Hi Christopher.
Wallis-Budge's works were in the Westcott Hermetic Library (founded 1891: for use of Golden Dawn members and "other persons who are desirous of studying works on Egyptology, Magic, Alchemy and the Occult Sciences")
And GD member Florence Farr refers to WB's work in her manuscripts.
Cheers,
Alison
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Wallis Budge / Liber Resh
Hello all,
This has probably been covered before, but...
I'm currently reading some Wallis-Budge - his translations of some
Egyptian sacred texts - and am struck by how similar they sound to the
words of Liber Resh, perhaps it's just the KJV-style 'thee's and thou's,
but is it known whether his work was an influence on the Golden Dawn, in
terms of their constructing their 'liturgies' (such as Liber Resh..)?
Thanks!
Christopher
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