Switzerland was called Sidon

Switzerland used to be called Sidon. Did the builders of Solomon's 
temple flee to Switzerland, and later found the Priory of Sion?

"[1]A Even so Issachar was also linkeable with Sidon: The Tribe of 
Issachar were destined to dominate Switzerland and a people named 
SEDUNI once dwelt in Celtic Switzerland (ca. Sion) which, together 
with all Switzerland in medieval times, was named "Sidon".

"[2]G. "Sidon" (i.e. Zidon) could be represented in any one of a 
number of ways. There were the people of "Sidone", scattered groups 
of whom seem to have usually accompanied Vandals from the Tribe of 
Asher which tribe had encompassed the original Phoenician City of 
Sidon. Switzerland was called  "SIDON" in medieval times. The coast 
of northern Gaul (France and Belgium) had been partly settled by 
groups of Phoenician culture and possibly SIDONIANS were amongst 
them since Sidon and Tyre were the major Phoenician cities also all  
Phoenecians were called "SIDONIANS".

The main god of Sidon was Eshmoun, the god of healing. A mosaic in 
the temple of Eshmoun depicting the god holding a staff around which 
a snake was wrapped gives us the modern international symbol for 
medicine. Eshmoun, Melqart, and Hermanubis are linked. Essus the 
husband of Rosmerta, resembles Eshmoun. Steve Mizrach puts Rosmerta 
in Switzerland. One author connects the Sidones of Switzerland with 
the Frisians, and thus Rosamond the Folk Mother, and Jon the 
Navigator. There was a community of Jews living in Rougemont when 
the rulers of Hainault took over this area in the 13th. century. 
Were they of the tribe of Issachar.

Jon Presco


http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/valais/sion.html
http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/poseur3.html
http://www.britam.org/zebulon.html

Sidon is said to mean "fishing" or "hunting" and started life as a 
small fishing community around 3000 BC and became one of the three 
great Phoenician city-states, rivalling Byblos and Tyre as a naval 
power. Not only did Sidon make purple dye but it was also the centre 
of the glass making industry. Sidonian artisans were famed in 
antiquity and were extolled by Homer, his Iliad refers 
to 'embroidered robes, rich in the work of Sidonian women'. Sidon is 
perhaps the second oldest of the cities and its inhabitants founded 
Tyre. The author of Genesis 10 : 15 thought Sidon was the first born 
of Canaan and Joshua 19 : 28 styled it 'the great Zidon'. 
Even so Issachar was also linkeable with Sidon: The Tribe of 
Issachar were destined to dominate Switzerland and a people named 
SEDUNI once dwelt in Celtic Switzerland (ca. Sion) which, together 
with all Switzerland in medieval times, was named "Sidon".

http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/valais/sion.html
http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/poseur3.html
http://www.britam.org/zebulon.html

The Rose: Rosicrucianism, the Rosy Cross, and rose-line symbolism is 
all over the place in this mystery. In Sauniere's church, St. 
Germaine de Pribrac releases a bevy of roses from her apron. 
The "Fleury Mural" seems to show a rose-filled flowery landscape, 
associated with the Fleury family. Go to Rodez, and you will find a 
rose-colored cathedral with rose windows emblazoned with the Star of 
David. In the Middle Ages, the rose was a symbol of esotericism - 
sub rosa means to do something in secret. The Templars' cross pattee 
was a red or rose cross. 

How interesting, then, to discover, as I have recently, that the 
name of several places in France - Rhedae/Rennes, Rouen/Rhodom, 
Rodez/Rhodes, are derived from the Greek Island of Rhodes, whose 
name itself comes from the rose-goddess Rhoda. Contemporary texts 
say that the red-haired Celtic "Redones" or "rose people" 
(Rutheni/Rhodanim) setlled both Rennes in the Midi and Rennes in 
Brittany - the name derives from the ethnic group. It is said that 
the resident goddess of Mount Sion-Vaudemont, the "other Sion" of 
the "priory of Sion" in Switzerland, is Rosemertha - the Rose 
mother. Interestingly, one interpretation of the King Arthur legends 
is that "Arthur" or "Ursus" was really Riothamus, a Dark Age Celt 
ruler of a "thalassocracy" that spanned Brittany in France and 
Cornwall in England. Many of the places near Breton Rennes are 
associated with Arthur and the Grail legends, and many of the Breton 
kings had Judaic names. And some derive Riothamus' name from... 
Joseph of Arimathea, the supposed bearer of the Grail to 
Glastonbury. 

"The subject is apparently inexhaustible, and certainly promises 
literary and cinematic success to other people as well. Since the 
end of the Second World War all the investigations into the Priory 
of Sion have focused on Switzerland, where the majority of the 
Neotemplar orders are based."

