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The Masonic magician, the life and death of Count Cagliostro and his Egyptian rite, Philippa Faulks, Robert LD Cooper

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The Masonic magician, the life and death of Count Cagliostro and his Egyptian rite, Philippa Faulks, Robert LD Cooper

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Masonic magician

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bibliography

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Philippa Faulks, Robert LD Cooper

Sub title

the life and death of Count Cagliostro and his Egyptian rite

Summary

Count Alessandro 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 he was arrested by the Inquisition and condemned to death for heresy. 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

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adult

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