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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joséphin Péladan has received more than 149,036 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Joséphin Péladan is the 31st most popular occultist (down from 28th in 2019), the 2,267th most popular biography from France (down from 2,083rd 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 Franz Bardon, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Nina Kulagina, Alice Bailey, and Algernon Blackwood. After him are A. E. Waite, Elias Ashmole, Dion Fortune, Otto Witte, Israel Regardie, and Tituba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Joséphin Péladan ranks 57. Before him are Mélanie Bonis, Caran d'Ache, Roland Bonaparte, Ethel Smyth, Pandita Ramabai, and John L. Sullivan. After him are William Henry Pickering, Gustaf Kossinna, Ye Wanyong, Maximilien Luce, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Archibald Gracie IV. Among people deceased in 1918, Joséphin Péladan ranks 73. Before him are Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Yevno Azef, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Noman Çelebicihan, and John L. Sullivan. After him are Alexey Kaledin, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Charlie Soong, Roman Malinovsky, and Radko Dimitriev.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joséphin Péladan ranks 2,267 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Massu (1908), Guy de Rothschild (1909), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Madeleine Béjart (1615), Germain of Paris (496), and René Caillié (1799). After him are Yann Tiersen (1970), Bernard Collomb (1930), Julien Gracq (1910), Roland Petit (1924), Matthieu Ricard (1946), and Sophie Blanchard (1778).

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Among OCCULTISTS In France

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

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