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GOLDENDAWN

E PCEEDNGS F ELDEN DAWN CNFEENCE

LNDN � 1997

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Iodcio R Gilbet v

he de o Dioyi & al Its placein the Weste Hermetic Tradition lan mtong

he a & iblatono a ady nitiate Gealdne ekin

Rceating the Goden Dawn aot abatha Cceo 39

ae Regadie As I Knew im Chic Ciceo 77

ail o the Chameeon he Genesis Of

he Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn R Gilbet

he ot Stepchild e ale of theSocietas Rosicruciana in merica R Gibet 3

F Schtge Mags of the Noth thoy Makey

n xpoaio o the ila ohn ateote

he Hieachy o So e natre

OfInne Plane Contacs oh ateote

he Sege eio e Dangesof Ceremonial Magic dew Stepheo

he ngh Roiccian Imple eRole of the SRI in the Westen ermeticradition evo Stewat 3



NTRODUCTON

he emei de o he Goden Dawn was o in1 888 i had een oneied i n 1 887 and i was heenenay o he onepon ahe han o he ih ha

was eleaed y he s Golden Dawn Coneene held in1987 I was no howee an hsoia oneene Mh wassad ao he la impa o he de ey lile wasoeed on is hisoy and een less on is paies This seondoneene has aemped a moe aaned appoah o hede wh an een dson o papes and wokshops on heh soy o he Goden Dawn on s magal paes and on heheoy ndeying hem

why disss he Golden Dawn a all? n is oiginalom i lased o only een yeas; i nee had moe han a

ew hnded memes and ony a handl o hose memesee aheed ame - o nooiey - in he wod a lagePehaps so he Golden Dawn dd no appea om nowheeno did i go ak I gew o o he spiia maaise o hewese wold ha eame ineasngly appaen ding heseond hal o he nineeenh eny o omplex ineelaed soial polial and elgios easons a sgnianm inoiy o he edaed m iddle lasses eihe ejeed ohodox

Chisaniy o a leas sogh o sppemen i wh aosoms o alenaie spiialiy These oms anged om hedoines and phenomena o Spalsm hogh hemeamophosed neoddhism o he Theosophial Soiey ohe anasi eemones and egenday ses o he ingedes o eemasony Eah o hese aenes o esape - iesape was - oeed somehing ha old and oen did si l he eslessness o hese spiial seekes Some o hem

oowed moe han one pah o hey wee no malyexse A eas no on he sae



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he eneal ly accepted tem o ths pse o enthsiasmo alteate spitalty s the cclt Rea t weaccept the tem we ae enttled to ask jst what was eied? nessence it was a eial o nteest n the este emeticadton the twentieth centry tem o the whoeconstel ation o deas and pactces that deie om specat eJdeo-Chstan and Neopatonc spiitality Some aspects othe cclt Real Spi italism o exampe wee concened

with only a tny pat o ths tadition, whie othes weensympathetic to it. his was especiay te o theheosophical Socety whose doctines and ethos o despite itsstated netality oe eios eles, the S does haedoctnes) wee and ae decdedly oenta and ths n im ica towesten spiitality o many o those who looked otsideothodox Chstianty ths was not a path that they wshed totael they had no desie to eject the weste spita

heitae and soht only o those pats o t that had eenhidden o lost. At the same tme mch that had een hidden oost was en ecoeed

y the middle o the nneteenth centy a nme oimpotant Gnostic texts had een ecoeed and tanslated intomoden Eopean anaes kaalistic texts wee enaccately tanslated and pesented o the ist tme and thesptal deals o the Rosiccans wee en ien pacticalexpession No wee the speclatie stctes en i t wththese ecoeed mateals withot so d ondatons.

owads the end o the peos centy qasmasonictas ased on a comnaton o achemy and the RosiccianManiestoes wee ein deeloped in Gemany wh le n ancethe pactce o hey - accompanied y sophistcatedmetaphysca speclaton - was ein eied y Matines de

asqaly and hs dscpes. And n Enland ancent textsv



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eodying oth the theories o Plato and the Neoplatonists andthe praties o the Eleusinian, ahi and rphi Mysterieswere eing translated and presented aresh y Thoas Taylor

hat was needed was a synthesis o all o this, and aspeulatie genius who ould reate suh a synthesis a geniuswho duly appeared in the shape o illia ynn estotthih rings us ak to the Golden Dawn The rder doesoer a synthesis o the disparate eleents o the esteereti Tradition, indeed it is the only ody that has eerdone so, and or this i or no other reason i well deseres andrepays, intensie study. hat estott pereied was the needor a twoold reation: an rder that would oine initiatoryrituals and Theurgy on its praial side, with a usion oChristian, kaalisti and Neoplaoni spirituality andetaphysis o proide the theoretial underpinning ith his

great readth o osure learning and h is pratial knowledge oasoni and quasi-asoni) ereonial estott was ideallyplaed to reate suh an rder And whether y inspiration ornatural genius he also saw ha the ideal lu to hold it togetherwas the Enohian syste o Dr Dee, and that Egyptian iagerywas the ideal eans o ging pitorial or o he resulngstture

ourse the edgl ing Golden Dawn o 888 was not thenal or o the rder As Yeats pereied, a Magialrder is a liing organis, and without growth suh anorganis ust atrophy and die Its nuerial growth wasparal leled y a ritua growth as the Teples o the uter rderexpanded, so Mathers transored the Seond rder y unitingEgyptian syoli s with the Rosiruian ythos There wasalso dynais within the rder in the approah to

etaphysial speulation Aer the deise o Mathers,Christianity, aleit o an unorthodo ariety, reasseted itsel

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mos opely i ies Idepede d Reciied Rie lsomoe sly wihi he Sell Mi I moe ece eilso he de he Chisi emphsis hs ee less oios he Golde Dw emis esolely wese i i s ehos

I is lso cle h hese chges i spiil emphsise ccompied y chges - someies sle, someimesdmic i ceemoil pcice, which e i eecioo he iece o he oe chismic idiidls who heispied he ewi ldeig me o sdii sios oshoos dsccessos o which he oigil de gmeed Thoseidi idls - Yes, Mhes, ie, Cowley, Dio oeRegdie d ohes - e oh sciig d wohy o sdyi hei ow igh o hey did o lie d wok solely wihihe coex o he de; he i li ey d cll sigiccegoes eyod he coes o he Golde Dw i is he i

wok wihi he Golde Dw h is oe les kow d iis his spec o hei l ies - he des hey esl ished, d heils hey ceed o hose des h wil l epy closeexmiio Ad s he ios specs o he Golde Dwis oigis, hisoy, pesoliies ils d ppose coieo e sdied so we eli se h hee is ee moe o le ohe de d mple scope o he esech

The pese coeece oes ppes o l l hese specs ohe Golde Dw i is o exhsie eey ewhisoicl discoey, philosophicl speclio d ilioio poides meil o e coeeces chey oe yhig o wide diece? Is hee yhig oel d lsig le i he emeic de o he GoldeDw eyod he sciio o sideligh o eligios hisoyd dmiedly smll impc o wese cle?

qesioly hee is hodox spiiliy seems moese o isel h ee sciece d Mxism he like

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poen to e gods that hae ailed and the peailingatenatie spi ituality the sel-styled New Age moement oes uneason in p lace o the intelect A discip l ined system ospiitua gowth o such the Golden Dawn is cannot e asustitute o a pesonal eigion ut it can poide a oundationon which ou own eligious expeience and undestanding cane uit The st Golden Dawn Coneence set out

successuly to demonstate the cutual impoance o thede ut in doing so it unwittingly placed the Golden Dawn i nthe gass case o academe The pesent coneence has emoedthe aticial diide etween cultua histoians andpactitiones and has placed the aious aspects o the de inthei pope context

The ackgound and oigin o the Golden Dawns adm itted

paent - the Socetas Roscucaa Aga and the eechanging pictue o the des own oigins ae oth pesentedin esh om whie the stoy o one o its unacknowedgedosping - the paallel Rosicucian Society in Ameica - is toldo the st time And h istoy ecomes pesonal ised with papeson the oscue edeick Schnitge) and the amous saelRegadie The pactical wok o the de also comes aliewith wokings o the pening and Closing Ceemonies oaites ndependent and Rectied Rite and with the pesoniedSephioth in the wokshop on ascending the Tee o Lie n a such pactica wok pictoial imagey is especialy impotantand this is discussed in papes on the Golden Dawn Taot andon At ceated o and inspi ed y the de

t is o couse impossile to make a clea-cut diisionetween the pactice and theoy o the wok o the Goden

Dawn and a usion o the two is pesented in papes on the innemeaning o the Pi las o the Tempe and on the Natue o nnePane contacts This ast suject eads natually to a



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onsdeaton o the nheent danges o eemonal wokngwhen wongly appoahed. hee ae aso potenta pobemswhen both sees wok togethe ad these ae eamned om apesona pont o ew t we shold not look at the GoldenDawn om a negate pespete and t s eeshng toeamne the wok o a moe eent t o the Golden Dawntee the de o Donyss & Pa

The tets o al l these papes bt not o the wokshops) aegen n these Poceedgs bt stmatng thogh they aethey annot oney the dynam atmosphee o the oneene.F o that the eade mst al l bak on what was o Yeats themost a attbte o the magan a te and popeydeted magnaton.

