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INTRODUCTION The Politics of Secrecy: Fulcanelli and the Secret of the End of Time |
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PART ONE Fulcanelli and the Secret of Alchemy |
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ONE The Fulcanelli Mystery |
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The Apocalypse, the Lost Generation, and the Rediscovery of Alchemy |
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Le Mystère des cathédrales, Alchemy, and Surrealism |
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A Lodestone of Pure Weirdness |
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TWO The Secret of Alchemy |
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The Alchemical Meme and Secret Societies |
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The Underground Stream: From Egypt to the Middle Ages |
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The Underground Stream: From the Black Death to Fulcanelli |
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The Threefold Transformation |
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Transformations and Transcendence |
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PART TWO Eschatology and Astronomy |
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THREE Gnostic Eschatology |
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The Gnostic Return: Isis and Mary the Alchemist |
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The Alchemical Eschatology of Christianity |
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Revelation, the Antichrist, and Chiliasm |
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Constantine and the Orthodox Apocalypse |
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FOUR The Ancient Illuminated Astronomy |
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The Teli, the Cycle, and the Heart: Serpents in the Sky |
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The Kaaba, the El Most High, and the Covenant of Abraham |
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Islam: Sanctuary of Sacred Science |
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PART THREE The Gothic Renaissance and the Holy Grail |
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FIVE The Hermetic Pope and the Knights Templar |
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The Alchemical Transmission and the Recovery of the West |
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The Alchemical Pope and the Creation of the Millennium |
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Peter the Hermit, the First Crusade, and the Rock of Zion |
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The Secret of the Knights of the Temple of Solomon |
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SIX Grail Knights, Perfecti, and the Illuminated Sages of Provence |
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Elijah, Eschatology, and the Underground Stream |
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SEVEN Temples of the Cosmos, Cathedrals of the Goddess |
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"Bright Is the Noble Work . . . " |
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The Gothic Cathedrals of Our Lady |
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The Stone That Fell from Heaven, Black Virgins, and the Temple of the Grail |
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PART FOUR The Mystery of the Cathedrals |
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EIGHT The Grand Hermetic Theme and the Tree of Life |
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Fulcanelli's Notre-Dame-de-Paris |
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Our Hermetic Tour Guide Poses a Conundrum |
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Solving the Conundrum 232 Saint Marcel's Dragon |
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The World Tree and Astro-Alchemy |
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NINE Fulcanelli's Tree of Life and the Mystery of the Cathedrals |
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Le Mystère as the Tree of Life |
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The Alchemy of Light: Fulcanelli's Kabbalah |
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PART FIVE Hendaye's Message: The Season of Catastrophe and the Place of Refuge |
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TEN The Mystery of the Great Cross at Hendaye |
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Precessional Mythmaking and an Enigmatic Altar to the God of Time |
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Vishnunabhi, the Mother, and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor |
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The Mystery of the Stone Altar |
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ELEVEN The Message of the Great Cross at Hendaye |
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Triangulating the Myth and the Message |
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The Monument Speaks: The Season of the Apocalypse |
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The Philosopher's Stone and the Quality of Time |
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TWELVE Catastrophe and Refuge |
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Cosmic Superimposition: Wilhelm Reich, Orgone, and the Center of the Galaxy |
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Messages from Many Sources |
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Earth under Fire: The Double Catastrophe Revealed |
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The Inscription's Message and the Place of Refuge |
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A Sign Pointing toward Peru |
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Incan Caves and the Cross at Urcos |
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PART SIX The Great Mystery: Illuminated Masters, Apocalyptic Refuges, and Mythic Time |
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THIRTEEN From Atlantis to Shambhala |
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The Cross and the Myth of Time |
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Looking East: A Refuge in the Himalayas |
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Padmasambhava and the Temple of the Cosmos |
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Shambhala and the Wheel of Time |
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FOURTEEN Alchemy and Transcendence |
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EPILOGUE Fulcanelli Revealed |
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APPENDICES |
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APPENDIX A Fulcanelli on the Green Language |
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APPENDIX B The Emerald Tablet |
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APPENDIX C Notes on Mount Zion |
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APPENDIX D Tree of Life Symbology in Le Mystère des cathédrales |
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APPENDIX E The Cyclic Cross of Hendaye |
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Notes |
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Bibliography |
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Acknowledgments |
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Index |
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