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The Masonic Magician: The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite
Philippa Faulks
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Description for The Masonic Magician: The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite
Paperback. Tells Cagliostro's extraordinary story, with an English translation of his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry. This book examines 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. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: VXQ; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 367.
Miracle-worker or man of straw? Count Alessandro Cagliostro was a cult figure of European society in the tumultuous years leading to the French Revolution. An alchemist, healer and freemason, he inspired both wild devotion and savage ridicule - as well as novels by Alexandre Dumas, a drama by Goethe and Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. Cagliostro's sincere belief in the magical powers, including immortality, conferred by his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry won him fame, but made him dangerous enemies, too. His celebrated travels through the Middle East and the capitals of Europe ended abruptly in Rome in 1789, where ... Read more
Miracle-worker or man of straw? Count Alessandro Cagliostro was a cult figure of European society in the tumultuous years leading to the French Revolution. An alchemist, healer and freemason, he inspired both wild devotion and savage ridicule - as well as novels by Alexandre Dumas, a drama by Goethe and Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. Cagliostro's sincere belief in the magical powers, including immortality, conferred by his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry won him fame, but made him dangerous enemies, too. His celebrated travels through the Middle East and the capitals of Europe ended abruptly in Rome in 1789, where ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Watkins Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786780133
SKU
V9781786780133
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About Philippa Faulks
PHILIPPA FAULKS isan author, ghost writer, freelance editor and journalist. She has written eight books, including the best-sellingThe Masonic Magician: the Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and his Egyptian Rite(Watkins Publishing, 2008)A Handbook for the Freemason's Wife, The Secrets of Meditation, Henna Magic, Modern MantrasandThe Zen Diet;also included areseveral other titles I wasghost writer for. She has editedmany books ... Read more
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