Latest "Templar's in America" Research

I've been meaning to do this for a while now and with the Holidays upon us and Covid-19 giving everyone plenty of free time for reading, I wanted to make sure everyone interested in the latest Templar research was aware of our publications.  The vetting of the Cremona Document and the Sinclair/Wemyss journals are on-going and if definitively proven authentic, they would be the most important "Templars in America" documents in history.  Chapter 11 in my latest book, Cryptic Code of the Templars in America: Origins of the Hooked X Symbol, lays out the story of the Cremona Document in detail and sets the table for additional new documents and maps that have materialized since my book was published in September of 2019, and are currently being investigated. For those interested in personally signed copies of my own books or that of my wife, Janet, and her coauthor, Alan Butler's book, America: Nation of the Goddess: The Venus Families and the Founding of the United States,  I would direct you to our website at: www.hookedx.com. 

The latest in the Templar's in America series pulls everything together about the secret mission by the Templar's, they called "The Covenant," to found a sanctuary where they could live free from the tyranny of the monarchs of Europe and persecution of the Roman Catholic Church.  That sanctuary is now called the United States of America (Published in 2019).

The most informative background information for the Cremona Document was written by the person who was intimately involved in the research from the beginning of the modern chapter of the story which began in 1968.  That person is Donald Ruh.  Don has written his own book that chronicles important details of the story that as the last man standing only he would know.  It's filled with critical information and has hundreds of photographs.  

Donald Ruh holds a key in July of 2020, he was bequeathed by his lifelong friend, Dr. William Jackson, that reportedly opens a "cedar-lined box" with treasure buried in America during the Revolutionary War era.  The key along with a map, aerial photographs and a letter with instructions were all found inside a small wooden puzzle box left by Don's friend who died in 2000.  

You can order copies of Don's book at this link: https://www.lulu.com/search?adult_audience_rating=00&page=1&pageSize=10&q=The+Scrolls+of+Onteora 

Another incredible Templar story we are quietly vetting is the Sinclair/Wemyss journals.  This story, along with the Cremona Document, will completely rewrite the history of America and put new and accurate light on the Templars' true history and ideology academics thought they knew.  That vetting process is on-going as well and what is most exciting are the two completely independent documents, and the stories they tell, are beginning to dovetail providing confirming evidence that supports the authenticity of both sets of documents.  This is truly exciting! 

Diana Muir has published the first of twenty of the Sinclair/Wemyss journals that chronicles the first forty-one years of Earl Henry Sinclair's life including his first of three trips he took to the "Western lands."  Diana has extensive annotations that add important additional context to the entries and leave you begging for more that will be forthcoming in the near future.  The history revealed in the first book illuminates many important new facts about the fugitive Templars who escaped to Scotland and their relationship with the Scottish Clans who protected them.  This is a must-read for anyone who is hungry for the true story of what happened to medieval Knights Templar after the put-down of  the order in 1307.  The important beginnings of the story that would result in the founding of the United States of America will truly amaze you.

Diana's book can be purchased here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/diana-j-muir/the-lost-templar-journals-of-prince-henry-sinclair-book-1-1353-1395/paperback/product-24004958.html?page=1&pageSize=4 

Myself (far right), Diana Muir (stripped blue shirt), and my wife, Janet Wolter, (far left) meet with several Masonic brethren/researchers to discuss the Sinclair/Wemyss journals at the Scottish Rite Temple in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in March of 2017.

I'd be remiss if I didn't plug my own "Templar's in America" books, see below, and that of my wife, Janet Wolter and her co-author Alan Butler, all available at www.hookedx.com.  

The Kensington Rune Stone: Compelling New Evidence contains the factual evidence in multiple disciplines that definitively proved the authenticity of the artifact that was carved and buried as Templar land claim in 1362 (Published in 2005).

The Hooked X: Key to the Secret History of North America investigates the Templar symbols and codes hidden within the Kensington Rune Stone inscription.  I also investigate numerous other artifacts, sties and structures in North America the medieval Templars left hidden in plain sight (Published in 2009). 

Akhenaten to the Founding Fathers: The Mysteries of the Hooked X delves deeper into the mysteries of the Kensington Rune Stone, Newport Tower and many other artifacts considered fakes by academia, yet reveal even more about the hidden history of the cultures who visited North America long before Columbus (Published in 2013).

America, Nation of the Goddess: The Venus Families and the Founding of the United States follows the secretive families of the Templar lineage as they pursue Freedom from tyranny and oppression by the monarchs of Europe and the Church in planning their goal of establishing a 'New Jerusalem.'  The clues they left behind are numerous and are hidden in plain site using sacred geometry and symbolism, across the United States (Published in 2015).   

