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Many celebrities belonged to the Golden Dawn, such as the actress Florence Farr, the Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, the Welsh author Arthur Machen, and the English authors Evelyn Underhill and Aleister Crowley. In 1896 or 1897, Westcott broke all ties to the Golden Dawn, leaving Mathers in control.
Aleister Crowley was born Edward Alexander Crowley at 30 Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on 12 October 1875. ... including W. B. Yeats. [39] ...
Both Yeats and Gyles were acquaintances of Aleister Crowley, with whom Gyles had a romantic affair. [6] Their experiences with magic and astral vision are chronicled by Crowley as his fictional characters, with Crowley as Count Swanoff, Gyles as Hypatia Gay, and Yeats as Will Bute.
Florence Beatrice Emery (née Farr; 7 July 1860 – 29 April 1917) [1] was a British West End leading actress, composer and director. She was also a women's rights activist, journalist, educator, singer, novelist, and leader of the occult order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. [2]
The Equinox (subtitle: The Review of Scientific Illuminism) is a periodical that serves as the official organ of the A∴A∴, a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley (although material is often of import to its sister organization, Ordo Templi Orientis).
A disciple of Aleister Crowley, she was also known by the magical name Sister Hilarion. Foster's friends included many of the period's leading authors and artists. She was particularly close to Ford Madox Ford, Ezra Pound, and William Butler Yeats.
One of his most notable enemies was one-time friend and pupil Aleister Crowley, who portrayed Mathers as a villain named SRMD in his 1917 novel Moonchild. According to Crowley's memoirs, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, Mathers was in the habit of ostensibly playing chess matches against various pagan gods. Mathers would set up the ...
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960) Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) ... Aleister Crowley bibliography; List of occult terms;