Item #64457 Reincarnation: Physical, Astral & Spiritual Evolution. PAPUS, Marguerite Vallior, Gerard Encausse.

Reincarnation: Physical, Astral & Spiritual Evolution.

Kila, MT: Kessinger, ND [ 1992 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. iv +132pp, b&w illustrations. Blue wrappers lettered in black. A cheaply produced reprint of this work by Gérard Encausse, (1865 - 1916 ) who is best known for his books on the Kabbalah, the Tarot and Magic, written under the psedonym "Papus." He was a friend of the Marquis Joseph Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, Marquis Stanislas de Guaita , Joséphin Péladan etc. with whom he founded the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix of which Papus eventually became the Chief. In 1891 he founded the Order known as the Order of the Martinists, and later became a Bishop in the French Gnostic Church. He was involved in a number of esoteric Orders, including the Golden Dawn (he joined the Ahathoor Temple in Paris) and received a patent to work Yarker's Rites of Memphis and Mizraim in France, apparently from Theodor Reuss. Reuss is also said to have granted Papus the X° O.T.O. for France, in return for his assistance in the organization of the Order. He is listed as one of the Saints of the O.T.O. affiliated Ecclesia Gnostica Catholicae. 'Reincarnation: Physical, Astral & Spiritual Evolution' is one of Papus's lesss common books, seldom seen in early (English-language) editions. An excellent reference or study copy. Covers lightly rubbed - else a tight, clean VG+ copy. Item #64457
ISBN: 0922802106

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