The Shadow of The Golden Fire grimoire was recorded as being derived from materials directly handed down from one Daniel Murgatroyd who appears to have been a descendant of David.
[1] According to Murgatroyd, “Daniel” held some loose affiliations with David Lund and his “Society of Dew” as well as being associated with the esoteric group calling itself the Fathers of the Rosy Cross, who published the magazine
Lamp of Thoth. According to David Murgatroyd, the spells in this grimoire were compiled directly by this elusive figure known as Daniel Murgatroyd, whose descendant built East Riddlesden Hall in West Yorkshire.
[2] It remains unclear as to whether this connection is fabricated or real, but Murgatroyd explains his own attempts to connect with the historical Daniel, the alleged composer of this grimoire:
As to date it has not been possible to trace the Daniel Murgatroyd to whom presumably the book and papers belonged. Finally in desperation a visit was made to the address in the book, 14 Parkwood Street, Keighley, only to find it had been demolished several years ago. Irritations prompted further investigation which resulted in the discovery that 14 Parkwood Street had been the administration offices in the late 1880’s of a group calling itself the Fathers of the Rosy Cross or Rosicrucians who published a magazine, The Lamp of Thoth. They seemed to have aroused the enmity of Madame Blavatsky’s Theosophical movement and McGregor; Mathers, leader of the Golden Dawn. Certainly the Bradford area however unlikely seemed to be a centre, for some reason, of a later Victorian revival in modern occult activity with lodges of The Rosicrucians, the Theosophists and the Golden Dawn, all battling for power. ..
