The Cosmic Movement was the organisation established by

Max Théon Max Théon (17 November 1848 – 4 March 1927) 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 h ...

around 1900, in

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, at the instigation of his wife

Alma Théon Alma Théon (1843–1908), born Mary Chrystine Woodroffe Ware (or Miriam Lin Woodroffe), was an occultist and wife and co-worker of Max Théon. According to Max Théon, his wife was the driving force behind the Cosmic movement or Cosmic Tradition ...

, whom he declared to be the moving spirit behind the group. Its journal was the ''

Cosmic Review The Cosmic Review was the journal of the Cosmic Movement established by Max Théon around the turn of the twentieth century, at the instigation of his wife Alma Théon, who he declared to be the moving spirit behind this idea. The ''Cosmic Revie ...

''. Other publications included the ''

Cosmic Tradition ''The Cosmic Tradition'' is a series of six volumes, and also a cosmological doctrine, authored by Max and Alma Théon around the turn of the 20th century. The books, four volumes of which are available on-line in French, tell a creation myth and ...

'', and other works of the Cosmic philosophy. Among the most important of Théon's students at this time, who were involved in the Cosmic Movement, in Tlemcen and later in Paris, were

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Mirra Alfassa Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother, was a spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and c ...

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, and

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. According to

Pascal Themanlys Pascal Themanlys (27 September 1909 – 25 June 2000) was a French (later Israeli) poet, Zionist, and Kabbalist. His books on Jewish mysticism have been published in French, English and Hebrew. Pascal was born in Paris; his French parents Louis an ...

, other active contributors of the Cosmic Movement included Rene Caillie, the writer

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, the typesetter

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, the painters Jacques Blot and

Louis Bouchet Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

, the architect

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Maurice Ben Haroche Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr * Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and ...

, the Baroness of Eichthal, among others. Also interested in the cosmic work were

Tomáš Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (7 March 185014 September 1937) was a Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist, and philosopher. Until 1914, he advocated restructuring the Austro-Hungarian Empire into a federal state. With the help of ...

(who became the first President of

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), the poets

Helene Vacaresco Helene or Hélène may refer to: People *Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name *Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis *Helene (Ama ...

and

Anna de Noailles Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan) (15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933) was a French writer of Romanian and Greek descent, a poet and a socialist feminist. Biography Personal life Born Princess ...

, Dr

Serge Voronoff Serge Abrahamovitch Voronoff (russian: link=no, Сергей Абрамович Воронов; c. July 10, 1866September 3, 1951) was a French surgeon of Russian extraction who gained fame for his technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue on ...

, the occultist Edouard Schure, the psychologist

Albert von Schrenck-Notzing Albert Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing (18 May 1862 – 12 February 1929) was a German physician, psychiatrist and notable psychical researcher, who devoted his time to the study of paranormal events connected with mediumship, hypnotism and telepat ...

, the Princess of Rohan in Vienna, the Hellenist

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, General

Zinovy Peshkov Zinovy Alekseyevich Peshkov (russian: Зиновий Алексеевич Пешков, french: Zinovi Pechkoff or ''Pechkov'', 16 October 1884 – 27 November 1966) was a Russian-born French general and diplomat. Early life Born as Zalman ...

, the Marchioness Ali Maccarani of Florence, and others.

External links

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by

(in

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) Max Théon {{cosmology-stub