EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 49 MIN
The Morning of the Magicians: Fantastic Realism, Alchemy and the Occult
from French Weird · host Russell Williams
In this episode host Russell Williams thinks about Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier's book Le Matin des magiciens (1960), translated into English as The Morning of the Magicians or The Dawn of Magic. This is a book that Colin Wilson described as "a curious hodgepodge", "a series of wild speculations on magic; alchemy, telepathy, prophecy, strange cults, the Great Pyramid, Hitler's astrologers, the Cabala, flying saucers and a thousand other topics". He's not wrong.For more information, visit www.frenchweird.com Reading listPauvels, Louis & Berger, Jacques, Le Matin des magiciens, Gallimard, 1960Purdom, Clayton, "Weird Nonfiction", Los Angeles Review of Books, September 27, 2024, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/weird-nonfiction/If you'd like to send French Weird a short voice note, you can do so here
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In this episode host Russell Williams thinks about Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier's book Le Matin des magiciens (1960), translated into English as The Morning of the Magicians or The Dawn of Magic. This is a book that Colin Wilson described as "a curious hodgepodge", "a series of wild speculations on magic; alchemy, telepathy, prophecy, strange cults, the Great Pyramid, Hitler's astrologers, the Cabala, flying saucers and a thousand other topics". He's not wrong. For more information, visi...
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