Frabato le magicien franz bardon biography

Czech occult writer (–)

Franz Bardon (1 December – 10 July ) was a Czech occultist and student and teacher of Hermetics.

Life and death

He was born in Troppau (Opava), Austrian Silesia. Bardon continued his work in the fields of Hermetics until when he was arrested and imprisoned in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

Bardon died from pancreatitis on 10 July while in the custody of police.^[1]

Works

Bardon is best known for his three volumes on Hermeticmagic. These volumes are Initiation Into Hermetics, The Practice of Magical Evocation and The Key to the True Kabbalah.

Franz Bardon - Wikipedia

An additional fourth work attributed to him by the title of Frabato the Magician, has been supposed by many of his students to be a disguised autobiography. Though the book lists its author as Bardon, it was actually written by his secretary, Otti Votavova. While some elements of the story are based on Bardon's real life experience, most of the book was written as an occultnovel with