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Reincarnation: How real?
2007-12-20 13:55:00 Reincarnation, a rebirth which involves a return to earth by the dead with the characteristics of his past, is still shrouded in mystery despite the empirical evidence often manifested in the near death experiences. How real is the belief? asks Olu Osunde. When Ehimema 30 from Benin in Edo State came into the world like every ... More About: Religion , Articles , Opinion , Real , Holy Grail
A symbol of the building of the modern world
2007-12-19 01:43:00 Â Regarded as the pre-eminent symbol of Portugal’s history as a powerhouse of European exploration, Lisbon’s Jeronimos Monastery is a fitting location for the signing of the EU reform treaty. The magnificent complex was started in 1502 by King Manuel I to commemorate Vasco da Gama’s voyage as commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. Located at the entrance to the port of Lisbon, the monastery was built on the site of an earlier hermitage where the monks of the Order of Christ, a Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar, gave succour to passing sailors. That hermitage, the Ermida do Restelo, had been founded by Henry the Navigator, a Portuguese prince who lived from 1394-1460. He was a noted patron of voyages of discovery along the western coast of Africa and the Madeira islands. Opening up trade routes Until Prince Henry’s time, the most southerly point known by European sailors was Cape Bojador, a treacherous reef-surrounded h... More About: Building , World , Modern
Los radicales islámicos también atacan el deporte europeo
2007-12-18 01:48:00 Parece que la desfachatez y fanatismo de los musulmanes no tiene límite. Al maltrato de mujeres y homosexuales, el empleo de la violencia contra los niños o el terrorismo internacional, se une también una ofensiva que pretende imponer la sharia en Europa. La última, ha sido atacar al deporte europeo. Barsia Kaska, un abogado turco experto ... More About: News , Articles , Italy , Opinion , Crusades
Peñiscola - Templarios pasado, presente y futuro
2007-12-17 01:46:00 La verdad es que nada podía haberme preparado para lo que iba a experimentar en Peñiscola. Ya había visto una o otra foto del castillo y lo creía pintoresco. Cuando recibimos en la Chancillería una invitación para visitarlo e impartir una conferencia sobre nuestra Orden, lo aceptamos con entusiasmo, tan solamente con la idea de cumplir un ... More About: News , Events , Articles , Futuro , Temp
Fan Sues Over ?Crusader? Strip
2007-12-14 01:35:00 A Turkish lawyer has lodged a complaint with UEFA, European football’s governing body, after Italian side Inter Milan played his team wearing strips he claimed were offensive to Muslim sensibilities. Inter turned out in this season’s special edition strip, designed to celebrate the club’s centenary. It’s white and bears a large red cross on the chest ... More About: News , Crusades , Strip
Peñiscola - Conferencia el dia 15
2007-12-13 13:24:00 El próximo día 15 de Diciembre, Sábado, tendrá lugar en el Castillo Templario de Peñiscola una conferencia sobre la Orden del Temple con el titulo: “Orden del Temple, Pasado, Presente y Futuro”. La conferencia será impartida por S.E. Manuel Quintanilla, Prior General de España e Luis de Matos, Canciller Internacional de la OSMTHU - miembros del ... More About: News , Events , Spain
Pope Laments Christmas Consumerism
2007-12-12 01:50:00 Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday criticized “materialistic” ways of celebrating Christmas , pressing the Vatican’s campaign against unbridled consumerism. His brief comments, delivered from the window of his private studio to pilgrims below in St. Peter’s Square, built on his dismay that ever younger boys and girls are caught up in consumer pursuits. “The way of living out, ... More About: News , Religion , Opinion
Medieval manuscript goes on show
2007-12-11 09:06:00 A medieval manuscript kept at Stonyhurst since 1837 is the centrepiece of a major new exhibition. The illustrated copy of the Chronicles of John Froissart, a lively account of the Hundred Years War, is taking pride of place in a specially-designed “treasury” at Leeds Amouries. Visitors can explore the Froissart illustrations in detail and follow a story in ... More About: Show , Medieval , England and Wales
Entrevista a Jorge Molist
2007-12-11 00:35:00 Tras el éxito de “El anillo”, “la herencia del último templario” (Martínez Roca) con más de 200.000 ejemplares vendidos en España, y traducido a veinte idiomas, Jorge Molist obtiene el Premio Alfonso X el Sabio 2007 con una novela histórica ágil en la que encontramos herejías, trovadores, griales, cábalas y otros misterios medievales? ¿Cómo surgió La ... More About: Books , Articles , Opinion , Interview
Walking the Byways of Segovia
