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The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendayereveals one of Western occultism's deepest secrets: The alchemical transformation of base metal into gold is also the transformation of the current Iron Age into the Golden Age. Based on the work of the enigmatic 20th-century alchemist Fulcanelli, authors Weidner and Bridges show how the greatest alchemical secret is that of time itself and that coded into an obscure monument in southwestern France--the cross in the town square of Hendaye--is the imminent date of the apocalypse. The authors' explorations of this symbolism lead them from the cross of Hendaye to the western facade of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, the Pyrenees, ancient Egypt, and the secret origins of Atlantis in Peru, to reveal that we are indeed living in a ""fatal season"" and that this season is intimately connected to our solar system's alignment with the galactic center. The authors' in-depth examination of alchemy's connection with the coming end days also reveals that this astro-alchemical knowledge was part of the sacred science of the Egyptians and the Atlanteans, whose coded messages are, at last, deciphered to guide humanity to its future destiny.
Contents
Preface--Hendaye: A Monument to the Cosmos
Introduction--The Politics of Secrecy: Fulcanelli and the Secret of the End of Time
Part One
Fulcanelli and the Secret of Alchemy
1--The Fulcanelli Mystery
The Apocalypse, the Lost Generation and the Rediscovery of Alchemy
Le Mystère des cathédrales, Alchemy, and Surrealism
A New Chapter
The Fulcanelli Legend
The Cross at Hendaye
A Lodestone of Pure Weirdness
2-- The Secret of Alchemy
The Alchemical Meme and Secret Societies
Egypt: Isis and Horus
The Underground Stream: From Egypt to the Middle Ages
The Underground Stream: From The Black Death to Fulcanelli
The Three-Fold Transformation
Transformations and Transcendence
Part Two
Eschatology and Astronomy
3--Gnostic Eschatology
Eschatology
The Gnostic Return: Isis and Mary the Alchemist
The Alchemical Eschatology of Christianity
Revelation, The Antichrist, and Chiliasm
Constantine and the Orthodox Apocalypse
4--The Ancient Illuminated Astronomy
Hebrew Illuminism
The Teli, the Cycle, and the Heart: Serpents in the Sky
The Kaaba, The El Most High, and the Covenant of Abraham
Islam: Sanctuary of Sacred Science
Part Three
The Gothic Renaissance and the Holy Grail
5--The Hermetic Pope And The Knights Templar
The Alchemical Transmission and the Recovery of the West
TheAlchemical Pope and The Creation of the Millennium
Peter the Hermit, the First Crusade, and the Rock of Zion
The Secret of the Knights of the Temple of Solomon
6--Grail Knights, Perfecti, and the Illuminated Sages of Provence
The Hermetic Grail
The Grail in Provence
The Perfecti
The Stone of the Wise
Elijah, Eschatology, and the Underground Stream
7--Temples of the Cosmos, Cathedrals of the Goddess
The Hermetic Cathedrals
"Bright Is the Noble Work . . ."
The Gothic Cathedrals of Our Lady
The Stone That Fell from Heaven, Black Virgins, and the Temple of the Grail
The Philosophers' Church
Part Four
The Mystery of the Cathedrals
8--The Grand Hermetic Theme and the Tree of Life
Fulcanelli's Notre-Dame-de-Paris
Our Hermetic Tour Guide Poses a Conundrum
Solving the Conundrum
Saint Marcel's Dragon
The World Tree and Astro-Alchemy
9--Fulcanelli's Tree of Life and the Mystery of the Cathedrals
Le Mystère as the Tree of Life
The Alchemy of Light: Fulcanelli's Kabbalah
Part Five
Hendaye's Message: The Season of Catastrophe and the Place of Refuge
10--The Mystery of the Great Cross at Hendaye
A Forgotten Cross
Precessional Mythmaking and an Enigmatic Altar to the God of Time
Vishnunabhi, the Mother, and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
The Mystery of the Stone Altar
11--The Message of the Great Cross at Hendaye
Triangulating the Myth and the Message
Deciphering the Code
The Monument Speaks: The Season of the Apocalypse
The Philosopher's Stone and the Quality of Time
12--Catastrophe and Refuge
Cosmic Superimposition: Wilhelm Reich, Orgone, and the Center of the Galaxy
Messages from Many Sources
Earth Under Fire: The Double Catastrophe Revealed
The Inscription's Message and the Place of Refuge
A Sign Pointing toward Peru
Atlantis in the Andes
The Navel of the World
Inca Caves and the Cross at Urcos
Part Six
The Great Mystery: Illuminated Masters, Apocalyptic Refuges, and Mythic Time
13--From Atlantis to Shambhala
The Cross and the Myth of Time
Looking East: A Refuge in the Himalayas
Padmasambhava and the Temple of the Cosmos
Shambhala and the Wheel of Time
14--Alchemy and Transcendence
Epilogue: Fulcanelli Revealed
Appendix A--Fulcanelli on the Green Language
Appendix B--The Emerald Tablet
Appendix C--Notes on Mount Zion
Appendix D--Tree of Life Symbology in Le Mystère des cathédrales
Appendix E--The Cyclic Cross of Hendaye
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
