The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats is an exhibition being presented by the National Library of Ireland. One section of this exhibition features Yeats’ involvement with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which he joined on 7 March 1890. The exhibition opened to public acclaim 25 May 2006 and is running until 1 January 2010. I think the length of the exhibition is testimony to how important this exhibition is. If you are able to get to Dublin some time this year, then excellent. For the rest of us not all is lost. The National Library of Ireland has the most amazing interactive presentation of the exhibition available online which takes you on a virtual tour of the exhibition space, well worth viewing.

The National Library of Ireland has the largest collection of Yeats’ manuscripts and curios in the world, including more than…