There is an interesting postscript to the previous pages on the Templars and Rennes-le-Chateau; the video program that first inspired my inquiry into Rennes-le-Chateau (and stimulated my independent observations that the grand scale and the particular geometry in the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau) being unobtainable, I instead obtained a copy of Henry Lincoln's "Keys to the Sacred Pattern" so that I would have access to more of the particular facts of the matter.

Osterlars

The Templar tower, which is a key point in many of the ancient alignments, and whose likeness has been tentatively glimpsed over and over in space image data, can now be identified as that at Osterlars (whose name can be found reflecting several or more various similar spellings) Through the generous and attentive thoroughness of a web page devoted Osterlars and other sites, I was able to learn an astonishing thing...

The "Double Rainbow" symbol is the one which I arbitrarily chose to fit the mystery, based on some of the most far-reaching stretches of speculation (i.e., broad extrapolations of Thomas Bearden's Scalar Physics having been part of the ancient knowledge of the Templar legacy). Against phenomenal odds, such a novel symbol is actually portrayed in the stucco murals at Oesterlars!

I cannot help but feel some sense of encouragement from that, if not a sense of some possible justification outright... the "coincidence" is almost completely impossible!

One other matter that can be attended here is the Mystery of the Tarot as it pertains to the extraterrestial matters we have connected to the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau. We already know, for example, of the Glastonbury Zodiac, another work of grand, ambitious ancient architecture, being on a similar scale, we can find astrology within this mystery, and even without the well-established connection of correspondences between the zodiac and the Tarot that have been heavily relied on as aids to understanding important concepts whose universality and intrinsic relevance causes them to be what are referred to as "archetypes"...

But we can also embrace deeper understanding that archetypes were the ancient categories into which all knowledge could be filed. As such, even though they have simple central themes, the sum total of their meaning can be phenomenally complex, meaning after meaning layered over another. They are, or were, once literally all things to everyone.

Numerous pages of this site have already included the subject of references to space themes, and prior knowledge of the burgeoning field of hyperspatial physics that forms perhaps the most solid cornerstone of the premise that the features of Mar's Cydonia region are artificial and extremely intelligent in their design and their message.

The Thoth tarot of Aleister Crowley in particular has proven to be remarkably evocative of many themes of planetary colonization and exploration, in spite of any prevailing notions that these cards are exclusively magickal or divinatory in nature.

The theme of the Tarot as a picturebook or set of "flash cards" exploring and preserving themes of ancient spacefarers independently realized and developed here has also been explored in detail by Brian (Baruch) Crowley and Anthony Pollock (Austin) in the highly commendable "Return to Mars". I have had the incredible good fortune, and even surprise, to find that these two remarkably diverse, broad-minded and accomplished authors, have independently discovered the significance of the Tarot to matters extraterrestrial, through their own decoding of the Ryder Tarot, whereas I have worked out my conclusion in regards to the Thoth of Aleister Crowley, where the references to space themes are even more blatant.

I have also had the remarkable experience of finding in Brian and Anthony's work a very reassuring recognition of A. E. Waite's own assertions that the Tarot should not be thought of as a tool for the telling of fortunes, even though like other authors of his genera, he proceeds nonetheless to explain how such a thing is done. Those words come from the man who himself designed and commissioned the creation of the Ryder; as such they constitute an often-overlooked but nonetheless eminent matter to contend with. Elsewhere, I have demonstrated some of the remarkably diverse and urgently important ethnobotanical herbal knowledge that Waite wove into the symbolism of the Ryder Tarot to also prove this point.

Since my initial explorations of the subject, many, many anomalies have been found in standard images of other bodies of the solar system, most recently expanding beyond those found on the Moon, Mars, and Venus, to as many as seventeen other solar system members. The Enterprise Mission expresses awareness- more independent research reaching corroborative parallel conclusions- of probably anomalies on two of these moons already, Callisto and Europa... it is important to note that they are in no way restricted to Mars or the moon, and the importance of that within our context here should soon become obvious.

