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VOLUME ONE
MY UNUSUAL ADVENTURES ON THE FIVE CONTINENTS
IN SEARCH FOR THE AGELESS
WITH ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS
by
EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY
MCMLXXVII
INTERNATIONAL BIOGENIC SOCIETY
We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.
—A.W.E. O’Shaughnessy
SOME BOOKS BY EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY
IE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE, BOOK ONE
• OK TWO, THE UNKNOWN BOOKS OF THE ESSENES
'OK THREE, LOST SCROLLS OF THE ESSENE BROTHERHOOD
lOK FOUR, THE TEACHINGS OF THE ELECT
IE ESSENE WAY-BIOGENIC LIVING
SCOVER Y OF THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE: The Essenes & the Vatican
ARCH FOR THE AGELESS, in Throe Volumes
IE GREATNESS IN THE SMALLNESS
IE TENDER TOUCH
HE BIOGENIC REVOLUTION
HE FIRST ESSENE
OGENIC REDUCING: THE WONDER WEEK
HE ESSENE BOOK OF CREATION
HE ORIGIN OF LIFE
CACHINGS OF THE ESSENES FROM ENOCH TO THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
HE ESSENE JESUS
HE ESSENE BOOK OF ASHA: JOURNEY TO THE COSMIC OCEAN
HE ZEND AVESTA OF ZARATHUSTRA
RCHEOSOPHY, A NEW SCIENCE
HE ESSENE ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
HE ESSENES, BY JOSEPHUS AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
HE ESSENE TEACHINGS OF ZARATHUSTRA
HE ESSENE SCIENCE OF LIFE
HE ESSENE CODE OF LIFE
SSENE COMMUNIONS WITH THE INFINITE
HE ESSENE SCIENCE OF FASTING AND THE ART OF SOBRIETY
HE COSMOTHERAPY OF THE ESSENES
HE LIVING BUDDHA
OWARD THE CONQUEST OF THE INNER COSMOS
■ATHER, GIVE US ANOTHER CHANCE
HE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH GARDEN, THE BOOK OF SURVIVAL
'HE DIALECTICAL METHOD OF THINKING
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN THOUGHT
tHAN IN THE COSMIC OCEAN
THE SOUL OF ANCIENT MEXICO
THE NEW F IRE
NLGRIM OF THE HIMALAYAS
MESSENGERS FROM ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
SEXUAL HARMONY: THE NEW EUGENICS
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, PROMETHEUS OF THE MODERN WORLD
BOOKS, OUR ETERNAL COMPANIONS
THE FIERY CHARIOTS
CREATIVE WORK: KARMA YOGA
THE ART OF STUDY:THE SORBONNE METHOD
COSMOS, MAN AND SOCIETY
I CAME BACK TOMORROW
BROTHER TREE
I IB BOOK OF LIVING FOODS
I III CONQUEST OF DEATH
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SEARCH FOR THE AGELESS
VOLUME ONE
MY UNUSUAL ADVENTURES ON THE FIVE CONTINENTS
IN SEARCH FOR THE AGELESS
PREFACE 10
THE BEGINNING 11
ANCIENT TEACHINGS FROM THE DAWN OF HISTORY
THE ESSENE BROTHERHOOD AT THE DEAD SEA
ST. JEROME AND ST. BENEDICT: PRESERVERS OF THE ESSENE TRADITIONS
LET ST. FRANCIS SING IN YOUR HEART
THE ETERNAL CITY 15
ARRIVAL TO THE ETERNAL CITY - MY RESEARCH IN THE ARCHIVES
OF THE VATICAN
MY DISCOVERY IN THE SCRIPTORIUM OF THE BENEDICTINE MONASTERY
OF MONTE CASSINO
AN UNFORGETTABLE FAREWELL FROM MONSIGNOR MERC ATI
THE CITY OF LIGHT 22
PARIS: THE ESSENE RENAISSANCE BEGINS AT VERSAILLES
THE SEED IS SOWN AT THE SORBONNE
INVITATION FROM THE MYSTIC OF TOURETTE SUR LOUP
I MEET MY MEMORABLE FRIEND, JEAN PIERRE
ESSENE RENAISSANCE IN GREECE
THE ISLAND OF COS: HIPPOCRATES AND THE AESCULAPIONS
BIRTH OF OUR LITERARY SPA: SHAW, MAETERLINCK, GIDE, MARINETTI
ZARATHUSTRA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
AN ECCENTRIC PATRIARCH IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
I MEET THE FOUNDER OF FUTURISM 38
THE GHOST OF CORNARO, THE VENETIAN NOBLEMAN
THE MOTORCYCLE AND I - DESTRUCTION OF AN ICE CREAM CART
MY TEMPESTUOUS ENTRY TO THE FAMOUS CINQUENALE
THE GREAT ITALIAN POET IN THE CATABOLIC SANCTUARY
MEETING MY VICTIM AT THE POLICE STATION - A HAPPY ENDING
I l lli LITTLE ESSENE BROTHERHOOD IN THE SOOTH OF FRANCE 44
OUR NOSTALGIC STRING QUARTET
THE ANARCHISTS OF THE RIVIERA
THE ANARCHISTS BECOME ESSENES
PLINIUS REDIVIVUS
WITH THE HUNZAS AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD 52
TRIBUTE TO MY ANCESTOR, THE PILGRIM OF THE HIMALAYAS
MY UNUSUAL LECTURE TO THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
MY HAZARDOUS JOURNEY THROUGH PRECIPITOUS HEIGHTS
ARRIVAL TO THE LAND OF THE CENTENARIANS
THE MIRACULOUS MIR, RULER OF THE HUNZAS: ESPERANTO AND
A VIENNESE GRAND PIANO
HUNZA DWELLINGS AND NATURAL REFRIGERATION
HUNZA FOODS: SIMPLE, WHOLE AND NATURAL
HUNZA ECOLOGY AND GARDENING
THE SYMPHONY OF THE CARPATHIANS 62
IN SEARCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE LEGIONS OF TRAJANUS
MY COLLABORATORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ
THE BUCOLIC FOOTHILLS OF THE CARPATHIANS
I ENTER A HASIDIC COMMUNITY
MYSTIC FOLLOWERS OF BAAL SHEM
MY FIRST MEETING WITH A GREAT ZADDIK
I MEET A LITTLE “HOLY FAMILY”
UNEXPECTED ESSENE REFERENCES IN AN UNUSUAL LIBRARY
HASIDIC PURITY AND ECSTASY - LATE ECHO OF THE ANCIENT ESSENES
OUR UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY OF A TOLSTOYAN COMMUNITY
