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Occult London by MERLIN COVERLEY

Occult (adj.) Kept secret, esoteric; recondite, mysterious, beyond

the range of ordinary knowledge; involving the supernatural,mystical,

magical; not obvious on inspection. Occult (vb.) Conceal, cut

off from view by passing in front, (usu.Astron., of concealing body

much greater in apparent size than concealed body).1

London is a city whose origins remain obscure and whose

identity remains bound up with the mythical and the legendary,

the hidden and the occult.

In the absence of any solid

evidence, London’s pre-Roman history remains a mystery, the

most inﬂuential voice belonging to the twelfth-century cleric

Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose History of the Kings of Britain

seeks to explain the origins of Roman Londinium through recourse

to the city ofTroy and the ﬁgure of King Brutus:

Once he had divided up his kingdom, Brutus decided to

build a capital. In pursuit of this plan, he visited every part

of the land in search of a suitable spot. He came at length

to the RiverThames, walked up and down its banks and so

chose a site suited to his purpose.There then he built a city

and called it Troia Nova. It was known by this name for

long ages after, but ﬁnally by a corruption of the word it

came to be calledTrinovantum.

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