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'''Magical mottoes''' are the [[magic (paranormal)|magical]] [[nickname]]s, [[ |
'''Magical mottoes''' are the [[magic (paranormal)|magical]] [[nickname]]s, [[pen name]]s, or [[pseudonym]]s taken by individuals in a number of [[magical organization]]s. These members were known and sometimes referred to in many publications by these mottoes. Members of these organizations typically adopted such a motto at their [[initiation]] into the [[wikt:neophyte|neophyte]] grade of the organizations. |
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Magical mottoes are taken in order to separate the magician's magical identity from their mundane identity within the context of magical work.<ref>[http://www.hermeticgoldendawn.org/gd-glossary.htm#M Hermetic Golden Dawn Glossary]</ref> Within the highly influential tradition of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], the mottoes chosen were usually in a foreign language, often but not always [[Latin]]. The mottoes were sometimes called the initiate's "aspiration name," and most contain high-minded sentiments and often literary allusions.<ref>[[Israel Regardie]], ''The Golden Dawn'' (Llewellyn Publications, 1986)</ref> Members were free to change them upon receiving initiations into higher degrees of the organizations; [[William Butler Yeats]] began as ''[[Festina Lente]]'' (Latin: "Make haste slowly") and changed it later in his career with the Golden Dawn. |
Magical mottoes are taken in order to separate the magician's magical identity from their mundane identity within the context of magical work.<ref>[http://www.hermeticgoldendawn.org/gd-glossary.htm#M Hermetic Golden Dawn Glossary]</ref> Within the highly influential tradition of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], the mottoes chosen were usually in a foreign language, often but not always [[Latin]]. The mottoes were sometimes called the initiate's "aspiration name," and most contain high-minded sentiments and often literary allusions.<ref>[[Israel Regardie]], ''The Golden Dawn'' (Llewellyn Publications, 1986)</ref> Members were free to change them upon receiving initiations into higher degrees of the organizations; [[William Butler Yeats]] began as ''[[Festina Lente]]'' (Latin: "Make haste slowly") and changed it later in his career with the Golden Dawn. |
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==Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn== |
==Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn== |
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{{main|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Isis-Urania Temple}} |
{{main|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Isis-Urania Temple}} |
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*Julian Baker |
*Julian Baker – ''Causa Scientiae'' (Latin: "For the sake of knowledge")<ref name="king">King, Ritual Magic, 1989</ref> |
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*[[Edmund William Berridge]] |
*[[Edmund William Berridge]] – ''Resurgam'' (Latin: "I will rise again") |
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*[[Aleister Crowley]] |
*[[Aleister Crowley]] – ''Perdurabo'' (Latin: "I will endure" or " I will endure until the end") |
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*[[Florence Farr]] |
*[[Florence Farr]] – ''Sapientia Sapienti Dono Data'' (Latin: "Wisdom is a gift given to the wise") |
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*F. L. Gardner |
*F. L. Gardner – ''De Profundis Ad Lucem'' (Latin: "From the depths to the light") |
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*[[Maud Gonne]] |
*[[Maud Gonne]] – ''Per Ignem ad Lucem'' (Latin: "Through fire to the light")<ref name="greer">Mary K. Greer, ''Women of the Golden Dawn'' (Park Street Press, 1996) {{ISBN|0-89281-607-4}}</ref> |
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*[[Annie Horniman]] |
*[[Annie Horniman]] – ''Fortiter et Recte'' (Latin: "Strongly and rightly") |
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*[[Moina Mathers]] |
*[[Moina Mathers]] – ''Vestigia nulla retrorsum'' (Latin: "I never retrace my steps") |
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*[[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]] (founder) |
*[[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]] (founder) – '''S Rioghail Mo Dhream'' ([[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]: "Royal is my race") |
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*Mrs. Simpson |
*Mrs. Simpson – ''Perseverantia et Cura Quies'' (Latin: "Perseverance and care for rest") |
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*Miss Elaine Simpson |
*Miss Elaine Simpson – ''Fidelis'' (Latin: "Faithful") |
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*Colonel Webber |
*Colonel Webber – ''Non Sine Numine'' (Latin: "Not without divine favor") |
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*[[William Wynn Westcott]] (founder) |
*[[William Wynn Westcott]] (founder) – ''[[Sapere Aude]]'' (Latin: "Dare to Know") |
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*[[A. F. A. Woodford]] |
*[[A. F. A. Woodford]] – ''Sit Lux et Lux Fuit'' (Latin: "There is light and there was light") |
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*[[William Robert Woodman]] (founder) |
*[[William Robert Woodman]] (founder) – ''Magna est Veritas et Praevalebit'' (Latin: "Great is the Truth and it shall prevail") |
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*[[William Butler Yeats]] |
*[[William Butler Yeats]] – ''Demon est Deus inversus'' (Latin: "The demon is the reverse of God") |
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George Cecil Jones (Volo Noscere Frater DDS "Eu saberei") |
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===Alpha et Omega=== |
===Alpha et Omega=== |
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{{main|Alpha et Omega}} |
{{main|Alpha et Omega}} |