"F. Koeslag points out that "In legends...events of several eras may 
be concentrated around famous historical figures - as you see with 
Charlemagne". The legend may therefore be taken as reflecting a 
tradition that the three brothers were related to the Jews which is 
consistent with their belonging to the Lost Ten Tribes who had been 
exiled from their own lands in Israel at least 140 years before the 
actual fall of Jerusalem. The legend contains the recognition that 
the three brothers had left the Land of Israel (identified 
as "Jerusalem" or the Land of the Jews) before Nebuchadnessar of 
Babylon captured it. The northern Israelites had indeed been exiled 
prior to the Babylonian onslaught. The Lost Ten Tribes had been re-
settled in Assyria and in lands ruled by Assyria. Another Frisian 
legend says that Albione and 32 sisters went from Assyria by ship 
and landed in England which they called Albion. After they landed, 
Brutus drove them out of the country and re-named it Britain in his 
own honour. The Albioni crossed the Sea and landed in Frisia. This 
legend may also serve as an indicator of Israelite origins since the 
exiled Israelites had indeed been re-settled in "Assyria" (or in 
Assyrian-controlled areas) before asserting their independence and 
moving elsewhere.

The legends relate how while still in "India" Friso married Hilla 
daughter of Agathocles king of Thrace. They were driven out 
of "India" and sailed to Greece where Friso became a student of 
Plato (427-374 b.c.e) and then joined the Army of Alexander the 
Great.

Alexander from Macedonia and Greece advanced into Asia Minor (modern 
Turkey) and from there continued into Persia, Bactria, the area east 
of the Caspian Sea and northwest India. In the east Alexander 
reformed his army and took into his Special Forces mainly peoples 
belonging to the Sacae-Scythian Tribes. From the Sacae descend the 
Anglo-Saxons and company. Le Petit also says that the brothers 
served under Alexander. A strong early tradition existed in Europe 
that the Saxons had been soldiers in Alexander's armies. This 
tradition was mentioned in the time of Charlemagne King of the 
Franks (768-814 c.e.). Additional traditions and evidence connect 
the Anglo-Saxons with the ancient Sacae-Scythians some of whom  
really had been in Alexander's forces.

    The legends state that via Asia Minor the people of Friso, 
Bruno, and Saxo came on a very large ship called "di Mannigfuald" 
(i.e. "The Multitude") to the west. Friso in 313 b.c.e. landed in 
Friesland (i.e. in Frisia) and founded a settlement 
called "Stavoren"[6]A Bruno and Saxo (brothers of Frisso) went 
eastward though Saxo (according to Le Petit) then returned to the 
west. Bruno founded the city of Brunswick in which area of Germany 
Ptolemy placed the Angloi thus identifying them with the people of 
Bruno. The Angloi (Angles) also moved northward to the regions 
bordering Denmark and from there they went to Britain some of them 
sojourning (like the Saxons) in Frisia on the way.

[1]A Even so Issachar was also linkeable with Sidon: The Tribe of 
Issachar were destined to dominate Switzerland and a people named 
SEDUNI once dwelt in Celtic Switzerland (ca. Sion) which, together 
with all Switzerland in medieval times, was named "Sidon".

[2]G. "Sidon" (i.e. Zidon) could be represented in any one of a 
number of ways. There were the people of "Sidone", scattered groups 
of whom seem to have usually accompanied Vandals from the Tribe of 
Asher which tribe had encompassed the original Phoenician City of 
Sidon. Switzerland was called  "SIDON" in medieval times. The coast 
of northern Gaul (France and Belgium) had been partly settled by 
groups of Phoenician culture and possibly SIDONIANS were amongst 
them since Sidon and Tyre were the major Phoenician cities also all  
Phoenecians were called "SIDONIANS".

[3]` This following section has been adapted from an article by Yair 
Davidy that was first published in  the journal Tribesman.

[4] k   Mr. Fred J. Koeslag of Gouda, Holland, sent me the following 
information that he obtained from a book ("Freische Mythen en Sagen" 
by J.P. Wiesma, 1973) about Old Frisian legends. This information 
supplements other sources such as that of Jean Francoise LE PETIT 
("Le Grande Chronicle Ancienne et Moderne de Holland, Zeelande, 
Utrecht, Frise,  Oversyseel; et de Groenungham". Dordrecht, 1601). 
The book of Le Petit is written in a type of Old French and a copy 
is to be found in the Rare Books section of the National Library in 
Jerusalem. Le Petit relates the history of peoples who settled in 
the Netherlands.





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