The Occultist – Max Théon (Occult Press)

The Occultist - Max Théon (Occult Press)

£40.00

Standard hardcover edition of 285 hand-numbered copies, thread-stitched and printed in Italy on a fine 140 g/m Italian rough ivory paper with 140 g/m flamingo-colored Sirio endpapers. The cover is a high quality Italian canvas with stamping on the front and spine in red.
Limited to 285 copies. 116 pages.

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MAX THÉON (1848–1927), born Louis-Maximilian Bimstein in Poland, was a Jewish occultist and a key early figure in the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. In 1885, he married Mary Chrystine Woodroffe Ware (Alma Théon), whose channeled insights into cosmic and human destiny became central to their work. The couple settled near Tlemcen, Algeria, in 1887, where they founded the Cosmic Movement. Guided by Alma’s revelations, the movement’s Paris-based disciples published the influential journal the Revue Cosmique, with most writings signed by Max Théon, or Aia Aziz (his pseudonym), in keeping with Alma’s wish for anonymity.

“THE OCCULTIST” was serialized in 1899 in the Journal du Magnétisme and has never been reprinted, either in the original French, or any other language. The current edition, fabulously translated by Daniel Kennedy, is subsidized by another piece from the Journal du Magnétisme, titled “A VISION” as well as a scholarly introduction by Andraž Marchetti.

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