André Durville, the Glossary
André Durville (1896-1979) was a French physician who, with his brother, Gaston Durville, was one of the initiators of naturism in France during the interwar period.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Gaston Durville, Hector Durville, Henri Durville, Levant Island, Mediterranean Sea, Naturism, Naturist resort, Paul Carton, Physician, Platais Island, Prentice Mulford, Seine, The Kybalion.
- French naturists
Gaston Durville
Gaston Durville (1887-1971) was a French physician who, with his brother, André Durville, was one of the initiators of naturism in France during the interwar period. André Durville and Gaston Durville are 20th-century French physicians, French naturists and social nudity advocates.
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Hector Durville
Hector Durville Hector Durville (April 8, 1849–July 1, 1923) was a French occultist and magnetizer.
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Henri Durville
Henri Durville (1887–August 24, 1963), son of Hector Durville professed in his school which he called “the principles of dynamic physics” in which he showed the difference between animal magnetism and hypnotism.
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Levant Island
Île du Levant, sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Riviera, near Toulon.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Naturism
Naturism is a lifestyle of practicing non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle.
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Naturist resort
A naturist resort or nudist resort is an establishment that provides accommodation (or at least camping space) and other amenities for guests in a context where they are invited to practise naturism – that is, a lifestyle of non-sexual social nudity.
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Paul Carton
Paul Joseph Edmond Carton (12 March 1875 – 20 October 1947) was a French physician, naturopath and practitioner of vegetarianism. André Durville and Paul Carton are 20th-century French physicians.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Platais Island
The Island of Platais, or Island of Médan, is an island of the River Seine in France 30 kilometers downstream from Paris.
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Prentice Mulford
Prentice Mulford (April 5, 1834 – c. May 30, 1891) was an American literary humorist and California author.
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Seine
The Seine is a river in northern France.
The Kybalion
The Kybalion (full title: The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece) is a book originally published in 1908 by "Three Initiates" (often identified as the New Thought pioneer William Walker Atkinson, 1862–1932) that purports to convey the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus.
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See also
French naturists
- Élisée Reclus
- André Durville
- Gaston Durville
- Henri Beylie
- Henri Zisly
- Louis Rimbault