THE INCARNATED DREAM OF TOLSTOY IN THE CARPATHIANS
WE LOSE OUR LIVIU
IMPENETRABLE PRIMEVAL FORESTS - BEARS AND WILD BOARS
PEACEFUL SHEEP, FEROCIOUS DOGS, AND A SHEPHERD FROM ANCIENT ROME
WE MEET URSU, THE HEAD OF THE SHEPHERDS
URSU BORROWS HONEY FROM A BEAR
OUR FASCINATING CARPATHIAN ROMANS - A SHEPHERD COMMUNITY
A ROYAL SHEPHERD BANQUET: PRIMEVAL CORN MAMALIGA
AND BRINZA SHEEP CHEESE
THE GIANT CARPATHIAN SHEPHERD HORN
AN UNFORGETTABLE COSMIC SYMPHONY OF HORNS, FIRES AND STARS
SLEEP IN THE HIGH CARPATHIANS
CARPATHIAN DELICACIES
ETHNOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CARPATHIAN SHEPHERDS
PHILOLOGY OF THE HIGH CARPATHIANS
THE WAY OF LIVING OF THE HIGH CARPATHIAN SHEPHERDS
SIGNS OF APPROACHING WINTER - SORROWFUL FAREWELL
THE ARDUOUS RETURN TO CIVILIZATION
BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY
AFRICAN INTERLUDE: A COMPLETE FAILURE 93
PREPARATIONS FOR EQUATORIAL AFRICA
MY ADAPTATIONS OF THE ANCIENT ESSENE METHODS OF HEALING
THE SAD FATE OF MY COLLEAGUES
THE UNCOMFORTABLE SIGHT OF MY OWN GRAVE
THE APOCALYPSE: FIERY HOLOCAUST AND A SEA OF KILLER ANTS
SORROWFUL RETURN TO PARIS
TAHITI AND THE SOUTH SEAS 98
IN SEARCH OF A LEPER COLONY IN POLYNESIA
THE SPEAKING TIMBERS: MY TICKET TO POLYNESIA
MY SECOND ASSIGNMENT: PSYCHOMETRY IN THE FRENCH ISLANDS
MY SHIP AND SHIPMATES
TAHITI, THE ISLAND OF DREAMS - MY FIRST TAHITIAN FRIENDS
I START MY WORK IN THE LEPER COLONY
MY TITIORO: MECCA FOR THE ISLAND’S SICK
PARADISE LOST
MORE FRIENDS - AND THE ADVENT OF MONSIEUR MARCHAL
PERILS OF A BACK-SEAT PASSENGER
MONSIEUR LE GOUVERNEUR DECLARES WAR
CONFRONTATION AND BRINKMANSHIP: AN UNFORGETTABLE TEA PARTY
LE SCANDALE INTERNATIONALE DU PACIFIQUE - MY COMPLETE VICTORY
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF PURCELL WEAVER
THE BIRTH OF COSMOS, MAN AND SOCIETY
A REVIEW OF COSMOS, MAN AND SOCIETY 119
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE
COSMIC RADIATIONS
CELL-REGENERATION IN SEVEN MONTHS
ATOMS AND STARS
MAN AND TREES
WORLD CHAOS AND CALAMITY
THE GREATEST RENAISSANCE
THE EERIE WORLD OF THE SOUTH SEAS 125
SPROUTS, PSYCHOMETRY AND MIGRATIONS
BOUGAINVILLE AND CAPTAIN COOK DESCRIBE THE POLYNESIANS
CHILDREN OF PARADISE: SPIRITUAL TREASURES AND PHYSICAL PERFECTION
OUR MAORI FRIENDS SAVE US FROM SHIPWRECK
CAPTURED BY THE CHESS AUTOCRAT OF MANGAREVA
M. L’ADMINISTRATEUR WANTS TO BEQUEATH HIS ISLAND TO ME!
SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF EASTER ISLAND
