Samuel Liddell Mathers
- "He sits in front of his white pieces, as always. I suspect he secretly fancies himself a White Knight. No. Not a White Knight. That would be beneath him."
- ―William Robert Woodman about Samuel Liddel Mathers[src]
Samuel Liddell Mathers, also known as The Evoker of Spirits, was one of the founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, alongside William Robert Woodman and William Wynn Westcott. He was also the husband of Moina Mathers.
Fall of the Hermetic Order
Sometime towards the end of the 19th century, Mathers came in possession of the complete volume of the Book of Abraham. He attempted to translate it and was planning to publish the translated version, much to the disfavour of Westcott, who intended to keep its content a secret.
Despite their tensions however, both of them resolved to assassinate Woodman, mostly motivated by fear, since Mathers was able to see "beyond the corporeal" , as expressed by Woodman himself, and thus perceived what he truly was. Even though the death of Woodman was decided, Mathers insisted, unlike Westcott, that they could still learn things from their victim.