G. O. Mebes
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Baron Gregory von Mёbes (1868 (
Biography
Mёbes graduated in 1891 from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Saint Petersburg University and from 1904 to 1917 he taught physics, mathematics and French at the Czarskoye Selo Real school and the Nicolaevsky Gymnasium, at the women's school of the Ministry of Public Education and in the Page Corps and the Nicolaevsky Cadet Corps. He gave up his academic career and devoted himself to the study of the esotericism.
Mёbes was one of the leaders of
From 1911 to 1912 Mёbes was writing under the pen name GOM, was giving lectures in Petersburg entitled A Concise Encyclopedia of Occultism, which was following the theories of Papus. The lectures were extremely popular . There are many recollections of them which are written in the history of Russian occultism at the beginning of the century. In his lectures, GOM drew in Kabbalah and Tarot cards into a single entity, based on Arcana of the Tarot. The 11 December 1912 Mëbes initiated Nicolas Rogalev Girs (Nabusar) (1898 - 1972) in the lodge "The Star of the North" of Saint Petersburg.[4] In 1916 the name of the Order was changed in "Order of Martinist Eastern Obedience". The Chapter of the Order consisted of seven persons, and the occult magazine Isis was the official organ of the russian martinists. From 1918 to 1921, Mebes was reading lectures about the Zohar in St. Petersburg. His second wife, Maria Nesterova, lectured about the history of religion.
Initiation School of Western Esotericism
The School had an "external circle", attended by all of his students, as well as some internal groups formed according to the progress of his disciples.
In 1912, Mёbes agreed that his disciples should publish the lessons about the 22 Major Arcana of Tarot, lessons through which Mёbes introduced the key concepts of occultism. The book was published as The Course of Encyclopedia of Occultism, and the first edition sold out quickly.
After the
Posthumous spread of Mёbes's ideas
Nina Rudnikoff, a disciple of Mёbes from the internal circle groups at the School, took all of her notes from Mёbes's lessons about the Minor Arcana of Tarot with her when fleeing Russia. In
Years later, in Brazil, Sreznewska-Zelenzeff met Nadia, widow of Gabriel Iellatchitch, another disciple and friend of Mёbes, and they began living together. Nadia's brother, Alexandre Nikitin-Nevelskoy, another follower of Mёbes's School who had a profound knowledge of esotericism, subsequently moved from Chile to live with them. By combining the notes they had, the three of them reestablished the course of the Minor Arcana of Tarot in its entirety, and it was translated into Portuguese.
Some copies of the Encyclopedia reached Brazil and were read by Marta Pécher,[7] who was impressed by the book and attempted to contact former disciples of Mёbes. She translated the book into Portuguese and published it under the title Os arcanos Maiores do Tarô (The Major Arcana of Tarot), edited by Editora Pensamento.
A new English translation of the Tarot Majors course was published on 8 February 2020 by Shin Publications, incorporating notes from
Influence
Mёbes's work influenced the writer Mouni Sadhu, who acknowledged that his book, The Tarot, was based on that of Mebes,[8] and the Méditations sur les 22 arcanes majeurs du Tarot by Valentin Tomberg.[9]
Bibliography
- Ottonovich Mёbes, Gregory (1912), Encyclopedia of the Occultism (Курс Энциклопедии Оккультизма), St. Petersburg
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Notes
- ^ Letters G. O. correspond to the initials of Grigory Ottonovich (Mebes)
References
- ^ G. O. Mebes, Tarot Majors, Shin Publications, England, 2020, p. 4, n. 3
- ^ According to the testimony of B. V. Astromov-Kirichenko in 1940
- ^ Russian Freemasonry, official Site
- ^ Réception de Nicolas Rogalev Girs (Nabusar) (1898 - 1972) par Grigory Ottonovitch von Mebes
- ^ G. O. Mebes, Tarot Majors, Shin Publications, England, 2020, p. 4, n. 3
- ^ Apartment in St. Petersburg wher martinist Gregory Mebes lived -Melius Magus
- ^ Clube do taro (in Portuguese)
- ^ Mouni Sadhu, The Tarot, 1962.
- ISBN 1-58542-161-8).
- ^ Encyclopedia of the Occultism (Курс Энциклопедии Оккультизма), on WorldCat