Eugène Canseliet
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Eugène Léon Canseliet was a French
writer
and alchemist
. He was the only student of the mysterious alchemist known as Fulcanelli
, and may have been Fulcanelli himself. He wrote the preface for each of his alleged master's books (Le mystère des cathédrales and Les demeures philosophales).
France
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writer
Writer
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and alchemist
Alchemist
An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy. Alchemist may also refer to:-People and groups:*The Alchemist , a hip hop music producer and rapper*Alchemist , an Australian progressive metal band...
. He was the only student of the mysterious alchemist known as Fulcanelli
Fulcanelli
Fulcanelli is almost certainly a pseudonym assumed, during the early 20th century, by a French alchemist and esoteric author, whose identity is still debated. The name Fulcanelli seems to be a play on words: Vulcan the ancient Roman god of fire plus El, a Canaanite name for God and so the Sacred Fire...
, and may have been Fulcanelli himself. He wrote the preface for each of his alleged master's books (Le mystère des cathédrales and Les demeures philosophales).
Selected works
- Deux logis alchimiques, en marge de la science et de l'histoire. ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Jean Schemit, 1945, in-8, 157 p. Nouvelle édition augmentée à Paris, chez Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1979, 344 p. - Alchimie, études diverses de symbolisme hermétique et de pratique philosophale, Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1964, in-8, 285 p. Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée, Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1978, 401 p.
- L'Alchimie et son ″Livre muet" (″Mutus LiberMutus LiberMutus Liber was an alchemical text published in France in the later half of the 17th century. It professed to outline, through a series of mystical illustrations, a method of manufacturing the Philosopher's Stone...
″). Introduction et commentaires par Eugène Canseliet, Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1967, in-4, 140 p. - L'Alchimie expliquée sur ses textes classiques, Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1972, 312 p.