... Edited and introduced by R. A. Gilbert A unique anthology of writings by two leading members of the Golden Dawn, S. L. MacGregor Mathers and J. W. Brodie- Innes. 0850303745 224 pp TPB £5.95 27 October N T T R )‘E‘*\\\ | RN R R ...

... JAMES WEBB calling himself MacGregor Mathers, Comte de Glenstrae, and paraded round Paris in the kilt, elaborated into a form of ceremonial magic. Mathers, the chief figure in the saga of the Golden Dawn, gradually assumed control of the Order he had ...

... squabbles which broke up that strange organisation and in which Crowley supported the eccentric Macgregor Mathers against a faction led by W. B: Yeats. Even Mathers tired of Crowley — who borrowed from his chief the habit of claiming Scottish ancestry and ...

... so important in Yeats's poetry. Comte de Glenstrae Later we follow him to Paris and hear more of that strange figure, MacGregor Mathers, first encountered in the reading-room of the British Museum. *“ He had lost the small jncome he had lived on when 1 ...

... —— r‘-'.\. 3 Mystery man ITHELL COLQUHOUN: Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn (307 pp. £4.95. Neville Spearman). CONCERNING = that elusive apparition we know as- the MMM.MCNquhoun has a suggestion to make in her book.on the occulmetic ...

... in and practice .of ~magic - is central, that his early associations with Madame Blavatsky and Theosophy, and with - MacGregor Mathers and Cabbalism mark his early poetry and record his early search for a system. She goes on to show how these interests ...

... are often taken from dubious sources — Blavatsky instead of the authentic Hindu- Buddhist tradition; the mumbojumbo of MacGregor Mathers instead of the Kabbalah; spiritualism_ instead of the mystics; and so on. | It was not until his wife began to give him ...

... had to copy magical symbols by artificial light, even when the sun was shining brightly. He fell out with a soul-mate, MacGregor Mathers, a Scotsman living in Paris, who apparently sent malevolent magical currents that killed the dogs at Foyers, the lochside ...

... SEUMAS STEWART By DEREK STANFORD Dawn and one of its three founders, the enigmatic MacGregor Mathers (1854-1918), about both of which subjects she has written this unusual and fascinating book. By us outside the pentagram. most occultists are looked upon ...

... these grimoires “The Key of Solomon” that I found a more dire warning than Levi's this time from the translator S L MacGregor Mathers Talking about the rituals of spirit-raising he- said: “I must further caution the practical worker against the use of ...

... Service (7.75) Bio 88866 525 3 weltenham, John. See Wood Herbert Fairlie & Sweltenham,John. Sword of Wisdom: Mission of MacGregor Mathers (Colquhoun) D 8.307. 111. £4.95 ~ Spearman (8.75) Occ 85435 092 6 Vlioge of Coins of the British Isles. Royal Collection ...

... for kind expressions of sympathy and beautiful floral tributes received in their recent sad bereavement; also Dr Macgregor, Dr Mathers, Nurse Macphee and the Rev. James H. Miller for services rendered; and Mr D Thomson for efficient funeral arrangements ...