John Michell (1933-2009) was a pioneer researcher and specialist in the field of ancient, traditional science. He was the author of more than 25 books that have profoundly influenced modern thinking, including The Dimensions of Paradise, The New View over Atlantis, and How the World Is Made. He lives in London. Christine Rhone is an artist and writer with a special interest in landscape symbolism. The translator of several important works, including Jacques Le Goff’s Saint Francis of Assisi, Antoine Faivre’s Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition, and Jean Richer’s Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks, she lives in London.
Introduction
The Grail: What It Is and Where to Look for It
PART ONE
1 The Universal Twelve Tribes
2 The Classical Amphictyonies
The Twelve-Tribe Amphictyonies of Greece and Asia Minor
The Twelve Cities of Etruria
The Twelve Gallic Tribes
3 Scandinavia
The Twelve Gods of Odin
The Zodiacal Wheel of Asgard
The Enchantment of Iceland
4 Africa and Asia
Egypt
West Africa
Polynesia and the Berbers
The Twelve Kings of Madagascar
The Twelve Saints of Georgia
Central Asia and the Mountain at the Center of the World
5 The Celtic Realm
The Sacred Geography of Ireland
The Ancient Divisions of Wales
Twelve Saints and the Enchantments of Britain
6 The Cosmological Foundation of Twelve-Tribe Kingdoms
Plato’s Amphictyony
The New Jerusalem and the Twelve Tribes Reunited
The Global Amphictyony
The Numerical Creation
The Twelve and the Seven
7 The Science of Enchanting the Landscape
PART TWO
8 Zodiacal Wheels on Ancient Landscapes
9 The Sacred Geography of Continents: The St. Michael–Apollo Axis
Skellig Michael
St. Michael’s Mount
Mont St.Michel
Sagra di San Michele della Chiusa and San Michele in Garfagnana
Monte Sant’Angelo, Monte Gargano
Delphi and the Greek–Apollo Line
Mount Carmel
A Line of Power and Vision
10 A St. Michael Line through England
PART THREE
11 The Chorography of Nations
The Astrological Geography of Pentecost
12 The Twelve Tribes of Israel and the Sacred Geography of the Holy Land
The Story of the Twelve Tribes
Geomancy in the Holy Land
The Axis of Vision
Jerusalem’s Messianic Ley
The Revelation of the Temple
Bibliography
Sources of Illustrations
Index
