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^ Contained in Formes traditiundks er cycles cosmiques {Fans 1970), 119tf.

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° C, C. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy, vol. 12 of the Collected Works (Princeton, N.J., 1968), 228, 242n.

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^H Comptes rendvs (Paris, 1973), 7ff.

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* ’ See especially Pauwr.ls/Bergier, Aufbruch ins drirre [ahrtauserid (Bern, 1962) and Kenneth Rayner Johnson, The Fulcanelli Phenomenon (St. Heller, 1980)

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^ Robert Amadou, Le ieu du soldi (Paris, 1978).

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^ll R, Guenon, Formes tradidonclles, op dr, 166.

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^Lu-Tsu, II mistero del ilore d’oro (The secret of the golden flower [Rome, 1971]), atid with Lu Kwan Yu (Charles Luk), in yoga del tao (Rome, 1976). Both works appear with commentary (the second, necessarily only in part, because of his death) by Evola. Not without importance in this context are the Evolian editions of the famous Tao re Ching: First as Lihro della via e della virtu (Lanciaiio, 1923), and then in a completely revised version under the title of: II Hbro delprincipe e della sua aziune (Milan, 1959).

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^Einleitung in die Philosophic der Mychologie in Sammdce Werkc (1856; reprint, Darmstadt, 1976), 1:233-36.

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¹ Artephius speaks for all chose authors in the following: “Isn't it only too well known that ours is a cabalistic Art? That is, to be. revealed only orally and overflowing with mysteries ? Poor fool¹ How can you be so naive as to believe that we would teach you openly and clearly the greatest and most important of our secrets? 1 assure you rhat whoever tries to explain in the ordinary and literal sense

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 the words what the [hermeric] philosphers have written will find himself caught in the meanderings uf a labyrinth from which he can never escape, because he lacks Ariadne’s thread as guide.” From Livre d'Artephius in Salmon, ed , Bibliotheque dcs philosopher chiiniques (Paris, 1741), 2:144.

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