Maurice Magre

Maurice Magre (born March 2, 1877 in Toulouse , † December 11, 1941 in Nice ) was a French poet , writer and playwright .

Career

He wrote his first poems at the age of 14. His first collection of poems was published in 1895. From 1898 four collections of poetry by him were published in Paris in loose succession. In the first half of his life he lived the life of a bohemian. Despite his dubious reputation, he became a famous and recognized author. On the occasion of the publication of one of his books in 1924, Figaro wrote: Magre is an anarchist, an individualist, a sadist, an opium addict. He has all flaws, yet he is a very great writer. One should read his work.

In the second half of his life he became interested in esotericism and "went on a spiritual search". He discovered the book The Secret Doctrine by Blavatsky , the co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and in 1935, although ill, set out on a trip to India. There he also spent some time in Pondicherry in the Ashram of Sri Aurobindo . In response to one of his letters he received a letter from him that was published under the title The Riddle of This World . In 1937 he founded the 'Société des Amis de Montségur et du Saint-Graal' together with Francis Rolt-Wheeler .

Works in German

• The blood of Toulouse: novel of a life path in the 13th century. ISBN 3-925828-07-9
• The power of the early heavens: wisdom and resistance among the Druids, Cathars and Gypsies.
• Emerald fire or the fool's love: fairy tale novel of a grail inauguration in the Pyrenees. ISBN 3-925828-00-1
• The vice of Granada: Roman [author. Transferred by Friderike M. Zweig]. - Munich: Musarion Verlag, 1928.

Works in French

Poems

• La Chanson des hommes , Bibliothèque Charpentier - 1898
• Le Poème de la jeunesse , 1901
• Les Lèvres et le secret , 1906
• Les Belles de nuit , 1913
• La Montée aux enfers , 1918
• La Porte du Mystère , Fasquelle Éditeurs 1924
• Le Parc des Rossignols , 1940

Plays

• Le Dernier Rêve
• Le Vieil Ami
• Les deux Belles de Cadix
• L'Ingrate
• Velléda
• Le Marchand de Passions - La Belle Édition 1911
• La Fille du Soleil
• Comedian
• La Mort Enchaînée - Albin Michel 1920

Pièce dramatique en 3 actes et en vers représentée pour la première fois à la Comédie Française le 8 septembre 1920

• Arlequin, 1927
• Sin
• Le Soldat de Plomb et la Danseuse de Papier
• Le Sortilège
• Le Cœur du Moulin
• L'An Mille

Novels

• L'appel de la bete , Albin Michel
• Les Colombes poignardées , Jean Fort 1917
• La Tendre Camarade , Jean Fort 1918
• Priscilla d'Alexandrie , Albin Michel 1925
• La Vie amoureuse de Messaline , Flammarion 1925
• La Vie des Courtisanes , Ed. Nouvelle, 1925
• La luxure de Grenade , 1926
• Le Mystère du Tigre , Albin Michel 1927
• Lucifer , Albin Michel 1929
• Le Roman de Confucius
• Le Sang de Toulouse - Histoire albigeoise du XII ^e siècle , Fasquelle Éditeurs 1931; Editions Robert Laffont 1972
• Le Trésor des Albigeois , Fasquelle Éditeurs 1938, Philippe Schrauben Editeurs, 1985
• Jean de Fodoas , Gallimard 1939

Aventures d'un Français à la cour de l'Empereur Akbar

• Histoire Merveilleuse de Claire d'Amour
• L'Art de Séduire les Femme
• Le Poison de Goa

various

• Pirates et Flibustiers , Grasset 1934
• Les Aventuriers de l'Amérique du Sud , Grasset 1935
• Confessions: Les Femmes, l'Amour, l'Opium, l'Idéal

Spirituality and esotericism

• Pourquoi je suis bouddhiste , 1929; Dire Éditions, 2000
• Le Livre des Lotus entr'ouverts , Fasquelle 1926
• Magiciens et Illuminés
• La Mort et la Vie Future , Ed. Charpentier 1932
• L'Amour et la Haine , Ed. La Garde
• La Clé des Choses cachées , 1953
• A la Poursuite de la Sagesse
• La Beauté Invisible , 1937
• Les Interventions surnaturelles , 1939
• Inde, Tigres, Magie et Forêts Vierges , Gallimard 1936
• Le Livre des Certitudes admirables , Édouard Aubanel, 1940
• Mélusine ou le Secret de la Solitude
• Le Livre des Visions Divines , Édouard Aubanel 1943