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16th OCTOBER 2010, RE-ACTIVATION OF THE RESEARCH IN THE ORDER’S HISTORY AND TRADITIONS IN SCOTLAND
During the 1990s and 2000s the world saw a huge explosion in “half fact – have fiction” publications. Writers from all around the globe joined the gravy train in publicising books that tied a number of Templar Traditions to Historical people and events.
This is best illustrated by the Dan Brown novels and the following counter stream of documentaries in trying to prove what was the facts of the matter.
During the middle of the 2000s, our Order in Scotland decided to put aside the Historical Objectives of the Order and concentrate successfully on our Humanitarian and Christian ones. Our Order continues to grow and there is now a resurgence of growth in the historical side of the Order.
A number of synergies were happening as we saw (inter and exter – Order) the requirement for an universal archive of Templar knowledge and traditions that was based on hard facts and that could substantiate the hardest of Academic review. The OSMTH History and Traditions Committee, chaired by Chev Leo Thys, agreed the International Approach and requested involvement from each of the Members States to execute a number of International led Objectives.
The Commandery of St Clair, Scotland, No S1 (A Commandery of OSMTH Knights Templar International under mentorship of the Grand Priory of France, OSMTH) agreed at its Strategic Planning Meeting, held earlier this year, to re-activate the search for credible historical references to the Order in Scotland, its locations and its members.
As part of this re-activation, the St Clair Commandery is seeking interested parties (Authors and Knight Templar enthusiasts) that can bring light and knowledge (within the strict Academic Level rules that we will be applying) to the Order in Scotland. Ideally those requesting membership or involvement should be concentrating on the lifecycle of the traditional Order from circa 1118AD to 1307AD or the Modern Order from circa 1800AD to the present.
Papers written for the period of “Continuance” (1307AD-1804AD) will be looked at, but only if the authors have conducted 100% provable research. As an indication of the level of research we are looking for, we are extremely pleased to present an article written by Jeff Nisbet as a Review of “The Rosslyn Templar” (Ashley Cowie, 2009). (attached here).
The Order in Scotland will start to collate a list of accredited authors which will include Leo Thys, Dr Karen Ralls, Malcolm Barber, Stephen Dafoe and Jeff Nisbet.
In the hope that we can encourage others down the more 'factual' route and at the same time realising the true potential of the Order in Scotland, initial contact can be made to the St Clair Commandery Secretary, Chev Paul McGowan GCTJ at: paulmagoo@btinternet.com
During the 1990s and 2000s the world saw a huge explosion in “half fact – have fiction” publications. Writers from all around the globe joined the gravy train in publicising books that tied a number of Templar Traditions to Historical people and events.
This is best illustrated by the Dan Brown novels and the following counter stream of documentaries in trying to prove what was the facts of the matter.
During the middle of the 2000s, our Order in Scotland decided to put aside the Historical Objectives of the Order and concentrate successfully on our Humanitarian and Christian ones. Our Order continues to grow and there is now a resurgence of growth in the historical side of the Order.
A number of synergies were happening as we saw (inter and exter – Order) the requirement for an universal archive of Templar knowledge and traditions that was based on hard facts and that could substantiate the hardest of Academic review. The OSMTH History and Traditions Committee, chaired by Chev Leo Thys, agreed the International Approach and requested involvement from each of the Members States to execute a number of International led Objectives.
The Commandery of St Clair, Scotland, No S1 (A Commandery of OSMTH Knights Templar International under mentorship of the Grand Priory of France, OSMTH) agreed at its Strategic Planning Meeting, held earlier this year, to re-activate the search for credible historical references to the Order in Scotland, its locations and its members.
As part of this re-activation, the St Clair Commandery is seeking interested parties (Authors and Knight Templar enthusiasts) that can bring light and knowledge (within the strict Academic Level rules that we will be applying) to the Order in Scotland. Ideally those requesting membership or involvement should be concentrating on the lifecycle of the traditional Order from circa 1118AD to 1307AD or the Modern Order from circa 1800AD to the present.
Papers written for the period of “Continuance” (1307AD-1804AD) will be looked at, but only if the authors have conducted 100% provable research. As an indication of the level of research we are looking for, we are extremely pleased to present an article written by Jeff Nisbet as a Review of “The Rosslyn Templar” (Ashley Cowie, 2009). (attached here).
The Order in Scotland will start to collate a list of accredited authors which will include Leo Thys, Dr Karen Ralls, Malcolm Barber, Stephen Dafoe and Jeff Nisbet.
In the hope that we can encourage others down the more 'factual' route and at the same time realising the true potential of the Order in Scotland, initial contact can be made to the St Clair Commandery Secretary, Chev Paul McGowan GCTJ at: paulmagoo@btinternet.com
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