Robert William Felkin
Robert William Felkin | |
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| Born | March 13, 1853 Nottingham, England |
| Died | 28 December 1926 (aged 73) Havelock North, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Medical Missionary and Explorer; Ceremonial Magician |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Mander; Harriet |
| Children | Ethelwyn Mary Felkin, Samuel Denys Felkin, Laurence Felkin |
| Parent | Robert Felkin Sr. |
Robert William Felkin FRSE LRCSE LRCP (13 March 1853 – 28 December 1926) was a British medical missionary and explorer, a ceremonial magician, member of the S.R.I.A, member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a prolific author on Uganda and Central Africa, and early anthropologist, with an interest in hypnotism, ethno-medicine and tropical diseases.
He was the founder in 1903 of the Stella Matutina, a new Order based on the original Order of the Golden Dawn, with its Hermes Temple in Bristol, UK and, later, Whare Ra (or more correctly, the Smaragdum Thallasses Temple) in Havelock North, New Zealand in 1912.
The fullest account of his life is found in A Wayfaring Man, a fictionalised biography written by his second wife Harriot and published in serial form between 1936 and 1949.