LE GRAND-OEUVRE ALCHIMIQUE BROCHURE DE PROPAGANDE DE LA SOCIETE ALCHIMIQUE [THE ALCHEMICAL GREAT WORK PROPAGANDA BROCHURE OF THE ALCHEMICAL SOCIETY]
Book Details + Condition: Lucien Bodin (Paris). First Edition, 1901. Softcover pamphlet. 44 pages. Written in the original French. Castelot's signature work on alchemy, in which he proposes combining chemistry and metaphysics to create a new scientific discipline called "hyperchemistry". For more on F. Jollivet Castelot, please see below. Wear to scarce original paper covers, with old stamps and tape present; binding tape was added (in the past); chipping to covers.
F. Jollivet Castelot (1874 - 1937) French occultist and alchemist who promoted hyperchemistry, a discipline combining metaphysics with operative chemistry. He also taught hylozoism a monistic doctrine according to which matter, soul, life and energy are one. Castelot was founder and president of the Société alchimique de France, founder and director of the magazine L'Hyperchimie (from August 1896 to April 1900). He participated in the Martinist reviews L'Initiation, Le Voile d'Isis, and frequented the Occultist circles of Paris and also associated with Papus.
