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Post by tannis on Oct 31, 2008 16:40:22 GMT
KT: VALUE ADDED KATE...  From Remember the whales to One for the Archers KaTie Bush has shown a marked interest in the runoff groove. So maybe, just maybe, The KT Bush Band took the KT abbreviation from the run-out area of early pressings of British records... Tax stamps: The letters KT which are often found on early pressings of British records is a tax stamp. This tax was a purchase tax that was imposed by the British government on the manufacturers of records, and was based on wholesale prices at a rate of 27 1/2% in 1967 (it was increased to 50% on March 20, 1968). The purchase tax was replaced by a value added tax (VAT) on March 31, 1973. The KT tax stamp can be found in the runoff grooves of singles from 1967 and 1968. A record with a KT stamp indicates that the tax was paid. Beginning in 1969, tax stamps were no longer put on records although the tax was still imposed.For Example: Syd Barrett
Title: Octopus / Golden Hair (Harvest Records promo)
Picture/Title Sleeve: None.
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: HAR 5009
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) SHAR 5009 A-1 G 1 KT / SHAR 5009 B-1 G 1 KT (both stamped)
Release Date: November 14, 1969
Title: Octopus / Golden Hair
Picture/Title Sleeve: None.
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: HAR 5009
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) SHAR 5009 A-1 G 1 KT / SHAR 5009 B-1 G 1 KT (both stamped)
Release Date: November 14, 1969Pink Floyd ~ U.K. Solo Vinyl Singles Discographyourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PFArchives/DUK45sol.htmVinyl Release and Dating Information
Catalog Numbers: Catalog numbers are the letters and numbers assigned to a particular record, and can be found printed on the cover, label, and matrix of the records.
Matrix Information: Matrix information is the letters and numbers etched into the vinyl near the label in the runoff groove at the end of each side of a record. Matrix information may include:
Catalog number.
Side number.
Lacquer master number.
Stamper letter. (usually found at the 3 o'clock position)
Mother number. (usually found at the 9 o'clock position)
Record pressing plant.
The engineer who cut the lacquer.
Example: The matrix information, SHAR 5009 A-1 G 1, found on side one of the Syd Barrett-Octopus single indicates:
SHAR 5009 A-1 is the lacquer master number
G is the stamper letter
1 is the mother number
Stampers are made from the Mothers. Mothers are made from the lacquers. And the lacquers are cut from the master tapes.
Stamper Codes: The stamper codes used by Columbia/EMI Records is based on "Gramophone Ltd." and are as follows:
G=1
R=2
A=3
M=4
O=5
P=6
H=7
L=8
T=9
D=0
Example: A record with a "G" stamper letter indicates that the record was made from the first stamper. Later pressings may have stamper numbers in combination, such as "AL" which means 38.
Record Pressing Plants - All EMI Records in the 1960s through the 1980s were pressed at their Uxbridge Road pressing plant in outer London, known as the EMI Village. These vinyl pressing plants were closed down in the early 1990s and everything since then has been subcontracted out.
Scan codes: Scan codes on picture sleeves made their appearance in the early 1980s, either in 1980 or 1981.
