles with more ancient
culture they belived they had descended from has contributed a great deal to
the misinterpretation of rock carvings and artifacts that were left in N.
America as part of this tradition. Is it possible that more ancient people came
to North America? Yes. Is is possible that people that were part of this family
tradition inadvertently or on purpose left false clues that may also indicate
this fact? Possible. Are there simply well educated and informed pranksters
that do this? Possible. See the crop circle phenomena for a more modern
version.
These people have left in their wake an entire series of
legends that all combine to match many of the tenets of the saga of Oak Island
as told in popular media today. Start with the Legend of Charlemagne’s vault,
Frederick Barbarossa and his man in the mountain myth similar to Charlemagne’s,
The architecture of Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor, to Prince Rupert of the
Rhine’s Heidelberg Estate. All of this will tell you that they were copying a
tradition begun by the Roman emperors yet exemplified best by Emperor Constantine
and his octagons. All of their octagons served as directional devices in the
treasure and quest legends they had left behind. In part these legends were
only exposed to their direct family and forced any future King to study and
value what Charlemagne had done and act accordingly. This is the same method
applied to the Beale Treasure Legend which compels one to read the Declaration
of Independence several times to solve the mystery.
So what are we to make of all this? It appears the same family
group is responsible for Oak Island, The Newport Tower, Williamsburg/College of
William and Mary, Harvard, Yale, The International Peace Garden, The Maryhill
Stonehenge, Washington D.C.’s plan, The Beale Treasure, Legend of Bacon’s
Vault, The Palace of the Legion of Honor, Hearst Castle, The Kensington Rune
Stone, The Ames Pyramid, The Moncure Pyramid, the Legends of Mt. Shasta, and
much more. These are only the North American structures involved. In Europe we
have a series of architectural follies that were built to fulfill the same
purpose. This includes the Tower of the Winds at Shugborough, West Wycombe, and
Mt. Stewart which were built during the same era these structures were taking
shape in Nova Scotia. We are dealing with folklore here. Is it possible that
all of the most well known myths and treasure stories in North America are a
result of this activity? Has all of this intentionally been blown out of
proportion to hide something else?
Just the commonalities between James Bruce, his association
with the Earl of Halifax, and similar activities of the d’Abbadie’s in Nova
Scotia and Ethiopia should be a red flag to anyone who is aware of the broader
scope of similar mysteries to that of Oak Island. Finally the presence and
involvement of Prince Edward in building these architectural follies also
serves as a monument to the application of these concepts there.
In tandem with these concepts an examination of the theories
of the involvement of Sir Francis Bacon in these mysteries may also be
revealing in many ways. It is clear that Bacon was part of the intelligence
apparatus of Queen Elizabeth I. His cohorts in this enterprise have names that
are repeated many times through sagas related to that of Oak Island. Each of
these stories in North America is related to an important symbolic relic that
is missing. This includes The Stone of Destiny, The Ark of the Covenant, The
Holy Rood (True Cross), and the Spear of Destiny. The themes in each case are
biblical. The octagon of the International Peace Garden also refers to these
mysteries in the tradition of Charlemagne including a Spear of Destiny myth in
Louisiana involving Lemoyne D’Iberville who also played a strong hand in the
history of French Arcadia again directly associated with the d’Abbadie
governors and tribal leaders of that region.
Are there any other clues in the vicinity of Oak Island that
may help to shed some light on the possibilities suggested above? In fact one
of the earliest English settlements of Nova Scotia in located about nine
(9.28mi) miles south of Oak Island. Oak Island is visible from there from a
hill called “Gallows Hill.”
Lunenburg Nova Scotia was settled in 1753 by a group of
primarily German settlers as well as a few English and Scottish families. The
three founding fathers included Patrick Sutherland, John Creighton, and
Dettlieb Christopher Jessen. Judging by these men’s names Sutherland, and
Creighton may have been Scottish while Jessen was representative of the
primarily German settlement. Lunenburg was an English town so it makes sense
that Creighton were present in town at that time. Lunengburg was settled about
four years after Halifax to the north. Lunenburg had been the original site of
a Mic Maq village named Mirligueche that was known as a shellfish processing
location.
John Creighton has the same name as a man that would later serve
on the board of directors of the Oak Island El Dorado Company in 1866.
