You're listening to the hour of the time and I'm your host, William Cooper. 2 million in the year 2092 stood on the ramparts of a medieval castle, the eagle's nest, perched high up on the crags of the Persian mountains, the personal representative of the Emperor and the veil the figure who claims to be the incarnation of God over Hassan son of Subbha Sheiq of the mountain and leader of the assassins spoke, quote, you see that devotees ending guard on younger turn top watch, unquote, committee signal instantly the white robe figure threw up his hands and salutations and tossed himself 2,000 feet into the forming port which surrounded the fortress. I have 70,000 men and women's route a year and each of them ready to do my bidding. 

Can your master Malik Shah say the same? That he asked me to surrender to His sovereignty? This is your answer. Go. Now such a thing you may be worthy of the most exaggerated of horror films. And yet, it took place in historical fact. The only quibble made by the chronicler of the time was that Hassan's devotees, numbered only about 40,000. How this man's Sabbah came by his uncanny power and how his devotees struck terror into the hearts of men from the Caspian to Egypt is one of the most extraordinary of all Tales of the secret societies the mysteries. Today, the sect of the hashishim, or druggers, still exists in the form of the Israelis are Israelites, whose undisputed teeth endowed by them with divine attributes is the Agha Khan. Like many another secret cult, the assassin organization was based upon an earlier Association. And in order to understand how they worked, and what their objectives were, we must begin with these roots.

It must be remembered your listeners that the followers of Islam in the seventh century AD split into two divisions, the Orthodox who regard Muhammad as the bringer of divine inspiration. And the Shias to consider that at least its successor, the fourth Imam or leader was more important. It is what the Shias that we are concerned here from the beginning of the split in the early days of Islam, that Shias relied for survival upon secrecy, organization, and initiation. 

Although the minority party in Islam, they believed that they could overcome the majority, and eventually the whole world, like the Perrier organization in power, To this end, they started a number of societies which practice secret rights, in which the personality of Ali was worshipped, and whose rank and file were trained to struggle above all for the accomplishment of world dominion. One of the most successful secret societies which the Shias founded was centered around the abode of learning in Cairo, which was the training ground for fanatics who were conditioned by the most cunning methods to believe in a special divine mission. In order to do this, the original democratic Islamic ideas had to be overcome by skilled teachers, acting under the orders of the Khalif of the Faddamites who ruledl Egypt at that time. Members were enrolled on the understanding that they worked to receive hidden power and timeless wisdom, which would enable them to become as important in life as some of the teachers and you find these same precepts in every branch. In every nationality, on every continent, where the mysteries prevail. The beliefs thought to it that the instructors were no ordinary men. The Supreme Judge was one of them. Another was the Commander in Chief of the Army, a third the Minister of the Court, there was no lack of applicants. In any country where the highest officials of the realm form the body of teachers, one would find the same. Classes were divided into study groups, some composed of men, others of women, collectively termed Assemblies of Wisdom. All lessons were carefully prepared, written down and submitted to the Khalif for his seal. At the end of the lecture, all present kissed the seal, for did the Khalif not claim direct descent from Muhammad through his son in law Ali and then from Ishmael, the seventh Imam? He was the embodiment of divinity, far more than any Tibetan Lama ever was. 

The university lavishly endowed and possessing the best manuscripts and scientific instruments available received a grant of a quarter of a million gold pieces annually from the Academy. External form was similar to the pattern of the ancient Arab universities, not much different from Oxford. But its real purpose was the complete transformation of the mind of the students. Students had to pass through nine degrees of initiation, the same number that are claimed in the York rite of Freemasonry and the first the teachers threw their pupils into a state of doubt about all conventional ideas, religious and political. 

They use false analogy in every other device of arguments to make the aspirant believe that what he had been taught by his previous mentors, was prejudice, and capable of being challenged. 

