Nexus - 1306 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

& REVIEWS relations between members of these esoteric | complex was originally a megalithic site for B oO oO K S fraternities, and some deception, too, as pagan initiation rituals and was once Dubois proposes that Champagne was controlled by the Knights Templar. Reviewed by Ruth Parnell behind at least the Cathedrals book but had — However, they also suggest that a 17th- FULCANELLI AND THE ALCHEMICAL __ tipped off the ideas of Schwaller de Lubicz. _ century secret society, the Compagnie de St- REVIVAL: The Man Behind the Some fascinating stories are recounted Sacrement (which was proscribed by king from many of the people connected with the Louis XIV), and its successor, the enigmatic Fulcanelli mystery, including the case of the A.A., had a special interest in the site. "Chateau of the Strange" and the instance of | Many of A.A.'s members, including key Mystery of the Cathedrals by Genevieve Dubois translated by Jack Cain the two Englishwomen who visited clergymen, attempted to buy the property. Destiny Books, Rochester, VT, USA, 2006 Versailles at the beginning of the 20th Furthermore, the authors uncover (originally published as Fulcanelli Dévoilé century and found themselves plunged into _ circumstantial evidence linking Sauniére by Editions Dervy, Paris, 1996) the middle of the 18th. Archival with the A.A. and surmise that he may have ISBN 1-59477-082-4 (182pp tpb) photographs and documents add to the been "controlled" by the secret group. Available: http://www.innertraditions.com _ feeling for the times that Dubois recreates. There's also a wooden statue of the Black aris at the end of the 19th century and Madonna—dug up in the vicinity hundreds through the early 20th century saw a THE SECRET VAULT of years ago, and which inspired the revival in esoteric schools, secret societies by André Douzet & Philip Coppens building of the first chapel on the basilica's and occult groups as well as interest in the Frontier Publishing, Amsterdam, 2006 site—that adds to the intrigue, particularly tradition of alchemy. This book from ISBN 1-931882-37-1 (141pp tpb) as Sauniére also installed a Black Madonna French author Geneviéve Dubois, herself a Available: Frontier Publishing, statue in his church at Rennes-le-Chateau student of alchemical and hermetic http://www. frontierpublishing.nl and as the region is renowned for its philosophies and practices, was published he mystery surrounding alleged secret associations with the Mary Magdalene cult. 10 years ago and has only recently been treasures discovered by the French priest Douzet and Coppens can't provide translated into English. Bérenger Sauniére in the mid-1880s to early definitive answers, but their analysis sheds The central figure in the book is the 1890s at Rennes-le-Chateau in the light on dark recesses involving secret rites. alchemist Fulcanelli, the alleged author of Languedoc region won't go away. In The a, The Mystery of the Cathedrals (1926) and Secret Vault, André Douzet and Philip The Dwellings of the Philosophers (1930), Coppens extend the territory of their who was said to have discovered the elusive enquiry to include the basilica of Notre "philosopher's stone" and been able to Dame de Marceille, situated on a hilltop transmute lead into gold. beside the River Aude near Limoux. But who was Fulcanelli? Legend has it They reveal the existence of a that he was born in 1840 and was still alive subterranean vault and a sacred spring in the 1950s. However, Dubois suggests the sourced in the hill (with credit to name could have been a pseudonym for at investigators Clive Prince and the late Jos least one figure involved in the alchemical Bertaulet), and speculate that the church sits revival. The trail includes such notables as atop an ancient underground system of Eugéne Canseliet, Jean-Julien Champagne, tunnels and chambers that has been kept René Guénon, Papus and René Schwaller de hidden through the centuries. Lubicz. There was much intrigue in the Douzet and Coppens believe that the ROBERT MONROE * OOBE Y MEDITATION * HEALING ¥ HEMI-SYNC® “© METAMUSIC® IMIND-FOOD© Y HUMAN-PLUS© * MONROE INSTITUTE ¥ LUCID DREAMING * GLYC INUTRIENTS ¥ REMOTE VIEWING * NEURO-FEEDBACK PROFESSIONAL ASTROLOGY * IKEPLER ¥ INDRA* MERLIN Y CAYCE PAST LIFE“ FORUMS & DISCUSSION BOARDS ¥ www.inter-dimensions.com Accredited International Hemi-Sync® Distributor since 1996 Phone: 07-5597 3457 Fax: 07-5564 8855 Email: sales@inter-dimensions.com Hem-Svne was developed by the Moaroe Institute under the guidance of Robert Monree. These lite enhancing programs cnable you to: develop, explore and apply expanded states of awareness in everyday life, enbkance the Mind Soul & Body commection, useful for Healing oneself, Mediation & Relaxation Behavior Modification, Spiritual Awareness, umproving Immune System, Slocp, Pain Management, Learning, Personal Growth, Energy, Allergies, Weight Control, Fitness & Sports, Dealing with Death & Dying. Child Burth, Surgery, Radiotherapy & Chemotherapy, Cancer, HIV, Addictions, Substance use & abuse NEXUS = 71 Phone: 07-5597 3457 Fax: 07-5564 8855 Email: sales@inter-dimensions.com OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2006 www.nexusmagazine.com