Creighton had also been the first one of the founders to lead a group of
settlers to Lunenberg from Halifax in 1753. As the town developed the older
part of the settlement developed a rectilinear street plan that seems to have
been oriented to accommodate the use of the shoreline as a port with docks,
warehouses, and marinas. At second glance there may be some hidden aspects to
both the street plan and specific pieces of architecture in the small town of
Lunenburg that are still visible today.
101 Kaulback Street, Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, Canada is the location of a very large and impressive Victorian
building known as the Lunenburg Academy. The Academy was built in 1893-5 and is
one of the few remaining original Academy buildings left from this era.
Lunenburg Academy is oriented at the same compass heading as Kaulback Street
which seems to be the westernmost street of the original rectangular plan of
Lunenburg. The street is named for one of the early German families that
settled Lunenburg. Incidentally their close relative in Germany was famous
painter Wilhelm Kaulback who was known for painting a mural of the destruction
of the Temple in Jerusalem for the Kaiser.
If one applies the concept of the Axis
Mundi involving the use of this structure as a directional device a startling
association is apparent. The orientation of Kaulback Street and the Lunenburg
Academy are measured at 8 degrees True North. This heading matches the path of
Kaulback Street which is also the western most street in the original town plan
of Lunenburg. Kaulback Street points to or very close to the location of the
stone triangle that was said to have once been on the island. The same
orientation of the Lunenburg Academy points directly to the original location
of the Money Pit itself. Is this a chance association or part of the way the
Oak Island mystery was developed? To answer that question we must go back to
the St. George Round Church and examine the influence of a person that was
considered one of the premier cartographers of the age and did indeed live and
work in Nova Scotia.
So far we have seen some similarities in the Legend of Oak
Island and other treasure stories like the Beale Treasure and the tale of
Bacon’s Vault in Williamsburg. Part of the mystique of the Oak Island Legend
involves speculation that the famous Knights Templar were somehow involved with
the deposition of treasure there. We have seen some examples of how the more
modern eighteenth century version of the Knights Templar may have influenced
the imagery of the mystery at Oak Island. Does this leave us with any connections
to the real Knights Templar earlier in history? Possibly. This is the point in
the story where the involvement of the Montigu’s and Des Barres may take on
more significance than previously thought.
The entire set up of talismans in Halifax including the St.
George Round Church may lead us to some connections to the original Order of
the Knights Templar. Within the Round Church is the crypt of Joseph Frederick
Wallet Des Barres. Mr. Des Barres was a very important figure in the
development of Nova Scotia. Joseph was one of the premier cartographers of his day
and produced a magnificent volume of nautical charts needed on the Atlantic
seaboard of North America entitled “Atlantic Neptune.” During this time Des
Barres was directly associated and worked with Admiral Boscawen who in turn was
under the command of Admiral George Anson of Shugborough Hall. Shugborough Hall
includes an array of architectural follies including a reproduction of the
Tower of the Winds and the famous Shepherds Monument that includes a rendering
of Poussin’s “Et in Arcadia Ego” in mirror image bas relief.
The presence of Des Barres in Nova Scotia echoes the
involvement of many other premier cartographers of the day in arranging arrays
of talismanic architecture. This includes the octagons of Thomas Jefferson, The
exploits of Hudson’s Bay Cartographer David Thompson, The d’Abbadie’s and the
Great Cyclic Cross of Hendaye, Frederick II HRE and his two octagons, Prince
Rupert of the Rhine, and other navigators of the age of exploration as well.
Given all of this it is no surprise that Des Barres is interred in the St.
George Round Church in Halifax. Des Barre’s Swiss and French background coupled
with his Huguenot beliefs may be the reason he chose to be interred at the St.
George Round Church. Many of his cohorts are interred at the St. Paul’s
Anglican Cathedral in Halifax. May there be another reason Des Barres chose
this as his and his wife’s site of burial beyond these cultural associations?
Joseph Des Barres is descendant of at least two very early
original Knights Templar in France including Everhard Ded Barres and William
Des Barres. William was known to have been present at the “Cutting of the Elm”
at Gisors in 1188 in which the French and English factions of Normandy went
their separate ways for good. After this separation of sorts members of the
same families on both sides of the argument seemed to still work together for
the good of the family in a tradition that seems to have held great value to
Norman nobles in France and England. The
talismanic use of the Axis Mundi is a common tradition in association with this
Norman influenced group through history according to the theories of the author.
