Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Count Cagliostro. Freemason and Healer. Egyptian Rite. The Last Alchemist. by Travis Simpkins

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro. Giuseppe Balsamo. Egyptian Rite Freemasonry. by Travis Simpkins


Sketch of a Portrait Bust of
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
Giuseppe Balsamo
( 1743 - 1795 )
Freemason, Alchemist, Occultist 
Mystic and Traveler
Founder of the Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry
The Ancient Rite of Memphis-Misrain
by Travis Simpkins


based on a 1786 marble bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon
Collection of the National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC


Philippa Faulks & Robert L.D. Cooper : 
The Masonic Magician. Count Cagliostro


For more info, please visit:


Count Cagliostro. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins. The Last Alchemist. Iain McCalman

Monday, April 24, 2017

Travis Simpkins to Create Artwork for Supreme Council 33°, NMJ in Lexington, MA

Supreme Council 33°, NMJ. Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Art by Travis Simpkins


     It has been a busy and exciting month… I have been hired by the Supreme Council 33°, NMJ in Lexington, Massachusetts to create artwork for a special project that will be presented later this year. Obviously I can't share any images now, but I am truly honored that the Scottish Rite leadership thinks highly of my work and brought me on for this assignment.



Count of Saint Germain. Philosopher, Alchemist and Enigma. by Travis Simpkins

Count of Saint Germain. 1691?-1784? Philosopher, Alchemist, Freemason. by Travis Simpkins


Portrait Sketch of
Le Comte de Saint Germain
Count of St. Germain
( 1691 ? - 1784 ? )
Adventurer, Philosopher
Alchemist, Freemason (?)
by Travis Simpkins


based on an engraving by Nicolas Thomas, after a now lost painting


The Immortal Count of Saint Germain


For more info, please visit:


Count of Saint Germain. by Travis Simpkins. Alchemy and Freemasonry