The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
William Wynn Westcott
Physician, coroner, Freemason and principal founder of the Golden Dawn.
- Dates
- 1848 – 1925
- Dating
- documented dates
- Died
- Durban, South Africa
The life
He eventually withdrew from active Golden Dawn leadership, retired from medical service and moved to South Africa.
Place in the tradition
His translations and edited series put Hermetic, alchemical and Kabbalistic material into the hands of English-speaking students who could not read the originals.
the written record
Principal works
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English translation, 1887
Sepher Yetzirah
Helped make a foundational Kabbalistic text available to English-speaking occultists.
held in the source catalogue Read at sacred-texts.com ↗
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1890
Numbers: Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues
A concise presentation of occult numerology.
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1893 onward
Collectanea Hermetica
A series he edited, making Hermetic, alchemical and Kabbalistic material available to students.