Priory of Sion: Myths and legends

Although Priory of Sion did not had a significant historical and social role, the general public today is amused with various legends that are associated with this company. The most interesting is one that speaks about Plantard conspiracy. Pierre Plantard wanted Priory of Sion to become crypto-political esoteric-Christian Knights order, whose mission is to set up the Great King to the French throne, and whose arrival is predicted by Nostradamus. Some independent researchers speculate that this whole story was pre-planned prank that Plantard built his own cult of personality in esoteric circles. In the period between the 1961st and 1984. Plantard the company earned mystical "pedigree." He claimed that the new Priory of Sion successor to the Roman Catholic religious order founded in Sion Church, the abbey in the kingdom of Jerusalem during the First Crusade War 1099th , and by the 1617th in its ranks absorb Jesuits. People often confuse Abbey Sion and Priory of Sion, not knowing the difference.

Also, 1960. Plantard began creating manuscripts and possessed "a medieval parchment" that contained an encrypted message for the alleged Priory of Sion. Alleged parchment were also forged, and made by his friend Philippe de Cherisey.

The Priory of Sion: Myth or Reality?

The Priory of Sion, is a name given to multiple groups, both real and fictitious. It was a organisation created in 1956 by Pierre Plantard.
In the 1960s, Plantard created a fictitious history for that organization, describing it as a secret society founded in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1099, which serves the interests of the Merovingian dynasty and its alleged bloodlines. This myth was expanded and popularized by the 1982 controversial book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, written by Dan Brown, later claimed as factual in the preface of the 2003 conspiracy fiction novel The Da Vinci Code. The Priory of Sion is portrayed in the book as an ancient, powerful organization guarding a historical secret of great importance. According to Dan Brown the Priory preserved the truth about Jesus and Mary Magdalene for centuries. Isaac Newton, Sandro Botticelli, Victor Hugo and da Vinci all belonged to the Priory.
Many conspiracy theorists persist in believing that the Priory of Sion is an age-old cabal that conceals a subversive secret.