Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00439)

Ali Hassan wrote:
> > 	After Joey "The Count" Balsamo got tossed from the courts of Europe,
> > the line between stage magic and real magic became more clearly
> > delineated.
> I'm pretty sure Blavatsky stated in the last years of her life, that 
> Balsamo was in no way related to Cagliostro, if that's who you're referring 
> to. 
I've read what Blavatsky wrote about Cagliostro (yes, that's the one 
I'm talking about). Remember, her information was largely second hand; 
he was long gone before she was born. At best, he was a mystic who used 
magic tricks to get attention (stage magic, that is; see why it's useful 
to differentiate between magic and magick?).

Bart