While the dice gods seem to like Tassin, they didn't spare Jean either. His true love, Flore, passed away from hunger right after giving birth to little Anne-Marie. The baby, though underfed, survived. Since Jean was weakened by grief and hunger, he decided to remarry quick, so someone would care for his daughters if he didn't make it. His neighbor, a poor widower, didn't have the money to pay his daughter's dowry, but Jean married her anyways, on the condition she would keep caring for the girls if he died.
This is how 17 years old Louise Roussel became Louise Lechesne.
🦇 Good morning, my bookish bats. I hope you have a good book, delicious latte, and sweet snack within reach! No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in April! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.
[ List Under the Cut ]
🩷 April 2 🩷
✨ Your Blood, My Bones - Kelly Andrew
✨ What If... Loki Was Worthy? - Madeleine Roux
✨ Fate Be Changed - Farrah Rochon
✨ No Going Back - Patrick Flores-Scott
✨ The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson
✨ Darker by Four - June C.L. Tan
✨ Draw Down the Moon - P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
✨ The Black Girl Survives in This One
✨ Wrath of the Talon - Sophie Kim
✨ Every Time You Hear That Song - Jenna Voris
✨ Otherworldly - F.T. Lukens
✨ Misdirection of Fault Lines - Anna Gracia
✨ Something Kindred - Ciera Burch
✨ Hearts Still Beating - Brooke Archer
✨ Call Forth a Fox - Markelle Grabo
🩷 April 9 🩷
✨ Teenage Dirtbags - James Acker
✨ Canto Contigo - Jonny Garza Villa
✨ Dragonfruit - Makiia Lucier
✨ The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - Christine Calella
✨ Fog & Fireflies - T.H. Lehnen
✨ Against the Darkness - Kendare Blake
✨ The Darkness Rises - Stacy Stokes
✨ Right Here, Right Now - Shannon Dunlap
✨ The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford
🩷 April 16 🩷
✨ To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods - Molly X. Chang
✨ Merciless Saviors - H.E. Edgmon
✨ Deep Is the Fen - Lili Wilkinson
✨ This Is Me Trying - Racquel Marie
✨ Calling of Light - Lori M. Lee
✨ Pretty Furious - E.K. Johnston
✨ Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao
✨ The Lady of Rapture - Sarah Raughley
✨ The End of Always - Rebecca Phillips
✨ The Kill Factor - Ben Oliver
✨ The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram
✨ We're Never Getting Home - Tracy Badua
✨ The Harrowing - Kristen Kiesling & Rye Hickman
✨ King of Dead Things - Nevin Holness
✨ Sheine Lende - Darcie Little Badger & Rovina Cai
✨ The One That Got Away with Murder - Trish Lundy
🩷 April 23 🩷
✨ Song of the Six Realms - Judy I. Lin
✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta
✨ Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker
✨ Kill Her Twice - Stacey Lee
✨ Dark Parts of the Universe - Samuel Mille
✨ Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter
✨ The Merciless King of Moore High - Lily Sparks
✨ Out of Blue Comes Green - M.E. Corey
✨ A Whisper in the Walls - Scott Reintgen
✨ Homebody - Theo Parish
✨ Punk Rock Karaoke - Bianca Xunise
🩷 April 30 🩷
✨ To a Darker Shore - Leanne Schwartz
✨ The Vanishing Station - Ana Ellickson
✨ The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge - Matthew Hubbar
✨ What's Eating Jackie Oh? - Patricia Park
✨ Sound the Gong - Joan He
✨ Playing for Keeps - Jennifer Dugan
✨ Not Like Other Girls - Meredith Adamo
✨ The Notes - Catherine Con Morse
✨ I'll Be Waiting for You - Mariko Turk
✨ Pillow Talk - Stephanie Cooke & Mel Valentine
✨ Saint-Seducing Gold - Brittany N. Williams
✨ Where Was Goodbye? - Janice Lynn Mather
✨ The Lilies - Quinn Diacon-Furtado
DIA 23 — noite de pinheiro foi, talvez, a noite mais esperada por marie-anne, porque é um tipo de atividade que ela gosta de fazer. é um momento que ela pode ficar confortável e se divertir sem ter que usar da etiqueta para parecer comportada ou elegante. por isso que escolheu um visual mais casual, como a it-girl que é, escolheu peças de marcas pequenas da frança, só para que pudesse divulga-las, mas dentro do estilo que ela gosta.
