Geneviève Dubois

Fulcanelli and the Alchemical Revival (eBook, ePUB)

The Man Behind the Mystery of the Cathedrals

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Produktbeschreibung

Sheds new light on the identity of the alchemist Fulcanelli • Provides new understanding of the relationships between the most important figures of the esoteric milieu of Paris in the first half of the 20th century • Includes a wealth of rarely seen documents, photos, and letters Fulcanelli, operative alchemist and author of The Mystery of the Cathedrals and The Dwellings of the Philosophers--two of the most important esoteric works of the twentieth century--remains himself a mystery. The true identity of the man who allegedly succeeded in creating the philosopher's stone has never been discovered, despite ardent searches by many--even the OSS (the wartime U.S. intelligence agency, later to become the CIA) claimed to have looked for him following the end of World War II. Geneviève Dubois looks at the esoteric milieu of Paris at the turn of the century, a time that witnessed a great revival of the alchemical tradition, and investigates some of its salient personalities. Could one of these have been this enigmatic man, reported to have last appeared in Seville, Spain, in 1952 when he would have been 113 years of age? The trail followed by the author encounters such figures as Papus, René Guénon, Schwaller de Lubicz, Pierre Dujols, Eugene Canseliet, and Jean-Julien Champagne. Working from rare documents, letters, and photos, Dubois suggests that one of these men could have been hiding his activity behind the pseudonym of Fulcanelli or that Fulcanelli may even have been a composite fabricated by several of these individuals working together. Beyond its attempt to reveal the actual identity of Fulcanelli, Fulcanelli and the Alchemical Revival also presents an explanation of the alchemical doctrine and reveals the unsuspected relationships among the important twentieth-century truth seekers it highlights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620553350
• Artikelnr.: 49185186

Autorenporträt

Geneviève Dubois, author of several books in French on alchemical and Hermetic studies, is a member of the ARK'ALL Foundation devoted to the study of operative alchemy. She lives in France.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Part 1. BACKGROUND
1. The Chain of Hermes, or the Persistence of the Science of Alchemy
2. The Tenor of the Times
Part 2. MILIEU
3. The Art of Interpreting the Philosopher’s Stone, or the Appearance of
Works Signed “Fulcanelli”
4. Pierre Dujols and the “Librairie du Merveilleux”
Part 3. FULCANELLI UNVEILED
5. Jean Julien Champagne and René Schwaller de Lubicz
6. The Legend Takes Root: Eugène Canseliet, Guardian of the Myth
APPENDICES
A. Chronology of the Alchemical Revival
B. Chronology of Commander Levet; Letter from Levet to Papus
C. Chronology of René Schwaller de Lubicz
D. Letter from René Schwaller to Unknown Recipient
E. Translation of Pierre Dujols’s Obituary
F. Translation of the Letter from Canseliet to Schwaller de Lubicz
G. Chronology of Eugène Canseliet (from Atorène, Le Laboratoire Alchimique,
Trédaniel)
H. Natal Chart of Pierre Dujols
I. Natal Chart of Jean-Julien Champagne
J. Bibliography of the Works of René Schwaller de Lubicz
K. A Partial List of Books and Articles Discussing Fulcanelli
Notes
Index