From Atlantis | to the Sphinx Colin Wilson oeTo John West, Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval - friends without whose help this book could not have been written, Fist publibed in Great Britain in 1996 by Virgin Books an imprine of Virgin Publishing Led "532 Ladbroke Grove LONDON Wi0 SAH Reprinted 1996 Colin Wilson 1996 Copyright ‘The right of Colin Wilson tobe identified as the author ofthis work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. ‘This book is sold subject to the condition that it shal not, by way of trade oF otherwise, be len, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior writen consent in any form of binding or cover ther than that in wobich its ‘published and without a similar condition including thie condition being imposed "pon the subsequent purchaser. ‘catalogue record fo this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 85227 526 X Phototypeset by bntype London Led Printed ad bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham rc, Chathars, KentAnalytical Table of Contents List of Illustrations vil Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 Schwaller de Lubicz and the age of the Sphinx ~ was it built by ‘Atlanteans’? Hapgood’s ancient maps. The Atlantis film script. Schoch’s conference at San Diego. Scepticism of ‘the experts’. Robert Graves and Mr Gunn. Mathematical prodigies. I meet John West. Graham Hancock and Rand Flem-ath. Bauval’s ‘Orion Mystery. André VandenBroeck’s Al-Kemi. Publication of Fingerprints of the Gods. What does it all mean? ‘The search for ‘the intensity experience’. What can ‘the ancients’ teach us? 1 Egyptian Mysteries n The Hancocks scale the Great Pyramid at dawn. How was it built? The Sign and the Seal. Was the Sphinx eroded by water? Serpent in the Sky. Schwaller de Lubicz and alchemy. Death of Fulcanelli. Schwaller in Luxor. André and Goldian Vanden- Broeck visit Schwaller. A different kind of knowledge. Gurdjieff on the Sphinx. Pythagoras and music. Schwaller on ancient Egypt 2 The New Race 31 Robert Schoch agrees to look at the Sphinx, Who carved the Sphinx? Schoch agrees the Sphinx is weathered by water. How did the Egyptians move 200-ton blocks? Flinders Petrie discovers