#neo-templar

How do you find the Knights Templar today? TV historian Tony McMahon hunts down the Templars in the modern world and who they are.

It might amaze you to know that today, several organisations claim to be direct descendants of the Knights Templar. They assert a direct line linking them to the last grand master – Jacques De Molay – who was burned at the stake in 1314. But how many of these organisations – if any – really have anything to do with the Templars? These modern day Templars tend to divide into Freemasons, so-called…

Neo-Templar groups are extremely diverse, with a variety of beliefs and spiritual aspects. They are usually chivalric orders, which claim variously to descend from, have revived, or adapted the original Knights Templars. Neo-Templar themes, myths and symbols have influenced and been influenced by many other esoteric movements. Other orders draw from Freemasonry. Many are secret and require…