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FRIEDERICH WERNER The Templars in Cyprus

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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
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In "Tho Templars in Cyprus" Werner iwerilim to a Carmi'lito bod», calling thein«elvr« " Son» of Tlio Vallry," the downfall of the Templar fraternity, de»iiriii-d with » \KW to the establishment of a more extended «jhtem of myticism (which ho cull tho " Valley of l'eaco"); to make way for which tho |oem hints that tho Templars atv to lc destroyed. Tho activity of tho " Valley " does not apjKMir, except in tho ulunp ' of it shown in the character of its two highly mystical delegate*, Krim and A-TPUIS, and an intimation "f M«LAï\* in tho last Act that ho has authority for what he in doing, and will account for his actions to tho " Valley." Werner wn«t a Freemason, and his religious notions, of which ho makes " SIB lion» I:T " tho mouthpiece, were, at tho date of his writing this poem, of a thcosophic order. In fact ho aimed, at that time, at establishing a Xcw Religion of his own invention; thongh ultimately ho became a Priest, and preached in Human Catholic pulpits.


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