Sunday, September 15, 2019

019 Leo Africanus

As of Sunday, September 15, 2019, the entry for the Renaissance-era traveler and geographer Leo Africanus does not yet mention what is perhaps his most famous posthumous activity -- namely, that of appearing as a spirit guide and daemon companion to the poet W.B. Yeats, in his various spiritualist explorations. See Richard Ellmann's study, Yeats: The Man and the Masks.
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