In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Our main Characters

We will travel through time and space in writing this blog. As swiftly explained in last week’s installment the slight ’focus’ of the blog is a look into the events over time in south France. Main characters are Mary Magdalene, the wife of Jesus, their children, Jesus’ mother, the apostles who accompanied them to spread the story of the christ.

Background

We have to set out from a historical point in time offering a sort of ’anchor’ around which one may layer a story. We will use the biblical crucifixion Jesus Christ as our starting point.

”Legend holds that Mary Magdalene fled persecution after Jesus' crucifixion. She, his mother, Mary Salome and others left the Holy Land in a makeshift boat, landing in a fishing village called Sainte-Marie-de-la-Mer in the south of France.” (Chicago Tribune)

What We Know and What We Don’t

We know, or at least make a qualified guess that the biblical Jesus was crucified some time around the year 36-40 AD. Who was he? Well, he certainly was no poor pleb. He was of noble family, a prince, as it were. His existence was a problem for several groups. The Romans had no need for a troublemaker who was supposedly a hereditary ruler of Palestine. This is also true for the local Jewish Church. They did not appreciate his views, and most certainly did not believe he was the savior, definitely not the son of God or the Messiah expected to come to save humanity.

We know that everything points to Jesus being married. As many before us have implied, it would have been very very odd for a man of his age not to be married, and we also know the church did not want a married savior, so they decided to suppress his marriage.

The Magdalene, the love and wife of Jesus, was degraded by the early church to a fallen woman, as they could not accept the savior to have a human relation such as between a man and a woman. Sources point to Jesus and Mary Magdalene having two children. We will present genealogies in later blog instances pointing at the hereditary lines, Bloodlines.

Dealing with matters of this dignity there is no way finds can be absolutely rock steady certain. The events, after all, took place no less than two millennia ago. This area of research must, moreover, be judged against a backdrop of myth and wholly embraced tradition. Indeed, a set of legends and traditions forming much of the basis for our western European societal framework. The stuff of which dreams are stitched up, to paraphrase the bard.

The Merovingians

From the mid 5th century, France was ruled by the Merovingians, a clan leaving their mark on much of central Europe of the time. In the middle of the 8th century mayor Charles Martel’s son, Pepin the Short, ended the Merovingian kingdom and introduced the Carolingian era. The bloodline of the Christ and Mary Magdalene followed through, intermingled with the Merovingians, the bloodline of christ being a royal Palestinian line. This will be thoroughly delved into in later installments.

Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea, by sources described as being the uncle of Jesus, ventured further. According to certain he arrived in England to spread the Gospel. Some legend has it that Joseph accompanied by his nephew Jesus visited England earlier. More generally rumored to having founded a congregation at the abbey of Glastonbury, and having been given the responsibility to protect the Holy Grail. This too will be discussed in some detail in later instalments.

Rennes Le Chateau

Legend intermingled with fact creates a story of fantastical dimensions. The legendary priest of the tiny village Rennes Le Chateau who suddenly came into unexplained riches add to the mystery. Mysterious documents discovered during renovations of the little village church shed an aura of decidedly otherworldly shadows. What did the priest find?

The Basis

This, my friends, is the framework of what we will delve into in this page. There will most likely also be additions at later points in time. The Scots royal houses, as well as the English ruling families, we shall undoubtedly look into whatever possible links to the Bloodline exists. Other European royal houses, Spain, Italy, Germany, considering the intermarriages connecting the royal families., what can be deduced from existing genealogies? The ’Ruler by the Grace of God’ certainly takes on a distinctive tone.

So I bid ye adieu until next week when we shall undoubtedly make discoveries reaching far out into the beyond!

Lit. C

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