The magic of obelisks
Material type:
TextNew York Harper and Row c1981Description: 470p.; ill.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0060148993
- 81-47239
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1 Historical background. 2 Resurrection of the obelisks. 3 Symbols of heresy. 4 Elizabethan wits and wizards. 5 Sub rosa crucis. 6 Egyptian rites of masonry. 7 Pious terror. 8 Napoleon rediscovers Egypt. 9 Champollion parts the veil of Isis. 10 Bourgeois adventurers. 11 Muddling on the Nile. 12 Gallic cockcrow. 13 Victorian vanity. 14 Manhattan's Masonic monument. 15 E pluribus unum. 16 Atlantis in America. 17 Needling Mother Earth. 18 Diana and the horned god. 19 Magicians of the Golden Dawn. 20 Return of the phoenix
'...explores the entire history of man's association with obelisks; the many early and current theories about them and their magical and physical properties; the adventures encountered in engineering and moving 300-ton monoliths; their association with sexual rites and the hermetic wistom of ancient Egypt; and theiir suspected influence on and connection with many secret societies and historic figures....'
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