DIA 24 — no baile foi escolhido um vestido vermelho, com detalhes em pérola que combinava com os arranjos de seu cabelo e os brincos longos que usava. um laço na parte de trás complementa o visual natalino elegante escolhido pela selecionada.
DIA 29 — na sessão de fotos, a roupa escolhida é tradicional chinesa, foi uma roupa que sua mãe usou no jantar de noivado com o seu pai e, por isso, foi escolhido pela selecionada para homenageá-la. as flores estampadas são a representação das flores de pessegueiro que florescem no palácio de verão, em beijing.
DIA 31 — ano novo combina com dourado e o frio combina com terninho, a junção dos dois nos levar a peça da coleção schiaparelli: fall 2015 couture. usou dourado porque fica bem nela e gosta de chamar a atenção, dinheiro ela já tem até demais.
🇬🇧“In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends. We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them. We wed and christen with flowers. We dare not die without them. We have worshipped with the lily, we have meditated with the lotus, we have charged in battle array with the rose and chrysanthemum. We have even attempted to speak in the language of flowers. How could we live without them? It frightens one to conceive of a world bereft of their presence.”
🇧🇷“Na alegria e na tristeza, flores são nossas amigas constantes. Comemos, bebemos, cantamos, dançamos e flertamos com elas. Casamo-nos e batizamos com flores. Não ousamos morrer sem elas. Cultuamos com lírios, meditamos com lótus, investimos em formação de batalha com rosas e crisântemos. Tentamos até falar a língua das flores. Como poderíamos viver sem elas? Aterroriza-nos imaginar um mundo sem a sua presença.”
💐O Livro do Chá | The Book Of Tea, Okakura Kakuzō (1906).
🎥Films: Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987), Howard's End (1992), Pride&Prejudice (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), Atonement (2007), Bright Star (2009), Anna Karenina (2012), La Belle et la Bête (2014), Emma (2020).
📺Series: North&South (2004), Anne With an E (2017), Sandition (2019), Bridgerton (2020).
Artists, websites, interesting places & things ! ...
My memory is poor. As for the purposes of updating, I will add new postings to the top of the list. Albeit not alphabetized in this manner, it is easier to maintain.
I started the list so I would have all of the artists I love, places I've been, websites I like, all at a glance whenever I work on projects. Then I decided to share it. I mean, why not! At present it's mainly names without context. Which is a little unfair to artists. However, as I get more settled in my new home,I will provide more links, etc.(With Artists Permission Naturally.)
Thank You For Being Here ..... ~S
Peter Coulson - Photographer
Alina Bobyleva - model. (With the exception of a few fashion photographers I greatly respect, (*One of whom I will link above this note), I don't normally like to put too much emphasis on the modelling industry per se. However, with as much focus on blond or raven haired, tanned models. This young lady is a fair skinned redhead. When I was growing up as a fair skinned dark shade redhead, you never saw yourself represented in the fashion world.
yellowjackets full names i made up on my drive today
Shauna Elise Shipman- already had this one. I just like it idk what to tell y'all. elise sounds pretty with shauna
Jacqueline Kennedy Taylor- i'm sorry, but with jackie's parents? she was clearly named for jackie kennedy and i feel like they WOULD go that far.
Laura Lee- she doesn't have a middle name. her parents just gave her a first and last so that when she gets married to a man she can be Laura Lee Husband's-Last-Name.
Natalie Antonia Scatorccio- i don't remember which fic it was that used this one for "something catholic" but i love it. very pretty will keep
Misty Ann Quigley- it just feels like something that would be RIGHT for misty. something very generic that doesn't quite fit but isn't bad.
Vanessa Irene Palmer- I like the sound of it and i do feel like when van was born her mom would have been the type to think "VIP" as initials is really funny.
