That the Gnostic Templar Orders are now networking together for our common cause of Spiritual and Occult Unity is a fact of great interest.
Before accepting the honor bestowed upon me by many of the membership of the secret Brotherhood I undertook a great deal of soul searching within before I felt that this honor was deserving. My personal background in the Occult and Spiritual Sciences is extensive and from a young child raised in a Masonic family I both
studied and practiced the Occult Arts for transformation of my soul and self realization and self empowerment.
To that end, I was willing to spend countless hours, days, and years, deeply active in the study and practice of both the Eastern and Western Mysteries.
While a great many children my age were doing other things in life's learning experiences, I was immersed in the research, study, and practice of the Esoteric and Occult. I was very fortunate that I grew up as a child in the town next to where the Theosophical Society was headquartered here in the United States and I did a great deal of study there as well as other Occult Research centers. My practice and study of the Occult has lasted a life time and throughout my background as a Freemason which I became when of age thanks to the nurturing of my family. My bloodline comes from Masonic French Ancestry just as many of the French Knight Templar Grand Masters throughout history. The other of these Grand Masters have up to this point in history resided in European countries but the need for a American residing Gnostic Templar Grand Master is very apparent to American seekers of the Gnosis. I was Knighted a Masonic Knights Templar at the end of 1983 and was given a standing ovation after presenting a discourse on the Ancient Knights Templar before the dinner in the Lodge Hall directly after my being the Inspection Candidate for Knighthood during the visit of the Grand Commander of the state. While researching my family's ancestral bloodline, I found the hidden de Paul Lineage was prominent in many of the Royal Houses of Europe. I also found I was a direct descendant of St. Vincent dePaul. Besides the many Masonic Offices that I have held and still do hold, I entered even further into the esoteric background of the Ancient Order. During this time I was granted the vision of second sight and became greatly enlightened about the many esoteric beliefs of the Ancient Order. The deeper I delved into Gnosticism and related areas of Occult Philosophy the more enlightened I became.
Today, I am a Way shower and a Knight Templar that has over 40 years of Occult and Spiritual teaching and counseling under my belt and am accepted by the Secret Brotherhood as a Initiate of the Ancient Mysteries that "Knows Something". I owe my entire being to the Divine Sophia who has lead me throughout my personal Quest for Illumination.
The Ancient Gnostic Order of Knights of the Temple of Solomon holds the Key to that great door through which after knocking upon it and accepted to enter, has given me the esoteric answer to the Occult maxim of "Know Thyself".
The AGOKT here in the United States is a support organization that shall always exist to serve the cause of the Universal Oneness of all Life.
I admonish everyone to understand that there is "A New Day Dawning". TOGETHER we will replace the Capstone upon the Great Pyramid following in the Ancient Tradition of "The Builders" and expounders of Spiritual Alchemy.
Fraternal Salutations to All,
David Daniel de Paul
Grand Master
Ancient Gnostic Order of Knights
of the Temple of Solomon
Magdalene Commandery
Baphomet Preceptory
