The Temple was created in August 2002 with an aim to encourage research into the Knight Templars - their related and interrelated subjects, such as; the Grail Legends, Arthurian Mythos, the Rosicrucian’s, Masonic Lore, Early Christianity, Cathars, Gnostic Theology, Alchemy, Folklore, Rennes Le Chateau, Geomancy, the Occult, Mythology and Symbolism, etc The Temple started as a periodical with articles written by a few friends in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Over the years it has published extensively research on relevant subjects by a varied selection of researchers. On this website and in The Temple Publications you can read the latest discoveries written by the coffee table student as well as by renowned authors. As The Temple deal with so many subjects from the shadowy past, legends and myths as well as the latest historical data are all well represented. Two compilations have been published of this periodical; named The Templar Papers which both are now available in several languages.