Tax stamps: The letters KT which are often found on early pressings of British records is a tax stamp. This tax was a purchase tax that was imposed by the British government on the manufacturers of records, and was based on wholesale prices at a rate of 27 1/2% in 1967 (it was increased to 50% on March 20, 1968). The purchase tax was replaced by a value added tax (VAT) on March 31, 1973. The KT tax stamp can be found in the runoff grooves of singles from 1967 and 1968. A record with a KT stamp indicates that the tax was paid. Beginning in 1969, tax stamps were no longer put on records although the tax was still imposed.For Example: The BeatlesBeatles, Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That, (Parlophone, R 5114), UK, 1964, 'KT' B side
Beatles, I Feel Fine / She's A Woman, (Parlophone, R 5200), UK, 1964,, 'KT' side 'A' side
Beatles, The Beatles' Hits : From Me To You / Thank You Girl / Please Please Me / Love Me Do, (Parlophone, GEP 8880), UK, 1963, mono, push out centre, ("Parlophone" on outer rim with "Recording first..." without "Sold In UK..." label text, KT side 1)
Beatles, Twist And Shout,:Twist & Shout / A Taste Of Honey / Do You Want To Know A Secret / There's A Place, (Parlophone, GEP 8882), UK, 1963, mono, ("Parlophone" on outer rim with "Recording first..." without "Sold In UK..." label text, KT side 2)
Beatles, Something New, Parlophone, CPCS 101, UK, 1965, stereo, Gramophone lbl rim, Matrix : 7B 12/8B 12, 'KT' side 2
Beatles, With the Beatles, Parlophone, PMC 1206, UK, 1963, mono, black/yellow label, - Ernest J Day sleeve - large "mono" - "Parlophone..." credit - without "Sold In UK..." - Tax code 'KT' side 1
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Post by tannis on Jun 8, 2009 4:27:23 GMT
KT and the SUNSHINE SOUND  Pierre: On your album Lionheart and The Kick Inside, there's a symbol on the actual kite on the back and on the box on the front of the album...
K: Oh, you noticed.
Pierre: Yes. Have they only sorta symbolize?
K: Well, what in fact it is, it's a KT...
Pierre: It's a TK or a KT?
K: A KT and it's sorta [teasings?] that actual sign is an old Knights Templers sign and 'round the countryside you'll find it scattered on the doorways of churches and things and it was just very fitting because I used to be in a band called The K.T. Bush Band. Katie, KT. And it's just a theme that we've kept running. It's a sorta motto.
BBC Radio 1, "Personal Call", 1979www.gaffaweb.org/reaching/ir79_pc.htmlThe KT sign has been with KaTe since The Kick Inside (1978). Now, maybe KaTe did get the sign from the doorway of an old Knights Templar church, or from being called Katie. But one thing is for sure, T.K. Records were using a lower-case "tk" sign from the early 'seventies.~ Timmy Thomas, "Touch To Touch", UK 1977 TK Records
~ KC and the Sunshine Band, "That's the Way (I Like It)", 1975
~ KC and the Sunshine Band, "Please Don't Go", 1979
~ George McCrae, "Honey I", 1975, TK-Records
~ Peter Brown, "Love In Our Hearts", 1979, TKR 7572~ K.C. & The Sunshine Band, "Do You Wanna Go Party", 1979, PTK-92057
~ "Symphony in Blue", released 1979, the third and final Japan-only single release by Bush from her second album, Lionheart.T.K. Records
Profile: T.K. Productions was based in Miami, Florida and was started in the early 1970s. The company was owned and operated by Henry Stone until it went into bankruptcy in 1981. The letters T.K. stood for Terry Kane, the engineer who built Henry's 8-track recording studio. TK Records is closely associated with the early rise of disco music, distributing disco stars KC and the Sunshine Band until 1981.George McCrae - Honey I -- [STEREO]www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIOqHDXq3ucKC & The Sunshine Band - That's the way I like it (1974)www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWf1MdHv80Q |
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Post by tannis on Jun 8, 2009 23:27:40 GMT
KT: Mason's Mark or Pilgrim Graffiti?   Q: How and when did the KT sign develop?
KB: The original KT was discovered by my brother, Jay, on the door of an old church in deepest darkest Wales. The commercially used KT symbol was designed by Del Palmer to be used on the first album and it has been with us ever since.www.thekickinside.btinternet.co.uk/inter3.htmKaTe states that the original KT sign was discovered by JCB on the door of an old church in "deepest darkest Wales". If so, then the original KT sign might have been pilgrim graffiti, or a mason's mark.
