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About the Author

British author on astrology who became famous under his pseudonym, "Sepharial." Originally named Walter Richard Old, he also wrote under the name Walter Gorn Old. He was born on March 20, 1864, at Harndsworth, Birmingham, England, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. At an early age he studied books on Kabala and astrology, and became friendly with astrologer Alan Leo (1860-1917). He went on to study a variety of subjects, including medical dispensing, Orientalism, and ancient languages. He moved to London in 1889 and joined the Theosophical Society, where he became a member of the inner group, known as the Esoteric Section, around Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. He was very interested in astral projection. Old left the Society after Blavatsky's death. Beginning in the 1890s, Old wrote extensively on astrology and his books remained popular through the twentieth century.