Gérard Encausse dit PAPUS

Papus (Gérard Encausse) (1865–1916) was a French physician, occultist, and prolific author who became one of the leading figures of the late nineteenth-century esoteric revival. A founder of the Martinist Order, he wrote extensively on tarot, Kabbalah, ceremonial magic, and mysticism, profoundly influencing modern Western occultism.