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Notes on Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
(Pictured: Rhodes Cemetery, Greece. A rose cross monument dedicated to the Knights of Rhodes – I think)
It’s unfair that people compare Foucault’s Pendulum to Ulysses.Ulysses is a novel that spans an entire day but some take years to finish. On the other hand, Eco’s Pendulum is a novel that covers a few years but can be read in a few days. Sure, they are both abundant in references, but the story in Ulysses is obscured precisely by all these references. Pendulum‘s references, on the other hand, might get overwhelming but this is part of its charm.
I won’t give spoilers, especially for the ending, I’ll just mention what’s probably on the book jacket: the story follows three editors who make up a conspiracy theory concerning the Knights Templar. Being a philosopher and medievalist, Eco of course has fun with this story and inserts an uncountable number of references to historical characters, events, books and so on. You can follow along and join the madness, sure, or just nod and carry on, like you do when that relative starts spouting InfoWars talking points at Christmas dinner…Apophenia is people’s tendency to find patterns and connections within seemingly unrelated things. Wouldn’t you know it, I had such a fun time with this book because I became one of the characters for a week. I had no idea what it was about when I picked it as my June beach read in Rhodes. And wouldn’t you know it, a few of the book’s major plot points happen right in the middle of June. And while Rhodes wasn’t the Templar’s headquarters, it was, for a few centuries, the HQ of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. John, or the Knights of Malta today). So of course I had so many connections around me – the symbol of the Rose Cross, the sculptures of Knights, the flags. It was exactly like if I randomly picked up Ulysses and read it on a trip to Dublin. Which I haven’t done.
What is most hilarious is that the Knights Templar conspiracies aren’t exactly recent. They started around the 1700s. Freemasonry started as medieval guilds, but they wanted to have a fancier history so they made up a connection to the Templars. In the 1950’s another chapter starts, with Pierre Plantard who… planted fake documents in the French Archives, and started the whole “Priory of Sion” conspiracy. In 1982 comes the final blow, where three Brits read the Priory stuff and make up their own crap about “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”, where they make up a conspiracy that the Templars were hiding the bloodline of Christ. Does this sound familiar?
Eco probably read all this stuff and found it absolutely hilarious, so he made his own version about these nutjobs… And yet 15 years later comes Dan Brown and his audacity DaVinci Code. Without any sense of shame, he decides to embody the satirised characters in Eco’s Pendulum, publishing his own conspiracy, making it a bestseller, stirring the pot for decades to come. It’s a damn shame because the Templars’ actual history is fascinating in and of itself, they didn’t need bells and whistles added…
It is also, in a way, irresponsible, because one of the lessons of Foucault’s Pendulum is that fiction has power and can affect the real world. Yes, the consequences in Eco’s book are fictional, but we’ve seen far too often how made-up conspiracies become real for some. Just wait for Christmas and ask that InfoWars relative.
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Notes on Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
(Pictured: Rhodes Cemetery, Greece. A rose cross monument dedicated to the Knights of Rhodes – I think)
It’s unfair that people compare Foucault’s Pendulum to Ulysses.Ulysses is a novel that spans an entire day but some take years to finish. On the other hand, Eco’s Pendulum is a novel that covers a few years but can be read in a few days. Sure, they are both abundant in references, but the story in Ulysses is obscured precisely by all these references. Pendulum‘s references, on the other hand, might get overwhelming but this is part of its charm.
I won’t give spoilers, especially for the ending, I’ll just mention what’s probably on the book jacket: the story follows three editors who make up a conspiracy theory concerning the Knights Templar. Being a philosopher and medievalist, Eco of course has fun with this story and inserts an uncountable number of references to historical characters, events, books and so on. You can follow along and join the madness, sure, or just nod and carry on, like you do when that relative starts spouting InfoWars talking points at Christmas dinner…Apophenia is people’s tendency to find patterns and connections within seemingly unrelated things. Wouldn’t you know it, I had such a fun time with this book because I became one of the characters for a week. I had no idea what it was about when I picked it as my June beach read in Rhodes. And wouldn’t you know it, a few of the book’s major plot points happen right in the middle of June. And while Rhodes wasn’t the Templar’s headquarters, it was, for a few centuries, the HQ of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. John, or the Knights of Malta today). So of course I had so many connections around me – the symbol of the Rose Cross, the sculptures of Knights, the flags. It was exactly like if I randomly picked up Ulysses and read it on a trip to Dublin. Which I haven’t done.
