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Marcel Louis Forhan was a French electrical engineer who specialized in the electrical installations of trams and wireless stations. He was also an occult writer, and wrote a metaphysical trilogy published in many countries.
Early life
Marcel Louis Forhan was born on November 17, 1884, in Corbeil-Essonnes, France, the son of Louis Forhan and Céline Berthelot. He had a brother, Julien, and two sisters, Marcelline and Léa.Career
He worked as an electrical engineer for the French company of tramways and electric lighting. Shortly before the first world war, the company sent him to the French concession in Shanghai. There he designed the power station which supplied the French-build trams with electricity.He also participated in the installation of wireless Broadcasting stations.
Occultism
His books related out-of-body experiences using astral projection. He described a new paradigm, perhaps utopian, capable of creating a more equitable society which would not fear death and would act in a philanthropic way.Some of its themes are common to Theosophy and to authors such as Arthur Edward Powell.
Personal life and death
His fiancée, Suzanne Garbe, joined him in China from Egypt where she lived with her mother. They married on August 17, 1914, in Shanghai. In China, they had three children, Max, Marcel-André and Robert.In 1927, he contracted dysentery which developed into sepsis. Forhan died on October 1, 1927, in Shanghai.