Signs in the Stones: Masons' marks were graphic symbols inscribed in the stones of a church. Their exact usage is a matter of scholarly debate, but the current consensus is that a mason, upon completing a portion of their work, cut their symbol into the block in order to tally up their labor and receive payment (sometimes the marks were referred to as a "banker's mark") for their work. How the symbol was connected to a particular mason is not known, but it is assumed that they would choose or be assigned one on obtaining journeyman status. The mason may have also adapted a symbol used by their father or uncle. Both stone carvers and cutters marked blocks. Scholars following a particular set of symbols have been able to establish chronological sequence of building blocks. Originally covered by polychrome, most of these marks were meant to be hidden, but now, with the passage of time and the wearing away of their original painted surface, more masons' marks have been discovered. Silvia Nilsen, freelance writer and editor of travel guides (and officer of the Confraternity of St. James, South Africa), during her research on the pilgrimage roads to Santiago de Compostela photographed some of the more striking masons' marks.peregrinations.kenyon.edu/vol2_3/photo_essays/stones/stones.html~ Astorga, Spain. Mark in the shape of capital initials JF, perhaps pilgrim graffiti?
~ Leôn Cathedral, Church of Santa María, Leôn, Spain. Mark in the form of a bow and arrow pointing downwards.
~ Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Cathedral of St. Froilán, built about 1129. Mark in the shape of a vertically-connected P and E.
~ Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. Pamplona Cathedral. Mark in the shape of the Patriarchal Cross (note double arms) surmounting the Christ's monogram HIS in capital letters with serifs. Pilgrim graffiti?
~ Interrogation of the Knights Templar at Chinon 1308; Chinon, Donjon du Coudray Templar graffiti
~ Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Romanesque Cathedral. Mark on stone block in the shape of the initial capitals X, V, and I (= 16?) with serifs and the X and V connected. Pilgrim graffiti?Knights Templar St Marys, Aldingbourne, West Sussex: The Knights Templar made great use of this Church. Many signs of the Knights Templar can be found cut into the masonry of the Church. This Church is quite unique, for there can be found three ley-line maps, which were used to show the Templars the way to Jerusalem. After their prayer and communion of the Lord’s Supper, they would anoint their swords by making a downward cut on the masonry, and on their return from the Crusade, they would make an horizontal cut in the stone completing the sign of the cross. By doing this they would be signalling Christ’s victory with the sign of the cross.The church of St Nicholas, Compton: On the wall by the pulpit are two well-preserved pieces of graffiti, one of which may have been scratched into the wall by a knight returning from the Crusades. Although it has not been possible to accurately date either piece, which are protected under glass, the noseguard of the helmet is typical of that period.BLAIR WITCH: A five-pointed compound symbol with a center triangle pointing down. The five lines resemble the microcosmic man with arms and legs outstretched inside a circle (with a pentagram in the background). Supposed to have been a magic symbol or charm among medieval alchemists and wizards.see more:
Signs in the Stones
peregrinations.kenyon.edu/vol2_3/photo_essays/stones/stones.html
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Post by tannis on Jun 9, 2009 2:27:17 GMT
 KT: Garway Church and The Knights Templar
KB: The original KT was discovered by my brother, Jay, on the door of an old church in deepest darkest Wales. The commercially used KT symbol was designed by Del Palmer to be used on the first album and it has been with us ever since.www.thekickinside.btinternet.co.uk/inter3.htmBy Jove! I think I might have googled across the original KT discovered by Jay on an old church in deepest darkest Wales. But is it a KT or a TK? ...   Information is a key work for Kate Bush. She is like magic, fastening on to glittering slabs of knowledge and half-glimpsed images - a dip into the books of Gurdjieff, the Caucasian mystic, a clutch of old films, a fashion magazine, a science textbook, an overheard conversation. "All artists are thieves. You eat what you steal, digest it and it becomes a part of you. You never just copy, of course."
Sunday Telegraph, "The Explosive Kate Bush", July 6, 1980 www.gaffaweb.org/reaching/i80_st2.html
It was on the 16th of July 1199 that the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon or the Knights Templar received confirmation from King John that the gift of 2,000 acres of land at Garway officially belonged to their order. The actual order was founded around 1118 and disbanded by Pope Clement V in 1312 so Garway would have been a well established preceptory. The main aim of the Templar estate was to raise funds for their order in the Holy Land. In 1294 the Templars at Garway received a distinguished visitor in the form of the Grand Master of their order - Jacques de Molay, who 20 years later on the demise of the order was burnt at the stake on the 18th of March.