  

Reminiscing About the "Geologic Dream Team"

One of the good things about the Coronavirus 19 quarantine is it has created a lot of free time for writing my next book.  It has also created time to do a little rearranging of my photo files and I decided to share some unpublished photos of the geologists who provided commentary, suggestions and later academic peer  review, when I first began my investigation in the geology of the Kensington Rune Stone in 2000.  When the artifact first came into the American Petrographic Services Inc. lab in July of 2000, I had never heard of the artifact before but quickly got up to speed on it's history. 

Since I had been referred by my former geology professors at the University of Minnesota-Duluth to do this work for the Runestone Museum on Alexandria, Minnesota, it only seemed appropriate to invite them in for a cursory look and to pick their brains for ideas on how to approach the investigation.  I already had a number of ideas and wanted to run them by my professors for their input.  On July 14, 2000, the six professors invited showed up along with then liaison for the Runestone Museum, Barry Hanson.  Professor's Emeritus, Dr. John Green, Dr. Richard Ojakangas, and my former adviser, Dr. Charles L. Matsch drove down together from Duluth and Dr. Ken Harris, Dr. Robert Johnson and Professor Emeritus, Dr. Paul Wieblen from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. 

The professors spent about 4 hours examining the geological features of the stone and the inscription offering comments and ideas of what might be interesting to look at more closely at during my examination and testing of the artifact.  At one point when we turned the stone over to look at the deep glacial striations and scratches on the back side, it was Dr. Paul Wieblen who first noticed the white-colored, branching lineations.  He pointed to the marks and said, "These features kind of look like roots."  I would eventually conclude they indeed were made by the very same roots of the tree under which Olof Ohman discovered the stone.

The "Geologic Dream Team" was extremely helpful and Dr. Richard Ojakangas, one of the top sedimentary petrologists in the world, offered to perform a mineralogical point count on one of the thin sections we made from the core sample taken from the back side of the artifact.  His point counts and my points counts were pretty much the same and we agreed the original slab of stone was a meta-graywacke that originated from the Animikie Basin in east-central Minnesota of Paleoproterozoic Age (1.85 to 2.1 billion years ago).

Upon completing my initial report, Dr's Green, Matsch and Ojakangas provided written peer reviews of my geological findings along with Professor Emeritus G.B. Morey, and geologist, Terry Swor.  All found the report to be accurate and thorough.  Looking back after these twenty years I want to thank all of these accomplished geologists for sharing their geological expertise and offering suggestions as well as their support.  It was Dr. Ojakangas' work and vast experience that led to the conclusion the rock was indigenous to Minnesota and not brought along by the Kensington party from the East Coast or Europe.  I remember Dick Ojakangas once told me a colleague said to him, "If you help Scott with the Kensington Rune Stone it could damage your reputation."  Dick said he smiled at him and said, "Thanks, but I'll take my chances." 

It was the geological weathering aspects of the inscription and split side that told me they were at least 200 years old from the day Olof pulled it from the ground in 1898.  This made a late Nineteenth Century hoax impossible and therefore, it had to be an authentic artifact.  The hard science speaks just as loud today as it did then.  It's time the world accepted this amazing stone for the vitally important historical artifacts that it is.   
   

Geologist, Scott Wolter looks at a computer monitor with a magnified image on the split side of the Kensington Rune Stone in July of 2000.

Dr. Paul Wieblen points to the white lineations on the back side of the Kensington Rune Stone and was the first to say they looked like markings left by roots.  L to R, Barry Hanson, Dr. Richard Ojakangas (with camera), Dr. Robert Johnson (behind Wieblen), Dr. John Green and Dr. Charles L. Matsch (bending over in front) look on as Wieblen explains the root leaching.  

L to R, Dr. Charles L. Matsch, Dr. Richard Ojakangas, and Dr. John Green examine the split side of the Kensington Rune Stone as then Runestone Museum Director, LuAnn Patton looks on.

L to R, Dr. Charles L. Matsch, Scott Wolter, Dr. John Green, and Barry Hanson look on as Dr. Richard Ojakangas looks a feature on the split side of the Kensington Rune Stone through a petrographic microscope.

Dr. Richard Ojakangas gets up close and personal with a carved character on the face side of the Kensington Rune Stone.

The Kensington Rune Stone was examined by a team of noted geologists at the American Petrographic Services Laboratory on July 14, 2000.  L to R, Dr. Richard Ojakangas (kneeling), Dr. John Green, Dr. Ken Harris, Gerard Moulzolf, Scott Wolter, Dr. Charles L. Matsch, Barry Hanson, Dr. Robert Johnson, and Dr. Paul Wieblen (kneeling).