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Term: Moina Mathers
Mathers, Moina: Moina (or Mina) Mathers was born Mina Bergson on February 28, 1865, and died July 25, 1928. She was the wife of MacGregor Mathers, one of the founding members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and probably contributed the bulk of the Order's study material and methods by channeling via the Ouija Board. After the death of her husband in 1918, she continued to be active in the order, establishing a temple called Alpha et Omega. Also See: Mina Bergson, Mina Mathers, Moina Mathers
The story of the Golden Dawn, like that of any human organization, is replete with high points and low points—with human achievements and human failings. There is no need for us to try to whitewash or sugarcoat the faults of some of the individuals ... Relevance: 1887 Westcott decodes the Cipher Manuscript. He asks Mathers and Woodman
to join him in setting up the new Order.
March 1, 1888 Isis-Urania Temple #3 is chartered. Westcott, Woodman, and
Mathers are the Three Chiefs. Mina Bergson (Moina Mathers) ... Relevance: English occultist, 1854-1918. Born in London and educated at Bedford Grammar School, he came from a background of poverty and never attended university. He spent his early adult years living with his mother in Bournemouth, working as a clerk and ... Relevance:
Dr. W. W. Westcott: Sapere
Aude — "Dare to be wise"
Non Omnis Moriar — "I shall not wholly die"
S. L. MacGregor Mathers: 'S
Rioghail Mo Dhream — "Royal is my ... Relevance: In 1898 Aleister Crowley was introduced to the Golden Dawn by a man named George Cecil Jones. Crowley became an ardent supporter to the order’s leader, MacGregor Mathers. But for a variety of reasons, Crowley lost faith and split from Mathers. He ... Relevance: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is an initiatory magical group that was founded in London in 1888. It is a society that is dedicated to philosophical, spiritual, and psychic evolution. The history lecture of the Order states that, "The Order ... Relevance: The word divination is based on a Latin word that means "the faculty of foreseeing." The word comes from the Latin word for "divine power," or "of the gods." This indicates that the true meaning of the word divination is "to make divine."
Far from ... Relevance: (Edward Alexander Crowley) English writer, occultist, Antichrist, and self-proclaimed messiah of the New Aeon, 1875-1947. Easily the most controversial figure in the recent history of Western occultism, Crowley was born into the Plymouth Brethren, a ... Relevance: The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage is actually composed of three books written by a person calling himself Abraham the Jew and is supposedly intended as a gift to his son named Lamech. It was supposedly written originally in ... Relevance: The Enochian system originated with the ceremonial skrying of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelly toward the end of the sixteenth century in England. Dr. Dee was one of the foremost thinkers of his time—a Hermetic philosopher/magician who was also a ... Relevance: |
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