 Symbols - a T and a K combined, with an hourglass shape.
Memorial? Pilgrim's Graffiti? Mason's Mark?
Following the disbanding of the Templar order all of their lands were confiscated and many then passed over to The Knights Hospitaller and Garway was no exception. It is thought that the order took possession of Garway around about 1326 and was attached to their preceptory at Dinmore. The Knights of St. John held Garway until the dissolution of the monasteries sometime between 1538 and 1541. One of the privileges the Templar's held was the right of sanctuary which meant if anybody claimed such a right they had the choice of standing trial or leaving the country. If they opted for the second option as most sanctuary seekers did, they were given safe passage to the nearest port with heavy penalties going to anybody who tried to interfere with their departure. Bond, 2001, p.82, notes how poachers from the Forest of Dean often received shelter from the Templar's at Garway as well as the monks of Tintern and the canons of Llanthony.
During the 200 odd years they held Garway the Hospitallers made many repairs and alterations to the church. Subsidence had severely damaged the round nave and so they constructed the present-day nave, it is also thought that the knights repaired the nearby columbarium or dovecote in 1326. Both the Templar and Hospitaller orders were unique in-so-much as neither paid any land taxes to the king or ecclesiastical dues to the church, in effect the Pope was the only person who held any jurisdiction over the orders. This caused many arguments between the church and the knights over the years as various Hereford bishops considered that they should pay their ecclesiastical taxes. Usually token payments were made in order to keep the peace but in 1523 all that changed. The prior of Garway refuse point blank to pay his dues and so the Bishop of Hereford presented himself at Garway only to find all the doors firmly bolted. As punishment the parish of Garway was placed under an interdict which effectively meant the sacraments and burial rights were withdrawn. In addition all that had prevented his visitation, namely the Hospitallers were excommunicated.
If you visit Temple Garway, there are several curiosities to look for. Let's first consider some of the "graffito" carved in the stones on the outside wall of the Church. The graffito has been carved in different types of stones, so they do not appear to be from the same time period, or crafted by the same hand. (Also, these stones are not consistent with the majority of the other stones used to build St. Michael's.)
Moving around to the south wall, again there are some more incised stones, there is a Cross of Lorraine, a Swastika, and what is thought to be a mason's mark. Masons' marks were graphic symbols inscribed in the stones of a church. Their exact usage is a matter of scholarly debate, but the current consensus is that a mason, upon completing a portion of their work, cut their symbol into the block in order to tally up their labor and receive payment. So, maybe KaTe uses the sign in a similar fashion, to suggest completion and payment due...
The swastika is reversed or pointing anti-clockwise - this is a symbol of good fortune in the East, perhaps brought back from the Crusades. Slightly higher up the west wall of the chapel is a carving of the 'Lamb of God' or Agnus Dei. Beside the doorway there is a Cross Potent and although very feint what appears to be a mason's compass. Another strange symbol appears on the side of the western buttress and that is a matrix of nine dots. The problem with looking for mysterious 'hidden' symbols is that eventually every crack or mark can be taken to be something special. Never mind, following on around to the west wall where the main door is located there is a carving of a Gryphon and another incised Patriarchal Cross. A gryphon or wyvern (a dragon like creature with wings) was used occasionally as a symbol on Templar documents. There is also another incised carving which has been taken to be another mason's mark.