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TH E ORDER OF DlONYSIS & PAUL

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he theme o ths addess s to nom you aout the deo onyss & Paul Aout whee t came om aout tseoluton and pupose and aout ts place n the este

emetc adton wth whch elee most not al l o youae n one way o anothe noled owee eoe do so thnk t s mpotant st to set the context o t s a contextthat has sgncance o us all the oots o whch le n thed stant though not too dstant past o the pe-Chstan wold awod that egettay n my opnon has passed away

Most o you ae poay awae that om the tme oAlexande the Geat to the tme o Constantne the ancentwold changed Not that t had emaned unchanged eoeAexande o that t ceased changng ae Constantne ut thatoe the couse o the centues that le etween these two geatcataysts the ancent classcal wold dsntegated and was

epaced y the emyo o the wold we know todaySo ttle s let o the essence o that ancent wold thatscholas hae tued nto scentsts and ae usng nceasnglymoe complex technology to ty to dscoe what ou ancentancestos dd and thought what they looked lke what theyeleed how they l ed etc and t seems that eey yea o soou eles hae to change as new technologes dspoe cuent

opnons and when I say opnons ealy do mean opnonsecause t s oous that so much o ou pecepton o theancent wod s omed y ou own ees ees whch aethemsees questonae!

ne thng that s tuy amang aout ou socety s theatttude we hae towads ou ancestos e seem to sue thedeluson that ou ancestos wee less ntellgent than ouselesPehaps we ase such a msconcepton upon some knd o

awnan concet that ecause we ae uthe down the l ne ast wee we ae moe eoed - and theeoe moe ntel lgentThs mght e tue ut t cetanly snt poen and what s



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ony we re prepred o look I wod or exple drw yorenon o he h os o he prnpes oenResonn were esshed n he ss e on eore heeerene o or own s ws or h h y przed eory

I s no y nenon o e lesson n nen hsory Ido h I qled o do h rher I hope o eoke sense o js how lose we re o h nen word nd howh s l nenes or les nd ye how e we hereeered

hen I ws hd I ke os oher hldren wen oshool where onsde oher hns I ws h h when heRons e o he rsh I ses soe wo hosnd yers ohey ond popled y rde people wern nl sknswho p ned her skn e nd o nens nd prposes ookeery opporny o rn rond hrown spers eh ohe I

s ephsse h hs ws no he opn on o oneporressh s Cesr or Ts No hs ws nd ndeed I hnk s l l s he o l ne o or odern edon syse

e! yo n ne he shok ndeed he hr I e -en ed y he Spr o h whh oes l hns oexplore he hsory o hese s nds - when I d soered honeporry ons o pre-Ron rn desred s

wel ordered se expon srpls prods sh s rn nder nd els ndn Led Tn Ser nd Gold Th hd s own n nd h s ws were s nd prnpled

I rher dsoered h peope ro ny prs o heworld e o hese snds o rde; exhnn her prodeo ors wh ws ore snn ws he rel son hhey lso exhned des onen reos eesph losophl n eress nd o soe exen ehn sk s

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predice or inds wold be sicieny open o recogniseh or ncesors were r ro being he priiies ndPgns h we beiee he o be ndeed we igh een beble o ccep he possibiliy h here hd exised or erylong ie n ineligen nd resonbly well goeedinercion beween soe i no ny o he nions o hisworld hich by l ccons expnded rpidly ro he ieo Aexnder he Gre

Alexnder opened p he world in wy h ws o her reching eecs e ge he world o his dy ocl poinnd i hi sorins re correc coon lngge he hd nodied so yong who knows wh igh he hppened n nycse his eorts did no copleely il or wh he srted heRons conined

ih in cenry o he pssing o Alexnder Roe bece

he ocl poin o he known world This ch is hisory ndor ore hn e hndred yers Ron ciiision wsc i il ision' hs been sid ny ies h l l rods ed oRoe' ye he s igniicnce o h is os phrse oen escpess indeed how ny o i he ny ndersnding o heoe o rc h oed long hose rods? No only booynd sles b rde skilled rtisns ides nd religios beies

ro l l oer he known wordThe rel igios bel ies o Ancien Egyp o Ancien Greeceo Chlde o srel o Asi Minor o he Cels o ndi inc re igios bel ies ro s bo eerywhere ce o Roend Roe bece he eling po o boh rel igios nd seclrides Roe y he conqered he wod b he world lsoconqered Roe Eeone lied nder Ron Lw nd in hein Roe oered l rel igions so long s hey kep he pecend obeyed he w



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weve as pbab kw Rmes sess was asis dwa d maai eie s eve expadgbdes s em Pesse m ivadig ae es

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ocd o od oc 7

oie he poe o hii iy poi cl ocecoiued ihou eupo. Ju emped o evee hedomice o he hii ove he cie el iio d myel hve ucceeded, bu uouely he l ly oudedo cmp he Pei he ye 363. Ad h he ed o y el emp o chllee he Ne WodOde

The empeo Theodou ho eied i he e p ohe . euy cloed i he ye 391 l ohiiempe d bed om o p cu e lo voedhe deh pely o cei exeme om o heey. I dui hi ei h mo p o he iby Alexd deoyed d my o he emr e ced, i piculhe mice Temple o Sep . Ad du i he e oJii he ey 6 euy, dic pe l ee

ped i P, Je d eec. e coed he chooo philoophy Ahe, d o ll ie d pupoe,heve emed o he Myey Schoo

Wh e eed o ocu upo hi poi i he c h hepe-h eiio, d i picu he moe eoeicMyey-Schoo', hd bee i exiece o vey o ime,ideed oe h e c culy p h ou

mio. oide o mome he Schoo o eui, i cie i he ime o Po. Ideed Opheu, ho ibeieved by ome o hve bee e eliiou eome, hol ved oehee beee 800 000 B., i id o hveeoed he aeady aciet myee o lue . Yecoped ih he Myey School o he Acie Eypihe Myey School o Geece ee mee ecome, d i pobbiiy deved much o he ipiio om he

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The ODP n the Wesern eretc Tradon

Thee i i l e de o debe oi o cocei hede o ypi c i il iio uch o hich obi oud hedi o he Py id ec. Ne eidece eep puhi bche cloc uhe d uhe d i pobby coiue o doo oee hehe he Pyid ee couced 5000 o10000 BC i cdeic h i ipo o ecoie i hhe boh he cuue d i yeie exied beoe hePyid ee buil d I ue e hould lee i ocdeic o oy bou o ho lo

So he Coie epoeed Chiiiy he hdedoe o ju epie bu lecy coii o o o heeliiou heie o he Nohe eiphee d dlyihi o ceuie o o i hd d ippeed.

Whee did hee eliio o? Udoubedly y dedy io obcuiy bu oe ecoii he i o he

ie oed beyod he iuece o Roe io euope d Ai - h i i o he Miche o ice.Ohe e i ee udeud oly o ie i i e o oe uibe o he epoch i hich hey oudheele co hep bu hi o he Abiei hoppeed i ce d ly hoy e h i ihi coupe o ceuie o he cloi o he Myey School.Whehe hey ee ilueced olely by Miche ide o hd idieou o o ipiio i ye o be eb ihed bu oehi i cei he Albiei did o uie he h oRoe . No did y hoe ie d ieed o he ohodox.

Up uil he Reoio Ro Theoccy doiedWee uope d ioled eey ee o ociciiy d ieeed i eey poliicl iuio. The ppcyeeciely cool led he i e o eeyoe d eeyhi. Ay

deiio o hodox ie d pcice could d oedid ioe puiie cio o he uhoiie eiie

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Poceengs of he Golen Dawn onfeence 1997

ciece d eiiou peculio ee exemey hzdoucee, i ho uope hd bee educed o e obbim om hich i did o emee ui he eec o heReomio hd eed do.

The Reomio pobbly he mo iic eveo hppe i Wee uope ice oie empoeed hehii Admiiio moe h houd ye beoe.

be ey i he 6

ceuy, d by he ime he euy ove he poiicl coo h Rome hed ove he people ouope o o lo boke, eve o eu. oeve, heReomio did' ju bei i he 1 6 e. I did' jucome om ohee, i diec omio oe bck iehe o he Reice, hich o oly oei oiic culue, bu o ime o e d chlei ide, oe echooie d, e dicoveie. Ye he Reice

oud pobby hve eve hve hppeed ihou heudeThe ude, hich be i he e e., d

eded i he e 3 e, opeed up uope o he iueceo he , d i picu o he iluece o Im. oceuie Ilmic expio hd bee checked i i eembiio by he e Rom mpie, hich i pobby

moe mili o u Byzium, he eive me o hecpil ciy oiope Thi u uo boke by heivdi mie o Wee uope, oheie ko ude' ho ee uppoed o help Byzium, bu iedhelped o deoy i bu h i ohe d diee oy.Suce o y h he poiive oucome o he lo emivoveme o Wee uope uue ih Ilm, hich ievibe coeuece o he ude, bouh bou

h ebih o ieecu cuioiy d lei h e o

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c he Rece. Wh h peod hch ped evceue eeged he de h ed o he Reomo The Reomo hou doub bloody bu he

oucome oh o h o eedom eedomom he decde do o Rom Theoccy dom uoled goce d upeo. I h peodo he e he be p o houd ye elgou

ve d eg om he ohodox coud geel y be expeedhou e o peecuo •

The Abge hd bee peecued he 1 3 • euyd he Templ ueed l e o much le he1 . euy. oeve, he 1 5. euy by copo emble e he oeg o he Rece hedve o he ped boo he begg o he Reomod he dcovey o e old Amec A emble d

epoch mg ceuy hch epebe ee o pced eedo ep ove uope eve beoe.

I ' pl lg ece o chge og bu ove he coue o e he me o e dggeo ubded d elgou olece becme oe doe dey cceped houghou Wee uope d domo I h cegy oe cme hee eeged

he eve hoo o hoe egou bee h hd beeuppeed o o log by Rome.Such hoo c be ee he eo o M l o co

ho led o o much o he emec Ploc dNeopoc Techg mg hem v lble o much dec cle h hd eve exed beoe Ad he g o Pcode Mdol d Joh Reuchl ho mde o mucheh Qblc hough cceble. Such people cobuedgey o he evv o uope pul y



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Te emeece o Roicucm i e ey euyped my e m id o expoe piuly d o oly ie y. Peope ed o eek o d bee lo oeeo d i look o e p ieible eyoud look o e Ideed e ole bi oRoiccm e upo ii Roeceuz' cuioo Sp iul idom du i el i e - dom i

ou o oe opely lble e We Noee e ecoie i jouey mepyicl jouey oo me o peol cl iio, bu e c emi my people o e peiod beleed i Roeceuz e peo o elled i e ll myeou oe mude od.

e umie uc Jcob Boeme Pceu

Jo Vle Ade Tom Vu ci Bco dmy moe cobued o eeeo o e Weeyce

Te Abe o ee dpeed i e 13 euyd e emp o ee dpeed i e 1. euy eum o ppeed i e 1 5 euy e Roicuco e 1 euy e eemo d deed eSedebo o e 18 euy ee ll ympom dexpeio o piul udecue d bee ocedudeoud by e eiou cm o e Rom Teoccyo e 5 & 6 eue.

