The Galamus Sator Square and the Southern Cross

Tau cross - Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.

Mayan Tau crosses - a Tau window. This chanting head figure combined with a unique configuration of the ancient Sator square still puzzles visitors to the cavern sanctuary in Galamus Gorge. The word square is in the shape of a cross and in the center are four "T" shapes which face the four directions. So many Templar artifacts have nautical origins, was this carving made by them? Does it represent a compass? Is it symbolic of the constellation of the Southern Cross? If so, then it is an example of the arcane coded messages for which the Templars are known. On this date of December 21, 2012, do we have a connection between the importance of the Southern Cross to the ancient Mayans and the seekers gathering at Mt. Bugarach near Galamus in the Rennes-le-Chateau area? The SATOR Square is a magic square in letters and words that was also found at Pompeii. Used as a talisman, the magic square wards off evil spirits. Was it carved into the cave as a protection because Galamus in ancient times was known as an entrance to the underworld? Several key clues in the parchments found at the church of Rennes-le-Chateau can be found at this site. The Sator square is also carved on the back of the "head of Dagobert" portrait sculpture bust. Dagobert is mentioned in the Rennes-le-Chateau parchments. Another famous reference in those parchments is to the "Blue Apples" or large blue grapes of the region. The gigantic blue grape clusters of Canaan were painted by Nicolas Poussin (mentioed by name in the parchments). In his painting the grapes are being carried on a tree branch carried by two of the giants of Canaan who caused the emisaries of Moses to "feel like grasshoppers in their sight". On this Galamus sculpture (pictured), the head appears to be singing or chanting. PAX or Peace 681 is from the parchments. In numerology PAX = 681, a reference to the Templar/Masonic science of numerology. "PAX" is written in large letters at the Galamus hermitage. Magic word squares are defined in "The practical magic of Abramelin" (found in both Book III of the French text, and Book IV of the German original). His study centers around a set of talismans composed of magic word squares. These are similar to traditional magic squares, though the latter are usually composed of numbers, while Abramelin's squares contain letters. Commonly word squares are used as puzzles or as teaching aids." Some of the words in the square are of Celtic origin, as is the word "Galamus" itself, reminding us of the enigmatic book by Abbe Boudet about the Celtic language. It is said that these Celtic words refer to the Wheel of Fortune pictured in the Tarot deck and on the stained glass window inside Mt. Bugarach church - Galamus Gorge is in the Mt. Bugarach area. This window displays a ship and a helm, but the helm is a Wheel of fortune. Both the Mt. bugarach church window and the Galamus hermitage Sator square carving are unusual subjects to find in Catholic chapels. In numerous cultures tau ("T") was connected to abundant water or rain-deities. For instance, Augustus Le Plongeon, one of the first archaeologists of the Maya, writes that the T-shape corresponded to Crux, or the Southern Cross. This constellation appears shortly before the beginning of the rainy season in southern Mexico. In the ancient ruins of the Americas, the "T" or Tau shaped window is very prominent. "The ancient Maya astronomers had observed that at a certain period of the year, at the beginning of our month of May, that owes its name to the goddess MAYA, the good dame, mother of the gods, the "Southern Cross" appears perfectly perpendicular above the line of the horizon. This is why the Catholic church celebrates the feast of the exaltation of the holy cross on the third day of that month, which it has consecrated particularly to the Mother of God, the Good Lady, the virgin Ma-R-ia, or the goddess Isis anthropomorphized by Bishop Cyril of Alexandria." The constellation of the Southern Cross was originally known by the Latin name "Crux", which is due to its cross shape, this constellation is one of the easiest to identify in the night sky. For centuries, it has served as a navigational beacon for sailors, an important symbol to the Egyptians, and played an important role in the spiritual beliefs of the Aborigines and many other cultures in the Southern Hemisphere. The first recorded example of Crux’s discovery was around 1000 BC during the time of the Ancient Greeks. At the latitude of Athens, Crux was clearly visible, though low in the night sky. At the time, the Greeks identified it as being part of the constellation Centaurus. However, the precession of the equinoxes gradually lowered its stars below the European horizon, and they were eventually forgotten by the inhabitants of northern latitudes. Crux fell into anonymity for northerners until the Age of Discovery (from the early 15th to early 17th centuries) when it was rediscovered by Europeans. The first to do so were the Portuguese, who mapped it for navigation uses while rounding the southern tip of Africa. The Templars were navigators and I believe that the Sator square of Galamus is an expression of their sea-faring skills, coded as a reference to the Southern Cross. Is the Priory of Sion descended from these sailing Templars? The Priory uses nautical language to define its officers. Today on 12/21/12 we now have a connection between the Templars, the Priory of Sion, and the ancient Mayans, which is their recognition of the beautiful constellation of the Southern Cross - the guiding stars.