The effect of this, according to the era of historian Mark Reasi, was to cause him to lean upon the personality of the teachers as the only possible source of the proper interpretation of facts. At the same time the teachers hinted continually step formal knowledge was merely the cloak for hidden, inner and powerful truth, whose secret would be imparted when the youth was ready to receive it . None ever questioned why no secret was ever brought forth. 

This confusion technique was carried out until the student reached the stage where he was prepared to swear a vow of blind allegiance to one or other of his teachers. Both together with certain secret signs was administered in due course and the candidate awarded the first degree of initiation.

The second degree took the form of initiation into the fact that the Imams the successors of Muhammad were the true and only sources of secret knowledge and power imaams and fire the teachers therefore, the student has to acknowledge everything active as a pointed guide as blesses, and divinely inspired. In the third degree, the esoteric names of the seven imams were revealed and the secret words by which they can be conjured, and by which the powers inherent in the very repetition of their names could be liberated and use for the individual, especially in the service of the second. And the fourth degree, that's a succession of the seven mystical law givers and magical personalities was given to the learner. These were characterized as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, and Ishmael. There were seven mystical helpers, Steph Shem, Ishmael, Aaron, Simon, Ali, and the Mohammed the sons of Ishmael. This last was dead, but he had a mysterious deputy, who was the Lord of the time, authorized to give his instructions to the people of truth, as the Ishmael is called themselves. This Hidden Figures gave the kelise the power to pretend that he was acting under even higher instructions. The fifth degree means 12 apostles under the seven prophets, whose names and functions and magical powers were described. In this degree, the power to influence others by means of personal concentration was supposed to be taught. One writer claims that this was done merely by the repetition for a period of three years to train the mind of the magical word. To obtain the sixth degree involved instructions in the methods of analytical and disruptive arguments, in which the postulate had to pass a very stiff examination. The seventh degree, brought revelations of the great secret that all humanity and all creation were one and every single thing was a part of the whole, which included the creative and destructive power, the androgynous God. But as an issue mainly, the individual could make use of the power which was ready to be awakened within him and overcome those who knew nothing of the immense potential of the rest of humanity. This power came to the aid of the mysterious power, called the Lord of the time. To qualify for the eighth degree, the aspirants had to believe that all religion, philosophy and the likes were fraudulent. All that mattered was the individual who could attain fulfillment only through servitude to the greatest developed power. The the ninth and last degree brought the revelation of the secret that there was no such thing as belief. All that mattered was action, and the only possessor of the reasons for carrying out any action was the chief of the set. As a secret society, the organization of the Israelis, as outlined above was undoubtedly powerful, and seems likely to produce a large number of devotees would blindly obey the orders of whomever was in control of the edifice. But, as with many other bodies of this time, there were severe limitations from the point of view of effectiveness. Perhaps the phase of revolt or subversion planned by the society did not in the end get underway. Perhaps it was not intended to work by any other means than training the individual. Visa as it may it's real success extended abroad only to Baghdad. In synthese. A for a member gains temporary control of Baghdad and coin the money in the Egyptian Salif me. This Bolton was slain by the Turks now entered the picture, and the Cairo headquarters was also threatened by 1123 The Society was closed down by the IBA, after the rise of Turkish power seem to have discouraged the expansionist tiros set so strongly that they almost faded out and very little is heard of them. After that day. It was left to Hassan's son of savant The old man of the mountains to perfect the system of the ailing secret society, and found an organization which has endured for another 1000 years

