Table of 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

About the Author

Jay Weidner is an author and filmmaker who has produced and directed documentary films on prominent contemporary figures such as the artist Alex Grey. Vincent Bridges is a historian, shamanic therapist and author who has written extensively on gnosticism, alchemy and unsolved enigmas.

Reviews

“Fascinating detail . . . a truly groundbreaking work.”
*Moira Timms, author of Beyond Prophecies and Predictions*

“The authors, by their brilliantly derived mix of alchemy with astrophysics, have breathed new life into the Fulcanelli enigma.”
*Joscelyn Godwin, author of Cosmic Music*

"A brilliant deductive revelation."
*John Major Jenkins, author of Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 and Galactic Alignment*

“It would be impossible to describe or even summarise the staggering amount of information in this book. The material covers vast areas of Western occult knowledge, some parts of which have almost been lost to the genuine seeker. . . . A highly recommended book.”
*Jennifer Hoskens, New Dawn, May-June 2005*

". . . [This book] is packed with very clear 'indications' towards the secrets of life. . . . concise expressions of the significance of alchemy and cosmology. Anyone who is interested in the Knights Templar, Holy Grail, Christian Mysticism, Immortality and being alive in the first place should certainly read this book."
*Oliver Perceval, Light, Summer 2005, Vol. 125, No.1*

"A good book, worthy of reading, and if the authors are right, either sell your bonds, or don't worry about peak oil, credit card rates, or terrorism, as the End of Time is near."
*Institute for Hermetic Studies, Oct 2006*