Taissa Nadine Turner- this one was also chosen for the initials because i feel like taivan both having that is cute. tai's initials are TNT and Nadine both sounds good with with other two and means "hope" which i feel like would fit with both her parents' dreams for her and taissa's personality. the girl just keeps going
Benjamin David Scott- i like the sound of it and it would be fun for his middle name to match a queer icon: david bowie
Akilah Nicole King- nicole means victory, which i think would be tragic with akilah who's trying so hard to keep going but we know won't make it. and king just sounds really good with akilah AND is a common name across the board
Mari Gabriella Flores- middle name is from the angel gabriel that declared to mary that she was gonna have a baby because mari "i hope that shauna doesn't die" being named after gabriel is PEAK comedy to me. also flores is one of my favorite hispanic last names and i want to give her flowers. on account of the pit
Genesis Stevie Kondo- okay look, i know a person named after genesis the band and the idea of gen being named after genesis the band AND stevie nicks is entertaining to me. also marie kondo and getting rid of stuff with care and kindness and poor gen is getting thrown out of the cast by being killed. do you see my Vision TM
Melissa Jean Collins- common middle name and last name that i thought worked well with hers
Kristin Cassandra Megat- i made this name up for god honoring cannibalism and i'm very fond of it for crystal <3
Charlotte Elizabeth Matthews- of course mr. matthews would give lottie both an incredibly bland and aristocratic sounding name. middle name comes from both elizabeth ii and it just sounding fancy
Travis Rosario Martinez- i know that rosario skews female, but it IS gender neutral still. and let me tell you, travis One of the Girls TM, virginity was jealousy guarded and then he was punished for having lost it being named partially after a famous devotion to the VIRGIN mary. i like the themes
Javier Alejandro Martinez- alejandro is very pretty, means warrior which is a sad sort of ironic, and then his initials are jam which makes me giggle
ADULT TIMELINE
Jeffrey Lee Sadecki- lee is very common, very short, and could facilitate some funny moments with small callie where she mishears jeffrey as jeff lee or jeffrey as jeff free. and thinks her dad's name is either jeff lee sadecki or jeff free sadecki
Jacqueline Elise Sadecki- ha. ha ha. hahAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Simone Jada Abara- jada means wise, which is a trait i would associate with simone, and it also sounds good in there.
Samuel Isaac Abara-Turner- i am worried about sammy tonight in this chili's so i am giving him the worst curse i can on a christian child: naming him isaac after abraham's issac. i make things worse on purpose :)
Walter Ichabod Tattersall- he has no glory because he's just a weird little guy and i like that about him :)
Kevyn Ringo Tan- i am cursing kevyn with not only the y he already has but his parents being this type of beatles fan. idk i feel like someone using a y for kevin in the late seventies would be the kind of person to name their kid after ringo starr
Lisa Marie Hawthorne- giving lisa a very common middle name and a fancy, wasp-y last name complete with nathaniel hawthorne's generations away from puritanism guilt. it feels right with her mom being the way she is
that's it! that's the end of the characters i care enough about to do this for
This is Thursday April 11th 2024 is for those victims that was gunned down and also for the Manchester Arena victims that was bombed down as well they aren't just rappers wrestlers kids or dreamers but they are angels sent back to heaven Ava Jordan Wood, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Saffie Rose Roussos, Pop Smoke, Young Dolph, Tupac Shakur and Christopher George Latore Wallace, Natalia Victoria Wallace, Shinzo Abe, Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Rev, Martin Luther King Jr., Secoriea Turner, Royta De'Marco Layfield Giles Jr., Davon McNeal, Dajore Wilson, Mekhi James, Judith and Maria Barsi, Janari A. Ricks, Carolyn Kay “Katy” Davis, Christiana Mae “Chrissy” Duarte, Shirley Virginia Ferrell Drouet, Stacee Ann Etcheber, Brisenia Ylianna Flores, Keri Lynn Galvan, Christian Riley Garcia, Angela