2007-12-07 01:56:00 Of all the hotels in the old hill city of Segovia, the Hotel Victoria is most rife with atmosphere. It is situated under the shadow of the cathedral on the little Plaza Mayor, the main square, occupying some mysterious part of the old Town Hall, a fine ramshackle building with a working clock that was ... More About: Articles , Opinion , Spain , Walking
Rare Michelangelo Sketch Found Inside Vatican
2007-12-06 11:11:00 A lost drawing by Michelangelo, probably his last work, has been found in the Vatican archives, the Pope’s newspaper reported today. Drawn in blood-red chalk in the spring of 1563, less than a year before Michelangelo’s death at the age of 89, the sketch depicts a section the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. “The sureness in his ... More About: News , Inside , Rare , Sketch
Headteacher takes novel look at Templars
2007-12-05 13:54:00 AS HEADTEACHER to hundreds of teenagers, it may seem that Dr Paul Doherty already has his work cut out. But the dedicated teacher, who has been head of Trinity Catholic High School, Mornington Road, Woodford Green, for 26 years, has found time to write about 60 books. Ahead of the launch of his latest tome, The Templar, ... More About: News , Books , Crusades , Interview , England and Wales
Los Templarios y el Reino Perdido
2007-12-04 01:46:00 En el siglo XII diversos reyes europeos recibieron una carta firmada por un tal Preste Juan, quien se autocalificaba regente de un misterioso reino situado en las tierras de Oriente y en el que habitarían seres mágicos. En El fantástico Reino del Preste Juan (Aguilar, 2007), obra fascinante de la que extractamos el siguiente artículo, ... More About: Books , Articles , Jerusalem , Crusades , Perdido
Tomar - cidade de mistérios
2007-12-03 01:21:00 Recentemente fizemos uma primeira incursão pelas terras deste rio Nabão que, preguiçosamente, vai atravessando Tomar como se não estivesse apressado em dirigir-se a caminho do Sul, onde mais tarde ou mais cedo as suas águas mergulham nas do Zêzere, a caminho do Tejo, mais abaixo em Constância. E quedámo-nos pelo castelo e pelo Convento de ... More About: Articles , Portugal , Opinion , Cidade
?Holy Blood, Holy Grail? co-author Richard Leigh passed away
2007-11-30 04:39:00 Richard Leigh , co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, one of the most controversial books of the 1980s has died November 21st, aged 64; in 2006, with Michael Baigent, he lost his plagiarism case against the American Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, the spectacularly successful thriller which they claimed was ... More About: Author , Freemasonry
Bento XVI abre a ?casa? para receber islâmicos
2007-11-29 16:39:00 Venham ao Vaticano dialogar com Bento XVI. Este foi o apelo lançado pelo Papa, por interposta pessoa, o cardeal Tarcisio Bertone, secretário de Estado, a altos dignitários muçulmanos que pugnam pelo entendimento entre islâmicos e cristãos. Um “grupo restrito”, este, composto por 138 sunitas e xiitas. O Sumo Pontífice fê-lo depois de receber uma carta, juntamente ... More About: News , Religion , Casa , Para
Exonerate the Knights Templar
2007-11-28 01:48:00 The Templar Globe doesn’t usually associate with petitions, but we just received this appeal from our friend Brian Kannard and decided to let him speak to you directly. _________________________________________ __ I have posted the following on Grail Seekers. Ever since I returned from Paris, I felt that I had to do something to help right the wrongs of the ... More About: News , Articles , Knights , Opinion , Knights Templar
Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, died on November 8th, aged 95
2007-11-27 15:00:00 ?HE’S not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.? In 1953, four years after Linda Loman’s famous soliloquy in Arthur Miller’s ?Death of a Salesman?, the Rev Prebendary Chad Varah pioneered a wonderfully simple and effective way of ... More About: News , Articles , Charity , Founder , Opinion
Ark Of The Covenant - Kenyans Now Claim Custody Of The Ark Of The Covenant
2007-11-26 01:46:00 The original chest of the Ark of the Covenant is in Kenya, we can now authoritatively confirm. The chest said to contain the ten commandments that God handed over to Moses as stipulated in the book of Exodus 25; 6 - 10 has been in Kenya since the year 1210 AD. In a paid up advertisement ... More About: News , Articles , Opinion , Custody
Umberto Eco: God isn?t big enough for some people
2007-11-24 00:59:00 We are now approaching the critical time of the year for shops and supermarkets: the month before Christmas is the four weeks when stores of all kinds sell their products fastest. Father Christmas means one thing to children: presents. He has no connection with the original St Nicholas, who performed a miracle in providing dowries ... More About: Religion , People , Articles , Opinion , Quotes
100,000 Visitors!
