Finally, there are those who know of Maixner as the selfdesignated voice of the Cosmic Movement in Bohemia, and as the figure responsible for producing the only periodical published outside France devoted to the Cosmic Philosophy of Max Théon/Aia Aziz and his wife Théona, Kosmické Rozhledy (Cosmic Views, 1907-1908). He was a member of a Martinist Order, a representative of the Society for Psychical Research, and an associate of the Theosophical Society, and he invested a great deal in translating and publishing key hermetic texts, primarily from French, such as the Elementary Treatise on Practical Magic, by Papus (Gérard Encausse, 1865-1916). Scholars of esotericism recognize Maixner as an important occultist who participated in many different groups. ![]() Historians are familiar with his active involvement in the anti-Semitic Czech fascist and nationalist movement, and its periodical (both called Vlajka ). ![]() ![]() Nature lovers and admirers of Scouting celebrate him as one of the founders and promoters of the Woodcraft Movement (a youth movement similar to Scouting). Czech readers know of Miloš Maixner as an apt and prolific translator of the popular Anglo-American prose of such authors as Edgar Wallace, Rudyard Kipling, and Jack London.
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