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*[[Allen Bennett]] |
*[[Allen Bennett]] – ''Iehi Aour'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: "Let there be light") |
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*[[J. W. Brodie-Innes]] |
*[[J. W. Brodie-Innes]] – ''Sub Spe'' (Latin: "Under hope") |
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*[[ |
*[[ Violet Mary Firth]] – Dion Fortune "Deo, non fortuna" (ancient motto of [[Baron Digby|Barons & Earls Digby]], Latin: "By God, not by chance") |
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*[[George Cecil Jones]] |
*[[George Cecil Jones]] – Volo Noscere Frater D.D.S. "I Will know" ) |
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*Mrs. Tranchell-Hayes |
*Mrs. Tranchell-Hayes – ''Ex Fide Fortis'' (Latin: "strength out of faith") |
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===Stella Matutina=== |
===Stella Matutina=== |
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{{main|Stella Matutina}} |
{{main|Stella Matutina}} |
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*Harriet Felkin |
*Harriet Felkin – ''Quaestor Lucis'' (Latin: "Seeker of light") |
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*[[Robert Felkin]] |
*[[Robert Felkin]] – ''Finem Respice'' (Latin: "Look to the end"): Imperator |
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*Mr. Meakin |
*Mr. Meakin – ''Ex Orient Lux'' (Latin: "Light from the East") |
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*[[Israel Regardie]] |
*[[Israel Regardie]] – ''Ad Majoram Adonai Gloriam'' (Latin: "For the greater glory of the Lord")<ref name="Skinner">Diaries, 1999</ref> |
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==A∴A∴== |
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==Argentium Astrum== |
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{{main|A∴A∴}} |
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*[[Aleister Crowley]] – To Mega Therion (Greek: "The Great Beast") |
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*[[J.F.C. Fuller]] -- ''Per Ardua ad Astra'' (Latin: "By struggle to the stars")<ref name="Skinner"/> |
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*[[ |
*[[J.F.C. Fuller]] – ''Per Ardua ad Astra'' (Latin: "By struggle to the stars")<ref name="Skinner"/> |
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*[[ |
*[[Charles Stansfeld Jones]] – ''Unus In Omnibus'' (Latin: "One in All") and also ''Parsival'' |
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*[[ |
*[[George Cecil Jones]] – ''Volo Noscere'' (Latin: "I Wish to Know") |
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*[[Victor Benjamin Neuburg]] – ''Omnia Vincam'' (Latin: "I will conquer all") |
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*[[Austin Osman Spare]] -- ''Yihoveaum'' |
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*[[Jane Wolfe]] -- ''Estai'' |
*[[Austin Osman Spare]] – ''Yihoveaum'' |
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*[[Jane Wolfe]] -- ''Estai'' – ([[Greek language|Greek]] έσται: "I will be") |
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*[[Frieda Harris]] |
*[[Frieda Harris]] – ''TzBA'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: "Host") |
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*[[Leila Waddell]] |
*[[Leila Waddell]] – ''Agatha'' |
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==Ordo Templi Orientis== |
==Ordo Templi Orientis== |
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{{main|Ordo Templi Orientis}} |
{{main|Ordo Templi Orientis}} |
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*George Macnie Cowie |
*George Macnie Cowie – ''Fiat Pax'' (Latin: "Let there be peace") |
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*[[Karl Germer]] |
*[[Karl Germer]] – ''Saturnus'' |
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*[[Grady McMurtry]] |
*[[Grady McMurtry]] – ''Hymenaeus Alpha'' |
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*[[Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)|Jack Parsons]] |
*[[Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)|Jack Parsons]] – ''Thelema Obtentum Procedero Amoris Nuptiae'' (Grammatically incorrect Latin for "The establishment of Thelema through the rituals of love.") |
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*Aleister Crowley |
*Aleister Crowley – ''[[Baphomet]]'' |
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*[[ |
*[[Gerald Gardner]] – ''Scire'' (Latin: "to know") |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Craft name]] |
*[[Craft name]] |
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*[[Nomen mysticum]] |
*[[Nomen mysticum]] |
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*[[Pseudonym]] |
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*[[Religious name]] |
*[[Religious name]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 10 November 2024
Magical mottoes are the magical nicknames, pen names, or pseudonyms taken by individuals in a number of magical organizations. These members were known and sometimes referred to in many publications by these mottoes. Members of these organizations typically adopted such a motto at their initiation into the neophyte grade of the organizations.
Magical mottoes are taken in order to separate the magician's magical identity from their mundane identity within the context of magical work.[1] Within the highly influential tradition of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the mottoes chosen were usually in a foreign language, often but not always Latin. The mottoes were sometimes called the initiate's "aspiration name," and most contain high-minded sentiments and often literary allusions.[2] Members were free to change them upon receiving initiations into higher degrees of the organizations; William Butler Yeats began as Festina Lente (Latin: "Make haste slowly") and changed it later in his career with the Golden Dawn.
