The Église Métropolitaine d'Art de Jésus Conducteur was a nineteenth-century esoteric Gnostic Christian sect founded by Erik Satie. Satie, a composer and pianist, served as cult's High Priest and Choi
Erik Satie, leader of the Church (c. 1895)
Emblem of the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor, designed by Satie. It is a Greek cross and Latin cross linked together
6 Rue Cortot in Montmartre, Paris, where Satie lived from 1890 to 1898. This location served as the "Abbey" of his Church
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
Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor
…Priest and Choirmaster and was its only member. L'Église Métropolitaine d'Art de Jésus Conducteur was founded in 1892, following Satie's break from Sâr Joséphin Péladan,"High Priest of Wagnerism" and the head of the revived Rosicrucian (Rose + Croix) Sect in Paris. At this time Satie was pianist at the Café de la…
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