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Revision as of 05:36, 6 January 2026
Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) was a British surrealist, occultist, poet, and writer.
Personal life
Margaret Ithell Colquhoun was born on October 9, 1906 in Shillong, a hill town in the far north eastern region of India situated between Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). Her parents were Henry Archibald Colebrooke Colquhoun and Georgia Frances Ithell Manley.
Artistic career
Involvement with Theosophists
She associated with G. R. S. Mead and his Quest Society.
Her book Sword of Wisdom documents the Golden Dawn and its overlapping membership with the Theosophical Society.
Writings
- Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the “Golden Dawn”. London: Neville Spearman, 1975. First American edition, NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1975.
Additional resources
- Ithell Colquhoun in Wikipedia.