was passed on. Well, he was the son of a worshiper, and corizon, a most bigoted man who claimed that his ancestors were Arabs from Cuba. Now, this assumption was probably due to the fact that such a lineage bolstered up claims to religious importance then is now from a model. You see the people of the neighborhood many of them also Shias stated very decisively that this Ali was a Persian, and so were his forebears. So it is generally thought that this is the truer version, as the governor of the province was an orthodox Muslim, all these spared no efforts to assume the same guys. This is considered to be completely permissible, the doctrine of intelligent dissimulation there were some doubts as to his reliability in the religious sense. He retired into a monastic retreat, and sent his son Hassan to an orthodox school. This school was no ordinary one. It was a circle of disciples presided over by the redoubtable Mr. Murthy, about whom it was said that every individual who enrolled under him eventually rose to great power. It was here that Hassan Omar cayambe, the tentmaker, poet and astronomer, later to be the poet laureate of Persia, and other of his schoolmates was Nizam who rose from peasant hood to become Prime Minister. These three made a pact according to me thumbs autobiography, whereby whichever one rose to high office first would help the others. And in that tenant has survived to the day. It is how their own infiltrates all levels of society, military and government and then pull their brothers up into positions below them. It is the method for infiltrating and controlling large masses, populations, governments, military organizations, and society as a whole. These are cordia became Vizier to Alp Arslan, the turkey Sultan of Persia in a very relatively short time. He got Omar in accordance with his vow and security make tension which gave him a life of ease and indulgence in his beloved Nisha puar, where many of his rubia coins were written, meanwhile, remained in obscurity wandering through the middle east waiting for his chance to attain the power of which he had dreamed. Ours when the lion died and was succeeded by Malik Shah, suddenly Hassan presented himself in his dorm demanding to be given a place at court. Delighted to fulfill his childhood vow, the Vizier obtained for him a favorite place and relates what transpired. In his autobiography, quote, I had him made a minister by my strong and extravagant recommendations by his father, however, he proved to be a fraud, hypocrites and the self seeking villain. He was so clever at the simulation that he appeared to be pious when he was not. Before long, he had somehow completely captured the mind of the shopper, unquote. Malik Shah was young and Hassan was trained in the sheer art of winning people over by apparent honesty, which means it has the appearance or the look of honesty, but truly is not just as the notice of apparent violations that by the SPC is almost still the most important man of the realm with an impressive record of honest dealings and achievements. The firm decided to eliminate him picking it out in that year 1078 for complete accounting of the revenue and expenditure of the Empire, and these arms told him that this would take over a year that's gone, on the other hand, claimed that the whole work to be done in 40 days and offered to prove there's that 40 days the past was assigned to him and the accounts were prepared in the specified time. Something went wrong at this point. The balance of historical opinion holds that resolved struck back at the last moment saying, quote, by Allah, this man will destroy us all unless he is rendered harmless, though I cannot kill my playmates, unquote.

Whatever the truth may be, it seems that these are many to have such disparities introduced into the final telegraphic version of the accounts that when the sun started to read them, they appeared so absurd that the shot and fury ordered him to be exiled, as he claimed to have written accounts in his own hands upon could not justify their incredible deficiency, and could not slough the blame off up on his friends in his spa, where he immediately fled, there survived the records of what he said there, which has interesting light upon what was in his mind. One of these friends, Abu Hassan, after reciting the bitter tale of his downfall, shattered these words in a state of uncontrollable rage. Quote, I had to just two devotees who would stand by me, then I would cause the downfall of that term, and that peasants can vote for law concluded that Hassan had taken leave of his senses, and tried to get him out of this ugly mood Umbridge and insisted that he was working on a plan and that he would have his revenge. He set off for Egypt, there to mature his plans. As always, himself later to become a devotee of the assassin Chief, and Hassan. Two decades later reminded him of that day in his fear, I am at Alamo master of all i survey and the more the Sultan and the peasant Vizier are dead. Have I not checked my bow? with either madman you thought me to be, I found my two devotees who were necessary to my plans, unquote. upon himself, picked up the story of how his fortunes fared after the flight from Persia. He had been brought up in the secret doctrines of Ishmael ism, the Arab branch of the mysteries and recognize the possibilities of power inherent in such a system. He knew that in Cairo, there was a powerful nucleus of the society. And if we are to believe the words of Rizal, he already had a plan whereby he could turn their followers into disciplines devoted fanatics, willing to die for a leader. What was this plan? Well, you decided that it was not enough to promise paradise fulfillment, eternal joy to people, he would actually show it to show it in the form of an artificial paradise where power is played and fountains Gosh, we sit in waters where every central wish was granted a beautiful flowers and yielded catalogs. And this is what he eventually did. The phone shows a Hidden Valley for the site of his paradise described by Marco Polo who passed this way in 1271. Quote, in a beautiful valley enclosed between two lofty mountains, he had formed a luxurious garden stored with every delicious fruit and every fragrant shrub that could be procured. palaces of various sizes, and forms were erected in different parts of the grounds ornamented with works of gold with paintings and with furniture of rich silk. By means of small conduits contained in these buildings, streams of wind, and some of pure water were seem to flow in every direction. The inhabitants of these places were elegant and beautiful damsels accomplished in the arts of singing, playing upon all sorts of musical instruments dancing, and especially those of dalliance in amorous aluminum. clothes in which dresses, they were seeing continually sporting and amusing themselves in the garden catalog. Their female guardians being confined within doors and never allowed to appear. The object courts the chief had in view in forming a garden of this fascinating kind was simply this, that Muhammad having promised to those who should obey His Will the enjoyments of Paradise, where every species of sensual gratification should be found in the society of beautiful NIMS. He was desirous of it being understood by his followers that he also