William sided with the King of France in this dispute while
there were still Des Barres family members in England. William’s son William IV
would also later take part in the shameful Albigensian Crusade against the
Cathars of France. The Des Barres would even intermarry with the famous Knights
Templar Montfort family. Simon Montfort led the Albigensian Crusade to
eliminate the Cathars.
Even though Joseph Des Barres is from the later era of the
eighteenth century his possible involvement with what ever is going on at Oak
Island is interesting given his links to the original Knights Templar. It is
certain that Des Barres was likely personally associated with Prince Edward and
the two Montague’s all of which had Knights Templar ancestors. Because Joseph
was a cartographer he may have been involved in the arrangement of some of the
architecture that was built by Prince Edward in Nova Scotia. Earlier we
discussed how the Academy building and westernmost street of Lunenburg points
directly to the money pit. If this azimuth on the globe is extended it
transects central Nova Scotia and reaches the “Castle Frederick” estate of
Joseph Des Barres. Is Des Barres presenting us with a clue that tells of his
knowledge of Oak Island via the associations with the streets of Lunenburg and
the Academy? There is no record of Des Barres involvement in the situation of
the street plan of Lunenburg though he was in the region in that era. The
Academy was planned after the time of Des Barres so that could have been
planned by later people in the known or is a chance association due to its
orientation being the same as Kaulback Street. It is also possible that via
Anson, Boscawen had also been involved in this arrangement of architecture.
This association may lend credence to the validity of this
alignment extending beyond a chance association and something that was planned
by Joseph Des Barres. Des Barres is telling you something about Oak Island but
what? It is clear that Des Barres is practicing a tradition that may have been
known of and used by the original Knights Templar leading them to discover the
sepulcher of Constantine beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Is he telling
us there is something ancient buried there or is he telling us that as a
cartographer he knows about the associations that exist at Oak Island including
Portus and the Daphne octagon of Constantine. Des Barres practiced the same
skill and craft as the Cassini family who were the first to produce a spatially
accurate map of France. Both cartographers Cassini and Des Barres seemed to
have influenced a structure or array that
points the way to Oak Island.
If this scheme were to hold true the alignment from the
Lunenberg Academy to Oak Island seems to be a manifestation of the works of
Joseph Des Barres. Des Barres was known to have designed the street plan of
Sydney Nova Scotia and it may be that he had a hand in the design of the plan
of Lunenburg as well. We may be seeing the light of some very new Oak Island
information that suggests there is a great deal more to the tale than being
told. Joseph Des Barres may be telling us he knows about Oak Island at some
point between 1755 and 1760. But still the question remains: “What exactly did
he know about Oak Island and what does it have to do with the Knights Templar?”
It is easy to speculate that Joseph Des Barres was Knights
Templar of this era. He also seems to have one of the most obvious Knights
Templar pedigrees in Nova Scotia that is known of. If one examines the list of
Baronetcies of Nova Scotia a great deal of other Templar influence may be
guessed. His family ties and contributions to the development of Nova Scotia
add to the reasons why he and his wife are interred in the Halifax Round Church
even though he spent his time in Falmouth. Des Barres’ involvement in this
alignment may be obvious by examining where this azimuth on the globe from
Lunenburg Academy and Kaulback street “point to” after the transect Oak Island.
This azimuth on the globe extends directly to the Castle Frederick estate of
Jospeph Des Barres in Falmouth Nova Scotia. This small fact may indicate an
origin to the Oak Island Legend to Des Barres and the other luminaries present
in Nova Scotia during this era. Of course Joseph Des Barres knowledge of the
value of this point on earth may extend back into the history of his family and
their association with the Knights Templar as well as the Montagu’s association
with both Templars and Hospitalars.
A real descendant of Knights Templar at rest inside a copy
of the Temple Church in London. The “language of the birds” information that is
emerging here is significant and applies directly to the kind of Masonic
imagery we see in various legends like Oak Island, The Newport Tower,
Kensington Rune, and other places of mystery and intrigue. The story of
Everhard Des Barres third Grand Commander of the Knights Templar and William
Des Barres present at the cutting of the Elm serves to denote the importance of
this Norman family in the history and lore of the Knights Templar in any form
be it old or new.
