Was Hess on a Mission to Find the Holy Grail?

Was Hess on a Mission to Find the Holy Grail?
Nazi's thought religious icons were hidden in Scotland.

The Scottish X Files, by Ron Halliday, Chairman of the Scottish Earth Mysteries Research
Glasgow Evening Times, 26th June 1999

They were accused of witchcraft, black magic and worshipping strange gods. So why were the Knights Templar welcomed in Scotland when the rest of Europe outlawed them? And what is the Link between events in the Holy Land 600 years ago and Rudolf Hess’s puzzling flight to Scotland in May 1941?

At one time the Knights Templar were the most powerful society in Europe. Set up to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, they were the spiritual leaders of the Christian world. But overnight they were destroyed for reasons that have puzzled generations. On Friday October 13, 1307, Philip IV of France arrested the leaders of the Knights Templar. Under torture they confessed to taking part in all kind of bizarre rituals and, strangest of all, that they obeyed a bodiless head that talked.

Even though their leaders were in prison, many rank and file Templars were allowed to escape. They must have had friends in the government. It's amazing, but true, that a fleet of escaping Templars set sail for Scotland. Why they chose to come here is a mystery in itself.

But what they brought with them may solve one of the Second World War’s most bizarre incidents, the secret peace mission of Nazi Germany’s Deputy Fuehrer Rudolf Hess. But was his flight really intended to end the war, as most of us now believe? Or was there another altogether reason for the journey that ended at Eaglesham, outside Glasgow.

It’s well known that leading Nazi's had a fascination for the occult. Hitler consulted astrologers and would only invade on a day when the omens were good. Leading Nazis also believed that certain objects possessed mystic power. The spear, which pierced Christ’s side as he hung on the cross, had supposedly passed into the hands of the rulers of Austria, Hitler’s birthplace, and was seen as a prized possession able to create powerful magic.

So what would the Nazis have given to get hold of the Holy Grail, the cup or plate passed around by Christ at the Last Supper. Its paranormal powers are legendary, as are the tales of its whereabouts. According to one tradition, it was taken to Glastonbury by a friend of Jesus. But stronger evidence suggests that it came into the possession of the Knights Templar during one of their crusades in the Holy Land.

They supposedly dug it up below the ruins ot the temple at Jerusalem, while carrying out a secret exca-vation in the12th century. Does this event of 700 years ago explain the puzzling and unsolved mystery of Rudolf Hess’s flight to Scotland?

Setting off in secret, Hess made a parachute landing in Scotland. The Government claimed that he bad carried out this strange mission to arrange peace between Britain and Germany. But it seemed such an odd way of going about it. One thought is that Hess was out to get hold of the Holy Grail, which he had been told was hidden at Rosslyn Chapel in the Lothians.

Hess would have been aware of the tales that a treasure trove of mystical objects had been taken by the Knights Templar to Scotland in 1307. So it’s not impossible that Hess hatched a scheme to get hold of such a supernatural prize.

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