For those who found A Bohemian Ghost (Part 1) interesting, here is the conclusion, which is included in the 1893 book by Papus entitled “An Elementary Treatise on Practical Magic”, in a section about the use of the magical sword: The fluid accumulations formed by the union of astral powers acting like a soul […]
The story below appeared in one of the 1893 editions of L’Initiation, Papus’ magazine on esoteric subjects. It is a letter written by a reader concerning his experiences with a ghost in Czechoslovakia. While the tale is entertaining in itself, I reproduce it (in English) here as one of a number of background articles to […]
It seemed an appropriate place to launch my translation of Saint-Martin’s “Of Errors & Truth”. If truth be told, it wasn’t the most auspicious place! The city of Rochester didn’t exactly come up trumps for the event. Main Street, the focal point of all the activities, was little more than a ditch. The hotels didn’t […]
Amazing what you can get done while lying in bed with a hacking cough, a temperature, a glass of water and a laptop! As a service to those interested in Pasqually, Saint-Martin and the like, this is a sort of public service announcement regarding a much-desired book by the early 19th Century German Philosopher, Franz […]
On Saturday I finally had an opportunity to visit the magnificent Salon de la Rose Croix exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum with a few like-minded friends. I was lucky, too, as the day was offering free entrance to those who could produce a Bank of America card! The Guggenheim is a very approachable Museum of […]
I’ve just returned from the immensely successful and invigorating Mason Con 2017, hosted by Ezekiel Bates Lodge A.F. & A.M. on Saturday. It was a wonderful day of fellowship, a large number of top quality speakers, a Masonic Panel Discussion, more vendors than I could count spread across the sprawling 4-story building, followed by initiations […]
I’ve been doing research on the famous image of King Solomon’s Temple which suddenly started appearing all over Europe towards the end of the 17th Century. Most famously, perhaps, this image was used by Gerhard Schott as his design for the enormous, 80 feet round and 13 foot high model of the Temple for an […]
One of the great French esotericists of the latter half of the 20th Century was undoubtedly Robert Ambelain. For many years his activities and books dominated the French esoteric landscape. Indeed, he sometimes thought he had been too successful, in that so many people copied his ideas and presented them as their own, as the […]
Well, plans are always changing, and a chance communication last night has persuaded me to set aside one book in favor of another, at least for now. I am now engaged in translating “Des Erreurs et de la Verité” (Of Errors and Truth) by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. Printed in 1782, it was his first book, […]