In many ways the story of Joseph Des Barres is similar to
the story of John Bidwell who founded Chico California. Bidwell descended from
Templar Knight Ormus le Guidon (the Standard Bearer) who founded the Biddulph
family of England. Ormus built Norman Churches in Staffordshire that adhere to
this architectural tradition. Biddulph’s were known to have fought at Poitiers
as squires to Knight Audley on the English side. Bidwell went on to plan Chico
with a chess board inspired street plan and City Plaza that does seem to
function as an Axis Mundi. The City Plaza in Chico points to the Monastery of
New Clairvaux about eighteen miles northwest of Chico.
It is entirely possible that cartographers and astronomers
like Cassini, Des Barres, Thompson (Hudson’s Bay Company), Jefferson,
d’Abbadie, and Von Humboldt would be more than capable of both understanding
talismanic arrays of architecture of mystery as well as arranging arrays of
their own. All of these men are involved in landscape mysteries that involve
hidden treasure. The question still does linger as to whether they are telling
us about ancient or modern mysteries. In the end the analysis seems to display
the fact that many of these conundrums were manufactured using classic imagery
from days gone by that actually meant something to both the elite class via the
Egyptian suggestions of the Declaration of Arbroath as well as the Coptic and
Egyptian overtones of some aspects of Freemasonry.
The involvement of Sir Francis Bacon at Oak Island has come
about for many reasons related to the Enochian imagery we have noted in its
different forms with regard to Freemasonry. Many people also attribute Bacon as
having had a hand in the development of Freemasonry and it is clear that he
held some Rosicrucian beliefs that were applied to his intelligence gathering
and psychological operations. Bacon is mentioned in association with Dr. John
Dee, Sir Francis Walsingham, Robert Beale (Treasure), and possibly Pirate Peter
Easton among others with regard to intelligence gathering and operations. Bacon
had also spent a great deal of time and had been educated in France just as
many noble Scotsmen had been including Sir James Douglas.
Of course many speculate that Bacon or his group of the
Invisible College or Order of the Helmet had secretly penned the plays
attributed to William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s name even serves as a language
of the birds version of Athena the Spear Shaker. Given all of this it is easy
to see why people would attribute many strange and unexplainable things to Sir
Bacon. What could have Sir Francis Bacon left or had placed at Oak Island? It
would have been natural for the intelligence service that Bacon had helped to
establish to use the works of Shakespeare as an encoding device or to suppose
later secrets based on inside information as to the reality of these works.
It is clear that two plays including Richard II and Henry IV
include several characters in the role of rebels or opposition to the king that
are in reality extended members of the Mortuo Mari family that includes the
founders of Newport Rhode Island, Thomas Jefferson and other First Families of
New England and Virginia. None of these family or literary characters are
related to Oak Island in any real way that can be proven. They are related in
very real and tangible ways to Newport and Williamsburg including blood
relations of Sir Francis Bacon himself. At least ten United States Presidents
include a Mortuo Mari lineage. We do in fact see the Mortuo Mari intermarrying
with both the Des Barres and Montigu families through time. The Mortuo Mari may
not have been Knights Templar but order of the Garter. Prince Edward himself
was descendant in part from the Mortuo Mari as well. So there are connections
between all of these people that involve genealogy beyond their associations
with specific chivalric orders. Why would the image of Sir Francis Bacon and
Shakespeare be suggested in involvement at Oak Island or anywhere else in Nova
Scotia?
Many speculate that Bacon’s papers are among those things
that were hermetically sealed and placed in the enigmatic money pit at Oak
Island. This legend is countered by another similar legend in Williamsburg
Virginia home to the mystery of the Bruton Parish Church Vault. Even though
this story has been around Williamsburg for much longer many believe that this
mystery was first brought to light by the wife of Masonic philosopher Manly P. Hall.
Ms. Hall did in fact make many assumptions about the grave stone markers in the
Churchyard for the first time but the legend of the vaults existence has been
rumored since colonial times. It is possible that the existence of this legend
only occurred due to the presence of a man named Nathaniel Bacon in the
Jamestown Colony. Given this we may be left to debate the authenticity of two
treasure or vault legends that are not true in order to decide which
represented the original initiatory quest. Many even suggest that what Bacon
had sent to the New World was a replica of the Ark of the Covenant that
contained his papers and thoughts.
