Background
Louis Pauwels was born on August 2, 1920 in Paris, France. He was the son of a Belgian middle-class man who divorced his mother two years after Pauwels's birth.
(Gurdjieff was one of the most unusual and powerful spirit...)
Gurdjieff was one of the most unusual and powerful spiritual teachers of the 20th century. More than sixty years after his death many of his ideas and methods have per- colated into the mainstream of contemporary spiritual teachings. Yet, no one has been able to duplicate the profound effect he had on his students and followers. His case is both an example and a warning of the inherent power of esoteric teaching methods. In the hands of enlightened teachers they can lead students to new levels of self-knowledge and inner development. Used incorrectly they can cause irreparable damage and unnecessary suffering.
https://www.amazon.com/Gurdjieff-1ST-Thus-Louis-Pauwels/dp/B000VREMRY/?tag=2022091-20
1954
(Can we rediscover the secrets of the alchemists? Was ther...)
Can we rediscover the secrets of the alchemists? Was there a previous atomic age? Is humanity evolving toward some kind of superhumanity? Will future governments behave as secret societies? The questions of a fevered imagination? Not for the two authors who spent six years prospecting in that strange country that lies beyond the frontiers of rational, "scientific" wisdom. They believe it is vital for us to pose these questions and others even more disturbing. The Morning of the Magicians is a compendium of dark and peculiar true stories - an enthralling introduction to the puzzles of occult knowledge. This classic of the New Age, written by the founders of the "Ancient Astronaut" thesis, featured on TV shows like Ancient Aliens, quickly became a best-seller in many languages and continues to inform us today.
https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Magicians-Dawn-Magic-ebook/dp/B07D23GKM8/?tag=2022091-20
1960
(Are we older and wiser than we know? Why must humanity an...)
Are we older and wiser than we know? Why must humanity and its history necessarily be young? Why do we impose this ideological limitation when there is so much evidence for mankind's perpetual recurrence? Is there any proof that any cultures are irrevocably mortal? There are cultures that apparently flowered for thousands of years. Some of the cultures that we call primitive have already existed for so long that they seem to have no beginning and no end. Could they actually be immortal? Might not the truth be that during past ages, man has often tried to climb the rungs of the ladder that lead to a high immortal culture but has slipped and fallen? Perhaps we are even now in the process of building a culture that will know immortality on Earth and in heaven. Perhaps within the cynical, doom-ridden attitudes fashionable today lie the seeds of imagination needed to see the possibilities of a "plastic" reality, where photons can - through observation - bend to our collective will.
https://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Man-Ancient-Aliens-Evolution/dp/B07DF8TY6Z/?tag=2022091-20
1970
Louis Pauwels was born on August 2, 1920 in Paris, France. He was the son of a Belgian middle-class man who divorced his mother two years after Pauwels's birth.
Louis Pauwels excelled at school. His degree was interrupted by the beginning of the Second World War.
Louis Pauwels was a teacher at Athis-Mons from 1939 to 1945. From 1945 to 1949 he served as a journalist at Combat, a newspaper, and was the editor in chief from 1949 to 1952. From 1952 to 1956 he was the editor of Arts. In the fifties, he made a surprise move to the women's magazine Marie France. From 1956 to 1961 Pauwels was the editor of this literary magazine.
In the early sixties, he got together with Jacques Bergier, and together they wrote The Morning of the Magicians, a 600-page treatise looking at bizarre civilisations and phenomena. Published in 1961, the book became an instant bestseller. He then started Planete, a magazine relying on the same blend: popular science, science fiction, esotericism, a soupcon of eroticism and his own belief in "realisme fantastique". He was the editor with Jacques Bergier of Planete magazine and Editions Planete, a publishing house, from 1961 to 1978. From 1978 to 1993 he was a founder and chief editor Le Figaro Magazine.
(Can we rediscover the secrets of the alchemists? Was ther...)
1960(Are we older and wiser than we know? Why must humanity an...)
1970(Gurdjieff was one of the most unusual and powerful spirit...)
1954(This is a collection of poetry.)
1989Louis Pauwels was an active member of the French Resistance movement and a leader in French New Right movement.
Louis Pauwels was a member of the Institut de France, the Academie des Beaux-Arts.
In 1941 Louis Pauwels married Suzanne Bregeon. They had one son and one daughter. Later, they divorced. On July 27, 1956 he married Elina Labourdette.