Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during the thirteenth century. The craftsmen were the master quarryman, the master stone cutter, the master sculptor, the master mortar maker, the master mason, the master carpenter, the master blacksmith, the master roofer, and the master glass maker.

Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that developed all across Europe for more than 200 years. Leaving Roman roundish forms behind, the architects started using flying buttress and pointed arches to open cathedrals to the daylight. Period of great economic and social changes, the gothic period also saw the development of a new iconography celebrating the Holy Mary,...

The fundamental motive of this book is the disclosure of a newly advanced method of gaining the full cooperation of those hidden powers, either of the mind or of influences outside our mind, which are usually beyond our reach. The author shows how this method may be readily learned. In fact, that it may be acquired within a few minutes' time; and he explains how through its use our apparently unattainable goals may then be gained. The general principles...