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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Alchemical Milepost for Chiliast Pilgrims,
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This review is from: Mysteries Of The Great Cross Of Hendaye (Paperback)
In the South of France, in Hendaye to be exact, a mysterious cross has sparked many alchemical detectives into speculating upon its anomalous if not heterodox significance. Not bearing symbols spiritually congruous with the times it was said to be constructed in (1600's), it has been interpreted as everything from an alchemical milepost for chiliast pilgrims to something bearing the arcane and cosmically orienting secrets of various cabals known to have existed deep under the surface of history. The authors provide a most readable exegesis through the cross's possibilities, doubling over various interpretations to bolster their argument that the Hendaye enigma basically consists of a series of clues carved in stone indicating some imminent disaster in our near future. Having read many other disaster's a comin' books like May 5, 2002 and The Orion Prophecies, not to mention the wayward predictions of Gordon Michael Scallion, I was careful not to take it all literally. During my second reading of the book, I came to realize that Fulcanelli, the featured esoterist in this book (an au courant alchemist in France in the 20's and 30's and author of Mysteries of the Cathedral) really meant an inner disaster or apocalypse that would take place. Really an alchemical apocalypse that will occur/is occurring in our own personal inner worlds. The disaster of losing the connection with quintessence, our truly living and pliable consciousness itself, i.e. the Philsopher's Stone the few and the brave have struggled to realize. If we pay attention to the ravaging fires within, perhaps we can maintain a needed clarity when it comes to interpreting/experiencing such things as Gothic cathedrals, the Knights Templars, Rennes Le Chateau, Green Language that so many authors have assumed a dangerously cavalier command of. If we meditate on the Cross of Hendaye, perhaps the true meaning/significance of its symbolism will come forth, born of our own personal efforts.I got the impression that the authors, while presenting us with some intriguing possibilities, weren't taking Fulcanelli's 'prophecies' or interpretations so literally either, but rather were inculcating something more subtle in between the lines of their impressive and scholarly detective work. I found this book much more readable than anything put out by Graham Hancock or others because the authors weren't so agenda obsessed nor do they leap to unlikely conclusions in a Eric von Daniken-esque way. They present some historical facts without boring the reader, make their attempt at a grand (cross) synthesis-but overall leave us to come to our own conclusions. Was the cross of Hendaye really an apocalyptic sign post as Fulcanelli suggested or the rubric of some unknown astrological pranksters riding the undercurrents of esotericism unperturbed by orthodox oppressors at large? Find out for yourselves and read this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent,
By A Customer
This review is from: Mysteries Of The Great Cross Of Hendaye (Paperback)
I loved this book. There was an surprising depth of information in this book and much food for thought. It will spark curiosity in many avenues of interest and postulates an interesting theory for the end times. For those intersted in Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, the Templar Knights and the Occult, this is a very intersting read. I highly recommend it.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
BOOOOORING....,
By A Customer
This review is from: Mysteries Of The Great Cross Of Hendaye (Paperback)
The endless nattering about chirstian and islamic pedagogue, wore me out. They spend WAY too much time blathering about religious symbology and iconography...blah, blah, blah...If your looking for insight into Alchemy...don't buy this book! You will get lost in all the tangents and hardly anything about....aaaaw never mind. The book sucks!!
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