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)

Sybil ()

Mary Broadbent Schofield

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Acquaintances

Isabelle de Steiger (Howe 190, n. 1)

Friends

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.

Questions and Notes

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