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  • Either the Count de Saint-Germain or Cagliostro is considered to be the author of 'La Très Sainte Trinosophie' (The Most Holy Three-fold Wisdom), from the latter half of the 18th century.

    - Boing Boing 2006

  • Franco favorite Howard Vernon appears in one of his most interesting and unforgettable roles in The Rites of Frankenstein playing a hypnotist called Cagliostro, undoubtedly named after the infamous Italian occultist.

    Jess Franco’s Rites of Frankenstein (1972) 2008

  • Franco favorite Howard Vernon appears in one of his most interesting and unforgettable roles in The Rites of Frankenstein playing a hypnotist called Cagliostro, undoubtedly named after the infamous Italian occultist.

    Party Tips from Phyllis Diller 2008

  • "Cagliostro," however, was unsatisfied with its rituals and devised a new system which he called Egyptian Masonry.

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • In 1776 Cagliostro and his wife were in London, where "Cagliostro" became a Freemason, joining a lodge connected with "The Order of Strict Observance," a secret society incorporated with Freemasonry, and which (on the Continent, at least) was concerned largely with occult subjects.

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • That "Cagliostro" is rightfully placed in the category of pseudo-alchemists is certain, but it also appears equally certain that, charlatan though he was, posterity has not always done him that justice which is due to all men, however bad they may be.

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • It is, however, unfortunately marred by a ridiculous attempt to show a likeness between "Cagliostro" and Swedenborg, for which, by the way, Mr. Trowbridge has already been criticised by the Spectator.

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • We have those, who, although they did not enrich the science of Chemistry with any new discoveries, were, nevertheless, regarded as masters of the Hermetic Art; and, finally, we have alchemists of the Edward Kelley and "Cagliostro" type, whose main object was their own enrichment at their neighbours 'expense.

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • At Strasburg "Cagliostro" came into contact with the Cardinal de Rohan, and a fast friendship sprang up between the two, which, in the end, proved "Cagliostro's" ruin.

    Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922

  • I haven't a very high opinion of it as a medical authority, as it has "Cagliostro" written on it from cover to cover; but as a humorous journal it is 'way ahead of anything since the "Wax Wurx" of Artemus Ward.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 1905

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