From Atlantis |
to the Sphinx
Colin Wilson
oeTo
John West,
Graham Hancock
and
Robert Bauval -
friends without whose
help this book could
not have been written,
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Mackays of Chatham rc, Chathars, KentAnalytical Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vil
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Schwaller de Lubicz and the age of the Sphinx ~ was it built by
‘Atlanteans’? Hapgood’s ancient maps. The Atlantis film script.
Schoch’s conference at San Diego. Scepticism of ‘the experts’.
Robert Graves and Mr Gunn. Mathematical prodigies. I meet
John West. Graham Hancock and Rand Flem-ath. Bauval’s
‘Orion Mystery. André VandenBroeck’s Al-Kemi. Publication of
Fingerprints of the Gods. What does it all mean? ‘The search for
‘the intensity experience’. What can ‘the ancients’ teach us?
1 Egyptian Mysteries n
The Hancocks scale the Great Pyramid at dawn. How was it
built? The Sign and the Seal. Was the Sphinx eroded by water?
Serpent in the Sky. Schwaller de Lubicz and alchemy. Death of
Fulcanelli. Schwaller in Luxor. André and Goldian Vanden-
Broeck visit Schwaller. A different kind of knowledge. Gurdjieff
on the Sphinx. Pythagoras and music. Schwaller on ancient
Egypt
2 The New Race 31
Robert Schoch agrees to look at the Sphinx, Who carved the
Sphinx? Schoch agrees the Sphinx is weathered by water. How
did the Egyptians move 200-ton blocks? Flinders Petrie discovers