By e md 18 ceuy e zel o elou eom cool e uecy o e mome d leeed d epoic mpeu d ced. Te io o uope ee ooe e y de-bil ied by el iiou d ieece. Te eo

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he ohe hd uope expeieci he beii o heidui evouio h i eve o doii he od.

The pii o iveio h hd deveoped houhou heReice, d bee eed by he Reoio by heid 18• ceuy i u ood The deveope o upeioechooy, boh iiy d coeci ve he uopee icedibe dve ove hei eihbou. Poiic

d coeci expio houh he expoiio o Idiic hi, Aeic Aui, d eehee doieduope iee Ro d Ii poiic poe decii, d he oc poi o poiic poe i uopevied od odo, he cpi ciy o he eeiepie o Bii

Thouhou he 19 .ceuy Bii popeed d by heie Vicoi be he ei Ne Ode hd beeebihed The Biih pie o becoe he e iecoded h ioy. oeve h i o cooy ecoied ih o o i u i i copio ih h hdoe beoe, bi i i eie h vey oe o oheeiio

o he ie o Miio icio i he hih dy o heRece he hi o piiu oede hd becoe

iepeibe d ie hd ped, oi iee i hebeie o ou ceo hd deveoped. Acheooicexpoio iceed dicy picuy i Bibicd, d he dicoveie i yp d Bbyo doied heeio o ou oced civiied od The beie dphi oophie o diee cuue ee ehuiic y expoed oe d oe o he od bece cce ib e

The ue o piiu cuioiy uehed houh heReoio ed o cooide The o uppeed deieo Ko by ohe e h ih hd bee eei o



Proceedngs of the Golden Dawn onfeence 997

euie d he eul o eeh d euiy bemeibe ide eeed i h emeio ued ioy o he o oly i Reliio bu i he od opolii oo d ogiio beg o emege h expeedhem.

The Ne huh' bed upo he ehig o muelSedebo pobby he i o be opely ebl ihed o

upeu l ie . I m o ude o Sedebo bu h ii i moe ue h le o y h h i expeiee o m ulidimeio omo epeeed moe o eex o he ph omehi eiely e. i model o he omo eem ome o he die iie ih De d llude houh himb o he pehi iio o eio .

eemoy ee eligio o huh lhouh Ibeliee hioy i poe h ogiio eemoy ee ehuii uppoe o he huh. WhilSpiiulim meely hih-ed my o Sedebo' ided oe he oue o ime deeoped om eiou oebou pohumou odiio io ul o de uheihe popu e o See Tbleppig he ll i e.

Ohodox hiiiy uble o pehp uili odde he mo iue oei he upeu ie o he

oul I i eem h he huh eed i boh hepoe o eoei oede d hoe ieiedeou peei o eeh ie l deepe io upeiioAd hioy h poed he ido o uiy o hehuh o iee iel piully i he iee dedy. By he m id 800' ieig umbe o hepopulio ui y om he huh d ohodoxeligio.

The huh o Rome i ppe hd leed ile i hey o humiliy duig he po-Reomio e o by he



The ODP the Weste eetc Trato

le p o he 860 m jo ow w bewi wih euch hoic uc cocei Rome clim he Popew I li ble - wich w d emi ob iouly ue - dwhic he Duc uc oud o uccepbe i e heRom ommuio i 870. I he ye 1866 Juliu eeew coeced Biop o o by he Pich o AiocIiu Pee III o e pupoe o eebii idieou huch o Bii

Oe i wee ppei oo! Te iee i eeoeic ide o eiio bo p & pee wich hdemeed dui he Reice bloomed i he midde ohe 1 9 ceuy. Oiio wee ebied o e pupoeo coduci eiou eech io d iee pec o ubjeccommoly ecoied eoeic: emeic Qb AlchemyAl eli Poumou uil Re-icio iie

Mic - cedel & ohewie My o eeoiio e i ce di ppeed ou ew do emi .Suc pheome could be iewed eidece o e

decie o hiiiy howee I m icied o iew hedeclie o o hiiity bu o Se Reliio d heiou pheome eidece o deeoi piiulmuiy d ewkei o pi iu idepedece.

I eem o me h he pii o exploio i WeeSpiiuiy hd i i dieece om iiiy ke womi diecio Te w embodied i w we ow clSpiiulim d whic ouh die ph led o heomio o e Teoophicl Sociey i he \870'. Theecod d pep moe iic diecio w o eemeic ciece whoe mieio w embodied i eRoicuci moeme

I e \860' e Socie Roicuci i Ai eSRIA w omed o pomoe eech io he emeic

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Proceedngs o the Golden Dawn oneence

Scece. Mebe o h ocey ee e o o heeec Ode o The Gode D he hoy o hch eoby e o d doe o be e-e oSuce o y h ou o h uu oo eeed heSe Mu d he e ohp o he Roy o o hchoe be d e.

Reopecvey eeed evbe h o he ece he 6h• ceuy eve huch bou oeee Wee hy Mystca huch o bo deMyey Schoo h oud be bed upo oeh ohe hb d h h o e d pupoe hd bee educedo ee upeo.

Hoeve Mde Bvy Spu Medu ooe ye d ced o be ecev eephccouco o Tbe Adep d o he b o

oo eceved o hee Adep he ouded heTheoophc Socey. The ee h ovee ee uouey dveed he o pupeu y o he oo o e MyeySchoo o he Wee do od e dpcuy Buddh de The coeuece o he ucce ohe Theoophc Socey h he deou pu

cuue eboded he o o he Heec ech eecvey ubveed d ho pce o e ded ohe eh d oud hve copeey dppeed ee o o coed oy Wh he o popu ee e Reo he peu od he uo o Weeeoec d exoec e ou de evpoed

Th he he coex hch he Ode o Doy &Pu u be veed. I p o ee ovee

ovee peed o he deph o he Wee pyche ove cuu o d expeo o he o epeed

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The OP n he Westen eec Tadon

ii o uded' d o o' he ule o humpi u y. Thouh e my i e del houh he ouu exhe o philoophi de, he ed e ouio, evio d oeio do o ediy oee h uue mu deveop o, om hi io ou, o he heype i l o be deed.

No ih hi i mid d died he peoyiue h oe ihi i , he emei Ode o heGode D ve eh impeu u he i eededmo o he d ipio o Wee Spuy eeupo eoei houh immee, d I m ue h iiuee peevi muh o he ipied vio o he peheooph l Soey e l oe dy be u ly eoied Theube me o he Golde D eiu i oo pooud ouh dde hi uie o y h hi oex he

pheome o he Theoophl Soiey l l pove i me o beo moe h eupo he poe. m ue h you e ll e h ou o G.D emeed

he Sel Mu, ude he uhoy o D R.We, dhe el lohi p o he Roy o, ude he uide o Ahudd Wie I bel eve h he R my i be ve, ehe o e I m e o h emeed om he Sell

Mu. The i h ebhed by Iel Redie i heUSA d ohe pe, o hih I o oo e bou oomme The eod i h o he Ode o Doy & u ,ebihed ey i he 950' by De ude Gee iBo.

De Gee bo 1 90 d ded 1 970 e membe o he eme Temple Bo o iee ye o o,demi I beieve oud 198-9. I eve me him, o he

ped io he Ivible ome ou ye beoe o meeh mo ompihed ude Mo Sv lle, ho

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Poceedns of the Goden Dawn onfeence 997

ubeue becme m Teche ui he oo ipped o heIv b e 1 99 Dei Gee m o m p, bu I ecoie

hm o be iped m ho ived he piu e o he beo h bi e o ve bve m i he ee h hee bou cuc, i h i o oo o od, heemec Phooph io 20 ceu hii cuue. Thi o m udei i po- Bi ve i he ue o be bu he e o h eo, he did ue heimo o hoe oud him ho did' uded o ieh he doi

I o ppe o him, eed h , h mo o h ie o membe o he eme Temp e ehe houh him mdo he deided hm o hi ee i hii, d om cei pepecive i e o uded he poi o vie.

The huch h eve bee e -d ipoed o he oeic' , do id vd u, obviou e veed i eoec dicip ie,o ppoch he huch om he ouide, he did eemedoo h deed. Ae , m o hoe ieeed i he GodeD ee eve ve ee o hii oeve he iped

De i m poud m, ho upe mpeope he peed, bu h eo ih h pu ue uce o o ovecome hi u pouddipoo he ece. Thu he be o pe h hd bee ubveed b he Theoophi mo ceu beoe, hch , ou o he eeeio deeio o he Wee Me Tdiio ih ouhii bed cuue. I o h ed h De udeGee o o he i p o o hi ihe Geu, be hi

W .

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he ODP n the Weten eetc Tadton

W I m elli you i om bei e I diuede imp l iio o i oi l ly ooli vee i my eemoe ey ye o d e i i ee pobblyey ye pio o . I udeood d eped by ull lou e my o o i e ill i ll pobbil iyeve ee i ppe bu ove e oue o ime i ouldome o p d i e meime e dy o dy ok oe diillio o e Spiiul old lie Wii' mu beoiued. o e ll bee id d doe i i e Spiiuloluio o e oul i pmou d i i e pupoe oeliio o i i evoluio.

