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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

cret was related to the Kabbalah. For example, in his book Histoire de la
Magie (The History of Magic) the French writer, Eliphas Lévi, presents de-
tailed evidence that the Templars were initiated into the mysterious doc-
trines of the Kabbalah, that is, they were secretly trained in this doctrine. 29
Therefore, a doctrine with its roots in Ancient Egypt was transmitted to

the Templars through the Kabbalah.
In Foucault's Pendulum, the Italian novelist, Umberto Eco, relates
these facts in the course of the plot. Throughout the novel, he relates,
through the mouths of its protagonists, how the Templars were influ-
enced by the Kabbalah and that the Kabbalists possessed a secret that
could be traced back to the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. According to Eco,
some prominent Jews learned certain secrets taken from the Ancient

Egyptians, and later inserted these into the first five books of the Old Tes-
tament (Pentateuch). But, this secret, which was transmitted secretly,
could be understood only by the Kabbalists. (The Zohar, written later in
Spain, and forming the fundamental book of the Kabbalah, deals with the
secrets of these five books) After stating that the Kabbalists read this An-
cient Egyptian secret also in the geometric measurements of the temple of

Solomon, Eco writes that the Templars learned it from the Kabbalist rab-
bis in Jerusalem:
The secret—what the Temple already said in full—is suspected only
by a small group of rabbis who remained in Palestine… And from
them the Templars learn it. 30
When the Templars adopted this ancient Egyptian-Kabbalist doctrine,
naturally, they came into conflict with the Christian establishment that
dominated Europe. This was a conflict they shared with another important
force—certain Jews. After the Templars were arrested, by joint order of the
king of France and the Pope in 1307, the order went underground, but its in-

fluence continued, and in a more radical and determined way.
As we said earlier, a significant number of Templars escaped arrest
and appealed to the king of Scotland, the only European kingdom at that

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