similia said:
Thanks Mary. Can you tell us something about the source of the paper? And also the author. I've seen John Brodie Innes mentioned as a member of the GD, but know nothing of him beyond that.
There's a little info on him here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Brodie-Innes
Brodie-Innes also wrote an article in The Occult Review on the tarot in which he said that Florence Farr had taught him the Ancient Celtic Spread as a non-order method long before it was published by Waite.
On the 12th of December 1918 (following the death of Mathers), Brodie-Innes was named Successor and Supreme Chief of the Order:
http://www.esotericgoldendawn.com/tradition_macgregorfinal.htm
Both of these documents came from an original collection of notebooks and papers held in a private library. I was given permission to photocopy whatever I could in the space of about an hour. The originals have since been sold for a great deal of money—I don't know who to. Very little of it contained material that is not known otherwise.
The collection came from a late GD member, and Englishman, living in Paris and working under Moina Mathers (who at this point lived in England). One of his tasks was to make his own copy of all the order documents up to his own level of initiation. The collection also included the minutes book of the Ahathoor Temple, Paris (written mostly in French). The translation given at the esotericgoldendawn site (link above) came from my copy of that page in the minutes book.
This particular paper was noted as being copied from Brodie-Innes' copy. No author was mentioned.
The reference to Angels of the Shemhamaphoresch is to their usual G.D. correspondences with the cards of the Minors. You can find them in DuQuette's Tarot of Ceremonial Magick as well as other works. DuQuette includes a short, 1-3 word meaning for each Angel.
Mary
