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Sepharial
Walter Gorn Old (20 March 1864 in Handsworth, England – 23 December 1929 in Hove, England) was a 19th-century astrologer, who used the pen name "Sepharial", after an angel in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. An English Theosophist, Sepharial was an astrologer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and wrote multiple books, some of which are still highly regarded in some circles today. He was editor of Old Moore's Almanac, which is still published in the 21st century.
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Walter Gorn Old (20 March 1864 in Handsworth, England – 23 December 1929 in Hove, England) was a 19th-century astrologer, who used the pen name "Sepharial", after an angel in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. An English Theosophist, Sepharial was an astrologer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and wrote multiple books, some of which are still highly regarded in some circles today. He was editor of Old Moore's Almanac, which is still published in the 21st century.
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