Reui e o e developme o e Ode o Dioyi& Pul d e p e by Dei ee. Ae evel le e odied i 1953 Miie o e nitedPeste of the Feowship ofChistian Fee Chuches e

ye e be i miiy by opei e u o eMyi i Biol d eblied oly e e embyo oe Ode i e om o e Ode o S Rpel bed o omeexe upo e Al i ui ld o S. Rpel d dedied oeli oee, i eoei ie eveully bou imio oli soething that was to occu equent as tiewent ) i ei eio mebe o e ee u

moveme d i due oue e le ei ommu io I 1954 e joied e Wee Oodox u udee uoiy o M eoiu d oeed o ePieood by im i 1955. Dei yed i e WeeOodox u o ee ye o moe I lo i 955 e Biol pe o e Ode o S . Rpel bemee Ae Ode o e e Pymid i dediede piu l io o e I eio i e i ile imp lie.

I 1962 Te Ode ed i io e om o eOde o S. ilbe o Sempim o e Modied

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Obece. Oe o he mi bee o h i che i hec h e-ebihi o ih mede Odehch hd bee ope o boh me d ome d uch eepi h he pim im d obecie o he Ode I 196566 De cued ee ce o d d ebuid See Bech, e Bo d ebihed hiPo hee oee, h i emp o iuece M Geoiui eoeic me cme o oh, hch eeu ed ohem oi hei diee i 1 966-7

Dei he oied he Wee Ohodox huch ude heuhoi o M Phipu (Bihop Sie) d, MDo o Au , coeced o he picope b him iJue 1967. Uoue 1968 he dioed hicce o he ho xee ue dui he e p o1 968 did ohi o h he cce d hi codio coued

o deeioe u 1 970 he ped o he beI m codeed opiio h De (M Dio) ddo e e he ue exe o hi icio Thu he he eio hop i Auu 1968 he u expeced o eu homeihi ho ime d coue he Wo oee, hi pied he o emi hop ui Noembeo h e. Whe he eued o he Pio he i o

e o e p ceemo b hich he coud eecep o he e d expecio o him eiiuce heh o do o eeu ded ih hi i , dhe coec ce o he Wo cme o h, houhhe i i mephic ph iooph d cece coiued

Bi hop S e o exeme i ih mphem dhi cod iio eem o he deeoed i p e ih h oM Dio. oeue he ube o p o he

pcopc o Do' ucceo he ded ho eD oi i he o o e. I he e o m eche -

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The ODP n the Wesen eec Tadton

the Moi Svi e to pic up the tdd it ee, dotiue the developmet of the Ode. e evetucoected to the picopte b B ihop I td Thom i 1 98, the eplcemet o Bihop Willim o The o etic

huch. ho hd goe i to etemet, d h ce ped o. 987 ci coected me (Al Amtog) ihop to the o etic huch to cotiue the lie. Ae log peiod of i -helth M ci ped o the . oM 199 1 .

You m ight Wh l the efo? Wel l, the e i quiteimple both Magic Mysticism are extensions ofeligion, noalteatives Al of the mgic tem ued b ou cetoee deveoped i the cotext of the eigio of thei d. Oucuet exoteic & eoteic tem e difeet o i thtthee i politio o itude betee the to ptie, the

picpe obective emi the me the evolution andblimation ojSEF in the Divine Godhead. hitiit mightevoe ot o bd feel ig ith ome peope, pticu l todbut it i ti hee d h to be delt ith. Bul d pocii l be ith u, e dot jut d it mog hiti,I've hed tht eve emetic philoophe e poe to itWht Im tig to i tht o oe goup o pofeio h moopo o igoce o idom uthemoe, it i mucheie to iuece eligio om the iide th it i om theoutide, ut thi ho much e the od ould be if theWidom techig ot ol cceibe though othodox,but o uppoed b it

No the mi obective o the Ode of Dio i & Pul ithe ccompihmet o the lchemic poce of tfomigthe be metl o hum cocioue ito the lchem icl god

o Spiiu I umitio. It i ccomp ihed i fou phe thtdivide tull ito to p, the fit c be decibed the

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pemy o Oue Wo d he secod s moe dcedIe Wo oee I mus sy h i is my coico hboh ps e eu y d icu d pooud

The Oue Wo cosss sy o Pucaton hich she boous pocess o excig he Wi om he coo iguece o he oe o iscie ue h e c heGeeic o e-ee oscousess Secody Eevatonhich is ccompished by he eg o he Wi houghspiu discpies d isg he emegig cosciousessog he Midde Wy The Ie Wo cosss sy oSacce hich s he suedeig o he puied Wi uohe ogos Secody Consecaton hich is hesomio o he pued um Wi is uio oeesi mge ih he ogos o hs

Much o he Odes dy o dy ciiies e oieed

ods echg s membes he udimes o Pye &Medo d deeopig he mephysic phiosophy dscece s oui ed he Ode uicuum

The Ode is so coceed h pepig hose ho eced o he Peshood hi he oy eic huch Thisi ig s ou ied he Ode ucuum d sese hso beg hee

Oe eue simpe hig ye o pmou impoces he c h he Ode hs Fomuay; hich deemes hechic sucue I so hs Rue hich dees is yo ie d hs Vow hich dees he pmees o heob gios e ude oh by ech d eey membe Thesehee ppy o eeyoe h he Ode om he Pio o heNoice

Wihou Rue y Ode ees ise ope o he

ecious dsese o goism h s so oe mse ochsm So my e eded ogisos e desoyed by

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hi uecey icio. A Rule' hould ove eveymembe d uch become ood ydic o judi ooly oe' ow cio bu h o oe' pee So my imehe ollie d idiceio o eio membe pticully ieic Ode o ucheced becue hee i o dum mby which judeme c be mde Thi eiou poblem occuo my ime i eoeic oup h he li o liceiouBuie Guu' ppei i he pe i owi o i iembi The public expec poliici o ell lie dbuie copoio o be devou d che d ciei obe woced d dey epoibiliy bu i i ill o publiclyccepble o hoe climi o hve ceded hei loweue o mibehve

Wih ed o uch hum weee he Ode oDioyi & Pul expely obid y membe wheve hei

u o lev che o iucio o o he exece oSpiiul Gi uch heli diviio ec No c heebe y queio o chi pi lim o hi dicul ph eeo owlede. ud o pojec e ied by membeccodi o eeme eched Chpe mee wheeel co e dicued d udeood (eg oii e le) ice e med by ice Commiee

h epo o he Chpe d whoe ecod e ope o llmembe whil he Pio h o diec cce o udCoequely eveyoe ow whee hey d coceiic il iue.

Aohe iue h do' ow how o expe clely i polie om o Elih bu i i udmel ule wihi heODP h eche mu eep hei hd o ude' wlled bodie Ae ll i peo co ie bove heippeie he hey hve o buie iuci yoe oeve hemelve.

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SUMMARY e ou h he eo o om you bou he Oe oDoy & Pul bou hee cme om evouo pupoe pehp moe mpoy bou elohp ohe Wee emec To. The Oe o u o hemll oo oe o comply h he pecepo o

ehe mem huche o oec Oe I h eemeo boh e eme hch e uque o el. oeve oeh he commo h my oec Oe h comoloy eelly bc houh o ecelyeh.

I eohp h mem hy moecul hee e phloophc heooc ue hcomplce me Fo ce he Doce o mo

mp l c blh? o oe h ec oe' ue o he W l h o Reco Peey Km? Theeubec o hve be o he me hey e mpoue h e eebly oo complex o be el h hee. Yehey e ue h o ee o be que by hoeepee he Wee eec To o becolee epece by he ol le.

Aohe ue h o om. e me expl h I meby h e ccep he blc evelopme o he omohouh he ou ol he e mu ccep h h hee Ah eeco o o expeo o he hheol. Th o oly o obec om hve ech Bc couep bu oo o oo! So myeme oec Oe ee he ehum o exphemelve e uque ho h hey m heobvou. The ou om mu hve e coe mube be upo omeh h oemo puly



The ODP n he Westen eetc o

coueced i mu be ccepble o he eeoe o heculue ivolved. Fo exmple e eliiou Ode bed oRom holic lie ih Rom liuy de code p lce o oh p ould o l vey lo ud Ab.Theeoe he e coide Mic d Myicim exeio o Reliio d o leive e cuded i p h i me by he od he oul o he" Pui i bluly hiiiy exi by Divie Wi om i eblihed i Yezih i i ied i Bih duied om Aziluh. Ad like ll ceed hi i i oic bu i ubec o che d leio d he Weeemeic Tdiio i iel d eeil p o i. MDioyi he oude o he ODP udeood hi d iccodce ih hi ipiio oed he Ode h i my

icule h oul o he ' ihi hiiy d i hedue coue o h coibue o eec holeome cheheei.



