Several months after the Iraqi war (2003) was officially declared to be over I still awoke in the middle of the night being disturbed by visual images of the war (past and on-going). After several nights of interrupted sleep, I got out of bed at 2 am one night and started scribbling my feelings about the war - marking the birth of this epic poem. I realized then (August, 2003) that in one way or another I had fallen victim of this war. Writing my feeling, and to some extent expressing my thoughts about the war (as contained in these pages), was my way of healing and coming to terms with what had happened previously- and what was continuing to happen.

At the same time, I realized that the unsanctioned (and often-times uncensored) visual images of the war, which were splashed world-wide in people's living rooms may, as well, have adversely affected other viewers in many countries. I hope, therefore, that by going through these pages others, like me, will experience a therapeutic feeling - leading to a healing effect.

This book is devoted to the veiled message transmitted in the works of famous authors over a period of centuries. Esoteric literature is the massive body of Western and other writings containing a philosophical "contraband"-ever the same under a deceptive variety of surfaces or veils. In the words of Marcel Proust, "the great writers have never done but one work."

Alfred de Vigny- a nineteenth century poet, novelist and playwright- belongs to the literary brotherhood involved in the transmission of the concealed message. Rabelais, Voltiare, Anatole France, Ibsen and Proust are only a few of his fellow-smugglers. English and American literatures have their share of such writers. So does the literary heritage of other European nations and of Latin America. This book contains a glossary of major key-words of the verbal "algebra" used by esoteric writers. Sensitive readers are encouraged to read the biography and the glossary first and the poetry of Vigny next. This will enable some of them to discover by and for themselves the full beauty and depth of the texts.

Extraordinary findings await the esoteric readers of the literary production of Vigny. There are hints of the greatness of Atlantis. There is a vast panorama of Time and Space. There are suggestions of a startling view of the inner structure of planet Earth, a view that is also reflected in the various utopias of classical authors.

Last but not least, there is the generally unsuspected, radiant reality of the works and the life of Vigny.

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