The Knights Templar have been linked to the destruction of Atlantis and visits by Extraterrestrials. These theories have never lost their popularity despite being evidence-free. So, what is the origin of this stuff linking the Templars to the myth of Atlantis and ancient aliens? And who are the Knights Templar of Aquarius? It’s maybe not surprising that the Victorians have something to do with all this!
The Myth of Atlantis
If we want to link the Knights Templar to Atlantis – we better go back to the original story…
The Ancient Greek philosopher Plato (c. 428-347 BC), in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias, described Atlantis as a mythical island civilisation situated in the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the “Pillars of Heracles” (the Strait of Gibraltar). It was described as a sophisticated and wealthy society, ruled by a dynasty of kings descended from the sea god Poseidon.
Initially, the Atlanteans were a moral and righteous people, but their power and wealth led to their corruption and decline. They became greedy and arrogant, eventually seeking to conquer neighboring lands, including Athens. As a consequence of their moral decay, the gods, led by Zeus, punished Atlantis with a catastrophic series of earthquakes and floods, causing the island to sink beneath the waves in a single night.
The story of Atlantis is often interpreted as an allegory about the consequences of unchecked power, hubris, and the loss of virtue. It has captivated imaginations for centuries, sparking various theories about its historical origins and location.
Some scholars have linked the Atlantis myth to ancient Egyptian records of a volcanic eruption on the island of Thera (modern Santorini) around 1500 BC, which caused tsunamis and destroyed the Minoan civilisation on Crete. Others have suggested that the story may be a symbolic representation of the downfall of various historical civilisations, such as the Achaemenid Empire.
Over the last 150 years, there has been a slew of theories suggesting that some Atlanteans survived and came to Ancient Egypt as refugees, bringing their superior knowledge. They guided the building of the pyramids and imparted a futuristic wisdom, passed down the millennia to the Jews, Christians, and of course – the Knights Templar.
An American Congressman, Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831-1901), wrote Atlantis: The Antediluvian World in 1882, which has exercised a huge influence on some modern authors, touting similar views. In a nutshell, similarities between ancient civilisations can be explained by their common Atlantean ancestry. Or put another way – those Atlanteans got everywhere. As for Plato, his work was not an allegory – but a piece of factual reportage.
Also running with this Atlantean theory was the driving force behind a small group, the Knights Templar of Aquarius.
The Knights Templar of Aquarius
The founder of the Knights Templar of Aquarius was Hugh Clayton Randall-Stevens (1896-1977), opera singer (baritone) and author of an esoteric tome: Atlantis to the Latter Days. He stated that in a previous life, he had been a high priest in Atlantis – and possibly the Pharaoh Akhenaten. First published in 1957 (edition pictured below from 1966), Randall-Stevens claimed the book had been “inspirationally dictated” to him by “the Masters Oneferu and Adolemy of the Osirian Group”.
In short, it presents what has now become a familiar narrative – that survivors of the catastrophic destruction of Atlantis influenced Ancient Egypt and this in turn framed the creation story in Genesis and the secret beliefs of the Knights Templar. The book includes helpful illustrations of Atlantis, Lemuria (an Asian version of Atlantis, also destroyed and submerged), and a diagram of The Trinity of Cosmic Creation.
Nobody can deny Randall-Stevens’ commitment to his theories. Nearly thirty years before, he wrote The Book of Truth or The Voice of Osiris covering the same ground, arguing for a link between Atlantis, Ancient Egypt, and the Knights Templar – plus a bonus “cosmic Masonic revelation”. These books were all published by the Jersey-based Knights Templar of Aquarius. That is the island of Jersey off the French coast (where Randall-Stevens died) and not the American state.
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The true inspiration for his theory may have been fictional works from the turn of the 20th century, such as The Last Days of Atlantis by Charles Lomon (1852-1923) and Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi (1865-1943) who, like Randall-Stevens, had a connection to the opera. Randall-Stevens was a singer, while they were operatic librettists. What is it with the opera, Atlantis, and the Templars? Who knows!
To my mind – this is like watching Game of Thrones and then deciding that Westeros actually existed. From works of fiction came a factual civilisation that allegedly spawned the Knights Templar. And over the last hundred years, a superstructure of books and TV documentaries has been created, further buttressing this view.
The Knights Templar of Aquarius surged into the limelight in the 1970s – a decade rich in cults and ‘alternative’ movements. On June 19, 1974, The Guardian newspaper, in the United Kingdom, reported that several members of the group were assembling on Parliament Hill, overlooking London, to “talk down” a spaceship from Uranus.
These Aquarian Knights Templar engaged in a telepathic conversation with the extraterrestrials above them. The leader of the group, Colin Lord Amery, who dressed habitually in a “troubador’s velvet tabard”, had already spoken with the aliens who were green, three feet tall, and from a satellite of Uranus called Ariel. When he attempted to meet the extraterrestrials again, he was found by police covered in cuts and bruises and taken to hospital.
In the years that followed, the Knights Templar of Aquarius became part of the New Age scene. This is a typical event advertised in the Manchester Evening News in 1980,
In 1985, they were present at the Southampton Mind-Body-Spirit Festival in Southampton, on England’s south coast. UFO buffs, healers, witches, palmists, and dowsers rubbed shoulders with these latter-day Templars in a haze of joss-stick smoke. Everybody present was seeking enlightenment and an escape from the prevailing ‘yuppie’ consumerism of the Reaganite and Thatcherite 1980s. That said, they all had crystals and dreamcatchers to sell.
So how do the Templars connect to the Age of Aquarius? This is a period in astrology believed to be a new era of enlightenment. Some interpret this as a time for the resurgence of spiritual and esoteric knowledge, including the alleged spiritual traditions of the Knights Templar.
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