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Book SynopsisOtto Rahn’s lifelong search for the Grail brought him to the attention of the SS leader Himmler, who shared his esoteric interests. Induced by Himmler to become the chief investigator of the occult for the Nazis, Rahn traveled throughout Europe--from Spain to Iceland--in the mid 1930s pursuing leads to the Grail and other mysteries. Lucifer’s Courtis the travel diary he kept while searching for “the ghosts of the pagans and heretics who were [his] ancestors.” It was during this time that Rahn grasped the positive role Lucifer plays in these forbidden religions as the bearer of true illumination, similar to Apollo and other sun gods in pagan worship. This journey was also one of self-discovery for Rahn. He found such a faithful echo of his own innermost beliefs in the lives of the heretics of the past that he eventually called himself a Cathar and nurtured ambitions of restoring that faith, which had been cruelly destroyed in the fires of the Inquisition. His journeys on assignment for the Reich--including researching an alleged entrance to Hollow Earth in Iceland and searching for the true mission of Lucifer in the caves of southern France that served as refuge for the Cathars during the Inquisition--also led to his disenchantment with his employers and his mysterious death in the mountains after his break with the Nazis.
Trade Review" . . . a definite 'must read' for any serious student of lost wisdom, and certainly for any student of the Cathar tradition. It is well written, personal, and utterly riveting." * Lesley Crossingham, New Dawn, Nov/Dec 2008 *
"New Age collections will find it intriguing and packed with adventure." * The Midwest Book Review, May 08 *
Table of ContentsTranslator’s Foreword: Prolegomenon Prologue: The Journey Begins Part One
Bingen am Rhein
Paris
Toulouse
Pamiers
Foix
Lavelanet
Montségur in the Pyrenees
Again, Lavelanet
Castle L. in the Toulouse Region
Carcassonne
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Cahors
Ornolac in Fuxean Country
Mirepoix
Port Vendres, Roussillon
Marseille
Puigcerda in Catalonia
Lourdes
Part Two
Night Journey
Genoa
Milan
Rome
Verona
Meran
Bolzano Rose Garden
On the Freienbühl above Brixen
Brixen
Gossensass
Geneva
On a Southern German Roadside
Worms
Michelstadt in the Odenwald
Amorsbrünn
Amorbach
Part Three
With Relatives in Hesse
Mellnau in the Burgwald
Marburg am Lahn
Giessen
Siegen
Runkel am Lahn
Cologne
Heisterbach Monastery Ruins
Bonn
Asbach in the Westerwald
Goslar
Halberstadt
Berlin
Warnemünde-Gjedser
Edinburgh
In the Pentland Sea
In the North Atlantic
Reykjavik
Laugarvatn
Reykholt
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