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Le Chevalier Henry-Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux

1805-1878

Le Chevalier Henry-Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux

(French: Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux)

(22 April 1805 − 5 October 1878)

French writer. Trained in diplomacy. Served at the Court of King Charles X. Retired to his native town during revolution of 1830, and devoted himself to archaeological, religious and spiritistic studies. Ardent Catholic and prolific writer, whose passion for accumulating factual data from the civilizations of the past was used to great advantage by H.P.B. in her discussions of magic. Chief work: Dieu et les Dieux (1854); also *La Magie au XIXme siecle, ses agents, ses verites, ses mensonges (1860). (BCW 1:464).

His Moeurs et pratiques des démons appeared in Paris in 1854, with a revised second edition in 1865. Other works are referenced in BCW V, 374-375. (BCW 2:530).

His works cited here are Mœurs et pratiques des démons (1854; second edition, 1865) and Les Hauts Phénomènes de la magie (1864), both published in Paris. (BCW 3:509-510).

The bibliography lists Mœurs et pratiques des démons (1854), La Magie au XIXe siècle (1860) and Les Hauts Phénomènes de la Magie (1864). (BCW 4:648).

French Catholic writer (1805-1878), formerly attached to the court of Charles X. Devoted himself to religious, archaeological and spiritistic studies; Blavatsky drew on the historical material collected in his writings on magic, including Dieu et les Dieux and Les Hauts Phénomènes de la Magie. (BCW 5:374-375).

His Les médiateurs et les moyens de la magie appeared at Paris in 1863. Zirkoff explains that “Le Fantôme humain” and “Le Monde magique” denote a portion of that work and a descriptive title, rather than separate books. (BCW 7:373).

Bibliographical references include: Moeurs et pratiques des démons. Paris, 1854; 2nd rev. ed. Paris: H. Pion, 1865 (BCW 8:438).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Гужено де Муссо, Роже
• Wikipedia: Henri Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux

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