Elephas Levi (the pen name of Abbe Louis Constant, 1810-1875) was one of the leading occultists of the 19th century. For most of his life he was a Roman Catholic priest; even after he was defrocked in 1844, his views continued to have a strong Catholic influence. His books, translated into English after his death, were essential to the development of other occultists such as Albert Pike, Helena Blavatsky, A.E. Waite, and Aleister Crowley.
"Paradoxes of the Highest Science" was the first of Levi's books to be translated into English. (The original French version was published in 1856.)...
Elephas Levi (the pen name of Abbe Louis Constant, 1810-1875) was one of the leading occultists of the 19th century. For most of his life he was a Rom...
