Joséphin Péladan
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Joséphin Péladan was a French novelist and Rosicrucian who later briefly joined the Martinist order led by Papus. His father was a journalist who had written on prophecies, and professed an esoteric-a
Portrait of Joséphin Péladan by Marcellin Desboutin (1891)
Photograph of Péladan (right) and the Romanian writer Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești, during a visit to Bucharest
Promotional poster for the Salon de la Rose + Croix
Stanislas de Guaita
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Stanislas de Guaita was a French poet based in Paris, an expert on esotericism and European mysticism, and an active member of the Rosicrucian Order. He was very celebrated and successful in his time.
Joséphin Péladan
…his full cycle of novels – often including those in planning – in appendices to many of his books. After reading Péladan's first novel, the French poet Stanislas de Guaita became interested in occultism. Following long correspondence, the two became acquainted in Paris. Péladan was somewhat influenced by the teachings of…
Stanislas de Guaita 1861–1897), philosopher and poet.
De Guaita's drawings of the upright and inverted pentagrams, representing Spirit over matter (holiness) and matter over Spirit (evil), respectively, from his book La Clef de la Magie Noire, in 1897.