Jean Bricaud
Jean Bricaud (1881–1934), also known as Joanny Bricaud and Johannès Bricaud, was a French esoteric writer, Gnostic church leader and organiser of Memphis-Misraïm in Lyon.[1][2][3]
Writing and church leadership
Bricaud wrote on religious movements and esoteric authors. The BnF catalogue records Un disciple de Saint-Martin. Dutoit-Membrini d’après des documents inédits (1901), La petite Église anticoncordataire (1906) and studies of J.-K. Huysmans published in 1913.[1]
A homily published at Lyon in 1908 marks his elevation to the patriarchal seat of the Église gnostique universelle under the name Jean II. This contemporary publication documents his church role; it is distinct from evidence of a Masonic appointment.[2]
Memphis-Misraïm at Lyon
Bricaud’s notes record a French Sovereign Sanctuary chartered on 10 September 1919, based at Humanidad in Lyon, and a constitution adopted in 1930.[3]
He died on 21 February 1934; Constant Chevillon succeeded him in March and later continued his historical notes.[3]
Use as a historical source
Bricaud’s chronology is valuable as an account written by an office-holder, naming charters, lodges and organisational changes. Its account of succession represents the body he led; it should be compared with records from other branches when studying disputes over authority.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bibliothèque nationale de France, works catalogued under Joanny Bricaud (1881–1934).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bibliothèque nationale de France, catalogue record for Johannès Bricaud, Homélie… à l’occasion de son élévation au siège patriarcal de l’Église gnostique universelle, Lyon: Bureaux du Réveil gnostique, 1908.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jean Bricaud, historical notes on Memphis-Misraïm (1933), updated by Constant Chevillon (1938), reproduced by L’Initiation as “Historique de Memphis-Misraïm”; an account written by leaders of the rite.
Memphis-Misraïm: Overview · Misraïm · Memphis · History · Degrees and organisation · Egyptian symbolism · Organisations and recognition · Regalia and imagery · Sources and further reading
People: Bédarride brothers · Marconis de Nègre · John Yarker · Giuseppe Garibaldi · Papus · Jean Bricaud · Constant Chevillon · Robert Ambelain
Background: Hermeticism · Martinism · Masonic glossary · Comparison with related traditions