With regards to these symbols and carvings, there is a lot of speculation as to their age and purpose. Tapper, p.68, considers that in Medieval times most of the congregation would have been illiterate so paintings and symbols would have been used which could easily be associated with varying aspects of Christianity. There are possibly direct links with the Templars with the Compass, the Jerusalem Crosses and depending on ones interpretation, the Cross of Lorraine. The Agnus Dei was used by both the Templars and the Hospitallers and the Maltese Cross is still a well known symbol associated with the Hospitallers. If the nine dot matrix is an original feature then this could be taken to be a Triple Triad which, according to Cooper, 2001, p.118, in Christian terms represents either the triple triads of angel choirs or the nine rings and spheres around hell. In the Christian belief the swastika represents Christ as being the cornerstone or the four evangelists with Christ as the central point, Cooper, p.166. The Gryphon in early Christian beliefs represented evil in the form of the winged Devil flying away with souls or those who persecuted Christians. Apparently there is a Templar manuscript in the Public Records Office in London that depicts Gryphons on it leather bound cover, so maybe this too was a Templar symbol?
Moving inside the church, once again there are symbols and inscriptions abounding. Almost hidden behind the leaflet tables is the font. This dates back to the Hospitallers time of the 14th century and on one side depicts a snake entwined around the cross, and could well signify the association between the Hospitallers and their caring for the sick, the snake in eastern regions was always regarded as having healing powers. It is hexagonal in shape and seems to have more recent carvings on it, principally triangles pointing up and down, probably symbolic.
The Triangle is one of the most potent and versatile geometrical symbols. The mark faced down is a female (moon) symbol and symbolizes water, fertility, rain and the mother Goddess. The mark pointing up is the male (sun) symbol and sun sign for fire, life, divinity, prosperity and harmony. The two triangles combined makes a pentagram (Star of David) and represent the (sexual) unity of male and female. In some religions the Triangle is used to symbolise God. The Garway Graffiti seems to show the meeting of the two Triangles.
 I will come home again, but not until
The sun and the moon meet on yon hill.
“The Hour-Glass is an emblem of human life; behold! how swiftly the sands run, and how rapidly our lives are drawing to a close. We cannot, without astonishment, behold the little particles which are contained in this machine, how they pass away almost imperceptibly, and yet to our surprise, in the short space of an hour, they are all exhausted. Thus wastes man! today, he puts forth the tender leaves of hope; tomorrow, blossoms and bears his blushing honors which upon him; the next day comes a frost, which nips the shoot, and when he thinks his greatness is still aspiring, he falls, like autumn leaves, to enrich our mother earth."
~ Thomas Smith Webb
Unlike most other methods of measuring time, the hourglass concretely represents the present as being between the past and the future, and this has made it an enduring symbol of time itself. The hourglass, sometimes with the addition of metaphorical wings ('time flies'), is often depicted as a symbol that human existence is fleeting, and that the "sands of time" will run out for every human life. It was used thus on pirate flags, to strike fear into the hearts of the pirates' victims. In England, hourglasses were sometimes placed in coffins, and they have graced gravestones for centuries. The hourglass in the mourning arts conjures the notion of time’s passing and the inevitability of death. An hourglass indicates the person’s time on earth ran out and suggests that we should embrace life because it, much like the flow of the sand in an hourglass, is finite and will eventually end. Other funerary symbols that essentially say the same thing are the cut tree and the broken pillar. The hourglass symbol appears to be gloomy, alluding to death ~ a memento mori. Yet when considered within the whole concept and philosophy of Freemasonry, it becomes a symbol of time, profitably spent in the service to God.
