Cosmic Review
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The Cosmic Review was the journal of the Cosmic Movement
established by Max Theon
around the turn of the twentieth century, at the instigation of his wife Alma Theon
, who he declared to be the moving spirit behind this idea.
The Cosmic Review was intended for the "study and re-establishment of the original Tradition", and became the Movement's mouthpiece. Its first editor was Charles Barlet; and Theon, under the name of Aia Aziz, was its Director. Later Mirra Alfassa
took over the role of editor.
The Theons and their students published a number of articles and narratives in the seven years of the Cosmic Review - from January 1902 to December 1908. Following the death of Alma in 1908, Theon suspended production of the magazine.
The Cosmic Review is currently available in French, published by Aken Editions.
Cosmic Movement
The Cosmic Movement was the organisation established by Max Theon around 1900, in Tlemcen, Algeria, at the instigation of his wife Alma Theon, whom he declared to be the moving spirit behind the group. Its journal was the Cosmic Review...
established by Max Theon
Max Theon
Max Théon perhaps born Louis-Maximilian Bimstein, was a Polish Jewish Kabbalist and Occultist. In London while still a young man, he inspired The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor in 1884, but seemed to have little to do with the day to day running of the organisation, or indeed its actual teachings...
around the turn of the twentieth century, at the instigation of his wife Alma Theon
Alma Theon
Alma Theon , born Mary Chrystine Woodroffe Ware , was an occultist and clairvoyant, and wife and co-worker of Max Theon....
, who he declared to be the moving spirit behind this idea.
The Cosmic Review was intended for the "study and re-establishment of the original Tradition", and became the Movement's mouthpiece. Its first editor was Charles Barlet; and Theon, under the name of Aia Aziz, was its Director. Later Mirra Alfassa
Mirra Alfassa
-Early life:Mirra Alfassa was born in Paris in 1878, of a Turkish Jewish father, Maurice, and an Egyptian Jewish mother, Mathilde. She had an elder brother named Matteo. The family migrated to France the year before she was born. For the first eight years of her life she lived at 62 boulevard...
took over the role of editor.
The Theons and their students published a number of articles and narratives in the seven years of the Cosmic Review - from January 1902 to December 1908. Following the death of Alma in 1908, Theon suspended production of the magazine.
The Cosmic Review is currently available in French, published by Aken Editions.
External links
- Aken Editions catalogue - includes the Cosmic Review
- Le Mouvement Cosmique by Pascal ThemanlysPascal ThemanlysPascal Themanlys was a French poet, Zionist, and Kabbalist. His books on Jewish mysticism have been published in French, English and Hebrew....
(in FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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