Fulcanelli

Fulcanelli is one of the few authors who have been able to leave behind him, and for so long, a trail of mysteries regarding his true identity - which is considered the sign of a true adept. Several books have been published speculating the origin of this mysterious man, but nothing in the way of irrefutable fact has ever been defined. What can be said is that the author translated his extensive knowledge of architecture, sculpture, symbolism, classical literature, archives, alchemy, etc., into a brilliant work. Few Frenchmen who pass in front of Notre-Dame every day, or very few visitors to the various French addresses in this book, would understand, even after his explanations, what the strange motifs of the panels to which he alludes referred. Alchemy is obscure only because it is hidden. The philosophers who wished to transmit the exposition of their doctrine and the fruit of their toil to posterity were very cautious not to divulge the art, presenting it in a common form, and thus not allowing the layman to use it in the wrong way.