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Émile Jules Grillot called Émile-Jules Grillot de Givry (or Émile-Angelo Grillot de Givry) (5 August 1874 in Paris – 16 February 1929 in Paris) was a French Catholic man of letters and occultist, Freemason and pacifist, translator into French of numerous alchemical works including those of Paracelsus.

Biography

Son of Claude Grillot and Marie Louise Adenot^[1] he studied in Paris with the Jesuits of the Rue de Vaugirard.^[2][3] He studied music and oriental languages before becoming interested in Christian hermeticism.

Working as a music teacher, he married Virginie Doco on 2 September 1905.^[1] He also made a living teaching French and, between 1910 and 1920, as an organist in a Parisian church.

He came into contact with Parisian occult circles, with figures such as Stanislas de Guaita, Gérard Encausse and Péladan, soon becoming, although young, one of the most famous and respected Hermetic scholars.