Helena B. Scott

Helena's work seeks to recover forgotten voices and wisdom buried by the veil of time and history. She specialises in Norse culture, the Knights Templar, the Grail tradition, and the sacred feminine, with research exploring spiritual alchemy, symbolism, and ancestral archetypes - particularly mermaids, Mary Magdalene, and sacred feminine mysteries preserved within Gnostic and medieval esoteric European traditions.

A member of the Egypt Exploration Society (est. 1882), the Irish Association of Professional Historians and the European Archaeologists Association (EAA), Helena was awarded an MA (Hons) in Public History & Cultural Heritage (2025) by the University of Limerick, following an MA internship with Waterford Medieval Museum. In 2009, her work played a pivotal role in a UNESCO campaign that recognised falconry as intangible cultural heritage.

In October 2025, she co-founded Ireland's first public Templar history festival, Waterford Templar Historical Day, developed as part of her MA research and framed under the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) of 2011, in collaboration with Knight Commander Brendan M. Rohan of OSMTH Ireland, the only modern Templar Order with consultative status at the United Nations. Her MA research, featuring Kilbarry Templar Preceptory, expanded the site's recorded history and identified previously unrecorded archaeology, earning her a Certificate of Recognition awarded by OSMTH Ireland on behalf of the global OSMTH, in recognition of her contribution to Templar historiography in Ireland and internationally.

On 24 April 2026, Helena was awarded the Meriti Crux (Cross of Merit) during the international conference "St Martin, Precursor of the Christian Knightly Orders", where she attended as keynote speaker. Bestowed by the Sovereign Order of the Knights Templar of Saint Martin (OSTSM), the Meriti Crux is the highest honour awarded by the order and recognises a life lived with dignity, vocation, selflessness, and service to humanity. Established in 2022, the distinction acknowledged Helena's research and contributions to Templar history, particularly her work recovering overlooked dimensions of the Knights Templar. Her lecture, based on her MA dissertation research, featured their distinctive spirituality and the central role of the sacred feminine within Templar symbolism and tradition; it was delivered with great success before an international gathering of historians, scholars, and cultural representatives in Transylvania, Romania. Following the award, Helena's name was formally entered into the chivalric register of recipients of the Meriti Crux of the Sovereign Order of the Knights Templar of Saint Martin.

Helena is also a medium and wellness/spirituality coach, trained in magical practices and the Western esoteric tradition. She specialises in the history of witchcraft, the occult, and secret societies, bringing a scholarly yet accessible approach to these fields. She lectures internationally, participates in conferences, and is a frequent guest on podcasts. Helena is the author of the Amazon bestseller Loftus–The Hall of Dreams, a study of Ireland's most haunted house, situated on lands once owned by the Knights Templar. She is currently preparing two forthcoming books from her MA research on Black Madonnas and Templar reverence of the sacred feminine, continuing her mission to restore lost histories and bring ancient wisdom into the modern world.

Helena B. Scott and her work have been featured in: the Irish Independent, the Sunday Times, the Irish Times, the Irish Writers Union, leading alternative history portal Ancient Origins, American Paranormal Magazine, Psychic Matters podcast, the Munster Express, the New Ross Standard, South East Radio, WLR (Saturday Café), and Beat FM (Orla Rapple – Sunday Grill) and more. For more information, visit helenabscott.com