Within the Golden Dawn tradition, documents and instructions were typically issued under the initials of the magical mottoes of their authors. For example, the document Of Skrying and Travelling in the Spirit-Vision was written by Moina Mathers, and as such appears credited to "Soror V.N.R.", standing for her motto Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum. And, The Tree of Life as Projected as a Solid Sphere is credited to "S.R.M.D.", indicating that its author was Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers. Within this tradition, users of magical mottoes typically referred to each other in their capacity as initiates as Frater (men) or Soror (women), Latin for "brother" and "sister" respectively, followed by the initials of their magical mottoes.[3]
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
[edit]- Julian Baker – Causa Scientiae (Latin: "For the sake of knowledge")[4]
- Edmund William Berridge – Resurgam (Latin: "I will rise again")
- Aleister Crowley – Perdurabo (Latin: "I will endure" or " I will endure until the end")
- Florence Farr – Sapientia Sapienti Dono Data (Latin: "Wisdom is a gift given to the wise")
- F. L. Gardner – De Profundis Ad Lucem (Latin: "From the depths to the light")
- Maud Gonne – Per Ignem ad Lucem (Latin: "Through fire to the light")[5]
- Annie Horniman – Fortiter et Recte (Latin: "Strongly and rightly")
- Moina Mathers – Vestigia nulla retrorsum (Latin: "I never retrace my steps")
- Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (founder) – 'S Rioghail Mo Dhream (Gaelic: "Royal is my race")
- Mrs. Simpson – Perseverantia et Cura Quies (Latin: "Perseverance and care for rest")
- Miss Elaine Simpson – Fidelis (Latin: "Faithful")
- Colonel Webber – Non Sine Numine (Latin: "Not without divine favor")
- William Wynn Westcott (founder) – Sapere Aude (Latin: "Dare to Know")
- A. F. A. Woodford – Sit Lux et Lux Fuit (Latin: "There is light and there was light")
- William Robert Woodman (founder) – Magna est Veritas et Praevalebit (Latin: "Great is the Truth and it shall prevail")
- William Butler Yeats – Demon est Deus inversus (Latin: "The demon is the reverse of God")
George Cecil Jones (Volo Noscere Frater DDS "Eu saberei")
Alpha et Omega
[edit]- Allen Bennett – Iehi Aour (Hebrew: "Let there be light")
- J. W. Brodie-Innes – Sub Spe (Latin: "Under hope")
- Violet Mary Firth – Dion Fortune "Deo, non fortuna" (ancient motto of Barons & Earls Digby, Latin: "By God, not by chance")
- George Cecil Jones – Volo Noscere Frater D.D.S. "I Will know" )
- Mrs. Tranchell-Hayes – Ex Fide Fortis (Latin: "strength out of faith")
Stella Matutina
[edit]- Harriet Felkin – Quaestor Lucis (Latin: "Seeker of light")
- Robert Felkin – Finem Respice (Latin: "Look to the end"): Imperator
- Mr. Meakin – Ex Orient Lux (Latin: "Light from the East")
- Israel Regardie – Ad Majoram Adonai Gloriam (Latin: "For the greater glory of the Lord")[6]
A∴A∴
[edit]- Aleister Crowley – To Mega Therion (Greek: "The Great Beast")
- J.F.C. Fuller – Per Ardua ad Astra (Latin: "By struggle to the stars")[6]
- Charles Stansfeld Jones – Unus In Omnibus (Latin: "One in All") and also Parsival
- George Cecil Jones – Volo Noscere (Latin: "I Wish to Know")
- Victor Benjamin Neuburg – Omnia Vincam (Latin: "I will conquer all")
- Austin Osman Spare – Yihoveaum
- Jane Wolfe -- Estai – (Greek έσται: "I will be")
- Frieda Harris – TzBA (Hebrew: "Host")
- Leila Waddell – Agatha
Ordo Templi Orientis
[edit]- George Macnie Cowie – Fiat Pax (Latin: "Let there be peace")
- Karl Germer – Saturnus
- Grady McMurtry – Hymenaeus Alpha
- Jack Parsons – Thelema Obtentum Procedero Amoris Nuptiae (Grammatically incorrect Latin for "The establishment of Thelema through the rituals of love.")
- Aleister Crowley – Baphomet
- Gerald Gardner – Scire (Latin: "to know")
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hermetic Golden Dawn Glossary
- ^ Israel Regardie, The Golden Dawn (Llewellyn Publications, 1986)
- ^ Israel Regardie, The Golden Dawn (Llewellyn, 1988) ISBN 0-87542-663-8
- ^ King, Ritual Magic, 1989
- ^ Mary K. Greer, Women of the Golden Dawn (Park Street Press, 1996) ISBN 0-89281-607-4
- ^ a b Diaries, 1999
References
[edit]- Crowley, Aleister (edited by Stephan Skinner) Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley; Tunisia 1923 (1999) ISBN 0-87728-856-9
- King, Francis Modern Ritual Magic: The Rise of Western Occultism (1989) ISBN 1-85327-032-6
- Regardie, Israel What you should know about the Golden Dawn (1993) ISBN 1-56184-064-5