He studied esotericism and symbolism with Stanislas de Guaita and in 1889 he created, under the guidance of de Guaita, a cartomantic Tarot consisting only of the twenty-two major arcana.
De Guaita became interested in occultism after reading a novel by Joséphin Péladan which was interwoven with Rosicrucian and occult themes.
Stanislas Wawrinka | Stanislas Sorel | Stanislas Dehaene | Stanislas de Guaita | Stanislas-André Steeman | Guaita | Stanislas-Étienne Meunier | Saint-Stanislas, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec | Saint-Stanislas (Des Chenaux) | Joseph-Stanislas Perrault | Collège Stanislas de Paris | Académie de Stanislas |