I have not yet begun my more comprehensive studies of the Tarot... theoretically, it should be possible, even probable, that even before Crowley and Waite's Tarots, there were other Tarots to express the space themes, a matter that still awaits further attention...

But I finally feel as if it is time for this discussion because of one very important thing, besides the fact that Templar symbolism may now be counted amongst the recognizable traces of intelligent life on other worlds, and besides the fact that we are able to make historical connections between the Priory of Sion and the Order of the Golden Dawn, in whose early days both Waite and Crowley had such important roles- two more very important pieces of possible evidence...

It seems to be time for this "revelation" here and now, because of the good fortune of viewing the Stations of the Cross of Rennes-le-Chateau, and observing that these may not only have correspondence to the zodiac and therefore to the Tarot themselves, but that they seem to contain some immediately obvious allusions to Martian or "Cydonian" themes. In other words, what has been suggested of the Tarot sits neatly akin to the Priory of Sion's possible claim to "guardianship" of the ancient knowledge of man's origins and past, for using Tarot or astrological themes to portray the ancient teaching of space themes is not only characteristic of the Golden Dawn, but of Sauniere and the Priory of Sion.

Still, there remain some other matters, other possible discoveries that have arisen in the meantime. While observing the work of Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln as much as possible (Henry Lincoln's work in the vein of "The Key to the Sacred Pattern" almost consituting a retraction of the premise of the works "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and the "Messianic Legacy", both of which have far outsold and almost completely overshadowed the remarkable work which followed), more things may become apparent.

In "Key to the Sacred Pattern", we find Lincoln's experiences with Lichfield (pp 77-82). Lincoln encounters important clues in the artworks in the collection of the Lord of Lichfield has propelled Lincoln further into the far-flung mysteries of Rennes-le-Chateau, but his account begins with a lead from a veiwer, which points to a mystery discussed but seemingly never quite solved.

Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire is the home of a certain "Shepherd's Monument"- a large bas relief constructed in a mirrored reversal of Poussin's painting, Shepherds of Arcadia. It bears a mysterious inscription, "D. O. U. O. S. V. A. V. V. M.", with the first and last letters set markedly beneath the rest of the line. Lincoln puts forward the theory that this stands for, or matches the first letters of the words in the opening lines of a poem by Anna Seward, the poetess known as "The Swan of Lichfield"... we should already sit up and take notice of good reason to become curious what other mysteries might surround her and her work (although information on Seward, and particularly this poem, are scarce to non-existant according to recent internet searches). Shugborough Hall is also the home of the Earl of Lichfield.

For those who have followed closely the most recent rediscovery over the past few several decades of the ancient ley lines and now observed the connection of sacred sites to the Martian Enigmas (Silbury Plain seems to contain a largely confirmed correspondence to Cydonia- it's more notable features consitute a 1:7 scale model of the notable features of Cydonia, Mars!), there are things that should come to mind...

While we cannot, or do we need to, say that the course of the present Earl of Lichfield's own life and doings are intended to constitute a clue in themselves, there is enough that has come before. The connections that we can find in John Michell's "The View over Atlantis", that should illustate for us why this almost diversionary connection between the seemingly Martian mysteries of Rennes-le-Chateau might and Lichfield...

Not only is the sacred geometry of Lichfield cathedral that of the sacred square of Mars, but we can find in Michell's discussion of the history of trivia a remarkable amount of both allusion to Mars, and astoundingly concrete etymology referring to Mars.

It is as if this remarkably Martian place is accessed by this spur of the Rennes mystery, through the placement of the "Shepherd's Monument", is to reiterate for us once again that,

"The treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau is the ancient human heritage on Mars, the vestiges of an ancient human empire that spanned the solar system!"

But beside this remarkable connection, and the even more remarkable connection between Mars and Silbury, there are other incredible correspondences between Cydonia and the earth...