(1865 – 1916 e.v.) by T. Apiryon Gérard Encausse, usually known by his pseudonym “Papus,” was a Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism. Encausse’s pseudonym “Papus” was taken from Lévi’s “Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana” (supplement to Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie) and means “physician.” Papus is primarily remembered as an … Continue reading Docteur Gérard Encausse