Richard StanleyOtto Rahn, Grail Hunter
The Secret of the Cathars and the Return of the White Lady
Richard Stanley is a filmmaker and anthropologist whose films include Dust Devil, Hardware, and Color Out of Space. As a journalist and documentarian, he has covered events in Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Haiti. A frequent contributor to publications including Fortean Times and the Sauniére Society Journal, he lives in Occitanie, France.
Foreword by Hamilton White
INTRODUCTION
To Know Is to Die
A Note on the Terminology Used in This Book
1 Close Encounters with the Ancient World
2 A History of the Cathars
3 Who Was Otto Rahn?
4 Otto’s Quest for the Grail
The Crown of Lucifer
5 A Visit to the Devil’s Lake
Summer 1998
6 Into the Labyrinth of the Pyrenees
7 Infiltrating the Order of the Polaires
8 The Methodology of Information
and Disinformation
Europe Hypnotized
9 Pagan Imperialism
Europe 1932–1938
10 Dark Camelot
Castle of the SS Order
11 The Fear
Germany 1938–1939 and Geneva 1998
12 Summer Solstice at Montségur
Midsummer 1998
13 The Stones from the Sky
14 The Face in the Pentagram
Autumn 1998
15 Searching the Ends of the Earth
Iceland 2005
16 The Death and Transfiguration of Otto Rahn
Germany 1938–1939
17 Aftermath
18 The Three Mothers
19 The Coming of the White Lady
EPILOGUE
Portal into Summer
Montségur June 21, 2015
APPENDIX 1
Otto Rahn
Life of the Grail Hunter
APPENDIX 2
Chronology of the Last Crusade
APPENDIX 3
Cathars of Montségur
The Martyred and Their Legacy
APPENDIX 4
The Holy Grail in the Nottingham Evening Post
Bibliography
Index
