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Mathers was a polyglot; among the languages he had studied were English, French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Gaelic and Coptic, though he had a greater command of some languages than of others. | Mathers was a polyglot; among the languages he had studied were English, French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Gaelic and Coptic, though he had a greater command of some languages than of others. | ||
His translations of | His translations of old [[grimoire]]s, while probably justly criticised with respect to quality, were responsible for making what had been obscure and inaccessible material widely available to the non-academic English speaking world. They have had considerable influence on the development of [[occult]] and esoteric thought since their publication, as has his consolidation of the [[Enochian]] magical system of [[John Dee]] and [[Edward Kelley]]. | ||
Some of his most popular translations include the works: | |||
* ''[[Book of Abramelin]]'' (14th century) | |||
* Christian Knorr von Rosenroth's ''The Kabbalah Unveiled'' (1684) | |||
* ''[[Key of Solomon]]'' (anonymous, 14th century) | |||
* The ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]'' (anonymous, 17th century) | |||
* ''[[Grimoire of Armadel]]'' (17th century) | |||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||