Déodat Roché
Déodat Roché (13 December 1877 – 12 January 1978) was a French magistrate, philosopher, anthroposophy, freemason and historian of Catharism. Life Early career Born in Arques, Aude, Arques, he became preoccupied with esotericism, esoteric and spiritual questions at a young age. From 1890 onwards he and his father studied contemporary occultism, occult authors such as Fabre d'Olivet, Papus, Édouard Schuré, Paul Sédir, Allan Kardec and Léonce-Eugène Fabre des Essarts, Fabre des Essarts. Aged 14 he learned of the Albigensian Crusade in his region of France, leading to an interest in the history and doctrines of the Cathars. In 1896 he joined Papus' "Groupe indépendant d'études ésotériques" and began corresponding with Sédir. In 1898 he was initiated into the Martinism, Martinist Order by doctor Louis-Sophrone Fugairon and in 1899 joined Jules Doinel's Gnostic Church of France, in which he was ordained a deacon in 1901 and bishop of Carcassonne under the title "His Greatn ...
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