MAGRE Maurice (1877 - 1941) Magicians and Illuminati. Apollonius of Tyana. The unknown Master of the Albigensians. The Rosicrucians. The mystery of the Knights Templar. Nicolas Flamel and the Philosopher's Stone. Saint-Germain the Immortal. Cagliostro the charlatan. Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophists? Paris, Bibliothèque Charpentier Fasquelle, 1930; in-16, paperback, 302 pp, buttercup yellow cover.... First edition on publisher's paper. Dedication by the author on the first page to Amélie RUMEAU. Born in Toulouse, Maurice Magre (1877-1941) devoted much of his work to Esotericism, Buddhism, the Cathars and more. In this book, he discusses secret societies, Freemasonry, Theosophy...

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