The Papus Bust

Papus, born Gerard Encausse on July 13, 1865, was the Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order.

Despite his heavy involvement in occultism and occultist groups, Encausse managed to find time to pursue more conventional academic studies at the University of Paris. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1894 upon submitting a dissertation on Philosophical Anatomy. He opened a clinic in the rue Rodin which was quite successful.

Not content to limit his efforts to the spiritual realm, Encausse joined the French army medical corps when World War I broke out. While working in a military hospital, he contracted tuberculosis and died in Paris on October 25, 1916, at the age of 51.

This bust celebrates one of the most prolific esotericists of all time in stunning detail.