Christine “Angie” Gomez, Jaime Taylor Guttenberg, Nicole Marie Hadley, Caitlin Millar Hammaren, Linda Sue Miller Hathorn, Aubrey Wright Hawkins, Demetrius C. “D” Hewlin, Rachael Elizabeth Hill, Emily Jane Hilscher, Dawn Alyson Lafferty Hochsprung, Anah Michelle Hodges, Winter Ashley Hodges, Kenzie Marie Houk, Lisa Rachelle Huff Huff, Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, Caleb Curtis Jackson, Dwayne Clifford Jackson Jr., Honesty Faith Jackson, Jonah Curtis Jackson, Trinity Hope Jackson, Jessica Jeanette James, Veronica Lynn “Tina” Jefferson, SGT Kent Dean Kincaid, Lawrence Fobes “Larry” King, Kandy Janell Kirtland, Russell Dennis King Jr., Amy Michelle Kitchen, Carly Anne Buchholtz Kreibaum, Matthew Joseph La Porte VVETERAN, Cara Marie Loughran, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Rhonda M. LeRocque, Rebecka Ann Carnes, Adriana “Adri” Dukić, Cassie Bernall, Ross Abdallah Alameddine, Arielle Anderson, Lucero Alcaraz, PnB Rock, Nipsey Hussle, Takeoff, Dayvon Daquan Bennett, Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, Janette Becraft, Eddie Graham, Shannon Claire Spruill, Dino Bravo, Lena Marie Nunez-Anaya, Sincere Gaston, Rebecka Ann Carnes, Annabelle Renee Pomeroy, Darius “DJ” Dugas II, Jason Leonard Abbott, Hannah Lassette Magiera Ahlers, Tammy Jo Alexander, Alyssa Miriam Alhadeff, Teresa Carol Allen, Cory Adam Andrewski, Thomas Aquinas Ashton, Charlotte Helen “Char” Bacon, Daniel Gerard “Danny” Barden, Carrie Rae Barnette, and more
Nouvelle participation à un recueil des éditions Joie Panique: "MA LANGUE SUR TON CŒUR" qui réunit textes et images sur l'amour par 70 artistes du monde entier ! Merci à C&C !
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A masterlist of muses that I have played throughout the years, that I am always willing to play. I do need to go over some of the FC's and probably make some changes since this list is YEARS old. But I will do that and update it!!
🌱 𓂃 Com a missão de verificar se todos os seus amigos estavam bem em mãos, Tadhg não demorou em caminhar até o novo dormitório de Anne Marie (descobrira qual era com a ajuda de Bénigne, mas manteria aquele segredo dela até que achasse plausível contar). Ele tinha em mãos uma pequena suculenta com flores amarelas, que era tão delicada quanto a amiga, e considerou que seria um bom presente para ela se estivesse numa situação ruim (ou boa também! Flores eram sempre um bom presente). Com leves batidas na porta, sorriu assim que esta se abriu --- ela sendo uma das poucas pessoas que conhecia o sorriso do Hood. “Oi, Annie. Desculpe a visita inesperada, mas eu queria saber como você estava.”, explicou-se antes de qualquer coisa. “Pessoalmente, no caso. Por mensagem não tem graça.”, deu levemente de ombros, e então, estendeu a suculenta na direção dela. “Tenho um presente, também. É uma bem fácil de cuidar, água só a cada quinze dias, ela me contou que está doida para ser sua amiga.”, esperava que gostasse do presente, e que depois, se a visita fosse aceita, ela não se importasse de ouvir as instruções de cuidado que Tad tinha para passar.
Sometimes it's fun to revisit books you love. Today we're taking a quick look at three Latine books we loved so far this year! Have you read them, or are they on your TBR list?
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie
Feiwel & Friends || Group Discussion
A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, a hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by author Racquel Marie.
Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys - way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless stream of crushes, but Ophelia is a romantic at heart. She couldn't change, even if she wanted to.
So when she finds herself thinking more about cute, quiet Talia Sanchez than the loss of a perfect prom with her ex-boyfriend, seeds of doubt take root in Ophelia's firm image of herself. Add to that the impending end of high school and the fracturing of her once-solid friend group, and things are spiraling a little out of control. But the course of love--and sexuality--never did run smooth. As her secrets begin to unravel, Ophelia must make a choice between clinging to the fantasy version of herself she's always imagined or upending everyone's expectations to rediscover who she really is, after all.