THE HOUR-GLASS is a symbol intended to remind us of the shortness of life, and that our time is rapidly passing away. It is commonly represented with wings, the more effectively to remind us of the flight of time. When we look upon an hour-glass and see the sand passing away, we behold an emblem of the continual passing away of the appointed time of our sojourn upon earth. Every day that passes, not only adds one to the number of the days which we have lived, but takes away one from the number of those which we have still to live. The hour-glass is thus calculated to suggest most solemn thoughts; it reminds us that our days upon earth are a shadow; it teaches us to be ever looking forward to death and ever preparing for it; and so it teaches us the duty of redeeming the time, doing with our might whatsoever our hand findeth to do, and seeking to grow in meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light. The thought of death is not wholly dismal to him who has a well-grounded hope of a resurrection to joy and glory. He is enabled to exclaim, "O Death! where is thy sting? O Grave! where is thy victory?" (1 Cor. xv. 55). "Mark the perfect man," say the psalmist David, "and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace" (Ps. xxxvii. 37). It is also said in another psalm, "The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing" (Ps. xcii. 12-14). However, encouraged as we may be by these promises and by the great doctrines implied and taught in them, we must remember that "Man is like to vanity: his days are a shadow that passeth away" (Ps. cxliv. 4); and therefore there is much reason for our making and often repeating that ancient prayer of Moses, the man of God, which good men have always been accustomed to offer up, since it was first used in the tabernacle in the wilderness, "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom" (Ps. xc. 12). So shall we joyfully proceed along our earthly course, earnestly prosecuting every good work, thankfully enjoying the blessings which are bestowed on us, and rejoicing in hope, in a hope which reaches to heaven and eternity. What a contrast does the course of a good man present to that of the indolent and profligate! Youth ripens into manhood, and manhood passes into old age - if the unhappy man is not cut off in the midst of his days, as is often the case in consequence of profligacy itself. Old age is miserable! To all its other woes, those of poverty are often added: but even if they are not, it is still miserable, through the weakness of the body, the incapacity for those things in which pleasure was formerly sought, when "desire shall fail," and the mind's inability to obtain relief in occupying itself with things of a better and higher kind. Dull and dreary are the days of these years, brightened by no hope, and spent in vain repinings that only aggravate misery. "Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth," says Solomon, "and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth: and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement" (Eccl. xi. 9). The judgement of God for the vices of youth may often be seen manifestly begun in this world, and the miseries of that old age which in the last stage of a mis-spent life are awful evidence of that divine displeasure which must be endured to the utmost in a future state of being. Let young men, therefore, listen to the wise man's exhortation: "Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them: while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease, because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened; And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low; and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird; and all the daughters of music shall be brought low: And when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in they way, and the almond-tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken at the cistern: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it" (Eccl. xi. 10; xii. 1-7). It is a highly poetic and most affecting description which these words contain, of the sorrows of old age; and they are full of awful warning. Earnestly ought that warning to be considered in youth and in the prime of life, that happiness may attend the whole earthly course, and that at evening time there may be light.
~ Freemasonry: Its Symbolism, Religious Nature and Law of Perfection, Chalmers I. Paton, 1873, pp.165-7)
Because of its symmetry, graphic signs resembling an hourglass are seen in the art of cultures which never encountered such objects. Vertical pairs of triangles joined at the apex are common in Native American art; both in North America, where it can represent, for example, the body of the Thunderbird or (in more elongated form) an enemy scalp, and in South America, where it is believed to represent a Chuncho jungle dweller. In Zulu textiles they symbolise a married man, as opposed to a pair of triangles joined at the base, which symbolise a married woman. Neolithic examples can be seen among Spanish cave paintings. Observers have even given the name "hourglass motif" to shapes which have more complex symmetry, such as a repeating circle and cross pattern from the Solomon Islands.
To the right of the altar is the southern chapel and this was the original Templar chapel where they held their services and rites, it was rebuilt sometime during the 16th century. In the far wall is a piscina, this would have been used to wash the sacred chalice and paten after mass. Here we have further examples of carvings as above the piscina are images of a consecrated wafer, a winged chalice, a fish and what is thought to be an eel or lamprey. This actual piscina seems to have inspired a couple of authors as it appears in both Dan Brown's novel, 'The Da Vinci Code' and Baigents book, 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail'.
In 1972, British script writer Henry Lincoln introduced the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château to the English speaking world, through a series of BBC documentaries, starting with The Lost Treasure of Jerusalem. It immediately created a storm of publicity and eventually led to the production of a 2nd documentary The Priest the Painter and the Devil in 1974 and the Shadow of the Templars in 1979. This last documentary was already co-researched by Michael Baigent which later led to Henry, Michael and the late Richard Leigh writing the international bestseller Holy Blood Holy Grail. The script and presentation of Shadow of the Templars were done by Henry Lincoln. It was produced by Roy Davies for the BBC Chronicle series. You can watch the parts by clicking on them here:
www.rlcresearch.com/2008/05/18/shadow-of-the-templars/
This unusual piece of vandalism is in Garway Church, the original image of which appears in "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" book, which of course was the precursor of the Da Vinci Code. It appears in the last section of plates with the following description: "32. Graffiti on the head of the piscina in the south chapel of Garway church, showing a winged pyramid and solar emblem, a fish and a snake."
