Adrian Gilbert is a bestselling British

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 author and independent publisher who lives in England

England

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. His books are centred around investigations into ancient Esoteric knowledge and religious Mysteries

Sacred Mysteries

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.

He attended the University of Kent

University of Kent

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 at Canterbury. After travels to the Middle East

Middle East

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 he came to work in publishing and then Computer Programming

Computer programming

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. He returned to publishing in 1986 and afterwards setting up his own company Solos Press in 1991 to specialize in the publication of books concerning Gnosticism

Gnosticism

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, Christian mysticism

Christian mysticism

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 and Hermetic

Hermeticism

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 Philosophy

Philosophy

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. He is mainly known for his book The Orion Mystery which was co-authored by Robert Bauval

Robert Bauval

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 in 1994.

Works

• The Cosmic Wisdom Beyond Astrology (1991)
• The Orion Mystery (with Robert Bauval
  Robert Bauval
  Robert Bauval is an author, lecturer, and Ancient Egypt researcher, best known for his Orion Correlation Theory.-Early life:...
  
  ) (1994)
• The Mayan Prophecies (1995)
• Magi (1996)
• The Holy Kingdom (with Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett) (1998)
• Signs in the Sky (2000)
• The New Jerusalem (2002)
• The End of Time (2006)
• London: A New Jerusalam (2010)