Mario Roso de Luna (
Logrosán
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, March 15, 1872 –
Madrid
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, November 8, 1931) was a Spanish lawyer, theosophist, journalist, writer, freemason and astrologist.
Biography
Known as the "Red Magician of Logrosán", Roso liked to define himself as a "
Theosophist
Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion ...
" and an "Ateneist", relating to his membership in the
Ateneo de Madrid
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, together with other important figures of the period, such as
Miguel de Unamuno
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His major philosophical essa ...
and
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As a Theosophist he realized a tremendous amount of educative work. He translated all of
Helena Blavatsky's work to Spanish and wrote a large set of his own books.
In his books Roso applies theosophical ideas to many subjects, such as musicology (''Beethoven, teósofo, Wagner, mitólogo y ocultista''), One Thousand and One Nights (''El velo de Isis''), Totalitarianism (''La Humanidad y los Césares''), Sexology (''Aberraciones psíquicas del sexo''), Precolombine myths (''La ciencia hierática de los mayas'') and Spanish Folklore (''El libro que mata a la Muerte'').
In 1928 he founded, together with
Eduardo Alfonso, the
Schola Philosophicae Initiationis.
He died in November, 1931, of an unknown disease. His last words were said to have been "''No man is indispensable. Don't cry over me. The only way you can honor my memory is to continue my work! exceed it!"''
External links
New Acropolis Spain page about Mario Roso de Luna (In Spanish)Homage to Roso de Luna (In Spanish)
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1872 births
1931 deaths
Spanish male writers
Spanish Freemasons