W. Wynn Westcott
About the Author
William Wynn Westcott (17 December 1848 – 30 July 1925) was a coroner, ceremonial magician, theosophist and Freemason born in Leamington, Warwickshire, England. He was a Supreme Magus (chief) of the S.R.I.A and went on to co-found the Golden Dawn.
In 1871 he became active in Freemasonry where he became Master of his home Lodge three years later and also the Quatuor Coronati research lodge (Master 1893–94). In 1879 he moved to Hendon. In 1880 he began studying the Kabbalah and joined Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. In 1882 he met Samuel Liddell Mathers.
Books
- Numbers: Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues
- Hermetic Arcanum
- The Divine Pymander
- The Hermetic Art
- AEsch Mezareph
- Somnium Scipionis
- The Chaldaean Oracles
- Euphrates
- Egyptian Magic
- The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum
- An Introduction to the Kabalah
- The Origin of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons
- A Lecture To Inquirers Into Theosophy And Practical Occultism
- History of the Rosicrucian Societies in Anglia