Peter Davidson (1837-1915) was a Scottish musician and violin maker, homeopath, herbalist and publisher of The Morning Star, who was associated with the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. The HBL was founded in 1884 by Max Théon (1848-1927), perhaps born Louis-Maximilian Bimstein, a Polish Jewish Kabbalist and Occultist who established the "Cosmic Philosophy" based on occultist material "received" or channeled by Théon's wife Alma (Mary Chrystine Woodroffe Ware, 1843-1908).