This imagery caught my eye because it not only contains very unusual Winged Disc symbolism (actually and Nibiruan cross atop a pyramid), but puts it in a celestial context in the form of a fish and a snake. Are these constellations? Do their relative positions tell us something about the orbit of Nibiru?
I am indebted to Damon Elkins for getting hold of this image for me. He has a similar interest in the orbit of Nibiru, and passed on these thoughts about the Garway Graffiti:
1. The shape of the "piscina" is that "club" within the "sign of the rose" in "The DaVinci Code".
2. The "horns" above the "head of the piscina" are much like the "belly of Hydra" across which my path of Nibiru crosses.
3. The "horns" appear more like a serpent than like horns.
4. The "lines" left of the fish resemble Pisces (the constellation), and my proposed path of Nibiru passes just "under Pisces and across the pentagonal figure at the long end away from the check mark.
5. The "winged pyramid" appears to me to be multiple pyramids.
6. The circle with crossed lines is much like the symbols for "the planet of the crossing".
There is self-evident Christian symbolism being deployed here. But how unusual to apply the cross into the context of the Winged Disc! Especially whilst including a pyramid. This makes me wonder whether the symbolism is masonic, or something of that ilk. Winged Discs appear in some Masonic Temples after all, in the guise of their Blazing Star.Re: KT symbol and the Knights Templar
I must admit that's rather worrying because the 'Knights Templar' are a secret organisation going back a long, long time that still very much operate today & members have a hidden hand in politics & higher echelons of elite society, royalty, media manipulation etc. Another thing of concern: 'there's a hole in the sky & a big eyeball is calling me' (from 'kite'), the all seeing eye (kick inside album cover) is an 'illuminati' symbol that's also featured at the top of the pyramid on the U.S. dollar & it symbolises power over the masses, i.e. 'we are watching you & we control all that you do', in fact Kate's records & covers are steeped in such symbolism & the more I become aware of it the more I am forced to ask just what is she involved in & what is she up to? The 'company's daughter' is tolerated & protected in a way that no other artist would be. She's invited to dine with the 'queen', Tony Blair, John Major & other political & music figures etc at Buckingham Palace earlier this year despite the fact that she's not been a very prolific artist & hadn't even released a record for 12 years! I sometimes just get an uneasy feeling when I ask myself why is this the case? Am I just being over analytical & a bit paranoid? Who knows? But if anyone else has any other theories or ideas on all of this I'd be happy to hear about them.thehomegroundandkatebushnewsandinfoforum.yuku.com/topic/7624/t/KT-symbol-and-the-Knights-Templar.html?page=1see more:
KATE BUSH: The Rising Sun and The All-Seeing Eye
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Garway Templar church, Garway, Herefordshire, England www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/gar_way.htm
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Garway Herefordshire - Graffiti
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Location: 1 mile north of Skenfrith, 8 miles west of Ross on Wye, on a minor road off the B4521. OS SO455224 |
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Post by tannis on Aug 1, 2009 15:27:15 GMT
The Kate Bush Mysteries: "Witch Bush" or "Mistress of Arcane Knowledge"Kate Bush and her guiding ideology… - an ongoing debate since 1978! While Youtube has created a whole new audience for Bush’s music videos, its “Users Comments” section has also become an impromptu forum for endless speculation on her religious orientation – Bush being variously labelled a “Witch”, a “Theosophist” or a “Thelemian”. Elsewhere a claimed link with the Knights Templars(!*) has even been made; based on an erroneous connection between the KT Bush Band symbol and an iconographic device supposedly used by them … which in actuality never was! (73). Appendix 1 gives an overview of these often amusing comments. Yet Bush states she doesn’t actually belong to any faith, in actuality being a lapsed Catholic (albeit one with an apparent spiritual outlook).* n.b. The author of The Kate Bush Mysteries does not consider Garway Church and The Knights Templar (see above).see more:
Confess to me, girl...