THE EXILED CHILEAN GOVERNMENT AND DANGER OF MUTINY
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: THE ESSENE BEGINNINGS IN AMERICA 140
INDULGING IN THE DELIGHTS OF A POST OFFICE IN A FREE COUNTRY
WE SAIL TOWARD LAKE ELSINORE
MY FIRST LECTURE IN LOS ANGELES
WE SETTLE IN FOR A FRUITFUL SUMMER VACATION AT LAKE ELSINORE
THE AMERICAN ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE AND THE FIRST ESSENE CHURCH
IN THE U.S.A.
MY COOPERATION WITH THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION
THE MEMORABLE VEGETARIAN-VERSUS-CARNIVORE EATING CONTEST
MY LECTURES AT THE BAHA’I SUMMER SEMINAR IN GEYSERVILLE
WINDING UP OUR SUMMER VACATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PREPARATIONS FOR OUR WINTER SEMINAR AT RIO CORONA, MEXICO
IN THU MAHOGANY FOREST OF RIO CORONA 153
OUR FRANCO BRITISH DRIVE TO RIO CORONA
ARRIVAL AND SETTLEMENT IN THE MAHOGANY FOREST
AT THE EDGE OF THE MAJESTIC RIO CORONA
ABUNDANCE OF LOCAL FOODS AND FRUITS
THE GRADUAL ARRIVAL OF STUDENTS FROM EVERYWHERE
OUR LOCAL FOLLOWERS: THE MAYOR AND TWO PROFESSORS
THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE IN SPANISH
HUMOROUS EPISODES OF THE SEMINAR
PREPARATIONS FOR A SUMMER SEMINAR IN ENGLAND
MY ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK 165
MY SPECIAL FIELD IN ARCHEOLOGY
MY METHODS OF WORKING AND ORGANIZATION
WILD FOREST CREATURES IN THE TROPICAL JUNGLES
A NIGHT WITH A HUGE SNAKE UNDER MY BED
AN AGGRESSIVE JAGUAR
MY CANINE ASSISTANTS
THE ENIGMA OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TARASCAN INDIANS
MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH PRESIDENT CARDENAS
THE “AZTEC” MISSION OF SAN IGNACIO
THE MEEK COCHIMIS DID NOT INHERIT THE EARTH
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE 181
UNEVENTFUL BUT ARTISTIC JOURNEY TO ENGLAND
A SHATTERING LINGUISTIC EXPERIENCE
MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS
MY LECTURES AT THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION CENTRE
THE DISCIPLE OF TOLSTOY - MY BRITISH PUBLISHER
I MEET HIS MAJESTY’S SWANMASTER
HOW I PREVENTED A HAZARDOUS HIMALAYAN JOURNEY
FOR A DISTINGUISHED OLD LADY
SAD FAREWELL TO ENGLAND, AND TO AN ERA OF PEACE
JAMAICAN INTERLUDE 190
MY NEIGHBOR, FRANCIS THE PATRIARCH
THE BLACK ESSENES OF JAMAICA
JOE LOUIS ELECTRIFIES THE ESSENE CONGREGATION
A LONELY, FORSAKEN SYNAGOGUE IN THE WILDERNESS
SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS’ VISIT AND THE GATHERING STORM
