Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses: Maud Gonne, Moina Bergson Mathers, Annie Horniman, Florence Farr

Best book on the Golden Dawn I have ever read. The chapter on Florence Farr was a revelation in itself. As there are 5 or 6 EXCELLENT biographies of Dion Fortune, she was not included in this book! Warning: Do not buy the Kindle version. It is a badly scanned illegal copy and I've notified Mary K. Greer of the copyright infringement! Buy the paperback version or a used copy of the hard cover one.

This is a wonderful book. It is well researched, directing a spotlight on the powerful women who contributed and shaped the foundation organization of ritual magic. The names of McGregor Mathors and Aliester Crowley are well known, but the four women who sacrificed time to astral travel and form The Golden Dawn are never spoken of. This book, complete with excerpts from journals, biographies and many photographs, is a gem, and should grace your shelves for years to come.

Extremely insightful work on a usually ignored aspect of the history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Every serious practitioner or historian of this seminal 19th and early 20th Century "not so secret" Magical Order needs to read this book. Mary Greer is not only an excellent writer but also an insightful commentator and fount of knowledge. I'll bet a lot of you Magicians out there still believe that Ceremonial Magic is a Men only Club.

This is a fascinating book about women I'd never heard of before, even in my modern English lit course in college. By the end of it (I read it straight through in just a few days) I wanted to go meet them all. It's well-written and scholarly without being dry. These women's stories deserve to be told, and read, by many more people.

Greer's book is an excellent history of the members of the Golden Dawn who usually are overlooked--the women. I applaud her for a finely written book based on massive amounts of research.

Ms. Greer's valuable study of the important woman who contributed to the Magical Order of the Golden Dawn is a book that I treasure. I read it when it was first published; the portraits the author paints of these fascinating women are vivid and have remained with me a long time. I found it both well written and well researched and would recommend it to anyone interested in late Victorian and Edwardian culture, Magical Societies or the development of the Tarot as it is interpreted exists today.

Excellent book! Very informative and well written. Not just easy, but a delight to read.

Bought it years ago, loved it, lent it, lost it. Bought it again. Thank you, Mary Greer for writing this.

Much needed history on one of the important parts of our history.

DO NOT BUY THIS. This is apparently a scan of the hardcover book. The top of the page is horizontal on the left, the bottom on the right. The pages are in no coherent order. 1 star because I cannot give it 0. The book itself is very good and I look forward to a Kindle Edition.

Best book on the Golden Dawn I have ever read. The chapter on Florence Farr was a revelation in itself. As there are 5 or 6 EXCELLENT biographies of Dion Fortune, she was not included in this book! Warning: Do not buy the Kindle version. It is a badly scanned illegal copy and I've notified Mary K. Greer of the copyright infringement! Buy the paperback version or a used copy of the hard cover one.

This is a wonderful book. It is well researched, directing a spotlight on the powerful women who contributed and shaped the foundation organization of ritual magic. The names of McGregor Mathors and Aliester Crowley are well known, but the four women who sacrificed time to astral travel and form The Golden Dawn are never spoken of. This book, complete with excerpts from journals, biographies and many photographs, is a gem, and should grace your shelves for years to come.

Extremely insightful work on a usually ignored aspect of the history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Every serious practitioner or historian of this seminal 19th and early 20th Century "not so secret" Magical Order needs to read this book. Mary Greer is not only an excellent writer but also an insightful commentator and fount of knowledge. I'll bet a lot of you Magicians out there still believe that Ceremonial Magic is a Men only Club.

This is a fascinating book about women I'd never heard of before, even in my modern English lit course in college. By the end of it (I read it straight through in just a few days) I wanted to go meet them all. It's well-written and scholarly without being dry. These women's stories deserve to be told, and read, by many more people.

Greer's book is an excellent history of the members of the Golden Dawn who usually are overlooked--the women. I applaud her for a finely written book based on massive amounts of research.

Ms. Greer's valuable study of the important woman who contributed to the Magical Order of the Golden Dawn is a book that I treasure. I read it when it was first published; the portraits the author paints of these fascinating women are vivid and have remained with me a long time. I found it both well written and well researched and would recommend it to anyone interested in late Victorian and Edwardian culture, Magical Societies or the development of the Tarot as it is interpreted exists today.

Excellent book! Very informative and well written. Not just easy, but a delight to read.

Bought it years ago, loved it, lent it, lost it. Bought it again. Thank you, Mary Greer for writing this.

Much needed history on one of the important parts of our history.

DO NOT BUY THIS. This is apparently a scan of the hardcover book. The top of the page is horizontal on the left, the bottom on the right. The pages are in no coherent order. 1 star because I cannot give it 0. The book itself is very good and I look forward to a Kindle Edition.

Very useful and readable

It is interesting to read about the Golden Dawn in the Victorian era. All the crazy ideas mixed in with new thought. Some of these characters were trying to start a new cult religion that never quite hit the mark.

Unfortunately book did not come with dust jacket which was not indicated in description however book is in perfect condition. Fast shipping and fair price.

If you have any interest in early feminism, Irish independence, magical women,traditional astrology, the early 1900s British theater, George Bernard Shaw or William Butler Yeats, or the women of the Golden Dawn themselves - Florence Farr, Maud Gonne, Moina Mathers or Annie Horniman... get this book! I was astounded by the amount of research done by author Mary Greer, who managed to weave it all together into one piece of work. It's not a particularly easy read, dizzying at times, especially if you're not versed in traditional astrology. However, Greer really brings these four women to life and captures the extremely difficult, oppressive sexist times they lived in, and what they had to struggle with and sacrifice to pursue a life that revolved around something more than birthing baby after baby. All in all, this book effectively captures a slice in time that I knew very little about. This is a book to purchase and keep - it will serve as a great reference book. I consider it a masterpiece on the topic of the female contribution to the beginnings of the Golden Dawn.