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Western magi and final resting places

Lévi, the Nabis and the Golden Dawn in Montparnasse, by the Invalides and in Auteuil, Lady Caithness's salon, and the graves of Péladan and Papus.

Metro · half a day · scattered sites (about 23 km)

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Éliphas Lévi's apartment19, avenue du Maine, 75015 Paris · Metro Montparnasse – Bienvenüe (4, 6, 12, 13)Private, seen from the streetResidence1861
On 3 December 1861, the Englishman Kenneth Mackenzie, a future member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, visited Éliphas Lévi in his apartment. Lévi showed him a prophecy attributed to Paracelsus foretelling the return of the occult sciences. The account appeared in 1873 in an English Rosicrucian journal.
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Paul Ranson's studio, the Nabis' “Temple”25, boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006 Paris · Metro Montparnasse – Bienvenüe (4, 6, 12, 13) / Duroc (10, 13)Private, seen from the streetSalon1889-1890s
Every Saturday, Maurice Denis, Paul Sérusier and other Nabis met in Paul Ranson's studio, which they called the “Temple”. Their discussions gave rise to the manifesto Denis published in 1890. Steeped in theosophy and Symbolism, the group adopted names and rituals like a brotherhood.
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The Mathers' apartment – first Ahathoor temple1, avenue Duquesne, 75007 Paris · Metro Saint-François-Xavier (13) / École Militaire (8)Private, seen from the streetInitiatic order1892-1894
After settling in Paris, Samuel MacGregor Mathers and Moina Mathers lived briefly on rue de Miromesnil, then in this apartment near the Invalides. This is where the Golden Dawn's Ahathoor Temple No. 7 first met; it was consecrated on 6 January 1894 in the presence of Annie Horniman and William Wynn Westcott.
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The Mathers' villa in Auteuil – Ahathoor temple87, avenue Mozart, 75016 Paris · Metro Jasmin (9) / Ranelagh (9)Fate unknownInitiatic order1895-1900s
From 1895 the Mathers lived in a villa with three entrances (87, avenue Mozart; 43, rue Ribera; 41, rue de la Source), with a garden, a temple room decorated with Egyptian deities and private living quarters. Papus was received as a neophyte here on 23 March 1895. Crowley came here for the first time in January 1900.
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Lady Caithness's “Holyrood” mansion, Duchess of Pomar124, avenue de Wagram, 75017 Paris · Metro Wagram (3) / Pereire (3, RER C)GoneSalon1880s-1895
A wealthy widow and theosophist, Marie de Pomar, Countess of Caithness, received occult high society every Wednesday in spring and summer in her mansion, part of which imitated Holyrood Palace in Scotland. Spiritualist séances dedicated to Mary Stuart were held there, and in 1890 Jules Doinel had his Gnostic Church consecrated there.
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Grave of Joséphin Péladan, Cimetière des BatignollesCimetière des Batignolles, 8, rue Saint-Just, 75017 Paris (6e division) · Metro Porte de Clichy (13, RER C) / Brochant (13)Free accessGrave1918
Joséphin Péladan, the “Sâr”, died in June 1918 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, of food poisoning according to Churton. He is buried in the Cimetière des Batignolles. Founder of the Order of the Catholic Rose+Croix and organizer of the Salons from 1892 to 1897, he left behind a considerable body of novels.
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Grave of Papus, Père-Lachaise CemeteryCimetière du Père-Lachaise, 16, rue du Repos, 75020 Paris (93e division) · Metro Gambetta (3, 3bis) / Philippe Auguste (2)Free accessGrave1916
Gérard Encausse, known as Papus, physician, prolific author and Grand Master of the Martinist Order, died on 25 October 1916 at the age of 51. His grave, in the 93rd division of Père-Lachaise, lists his titles and bears a thought on prayer; his son, Dr. Philippe Encausse, is also buried there.
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