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Balzer & Bray || Review
Seventeen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers drawing attention for her killer eyeliner, not for being the new kid at a mostly white, very rich, Catholic school. But at least here no one knows she's gay, and Yami intends to keep it that way. After being outed by her crush and ex-best friend, she could use the fresh start.
At Slayton Catholic, Yami has new priorities: make her mom proud, keep her brother out of trouble, and most importantly, don't fall in love. Granted, she's never been great at any of those things, but that’s a problem for Future Yami.
The thing is, it’s hard to fake being straight when Bo, the only openly queer girl at school, is so annoyingly perfect. And smart. And talented. And cute. Either way, Yami isn’t going to make the same mistake again. If word got back to her mom, she could face a lot worse than rejection. So she’ll have to start asking, WWSGD: What would a straight girl do?
Told in a captivating voice that is by turns hilarious, vulnerable, and searingly honest, The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School explores the joys and heartaches of living your full truth out loud. -- Cover image and summary via Goodreads
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez
Algonquin Young Readers || Review
From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by “el viejo de la bolsa” while a military dictatorship steals their parents; and anyone you love, absolutely anyone, might be a shapeshifter waiting to hunt.
The worlds of these stories are dark but also magical ones, where a ghost-witch can make your cheating boyfriend pay, bullies are brought to their knees by vicious wolf-gods, a jar of fireflies can protect you from the reality-warping magic of a bruja—and maybe you’ll even live long enough to tell the tale. Set across Latin America and its diaspora, this collection offers bold, imaginative stories of oppression, grief, sisterhood, first love, and empowerment.
Full contributor list: Chantel Acevedo, Courtney Alameda, Julia Alvarez, Ann Dávila Cardinal, M. García Peña, Racquel Marie, Gabriela Martins, Yamile Saied Méndez, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, Claribel A. Ortega, Amparo Ortiz, Lilliam Rivera, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Ari Tison, and Alexandra Villasante. -- Cover image and summary via Goodreads
OF COURSE, ANON! sorry that this took so long. i just wanted to make sure i had a lot of suggestions for you! buckle up for a big list!
i'd love to see: emma d'arcy, quintessa swindell, dua saleh, poppy liu, asia kate dillon, lizeth selene, emma corrin, janelle monae, yaya dacosta, liv hewson, celeste o'connor, zion moreno, aj clementine, jessie mei li, serena motola, mimi keene, nana komatsu, davika hoorne, chase sui wonders, maia reficco, chandler kinney, zaria simone, ayo edebiri, lola tung, anya chalotra, maggie q, benjamin bratt, jaz sinclair, laura harrier, zendaya, courtney eaton, hunter schafer, jessica henwick, medalion rahimi, simone ashley, khadijha red thunder, zion moreno, amita suman, olivia cooke, ella purnell, sophie thatcher, rachel zegler, bruna marquezine, taylor russell, alisha boe, antonia gentry, ashley moore, naomi scott, natasha liu bordizzo, melis sezen, hande ercel, aslihan malbora, havana rose liu, amy adams, jessica alexander, grace van dien, danielle rose russell, sarah snook, adria arjona, ayo edebiri, bahar sahin, jasmin savoy brown, anne hathaway, michelle yeoh, anya taylor-joy, lucy liu, viola davis, ming na wen, sandra oh, gemma chan, maddie phillips, park sooyoung, jamie chung, tati gabrielle, sydney park, hoyeon jung, brittany o'grady, lily gladstone, savannah lee smith, nicola coughlan, greta onieogou, kylie verzosa, moon gayoung, madeleine madden, ni ni, alba flores, gugu mbatha raw, adeline rudolph, cierra ramirez, kiki layne, ryan destiny, zoey luna, lovie simone, blu hunt, park sooyoung, im jinah, samantha logan, tessa thompson, mint ranchwaree, yara shahidi, zorzo natharuetai, sobhita dhulipala, mookda narinrak, namtan tipnaree, nychaa nuttanicha, pat chayanit, nadine lustre, wawwa nicha, maris racal, ayca aysin turan, may calamawy, megan suri, banita sandhu, priscilla quintana, brianne tju, melis pamuk, camila mendes, demet ozdemir, sophia ali, bree kish, maddison bailey, jeremy allen white, tamino amir, mena massoud, archie renaux, evan mock, dev patel, taylor zakhar perez, tommy martinez, maxence danet fauvel, rege jean page, kiowa gordon, d'pharaoh woon-a-tai, derek luh, apo nattawin, tom blyth, freddy carter, deniz can aktas, emre bey, ilhan sen, josh o'connor, mike faist, joseph quinn, manny jacinto, callum turner, alex landi, barry keoughan, paul mescal, rami malek, simone baldasseroni, woo dohwan, yahya abdul mateen ii, mason gooding, cody christian, michael evans behling, jordan gonzalez, drew ray tanner, ito hideaki, peter gadiot, gong yoo, michael b jordan, hugh dancy, ben whishaw, swann arlaud, froy gutierrez, alex meraz, emilio sakraya, rahul kohli, oscar isaac, peter gadiot, jonathan daviss, danny ramirez, kento yamazaki, omar sy, cillian murphy, oliver jackson-cohen, brian michael smith, idris elba, william jackson harper, and lewis tan.
