During the Middle Ages, the Knights Templar, Crusaders, and faithful devotees all claimed to possess John the Baptist's head. As a result, numerous heads soon existed simultaneously....

Oct 14, 2025 · This heretical initiation rite was often performed in the presence of the head of John the Baptist, which had been discovered by crusading Templars in the Boukoleon Palace in …

Mar 31, 2011 · Thus the head of the creature called ‘Baphomet’, said to be held by the Order, was the head of John the Baptist. Look at the similarity between the two words – Baphomet and Baptist – say …

It has been claimed that the Templars returned to France with the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, the Mandylion—which may have been the Shroud of Turin—and possibly the most significant …

Feb 19, 2025 · The head of John the Baptist has many legends associated it, particularly the Knights Templar. I may have to go down this rabbit hole at some point as they all are very fascinating!

A history of the famous Templar Knights and their demise. Includes photo gallery, information on the Holy Grail, Baphomet, and John the Baptist's head.

Salome and the Apparition of the Baptist's Head by Gustave Moreau. Watercolor painting, 1876. Now in Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. Icon of the Beheading of John the Baptist (Museum of Icons, …

May 14, 2025 · Did the Knights Templar secretly venerate the severed head of John the Baptist? In this episode of Beyond the Rabbit Hole, we explore trial records, occult symbolism, the Johannite...

Sep 24, 2022 · As the Templars possessed a number of religious relics, there is a possibility that the Templars had what they really believed to be the severed head of John the Baptist as an object of …

May 13, 2024 · The incident of the founding of the Knights Templar, the encounter between Theoclete and Hugh de Payens, is simply a later appropriation (a European one) of the entrustment of the …