purpose beforehand. The Jesuits undoubtedly carried out Templar aspirations for knowledge for all and which was something which the Church dreaded. The Masonic degree relating to the apprentice pillar and the attempt to prevent the skills from being passed on, contains the moral that any attempt to do these things will result in the truth coming out eventually and the vindication of the foul deed. There is a great deal of material of the time that shows that the Knight Templars had brought a great deal of documentation to Portugal and it is no coincidence as noted in the modern Templar records, that a vast number of cases were taken from the crypts of the Templar church of Tomar by German Officers just before the end of the war – a matter recorded in municipal archives. Much of what the Templars brought over had been made available to them by their original allies,the Ishmaeli Hashishim who also taught them about training skills that were later applied against the orthodox Sunnies that this sect detested. The Hashishim had an enormous library at Alamut, their headquarters, and they knew that they battle against the orthodox enemy was only just beginning. They recruited the help of the newly founded Templar movement whose members fought with them initially before it became obvious to the Catholic Church that such an alliance could only further undermine Christian authority. The Ishmaeli, for that is what they were, provided the Knights with a wealth of material hitherto unknown and much of which was to be kept in hiding for reasons better explained in a specific article. It is noted historically that the Mongols devastated Alamut and its massive library, but it is more than likely that much of that had already gone as appears to be the case when