"The Tribe of Benjamin"

Mary Magdalene was said to have been of the tribe of Benjamin most likely because Jerusalem and Bethany were in the territory of Benjamin. This tribe has a tie-in with "The Shepherds of Arcadia II" painting by Poussin, which was mentioned, in the hidden Sauniere parchments. "Arcadia", the earthly paradise, is in the Peloponnese in southern Greece, the home of the Spartans. The Book of Maccabees states that, "It has been found in writing concerning the Spartans and the Jews that they are brethren and are of the family of Abraham". Robert Graves writes in "Belus and the Danaids" that "…the early arrival in Greece of the Helladic colonists from Palestine was by way of Rhodes" and that those immigrants brought agriculture to the Peloponnese. There had been a conflict with the tribe of Benjamin in Israel over their siding with the Phoenician worshippers of the goddess Ashtaroth. Part of the tribe of Benjamin left Israel and took their dedication to the mother goddess to southern Greece. According to Homer, there were Arcadians at Troy. Homer also stated that Troy had been founded by Arcadians. "Arkades" means "People of the Bear", worshippers of the Great Bear Mother Goddess URSA, the She-Bear constellation, or Callisto. This is the same goddess that was worshipped in ancient Rhedae - Rennes-le-Chateau, brought there by the Sicambrian Franks, descendants of Sparta and Troy and of the tribe of Benjamin. The names "Paris" and "Troy" from "The Illiad and the Odyssey" of Homer are found in France. The city of Paris echoes Arcadia's royal house as does the French city of Troyes.

Both the Spartans and the Merovingians had long hair; Merovee had long yellow hair when he visited Rome. The brothers Benjamin and Joseph were both sons of Jacob's wife Rachel who was called "bright-eyed" (blue-eyed) and maybe was blonde as well. Joseph was the father of Ephraim of the Lost 10 Tribes, which migrated north to Scandinavia. The Amazon queen Penthesilea who fought for the Trojans was also a beautiful blonde; perhaps she also was a descendant of Rachel through Benjamin. The Amazons ranged westward from the Euxine area on the Black Sea and were more Asian in culture, more tough and free than the Greek women. Helen of Troy and Mary Magdalene could have been blonde. There is even a legend from Utah, which says that some of the Lost 10 Tribes left the earth to live on a star and that they shall return to earth in the latter days. There is a race of extraterrestrials called "The Blondes", are these the "Lost 10 Tribes in Space"?

The tribe of Benjamin was the origin of the Merovingian kings and of the family of Mary Magdalene. They eventually reunited in southern France after a long journey through the ages.

"Merovingians in Red"

Clovis the king, son of Childeric I, was the first king of the Franks to be baptized. Portraits of him in his warrior regalia depict him clothed all in red from the plumes on his helmet to his red boots and cloak. This color is highly significant to the Merovingian dynasty because it symbolizes the bloodline. The name "Merovech" or "Merovee" means "Carrier of Mary's Bloodline" - "Mer" or "Mar" as "sea", the root of the name "Mary" as "salty sea" or "bitter salty tears". The syllable "Vin" is the vine, which is the bloodline. "Vech" is "to carry", thus "Carrier of the Bloodline of Mary Magdalene". The bloodline is the underground stream, which surfaces, in western culture. It is the River Alpheus in Arcadia, so important to the Priory of Sion, which sails the Sea of Time as an ark preserving the tradition.

There are ornaments from the Merovingian tombs made of garnets and gold. Many pieces are of fine red cloisonné enamel in gold, like a mosaic work of rubies. They are of the same style as the clasps and metalwork from the Sutton Hoo ship burial which employ Celtic knot patterns as well as Viking intertwine abstractions. The gold bees from the tomb of Childeric I, son of Merovech, are reminiscent of the sacred gold bees of the Minoans and of the Egyptians - they are a very ancient symbol. In this century they are the insignia of the pioneer Utah church as a symbol of industry and cooperation. Large crystal balls and spheres of polished semi-precious stones are also found in Merovingian tombs and are of mystical significance.

Good King Rene de Anjou, a Merovingian Grand Master of the Priory of Sion employed Dr. Jean de St.- Remy, grandfather of Nostradamus. Dr. St.-Remy possessed a precious grail cup, which he called his "Red Grail". It was carved from semi-precious red stone and was obtained by him in Marseilles, the landing place of Mary Magdalene. Red is a very significant and symbolic color in the history of the Languedoc in southern France.

"The Red Serpent"

On the list of Grand Masters of the Priory of Sion is the name of Jean Cocteau. He was a friend and collaborator of Pablo Picasso and a contemporary of George Gershwin whom he met during Gershwin's "American in Paris" stay. If one is searching for proof of the existence of the Priory, it can be found in a poem by Jean Cocteau called "The Red Serpent", "Le Serpent Rouge". The poem consists of 13 verses, one for each of the constellations of the zodiac with the added figure of Ophiuchus, the serpent, between Scorpio and Sagittarius. The style has been compared to that of the poet Rimbaud and is of impressive literary quality. "The Red Serpent" was found in the great Paris library on January 17, 1967 along with a Merovingian genealogy, two Merovingian maps, and an architectural plan of St. Sulpice church of Da Vinci Code fame. The poem is an allegorical pilgrimage through the constellations of the zodiac, the significant Rennes-le-Chateau date of January 17 falling in Capricorn. The red snake uncoiling across the centuries is the sacred bloodline or lineage. The one called Our Lady, Notre Dame, the Mother Goddess, Isis, is Mary Magdalene. It was she for whom the great Gothic Cathedrals were built for she is the mystery of the Templars. From #7 Leo we read of the healing balm with which Mary anointed Jesus for his burial and the quote, "Come to me all you who suffer and who are overwhelmed and I will comfort you, otherwise: Madeleine…The initiates know the true name: Notre Dame Des Cross." That causes one to wonder about the identity of the statue in New York harbor.

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