Notes on Tim Hogan: Templar Alchemical Tradition from Ancient Egypt

Timothy Hogan Templar Alchemical Tradition from Ancient Egypt

Knights Templar sought origins of civilization and believed in a pre-flood, technologically advanced culture referenced in flood myths (e.g., Noah). Egypt viewed as a primary location preserving remnants of this earlier civilization. Templars allegedly spent extensive time in Egypt in addition to Jerusalem, Palestine, and Constantinople.

Dynastic Egyptians said to have preserved sites built before them using advanced technology.

Name “Rostau / Raus-Tau” given as the ancient designation for the Giza–Saqqara region. Claimed that when this term moved into Greek and Latin it was interpreted as “Rose-Cross,” forming the origin of the Rosicrucian tradition. Rosicrucian movement framed as emerging from Templar discoveries in Egypt.

Egyptian sites said to have been investigated by the Templars: Dendera, Abydos, Luxor, Edfu, Philae, Esna, Elephantine Island. Templars reportedly looked for preserved technology, philosophy, and sacred knowledge at these temples.

Multiple “arks” in ancient Egypt described as analogous to the Ark of the Covenant. These arks allegedly stored “mana,” described not as Biblical food but as an alchemical substance. Templars attempted to recover traditions for producing this mana.

Groups said to preserve this knowledge included the Sabians, Druze/Tahid Mahadun, Sufis, and Jewish Kabbalists. “Saba” interpreted as an ancient Egyptian term meaning “stargate,” identifying these groups as “people of the stargate.” Egyptian temples said to contain references to stargates connected to alchemical work.

Templars also explored remnants of Canaanite and Phoenician traditions in Lebanon. Attempt made to synthesize Egyptian, Phoenician, Jewish, Islamic, and Gnostic alchemical teachings.

Alchemical salt described as a central discovery:

• Extracted from ashes.
• Two components: a soluble salt (plant/mineral minerals) and an insoluble salt (identified as mana).
• Mana defined as monoatomic atoms.

Templars reportedly incorporated the salt into their communion rite as “the bread.” A ritual known as the “sharing of the salt ceremony” was established. Templar candidates allegedly received a “white stone,” linked to Revelation’s promise of “hidden manna and a white stone.”

Sufis and the Hashashin described as adopting this salt ritual from Templar contact.

Templar founders associated with southern France (Albigensian region). Cathars described as inheritors of Manichaean doctrine. Mani said to have taken his name from “mana,” interpreted as “precious stone/white stone.” Connection made from Manichaeism to Tibetan Buddhism through the word “mani” in “Om Mani Padme Hum,” interpreted as the “precious white stone” and an alchemical formula of awakening.

Egyptian temple art cited as evidence of a white, cone-shaped bread/cake offered by pharaohs to deities such as Osiris or Amun. Book of the Dead passages referenced involving statements such as “I am white, I am pure” and descriptions of a mysterious divine food. Hebrew “manna” interpreted as identical to this substance (“what is it?”). Mana described physically as a white powder that can be extracted from almost any material.

Holy Grail described as a tradition preserving alchemical and Gnostic knowledge rather than a bloodline. Many medieval alchemists (e.g., “Valentine/Valentinus”) said to have taken names from ancient Gnostic saints.

Templars allegedly transferred knowledge from Egyptian temple walls to European cathedral architecture (e.g., Notre Dame). Gothic cathedrals built in imitation of Egyptian temples to preserve sacred science from antiquity.

Osiris myth interpreted as an encoded alchemical formula:

• Osiris’ green skin = vegetation.
• Chopping up Osiris = preparation and breaking down of plant matter.
• Casting into the Nile = digestion in liquid.
• Isis transforming into a bird = distillation.
• Use of incense and lamps = calcination.
• Resurrection = completion of alchemical work and the perfect elixir.

Plant identified as Dictamnus (“dicta-petalum”) said to contain precursors for hydrofluoric acid through alchemical processing. Hydrofluoric acid described as the Egyptian method for cutting granite and etching stone with precision. Beeswax and gold said to be the only substances resistant to HF. Process described as coating granite in beeswax, carving the desired design into the wax, washing with acid, and removing wax to reveal etched stone. Beeswax traces and pock-marking on monuments said to support this method.

Hydrofluoric acid also described as necessary for releasing monoatomic elements (mana) from hard substances. Claim made that HF was widely used in the ancient world (Egypt, India, China, the Americas) and originated in a pre-diluvian civilization. Sites such as Puma Punku and Sacsayhuamán described as possible examples.

Word “alchemy” described as deriving directly from “Al-Khem / Kemet” (Egypt). Core alchemical stages listed as digestion, distillation, and calcination. Different solvents used depending on substance (acids for metals, alcohol for herbs, water for other materials).

Emerald Tablet of Hermes said to have been discovered at Siwa; tradition also claims it was buried at Abydos at the Osirion. Abydos believed to contain private chambers depicting alchemical operations. Templar graffiti from the 1200s claimed to exist at Abydos.

Templars allegedly transmitted this Egyptian-derived alchemy into European esoteric societies after their suppression. A group identified as the Militia Crucifera Evangelica (late 1500s–early 1600s, region of Kübingen and district of Gutenberg) presented as the root of the Rosicrucian movement. The Rosicrucians framed as direct inheritors of Templar alchemy and Gnostic-Kabbalistic synthesis.

Templars said to have owned a “Vessel of the Rose Cross,” containing a magical elixir later associated with the Holy Grail. Mana described as modifiable into a red substance called the “Red Lion,” resembling blood but said to be alchemical, not biological. This red substance linked to “the blood of Christ” symbolically in Templar communion rites.

Modern esoteric Templar bodies described as continuing the ritual use of mana and Red Lion (Hogan identifies his order: Temple of Secret Initiates / Temple Collegia). Claim that the original Christian communion was based on these substances and later replaced with bread and wine.

Raus-Tau

Tim Hogan says that the area of the Giza plateau had an ancient name “Raus Tau”

Egyptian name “Raus Tau” became “Rose Cross”?