was a prophet and the computer of Muhammad and had the power of admitting to paradise, such as he and he alone should choose to favorite in that order, and in order that none without his license should find their way into this delicious Valley. He calls his throne and inexplainable castle to be erected at the opening to it through which the entry was by a secret passage, and thus, the legend of Shambala, or the paradise in the mountains, a valley of lush greenery fruits, fair, beautiful maidens. The legend began, began to attract young men from the surrounding countryside between the ages of 12 and 20, particularly those who who marked out as possible material for the production of killers. And everyday he helped court a reception at which he spoke of the delights of Paradise, and at certain times, because drops of a soporific nature to be administered to 10. Or sometimes it doesn't use the when half dead with sleep drugged out of their minds, they have been conveyed to the several places and apartments of the garden. Upon awakening from the state of lethargy, their senses were struck by all the delightful objects, and each perceiving themselves surrounded by lovely damsels. Singing, playing and attracting is regarded by the most fascinating caresses. serving him also with delicious lions and exquisite wines, until intoxicated with access and enjoyment amidst actual actual real rivers of milk and wine. He believed himself assuredly in Paradise and felt an unwillingness to relinquish to satellites. And four or five days and that's been passed, they were thrown once more into a state of some Loewenstein, drugged and carried out of the garden. Then, upon being carried to his presence in question by him as to where they advance their answer was in Paradise, through the favor of Your Highness, the man before the whole court who listened to them with eager astonishment and curiosity, they gave a circumstantial account of the scenes to which they had been witnesses. The chief thereupon addressing them said, quote, we have the assurance of our Prophet that he defends his Lord showing your paradise. And if you show yourself if you show yourself to be devoted to the obedience of my orders, that happy life awaits you, unquote. The Suicide was attempted by some to be able to return to the paradise that they just left not knowing that it was an illusion. But the survivors were early told that only death in the obedience of our son's orders could give the key for paradise. In the 11th century, it was not only credulous Persian peasants, who wouldn't believe such things were true. Even among the more sophisticated people, the reality of the gardens and for ease of Paradise, were completely accepted. Through a good mini Sufi preached that the garden was allegorical, but that still left more than a few people who believe that they could trust the evidence of their senses. The ancient art of imposture by Abdul Rahman of Damascus, gives the way another trick of her. You see, he had a deep narrow fifth soak into the floor of his audience chamber. One of his disciples stood in this in such a way that his head and neck alone were visible above the floor, and around the neck was placed a circular dish into pieces which fitted together with a hole in the middle. And this gave the impression that there was a severed head on a metal plate standing on the floor. Now in order to make this seem more plausible, it is the word as Tom had some fresh blood poured around the head on the plate. Then the recruits were brought in with the initiates tell them commanded the chief. What Now has seen Then the disciple appearing as a head on the place, describe the delights

