| Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Paolo and Francesca Da Rimini (Detail) [1855] (public domain image) | Brother of the Third Degree by Will L. Garver [1894] |
Set in the near future (early twentieth century), this 1894 occult novel is a tale of eternal love, albeit chaste. The protagonist, Alphonso Colono, a Mexican, is born into a family with connected with the Illuminati, here called the 'White Brotherhood.' He moves to Paris and is initiated into the occult group, where he meets the woman who is to…