Esoterické Čechy, Morava a Slezsko 7 – Kuchař Jiří (2007)

Esoteric means hidden, inner, secret. An esoteric perspective is characterized by unconventional content, which is why many guides on esoteric Czechia differ from typical tourist publications. In the seventh volume of the series of adventurous guides, the reader travels through the land of the Celts, who settled along the Jizera River. They called it Isara and likely considered it a sacred river. The Celtic settlement left behind numerous archaeological monuments, but the real surprise is the cave in Plakánek, which served as a kind of 'solar sanctuary'; Celtic traces can also be found in local legends. This region also contains some of the oldest Christian references — stone Romanesque buildings — as well as buried memories of local paganism. The mysterious Mužský has been a place of alternating cults for centuries, and it is not excluded that it is one of the significant pre-Christian spiritual centers. The history of the Unity of the Brethren has left a very strong and tragic mark on this locality, and the Mladá Boleslav Carmel briefly became the center of Czech Protestant humanism. The region of Pojizeří also attracted Emperor Rudolf II, and we can without exaggeration label Benátecko as a place of initiates. This noble knight was drawn to the local deep forests and in his favorite...