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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and politician.

Yeats had a lifelong interest in mysticism, spiritualism, occultism and astrology. He read extensively on the subjects throughout his life, became a member of the paranormal research organisation "The Ghost Club" in 1911. His mystical interests, inspired by a study of Hinduism, formed much of the basis of his late poetry. During séances held from 1912, a spirit calling itself "Leo Africanus" apparently claimed it was Yeats's Daemon or anti-self.

During 1885, Yeats was involved in the formation of the Dublin Hermetic Order. That year the Dublin Theosophical lodge was opened in conjunction with Brahmin Mohini Chatterjee, who travelled from the Theosophical Society in London to lecture. Yeats attended his first séance the following year. He later became heavily involved with the Theosophy and with hermeticism, particularly with the eclectic Rosicrucianism of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

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-'''[[Mammon]]''' in the New Testament of the [[Bible]] is commonly thought to mean money, material wealth, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke both quote [[Jesus Christ]] using the word in a phrase often rendered in English as "You cannot serve both [[Yahweh|God]] and mammon."
+'''[[W.B. Yeats|William Butler Yeats]]''' was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and politician.
-In the Middle Ages, it was often personified and sometimes included in the [[hierarchy of Hell]]. Mammon in Hebrew (ממון) means "money". The word was adopted to modern Hebrew to mean wealth. Gregory of Nyssa asserted that Mammon was another name for [[Beelzebub]]. In the 4th century Cyprian and Jerome relate Mammon to greed and greed as an evil master that enslaves, and John Chrysostom even personifies Mammon as greed. Descriptions of Mammon closely resemble those of [[Lucifuge Rofocale]] as a demon who delivers wealth in ''[[The Grand Grimoire]]''.
+Yeats had a lifelong interest in mysticism, spiritualism, [[occult]]ism and [[astrology]]. He read extensively on the subjects throughout his life, became a member of the paranormal research organisation "The Ghost Club" in 1911. His mystical interests, inspired by a study of [[Hinduism]], formed much of the basis of his late poetry. During séances held from 1912, a spirit calling itself "Leo Africanus" apparently claimed it was Yeats's [[demon|Daemon]] or anti-self.
+During 1885, Yeats was involved in the formation of the Dublin Hermetic Order. That year the Dublin Theosophical lodge was opened in conjunction with Brahmin Mohini Chatterjee, who travelled from the Theosophical Society in London to lecture. Yeats attended his first séance the following year. He later became heavily involved with the Theosophy and with hermeticism, particularly with the eclectic [[Rosicrucian|Rosicrucianism]] of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]].
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