What is a Cagliostro?

Cagliostro (pronounced “kally-o-stro”) was famous throughout Europe in the late 18th century as a mystic, magician, Freemason, alchemist and a healer.

What happens to Cagliostro in the crystal ball?

Cagliostro, aided by Lorenza gains celebrity and repute, and is commanded to give an exhibition of his magic before the King, Louis XVI, and his Queen, Marie Antoinette. The latter, delighted with the strange wonderful things, requests to be allowed to read her own future in the crystal.

What happened to Cagliostro books and manuscripts?

His books and manuscripts had already been burned by the Church, and his reputation destroyed. Cagliostro (pronounced “kally-o-stro”) was famous throughout Europe in the late 18th century as a mystic, magician, Freemason, alchemist and a healer.

What is Cagliostro’s challenge to modern science?

That is its challenge to modern science, which is at once its offspring and its servant.” p. 77. “It is from Cagliostro’s ability ‘to transmit his powers,’ as it was termed, that the singular phenomena of modern spiritualism were developed.