Book chapter: Re-enchanting the Fin-de-siècle in PARIS 1900 (MISTERICA)
This book is born from the first edition of the seminar series ”A look at the end of the century” organized by the Autonomous University of Madrid and Heresy and Beauty Culture.
Research article: The Theodicy of Art: Peladan’s Promethean Lucifer
The monstrous Satan languishing in Dante’s Ninth Circle of Hell and Milton’s disgraced rebel angel may be among the most familiar forms given to Lucifer in Western culture, but from the eighteenth century onwards, a more Promethean figure emerged, whom many Romantic poets, artists and authors sought to redeem.
Article: Hidden in Plain Sight: Josephin Peladan’s Religion of Art
Published in Abraxas International Art Journal for Esoteric Studies #5 (London: Fulgur, 2014)Article written for Abraxas #5, with an overview of Péladan’s life and work, focusing particularly on the element of secrecy – and lack thereof – in his...
Research article: Mages and Fairies: J. Péladan’s Initiation for the Masses
Published in Pomegranate International Journal of Pagan Studies 2012:...
Research article: Renaissance Hieroglyphs of Nature (2011)
Using Maier’s work as a case study, this paper outlines the significance that the understanding of Nature held for Renaissance humanists in their search for a philosophia perennis, tracing the elaborate interconnections between this ’emblematic worldview,’ and Renaissance art, philosophical, and religious thought.
Article: Symbolist Art and the French Occult Revival (2011)
Usually consigned to a footnote or a few lines in scholarly overviews of Rosicrucianism or the French occult revival, as a historical figure Péladan’s defining characteristic is that of contradiction and paradox.
Research article: Corfu, Crucible of Change and Masonic Secrets (2009)
Following a sketch of some of Corfu’s earlier background, this paper focuses on the period between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, outlining the main events and figures in the build-up to the Greek War of Independence (1821-1828) and the Corfiot and Masonic role in its inception.
New book: Atalanta Unveiled
