French occultist born Alphonse Louis Constant, who modernized Western ceremonial magic and linked the Tarot to Kabbalah. His writings became the foundational grammar for 19th-century occult revival and influenced every subsequent Western esoteric movement.
Systematized Western ceremonial magic, introduced the Kabbalistic correspondence of Tarot to the Hebrew alphabet, and coined the term 'occultism' as a discipline. His Baphomet image became iconic.
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