The Masonic Magician: The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite - Hardcover

Faulks, Philippa; Cooper, Robert L D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905857829 ISBN 13: 9781905857821

Verlag: Watkins Publishing, 2008

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Physical description; xviii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; "The Masonic Magician" tells Cagliostro's extraordinary story, complete with the first English translation of his "Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry" ever published. The authors examine the case made against him, that he was an impostor as well as a heretic, and find that the Roman Church, and history itself, have done him a terrible injustice. This engaging account, drawing on remarkable new documentary evidence, shows that the man condemned was a genuine visionary and true champion of Freemasonry. His teachings have much to reveal to us today not just of the secrets of the movement, but of the mysterious hostility it continues to attract. Subjects; Cagliostro, Alessandro conte di 1743-1795. Cagliostro, Alessandro conte di 1743-1795 - Spurious and doubtful works. Freemasons - Biography. Freemasonry - Controversial literature. Mysteries, Religious - Egypt - History. Alchemists - Biography. Biography & autobiography: historical, political & military ; Freemasonry & secret societies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies.

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Count Alessandro Cagliostro was a cult figure in European society in the tumultuous years leading to the French Revolution. As an alchemist, healer, and Freemason, he inspired both wild devotion and savage ridicule, becoming the subject of novels by Alexander Dumas, a drama by Goethe, and Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute." But Cagliostro's sincere belief in the magical powers, even the immortality, of what he called the Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry made him dangerous enemies, too. In 1789, he was arrested by the Inquisition and condemned to death for heresy. Now, the discovery of a mysterious manuscript found in the Archives of the Grand Lodge of Scotland may shine a light on Cagliostro's secret spiritual teachings, and allow us, finally, a full understanding of his beliefs. "The Masonic Magician" tells Cagliostro's extraordinary story, complete with the first English translation of the Egyptian Rite ever published. It presents the case made against him (that he was an impostor as well as a heretic), and finds that the Roman Church, and history itself, have done him a terrible injustice. This scholarly account, drawing on remarkable new documentary evidence, reveals that the man condemned was in fact a remarkable visionary and a true champion of Freemasonry--and that his teachings have much to reveal to us today.

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• Verlag: Watkins Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1905857829
• ISBN 13: 9781905857821
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 317