CHANNEL OF THE GRAIL. A NOVEL OF CATHARS, TEMPLARS, AND A NAZI GRAIL HUNTER - Tecno-Libro

Even death cannot stop two hearts that beat as one. in May 1939, German newspapers announced the untimely death of 35-year-old author Otto Rahn, applauding him as comrade, decent SS-man and creator of outstanding historical-scholarly works. . But his Swiss lover Raymond knew that Otto had neither died accidentally nor as a member of the infamous SS. Before the Nazis, Rahn had researched the medieval French Cathars, a heretical sect exterminated by war and the inquisition, and he published his account of this tragedy as Crusade against the Grail. His book fascinated ReichsfA¼hrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, an occult fanatic, who then enticed Otto into the SS as a historical researcher. Gambling that Otto s psychic talents might lead to the recovery of the coveted Holy Grail for the Nazis, Himmler coddled the writer, even condoning his illegal homosexuality. Then Rahn came to discover that the SS and its operations were far from