Early Life
René Schwaller left home at the age of eighteen after having completed an apprenticeship with his father in pharmaceutical chemistry. Moving to Paris from Alsace to study modern chemistry and physics, he developed an interest in Alchemy, reading every alchemical text he could find including those by Paracelsus and Raymond Lull. He also developed an interest in painting and became the student of Matisse.
He was given the title "de Lubicz" in 1919 by the Lithuanian writer, mystic and diplomat Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz.
He also wrote under the mystical name 'Aor', signifying "Light of the Higher Mind".
He became a student of Theosophy and Saint Yves d'Alveydre's Synarchy.
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