1880-1929Thelema in Paris

Printable tour · 2 places

The East

Notre-Dame, then Oscar Wilde's tomb at Père-Lachaise.

On foot · about 2 h

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    Notre-DameParvis Notre-Dame, 75004 Paris · Metro Cité (4)Free accessMemorial1924

    On 22 April 1924 he visited the cathedral with Leah Hirsig, a few days before their eviction from the Hôtel de Blois.

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    Oscar Wilde's tombCimetière du Père-Lachaise, division 89, 75020 Paris · Metro Père-Lachaise (2, 3)Free accessMemorial1913-1914

    Jacob Epstein's monument, covered with a tarpaulin on the prefect's orders, was forcibly unveiled: according to some biographers on 4 November 1913, with students from the Latin Quarter, according to others in early August 1914. Crowley took away the bronze butterfly that hid the sphinx's genitals and later handed it to Epstein at the Café Royal in London. Every 5 November, Thelemites gather here to read Liber OZ together.

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