of paradise. Quote, you have seen the head of a man who died, whom you all knew I have reanimated him to speak with his own tongue. And then he would really sever treacherously the man's head in real earnest and stuck for some time somewhere that the faithful would see it. In the effect of this conjuring trick, plus murder, increased the enthusiasm for a martyrdom to the required degrees and gave him believable control over his flock. There are many documented instances of the recklessness of the video. devotees of Ishmael is one witness being a Westerner who was treated a century later choice similar spectable to that which had a Paul the invoice of Moloch Shah. But we've got to take a break first, folks, don't go away. I'll be right back after this very short pause.

Every count of champagne reports that he was traveling in 1194 through is mainly territory. Quote, the chief said some persons to salute him and beg that On his return, he would stop and partake of the hospitality of the castle. The Count accepted the invitation. As he returned, the di l Kabir, our great missionary, advanced to meet him, showed him every mark of honor and let him do his castle and fortresses. Having passed through several they came at least to one of the towers which rose to an exceeding height. For each power, that to set rules planning wise, these said the chief pointing to them obey me far better than the subjects of your Christians obey their lords. And that a given signal to have them calm themselves down and were dashed to pieces. If you wish, to the Saudis count, all my white ones shall do the same. The benevolence count straight from the proposal, and candidly about that no Christian, to presume to look with such obedience from his subjects. When he was departing with many valuable presents, the chief said to me meaningly, by means of these trusty servants, I get rid of the enemies of our society, unquote. Therefore, the details of the mentality of her fund are given in what is supposed to be an autobiographical account of his early days. And it probably is, in fact, that because the methods of his conversion does seem to follow the pattern, which has been observed in fanatics of whatever religious or political persuasion. He was, he says, weird in the belief of the divine right of the Imams by his father. He early met his his mainly missionary, Emir direct, with whom he argued strenuously against the Emir. particular form of the creed. Then, sometime later, he went through a bout of severe illness in which he feared to die, and began to think that the is mainly doctrine might really be the road to redemption and paradise. If he died and converted, he might be damned. That that was that as soon as he recovered, he thought out another is mainly propaganda. And then others eventually went to Egypt to study the creed at its headquarters. He was received with honor by the colleagues due to his former position at the core of Malik Shah. In order to increase their own importance, the high officials of the Court made a good deal of public play of the significance of the new farmer. But this vaccines in the end to help us more than it did them. He entered into political intrigue, and was arrested, then confined in a fortress. No sooner had he entered the prison than a minaret collapse. And in some unexplained way, this was interpreted as an omen that Hassan was in reality, a divinely protected person. Like colleagues, hurriedly making this on a number of valuable gifts, had input aboard a ship sailing for Northwest Africa. This gave him the phone, which he was to use for setting up his paradise. And also, through some quirk of faith, the disciples who saw a tremendous storm blew up terrifying the captain crew and passengers alike prayers were held. And Hassan was asked to join he reviews. quote, The storm is my doing How can I pray that intubate. Unquote. He asked, and then says this boat, I have indicated the displeasure of the Almighty. If we think I shall not die for I am immortal. If you want to be saved, believe in me and I should also do the wins and well at first, the offer was not accepted. Presently, however, when the ship seemed on the point of capsizing, the desperate passengers came to him as for eternal allegiance. The sun was still very calm, and continued so until the storm abated. The ship was then driven on to the sea coast of Syria were found disembark together with two of the merchant passengers, who became his first real disciples.

