01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page iii The Templar Code FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Christopher Hodapp and Alice Von Kannon 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page ii 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page i The Templar Code FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page ii 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page iii The Templar Code FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Christopher Hodapp and Alice Von Kannon 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page iv The Templar Code For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2007 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permit- ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2007926386 ISBN: 978-0-470-12765-0 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page v About the Authors Christopher Hodappis a Freemason and a member of the Masonic Order of the Knights Templar. He is the author of Solomon’s Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington, D.C.,and his first book, Freemasons For Dummies,has quickly become the most popular modern guide to the ancient and accepted fraternity of Freemasonry. In 2006, he received the Duane E. Anderson Excellence in Masonic Education Award from the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, and the Distinguished Service Award from the Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar of Indiana. He has written for Masonic Magazine, Templar History Magazine, The Philalethes Magazine,and The Indiana Freemason,and he is a monthly columnist for Texas Home Gardener.Chris has spent more than 20 years as a commercial filmmaker. Alice Von Kannonhas been an advertising executive, a teacher, a writer, and even a greedy and villainous landlord. She studied film production at Los Angeles Valley Community College and history at California State University, Northridge, and she has worked for many years as a writer and broadcast producer. Alice has traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East and has written extensively on the subject of the Barbary Wars and the birth of the U.S. Navy. She is a member of the Order of the Grail, the fraternal body of the International College of Esoteric Studies. A history junkie beyond the help of intervention since the age of 14, her recent studies of Near Eastern religious cults and sects led to this, her first For Dummiesbook. Hodapp and Von Kannon both live in Indianapolis, Indiana. 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page vi 01_127650 ffirs.qxp 5/23/07 9:50 PM Page vii Dedication For Steven L. Harris (1954–1999) “He was a truly perfect, gentle knight.”