2007-11-24 00:53:00 Dear friends, it seems that it was just yesterday that we crossed over the 50,000 viewers target. Well, today we have proudly crossed the 100,000 mark with almost half of them in the last two months alone. As you can see from the statistics graphic above, the Templar Globe has been growing steadily since it’s ... More About: News , Articles , Visitors
Histórias de gente com alma e lugares de verdade
2007-11-22 13:42:00 ?Hoje a verdade é um cartucho vazio?. A afirmação é do historiador e jurista José Hermano Saraiva, que esteve esta semana em Pombal a gravar uma edição para o programa ?A Alma e a Gente?, exibido na RTP2. Louriçal, Pombal e Abiul foram os lugares onde o famoso professor esteve para mostrar que ?a história ... More About: News , Portugal , Opinion , Interview
Vatican, Templars and Hospitallers
2007-11-21 13:34:00 I have recently accessed the article entitled Vatican Supports Maltese Author [our own reference here: Vatican proves Maltese author correct], which I found sufficiently intriguing to Google the book mentioned, namely Of Craft And Honour And A Temp lar’s Chronicles, by George Gregory Buttigieg. The book’s website (www.ofcraftandhonour.com/) turned up among other information. Accessing this site, I reconfirmed ... More About: News , Books , Opinion
Manuscritos e desenhos de Da Vinci em arquivo digital
2007-11-20 01:00:00 Os manuscritos e desenhos originais de Leonardo da Vinci podem ser consultados, pela primeira vez, através de um arquivo digital, o E-Leo, desenvolvido pela Biblioteca Leonardiana e que foi apresentado este ano. O arquivo ajudar a compreender e a decifrar as complicadas notas de Leonardo da Vinci e pequenos desenhos graças a um avançado programa informático, ... More About: Digital , Da Vinci , Crito
Start with hero, toss in grail
2007-11-19 01:54:00 To late mythologist Joseph Campbell, there has only been one story ever told. Every myth and legend involves identical themes, and every hero undertakes the same basic journey. If he’s to be believed, there’s no essential distinction between the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, a computer-animated adaptation of which opens today, and, say, Dukes of Hazzard. ... More About: News , Articles , Start , Hero , Holy Grail
UN panel votes to halt executions
2007-11-16 01:59:00 A committee of the UN General Assembly has voted for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. A total of 99 countries voted for a suspension of capital punishment worldwide, while 52 voted against and 33 abstained. Although the vote is not legally binding, human rights groups say it is a significant demonstration of worldwide ... More About: News , Articles , Panel , Executions , Votes
Defining the Middle Ages - 3
2007-11-15 01:06:00 Part 6: An Age of Ages Although in some languages the Middle Ages are labeled in the singular (it’s le moyen age in French and das mittlere Alter in German), it is difficult to think of the era as anything other than ages plural. This is in part because of the numerous subjects encompassed by this ... More About: Articles
Defining the Middle Ages - 2
2007-11-14 01:03:00 Part 4: Christendom Throughout the medieval era only one institution came close to uniting all of Europe, though it was not so much a political empire as a spiritual one. That union was attempted by the Catholic Church, and the geopolitical entity it influenced was known as “Christendom.” While the exact extent of the Church’s political power ... More About: Articles , Middle , Ages
Defining the Middle Ages - 1
2007-11-13 01:16:00 Recently it was brought to my attention an interesting text by Portuguese journalist and researcher António Carlos de Carvalho about the Templars in which his assessment of the Middle Ages period was severely criticized. Antonio, in a passage o his text, said that the end of the Middle Ages could be defined with the persecution ... More About: Articles
Le retour en grâce des Templiers
More articles from this author:2007-11-12 01:58:00 La nouvelle de la publication d?un nouveau document relatif au procès des Temp liers met tous les médias en émoi. Le scoop serait le suivant : en août 1308, le pape Clément V avait absous de leurs crimes cinq dignitaires de cet ordre. Parmi eux, le grand maître Jacques de Molay, qui finit sur le bûcher ... More About: News , Religion , Articles , Opinion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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