Isabelle de Steiger , de soltera Lace (1836-1927) pintora, teósofa, ocultista y escritora inglesa.
Nació en Liverpool, hija (y una de siete hijos) de Joshua Lace, un abogado. Fue educada primero en Liverpool y luego en Stratford-upon-Avon.
En 1861 se casó con un comerciante de algodón suizo, Rudolf Adolf von Steiger von Riggesberg. La pareja dividió su tiempo entre Inglaterra y Suiza y luego se estableció, por motivos profesionales, en Egipto, donde su marido murió de tuberculosis en 1870.
Isabelle regresó a Inglaterra en 1874 y estudió arte, primero en la Heatherley School of Fine Art y luego en la Slade School of Fine Art de Londres.
Tras obtener su título, comenzó una carrera como pintora profesional, exponiendo en varias galerías, como la Royal Academy de Londres y la Walker Art Gallery de Liverpool. Su estilo estuvo fuertemente influenciado por Lawrence Alma-Tadema y sus pinturas históricas.
También era conocida por sus pinturas de flores e ilustraciones de libros. Ilustró, por ejemplo, la revista de ocultismo The Unknown World (1894-1895), editada por AE Waite.
Pintó algunas figuras del movimiento teósfico, pero lamentablemente gran parte de su obra fue destruida en un incendio.
También experimentó los prejuicios predominantes contra las mujeres, que dificultaban alquilar un espacio de estudio y asistir a clases con modelos vivos, así como los obstáculos sociales para que las mujeres tuvieran una carrera independiente.
A principios de la década de 1870, se sintió atraída por el espiritismo y en 1878 se unió a la Sociedad Teosófica. Entró en contacto con Madame Blavatsky , Mabel Collins y Anna Kingsford, siendo esta última especialmente estimada por Steiger y convirtiéndose en una amiga íntima. Posteriormente, tras una escisión dentro de la sociedad Teosófica, se convirtió en miembro de la Sociedad Hermética, fundada por Kingsford; también fue miembro de la Sociedad de Investigación Psíquica.
Se hizo amiga de la alquimista Mary Anne Atwood, y sus propios escritos también estuvieron fuertemente influenciados por la alquimia; a la muerte de Atwood, en 1910, volvió a publicar con éxito la obra principal de Atwood, Una investigación sugerente sobre el misterio hermético.
Se unió a la Orden Hermética de la Aurora Dorada en 1888 y, después de una división entre facciones de la sociedad en 1903, se fue con AE Waite, uniéndose a su "Santa Orden de la Aurora Dorada", a pesar de sus desacuerdos sobre el tema de la Alquimia. También fundó, en 1912, una Sociedad Alquímica. Hacia el final de su vida siguió las enseñanzas de la Antroposofía.
Escribió varios libros sobre temas místicos, incluida una traducción de "La nube sobre el santuario" de Karl von Eckartshausen y una autobiografía.
También escribió artículos que aparecieron en varias revistas. Murió en Rock Ferry , Cheshire.