Assad was not yet ready for the fulfillment of his destiny as he thought, for the time being, he was traveling under the guise of a missionary of the colleagues in Cairo. from Aleppo, he went to Baghdad headquarters where he should be safe from interference, and where he can become powerful enough to expand into Persia. The road led him traveling through the country, making converts to his ideas, which were still apparently strongly based upon the secret doctrines of the Egyptian is maelys. Everywhere, he created a really devoted disciple today, he made him stay and try to enlarge the circle of his followers. These circles became hatching grounds for the production of self sacrifices, the initiatives that were drawn from the ranks and the most promising ordinary converts. Thus, it was that miniature training scissors model, the homey abode of learning were in being within a very few months of his return to his homeland. During his travels, a trusted Lieutenant Warren Hussein kahini, reported that the Iraqi district where the fortress of argument was situated seem to be an ideal place for proselytism. Most of the ordinary people of that place, in fact, and then persuaded into the Israeli way of thinking, the only obstacle was the government. All the money, who looked upon the colleague of Baghdad as his spiritual intern portal Lord. The first Carver's were expelled from the country. Before many months however, there were so many Israelis among the populace that the governor was compelled to allow them to return. Hassan, though he would not Brooke would not allow him. The prospective owner of other movements get by decided to try to trick the offered the Governor 3000 pieces of gold for the amount of land which could be encompassed by the hide of an offer. When money agreed to such a sale, upon produce a skin, cut it into the thinnest possible phones and joined them together to form a strings which encompass the tassel of Alameda. Although the governor refused to honor each other Oregon Hassan produced an order from a very highly placed official of the seljuk brewers, ordering that the fortress be handed over to Hassan for 3000 gold pieces. Well, it turned out that this official was himself a secret followers of the sheikh of the mountain. The year was at 1090. The fun was now ready for the next part of his plan. He attacked and routed the troops of the Emir who had been placed in the governorship of the province and wielded the people in the surrounding districts into a firm band of diligence and trustworthy workers and soldiers answerable to him and him alone. Within two years, the VA nuzum al mulk, had been stabbed to the heart by an assassin sent by Hassan and the Emperor mala Shah, who dared to send troops against him, died in grave suspicion of poison. As far as revenge upon his fellow was to make him the very first target of his reign of terror. He was the King's death, the whole realm was split up into warring factions. For long, the assassins alone retains their cohesion. In under a decade, they have made themselves masters of all Persian Iraq, and the many forts throughout the Empire. This they did by forays direct attack, the poisoned dagger than in any other manner, which seemed expedience indeed, always justify the means. The Orthodox religious leaders pronounced one interdict after another against their doctrines, all to no effect. By now, the entire loyalty of the Israelis under him had been transferred from the cabbies to the personality of the sheets of the mountain, became the terror of every faith in that part of Asia. The Crusader chiefs included despite and despising fatigue, dangers and porkers, the assassins joyfully gave their lives whenever it pleases the great master who required them either to protect himself or to carry out his mandate from death.