Poceedgs of the Golde Daw ofeece

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Fo my yes I oed d The Alis Booshop ih remied o he o ld i erry B loomsbury d s ir cosssecio o occuliss rom oud he old

ould hve diculy ccepi diecios o he bus siom h ih pecee o hem le loe o sio o he Tree ie Your hoouble selves cceped o courseMy yes o he I s sl ip o hi d see by every

meu Mus i he Wese emisphee here ere reueiviios o oi he vious roups h mushoomed up liely Aic. No ely so e o s excii s he el hibu members ere ed o he eep i he d d orce eedbullshi" piciple us he sme I s you d eer dcedulous d pobbly ould hve o io ll t o bohebu hd sviour i he om o prooudly cyiclboyied ho ould curl his lip d see loudly ech eoup. As e spe ye ohe evei i he pub hils heydoed o bou ho deeply bulous, eve so esoeic d hebes hi sice he Golde D hey ere he ould s mehy hey ee such sociophs dd ' o hy bu he she oly oe ih job ho did' live i ley bed-si dho hd bouh he dris ll ih Koi o o use Mico oes o eds d bei cpble o ei hl y

oised someho pped i he middle ppily i s'us my eeio h s hopeless s here is eullyicompee oe roud he mome As coseuece do hve my iiiios o l bou bu here hve bee e I should love o hve col leced .We l l o ho o spo Sis do e? Too much chepsymbolic eellery, is o ech e, misspel oos

ddicio o d eelly, lo liercy level. The lclue, d he el uivesl ive-y, is he ell-bieerils. c oly suppose hey si up i bed ih



ocd o od oc

cuch he pllo ce o eep ce hey ey cojue up omeh upe h me ue!My voue o-o by ' Repeeve oh I eve le h e me e lle p o m ho ve o o-oe ee omehee Noh ooo. A lo bu ouey l o o moe h m e h oo people o h hbby l . mum oul ope

he oo ho he Queo o he e hee he oulpu o expeve houh cheply me obe o ee hue Ae emble occul bbeh om boh e heou ve y pemeopu ome ho ee l eo be e by hm Whou o e eu heoul uu h ol o ubby om ubbe o be ued heAl. Pehp he hey combo o e u

em boeom o pehp h mum pu hehe ou he oo o em people hey h lo l bco cch he bu bu o ub e l l u hyeclyou om eve y upe o hm Th oe oh I hve o o eee o e he be h bou' Repeeve o h' h he Wo me o Mlpopm o he h m ece he oPye bc o b ch u o he Malleus Mallecau

ou hve bee uy memobe.Aohe popecve to h I puue o hee o eo. Thee hhy epece opcully mou Goup h hve bee o ie o o umbe o ye They hve eve coue me o emembehp bu hve uely olee o peome omevey e ul cu he Goc M They h o

poe beuy he h ell peope ho heyee ue o ve mll umbe o peope o ech Re. I you my i oml vo o uch ell u



The Tas Tbuatons of a Lady ntate

e hope h ou be moe ep h yh h my ec coempoe me ou oehe. We e ee ho o cle- l oom e ceemoy be. Ge ce h bee e he Tempe mpeely fuhe h lo h h l h h heeuxmble ep e up o . Thee myeou eee ecloue fom emee ey l ceou

oo m. e oe mhy h ce hece o he Pee ho o he hA e oy cee he ep uppce hmefbefoe he. Th hee I h o exece meful coo he ep ee coee cy bce pc h feeuc o ech oe I o h becue of he fuy uelchou h hppee ech me he cmbe hhe. ye

e plce mpoe I h o elee my m o Hhe Pe he f. e he e ee he ce e e I e o o he oo oe hee e ue o loo h up he fo of cuy o P ' eeleh uc . A I he m l h h c che hecoue of oe fe.Whch b me o oc I o e e Noheclme bu elem y emoe h hy ey oc

. They u o o ue fom obe ecy be Shoe oc e oe ppeh oo houh hey he lo he ppe mch el o o-o Sheoc Holme oe loo e I ly h.Oue bc hem uee e e eu eeyoe o.I h e h B l Beeze - oe oe he

oup Amec h oe oe of he Goc Meoboy ye. I houh h e he omehchy You Amec o h bu you o o hem



The Poceedngs of he Goden Dawn onfeence

popey omy pyed ih I' ho you ho heyhoud be doe" o h by he ime he puddi hdived I edy p o i ho o e he u cyce o heoic MeA xo uvibe I booed he oy iobo d oy e eied h ou o he peomceoud o he me de he oe Aeie oey hd

o mouy poduced i 910 oiicy i ihme ei eve occui o cviy o ech ohe i bdeouh bu oii eve oup o eve ih pedove eve ee mih hve bee houh mpoibe Ied,e hd peope coopei hppi y h ech ohe houhouGoup d dividu h hd ciced oud ech ohe omy ye uddey oud hey hd much moe commo cue

o be edy h o be hoie idi eve occu ouphich cuy hd eouh expeieced membe eyeopee d ehie voed eemie i p i ohepeomce mo upii. The muic o oe o heie e by he vey de d dy o deceedhophe Joho I ed he peomce Time e pii h picu oup poduced vey oiepeo ihou he membe eve be be oehee oehe beoe he peomce. The od phe Beceu h you py o" cme bc o hu me he Ipeuded oup o mic muici o do oe o he ievi ee o he oo I e hey ee' hy d Ih y id You c do i ed bu o ehe i you " d o coue h i h hey did d o coue h heoy h he Boo Me o ee h he

Aooic Myey Py ee bou hd o decidebey o dveie he Rie o eu i e o oc ihee o ceey peomed oi Wh cme



e o o e

om hem ne ound epec o Aexndin b heGdnein, Aoloe o Cho Micin nd omeenduin iendhip The only ule hd been h ech ouphd o ic excl o he Cole ex. Whehe hi coun n in iiion ' I m i l no ue bu i doe ech one no o meih people ho hold ih Adm in iive Oce!M Monic Iniiion e inpiin bu beoe I o on o

decibe i I hould l ie o ed Annie imn' in iiion bMoin Mhe decibed by My Gee in he boo Womenofthe Goden Dwn P See Pe 1 995

Annie oimn ive he empe ocion onizoy See o he Neophye iniiion In Minmili l he i obed in hie on hoodin

ove he hed o h he cn ee nohin, nd opeied hee ime ound he i A ene o nenedecend he i nxiouly by heel unil emple oice, clled he eemon ho i lo obednd melin o nincene) ive nnouncinChild o Eh, ie nd ene he ph o dne.e uide he ihely umblin o he doo o heempleAnnie ee hee bein pinled ih e ndumied ih incene beoe bein conduced ino heinne oom Aed hy he ee dmiion, he ipomped b he uide o epond M oul indein in dne eein o he ih o OcculKnolede nd I believe h in hi Ode henolede o h ih my be obined"

elped o neelin poiion, he ih hnd i pcedon inul ymbol, nd he i in pomped in lenhy peech o Obiion o he Ode She



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promises o keep sere everyhig reaig o i omaiai kid ad beevoe eaios wi a Faesad Sorores o o sffer hersef o be ypoised ormesmerised or paed i a ae sae o ever seo powers for ay evi prpose ad o perseverehrog e eemoy of admissio he wihrepidaio she swears ha shod she vioae ay of

er oas se wi vouariy submi o a deady adosi e e of wi se i moio by e h iefs of eOder by wi I shod fa sai ad paraysedwihou visibe weapos as if sai by he igheigfash " Se suddey fees e heavy ouh of od seeagais e bak of e ek e i is goee ieopa (or Reveaer of Myseries represeig

e ighes Sef of e adidae) remids Aie ae Lig shieh i he darkess b he darkessompehede i o" ey ow ire he empefoowig e ig of a amp ha he ieropa hasaed he Lig of O Siee" ahogh Aieb idfoded a see ohigSuddey sopped i he es her oodwik is raisedad she fds hersef ookig dow he poi of a

sword Eoied by oe aed Darkess" o bewio fea se is e hoodwiked agai e Easshe is hreaeed wi a sepre by oe aed heLigh of a Gode Day" he ieopha emids her ofhe evi of ubaaed fore ad she is oe moreoodedhe ieropa speakig as a voie from er ighes

Se f e a s o er ome i he owe of he ig



e to o tte

I ome the Lght of sdomI ome the Mery of the Lghthe Lght hath eag ts gs

She kees as the erophat vokes the Lord of theUverse he from a aro her she hears voesa g

Ihertor of a dyg word we a thee to the v g beatyaderer the wd darkess we a thee tothe gete Lght

As thogh respodg to ther she s rased to hefeet ad her hoodwk removed She s stadg der a

re of wads ad swords pots tohg dretyover her head wh e a voe eos

Chd of ath og hast tho dwet darkessQ t the ght ad seek the dy

here s a od ap ad for the frst tme she hearshersef a ed by her maga ame

ortter et Rete we eeve thee to the Orderof the Gode w

She s gve seret sgs a had grp a Grad ord

ad a password of the Neophyte grade the s edbetwee the two pars of the tempe the symboGateway of Ot See as thogh a b rth aa for



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the al oseratio he meaig of eah symbo ithe rital is ow explaied as is the kowedge shemst aqire to progress to the ext grade hei itiatio is over bt ot the ritalith the hall of the grade of Neophyte symbolialylosed Aie fids herself preset at her firsteremoy makig the sigs she has st leared ad

partakig with the others i the Mysti Repast heher t omes she approahes the altar where sheihales the perfme of a rose as the symbol of Air Shethe warms her hads over the sared Fire She theeats bread dipped i salt represetig the Earth Adfially she driks the wie a oserated emblem ofelemetal ater

ith the words sed i the Greek Elesi ia MysteriesKONX OM AX Light i Extesio" meaigight movig ot i a sige ray" the rita is overChaged forever Aie will heeforth be Fortiter etRete

he gatherigs I have desribed so far have bee essetiallylike-mded sos attemptig ad seedig i establishig a

extra demadig dimesio to their lives he wome that ow eotered had othig amater or ramshakle abotthem hese wome meat bsiess hey had a ove of ad adeep derstadig of eah word they said he formaity adstrit adheree to the text was rather al ie to me as was somh leaig by heart Beig ot of the wi ld heath lad withmy od loak abot me as shoted ito the wid was

eormosly temptig as stood i my simple gow sipshodbod ad bidfolded he lakig ad latterig the koksad batteries were realy powerfl as stood there i the dark



