The number 17 occurs with peculiar regularity in esoterica, and so I pay homage to it here as I speak to some of the most provocative figures in the genre.

Welcome to the interviews that I call ’17 Questions’. I hope you enjoy them.

From the Dead Sea Scrolls to Rennes-le-Château, Robert Eisenman sets the record straight on a variety of historical mysteries. Seldom has a Biblical scholar been more controversial and more spot on. Read more…

Saturday 12th February 2011

David Farrant has lived in the shadow of the Highgate Vampire for most of his life. As President of the British Psychic and Occult Society and founder of the Highgate Vampire Society, David provides a truly unique and first-hand view of one of the paranormal’s most fascinating cases; the existence of a demon in London’s Highgate Cemetery. Read more…

Thursday 3rd December 2009

Seán Manchester is an author, apostle, exorcist and demonologist. He’s also a central figure in one of the most fascinating and controversial mysteries of our time, the Highgate Vampire. Did an ancient vampire terrorise North London? Does it still? Read more…

Sunday 25th October2009

David Rohl is one of the premier researchers of our time, and many have likened him to the 'Real Indiana Jones'. His impressive body of work, which consists of books, documentaries, conferences and tours, will soon include historically themed progressive rock. One thing for certain, Rohl is not afraid to ruffle a few feathers. Read more…

Wednesday 29th July 2009

For nearly a decade, Ben Hammott’s discovery of a tomb near Rennes-le-Château has been one of the most enduring and intriguing stories in the genre. And now it’s featured in a new book. Is it sensational? Yes. Is it controversial? Yes. Has the whole story been scrutinized with its author in public before? Not until now. Read more…

Wednesday 10th February 2009

Few are as qualified to discuss the spiritual as well as the practical importance of Bees as is Simon Buxton. An author and researcher with over 20 years of shamanic experience, including a thirteen year apprenticeship with a European Bee Master, Buxton’s impressive and truly unique insights into the mystical nature of Bees are not to be missed. Read more…

Tuesday 18th November 2008

Rat Scabies is the godfather of punk. He also knows a hell of a lot about Rennes-le-Château. And thanks to Christopher Dawe’s sensational book, Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail, he’s a modern day Grail hero as well. I met Rat in his local – the Griffin Pub - in Brentford, West London, where we talked about whole affair. Read more…

Wednesday 14th November 2007

André Douzet is a fixture in the study of Rennes-le-Château, yet the English speaking world know conspicuously little of his real views and opinions – outside of his books. Now for the first time the controversial researcher speaks out – candidly, and promises that hard evidence in support of his proactive theories is on its way. Read more…

Wednesday 1st August 2007

Author and Hollywood icon Patrice Chaplin has unveiled what may be the most exciting new research in the study of Rennes-le-Château in years. In doing so she has relocated the source of the conventional mystery to another town and country; Girona, in Spain. And what a revelation she shares. Read more...

Monday 28th May 2007

New and intelligently presented Rennes-le-Château research does not exactly grow on trees. With his new book The Carthusian Connection, Maxwell N. Field has effectively grown an entire new branch. His research takes us to the French Savoy, where he relates the mystery of Rennes-le Château to the Carthusians, Cistercians, Kinghts Templars and the French Merovingian Kings. Read more...

Friday 11th May 2007

The mystery of Rennes-le-Château runs wide and deep. Author and researcher Dan Green believes it runs north as well, encompassing Lincoln Cathedral, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Arcadia met up with Green in Lincoln and received a tour of the Cathedral. What follows is an interview conducted that day. Read more...

Tuesday 6th February 2007

The Rennes-le-Château documentary Bloodline may be the most anticipated happening in the genre in years. On the eve of its release, Arcadia speaks with its producers. Read more...

Wednesday 17th January 2007

Arcadia interviews Jean-Luc Robin, one of Rennes-le-Château’s most respected researchers, who was the curator of Saunière’s house, the Villa Bethany, during the 1990’s. Read more...

Thur 14th December 2006

On the 5th of October 2006, Arcadia visited the Mayor of Rennes-le-Château, the much maligned, Mr Jean-François Lhuilier. Lhuiler has been the target of recent internet and UK Newspaper Campaigns, which allege that he is mismanaging the village; specifically the former domain of Abbé Bérenger Saunière. Read more...

Wednesday 11th October 2006

Arcadia talks to the legendary Henry Lincoln in its second instalment of 17 Questions. Read more...

Friday 25th August 2006

Arcadia talks to Philip Coppens, one of the most respected researchers and writers on the scene today. Read more...

Friday 30th June 2006