The victim, having been pointed out the faithful clothed in a white tunic with a red sash, the colors of innocence and blood went on their mission without being deterred by distance, or danger. Having found the person they saw, they waited the favorable moment for slaying him and their daggers. Very seldom ever missed their aim. Richard the Lionheart was at one time accused of having asked the Lord of the mountain to have Conrad of MONTH Bradfield a plot which was carried out quote to assassins allow themselves to be baptized and placing themselves beside him seems insane only on prayed, but the favorable opportunity presented itself, they stabbed him and one took refuge in the church. But hearing that the prince had been carried off still alive, he again forced himself into month brass presence, and stabbed him a second time, and then expired without a complaint, amidst refined tortures. Unquote. To see the method of controlling men's minds that Hassan had perfected, was extremely effective and powerful. And that one, not even one incidence of one of his followers, failing to carry out his orders exactly can be found. The order of the assassins had perfected their method of securing the loyalty of human beings to an extent and on a scale which has seldom been paralleled. The assassins carried on the battle on two fronts. You see, they fought whichever side of the Crusades serve their purposes. They fought with the Knights Templar and they fought against the Knights Templars. At the same time, they continue to struggle against the Persians. The son and successor of his arm, our move was laid low by an assassin dagger. The Sultan who succeeded his father Malik Shah and gained power over most of his territories was marching against them. One morning, however, he woke with an assassin weapon stuck neatly into the ground near his head. And it was a no warning him to call off the proposed Siege of alemu. Well, he came to terms with the assassins after that powerful ruler, though he undoubtedly was. He the assassins eventually had what amounts To a free hand in exchange for paths by which they promised to reduce their military power. It was during their pacts, their treaties, their battles with the Knights Templar, that many, some say most. Some few even say all of the nice tempers were initiated into the mysteries of our lives for 34 years after his acquisition of alemu. Only two occasions since then, had he even left his room. Yet he ruled an invisible Empire as great and as fearsome as any man before our sins, they say. But his empire may still exist today changed and melded with other aspects of the mysteries. Realize that death was almost upon him and calmly began to make plans for the perpetual continuous focus of the order of the assassins. And we now began the latter days of the assassins which we will not finish in this hour. But we'll finish in the next the ruler of one of the most terrifying organizations the world has ever known was without a lineal successor. In fact, he had had both of his sons kill one for carrying out an unauthorized murder, and the other for drinking wine. Certainly a case of Do as I say, not as I do. He called his two most trusted lieutenants from the strongholds which they maintained on his behalf to loser amid a great promise and Abu Ali have claws when he was to inherit the spiritual and mystical aspect, while Abu Ali He attended to the military and administrative affairs of the order. It is said that Hassan bin Saba died almost immediately afterwards, in 1124, at 90 years of age, having given the world a new word, assassin,

assassin in Arabic signifies guardians, and some commentators have considered this to be the true origin of the word guardians of the secrets which the Knights Templar took to Europe. The organization of the order under Hassan called for missionaries, friends, who were disciples and devotees, the last group had been added by Hassan to the Israeli original, and these were the train killers. Phoebe's wore white with a girdle cap our boots have read, in addition to careful coaching in where and when to place the dagger in the victim's bosom. They were trained in such things as languages, the dress and manners of monks, merchants and soldiers, any of whom they were ready to impersonate and carrying out their mission. The chief was known as sadness, which means our prints are leaders and popularly because of the mountains stronghold of Alamo as the sheik of the mountain. Now all of those are the stronghold in the mountain was also known as the eagle's nest. And this is what Hitler named his mountain retreat. And there's also an eagle's nest near Santa Barbara California, which very few people know anything about. Yes. Now the peak of the mountain is the figure referred to in Crusaders writings as Sydney are cynics demand. Look, first word meaning a literal translation of the word appear Persian for ancient or saved. There were three great missionaries who rules three territories. After the friends and Phoebe's came to the last six aspirants who were being trained for a membership of the society that was yet uninitiated. For Hassan reduce the original number of degrees of initiation from nine to the mystical number of seven, a similar number of regulations forms of the rules of the order. This in fact comprise the working plan of the spreading of the faith. The first rule was that the missionary must know human psychology in such a way as to be able to select suitable people for admission to the cult, and was summed up in the pneumonic quote, test no seed of a rock and quote, The second rule of procedure was the application of flattery and gaining the confidence of the prospective man 13 the casting of doubt into the mind by superior knowledge. portly, the teacher must apply an oath to the student never to betray any of the truths, which were to be revealed to him. Now, he was told as the fifth stage that Ishmael ism was a powerful secret organization, supported by some of the most important figures of the time. After this, the aspirant was questioned and studied to discover whether he had absorbed the opinions of the teacher and attached himself sufficiently into a position of dependence upon his ideas. And at this stage, he was asked to meditate upon the meaning of the reported saying of the Prophet that, quote, paradise lies in the shadow of swards. Unquote. In the final degree, many difficult passages of the Quran were explained in terms of allegory. How is it that the rules of this extraordinarily successful order are known in such detail? Well, it so happens that when the Mongols eventually overthrew all of it by force of arms their chief political, meaning destruction, Khan, asked his chief minister to examine their library, this most learned man father have to go on. He later wrote a triple book in which he detailed the organization of the assassins, whose name he attributed to the use of the drugs hashey, which they were said to use horrifying candidates for the ephemera visit to paradise. It is possible that recruits were made in another way than by selecting gullible, fully grown news. Legend has it that Hassan was master of alamode used to buy unwanted children from their parents and train them in implicit obedience, and with the sole desire to die in his service.

