Occult Literature
Astané and His Fantastic Animal
A long-tailed creature with radiating appendages appears above a small dark-robed human figure. A narrow panel of pale signs completes the group associated with Astané in Smith’s imagined Martian world.
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Hélène Smith (source drawings). "Astané and His Fantastic Animal" [editorial title]. In From India to the Planet Mars, Théodore Flournoy. Reading edition, undated edition. Source scan leaf 206. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0602-0206
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The source reproduces mediumistic drawings associated with Helene Smith. These imagined scenes belong to the historical account, not verified observations of Mars.
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From India to the Planet MarsThéodore FlournoyUndated editionMore from this book
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Hélène Smith (source drawings). Astané and His Fantastic Animal. From India to the Planet Mars. Scan leaf 206. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0602-0206