Giuseppe Balsamo

Misraïm actually owes its origin to the celebrated, or notorious, Count Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo, 1743–1795)—a Strict Observance Mason who was initiated in London in 1777.99And Memphis maintained a close affiliation with the Philadelphes, founded by the Strict Observance (then Rectified Scottish Rite) Mason the Marquis de Chefdebien.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

Misraïm actually owes its origin to the celebrated, or notorious, Count Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo, 1743–1795)—a Strict Observance Mason who was initiated in London in 1777.99And Memphis maintained a close affiliation with the Philadelphes, founded by the Strict Observance (then Rectified Scottish Rite) Mason the Marquis de Chefdebien.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

Misraïm actually owes its origin to the celebrated, or notorious, Count Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo, 1743–1795)—a Strict Observance Mason who was initiated in London in 1777.99And Memphis maintained a close affiliation with the Philadelphes, founded by the Strict Observance (then Rectified Scottish Rite) Mason the Marquis de Chefdebien.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

Born Giuseppe Balsamo, he took the title of Count Alessandro Cagliostro from his godmother.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Born Giuseppe Balsamo, he took the title of Count Alessandro Cagliostro from his godmother.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Count Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo), who claimed the Meccan Sharif as his father, asserted that about A.D. 1765 he had studied alchemy at Al-Madinah.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

Giuseppe Balsamo -- for such was the "count's" real name -- gave early indications of those talents which afterwards gained for him so wide a notoriety.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Giuseppe Balsamo denominato il conte di Cagliostro_ (Rome, 1791); Sierke,

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

The best account of the life, adventures and character of Giuseppe Balsamo is contained in Carlyle's _Miscellanies_.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

It has, indeed, been usual to identify him with the notorious Italian swindler, Giuseppe Balsamo, who, born at Palermo in 1743 (or 1748), apparently disappeared from mortal ken after some thirty years, of which the majority were spent in committing various crimes.

Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922