Edmund William Berridge

Edmund William Berridge (1843–1923) was a medical doctor in London, homoeopathist in the United States and occultist. He joined the Golden Dawn in May 1889, taking the magical name "Respiro" and the motto Resurgam (I shall rise again). He was also a follower of Thomas Lake Harris.

In the book Moonchild written by Aleister Crowley, Berridge is grossly depicted as Dr Balloch, a professional abortion provider. Earlier, in 1911, Berridge testified in court on the matter of Crowley's reputation.

The Golden Dawn

Berridge was an active member of the Isis-Urania lodge and according to biographer Francis King, he was the only senior Adeptus who remained loyal to Mathers during the revolt in 1900. He wrote (under a pseudonym) a series of articles for the Unknown World, an occult magazine published by A.E. Waite. In his autobiography (Shadows of Life and Thought), Waite explains that a few of the members approached him to allege that the temple was badly mismanaged, and had soon died out. On December 11, 1892, he issued flying roll number 5 titled Some Thoughts on the Imagination. On January 12, 1894, he issued flying roll number 24 titled Horary Figure, derived from a lecture he gave on the subject of horary astrology.