Ellic Paul Howe (20 September 1910 – 28 September 1991) was a British astrologer and writer on

occultism The occult () is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mystic ...

and the

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (), more commonly the Golden Dawn (), was a secret society devoted to the study and practice of occult Hermeticism and metaphysics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known as a magical order, ...

as well as on

typography Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

and

military history Military history is the study of War, armed conflict in the Human history, history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to Politics, local and international relationship ...

. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

he worked for Britain's Political Warfare Executive on

psychological warfare Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PsyOp), has been known by many other names or terms, including Military Information Support Operations ( MISO), Psy Ops, political warfare, "Hearts and Mi ...

and

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techniques under the name 'Armin Hull'.

Partial bibliography

Books on occultism

* ''Urania’s Children: the strange world of the astrologers'' (1967) * ''Astrology: a recent history including the untold story of its role in World War II'' (1968) * ''Astrology and psychological warfare during World War II'' (1972) * ''Magicians of the Golden Dawn: A Documentary History of a Magical Order, 1887-1923'' (1978) * ''Alchemist of the Golden Dawn: The Letters of the Reverend W. A. Ayton to F. L. Gardner and Others, 1886-1905 (Roots of the Golden Dawn Series) edited by Ellic Howe'' (1985) * ''Merlin Peregrinus: Vom Untergrund des Abendlandes'' (with Helmut Möller), Würzburg 1986 * ''Fringe Masonry in England, 1870-1885 (Golden Dawn Studies Series; No 12) (with Darcy Kuntz)'' (1997)

Books on military history

* ''The Black Game: British Subversive Operations Against the Germans During the Second World War'' (1982)

Books on typography and bookmaking

* ''Newspaper Printing in the Nineteenth century'' (1943) * ''The Trade – Walter Hutchinson'' (1943) * ''London Bookbinders: Masters and Men, 1780–1840'' (1946) * ''The London Compositor: Documents Relating to Wages, Working Conditions and Customs of the London Printing Trade, 1785–1900'' (1947) * ''The London Society of Compositors (Re-established 1848): A Centenary history'' (1948) * ''French Type Specimen books'' (1951) * ''The British Federation of Master Printers, 1900–1950'' (1950) * ''The Society of London Bookbinders, 1780–1951 (British trade union history collection)'' (1952) * ''The Typecasters (The Monotype recorder)'' (1957) * ''The Sales Conference: The Second of Richardsons' Newcastle Chapbooks, Telling how the Chairman and the Chief Chymist Invented a Bronze Blue Ink which Tasted Like Vintage Port, and Containing a Recital of the Subsequent Events, Transactions and Proceedings'' (1958) * ''Harry Kweller and the Harkwell Press: A Fragment of Biography'' (1960)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, Ellic 1910 births 1991 deaths 20th-century British astrologers British occult writers