I left out one strange theory in my recent video on the alleged immortal alchemist Fulcanelli.
The biggest mystery when it came to Fulcanelli was always his identity. And this theory actually comes from Patrick Reverie, a student of Eugène Canseliet (Fulcanelli’s most devoted acolyte). In his book “Fulcanelli: His True Identity Revealed”, Reverie argued that the face behind the Fulcanelli mask was none other than the French physicist Jules Violle (image 2).
Jules Violle was famous for his breakthroughs in measuring the light intensity of the sun, and today the name Violle lives on as a unit of light measurement. Admittedly, the nature of Violle’s work links him thematically with Fulcanelli’s secret society, the Brothers of Heliopolis (the ancient Egyptian city Heliopolis was known as a center of sun worship).
That said, Patrick Reverie based his conclusion almost entirely on linguistic clues. That’s certainly not a bad approach - it’s a fact that Fulcanelli was obsessed with wordplay. Reverie’s proof, however, is a bit more ‘out there’…
One of his main pieces of evidence was actually the seahorse shown in Fulcanelli’s coat of arms (image 3). According to Reverie, the tail of the seahorse could represent the shape of a “J”, and its neck appears to be in the shape of a “V”… which happens to be Jules Violle’s initials!
Hmmm… I’m not very convinced. 😆
Of course, Reverie came equipped with more examples to back up his theory, but the way he explains it all is pretty esoteric. I’m curious, have any of you heard of this theory before? Are there any solid reasons to believe Jules Violle may have been Fulcanelli’s true identity?
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I left out one strange theory in my recent video on the alleged immortal alchemist Fulcanelli.
The biggest mystery when it came to Fulcanelli was always his identity. And this theory actually comes from Patrick Reverie, a student of Eugène Canseliet (Fulcanelli’s most devoted acolyte). In his book “Fulcanelli: His True Identity Revealed”, Reverie argued that the face behind the Fulcanelli mask was none other than the French physicist Jules Violle (image 2).
Jules Violle was famous for his breakthroughs in measuring the light intensity of the sun, and today the name Violle lives on as a unit of light measurement. Admittedly, the nature of Violle’s work links him thematically with Fulcanelli’s secret society, the Brothers of Heliopolis (the ancient Egyptian city Heliopolis was known as a center of sun worship).
That said, Patrick Reverie based his conclusion almost entirely on linguistic clues. That’s certainly not a bad approach - it’s a fact that Fulcanelli was obsessed with wordplay. Reverie’s proof, however, is a bit more ‘out there’…
One of his main pieces of evidence was actually the seahorse shown in Fulcanelli’s coat of arms (image 3). According to Reverie, the tail of the seahorse could represent the shape of a “J”, and its neck appears to be in the shape of a “V”… which happens to be Jules Violle’s initials!
Hmmm… I’m not very convinced. 😆
Of course, Reverie came equipped with more examples to back up his theory, but the way he explains it all is pretty esoteric. I’m curious, have any of you heard of this theory before? Are there any solid reasons to believe Jules Violle may have been Fulcanelli’s true identity?
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