The Tals Tbulatons o a Lady ntate

e te blidfold was removed my Gide ad metors eyeswere te frst tig I saw ey were te blest bleemedosly wise ad more ta maly aiet e templead bee sed for sixty years - AE aite is te obvios bigame to drop as a ser of tat spae - ad every oe i te roomwas word ad aio perfet e atmospere was of prposefl ity ad kew tey wold ae ever ave aepted me if

ad't met teir rigorosly ig stadards I dot osider Iave ever lived p to tem really t was a privilege to aveworked wit s a dediated ad esoterially kowledgeablegrop e we ad or Midsmmer Meetig people from teer Lodges atteded Lttle old ladies wo before robig adlooked like a ovetio of Silver Servie waitresses wererasformed ito represetatives of a m iger Order Sadlyome of te Old Gard ave died ad te wole teor of te

odge as aged wit lots of yoger people attedig wowat to be Masos' e wot ever experiee te grae adlegae or derstad te Ier orkigs te way toseadmi rable wome did orkig i tat s igle sex eviromet was obviosly differetom avig te oter polarity" stadig alogside oe It feltvery pre ad differetly itese ad differetly derstood Ido woder abot te lost opportity male masos ave ad forso log If tey were workig te ritals o te Oter Levelse tey wold ave bee self-balaig wit teir femaleesse Britis Masos Ive met ave ot bee very good at tatease wome ave ot bee pysially let ito teir Lodgesey ave deied tat tey ave some validity tere e Iworked i a wome oly Lodge we someow all kew abotMaleess ad beame femaleNeter workig towards e

reat Aritet of te Uiverse wom we all kew to be aap

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Now ome to the questo most oe asked of ady masos bysad mddeaged me who have o rea aadem terest theaswer I fee abe to gve the words fu here The erGuard says As the pot of a sharp strumet pressg youraked eft breast s a mometary ture to your esh so maythe reo eto of t be a everastg torture to you shoud youever attempt uawfuy to revea the serets of Freemasory"Ths sge phrase s mused over ad ts eatmet wome' sLodges podered upo by me who otherwse show o reaterest the smartes of our workgs he Naked LeBreast' questo must rema uaswered as I have o tetoof breakg my oath!



RECREATING TH E GODEN DAWN TAROT

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Aordg o MaGregor Mathers hs pamphet ThTarot he word tarot" (taro) was a aagram or thewords whh poted to ts ot meag Tora or the

ebrew word or aw Troa or ebrew or gate" Rota whhwas Lat or hee" Orat was La or somethg thatpeaks" Taor he Egypa Goddess o Darkess ad Ator thegypa Ves hs mped tha the arot s a gate hdde

he darkess or those who are abe to tap o ts rhes It s

a gate o tato st as Ves or Aor s the gae or door otao he taro s a book ha speaks ad wha t desrbes dve aw ad he eeal whee o versa yles hatpower the maes verse I s q e a book

Ataly he aro s omposed o two deret deks heMaor Araa ad he Mor Araa he Maor Arcana somposed o twetytwo trmp (or ey) ards he earest

rvvg aro rmps sl exsee dae rom abot 1450D he ame rmp" was ake om the word "trio meag trmph" hatever s maga ses were thebegg here s qe a o o evdee to sggest tha hemos ommo early se o the taro ards was as a game

B haks o he work o Ephas Lev ad he aer worko MaGregor Mahers ad Dr y eso we ow have taro whh s qe mysta avor havg a whoe hos oolt assoatos here s oe rmp ard or every leter othe ebrew aphabe Ad eah eter o the ebrew aphabet sa hierogyph - a ptora mage whh orrespods to a eameag the ase o he ebrew herogyph lagage eahleter otas a lteral meag a hdde meag a meralvae a olor a m sal oe ad meros other assoaos

Besdes the ebrew aphabet the twety-wo trmp ards

o the tarot are eah assoated wth oe o he olowg aodaa sg a pae or a eleme So yo a see ha amt tde o deas s wove o he abr o the aro



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The arot does ot predate the ordary dek of paygards whih were itroded ito Erope soo aer 1375 ADBt the mages of he for sits of the mbered ards i theorigia payig deks were the same as the sit emb ems of thetarot dek as we kow it today The sit embems of moderpayg ards are derved om the fysix ards of the MorAraa The for tarot sits of wads ps swords adpetaes were trasformed ito ubs hearts spades addamods mode payg ards The knights of the tarotdek were eimated ad the pages beame kow as jaksbrgig the fia mber of the ards to fiy-two This e theordary dek of payg ards with fy mbered ards adtweve fae ards whih a be said to represet the twevesgs of the odia Theke mode payig ards is earya desedat of The Foo" from the Major Araa

It s srprisig that MaGregor Mathers fet that the sit ofdiamods was deseded from the tarot sit of wads e asofet that the st of bs was reated to the tarot st ofpetaes Mathers stated th is i both h is pb shed pamphet oThe Tat ad The eod Kowedge Letre of theGode Daw The Freh Marseies Tarot eary shows thatBatns or bs) are reated to wads ad ot to petaes

These attribtos are amost iversay aepted today ad a oy spe ate that Mathers made a simpe m stake ke therest of s mere mortashat do I mea by the phrase eeating the Gode Dawtarot? Is ' t there jst oe Gode Daw tarot? e oata y there are severa hat ostittes a Gode Daw tarotdek sometmes depeds o whih tempe ad what time periodit omes from I dot kow f ay of Moia Mathers' orgia

drawgs of the etre dek are st existee estottsorigia drawgs of the ort ards have srvved Ad

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membes of the Gode aw wee eqied to opy dawgsof the tao tmps whh wee sed the gade eemo ies ofthe Oe Ode Bt these oy ided abo ie of temp ads So whee ae the o gas of he est of te MoiaMahes ad esot's mps ad the pip ads? I a oyhope that ey ema i someoes ibay o atti someweead that someime i the fe they w be shaed with he est

of se ao ads sed by the Sea Mata wee sgymodied fom those of te oga Gode Daw espeiay iegad to the Cot Cads Aodig o some soes y esot who heped desig the oiga Gode awtaot aso asssed e lk i w some of he hages made the Stea Maia dek amost two deades ae the oigawas daw p I a oiia pape ated o Adeps of te

tea Matia Ms eki peseted e ow veso ofoog the ao mps based o the fo oo saesAdtee was eve a pape by MaGego Mathes oatg aodta desibed a ompetey ew set of desigs fo some of etaot tmps

So he taot of he Gode Daw has bee evovig evese i was fist set dow o pape eh taot deks sh as

he popa Maseies dek wee the bass fo the Od'sdek he evoo of he tao otied hogh he wok ofipas Levi the e oist wo i the mid5s

assoiaed te twetytwo taot tmps to te twetytwo ettesof the ebew aphabet ad the te mbeed ads of eah si tto e e Sepot of e Qabaisti ee of Life

he iee of the Gode aws aot a be see ioe of the most pop a tao deks ava abe today i dg

ese Coweys oth dek ad eve he veiedymbois of te Rideaie taot whih emas the sige



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mos popa mode ao dek eve pbished Boh o hesedeks wee desigs by ome membes of he Golde DawThis osa evolio i he ao shows ha ol eah igsaey say he same ove og peiods o ime The magiias ohe Gode Daw wee always sivig o emphasise dieeoespodees wihi eah ao ad o o psh he oiaexpaaios o he ads o ew l imis

Mh of his is de o he a ha he eay aomasips o he Golde Daw wee ahe hi he ewwie expaaios of he mp ads eded o beesaemes o eai seios of he gade eemoies ad heOe Ode Kowledge Lees whih did have a lo o sayabo he ao

The bk o he ifomaio o he ao was give o ihe gade o Adeps MioB eve hee basi ifomaioo he desig of he mp ads was meage he meaigsassiged o he mp ads wee biey give b wiedesipios o he dawigs o he mps hemselves beyodhose sed i he gade eemoies wee vey sae I ispossible ha i he oigia Ode membes wee eoaged odo he i ow eseah o he ao This m igh hep expla i whyvaiaios i he ao desigs oed

aso seems evide ha he ao o he Golde Daw wasdaw p i he lae 1 88s beoe he eaio o he SeodOde o he RR e AC I a fohomig book o he Magicaart the den Dawn a Zalewski has poied o ha aaefl sdy o he Gode Daw mps shows a peliahage i heme he is mps oai a gea dea o Celisymboism his is pailaly evide i The Magiia adhe oigial Golde Daw ad Se a Maia vesios o hisad show he magial oos of he Magiia as he Fo



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a smas of l ead - e spea e swod e a e ad esoe pe-C sa symbos of ea s de es

e Isae Regade ommssoed Robe ag opode a ew veso of e Gode Daw dek e based sdawgs o e Sea Maa mode B e aged eMaga ad's fo asmas of Iead o e Eemeaeapos of e Adeps Mo as was daed Ms

ek s masp o e ao mps esoa y I kes adapao a o I k a e eemea weapos aem moe appopae o s ad

I s aso ea a e o ads ave bee eavyeed by Ce symbosm w eay sem fom ea Leged of ofam Vo EsebaA some po e eao of e mp ads oweve e Ce popped ad e mps bega o ee moe of e Fe

Masee ao w a good dose of Qabas symbosmow o e mx

e mos pooed dffeee bewee e Gode Dawd e Sea Maa deks ae e o ads I e

ga eso vesos of e o ads eey pbsedy Day K ea symbo sm kow as e Sg s of e

aes was sed ese wee symbos of eady ofe deved

om e famy ess of ose dvda paos wo adped ao deks medeva mes ese symbos wee sedy e Gode Daw o epese e fve eemes e Fo

oo Saes of e Kg Qee e ad ess eseymbos do o seem o ave made o e deks of e Se aMaa a eas e veso of e dek a we ave sees a es ey eve made o e ao deks paed by

obe ag o mysef se bo of ese deks wee basedmoe o e Se a Maa veso



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he retons that the royal gures fae n the ourt arswas onsere sgnfant sne t was mportant n the arreang metho known as the Openng of the Key" or as wel ke to a ll t he Al lDay metho" A ourt ar was usuallyhosen to be the Sgnfator a ar that represente theQuerent n a reang a of the reang nlue ountng aertan number of ars n the reton that the Sgnfator wasfang But the retons n whh ourt ars fae varewely between the Golen Dawn an the Stella Matutna

