Aliens and the Golden Dawn

You have the power to contact alien beings and extraterrestrial intelligences, using the Magic of the Golden Dawn! In fact, this is exactly what the original teachings of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn were always leading up to!

Seriously: recently I have been investigating the Theoricus Adeptus Minor teaching of the “Tree of Life Projected In A Sphere” – which can be found in Regardie’s The Golden Dawn – and have come to the conclusion that it is no less than a method for astrally projecting ultimately to anywhere in the universe – and all whilst remaining within the GD paradigm.

I will avoid giving a full explanation of the entire “Tree of Life Projected In A Sphere” (which I shall hereinafter abbreviate as “TOLPIAS”) teaching in this particular blog-post, save to say that the basic theory behind contacting Aliens using this method is this: first determine, astronomically, where these Aliens actually are, in terms of the star around which their planet orbits. Given that the TOLPIAS scheme involves mapping the constellations to one’s Sphere of Sensation, it should then be possible to work out the position of the Aliens’ homeworld in relation thereto, and which card of the Tarot would correspond to that particular section of the sky.

The method I have used in my own particular experiments consists of first, working out my horoscope in terms of the “Mathers / Sidereal” system; secondly, during meditation, build-up the TOLPIAS in imagination with myself in the midst thereof, with the degree of my ascendant as determined under the “Mathers / Sidereal” system facing due east. The complete visualisation of TOLPIAS would involve not only imagining the positions of the various Sephiroth, but invoking divine and angelic names as appropriate for each one. This being done, I visualise where the various Tarot cards lie, and then imagine drawing down energy into my Sphere of Sensation by the four-fold Dragon formulae.

At this point I am ready to commence Projecting, which I first do to the appropriate Tarot card. There I establish contact with a spirit-guide – all so far using conventional GD methodology. I then ask the spirit-guide to accompany me to the alien star-system, and to their planet, and have a good old-explore, trying to make contact with local inhabitants, and so-forth. To end the session I travel back with my spirit-guide, and take my leave of him or her in the usual manner.

So, for example, to go visit the Pleiadians on their homeworld one would first project to the “Prince of Pentacles” – one could even imagine that the Prince of Pentacles is taking you in his chariot through space.

The actual utility of attempting to do so I leave to others to determine for themselves. On my first ever attempt to make telepathic contact with aliens, I did not necessarily receive spiritual teachings of cosmic importance, but I did succeed in channeling enough plot-lines for an entire series of a certain popular TV sci-fi show (the producers have yet to get back to me). More seriously I have found that certain spiritual currents do interact with the Earth from outer space – as it were – and that this method is way of interacting with them not just in abstracto but also in the way they manifest upon this planet.

“Mathers / Sidereal”

The positions given in the “Mathers / Sidereal” column in the tables below are worked out in the following manner: the difference in Right Ascension between the position of the star in question, and that of Regulus (Alpha-Leonis) is taken, and converted into Degrees of Longitude. By then assuming Regulus to be 0º of Leo, one can determine the position of the star in question in relation thereto.

This results in a peculiar system of “Sidereal Astrology,” but unlike Sidereal systems which are popular among astrologers today. The primary difference being that in the Fagan-Bradley method, Regulus is assumed to be 5º of Leo – the Lahiri method is almost the same at 5º 53′. If this were so, then the “Age of Aquarius” will occur in approximately 400 years time. However: if MacGregor Mathers’ attribution of Regulus to 0º of Leo is accepted, then the Age of Aquarius is actually beginning (almost literally) now. Mathers’ line of reasoning was that all measurements should be taken from Regulus given that it was the brightest star on the Ecliptic: Regulus also corresponds to one of the four points associated with Tiphereth.

All systems of Sidereal Astrology are attempts to make the astrological zodiac more closely approximate the actual heavens than Tropical Astrology, but they are still approximations only. This is because astrology assumes the zodiac is divided into twelve segments of equal size (i.e. 30º each), whereas in reality the size of each constellation varies greatly. Hence the reason why the Pleiades (for example), although astronomically in the constellation of Taurus, nevertheless falls in the astrological sign of Aries in Mathers’ system of astrology (it would be 29.75º of Aries under Fagan/Bradley).

“Tarot Card”

Given the “Mathers / Sidereal” longitude of the star in question, one can then work out the precise Tarot card by noting its declination in relation to the path of the ecliptic. A decent Star-Map helps greatly here, and by “decent” I mean “more accurate than those given in The Golden Dawn! Two cases in point are the positions of Wolf 1061 and Trappist 1 (see below). These lie so close to the Ecliptic that it is necessary to pin-point exactly where these stars lie in their respective constellations, as it is the difference between the “Prince of Cups” and “Death” on the one hand, and the “Prince of Swords” and “The Star” on the other.

Habitable Exo-Planets

Stars which have been speculated to be orbited by at least one Earth-like planet capable of sustaining life – as found by either the Transit or Radial Velocity methods of detection.

