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Joséphin Péladan

1858 - 1918

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Joséphin Péladan (28 March 1858 – 27 June 1918) was a French novelist and Rosicrucian who later briefly joined the Martinist order led by Papus (Gérard Encausse). His father was a journalist who had written on prophecies, and professed an esoteric-aesthetic form of Rosicrucianism and universalist Catholicism. He established the Salon de la Rose + Croix for painters, writers, and musicians sharing his artistic ideals, the Symbolists in particular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joséphin Péladan is the 31st most popular occultist, the 2,220th most popular biography from France (up from 2,268th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Joséphin Péladan ranks 31 out of 41. Before him are Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Nina Kulagina, Alice Bailey, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Stanislas de Guaita, and Charles Webster Leadbeater. After him are Franz Bardon, Michael Scot, Algernon Blackwood, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Dion Fortune, and Israel Regardie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Joséphin Péladan ranks 61. Before him are John Russell, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Bonar Law, Roland Bonaparte, and Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães. After him are Caran d'Ache, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Jenő Hubay, William Stanley Jr., Maximilien Luce, and Medardo Rosso. Among people deceased in 1918, Joséphin Péladan ranks 68. Before him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Yevno Azef, August Oetker, Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Moisei Uritsky, and Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia. After him are Roman Malinovsky, George Mary Searle, Charles W. Fairbanks, Hermann von Eichhorn, Radko Dimitriev, and Alexey Kaledin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joséphin Péladan ranks 2,220 out of 6,770. Before him are Yves Rocher (1930), Jean Goujon (1510), Lothair II of Italy (1000), David Ginola (1967), Pierre Fournier (1906), and Maurice Couve de Murville (1907). After him are Eustache Deschamps (1346), Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), Jean Paulhan (1884), Nicholas of Verdun (1130), César Baldaccini (1921), and John, Duke of Touraine (1398).

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Among OCCULTISTS In France

Among occultists born in France, Joséphin Péladan ranks 6. Before him are Nostradamus (1503), Éliphas Lévi (1810), Allan Kardec (1804), Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743), and Stanislas de Guaita (1861).

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