Fulcanelli: His True Identity Revealed - A Book Review
Riviere, Patrick. Fulcanelli: His True Identity Revealed. (Translation by Micheline Deschreider with Kristin A. Sinclair and Henri Sy.) Grande Prairie: Red Pill Press, 2006.
With his paramount research in alchemy and his link to a great adept Fulcanelli himself, the author Patrick Riviere have written an intriguing work entitled Fulcanelli: His True Identity Revealed. This respectable author was a student of Eugene Canseliet, who was a disciple of Fulcanelli himself. Thus, Riviere is a proper author who is able to solve such a mystery that surrounded the great alchemist of 20th century.
This book, Fulcanelli, is composed of 203 pages, as divided into eleven chapters, with additions of an introduction and an appendix. The first three chapters dealt with the alchemy in the 20th century and discussion of Fulcanelli’s two works, Mystery of the Cathedrals and Dwellings of the Philosophers. The fourth chapter focused on the encounter between Fulcanelli and Eugene Canseliet, and the next few chapters deal with the debates and evidences on the questionable identity of Fulcanelli. Then, Riviere brings his point home the real individual, by revealing the strong evidence, who eventually became the famed Fulcanelli.
There is a common sense where one would need to read the history of a subject before studying a certain subject. In the case of Fulcanelli where his works, Mystery of the Cathedrals and Dwellings of the Philosophers, are concerned, Riviere’s Fulcanelli will be one of the most useful books for any sincere seeker or just a curious reader.
It is of opinion that this book is to be recommended.
If one have not heard of Fulcanelli, the following two links would be helpful:
The True Identity of Fulcanelli and The Da Vinci Code
The Grail Quest and the Destiny of Man: The Fulcanelli Phenomenon
One can find this book at either Amazon.com or QFG Bookstore at http://www.qfgpublishing.com/ and Red Pill Press at redpillpress.com.
