Posts Tagged ‘Bernard of Clairvaux’

Today, I cracked open a copy of The Lost Symbol for the first time and found myself reading a ritual in freemasonry. Reading the first few pages of Dan Brown’s novel took me back to my visit of Rosslyn Chapel, which I wrote into Clairvaux Manifesto, in a short story entitled Scotland (pp.167-171).

There are those who claim Bernard of Clairvaux to be an Esoteric/Gnostic. One reason being, his uncle was one of the original Knights Templar. Today, high level Freemasons call themselves Knights Templar and Knights of Malta. In the opening pages of Clairvaux Manifesto, in a chapter entitled Fiat Lux (pp. 11-22), I briefly mention the origin of the Cistercians and Knights. Later in the book, I share a Malta Journal Entry (pp. 178-182).