Louis Charpentier

Louis Charpentier (* 1905 ; † 1979 ) was a French journalist , traveler, writer and publisher who dealt with the secrets of the past in his books and dealt critically with modern consumer society , capitalism and institutionalized Christianity .

Life

Charpentier went on a number of study trips, especially in North Africa. He crossed Egypt and Lebanon on foot . On behalf of the international administration of Tangier he researched the history of Mauretania Tingitana , where he tried as a Euhemerist to localize the historical scene of the battle between Heracles and Antaios (which according to legend is said to have founded Tangier).

From the perspective of alternative prehistory and early history research, his two works Les Géants et le Mystère des origines from 1969 (The Giants and the Origins of Culture) and Le Mystère Basque from 1975 (The Secret of the Basques) are of particular interest.

Theories

Charpentier dealt, among other things, with the geometry of sacred buildings and put forward his own theories: For example , eleven or twelve cathedrals in the Gothic style would have been built in Paris and the surrounding area within about 100 years , all of which were named "Notre Dame de ..." deceive. If you connect the locations of the various Marian cathedrals with lines on a French map, their positions would roughly correspond to those of the main stars in the constellation of Virgo . In his book Les Géants et le Mystère des origines , Charpentier postulates that in French urbanism there is an immeasurable game of goose , which develops in a spiral and within which the "fields" are marked with megalithic monuments, the places still bearing the name of the god Lugh and his Paredros Lusine deceive - the melusine of our legends.

"If Atlantis passed, it was in the Atlantic, or it wasn't Atlantis."

- Louis Charpentier :

In his work Le Mystère Basque , Charpentier dealt with the cro-magnoid origins of the Basques and Atlantis as the place of origin for their culture. He was by no means the first to associate the Cro-Magnon culture with the Atlantic invaders from Plato's account. He was also one of those Atlantis authors who, such as Otto Muck (1954), Uwe Topper (1977) and Manfred Hocke (1978), came to understand the giants and titans of the Hellenic and Oriental mythology when looking at them old traditions are not about " mythical creatures ", but rather mythic memories of prehistoric populations of gigantic, later deified human beings. Based on his studies on Basques and Cromagnards, he presented a prehistoric scenario in which he brings the Platonic Atlantis into play as a possible cultural center in the Atlantic of the late Ice Age .

For example, his works were offered as para-scientific literature in Spain in the 1970s .

Works (selection)

• The giants and the origin of culture. Günther-Verlag, Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-7746-0091-0
• The secrets of Chartres Cathedral. Gaia-Verlag, Cologne 1972, ISBN 3-87732-003-1
• The secret of the Basques. Walter-Verlag, Olten 1977, ISBN 3-530-13300-0
• Power and mystery of the Templars: Ark of the Covenant, Western civilization, cathedrals. Walter-Verlag, Olten 1978, ISBN 3-530-13302-7
• Santiago de Compostela: The secret of the pilgrimage routes. Walter-Verlag, Olten 1979. ISBN 3-530-13303-5
• The pilgrimage to Compostela: Spain's most famous pilgrimage route. Goldmann, Munich 1979, ISBN 9783442122998

Web links

• Literature by and about Louis Charpentier in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Louis Charpentier. on Atlantisforschung.de. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
2. ↑ The Secret of Chartres Cathedral. at Masonic Lodge No. 79 in Rapperswil. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
3. ↑ les géants et le mystère des origines de Louis Charpentier. in Livrenpoche (French).
4. ^ ^{A b} Louis Charpentier as an alternative prehistorian. on Atlantisforschung.de. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
5. ^ Advertisement for Parascience Books, La Vanguardia, October 27, 1974