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100 1  Klimczuk, Stephen. 
245 10 Secret places, hidden sanctuaries :|buncovering mysterious
       sites, symbols, and societies /|cStephen Klimczuk and 
       Gerald Warner of Craigenmaddie. 
264  1 New York :|bSterling Ethos,|c2009. 
300    xi, 259 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  MYSTERIOUS HERITAGE: investigating (and, when necessary, 
       debunking) the "usual suspects". Rosslyn Chapel, 
       Midlothian, Scotland -- Rennes-le Château, 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 José, 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 Bååtska 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. 
650  0 Parapsychology. 
650  0 Occultism. 
650  0 Antiquities. 
650  0 Sacred space. 
650  0 Curiosities and wonders. 
700 1  Warner, Gerald. 
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