Biography:Lucie Grange
Lucie Grange | |
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| Born | Lucie Poujoulat 1839 Saint-Étienne, France |
| Died | 31 December 1908 Paris, France |
| Pen name | Habimélah |
| Occupation | |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse | Adolphe Grange (d. 1886) |
Lucie Grange (née Poujoulat; 1839 - 31 December 1908) was a French medium and feminist prophet, her mystic name being Habimélah. She was the founder and editor of a monthly spiritualist journal, La Lumière.[1]
Biography
Lucie Poujoulat was born in 1839, in Saint-Étienne. During the Second French Empire, she was a Republican and her husband, Adolphe Grange,[2] was a freemason. Both joined the spiritist movement in 1876, and in 1882, founded the monthly paper, La Lumière, a type of Republican spiritist publication. Advertised as a journal set on covering spiritualism in all its aspects, it boasted that highly competent writers contributed to its pages.[3] Readers could not become subscribers but could join a "knighthood" offering free subscriptions to the publication for those who were not able to pay.[4] She was part of the governing body of the "Societe de Librairie Spirte".[5] Grange also wrote articles for La Lumière, such as "Dathan de Saint-Cyr, Publiciste, Poète, Explorateur." (February, 1904).[6]
After she was widowed in April 1886, Grange became a medium and created her own movement, a kind of religion for the communion of love based on fluidic energy.[7] She then declared herself a prophet and affirmed that Mary, Moses, and Saint John had called her "Lumière" (Light) and charged her with guiding men using the mystic name, "Habimelah", or shortened to "Hab".[8]
Grange saw the poet Virgil very distinctly, and published this account in the 25 September 1884 issue of her magazine:—"Virgil, crowned with laurels. A strong face, rather long, prominent nose with a lump on one side, dark grey eyes, dark brown hair. He is clothed in a long robe. Virgil has the appearance of a strong healthy man. As he appeared to me he repeated the Latin line: 'Tu Marcellus eris'."[9] She believed in the coming of a "new Eve" responsible for restoring her primitive androgenism to God, and she campaigned for women's rights.[10] She died 31 December 1908, in Paris.
References
- ↑ (in en) Index to the Periodical Literature of the World. Review of reviews. 1893. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnM_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA60. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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- ↑ Collectif (2006) (in fr). Politica hermetica no 20 L'ésotérisme au féminin. Lausanne: L'AGE D'HOMME. p. 60. ISBN 978-2-8251-3714-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=WLQ4AEbvl24C&pg=PA60. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ (in en) Light. 5. Eclectic Publishing Company. 1885. p. 9. https://books.google.com/books?id=mX84AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR9. Retrieved 15 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Sharp, Lynn L. (2006) (in en). Secular Spirituality: Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-century France. Lexington Books. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7391-1339-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=CsFbaq9ysOIC&pg=PA194. Retrieved 15 January 2022. "0-sharp-2006"
- ↑ Peebles, James Martin (1903) (in en). What is Spiritualism, who are These Spiritualist, and what Has Spiritualism Done for the World?. Peebles Institute Print. https://books.google.com/books?id=gT45AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA102. Retrieved 15 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Cundall, Frank (1908). Institute of Jamaica Library. ed (in en). Supplement to Bibliographia Jamaicensis. Institute of Jamaica. p. 32. https://books.google.com/books?id=s7oCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32. Retrieved 15 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Introvigne, Massimo (29 August 2016) (in en). Satanism: A Social History. BRILL. p. 188. ISBN 978-90-04-24496-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=nt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA118. Retrieved 15 January 2022. "0-introvigne-2016"
- ↑ Guénon, René (2003) (in en). The Spiritist Fallacy. Sophia Perennis. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-900588-72-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4vf-jYERGR0C&pg=PA282. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ Delanne, Gabriel (1904). "THE PORTRAIT OF VIRGIL" (in en). Evidence for a Future Life: ("L'âme Est Immortelle"). Putnam. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-524-00829-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=KMYOKKK7c48C&pg=PA63. Retrieved 15 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Chantin, Jean-Pierre (2001) (in fr). Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine. Beauchesne. ISBN 978-0-7010-1418-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=chQ-z_5EYIkC. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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