Woodman, WR

Japanese: Woodman,W.R.(英語表記)WoodmanWR
Woodman, WR

...The goal of the group was to decipher the texts of ancient mysteries hidden in the British Museum and other places, and to revive Western mysteries. It was founded on March 1, 1888, by magical researchers W. W. Westcott, S. L. Mathers, and W. R. Woodman, and at that time, as a kind of authority, the group emphasized that it acted under the direction of a "secret leader" in Germany. However, some of the initiates actually tried to find the "secret leader," and at one point R. Steiner was mistaken for that leader. ...

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Japanese:

…その行動目標は大英博物館などに眠っている古代密儀のテキストを解読し,西洋の秘儀を復活させることにあった。1888年3月1日,魔術研究家ウェストコットW.W.Westcott,メーザーズS.L.M.MathersおよびウッドマンW.R.Woodmanにより創設されたが,その際一種の権威付けとして,同教団はドイツに存在する〈秘密の首領〉の指示を受けて活動するという形式を強調した。しかし参入者の中には〈秘密の首領〉を実際に探しだそうと試みる者も出,一時はR.シュタイナーがその首領と誤認されたこともある。…

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