City of Secrets
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- 13 heures de lecture
The extraordinary true story of one woman's journey to the heart of the Grail legend






The extraordinary true story of one woman's journey to the heart of the Grail legend
The true-life memoir Patrice Chaplin began in City of Secrets continues here in the story of her spiritual initiation into the Kabbalistic tradition preserved since the Middle Ages by a secret society in the pre-Roman city of Girona, Spain. Salvador Dalí was a member of that society, as was the renowned author Umberto Eco, the filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and Jancint Verdeguer, one of the most celebrated Catalan poets. Importantly, so was the mysterious Berenger Sauniere, the priest who in the late 1800s built Rennes-le-Château in southern France, with the Tour Magdala, a tower that is twin to the neo-gothic tower in Girona. In this gripping story that reads like the adventures of a female Castenada, Chaplin is led through a series of initiatory stages which correspond to the magical square of Venus, containing the constellation of the Great Bear.
A high-gloss story of the super-rich - and of the unquenchable lust for sex, power and success that drives them - 'The Fame People' describes both the movie dynasty ruled by Margery Cavendish and the fate of those who crossed her path.
In this true-life memoir, Patrice Chaplin returns to the ancient city of secrets, Girona. Drawn into a series of adventures, she finally arrives at a secret chapel in an isolated place: the domain of the Stone Cradle. Here, she discovers the secret of Girona and glimpses the truth beyond everyday reality.
An imaginative portrayal of Lucifer in the modern day.
An autobiography focusing on Patrice Chaplin's youth and relationship to Girona and the charismatic poet Jose Tarres.
Po stopách legendy o svatém grálu. Píše se rok 1955, mladá, patnáctiletá Angličanka - ústřední postava napínavé cesty ke kořenům legendy o svatém grálu - nadšeně objevuje půvaby jednoho starého evropského města a jeho zvláštní kouzlo jí učaruje navždy. Jak léta plynou, znovu a znovu se k jeho záhadám vrací, seznamuje se s bohatým abbé Saunierem, s majitelkou překrásné zahrady a mnoha dalšími pozoruhodnými lidmi a postupně proniká až nebezpečně hluboko do spletité struktury tajné organizace, po věky přísně střežící pradávný odkaz.
A captivating tale of author and playwright Patrice Chaplan's early years spent in a mysterious town in Spain and the secrets she uncovers as she returns later throughout the course of her life. Her story follows the intriguing villagers of Girona, many of whom, she discovers, belong to a secret society formed to protect the legacy of Abbe Saniere of Rennes-le-Chateau fame. The mysteries surrounding him are at the very heart of the modern Grail phenomenon. Along the way she tells of her love affair with the town's favorite son and how their lives become dangerously entangled in the secrets buried in this beautiful, ancient city.