loser who made meaning great promise, the second Grand Master grandmasters still use today maintain the power of the assassins are much the same pattern, building new forts, gaining fresh converts, terrorizing those who did not want to have killed and using them to further his design of world conquest. Sultan son Jr. of Persia, in spite of several expeditions against the Viper's nest, as aguma was now being called to do a little about him. Vipers yes was the term given by the assassins enemies. The assassins themselves call the eagle's nest ambassadors on each side we're playing a notable religious leader was captured by the assassins given them off trial and flung into a furnace. The Grand Master at this time seldom put on the field more than 2000 men at a time. But it must be remembered that they were killers acting under an iron discipline, and more than a match for any organized army that they might ever have to face. Now the order began to spread in Syria, where the continued contact with the Crusaders was established. The warriors of the cross were in fairly effective control of an area extending from the Egyptian border to Armenia in the north. muram, a Persian leader of the assassin called from us robot gain control of a mighty fortress in Syria in the region known as the Valley of demons, Wadi algae, and from there spread out from one port to another. The grand prior muram now moved to an even more substantial fortified place masya successor ish miles the lash bears planted a strain the bowtie on the saintly visioneer of Baghdad into his confidence, he worked his way to such an extent that this assassin, now called the father of trust, was actually made grand judge of that the Crusaders had by now been about 30 years and the Holy Land and the assassins decided that they could usefully form an alliance with them aimed against Baghdad. A secret treaty was therefore made between the Grandmaster and Baldwin the second scene of Jerusalem, whereby the Ishmael grand judge would have opened the gate for Baghdad, treacherously to the Crusaders, if the fortified city of tires were handed over to the assassins For their part in the transaction. Well, as with most plans, something went wrong. The judge had ordered and underlings to open the city gates. This service had told the military commander of Damascus lost no time and feeling the man the Viviane 6000 people believed to be secret assassins within the city. The man Because giresun fell upon the Crusaders and beat them back in a thunderstorm, which the Christian warriors attributed to Divine Anger at their unworthy pack and the assassins as an attempt by the power of nature to allow the Crusaders in the city undiscovered anymore. The Grand Master was indulging in an orgy of destruction of individual rulers who oppose his creed. The list is interminable but this is a fair example, quote, the celebrated oxen core offensive muscle was the warrior equally dreaded by the Christians and the assassins did this on his return from my grandma's room where the Muslim and Christian host had parted without venturing to engage in third the mosque at multiple, two performance devotions. He was attacked at the moment when he was about to take his usual seat by not one but disguised as dervishes. Three of them fell below the blows of the Valium, Emir, but air his people could come to his aid he had received his death wound and expired from the fanaticism which inspired the killers was shared as seen by other members of their families, who had been thoroughly trained in the bloody creed. For the historian camel LD and relates on this occasion when the mother of one of the youths who attempted at some hers life, heard that he had been playing she painted her face and done the biggest Raymond than ornaments, rejoicing that her son had been found worthy to die the glorious death of a martyr and the cause of the image. But when she saw him return alive and unscathed, she cut off her hair and blackens her countenance

and would not be comforted. thing that's continued for the 14 years and a quarter of the second grandmasters rule when he died to nominate his son kiya Mohamad as the successor under Muhammad. The killings continue a part of the Sea coast of Palestine came into assassinations and the cult leaders reaffirmed their overly belief in orthodox Islam in public is mainly for ordinary Muslims. The Secret doctrines of the divinely guided leader was not to be discussed with the uninitiated. Don't miss tomorrow night show good night. And God bless each and every one of you.