Another naton that the Golen Dawn tarot was reatelong before the Seon Orer was establshe s the olourngof some of the ars of the Mnor Arana Aordng to the oralraton the preomnant olours of the four suts were asfollows wans were re ups were blue swors were yellowan pntac wr gn he sut of pentales represents the

element of eah an n the teahngs of the Seon Orer theolou back s assgne to the element of eahhs an be seen n the Enohan tablets an n the Kerub

squares of the Vault of the Aept So the assgnment of theolour green to the element of earth an the sut of pentalesmust have ourre before the teahngs of the Seon Orerwere fully evelope he olour of eath was probably

hange to blak beause green was also the omplementary orflashng olour of re so green ha to be onsere one of thetwo olours assoate wth elemental re By hangng theeah olour to blak four separate pars of ashng olousoul be assgne to the elements In our ek we use blak asthe preomnant olour of the sut of pentales

In the grae eremones ntates were shown blak-anwhte versons of the rump ars One n tates ha avane

to the grae of Aeptus Mnor they were requre to opy a llthe ars n blak-anwhte from a sngle master set of ars

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oor them sg the for Qabast sales of olorstrtos gve ot regarg the olorg of ars kepthagg as the olde aw oted to a ewstrtos to the orgal teahgs There also seems to haveee qte a lot of messg aro wth the olor saesthemselves ome tempes sh as the hare Ra tempe ofew Zeala evetally ame p wth ther ow versos ofthe oor saes whh were totaly fferet from those of theher temples

The same of th g seems to have happee the atertmpes of the Apha et Omega eve see oe agram from Amera tempe of the AO whh lste the Ath Kg sae of olor for the path of eth The Maga) asrage rather tha yel ow - a the paths of Ay a Ta Theev a The U verse ars) as bak stea of ther orga

go or b evolett gettg bak to my orga pot that the Goleaw ek has bee a ostat state of evolto Ths sso tre of may aspets of Goe aw teahgs ot stthe tarot The tato eremoes of the Gole awffere epe g o whh partlar brah of the rer yowere talk g abot a they sometmes ffere from tempe totemple

ere are two examples of fferet ways whh the sametarot trmp The hee of Fe" s esrbe by two hefsof fferet Gole aw Orders The rst s take from Mrsek's oa Stella Matta paper o he arotTrmps" I t reas

I the Et Chaym or the Tree of fe the hee splae o the lar of Mery where t forms theprpal om lkg Netah to Chese Vtory to

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Mery I is he revoio of experee ad progresshe seps o he Zodia e revovg sairase hed ipae by he oer-agig iee of g adDarkess ime ad Eeiy presded over by heoia yoephas (or dogfaed ape) beow ade Sph ix of Egyp above he eea Ridde whih aoy be soved whe we aai iberao The basi

oors of e Trmp are be vioe deep prpe adbe i rradiaed by ye ow B he odiaa spokes of ewee shod be i e oos of e sperm wh e eApe s i ose of Ma k ad e Sphx he primaryoors ad bak

I hs Mrs Feks verso he primary ompoes of eard Te hee of Fe are he sphx above he dog

faed ape beow ad e whee bewee hem Some of eoors ha Mrs Feki referred o here - be vioe deepprpe ad be rradiaed by ye ow - are he oors of epa of Kap o wi e hee of Foe is aribed ihe fo saes of oor

Tere is aoher verso of e ee of Fore froma daed Seod Order paper probaby wrie by MaGregor

Mahers eied Of he Taro Trmps Abed o he Seveaes ad e Tre Desgs ad erpreaio Tero" Tispaper desrbes he whee as e sa of e os ad of eeaor Adeps Mior be rod i a ire wih he osFower he ere ad for eesmai gres formed from eobed images of he ripiiies of he oda aod ewee isef

is desripo of The ee of Fore is eraiyoorf ad d iffere I k s fairy erai ha is desigwas ever aaised ay Gode Daw aro de I he



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same masrpt Mathers esrbes the fgre of heMaga" resse the rega a of a Aepts M or ompetewth Lots a Rose Cross Lame a the for Eemetaeapos The Empress ar s esrbe as the eesmatmage of te age Ae (or Aae) who was the femeoterpart to Aoa ha-Aret A--a these are some veryfferet versos of the tarot wth whh Mathers was

expermetgThe tarot serve may prposes the Goe aw Oforse ea tarot trmps were se the tatoeremoes as presrbe by the rta otes the CpherMasrpts A atray they were se for vatoOter Orer members se ates Cet Cross sprea whe the er Orer the Opeg of the Key was empoye eta y the Opeg of the Key whe propery performe

e a etre rta ompete wth rta othgEemeta eapos bashgs voatos a more heote of the rta for vao s fo the masrptkow as Z2 the orma o the Mag of ght

Oe o the prmary prposes of the Tarot s as a oo formetato arot mages hep fos the tates m o theQabast eas that they represet ey are aso se as

skryg symbos hat s hey are e a oorways to see toother reams of reaty the Goe aw Skryg theprt Vso s performe sg a pate symbo sh as atatta or a tarot ar as the pot po wh te m fosesas t beomes aware of ateatve states of ososess hss atay a form of sefhyposs whh ses symbos orerto reah gher eves of ososess whh are prer admore fose tha or orma wakg ososess Fromthese hgher eves of ososess the maga oe tres tosee the eryg ases of thgs - to work at a probem from



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a iger agle or perspetive to get iside te aiery of te iverse ad see st wat akes it tik Te ards of te Maor Araa are sed i patworkigs to

sky te Tree of Life foowig te pats tat oet teSepirot Te Mior Araa ards are sed i te saeway to skry ito te Sepirot teseves wo Adepts of teGode Daw Floree Farr ad E a ie S ipso oatored aside etre al led Flyig Rol Nber 4", wi was etitledA Exampe of te Mode of Attaiig to Spirit Visio adat was see by wo Adeptiis sort paper writte i1 89 exp ais ow a type of patworkig or skryig wit atarot ard ay be performed I wat to read to yo a ople ofbrief exerpts from te letre to sow ow tis was doe Teators desribe te basi metods of skryig ito tarot ards asfolows

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Sere for a or or loger absote freedo froiterrptio Te aloe or wit oe or two oterAdepts eter te valt or a private aber Remai isi lee ad otempatio for several itesRise ad perfor te Qabaisti Cross ad prayerTe proeed to oteplatio of soe obet say a

art Trp eiter by plaig it before yo ad gazigat it ti yo see to see ito it or by plaig it agaistyor foreead or esewere ad te keepig te eyesosed i t is ase yo sod ave give previos stdyto te ard as to its symbo ism olorig aalogies et eiter ase yo sod te deepy sik ito teabstrat ideal of te ard beig i etire idfferee toyor srrodi gs ] Cosider al l te sybol is of

te Tarot Card te al tat is ipied by its lettersber ad sitatio ad te pats oeted terewit



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he visio ay bei by he oeatio passi ito astate of eveie o with a istit sese of haesoethi aie i sesaio to a ait wih a feeiui you to esist but if you ae hihy ispie feaot o ot esist et yousef o a the the v is io aypass ove you

a a Sipso o o to esibe hei epeiee as fo ows

he Taot Tup he Epess was ake pae befoehe pesos a otepate upo spiituaiseheihee i ooui puie i esi a ieaiseI vibatoy ae pooue aeth he i spiitsaw a eeishbue istat asape suestive ofe ieva tapesty ffot to ase wa he ae

is i o the paes eee to pa up thouh ousa he appeae a pae ee asape a i is i a ohi teple of ho ty out ies ake with ihAppoahe i a fou he tepe aie ie itee s a was oee a i eee a o istutueivi the i of he Netah ae b au e f

Veus) was abe to ee ivi aso oa is a5=6 sis i thouht fo pp site he eapeeive a Coss wih thee bas a ove upo it; abesie this wee steps eai owwa i the ak bya ak pa ae Hee was et a beauifu ee aowho ove asie eai o ha a the spii visiopasse o Tui a oe a sti passi o i he ak

eee fo the akess o o a ble teaebiiaty while a a ae beyo with owes

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wose fo iage was of a de iate green k ind and te eavesseemed to ave a w ite vevety srfae beneat eretere appeared a woman of eroi propions oted ingreen wit a ewe ed gird e a rown of stars on er eadin er and a septre of god aving at one ape astrosy wite osed ots ower in er e and anorb bearing a Cross

e vision goes on to desribe e Empress as te greatgoddess Isis wo reveas er mysteries as te oy Grai andte Divine Love given nto manity trog te gre ofCristis is fairy typia of te skryings tat were done by teGoden Dawn espeiay wit regard to te tarot ards Itspretty obvios tat te Order sed tarot ards for severa

spi rita pposes not st for div inationetting bak to my origina statement tat te oden Dawntarot as been evoving for qite some time ew deks basedpon te teaings of te Goden Dawn ave been painted inreent years and wi ontine to be painted in te years toome Im eain tat te wespring of inspiration wireated te origina Goden Dawn tarot in te rst pae as notye been tapped dry eraps it as not yet even reaed its f

reative potentia In te ftre tere are bond to be magiiansand arists wo wis to epore severa different faets ofGoden Dawn teaings wi ave not yet been fydeveoped As more and more npbised doments of teGodn Dawn ontine to be d isovered and brogt into pb iview an ony imagine wat new areas of reativity wi beforoming

is is bease te oden Dawn system of magi farfrom being dead far om being te ina gasp of an Od

