one of whom was Encausse. 1895 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn In March 1895, Encausse joined the Ahathoor Temple of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in Paris. 1901 Anti-Semitic writings In October 1901 Encausse collaborated with Jean Carrère in producing a series of articles in the Écho de Paris under the pseudonym Niet ("no" in Russian). In the articles Sergei Witte and Pyotr Rachkovsky were attacked, and it was suggested that there was a sinister financial syndicate trying to disrupt the Franco-Russian alliance. Encausse and Carrère predicted that this syndicate was a Jewish conspiracy, and the anti-Semitic nature of these articles, compounded by Encausse's known connection to the Tsar of Russia, may have contributed to the allegation that Papus was the author who forged The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. 1908 - 1913 Encausse, Reuss and paramasonry Encausse never became a regular Freemason. Despite this, he organized what was announced as an "International Masonic Conference" in Paris on June 24, 1908, and at this conference he first met Theodor Reuss, and the two men apparently exchanged patents: Reuss elevated Encausse as X° of the Ordo Templi Orientis as well as giving him license to establish a "Supreme Grand Council General of the Unified Rites of Ancient and Primitive Masonry for the Grand Orient of France and its Dependencies at Paris." For his part, Encausse assisted Reuss in the formation of the O.T.O. Gnostic Catholic Church as a child of l'Église Gnostique de France, thus forming the E.G.C. within the tradition of French neo-gnosticism. When John Yarker died in 1913, Encausse was elected as his successor to the office of Grand Hierophant (international head) of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Mizraim. Death When World War I broke out, Encausse joined the French army medical corps. While working in a military hospital, he contracted tuberculosis and died in Paris on October 25, 1916, at the age of 51. Bibliography This is a partial list of written works of Papus (Gérard Encausse) include works in French: L'Occultisme Contemporain, 1887. from Gallica Le Tarot des Bohémiens, 1889. L'Occultisme, 1890. Traité méthodique de Science Occulte, 1891. PDF scans from Google Books La Science Des Mages, 1892. PDF scans from Gallica Anarchie, Indolence et Synarchie, 1894. PDF scans from Gallica Le Diable et l'Occultisme. 1895. Traité Méthodique de La Magie Pratique, 1898. PDF scans from Gallica La Kabbale, 1903.