In modern conspiracy literature, it is believed that the most occult knightly order was the Order of the Templars. In fact, this is not so - the entire occult background of the "Templar Teachings" appeared not earlier than the Xviii century, at a time when Freemasonry began to look for worthy ancestors. There is no evidence that the Templars really were engaged in the secret sciences.
At the same time, one of the orders of chivalry - namely, the Teutonic - made a lot of effort to study the inner meaning of the Bible.
The register of the library, which was kept in the Konigsberg castle, has been preserved. According to this register, there were books on Kabbalah in the library of the Teutonic Order. And, of course, they weren't purchased to gather dust on library shelves.
On June 30, 2005, archaeologists found a box with 11 magic items at the site of the royal castle. The objects were plates with occult amulets. The inscriptions on them were made in Hebrew, but in Latin letters. There is no doubt that the amulets were made by European occultists. And since they were found in Konigsberg, which was the stronghold of the Teutonic Order, and even on the territory of the royal castle - the Teutonic knights clearly had a hand in sigils (magic seals), because since 1457 the castle served as the residence of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
In addition, in medieval Europe, it was the Teutonic knights, and not the Templars at all, who were accused of black magic.
Where did the occult knowledge of the knights of the German order come from (is this its true name? To understand this, you need to look into Palestine of the era of the Crusades.
Waldpott von passsenheim was the first Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. As you know, the order was created to protect pilgrims in the holy land. But von passsenheim, like the further masters of the order, believed that his task also included the spread of the Christian doctrine. And this is impossible without understanding the secret meaning of the Bible.
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The storage of the archives of the order and the extraction of rare manuscripts was entrusted to the great commander of the order (a rank in the Teutonic order. The great commander was responsible for activities not directly related to military operations, and also commanded military forces on the holy land in the absence of the grand master of the order.
The great commander began to search for secret books on Kabbalah. The easiest way to look for them would be through the Jews, but the Jewish presence on the Holy Land at this time was reduced to a minimum.
In 1170, when the great Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Ben Nachman arrived in Jerusalem, he found only two brothers there - the Dyers. Rabbi Moshe did not even have the first minyan time to organize public prayer in the synagogue.
The great commander, who was supposed to search for Hebrew manuscripts in the Kabbalah, faced significant difficulties.
At this time, all over Palestine began to build fortifications of the order. However, on the holy land there were no specialists of the necessary qualifications who could build fortresses and small castles.
"Small Castle" was the name of the building intended for the life and work of the first persons of the order, following in the table of ranks directly behind the grandmaster. The Arabs had no experience in building castles and fortresses of the European type, so the knights had to call specialists from Europe.
Who should be understood as specialists? Naturally, the leaders of the Masonic guilds - the lodges of free masons, who at that time supervised the construction of cathedrals throughout Europe.
For the construction of fortifications and small castles on the holy land, it was necessary to remove part of the free masons from the construction of the Strasbourg Cathedral. By this time, the Strasbourg Cathedral had already been under construction for over a hundred years, and it was clear that it would not be finished tomorrow.
At this time in the Strasbourg cathedral among the builders, a movement had already appeared, which would later form the basis of the so-called "Royal Arch Masonry".
Royal Arch Freemasonry is of a higher degree than ordinary, symbolic Freemasonry. In those days, Freemasonry consisted of only two degrees - apprentice and apprentice; the master's degree in today's performance was received only by the "Master of the Chair" - the head of the Masonic lodge. However, already at that time it was clear that all the wisdom needed even by an operational Freemason (builder) does not fit into the system of three degrees.
The famous mason of antiquity, Arnold of Strasbourg, developed the so-called "Mother Scheme" - the creation of a personal mark of a mason according to the principles of Kabbalah. In German-speaking countries, upon admission to the post, operational masons (masons) took an oath not to change their once chosen brand. This is how the “Master of Mark” degree was born (the mark means the personal mark of the bricklayer. Personal marks, often derived from the letters of the Hebrew alphabet and runes, reproduced the geometry of the macrocosm, preserved the structure of the transcendental universe.
The lodge leaders arrived in the holy land and began preparations for the construction, training local Arabs in building skills and carrying out preparatory work. The work was supervised by the great commander of the order. Legend has it that the work was personally supervised by Arnold of Strasbourg - he was invited because the Teutonic Order needed German-speaking specialists. This legend can hardly be considered unfounded - the castles and fortifications of the Teutonic Order were built on the territory of the Kingdom of Jerusalem for a very long time.
Usually, outsiders are not allowed to the work of Masonic lodges (we mean operational Freemasonry - that is, people involved in the direct process of construction). But free masons were on a foreign land, their life and well-being entirely depended on the knights who invited them. Therefore, the great commander received the appropriate initiation, and began to attend meetings of operational masons.
He soon noticed that in the rituals accompanying the meetings of the Masonic lodges, elements of the teachings of Kabbalah were manifested (the commander was familiar with these elements, because he still managed to get some manuscripts.
The knight became close to the "Master of the Chair" of the Masonic Lodge, who worked in the Holy Land (they say that this was Arnold of Strasbourg, or, at any rate, one of his students. permission to record the teachings of the royal arch for the library of the order. "The Master of the Chair" stubbornly stood his ground - the teaching cannot be written down on paper, it can only be passed on by word of mouth.
Then the great commander came up with an unusual idea.
He told the master of the Masonic lodge that with the teaching of the royal arch, God forbid, the same thing can happen with the teaching of Kabbalah on the holy land - due to the attack of enemies, calamities, epidemics, the Jews were scattered, and the wisdom of the secret Jewish teaching risked being lost … The great commander suggested: if knowledge is forbidden to write down on paper, then why not entrust it to a stone? Who better than free masons can do this?
After lengthy persuasion, the master of the Masonic lodge agreed to encrypt the secrets of the teachings of the royal arch of free masons in the ornaments that adorned the small castle of the great commander of the order.
Naturally, it is impossible to understand the hints hidden in the elements of the decoration of the small castle without dedication. Therefore, all Teutonic knights who needed to know the secret doctrine underwent Masonic initiation. Traces of this have survived to this day - the Teutonic cross serves as a symbol of the highest, 33rd degree of the Scottish charter in Freemasonry. This is what the great commander of the order wears.
Over time, the crusaders were driven out of the holy land, and the small castle of the great commander fell into the hands of the Arabs, who had previously served at the knight's court. Although the Arabs were not, of course, privy to the secrets of the royal arch, they knew that the ornament decorating the building had some secret meaning. Therefore, every time the castle was repaired, the ornament was carefully restored as much as possible. True, it was not always adequate - the new residents of the castle were not aware of many halftones and secret hints.
Nevertheless, even today, in a small castle located "North of Jerusalem and south of Accra," you can still see the symbolism of the ancient Masonic lodges, and even try to decipher it. Well, a person who has received an occult initiation (or at least read many books about medieval symbolism) will find a lot of food for thought in the mysterious setting of the castle.
Today the small castle is located not far from the city of Zichron - Ya'akov, in the moshav Kiryat - Maaral, and has been converted into a hotel-type building. Tourists visiting it, of course, have no idea about the mysterious history of the castle.