But, again, Van Helsing imparts new information – again without the slightest substantiation – that is unique to him, namely,

that the Vienna meeting was for a twofold purpose: (1) to acquire knowledge about some apparently (very) secret Templar texts, and

(2) to acquire knowledge about an even more secret fraternity, the Lords of the Black Stone. And of course, lest it be forgotten, the

words Black Stone, in German, are schwarzen Stein, abbreviated as "SS". It is not long, therefore, before Van Helsing couples this

new twist to another ancient occult doctrine, the "Black Sun" (schwarze Sonne) of illumination, also abbreviated "SS."

The SS Brotherhood of the Bell - JPF