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The Delta Project ~ "THE KATE BUSH MYSTERIES: FACT OR FICTION?"www.deltapro.co.uk/katebushm.pdf
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Post by tannis on Aug 5, 2009 16:27:26 GMT
KT: The Branding of Kate Bush Q: How and when did the KT sign develop?
KB: The original KT was discovered by my brother, Jay, on the door of an old church in deepest darkest Wales. The commercially used KT symbol was designed by Del Palmer to be used on the first album and it has been with us ever since.www.thekickinside.btinternet.co.uk/inter3.htmBy Jove! I think I might have googled across the original KT discovered by Jay on an old church in deepest darkest Wales. But is it a KT or a TK? ... Information is a key work for Kate Bush. She is like magic, fastening on to glittering slabs of knowledge and half-glimpsed images - a dip into the books of Gurdjieff, the Caucasian mystic, a clutch of old films, a fashion magazine, a science textbook, an overheard conversation. "All artists are thieves. You eat what you steal, digest it and it becomes a part of you. You never just copy, of course."
Sunday Telegraph, "The Explosive Kate Bush", July 6, 1980 www.gaffaweb.org/reaching/i80_st2.html
The Delta Project ~ "THE KATE BUSH MYSTERIES: FACT OR FICTION?"www.deltapro.co.uk/katebushm.pdfThe KT Bush Brand: The original KT Bush Band symbol, discovered by Jay and commercially designed by Del, certainly seems to have originated from "deepest darkest Wales". However, it is unclear whether the Garway 'KT' sign is a KT or a TK, or whether it is a pilgrim's mark, mason's mark, or bona fide Knights Templar mark. Garway Church is definitely associated with the Knights Templar, but whether the conjoined KT monogram was ever used by the Order of the Temple is unproven and seems unlikely. What does seem clear, however, is that the KT Bush Band took the sign, made it their own, and furthered its mythical association with the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. The album title Lionheart furthered Jay's KaTe-Templar brand myth, which KaTe cements and confabulates on Personal Call, creating a permanent mark...Pierre: Hello, Kate.
K: Hello, Pierre.
Pierre: On your album Lionheart and The Kick Inside, there's a symbol on the actual kite on the back and on the box on the front of the album...
K: Oh, you noticed.
Pierre: Yes. Have they only sorta symbolize?
K: Well, what in fact it is, it's a KT...
Pierre: It's a TK or a KT..
K: A KT and it's sorta [teasings???] that actual sign is an old Knights Templers sign and 'round the countryside you'll find it scattered on the doorways of churches and things and it was just very fitting because I used to be in a band called the KT Bush Band. Katie, KT. And it's just a theme that we've kept running. It's a sorta motto.
"Personal Call", BBC Radio 1, 1979www.gaffaweb.org/reaching/ir79_pc.htmlKnights Templar History - Jerusalem is taken by the Turks: The army of Jerusalem and Guy of Lusignan, the King of Jerusalem, was beaten by Turkish forces in 1184. All Knights Templar and Hospitallers who survived the battle were executed afterwards. This event prompted the Third Crusade headed by Richard the Lionheart who was supported by the Knights Templar order. The city of Acre is taken by the Crusaders in 1191. During the famous march of Richard Coeur de Lion from Acre to Ascalon, the Templars generally led the van of the christian army, and the Hospitallers brought up the rear. Saladin, at the head of an immense force, exerted all his energies to oppose their progress, and the march to Jaffa formed a perpetual battle of eleven days. On some occasions Coeur de Lion himself, at the head of a chosen body of knights, led the van, and the Templars were formed into a rear guard.see more:
KT and the LIONHEARTSkatebush.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=kickinside&thread=1679&page=2 |
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Post by tannis on Dec 25, 2009 18:27:14 GMT
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