Knights Templar / Lust Murder / Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies
Today's Legendary Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
The Knights Templar was one of the most famous of the Christian military orders. It existed for about two centuries in the Middle Ages, created in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096 to ensure the safety of the large numbers of European pilgrims who flowed toward Jerusalem after its conquest.
The skull and crossbones are long known to have Templar and latterly Masonic connections, and were commonly used as a symbol on Templar and Masonic grave sites in the past. The Skull and Crossbones (Masonic or not) point out to us all our own mortality and eventual death. This image of mortality was believed to figure in Templar ritual. Now while this claim in and of itself seems quite believable, one of the legends of how it came to be is not.
It is well known that the order of the Templars was monastic in nature, and therefore they were forbidden to have involvement with women as shown in the Templar Rule of Order. The legend of the "Skull of Sidon" claims that one Templar knight had a relationship with a woman who died. He dug up the woman's corpse and consummated their relationship, resulting in a most grisly birth nine months later.
"A great lady of Maraclea was loved by a Templar, A Lord of Sidon; but she died in her youth, and on the night of her burial, this wicked lover crept to the grave, dug up her body and violated it. Then a voice from the void bade him return in nine months time for he would find a son. He obeyed the injunction and at the appointed time he opened the grave again and found a head on the leg bones of the skeleton (skull and crossbones). The same voice bade him to 'guard it well, for it would be the giver of all good things'... and so he carried it away with him. It became his protecting genius, and he was able to defeat his enemies by merely showing them the magic head. In due course, it passed to the possession of the order."
Culled from: Templar History
Generously suggested by: Bloodnight
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This reminds me of a masonic grave carving that I stumbled across in Rosehill Cemetery here in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. What a sweet little story I now have to go along with it!
By the way, the words around the image - "In Hoc Signo Vinces" - apparently mean "By this sign, thou shalt conquer." Creepy little buggers, those masons.
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Wretched Recommendations!
William recommends that we "check out Marie Tatar's delightful 'Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar, Germany. Though it is a bit academic and approaches the subject from a feminist / gender politics / sociological perspective, the book still provides an excellent overview of the subject and will provide hours of enjoyment - if Lustmord is your kind of thing, that is...."
And if you're subscribed to this list, chances are it is!
Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar, Germany by Maria M. Tatar
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Morbid Art Du Jour!
Margaux Lange really takes jewelry to another level with her delightful Plastic Body Series. Barbie (or Ken) lovers may want to avert their eyes...
Thanks to Elizabeth for the link.
Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 112 servings
2 cups Butter
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Brown sugar
4 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
4 cups Flour
5 cups Oatmeal flour*
1 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Baking powder
2 teaspoons Baking soda
24 oz Chocolate chips
3 cups Chopped nuts
8 oz Hershey bar (grated)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Cream butter and sugars together. Add flour, oatmeal powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Then add chips, chocolate, and nuts. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet using golf-ball sized dough, 2 inches apart, for 6 minutes. Makes 112 cookies.
OATMEAL POWDER - Premeasure 5 cups oatmeal. Put in blender or processor, and grind until powdered.
The Knights Templar was one of the most famous of the Christian military orders. It existed for about two centuries in the Middle Ages, created in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096 to ensure the safety of the large numbers of European pilgrims who flowed toward Jerusalem after its conquest.
The skull and crossbones are long known to have Templar and latterly Masonic connections, and were commonly used as a symbol on Templar and Masonic grave sites in the past. The Skull and Crossbones (Masonic or not) point out to us all our own mortality and eventual death. This image of mortality was believed to figure in Templar ritual. Now while this claim in and of itself seems quite believable, one of the legends of how it came to be is not.
It is well known that the order of the Templars was monastic in nature, and therefore they were forbidden to have involvement with women as shown in the Templar Rule of Order. The legend of the "Skull of Sidon" claims that one Templar knight had a relationship with a woman who died. He dug up the woman's corpse and consummated their relationship, resulting in a most grisly birth nine months later.
"A great lady of Maraclea was loved by a Templar, A Lord of Sidon; but she died in her youth, and on the night of her burial, this wicked lover crept to the grave, dug up her body and violated it. Then a voice from the void bade him return in nine months time for he would find a son. He obeyed the injunction and at the appointed time he opened the grave again and found a head on the leg bones of the skeleton (skull and crossbones). The same voice bade him to 'guard it well, for it would be the giver of all good things'... and so he carried it away with him. It became his protecting genius, and he was able to defeat his enemies by merely showing them the magic head. In due course, it passed to the possession of the order."
Culled from: Templar History
Generously suggested by: Bloodnight
**********************************************************************
This reminds me of a masonic grave carving that I stumbled across in Rosehill Cemetery here in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. What a sweet little story I now have to go along with it!
By the way, the words around the image - "In Hoc Signo Vinces" - apparently mean "By this sign, thou shalt conquer." Creepy little buggers, those masons.
*******
Wretched Recommendations!
William recommends that we "check out Marie Tatar's delightful 'Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar, Germany. Though it is a bit academic and approaches the subject from a feminist / gender politics / sociological perspective, the book still provides an excellent overview of the subject and will provide hours of enjoyment - if Lustmord is your kind of thing, that is...."
And if you're subscribed to this list, chances are it is!
Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar, Germany by Maria M. Tatar
*******
Morbid Art Du Jour!
Margaux Lange really takes jewelry to another level with her delightful Plastic Body Series. Barbie (or Ken) lovers may want to avert their eyes...
Thanks to Elizabeth for the link.
Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 112 servings
2 cups Butter
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Brown sugar
4 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
4 cups Flour
5 cups Oatmeal flour*
1 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Baking powder
2 teaspoons Baking soda
24 oz Chocolate chips
3 cups Chopped nuts
8 oz Hershey bar (grated)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Cream butter and sugars together. Add flour, oatmeal powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Then add chips, chocolate, and nuts. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet using golf-ball sized dough, 2 inches apart, for 6 minutes. Makes 112 cookies.
OATMEAL POWDER - Premeasure 5 cups oatmeal. Put in blender or processor, and grind until powdered.
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