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Wanderings of the Grail The Cathars, the
search for the Grail and the discovery of Egyptian relics in the
French Pyrenees |
In the 13th century, the Church came
down against the Cathars, who had settled in the French Pyrenees. The
Cathars practiced a belief in which “perfects” acted as priests
that educated their followers in a specific system of believes and who
aided the believers in “dying consciously”, which was also
at heart of ancient Egyptian belief systems. Both the Egyptians and the
Cathars felt they had to “cheat” the cycle of reincarnation
(the cycle of evil), and “ascend” to the world of light.
In the 20th century, both local amateur archaeologists and German Nazis
such as Otto Rahn became interested in Catharism and sent investigators
to the region. The Germans specifically were searching for the Holy Grail.
They uncovered the ancient sanctuaries of the Cathars – often caves
in perilous locations – and found Egyptian artefacts in them: statues
of the Egyptian gods. Was the Grail perhaps a sacred Egyptian artefact?
One such researcher was Déodat Roché, nicknamed the Cathar
Pope. As magistrate of Arques, he came across Egyptian relics scattered
in his town which had been known as a major Cathar stronghold. He continued
his researches further afield, in the heartland of the Cathars, where
he learnt how others, including a priest named Glory, had found an ancient
Egyptian statue in a cave, which was the centre of worship of the Cathars.
After World War II, these findings were quickly destined to be forgotten, because of the Nazi connection. Hence, the truth of the Cathar religion could once again not be made public. For the first time, all the key ingredients will be pieced together, and the enigmatic relationship between the Cathars and the Templars highlighted.
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