Jill Roe posing for John Koch

1953 "Children at Play" by John Koch our friend and neighbor. I posed with the minister`s son for this painting which was done for "Good Housekeeping Magazine" as a cover design.

John Koch painting - "Roosevelt Ladies at Oyster Bay"

"Roosevelt Ladies at Oyster Bay" Long Island, New york 1953. I modeled for this painting. I`m the one with the braids, My mom`s friend Maggie Gillie brought her embroidery and modeled also. There were 2 paintings, the study of Maggie and me and then this formal portrait. Collection of Mrs. Quentin Roosevelt. 25 X 30

Templar Gold from a Roman Fortress

The Templar fortress of Appollonia in Antioch, formerlly a Roman fortress.

Sauniere Handwriting

"Third from the top you will find Guilhem, the "Secret" in question...he was a priest and the secretary to the Bishopric under Mgr Félix Arsène BILLARD the Bishop of Carcassonne." "Guilhem (guillaume)".

Sauniere Letter and Receipt

Handwriting RLC

Letter to Marie Tourdes in Girona, Spain from Sauniere.

SATOR Square - Rochemaure, France

Le Trésor du Carré Magique de Rochemaure L’étrange grille de Rochemaure.

The Gorge of Galamus

3 miles north of Saint Paul, the awe-inspired site of the Gorges of Galamus is an imposing, protected place. It probably was the first inhabited place in Saint Paul: our ancestors found shelter in the limestone caves that can be seen in the giddy cliffs . The river Agly rushes down a deep break, much to the pleasure of the adepts of canyoning and rafting.

Typical mediterranean plants grow on its steep slopes, such as evergreen oaks, jumper trees while Bonneli eagles soar over the winding narrow road that clings to the cliff. To the South, the impressive Gorges de la Fou, cut through the mountain - the exact replica of galamus - opens to the South and the gallo-Roman bridge. Pyrénées-Orientales Since the seventh century, the natural grottes of Galamus, "the holy mount", have become a refuge for the hermits. They built their humble cells, lived in prayer and abstinence, then died . They placed the site under the protection of Saint Anthony the Great, the patriarch of the monks of the desert . The Franciscans fit out the site in the 15th century. It has become a traditional place of pilgrinage on Easter and Whitsun Mondays. Thanks to the exceptional situation of the Hermitage, hung up half-way up the cliff, the place was the setting of several films: "Chine ma douleur " - Jean Vigo Prize 1989 - and " The 9th Door " by Roman Polanski in 1998.

"Blue Apples" & the RLC Parchment Clues

Mt. Bugarach from the RLC tower and the window from the Mt. Bugarach church. Galamus Gorge is in the Mt. Bugarch area.