There is a great deal of rationale as to why Francis Bacon
would send items or what some say is a reproduction of the Ark of the Covenant
to what was then Jamestown, Virginia. Bacon was related via his sister to
Bartholomew Gosnold who was an early influential figure at the colony. His
later family relation Nathaniel Bacon is the person who in legend brought the
“vault of information” to Jamestown. Legend at first held that this ‘Ark’ was
buried beneath the altar of the Chapel in Jamestown. This chapel was recently
excavated and did reveal a strange reliquary in the grave of Gosnold’s cohort
Captain Gabreill Archer. Archer does indeed seem to be one of the cloistered
Catholics of early America with many speculating he may have been a Jesuit spy.
(See Jamestown Chapter for more on the reliquary)
It is also clear that Sir Francis Bacon owned an interest in
the Virginia Company as well as the Cupid’s Colony of Newfoundland as
discussed. So which is the real site of the supposed Bacon’s vault? (LOL). It
does appear at this point as if Williamsburg is a better candidate for hidden
items associated with Bacon. There are no associations between Oak Island and
Sir Francis Bacon like those that exist in Jamestown and Williamsburg. Or is
there more? Had Speculation of Bacon and Oak Island been seemingly produced out
of the thin air of misinterpretation and wishful thinking by with regard to the
very same Enochian philosophy that dictated a value of such legends in the
first place? Where is the Bacon connection to Oak Island?
There is also a great deal more suggestion that the works of
Shakespeare were applied to families and happenings in Rhode Island and
Virginia rather than those in Nova Scotia. The legacy of Nova Scotia and
origins of the Oak Island story do not begin until the revolutionary war. It
appears the site of Jamestown and Williamsburg were chosen for the same spatial
relationship Oak Island has to the Daphne octagon of Constantine the Great. It
is also important to point out that the talismans of the Newport Tower and
Powder Magazine in Williamsburg were no longer under the control of the direct
family of Prince Edward at that time. The Newport Tower lays only a few miles
east of the azimuth that points to Oak Island and Williamsburg from the Daphne
of Constantine. This may be close enough to consider that the Newport Tower was
placed due to this association as well. Later Elizabeth built Star Castle to
also mark an association with the Newport Tower and Provincetown Harbor on Cape
Cod.
Williamsburg displays all the tenets of this tradition
including an additional octagonal structure that is pointed to by the Daphne
octagon of Constantine. These locational attributes again may be the only
reason Williamsburg is located where it is and the only reason an Enochian
treasure myth was ever developed at Oak Island. All of these influences from
Williamsburg extend to the Kensington Stone and all the other monuments and
families in this saga through American History. Many of them are associated
with the Society of the Cincinnati and were among the earliest to control all
of the most vital industries as our country developed.
Think about it. Two Enochian vault legends both arrayed
along an arc on the globe suggested by a structure that was built by
Constantine the Great who had inspired Charlemagne in his mysteries. Add to
that the mystery of the Newport Tower. To those in the know this would be in
irresistible context in which to arrange new and different mythologies related
to the concepts they valued in a new land. The fact that both of the mysteries
are arrayed as such may indicate that they had been developed after people had
found these points on earth and had intentionally applied their values to them
with regard to what Constantine had done earlier. In this context the
establishment of Virginia and Williamsburg may reveal a greater and truer value
of this concept.
There is a great deal to suggest that parties unknown had
applied concepts seen in the works of Shakespeare to mysteries present both in
Williamsburg and Stirling Castle. Who may these people be? A good guess would
be some of the characters and families we have already discussed. It is clear
that Robert Beale was part of Elizabethan Intelligence and was close to the
Queen herself. Beale had counseled the mother of King James I, Mary Queen of
Scots, prior to her beheading. It is likely this same Beale family is involved
in both the mystery at Williamsburg and the famous Beale Treasure.
