William Butler Yeats
1865 – 1939 Irish poet, playwright, occultist
Nobel-winning poet whose work was shaped by his deep involvement in occultism.
- Religion
- An esoteric spirituality blending the Golden Dawn's magic, Theosophy, and his own visionary system set out in A Vision.
- Affiliations
- Member of the Golden Dawn and briefly of the Theosophical Society.
William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet and Nobel laureate, was a committed occultist who joined the Golden Dawn in 1890 and remained active in its ritual and politics for years. He earlier explored Theosophy and later developed his own visionary system, published as A Vision, based on his wife's automatic writing. Esoteric symbolism runs throughout his poetry and plays.
Connections
- associate of Florence Farr — Close friend and fellow Golden Dawn member.
- associate of Florence Farr — Fellow Golden Dawn member and close friend.
- associate of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers — Initiated and worked within Mathers's Golden Dawn.