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-[[File:Oriens Clavis Inferni.jpg|200px|left]]
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-'''[[Oriens]]''' is a [[demon]] mentioned in many [[grimoire]]s dealing with [[ritual magic]]. He is most frequently named alongside [[Paimon]], [[Egyn]], and [[Amaymon]] as kings of the cardinal directions. He is the king of the east. He appears with a fair and feminine countenance wearing a crown upon his head. He rides upon an elephant with a large number of musical instruments. Sometimes, he appears in the shape of a horse (with multiple heads, variously stated as 100 or five), but once he has been constrained by an invocation, he will take a human shape.
+'''[[Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers]]''' was a British [[occultist]]. He is primarily known as one of the founders of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], a [[ritual magic|ceremonial magic]] order of which offshoots still exist. He became so synonymous with the order that Golden Dawn scholar [[Israel Regardie]] observed in retrospect that "the Golden Dawn ''was'' MacGregor Mathers."
-Many abilities are attributed to Oriens such as giving the [[magician]] wealth in the form of silver and gold, answering questions about the past, present, and future, giving [[divination|divinatory]] visions, the power to fly, providing [[familiar]]s. He also has powers of [[necromancy]] and is able to revive the dead.
+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]]. 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]].
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+'''([[Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers|Full Article...]])'''