What is most hilarious is that the Knights Templar conspiracies aren’t exactly recent. They started around the 1700s. Freemasonry started as medieval guilds, but they wanted to have a fancier history so they made up a connection to the Templars. In the 1950’s another chapter starts, with Pierre Plantard who… planted fake documents in the French Archives, and started the whole “Priory of Sion” conspiracy. In 1982 comes the final blow, where three Brits read the Priory stuff and make up their own crap about “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”, where they make up a conspiracy that the Templars were hiding the bloodline of Christ. Does this sound familiar?
Eco probably read all this stuff and found it absolutely hilarious, so he made his own version about these nutjobs… And yet 15 years later comes Dan Brown and his audacity DaVinci Code. Without any sense of shame, he decides to embody the satirised characters in Eco’s Pendulum, publishing his own conspiracy, making it a bestseller, stirring the pot for decades to come. It’s a damn shame because the Templars’ actual history is fascinating in and of itself, they didn’t need bells and whistles added…
It is also, in a way, irresponsible, because one of the lessons of Foucault’s Pendulum is that fiction has power and can affect the real world. Yes, the consequences in Eco’s book are fictional, but we’ve seen far too often how made-up conspiracies become real for some. Just wait for Christmas and ask that InfoWars relative.
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"Wow, how convenient that the people I owe money to are now Enemies Of Christ(tm)"
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"Wow, how convenient that the people I owe money to are now Enemies Of Christ(tm)"
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Royston Cave: The Strange Underground Mystery Beneath an Ordinary Street
Beneath an ordinary street in Royston is a strange man-made chalk cave covered in carvings of saints, symbols and mysterious figures. Nobody knows exactly who made it or why. -
Royston Cave: The Strange Underground Mystery Beneath an Ordinary Street
Beneath an ordinary street in Royston is a strange man-made chalk cave covered in carvings of saints, symbols and mysterious figures. Nobody knows exactly who made it or why. -
Bijou the #TimeTravelingGhost
#TimeTravelAuthors 1. Introduce your story
Meet Bijou, a time-tripping “ghost” without a past and her companion Emily, late of the Hindenburg disaster, as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of #TimeTravel, #Illuminati, #KnightsTemplar, and Lapan Cabal.
Visit Amelia Earhart, Nostradamus, Faust, and others in a landscape spanning from the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event to the wastelands of the future, with stop-offs on the Hindenburg, Titanic, and Crusader Cyprus.
It’s a sophisticated #sapphic pulp-inspired story reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs, without the baggage.
Revised, edited, and retconed.
Tags: #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #HistoricalFantasy #LightNovel #Romance #Queer #Serial
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Bijou the #TimeTravelingGhost
#TimeTravelAuthors 1. Introduce your story
Meet Bijou, a time-tripping “ghost” without a past and her companion Emily, late of the Hindenburg disaster, as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of #TimeTravel, #Illuminati, #KnightsTemplar, and Lapan Cabal.
Visit Amelia Earhart, Nostradamus, Faust, and others in a landscape spanning from the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event to the wastelands of the future, with stop-offs on the Hindenburg, Titanic, and Crusader Cyprus.
It’s a sophisticated #sapphic pulp-inspired story reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs, without the baggage.
Revised, edited, and retconed.
Tags: #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #HistoricalFantasy #LightNovel #Romance #Queer #Serial
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Tomar Castle in Portugal, built by the Knights Templar in 1160, serves as a historical and supernatural site. The ghost of Grand Master Gualdim Pais is the most reported apparition, accompanied by mysterious sounds and sightings. #knightstemplar #ghosts https://connectparanormal.net/2026/04/20/ghosts-of-tomar-castle-tales-from-the-knights-templar/
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Tomar Castle in Portugal, built by the Knights Templar in 1160, serves as a historical and supernatural site. The ghost of Grand Master Gualdim Pais is the most reported apparition, accompanied by mysterious sounds and sightings. #knightstemplar #ghosts https://connectparanormal.net/2026/04/20/ghosts-of-tomar-castle-tales-from-the-knights-templar/
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#TimeTravelAuthors 04/19. Any authorities in your story
Bijou the #TimeTravelingGhost: The three authorities on time travel mentioned are Professor Henrietta Dubois, #Faust, and #NumaPompilius, 2nd king of Rome (reigned 715–672 BCE). It is unclear just how much they know, since none are very communicative.
