Caroline Tully writes:
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> I see quite a lot of different culture's magico-religious material in the
> Golden Dawn, including Egyptian - gosh what an eclectic mix it was / is, but
> so effective, I think. Regarding the G:.D:. being "Egyptienne", I was really
> thinking from a visual angle - which is why it seemed fine to me for
> Egyptienne to also describe something to do with interior decorating like
> wallpaper - perhaps it's my fine arts background asserting itself?. When I
> look at pictures of members in say, Mary Greer's "Women of the Golden Dawn",
> I'm seeing some excellent 'Egyptienne' outfits - especially in the picture
> of Mr and Mrs Mathers as the Hierophant Ramses and the High Priestess Anari
> on page 249.!
Hope no one minds if I takes this opportunity to plug
Octavo's edition of Owen Jones' _The Grammar of Ornament_:
http://www.octavo.com/editions/jnsgrm/index.html
Cors in Manu Domine,
~ Khem Caigan
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