The Templars and the Assassins
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The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven is a non-fiction
book written by James Wasserman
and published in 2001 by Inner Traditions International. The book is a cumulative summary of the Knights Templar
and the Nizari
Hashshashins (Assassins), and also gives a brief chapter on secret and occult
societies.
The book consists of a preface
, 4 parts, 26 chapters, 2 appendixes, a bibliography
, and an index
. The Preface is an introduction to occult and secret societies; Part 1 is a description of the political and religious reasons throughout Europe for the crusades; Part 2 is mainly concerning the Hashshashins; Part 3 is mainly concerning The Knights Templar; and Part 4 is the "aftermath". The book has received mostly good reviews.
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Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
book written by James Wasserman
James Wasserman
James Wasserman is an American author and occultist, best known for his full color publication of the Papyrus of Ani, Book of the Dead...
and published in 2001 by Inner Traditions International. The book is a cumulative summary of the Knights Templar
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
and the Nizari
Nizari
'The Shī‘a Imami Ismā‘īlī Tariqah also referred to as the Ismā‘īlī or Nizārī , is a path of Shī‘a Islām, emphasizing social justice, pluralism, and human reason within the framework of the mystical tradition of Islam. The Nizari are the second largest branch of Shia Islam and form the majority...
Hashshashins (Assassins), and also gives a brief chapter on secret and occult
Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
societies.
The book consists of a preface
Preface
A preface is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written by a different person is a foreword and precedes an author's preface...
, 4 parts, 26 chapters, 2 appendixes, a bibliography
Bibliography
Bibliography , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology...
, and an index
Index (publishing)
An index is a list of words or phrases and associated pointers to where useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document...
. The Preface is an introduction to occult and secret societies; Part 1 is a description of the political and religious reasons throughout Europe for the crusades; Part 2 is mainly concerning the Hashshashins; Part 3 is mainly concerning The Knights Templar; and Part 4 is the "aftermath". The book has received mostly good reviews.
External links
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CrusadesCrusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
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Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...