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Working hard both for and in the SRIA he was awarded an honorary 8th Degree in 1886, and in the same year he lectured on the [[Kabbalah]] to the Theosophical Society. During this time, he became acquainted with Irish poet [[W.B. Yeats]]. He became Celebrant of Metropolitan College in 1891 and was appointed as Junior Substitute Magus of the SRIA in 1892, in which capacity he served until 1900. He left the order in 1903, having failed to repay money which he had borrowed. | Working hard both for and in the SRIA he was awarded an honorary 8th Degree in 1886, and in the same year he lectured on the [[Kabbalah]] to the Theosophical Society. During this time, he became acquainted with Irish poet [[W.B. Yeats]]. He became Celebrant of Metropolitan College in 1891 and was appointed as Junior Substitute Magus of the SRIA in 1892, in which capacity he served until 1900. He left the order in 1903, having failed to repay money which he had borrowed. | ||
In 1891, Mathers assumed leadership of the | Mathers is credited with developing the ritual outlines in the mysterious [[Cipher Manuscripts]] into a workable format. This process led to the creation of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]. | ||
In 1891, Mathers assumed leadership of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn upon the death of William Robert Woodman. He moved with his wife to Paris on 21 May 1892. After his expulsion from the Golden Dawn in April 1900, Mathers formed a group in Paris in 1903 called Alpha et Omega (its headquarters, the Ahathoor Temple). Mathers choosing the title "Archon Basileus." | |||
==Published works== | ==Published works== | ||