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Fulcanelli



Fulcanelli is almost certainly a pseudonym assumed, during the early 20th century, by a French alchemist and esoteric author, whose identity is still debated. The name Fulcanelli seems to be a play on words: Vulcan the ancient Roman god of fire plus El, a Canaanite name for God and so the Sacred Fire. The appeal of Fulcanelli as a cultural phenomenon is due partly to the mystery of most aspects of his life and works; one of the anecdotes pertaining to his life retells, in particular, how his most devoted pupil Eugène Canseliet performed a successful transmutation of 100 grams of lead into gold in a laboratory of the gas works of Sarcelles at the Georgi company with the use of a small quantity of the "Projection Powder" given to him by his t ...more

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Le Mystère des Cathédrales

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Finis Gloriae Mundi

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Las Moradas Filosofales

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Wohnstätten der Adepten

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“La nostra stella è unica, eppure è doppia. Sappiate distinguere la sua impronta reale dalla sua immagine, e noterete ch'essa brilla con più intensità alla luce del giorno che nelle tenebre della notte.”
Fulcanelli, Il Mistero delle Cattedrali (gli Iniziati Vol. 2)

“Alcuni autori perspicaci, e non superficiali, colpiti dalla similitudine che esiste tra gotico e goetico hanno pensato che ci dovesse essere uno stretto rapporto tra Arte gotica e Arte goetica o magica.”
Fulcanelli, Il Mistero delle Cattedrali (gli Iniziati Vol. 2)

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