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Cagliostro, Prodiges et Sortilèges
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781788943307
Publisher: Discovery Publ
Published: Jan 14 2019
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
Cagliostro aimait à étaler ses prestiges aux yeux de la multitude, il ne se cachait pas. Il opérait à la face des croyants, comme à la face des incrédules, dans les loges de la franc-maçonnerie qui réunissaient ses plus enthousiastes adeptes, comme dans les soupers des derniers encyclopédistes et de leurs successeurs, la société la plus sceptique de la capitale. Soit qu'il triomphât, à son arrivée en France, dans cette entrée solennelle dont nous ayons essayé de tracer le tableau, soit que, quittant le royaume, vaincu, mais non brisé, il étendît sa main souveraine sur les cinq mille croyants agenouillés devant lui sur la plage de Boulogne, Cagliostro nous apparaît sans cesse au grand jour et au grand soleil.
Par suite de cette liberté laissée à chacun d'examiner ses actes, nous savons aujourd'hui en quoi consistaient les prodiges qu'il avait rapportés de l'Orient. Nous devons à ce personnage extraordinaire une reconnaissance particulière, car il nous a permis de retrouver l'origine de manifestations prétendues surnaturelles: l'hypnotisme de Braid, et toutes les variantes de ce phénomène prônées par M. Philips et autres, sont renouvelés des miroirs magiques de Cagliostro; les discours et les révélations des médiums, sont renouvelés de ses colombes. Et ces prodiges eux-mêmes, Cagliostro les avait trouvés chez les sorciers de l'Orient, pendant son séjour en Égypte. Ainsi nous avons pu recomposer la longue chaîne de ces prestiges, dont le premier anneau remonte aux temps reculés de l'Orient mystique.
Note de l'éditeur: Afin d'être plus agréable lors de la lecture, cet ouvrage est au format Beau Livre. Dans la même optique, le papier est de couleur crème, ce qui fatigue beaucoup moins les yeux que le papier blanc. Toutes nos publications font l'objet d'un travail soigné tant au niveau typographique qu'au niveau du design.
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