Nothing is known about the authorities within the #KnightsTemplar, the #Illuminati, or the Lapin Cabal, but they must clearly have some. (To be revealed.)
#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch: Airisu has degrees in mysticism and Japanese mythology. This makes her handy when the characters slip into the Japanese Edo period.
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A man burned alive cursed a king…And within a year, both the king and the pope were dead.The final words of Jacques de Molay still haunt history.
#KnightsTemplar #HistoryMystery #DarkHistory #HiddenHistory #Medieval
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/burned-alive-debt-knights-templar-pope-knew-they-were-innocent-and-curse-came-true-00102597 -
Mexican cartel CJNG is leveraging AI, drone surveillance and data‑driven social media tactics to dismantle rivals like the Knights Templar and Zetas in just five years. The tech‑war on crime is reshaping the underworld—read how algorithms and open‑source tools are becoming weapons. #CJNG #ArtificialIntelligence #Drones #KnightsTemplar
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/cjng-uses-ai-drones-social-media-oust-knights-templar-zetas-five-years
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Mexican cartel CJNG is leveraging AI, drone surveillance and data‑driven social media tactics to dismantle rivals like the Knights Templar and Zetas in just five years. The tech‑war on crime is reshaping the underworld—read how algorithms and open‑source tools are becoming weapons. #CJNG #ArtificialIntelligence #Drones #KnightsTemplar
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/cjng-uses-ai-drones-social-media-oust-knights-templar-zetas-five-years
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The Knights Templar became Europe’s richest military order, building a banking empire. Arrested in 1307 and executed in 1314, their treasury vanished—fueling legends of hidden relics and secret wealth.
#KnightsTemplar #HiddenTreasure #MedievalMystery #LostRelics
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/greed-and-decline-treasure-knights-templar-and-their-downfall-004668 -
How Jehovah’s Witnesses became the modern Knights Templar order
https://medium.com/@sensmedia.srl/how-jehovahs-witnesses-became-the-modern-knights-templar-order-879d2fc9e38d
#history #knightstemplar #templar #watchtower #jehovah #jehovahswitnesses #corruption -
The Knights Templar, a medieval military order known for their martial prowess and vows, have inspired numerous ghost stories throughout Europe. These tales depict spectral knights continuing their protective duties after death. #knightstemplar #ghosts https://connectparanormal.net/2025/05/27/the-enigmatic-knights-templar-and-their-ghostly-legends/
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The Knights Templar, a medieval military order known for their martial prowess and vows, have inspired numerous ghost stories throughout Europe. These tales depict spectral knights continuing their protective duties after death. #knightstemplar #ghosts https://connectparanormal.net/2025/05/27/the-enigmatic-knights-templar-and-their-ghostly-legends/
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There are theories linking the Knights Templar to aliens based on historical events and artifacts. However, there is little evidence. #knightstemplar #aliens #ufo https://youtu.be/g8GX8Jnl_FY?si=_2fHQo0xEyicYr1k
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Many tales claim the Knights Templar were in possession of knowledge from Atlantis. #knightstemplar #atlantis https://connectparanormal.net/2025/11/22/knights-templar-secrets-of-atlantis-explained/
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Scholars view Plato’s Atlantis as an allegory, while the Knights Templar, a medieval military order, was disbanded amid controversy, sparking myths of hidden treasures linked to Atlantis. #knightstemplar #atlantis https://youtu.be/K9EP20yPQPo?si=llrHuMiqwmkBGPW4
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Did the Templar Knights interact with ET? The theories linking the Knights Templar to aliens lack credible evidence and primarily arise from misinterpretations of historical events and artifacts. #aliens #knightstemplar https://connectparanormal.net/2025/11/22/knights-templar-and-alien-theories-unraveling-myths/
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The Knights Templar, a Christian military order, have long been associated with myths of devil worship based on false confessions obtained under torture. #devilworship #knightstemplar https://connectparanormal.net/2024/01/04/were-the-knights-templar-devil-worshippers-truth-or-lie/
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The Knights Templar’s mysterious history is intertwined with the enigmatic Shroud of Turin, believed by some to be Jesus Christ’s burial cloth. Speculation suggests the Templars may have safeguarded the shroud. #knightstemplar #shroudofturin https://connectparanormal.net/2024/02/04/the-templars-and-the-shroud-of-turin-guardians-of-a-sacred-relic/
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The Knights Templar, a Christian military order, have long been associated with myths of devil worship based on false confessions obtained under torture. #knightstemplar #devilworship https://connectparanormal.net/2024/01/04/were-the-knights-templar-devil-worshippers-truth-or-lie/
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The Knights Templar began as humble protectors of pilgrims in the Holy Land — but they became rich. Very rich. They invented early banking, owned land across Europe, and answered only to the Pope.
