The Aeternum Notebooks

Who was Dion Fortune really? Born Violet Mary Firth (1890-1946), this British occultist from the Golden Dawn tradition founded the...

Who was Joséphin Péladan really? Novelist, art critic, occultist, and founder of the Rose+Croix Salons, the “Sâr Mérodack” sought to...

Franz Bardon (1909-1958) was a Czechoslovak hermeticist, variety performer, healer, and author of a progressive magic system that became highly...

Who was Stanislas de Guaita really? A poet from Lorraine, bibliophile, disciple of Éliphas Lévi, and co-founder of the Kabbalistic...

Who was Pierre Piobb really? Journalist, translator, astrologer, and author of high magic, Pierre François Xavier Vincenti sought to organize...

Who was Charles Lancelin really? A playwright, a physician according to the CCFr, a spiritist occultist, and editor-in-chief of Le...

Who was Marsilio Ficino really? Philosopher, priest, and translator of Plato and Hermes Trismegistus, Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) was also one...

Who was Madame Fraya really? Behind the famous “seer of the powerful” was Valentine Dencausse (1871-1954), a palm reader and...

Who was Madame de Thèbes really? Behind the famous Belle Époque sibyl was an actress who became a fortune-teller and...

Who was Helena Blavatsky really? Co-founder of the Theosophical Society and author of Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine, Helena...

Who was Etteilla really? Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1738-1791), a Parisian merchant who became a cartomancer, was one of the founders of...

Who was Côme Ruggieri really? A Florentine astrologer to Catherine de' Medici, adviser to the Valois, author of horoscopes, and...