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050 00 $aBF1031$b.K55 2009
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100 1 $aKlimczuk, Stephen.
245 10 $aSecret places, hidden sanctuaries :$buncovering mysterious sites, symbols, and societies /$cStephen Klimczuk and Gerald Warner of Craigenmaddie.
260 $aNew York :$bSterling Ethos,$c2009.
300 $axi, 259 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aMYSTERIOUS HERITAGE: investigating (and, when necessary, debunking) the "usual suspects". Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland -- Rennes-le Cha teau, France: Wholly Bunk, Hoary Tale -- Villa Tevere: the headquarters of Opus Dei, Rome -- The Hotel de Bilderberg and the Bilderberg Group, The Netherlands -- Vauxhall Cross: London's Secret Intelligence Service (M16) Headquarters -- Rosicrucian Park, San Jose , and Club 33, Anaheim, California -- SHRINES AND SANCTUARIES, ANCIENT AND MODERN: places of primordial spiritual impulses and folklore: a psychedelic West Coast enclave. Ise Shrine, Japan -- Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo -- Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet -- The Shrine of the Oracle at Delphi, Greece -- The Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California -- THE TEMPLE, THE ARK, AND THE GRAIL: undeniable surprises on the sober trail of Knights Templars, Freemasons, Holy Grail hunters, and Gnostics. The Ba a tska Palace, Stockholm -- The Chapel of the Ark, Aksum, Ethiopia -- The Chapel of the Holy Grail, Valencia Cathedral, Spain -- Significant Masonic temples from Rome and Paris to Washington and Pushkin (Russia) -- Gnosticism today -- GOTHIC NIGHTMARE: Himmler's "Black Camelot" and Nazi spiritual center, with side trips to other Germanic esoteric sites -- Wewelsburg Castle, Westphalia, Germany -- The Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland -- Bollingen Tower, Lake Zurich, Switzerland -- CITADELS OF CHIVALRY: Remaining outposts of ancient noble and charitable brotherhoods at the service of humanity. The Knights of Malta, Rome -- The Tuscan Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr, Pisa -- The Teutonic Order -- GROTTOES AND GROTESQUES: Strange and historic passageways, caverns, and hiding places. The Passetto di Borgo, Rome -- The Magic Door, Rome -- The Grotto of the Beati Paoli, Palermo, Sicily -- Priest holes in England -- MODERN-DAY BOLT-HOLES: Secret government installations, well-oiled for use in time of war or crisis. Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, Bluemont, Virginia -- The Federal Relocation Arc -- Area 51: the facility that does not exist, Nevada -- RAF Menwith Hill, Yorkshire, England -- ISLANDS OF MYSTERY: Five special island sanctuaries with their unique treasure hoards, inaccessibility, or spiritual significance. Montecristo: The Forbidden Island off the Italian coast -- Easter Island: mysterious graven images -- Isle of Lewis, Scottish Hebrides -- Iona: St. Columba's Scottish Island Sanctuary -- Svalbard: Norway's Arctic Eden -- HOLY OF HOLIES: Places on the trail of a higher reality, ultimate human destiny, and according to some, Apocalypse. Sancta Sanctorum, Rome's Lateran Palace -- The Pauline Chapel, the Vatican's apostolic palace -- The "Prophecies" of St. Malachy -- The monastery of St. Catherine of Sinai, Egypt -- The autonomous monastic republic of Holy Mount Athos, Greece -- The Abbey of Saine-Madeleine du Barroux, France -- The Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey -- Her Majesty's Chapels Royal of the Mohawks, Ontario, Canada -- Counterfactual History: the eternal "what if ...?" -- HIDDEN TOTEMS: Treasured objects or talismans of great antiquity -- The stone of destiny -- The Holy Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary -- The British and Polish crown jewels in Canada -- The Holy Ampoule of the Kings of France -- Joyeuse, the Sword of Charlemagne -- The Holy Lance of St. Longinus: The "Spear of Destiny" -- Oliver Cromwell's head -- (VERY) PRIVATE BANKING: A discreet tour through the great temples of high finance and private wealth management. Rothschild's, London -- Banks that are no more -- The great survivors: Goldman Sachs and the House of Lazard -- The wealth managers, including Coutts & Co., the Queen's bankers -- The Swiss banks: models of discretion -- The German private banks: Oppenheim, Warbug, and others -- A well-connected American house: Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. -- C. Hoar & Co. -- The enduring allure of gold -- UNIVERSITY SECRET SOCIETIES AND DUELING CORPS. Inside the closely guarded doors of fraternities and societies for the future elite. The Apostles of Cambridge and the Bullingdon Club of Oxford -- Princeton's eating clubs -- Harvard's final clubs -- Yale's senior societies: Skull and Bones and its rivals -- The German University "Corps" -- The Mensure -- JOLLY GOOD FELLOWSHIP: The lore, elegance, humor, and eccentricities of the great private clubs of London and the world. London's private clubs: White's: the oldest club; Boodle's, Brooks's, and others of distinction -- Clubs outside London and Europe -- America's private clubs -- Sanctuaries: the enduring tradition.
520 $aSo begins this thrilling guide to the most secretive sites around the globe, from ancient shrines to off-limits military installations, that few travelers have or will ever visit-including many that most of us don't even know about.
520 8 $aGain unprecedented access to such secret places and hidden sanctuaries as.
520 8 $aThe former chapter-house of Valencia Cathedral in Spain, where it's claimed the Holy Grail is held.
520 8 $aMontecristo, the most closely guarded island on earth, where a fabulous treasure waits to be unearthed.
520 8 $aWewelsburg Castle in Westphalia, Germany, the "Satanic Vatican" esoteric headquarters of Heinrich Himmler's murderous SS.
520 8 $aDisneyland's Club 33, the officially nonexistent private retreat designed personally by Walt Disney before his death, with a membership waiting list said to be fourteen years long.
520 8 $aThe cavern of the Beati Paoli, a black-robed and hooded secret society of assassins in Palermo, Sicily.
520 8 $aThe "Arctic Eden," where the seeds of all the world's varieties of plants are stored as a precaution against ecological disaster.
520 8 $aAmerica's legendary university secret societies, whose influence shaped many of the present leaders of the country's society.
650 0 $aParapsychology.
650 0 $aOccultism.
650 0 $aAntiquities.
650 0 $aSacred space.
650 0 $aCuriosities and wonders.
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650 7 $aSacred space.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01103191
700 1 $aWarner, Gerald.
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856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009013420-d.html
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