Joséphin Péladan (1858 - 1918)

Joséphin (Joseph) Péladan, called "Sâr" Péladan (28 March 1858 - 27 June 1918) was a French writer and occultist. In 1888 he founded the Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix in Paris with Stanislas de Guaita, but broke with Guaita in 1890 because of his satanic views and founded the Catholic Rosicrucian order Ordre de la Rose-Croix Catholique.