Philip IV? Broke. Power-hungry. Suspicious.
He wanted in.
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The Knights Templar, founded in the 12th century, were a powerful military religious order known for protecting pilgrims. Their potential connection to astrology reflects a blend of medieval Christianity and esoteric knowledge. #astrology #knightstemplar https://connectparanormal.net/2025/06/10/knights-templar-and-astrology-a-mystical-connection/
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The Knights Templar, a medieval military order known for their martial prowess and vows, have inspired numerous ghost stories throughout Europe. #knightstemplar #ghosts https://connectparanormal.net/2025/05/27/the-enigmatic-knights-templar-and-their-ghostly-legends/
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Some Templar Knights continue to serve despite their deaths. #knightstemplar #ghosts https://youtu.be/5gjwShxf_Ts?si=oI8mh9Z5whyZ_S5L
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well #GIjoke #PeteKegsBreath is history, but don't worry, as a good #MAGAt he logged in to #MySpace and "screened" a perfectly suitable #KnightsTemplar substitute for his führer #OrangeShitler
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well #GIjoke #PeteKegsBreath is history, but don't worry, as a good #MAGAt he logged in to #MySpace and "screened" a perfectly suitable #KnightsTemplar substitute for his führer #OrangeShitler
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a friend suggested I purchase this t-shirt to trigger #MAGA "christians"
I replied they wouldn't know a) what #Greggs is b) a sausage roll c) recognize any #KnightsTemplar iconography (ergo: it's not #Christian) -
a friend suggested I purchase this t-shirt to trigger #MAGA "christians"
I replied they wouldn't know a) what #Greggs is b) a sausage roll c) recognize any #KnightsTemplar iconography (ergo: it's not #Christian) -
Baphomet, a symbol entangled with the Knights Templar and evolving over centuries, transitioned from an alleged object of heresy to a representation of cosmic balance and wisdom. #Baphomet #knightstemplar https://connectparanormal.net/2025/03/15/baphomet-in-western-esotericism-a-journey-through-time/
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The Knights Templar are intricately linked to time travel legends, intertwining history, religion, and mysticism. #Knightstemplar #timetravel https://connectparanormal.net/2025/03/10/knights-templar-and-time-travel-myth-or-reality/
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Did the Templars Have a Secret Treasure? https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/templars-secret-treasure/ #KnightsTemplar #Treasure #history
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Did the Templars Have a Secret Treasure? https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/templars-secret-treasure/ #KnightsTemplar #Treasure #history
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Templars on the Run: Myths, Facts, and What Really Happened https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/templars-on-the-run-myths-facts-and-what-really-happened/ #KnightsTemplar #MedievalHistory
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Templars on the Run: Myths, Facts, and What Really Happened https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/templars-on-the-run-myths-facts-and-what-really-happened/ #KnightsTemplar #MedievalHistory
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The intriguing village of Temple, the main base of the Knights Templar in Scotland until the order was dissolved following the arrest of many of its members by King Philip IV of France on Friday 13 October 1307, 717 years ago today. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/temple/temple/index.html
#Scotland #Temple #KnightsTemplar #Midlothian #FridayTheThirteenth #OnThisDay #UndiscoveredScotland
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10 Things You Might Not Know About The Templars https://www.medievalists.net/2022/03/10-things-about-templars/ #knightstemplar #history
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Torphichen Preceptory in West Lothian. From the 1140s this was the only base north of London of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. From 1312 it also administered property previously held by the Knights Templar. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/torphichen/preceptory/index.html
#Scotland #TorphichenPreceptory #Torphichen #KnightsTemplar #WestLothian #UndiscoveredScotland
