"Mysteries and Romances of the World's Greatest Occultists" by Cheiro (Louis Hamon)

The most famous fortuneteller of the early twentieth century tells tales of his predecessors and fellows, the great seers, occultists and mystics of the ages. Contains tales of Cagliostro, Doctor Dee, Elias Ashmole, Pierre le Clerc, Van Galgebrok, Paulo Phim, Herr Zunklehorn, Madame Gutjen Sund, Rasputin, Eusapia Palladino, Madame Blavatsky, Annie Besant, William Q. Judge, Katherine Tingley, Krishnamurti, Sir Oliver Lodge, Camille Flammarion, Hindu mystics, Pope Pius IX, and various other seers and their predictions. Also included is a section on alchemy.





CONTENTS
PART I
PREFACE
I. THE ROMANCE OF CAGLIOSTRO, ASTROLOGER, MYSTIC AND MAGICIAN
II. CAGLIOSTRO APPEARS BEFORE THE SECRET COUNCIL OF THE ROSE-CROIX
III. CAGLIOSTRO ESTABLISHES "THE EGYPTIAN RITE" IN PARIS
IV. CAGLIOSTRO BEFORE THE INQUISITION. HIS LAST YEARS IN THE DUNGEON OF SAN LEO
V. DOCTOR DEE: QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FAVOURITE SEER AND ASTROLOGER
VI. DOCTOR DEE AND HIS "FAMILIAR SPIRIT" EDWARD KELLEY
VII. ELIAS ASHMOLE, THE MYSTIC RECLUSE OF OXFORD
VIII. PIERRE LE CLERC, BENEDICTINE MONK, AND HIS PREDICTIONS OF NAPOLEON'S DESTINY
IX. VAN GALGEBROK, THE DUTCH MYSTIC, AND HIS LIFE IN LONDON
X. PAULO PHIM, THE MAN OF MYSTERY, WHO CLAIMED TO BE AN "IMMORTAL"
PART II
AN ACCOUNT OF MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH SOME OF THE OCCULT CELEBRITIES OF RECENT YEARS
XI. THE PRINCESS ZISKY OF VIENNA: HERR ZUNKLEHORN, THE GERMAN MYSTIC

XII. MADAME GUTJEN SUND, THE SWEDISH MEDIUM, AND RASPUTIN
XIII. A STRANGE EXPERIENCE WITH EUSAPIA PALLADINO OF ITALY
XIV. SOME MODERN OCCULTISTS, MADAME BLAVATSKY
XV. MRS. ANNIE BESANT, WILLIAM Q. JUDGE, MRS. KATHERINE TINGLEY AND KRISHNAMURTI
XVI. SIR OLIVER LODGE AND CAMILLE FLAMMARION
XVII. HINDU MYSTICS: THE FAKIR WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE AND A TIGER KILLED BY HYPNOTISM
XVIII. THE STRANGE CLAIRVOYANCE OF POPE PIUS IX
XIX. AN ASTROLOGER WHO PREDICTED HIS OWN DEATH
XX. A MODERN WIZARD: THE "KEELY MOTOR" AND ITS INVENTOR
XXI. PREDICTIONS VERIFIED
XXII. CAN THE FUTURE BE FORESEEN?
PART III
THE STORY OF ALCHEMY
XXIII. SOME OF THE FAMOUS ALCHEMISTS AND THEIR SEARCH FOR THE "ELIXIR OF LIFE"
XXIV. MORE ABOUT ALCHEMISTS WHO MADE GOLD
XXV. STRANGE STORIES FROM THE ALCHEMISTS
XXVI. THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GILLES DE LAVAL, THE MAN WHO MADE A COMPACT WITH THE DEVIL
LIST OF CHEIRO'S BOOKS