French author who wrote extensively on occult subjects. He was born on April 2, 1929, in Paris, and he studied at the Sorbonne. Hutin joined a variety of psychic and occult organizations, including the Institut Métapsychique International, Paris; the Association Francaise d'Etudes Métapsychiques, Paris; the Jacob Boehme Society, New York; the Swedenborg Institute, Basel; and the Rosicrucian Order.
He is most remembered for his work on the history of the occult, especially alchemy, Freemasonry, and the Rosicrucians. He also wrote a number of articles on parapsychological topics, especially retrocognition and reincarnation. Many were published in Revue Métapsychique.
Sources:
Caron, M., and Serge Hutin. Les Alchimistes. 1959. Translated as The Alchemists. New York: Grove Press, 1961.
Hutin, Serge. Les Civilisations inconnues (Unknown Civilizations). N.p., 1961.
——. Les Disciples anglais de Jacob Boehme. Paris; n.p., 1960.
——. Les Francs-Macons (The Freemasons). Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1960.
——. Histoire des Rose-Croix (History of the Rosicrucians). Paris: G. Nizet, 1955.
——. Histoire mondiale des sociétés secrétes (World History of Secret Societies). N.p., 1959.
——. A History of Alchemy. New York: Walker, 1963. ——. Voyages vers Ailleurs (Travels to Elsewhere). Paris: Fayard, 1962.