Amazingly there is a direct and well noted connection
between the Montagu family and the personage of Sir Francis Bacon. A fierce
debate rages over the possibility that Bacon and his “Order of the Helmet” were
behind the works of Shakespeare. A direct earlier relation to the two Montagu’s
of early Halifax including Lord Halifax (Montagu-Dunk) named Walter Montagu was
a close political allay and confidant of Sir Francis Bacon. Montagu was the son
of the first Earl of Manchester. Walter’s biography also states that he is
described as having “run the English Secret Service.” In fact later the elder Montagu
would be disgraced along with Bacon in a scandal that would severely tarnish
Bacon’s reputation though not destroy it. Montagu emerged from this victory
with his position and influence still intact. Later in the eighteenth century
another Montagu would be one of the most well known editor and publisher of the
works of Shakespeare. The Montagu’s even have a legacy spanning hundreds of
years in association with Bacon and Shakespeare. Remember Lord Halifax
(Montague-Dunk) personally communicated in letters to James Bruce about his
Ethiopian expedition that were later included in Bruce’s book. With this then
in mind it is no surprise that the Montague’s (different spelling same family)
were among those who helped to establish Jamestown and who had come in a later
mid-seventeenth century wave of immigration that included what would come to be
known of as the Cavaliers of Virginia. The Montague’s of Virginia intermarried
with all of the premier First Families and are indeed related to the Hills,
Washington’s, Lee’s, Moncure’s, and others. So the Montagu legacy was firmly
established in two places that use the imagery of Bacon and Shakespeare in an
associated vault legend at Oak Island and Williamsburg. So. At which location
is the vault actually stashed? Is it at either location or is all this a ploy
to get us to study Shakespeare and the historical context of the early
settlement of North America?
The involvement of Walter Montagu’s father the Earl of
Manchester comes just as Jamestown is being founded. This is the classic era of
Baconian associations with Virginia and the Cupid’s Colony. Walter’s position
as spy master and his father’s association with Bacon may have led to later
Montagu’s and other associated families such as the Des Barre’s being privy to
how the work of Shakespeare and Bacon could be used and or deciphered. If
Francis Bacon or Shakespeare had included coded messages or ciphers in the
artwork and text of early folios than what better candidate to have been privy
to the solution and historical context of such hidden elements than these
families? It may also make sense that other entities after the era of Bacon
would use these secrets in their own ways towards ends they were never intended
to attain.
It may be that the presence of the Montagu family in Nova
Scotia and also in Jamestown is the only reason there are myths of Sir Francis
Bacon and Shakespeare at both locations. In addition it is obvious that other
associated families that had also been associated with Bacon like the Beale’s,
Easton’s, Mortimer’s, and others could have also been privy to some of this
information. In this way it made it to family members Robert E. Lee, George
Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. Why would rich and powerful families leave a
treasure for you to find? It may be that their story is what they want you to
find. Along the way one is forced to learn the politics, social mores, and
culture of each era of history these people had influence on. It exposes the
true origins of national interests and those that created them.
Is this a legacy of the Knights Templar or some of the
powerful families that had once been original Knights Templar? It may be that
these people’s family influence would trump the involvement of any specific
Order such as the Knights Templar. As a result many activities of these
bloodlines have been ascribed to the activities of the Knights Templar. Many
former Knights Templar families would go on to hold influential positions in
other orders. This is true in the existence of two men named Pedro Montagu who commanded
two competing orders at the same time. Later there would also be Blanchefort
commanders of both orders as well at different time.
Alternately it is true that these families influence and
wealth through the years would indicate the existence of an organization of
former families of the Knights Templar somewhat similar to the Society of the
Cincinnati we see composed of American Revolutionary War officers after that
conflict. In turn some of the members of the Society of the Cincinnati and
other early residents of Jamestown and Nova Scotia could also claim descent
from original Knights Templar Brothers. On the French side even the name
d’Abbadie (of the abbey) may indicate Templar origins. Does this mean that the
Knights Templar continued to exist as a secret order since the fourteenth
century?
This is possible. Given all the political intrigue, Royal,
and family associations it may be hard to actually establish the fact that this
organization soldiered on all that time. It is true that many of these families
kept precise family records that went back in time to as early as the fourth
century. All of these families often had different faiths, nationalities, royal
associations, as well as membership in organizations like Freemasonry and other
orders over that span of time. It is also clear that through history family fraternities
have existed that were patterned after the Royal Houses of Europe. Many of
these family groups were incredibly powerful beyond any association with a
specific order of chivalry. In conclusion it is also these same bloodlines
whose families always surface in association with nearly all of the mysterious
places and myths that seem almost to have been placed in the psyche of the
public intentionally. They are telling you the truth. You simply need to
develop the skills to understand it. Along the way you may learn many factual
and spiritual concepts that may be of personal use to those who seek the truth.
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