![Men of Mystery: Raymond Abellio & Jean Parvulesco – Their Vision of a New Europe PHILIP COPPENS Geopolitica.ru](https://i0.wp.com/kolozeg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/incredibila-viata-a-romanului-jean-parvulesco-care-a-imaginat-un-kNyR7Y.jpeg?resize=795%2C385&ssl=1)
Raymond Abellio claimed that the Flemish occultist S.U. Zanne, pseudonym of Auguste Van de Kerckhove (1838-1923), was amongst the greatest initiates of the modern era. But hardly anyone knows who he is. Some have placed Abellio in the same category – he too is a great unknown for most. And those that have looked at Abellio largely conclude that he was a French fascist politician with an interest in esotericism. Was he? Part of the problem is that Abellio’s writings – like that of so many alchemists – need a key. So much of their material is coded text, and Abellio himself used to laugh that most people’s keys “only opened their own doors” – not his. Who was he really, and what were his true political aims?