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A major Shi'i Muslim community with a long and eventful history, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies, including the Sunni polemicists and the Crusader chroniclers. As a result, a host of…

This excursion into the realm of the Grail throws new light on an endlessly fascinating subject, as one of Europe's greatest esoteric philosophers discloses the pre-Christian and initiatic sources of this symbolic motif that is so central to Western…

Andrew Sinclair's richly illustrated book digs deep into the legends, from medieval Grail Romances and the legends of King Arthur to the adventures of Indiana Jones and the recent researches of Dan Brown's symbologist, to find the origins of our…