"Grapes of the Promised Land" by Nicholas Poussin - the giants of Canaan are seen carrying their huge blue grapes. In the parchments of Rennes le Chateau, the term "blue apples" refers to the blue grapes of the Languedoc region. Galamus Gorge cavern church and its hermitage are sacred to Mary Magdalene and to both St. Anthonys. One was required to make the difficult journey by parish horse and there is the word "PAX" written large underneath a statue of St. Anthony. These are all clues in the mysterious parchments found by Abbe Sauniere at RLC. "Since, the sanctuary is thus also under the protection of Saint Anthony the Great, patron saints of hermits. Legend speaks of his temptations and his victory over the demonic traps that were placed on his road to salvation. As to the original grotto, in which the spring is located, this is under the protection of another sai, Mary Magdalene. Both Mary Magdalene and Saint Anthony are notorious hermits, and hence likely protectors for hermitages. Nothing out of the ordinary, were it not for the fact that both are dragged into the mystery of Rennes-le-Château." - this sounds like the same St. Anthony TCP: "...Europe; Carcassonne, the Cathar castles of Puilaurens, Puivert and Montségur , and we visit the Monastery of St. Anthony of the Desert in the Galamus Gorge, ...." "The Throats of NORTH-SOUTH Galamus directed extend on 2 km on horse on the departments from the Aude and the Pyrenees Orientales on the communes from Cubières on Cinoble and Saint Paul de Fenouillet." This might be called a "horse of God" - a hermitage horse. ‘Shepherdess, no temptation. That Poussin, Tenniers hold the key: peace 681. By the cross and this horse of God. I complete (or destroy) this daemon of the guardian at noon blue apples’ [Trans]. On the other, equally enigmatic parchment was inscribed: ‘A Dagobert II roi et a Sion est tresor et il est la mort’, ‘To Dagobert II King, and to Sion belongs this treasure and he is there dead.’ [Trans].

The SATOR Square

A Magic Square ring in Hebrew. The SATOR Square is a magic square in letters and words that was also found at Pompeii. Used as a talisman, the magic square wards off evil spirits. Was it carved into the cave as a protection because Galamus in ancient times was known as an entrance to the underworld? Here we see it on the back of the "head of Dagobert". On the Galamus sculpture, the head appears to be singing or chanting. PAX or Peace 681 is from the parchments. In numerology PAX = 681, a reference to the Templar/Masonic science of numerology. "PAX" is written in large letters at the Galamus hermitage. "Magic word squares The practical magic of Abramelin (found in both Book III of the French text, and Book IV of the German original) centers around a set of talismans composed of magic word squares. These are similar to traditional magic squares, though the latter are usually composed of numbers, while Abramelin's squares contain letters. Commonly word squares are used as puzzles or as teaching aids."

Galamus Gorge Mystery & RLC Parchments

Galamus Magic Square

The Galamus hermitage from Perillos.com Magic dance Saint Anthony’s chapel is renowned for containing a magic square: SATOR – AREPO – TENET – OPERA – ROTAS. It is beautifully executed. But what is a magic square doing in a structure that is purely Catholic in origin? For sure, as Galamus is not the only location where this “decoration” has been found, some have come up with explanations that make it appear that this has a significance within the Catholic doctrine. But it should fail to impress most, if not all. Indeed, we note that the inscription was already found in the ruins if Pompey, which thus makes it definitely older than Christianity. Here, in Galamus, it may indicate that the site was in use prior to a Christian dedication too – or that at some point, a magical dimension was added to its “pure Catholic” purpose. Perhaps because people resorted to magic, either due to the enigmatic incidents that had occurred, or as part of the miraculous protection the Saint had offered to the village? The word “arepo” is actually Celtic in origin, derived from “Arpennis”, which means “head, end of land” and which resulted in the French word “arpent”: a piece of land. Jean Chevalier and Alain Gueerbrant have argued that this type of symbolism should be traced back to Celtic times, specifically druidism, and argue that the inscription is linked with the Wheel of Fortune. Of course, it was Boudet who spoke of a “True Celtic Tongue”, a book that he published in 1886 and which has become one of the enigmatic ingredients of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. Furthermore, whereas everyone agrees that Galamus as a word is Celtic in origin, no-one has been able to explain its etymology conclusively.

Mt. Bugarach Church Window

The church wondow of Mt. Bugarach church, note the nautical theme. The helm looks like the

Wheel of Fortune card of the Tarot deck.

Rennes le Chateau Tombstone

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Ben Hammott`s small chest with the PoS octopus on the lid.

Rennes-le-Chateau Codes and Navigation

A Dead Reckoning navigation board. Note checkered portion at the bottom.

A page of grid code showing the octopus/spider from the coded RLC tombstone of Marie d`Negri de Ables, Countess of Blanchfort.

The traverse of the DR - Dead Reckoning navigation board above (note the similarity between the octopus tangle of ropes and the grid code on the parchment). PoS mysteries often lead back to navigation.