The first set of planets with which I shall deal derive from yer actual Astronomy. At the time of writing (November 2017) there have been 13 exo-planets out of 3,693 so-far detected which Astronomers believe are capable of sustaining life, including three Earth-like planets in the Trappist-1 system alone. (NB this blog post has been edited since then to keep up with latest developments in Exoplanet research – as of December 2020 a further six such planets have been either discovered or newly identified as lying in their star’s habitable zone, including an extra member of the Trappist-1 system.)

The fact that only a small number of constellations appear to have such planets is probably because only a small portion of the Universe has been investigated. Hence if we are going to introduce at least a smidgeon of rationality into this whole business of contacting aliens, it would make sense to start here.

Name / Designation	Distance (light years)	Constellation		Tarot-card
		(Astronomic)	(Mathers / Sidereal)
Gliese 667 Cc	22	Scorpius	7.5º Scorpio	Death
Kepler-62f	1200	Lyra	11º Sagittarius	King of Wands
Kepler-186f	560	Cygnus	26.5º Sagittarius	Queen of Pentacles
Kepler-442b	1120	Lyra	13.25º Sagittarius	King of Wands
“Coruscant” (Kepler-452b)	1400	Cygnus	24º Sagittarius	Queen of Pentacles
Wolf 1061c	14	Ophiuchus	5.5º Scorpio	Prince of Cups
Kepler-1229b	770	Cygnus	25.5º Sagittarius	Queen of Pentacles
Proxima Centauri b	4.2	Centaurus	5.5º Libra	Justice
Kapteyn b	12.8	Pictor	26º Taurus	7 of Pentacles
Luyten B (GJ-273b)	12.2	Canis Minor	19.75º Gemini	The Lovers
TRAPPIST-1d TRAPPIST-1e TRAPPIST-1f TRAPPIST-1g (i.e. 4 planets out of a 7 planet system)	39	Aquarius	14.5º Aquarius	Prince of Swords
LHS-1140b	40	Cetus	9.15º Pisces	The Moon
Kepler-1638b*	????	Cygnus	23.39º Sagittarius	Queen of Pentacles
Teegarden-b Teegarden-c	12.58	Aries	11.25º Aries	Queen of Wands
TOI-700d	101.4	Dorado	5º Gemini	8 of Swords.

* NB: I tried to look up Kepler 1638, the star, and got three different figures for its distance from Earth, ranging from 879 light years to almost 5000 light years!

Aliens with whom we are already in contact

Star systems containing Alien Races – as found by “channelling” and other sources.

I now turn to Alien races whose existence has been asserted not by Astronomers or Astrobiologists, but by New Age practitioners and ex-Coventry City footballers. I personally have mixed feelings – some of these alleged alien contacts have inspired the best spiritual teachings of modern times (e.g. the Pleiadians), whilst others have done the most to bring the genre into disrepute – more SewAge than NewAge, as it were. I have a particular bugbear about the significance of Thuban (Alpha Draconis) – it is important in the spiritual history of this planet in more ways than one, but not in the manner alleged by David Icke.

Name / Designation	Distance (light years)	Constellation		Tarot-card
		(Astronomic)	(Mathers / Sidereal)
An unnamed star which was “in the direction of Orion” but has now shifted to a higher dimension – home of the Essassani	500	Orion	Too vague to get a precise fix!	The Hierophant (or possibly “The Lovers” due to the vagueness of the directions).
Sirius – home of Sirian Hybrids (cf Kenneth Grant‘s “Sirius/Set Current”)	8.6	Canis Major	9.25º Gemini	The Lovers
The Pleiades – home of the Pleiadians	444	Taurus	24.75º Aries	Prince of Pentacles
Arcturus – home of Arcturians	36.7	Boötes	2º Libra	Queen of Swords
Thuban – home of Reptilians (according to David Icke)	303	Draco	29º Virgo	Princess of Wands

Not included – details about the Yahyel or Shalanaya, as apparently they either don’t want to give away the location of their home planet, or they don’t have one, roaming the galaxy in large ships as they do.

Me Sursum Transmitte, Caledone

Aliens that only exist in fiction … OR DO THEY???

Finally by way of light relief, a selection of aliens and their homeworlds which, unlike the alien races noted in the section above, are not claimed to be anything other than fiction.

Name / Designation	Distance (light years)	Constellation		Tarot-card
		(Astronomic)	(Mathers / Sidereal)
40 Eridani A, the location of Vulcan in Star Trek. Ironically, since this article was first written, a “Super-Earth” has now been found to be orbiting this very star.	16	Eridanus	1.75º Taurus	The Hierophant
Aldebaran – home of Hastur The Unspeakable, from the Cthulhu Mythos.	65	Taurus	7º Taurus	The Hierophant
The Horsehead Nebula – location of Magrathea, centre of the custom-built luxury planet industry	1500	Orion	23.25º Taurus	The Hierophant
Altair-4, aka the Forbidden Planet	17	Aquila	25.5º Sagittarius	Queen of Pentacles
LV-426 (aka “Acheron”), the planet visited by USS Nostromo in Alien	39	Reticulum	17.5º Aries	3 of Wands

Not included: any planets from the Star Wars films, given that their location is only specified as a galaxy far, far away; nor from Doctor Who, given that in fifty-seven years its writers have consistently avoided troubling themselves with astronomy.