French esotericist; founder of the Martinist Order 1887; member of the Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose+Croix 1888; head of the Memphis-Misraim Egyptian-Masonic rite revival 1908. Personal occult counselor to Tsar Nicholas II 1900-1905 — an extraordinary documented access of a French esotericist to the Russian autocrat at the geopolitical pivot of the 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention. The Martinist network became part of the structural-spiritual infrastructure of the Triple Entente's Russian-French side. Died 1916 during WWI medical service. (Claim WiU-4-009.)
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