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World Tarot Day

Today is World Tarot Day, and so I thought I (as a Tarot reader myself) would contribute by reviewing my own favourite Tarot decks. Golden Dawn – Robert Wang The Golden Dawn was my entry into occultism generally, and consequently … Continue reading

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Public Challenge to David Griffin

Stop all your verbal attacks against Chic, Tabby, Nick Farrell, Pat Zalewski, the SRIA and all the rest, and use your supposed EU trademarks to stop the neo-nazis in Greece from bringing the “Golden Dawn” name into disrepute. If you … Continue reading

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Ask A Wizard: Transformation and Golden Dawn Magick

Inspired by discussions I had recently on Facebook concerning my post on the Aura, here is my take on Transformation, one of the “Magic Of Light” formulae of the Golden Dawn.

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The Aura

Recent developments in my magical work have convinced me that the art of discerning the Aura is a hugely under-rated discipline, especially when it comes to applying it to ceremonial magick. I believe that the faculty of Auric vision is … Continue reading

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Who is the Secret Chief of the Golden Dawn?

This is a response to a blog post by Aaron Leitch about the Archangel Raphael being Frater Lux E Tenebris. IMHO the identification of Frater LET with this Archangel is far too simplistic, as it conceals much more than it … Continue reading

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How To Be Chief Adept Of Your Own Magical Order!

So there I was the other day reading Fire and Ice by Stephen Flowers, about the rituals of the Fraternitas Saturni. Needless to say, all that sex and drugs was of interest to me purely for the purposes of research … Continue reading

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Secret Chief Sweep-stake!

Nick Farrell has unearthed a hastily suppressed post by David Griffin claiming that the latter is going to name the secret puppet-master behind the Golden Dawn, but tantalisingly not revealing the name until the next post. Ooh, the anticipation! I … Continue reading

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The Assumption of God Forms

This post is a reply to a comment of Facebook by Sorita D’Este regarding the Assumption of God Forms – specifically, how this is done in the Golden Dawn tradition. My position is: the assumption of a God form is … Continue reading

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Adeptus Major

Today I am going to do a survey of the grade of 6=5 Adeptus Major, by examining how the various different offshoots of the Golden Dawn -  the Alpha et Omega, the Stella Matutina, the Holy Order of the Golden … Continue reading

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The L Word

No order claiming to be “Rosicrucian” has any lineage whatsoever! Even the genuine ones (if there is such a thing). The reason is simple: they have no lineage because the original order described in the Fama Fraternitatis had none itself. … Continue reading

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