Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

PROLOGUE
The Bell, the Book, the Candle

INTRODUCTION
My Curiosity for Truth

PART 1
Bell
1 The Order of Ophiuchus
2 Thoughtful Morsels
3 The Kingdom of Heaven

PART 2
Book
4 The Philosophers’ Stone
5 An Oblong Square
6 Elements of the Stone
7 Life and Death
8 The Stairway to Heaven
9 Regeneration

PART 3
Candle
10 The Making of a Shaman
11 Finding the Grail

EPILOGUE

The Hermit’s Lantern

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

R. E. Kretz has worked in the telecommunications and IT industries. In the 1970s he studied transcendental meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and later spent three years with a Native American shaman. He was raised to the degree of a Master Mason and has served as Master of a Lodge in addition to holding many leadership roles within the Knights Templar. He lives in Church Hill, Tennessee.

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