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The Cistercian/Templar conspiracy

The idea of the Cistercian order was born between 1075 and 1097 by a breakaway group of Benedictine monks led by Robert de Molesme and Etienne Harding. They were under the protection of Hughes de Champagne who was central to the official founding of the notorious Knights Templar some 20 years later in 1118. The official recognition of The Templars was the culmination of activity among a group of French nobles that had started in 1104.

The first Cistercian abbey was founded in 1098 in the Burgundy heartland at Citeaux. Three years later in 1101 this special abbey was demolished and then rebuilt half a league from its original position. Such a re-positioning seems strange when we are presented with the records of the criteria that the first monks used to choose the location for its first abbey. In those records it states that they searched the woodlands and thickets until they found the ideal clearing, near to water.

Maybe they had constructed the first abbey in a haphazard manner and wished to construct something more grandiose, resilient or distinctive. If this were so it would contradict Robert’s stated objectives when he first founded the Cistercian order.

For many years Robert had been troubled by the gradual decline he had seen in adherence to the Benedictine rule and his motivation to break away from its influence was to establish a monastic culture based on true poverty, chastity and obedience and to endure a fundamental lifestyle which embraced the hardships and penance associated with very basic existence. It would not fit the facts therefore that he rebuilt Citeaux for reasons of space, comfort or grandeur and it would certainly not explain the choosing of a new location for the abbey.

In 1113 a large group of young men from noble families, all affiliated or connected to the houses of Burgundy and Champagne, joined the Cistercians as a group. Leader among them was Bernard de Fontaine who was later to become known as St Bernard de Clairvaux. His early influence was significant and his connections to wealth and influence meant that he would establish his own abbey in 1115 at the Clairvaux location, which give him his saintly name. This abbey too was relocated within a short time of its construction: Between 1135 and 1137, while Bernard was away in Italy, a new abbey was constructed 200 yards from the first abbey’s position.

Here we have two of the most important Cistercian abbeys, central to the foundation of the order both repositioned a short distance from their original position and within twenty years of their original construction.

‘So what?’ you might ask. This is trivial in the nature of things! There are many reasons why it could have happened and all of them very reasonable.

It is only when we know the consequence of these new abbey locations that it we can surmise that there was some deeper reason and that the movement was part of a larger more secret plan.

Before we go to this explanation it is perhaps useful to remind ourselves how gullible human beings are. If we look at the current influence of the Alpha code and the movement’s success in converting sceptics and unbelievers into radical Christians we can see that it takes little to persuade someone to believe the most outrageous of postulates. This was equally true in the 12^th and 13^th centuries. In those times the church was dictatorial and independence of belief by persons noble or otherwise was rare. The nobility funded the churches and abbeys who in turn provided education and protection to all who did not inherit land and titles. A half-way position between inherited title and monastic nonentity was provided by the establishment of the Knights Templar. This new breed consisted of warrior monks who had the dual status and privileges of travelling knight and the protection of being part of the religious community. They took vows but were not affiliated to specific abbeys. They were the emissaries of a new truth and aggressive practitioners of a new code.

Unbeknown to all but a very select few, the heavenly location of the Son of God had been duplicated on the earth many years previously. It consisted of the principal stars in the Ursa Major constellation which the Egyptians had secretly venerated in the person of Osiris, and which had formed the basis for all the myths surrounding the Grail and the Tarot. Its secrets had also formed the basis for the strange and provocative verses of the Book of Revelation.

The key known positions of this earthly duplication were (and still are) located at Chartres, St Quentin, Reims and Verdun in France, Donnersberg in West Germany, Guernsey and Stonehenge and Avebury in the UK. The ground plan made by these positions looks exactly as the constellation looks in the sky and contains a cup with interior angles of 108º provoking the construction of a pentagon and pentagram inside the cup.

The constellation of Ursa Major

In the twelfth century, a small number key individuals were aware of this construction and it had been explained to them in the context of; ‘as above so below’, ‘on earth as it is in heaven’. Some may even have been told that this geometric shape represented the face of God. Whatever they were told, the persons with the knowledge were the same persons responsible for the movement at of the abbeys at Citeaux and Clairvaux.

The Pattern of Ursa Major in Northern France

When Citeaux was moved it created incredibly accurate alignments between;

Cluny – La Ferté – Citeaux – Morimond – the 6^th of the seven star position

Citeaux – Clairvaux – the south east corner of the pentagram

Citeaux – Fontenay – the centre of the pentagram

When Clairvaux was moved it created precision alignments that were accurate to the foot.

Clairvaux – Chartres – Mont St Michel

Cluny – Citeaux – Clairvaux – 6^th star of the constellation

Clairvaux – centre of the pentagram – Notre Dame de Paris

Maybe it is/was just a giant co-incidence. This may be the case but there are facts that can not be disputed;

1 The ground plan of Ursa Major (the big dipper) does exist

2 The first abbeys at Citeaux and Clairvaux were re-positioned

3 The new positions do create very accurate alignments that connect

to key positions on the ground plan of Ursa Major (the big dipper).

The unanswered questions still remain. Who knew enough to reposition the abbeys? How did they accurately plot the new positions? Why was it kept secret?

For us the fundamental question is; does a secret organisation who is party to this information still exist? Are we being manipulated as were the peasants, knights and monks of the 12^th century? What is the great conspiracy that has hidden an earthly duplication of the most prominent constellation in the heavens from us? Is this the Templar secret and if so what did it mean to them and their successors? Is this the hidden secret of the Freemasons?

Or should we just say; “don’t confuse us with facts!”

Learn more about the facts behind the legends of creation in ‘The God Secret’ by Greg Rigby

www.TheGodSecret.net