Charles Westbrook is the author of the Talisman of the United States – The Mysterious Street Lines of Washington, DC, the first book ever published on the religious and esoteric symbolism designed in the city plan of Washington, DC. The Kabalyon Key is the culmination of ten years of extensive research following the publication of Talisman of the United States, (1990). Charles lives in North Carolina and Colorado. He has graduate degrees in Industrial Technology, with minors in History, Art History and Comparative Religion. A former professor at East Carolina University, he now heads Westcom Communications. He is the creator of numerous patents and copyrights and is an avid collector of rare books, maps, and documents, including one of the original ledgers used in the construction of the Washington Monument - (seen in the photo).

Charles has traveled to all of the locations presented in the novel, with an archived library of photos and videos which can be viewed on this web site - (see Resources). He is well-acquainted with many European and American libraries and art research laboratories such as the Louvre, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, the British Museum, the Smithsonian, the National Archives, and the Bibliotheque Nationale of France.

M

The Talisman of Rome (1991)

The Talisman of Jerusalem (1991)

The Kabalyon Key (2005) (2008)