Social Victorians/People/Waite

Also Known As

A. E. Waite

• Arthur Edward Waite
• A. E. Waite
• Golden Dawn motto: Sacramentum Regis (S.R.) (Alastor); Sacramentum Regis (Abscondere Bonum est) — "(It is good to keep) the Sacrament of the King" (Küntz)

Ada Waite

• Mrs. Ada Alice Waite
• Ada ("Lucasta") Lakeman Waite (?)
• Golden Dawn motto: Lumen Christi — "The light of Christ" (Küntz 218)

Demographics

• Nationality: he, born American but mother, who was British, returned to England when he was young

Residences

• London

Family

• Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942)
• Ada Lakeman ( – 1924)

1. Sybil ()

• Mary Broadbent Schofield

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Acquaintances

• Isabelle de Steiger (Howe 190, n. 1)

Friends

• Edward Berridge
• Arthur Machen

Enemies

• Aleister Crowley, who represented Waite as Arthwate in Moonchild.

Organizations

• Reading Room at the British Library, 1878–
• The Isis-Urania Temple of the Golden Dawn, Inner Order 1891–1893, 1896–1914 (Küntz 219)
• Freemasons, from 1901
• Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, from 1902
• Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, Waite founded

Timeline

1887, George Redway published Waite's The Real History of the Rosicrucians (Howe 85 38-39, n. 2), and Arthur Edward Waite and Ada Lakeman married.

1891 January, Waite joined the Golden Dawn, the Isis-Urania Temple, introduced by Edward Berridge.

1891 December 2, Ada Waite joined the Golden Dawn, the Isis-Urania Temple (Küntz 218).

1893, Waite was "demitted" from the Golden Dawn (Küntz 219).

1896 February 17, Waite was "Re-admitted by ballot" into the Golden Dawn (Küntz 219).

1899 March 3, Waite joined the Inner Order of the Golden Dawn (Küntz 219).

1901, Waite joined the Freemasons.

1902, Waite joined the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia.

Bibliography

• "A. E. Waite." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._Waite (accessed July 2020).
• Alastor
• Howe
• Küntz

Works by Waite

• The Real History of the Rosicrucians. 1887.
• digest of Levi
• Rider-Waite Taro Deck (with Pamela Colman Smith), 1909