Sepharial's Biography(Books) | |||
Dr Walter Gorn Old (born 20 March 1864, at 2:06 a.m. LMT in Handsworth, England; died 23 December 1929 in Hove, England) methodology than most of his astrological contemporaries and this showed in his writings. Sepharial's "Degrees of the was a notable 19th century mystic and astrologer, better known as Sepharial. Zodiac Symbolised" (co-written with Charubel) foreshadowed Marc Edmund Jones's subsequent (and nowadays better known) An eminent English Theosophist, Sepharial was a well-known work on Sabian Symbols. However, many of his books and other works were put together in a rather slapdash way, which made and respected astrologer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and wrote numerous books, some of which his reputation less enduring than it might have been. A colourful character, Sepharial started a number of (particularly those on numerology) are still highly regarded today. He was editor of "Old Moore's Almanac", which is astrological magazines, all of which failed to establish themselves. still published in the 21st century. Overview Books As a young man Sepharial initially studied medicine and Sepharial wrote many books, most of which are rare and out of print. Here are a few: followed this up with studies in psychology, oriental languages, astrology and numerology. In 1886 he started to * Sepharial: "New Dictionary of Astrology", republished write an astrology problem page in the Society Times, where he answered the public's questions, and in 1887 at the age by Arco, New York in 1964. * Sepharial: "The New Manual of Astrology" (in four of just 23 was admitted to the "inner sanctum" of the Theosophical Society. He was in fact one of the founder books). * Sepharial: "Astrology Explained". members of the Theosophical movement in England. Madame Blavatsky (whom he lived with until her death) called him * Sepharial: "The Book Of The Simple Way" Pub 1904. (Translation of Lao Tzu's Chinese classic, the "Tao Te "The Astral Tramp" because of his nightly explorations into the astral plane (Ref: Kim Farnell's book). Ching"). * Sepharial: "The Kabala of Numbers" Pub 1913. Modern Influential legacy edition: isbn 1-59605-404-2. (on numerology). * Sepharial: "The Silver Key". He became a very influential author in the fields of the occult, astrology and numerology, and his writings had a * Sepharial: "Cosmic Symbolism". * Sepharial: "Science of Foreknowledge". considerable impact on E. H. Bailey and Alan Leo, who he introduced to Theosophy. He can be credited as the first * Sepharial and Charubel: "Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised" (on astrology). astrologer to use Earth's "dark moon" Lilith in his calculations. Genuinely erudite, Sepharial had for example a * Kim Farnell: "Astral Tramp". Ascella Publications, 1998, isbn 1-898503-88-5. (biography of Sepharial). | |||