Topic: Temple Banking

The Knights Templar originated as a crusading order chartered by the Catholic Church and St. Bernard of Clairvaux to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land. Operating from their headquarters on the Temple Mount, they established a sovereign financial network independent of European kings. This system introduced the first international checking process, allowing travelers to deposit bullion at one preceptor and withdraw funds at another using coded receipts.

The subversion of ancient temples, which originally served as the guardians of weights and measures, is explored. Referencing Joseph P. Farrell’s "Babylon's Banksters," McLachlan describes how the elite moved from gold-backed receipts to forged documents and eventually to the modern fiat system controlled from buildings that still resemble temples.