title: A.E. Waite: Magician of Many Parts
author: R.A. Gilbert
description: This is the first biography of A. E. Waite, the occultist who rose to prominence and founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn after it had been destroyed.
zlib_text: A.E.WAITE
  MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS
  .A.GILBERT
  
  A. E. Waite byAlvin Langdon Coburn, 1922.
  )
  A. E. WAITE
  MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS
  R. A. GILBERT
  
  First published 1987
  © R.· A. GILBERT 1987
  Allrights reserved. No part of this book
  may.be,reproduced or utilized in any,form
  or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
  including photocopying, recording
  or by any information storage and
  retrieval system, without permission
  in writing from the Publisher.
  British Library
  Cataloguing in Publication Data
  Gilbert R.A
  A.E. <Waite: .magician of many parts.
  1. Waite" Arthur Edward
  2. Occult
  sciences-- Biography
  I. Title
  133'.092'4BF1408.2.W3
  ISBN 1-85274-023-X
  Crucible is an imprint of the
  Thorsons Publishing Group Limited,
  Denington Estate, Wellingborough,
  Northamptonshire NN8 2RQ
  Printed and bound in Great Britain
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  CONTENTS
  Preface
  Page 9
  Introduction
  Page 11
  _____________1
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  From the New World
  Page 15
  _____________2,
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  'The Church of Rome I found would suit'
  Page 20
  _____________3
  _
  Da