The Book that Kills Death

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Spanish polymath Don Mario Raimundo Antonio Roso de Luna (1872-1931) known as the Red Magician of Logrosán synthesizes his knowledge of theosophy Freemasonry astronomy archeology musicology history linguistics literature and mythology in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Book That Kills Death or the Book of Jinas</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> a sweeping survey of mankind's relationship with the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>jinas</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> the entities of the otherworld. These beings are an early instance of the ultraterrestrial concept a vast metaphysical Other combining gods djinn genii fairies elementals Muses and similar spirits in one ever mutable and enigmatic whole. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Little known in the English-speaking world Roso de Luna was the primary translator of Helena Blavatsky into Spanish and a prolific essayist and journalist of mysticism mythology and folklore in his own right. He founded the Schola Philosophicae Initiationis alongside Eduardo Alfonso in 1928 and continued to promote his highly synthetic belief system throughout his life dubbing himself an Ateneist after the monotheism of Akhenaten.</span></p><p></p>