Vine & Wine Chronicles: Upcoming book: “The Way of the Rose”
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Hello people of the page! Happy to share a trailer with a glimpse of my upcoming book on the untold history of the Knights Templar, "The Way of the Rose"; part of a trilogy with the "Way of the Stars" and the companion book to both.
Pay attention to the details and symbolism On that note, you may have noticed that before Christmas, I launched a series of lectures on the Knights Templar and wine and also my own Templar wine with Dos Templarios Belgium. I mentioned back then that the Knights Templar & Wine have always gone together, but many of you didn't catch the hint. It wasn't just about producing/exporting wine or growing vineyards, but rather they are the vine. I also mentioned the Jacobites, and even shared a Jacobite song relevant to love (romantic love but also the teachings of Jesus). I'll share a big clue:
The bloodline from James the Justus was called the Vine because the Bible classifies the descendants of Israel as a vine. The line of Judah being described at some length as the Lord's cherished plant (Isiah 5:7). Jesus later proclaimed, "I am the true vine" (John 15:1). Wine and the vine appear often in the Bible and in Christian symbolism and this is why Christians use grape juice or grape wine in Communion, it represents the 'blood' of Jesus.
I will share something from an article below which is relevant to my work but also this trailer and which I agree with:
"The lineage of Jesus the Justus includes the Fisher Kings and Lancelot del Acqs. It descends to the Merovingian Kings of France. These Kings were: Clodion of Tournai = Sigimer = Ferreolus = Ansberts = Arnoald = Arnulf = Ansegis = Peppin (the fat) = Charles Martel = Pepin III (the short) = Charlemagne = Princess Bertha = Lothair I = Loius II ( Emporer of Italy) = Irmengarde = Bera VI ( the Architect) = Sigebert V = hughes I = Jean I = Hughes (des Plantard) = Eustace I ( Comte de Boulogne) = Eustace II = Godefroi De Bouillon ( King of Jerusalem 1099).
Godefroi established the Order of Sion which were the Knight protectors of the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights Templar. Bouillon was also a line of descent to the Stewarts. This was another conjoining line of the Kings of Loraine that lead to the pre Scotland forebear Alan, Seneschal of Dol and Dinan. Seneschal of Dol's sons were Alan and Flaad ( hereditary Stewards of Dol). This was the Vine of Judah for the first 1000 years after Joseph of Arimathea and James the Justus. The original founders of the Grail Keepers/Knights Templar.
The vine spreads even farther to Alan Fitz Flaad de Hesdin, Baron of Oswestry. Alan's sons were William and Jordan Fitz Allen. The Baron had a daughter Emma wo married Walter, Thane of Lochaber, the son of Banquo. Emma and Walter's son, Alan of Lochaber married Adelina the daughter of Alan Fitz Flaad. Alan and Adelina were the parents of Walter Fitz Allen, the First High Steward of Scotland.
This brings the connection of Banquo and the Fitz Allen's together. Both families were hereditary Knights Templar and Order of Sion (Jerusalem). The vine branched out to become what modern day
history calls Jacobites."
Read the rest here:
https://www.electricscotland.com/history/kt7-3.htm
I will clarify that while Godfrey of Bouillon is not mentioned as a founding Knights Templar, their founding had everything to do with him but also his family line. Godfrey established two military orders in Jerusalem, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (1098) and the Order of the Priory of Our Lady at Mount Sion (1099) from which the Knights Templar emerged officially (these two were joined together for quite a while). Let's not forget Godgrey's aunt, Matilde of Tuscany (also known as of Canossa) who created the first ever military order (yes it was established by a woman), the Order of Saint James of Altopacio in Italy, also known as the Knights of the Tau (symbol for resurrection). Matilde backed Godfrey and funded the Priory of Sion as well over a hundred monasteries/abbeys and was a great military strategist who even used wine to wine the Battle of Sorbara in 1084. Did I not mention wine and the Templars being a thing?
However, through my research, I am aware that the Templars existed unofficially long before the order of Sion. I'll also add that the Saint Clare family is connected to the Stewarts but so is Robert the Bruce as his eldest daughter Marjorie who married Walter, High Steward of Scotland, died following a horse accident and after giving birth to the 1st monarch of the House of Stewart: Robert II of Scotland.
Lastly, I'd like to highlight something noteworthy from my friend and mentor Dr. Steven Muir, historian and professor emeritus of religious studies at Concordia University (Edmonton, Canada) who will be writing the prologue to this first book on the Knights Templar. As mentioned before, vine imagery is common in the Bible and Paul says that while Israel is the original vine, God grafted non-Jews (Gentiles) into the vine as new People of God. Roman 11:17-24.
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