In the Foreward to Meditations on the Tarot, we read:
For these are in essence twenty-two spiritual exercises, by means of which you, dear Unknown Friend, will immerse yourself in the current of the living tradition, and thus enter into the community of spirits who have served it and who are still serving it.
Miss Charlotte Cowell is one of those spirits who has been serving the living Hermetic tradition. First she translated and made available the books on the Tarot Majors and Tarot Minors by G. O. Mebes, whose teachings had influenced the Unknown Friend. We also read in the Meditations:
I have mentioned some Hermeticists whom I suppose that you, dear Unknown Friend, know of. But there are many others who ought to be named as guardians of the ancient tradition of the arcanum of inspiration. But what will the name of Shmakov say to you, for example? Or the name Roudnikova? These are names which, like the yellow leaves of autumn, repose in forgetfulness beneath the immense white shroud of snow which covers pre-revolutionary Russia.
So last year, Miss Charlotte made available in English The Solar Way by Nina Roudnikova.
This year, she has made available The Holy Book of Thoth by Vladimir Schmakov in a beautiful edition with colour plates! Our Unknown Friend recommended Shmakov’s book very highly and now English speaking Hermeticists can read the same material.