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eo" cot ue to prove te basc kowege teraework a te sprato for ay cereoa agcasworkg toay Its kowege cotues to evove as ewscoveres areas suc as Egyptoogy are ae a as ewgeeratos of practsg oe Daw agcas a ter owexpereces to te egacy of te Orer ese are certay teaarks of a vg agca trato e w ave to wata see wat te future os for te oe Daw te

eate I ' ke to ow you soe s es of te ew Gea Tr.V DE GN ere we ave te Cross a rage tesybo of te oe Daw e te rage represetstree prcpes postve egatve a eutra ter ge ta ost pure aspect as te upea ra te ve gts cou a so be epre e atropoorpc ers a a

trty cosstg o vty ae a eae It ca aso bsybosed as fater oter ad ce Re ro s wt ts four ars ot o y represets te

ou eeets of re water ar a ea but a so te arcetypaua beg wo s ut atey copose of tese ae freeets It s a te four drectos space e r ate rage togeter represet Le a gt ey a sybo se gt a fe tg troug fe

I a ecod rer paper by Maters ett e e ree ofLe as roecte a pere" Mater escrbes tetrage a repre etg te tree ecaates o eac zoacasg He goes o to say

A te cetra sg Su w repre et te euece of paret te cetre of te pere

rsg above te waters o space ut te oeDaw tat o te ross suroutg te trage s

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he Poceedis o he Gode Daw oeece

preferaby represee by a Cavary Cross of sx sqaresas si ore a ie o Tphareh "

KEY 0 AT I : TE FOOL The Esoeri Tie of hs ars The S pri of Aeher" I represes he eee o air a isebrew eter is A eph - eaig ox" ere we see a ioeh hog he eash of a ageros wof e aso see he

yeow rose of eeea ar a he ahea sybo of airThe hi is abo o have h s rs experieeThe h represes arporaes Go of S ee The ah

of A eph oes Keher o Chokah o he Tree of Lfe Thear represes he rs hogh of experiee I is he rsrre of poeia vbrao The presor of he rshogh I s a sage of ioee where a hgs are

possbe bease ohg has happee ye Air is he eeeof e e - of hoghs a ieas The hogh fors reaehere have o ye e o ao There is poeia for eherposive or egaive ress Agai ayhig is possbe a hispoi he ar o ors are ye ow a v oe oors assoaewh eeea arY AT : T MAGICIAN The soer Tie of hsar s The ags of ower" I represes he p ae MerryIs ebrew eer s Beh eaig hose or srre TheMagia sas a a raspare aar Upo he aar are heoos of he agiia he Fire a he aer Cp he Airagger a he Earth eae Above hi s hea hogh forsare reae wih io iy sigs e is abo o ivoke

The gre reprses eres-Thoh he go of wsoo iaio a ag i s sybo is he Caes a

show o h is hes e is he bi er or arhie of experieee is he ivoker ag o hogh The ah of Beh oesKeher o Bah I represes he reaive fore ski a



eeg e ode o

wsom - a step towar manfesaon from he prevous arhe Magan represents he oo atng upon ths rshough No onger ust poea hs ard represes frsaon he ard oours are yeow and voe ooursassoaed wth the p ane Merury n he Kng SaeKEY 2 A 1 3 E RESESS he Esoter eof ths ard s he restess of the Sver Sar" t represenshe Moon I s ebrew etter s Gme meanng ame" hs

ar prays the Goddess Dana the Moon Goddess shown byher symbo the arrow formed from the ower pa of her bodyShe hods the up of waer the Cup of the Sto stes and she shden behnd ve s o symbo se he unosous mnd h ddeom vew Energy forms surroun her n the shape of a upShe s the bnger of onsousness who gudes and reguaeshe ow of energy from s pure soure n Keher o he ower

pas of the ree of Lfe n phareh hs pah epesens hepurest rooessene of unversa onsousness ha whhonnes us a aso represens the utmae soure of waerwhh symboses he subosous m d of every hua beghe ard oours are bue and orange oours assoaed whLuna n the Kng SaeKEY 3 A 1 : E EMRESS he Esoter e of hsar s he aughe of the Mghy Oes" represents hep anet Venus ts ebrew eter s Daeh meang doo" erea goddess wears a row of weve stars whh symbose heodaa sgns She ss upo a brown throne whh symbosesthe earh n one han she hods a roya sepre surmounted by agoden gobe of the sun to ndate tha she domnates theheaves Above her s a dove a symbo of ove he b rd saredto Venus Aso above her s the whe ebrew eter Shn

reresentng Sprt In her other han an a her throat s theAnkh - symbo of eera fe She ss n frot of a green ve

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The Poceedngs of the Golden Dawn onfeence

whih parts to reveal a oorway shape ike a gothi arh (hisis aleth the oorway to ii tiatio)er uties are to buil form a to sta the proess of

maifestatio he ath of aeth is reiproa - a sharemutual path that straes the three piars (from Chokmah toBiah) It is therefore the path of uity whih uites the threepillars It is also the root essee of emotio i its most pureform he path alues to the iea that emotio (or Veus) is the

key to the uiatio a formatio of the uiverse he arolours are gree a re olours assoiate with Veus i theig Sae (hey aso refer to Veus a Mars uite a iequilibrium)EY 4: A 1 5 E EMEROR he Esoteri ite of thisar is he So of the Morig Chief Amog the M ighty" Itrepresets the zoiaal sig Aries Its ebrew letter is eh

meaig wiow" (as we a sight") The ar shows awarrior kig seate a holig a ramheae wa here isalso the ram of Aries payig ami fresh sprig vegetatio heEmperor hols a goe orb surmoute by a ross(represetig iphareth) to show that he hols absolute ruleover his ki gom e is seate o a throe whih i s bake by wiow the meaig of eh

he ar ymbolies prig a rebirth It is pure eergywhih a uo frm (form whih was reeive from theEmpre ) he ah f eh rus from Chokmah to iphareth Outwarl ma u li e h i path otais both masul ie afemi ie eerie ie he v iri le stimuatig fores of Ares ismaulie e rig a rebirth are femiie qual ities Asothe letter eh i the great femiie etter of the abalahherefore h i ar is outwarly masu ie but iwarly

femiie he ar olours are re a gree the olours of

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e eat te oe a aot

Aies i the Kig Sae as we as the oos of spigegetatioKEY 5 AT 16: TE IEROANT Te Esotei Tite ofthis ad is The Mags of the Etea" It epesets teodiaa sig of Tas ts ebew ette is Vav meaigai" o pi" - sometig wi ods two sepaate thigstogete Hieohant is te Geek wod fo teae" oi itiat ig piest" i te Mysteies ee we see te fge of the

ieophat etoed po te b of Tas e weas tetip e ow of te Speas bease te ieopat ats as a iig ae fo the div ie igt of te Spea Tiad ehods te Bae of the East wi is a Gode Daw symboof te divie ight e aso hods te Cook of Mey a symboof Chesed Te ieophat is imiated by te Spea Lightaboe im is ap is te ow-headed septe ad a so

wi otais te Logos o divie wod of eatio Nais(symbos of the ebew ette Vav) od togethe te fagmetsof the ivese i the bakgod of te ad The at of Vavs fom Cokma to Cesed o te Tee This pat asoepesets that whih oets what is above to wat is below the eaves ad te Eat The ieopat is te piest of teMysteies ad te i itiato e is te geat teae Oe of theesotei meaigs of the ette Vav is eaig" Tis pat

symboises esotei teah ig ad ie i miatio - teah igsthat oy ome fom iti Te heain aded to is a ieeai Ts te woe ad poits to te tt tat we mst iste to the teae witi Te ad oos ae edoage adbegee te oos of Tas i te K ig SaeKEY 6: AT 7 : TE LOVERS Te Esotei Tite of tisad is Te Cide of te Voie Divie The Oae of the

Mighty Gods" It epesets te odiaa sig of Gemii Itsebew ette is Zayi mea ig swod" o amo" Te ad

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The Poceedg of the Gode Daw ofeece

eveas the Geek myth of eses and Aomeda ee thewiged heo eses i s show esig the aide Adomedafom a dagosepent he thee-headed dago is the Sephiahof B inah o the sbonsios It i s that whih theatens yet asoiiiaes he poess of iatio eses ad Andomeda aesymbos of the highe sef esing the owe sef fom themateia wod by integatio nity and whoeess It is a pathof ispiaio ad divie ove he swod of eses is a

weapo of the wi heefoe this path epesents a wif adonsios fsig togethe of the owe pesoaity with thehighe sef t aso epesets the niatio of the highe sefwith the d iv ine sef O the ee of Li fe the ath of Zayin sfom B iah o iphaeth he ad oo is oage the ooof Gemii in the Kig SaeKEY 7 A 8 E CARIO he Esoei ite of thi s

ad is he Chi d of the owes of the ates he Lod of theimph of Light I t epesents the odiaa sig of Cane Itsebew ete is Cheth meaing fee" o eose" hisad daws pon the symboism of ewish mystiism whihdesibes the ekabah, the haiot whih is said to ay thethoe of God he Bibia Visio of the ophet Eekie isaso stessed showing the fo Kebim o anges of the foeements

he ad shows wo hoses (one bak ad oe white)ping a haiot thogh the ethei paes he bakandwh ite hoses indiate that a baaned nion f opposites is whatpowes the haiot Othe aimas seen epeset the Kebimof Eekie's visio In the ente of the haiot is the sna ding to the Soa haiot of Apoo (eios the Sn god)Aso shown ae the symbos of the sig Ce and the Lna

ese he ete of the sn is a eag e 's head in the fomof a p (both ae symbos of wate) At the op of the Chaiot is

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he vat of the heaves with the igs of SatThe

Chaiotee is a sphixike fige i amo who otos thehoses ot by eis bt by the foe of his wi A whiteetagam of spiit ove his head otos ad gides hisatios

The Chaiot is the eose fo the divie Spiit Oe ofthe esotei meaigs of the ebew ette Cheth is speeh"Speeh theefoe i s a aspet of the iv ie Spi it aye is the

way i whih we speak to the ivie Symboi visios aesed by the iv ie to ommiate bak to s This ad showsa v isio of the iv ie desedig thogh the paes t is thedeset of spiit ito the maifest ivese The ad idiatestimph ad vitoy The ath of Cheth s fom Biah toGebah The ad oo is yeow-oage the oo ofCae i the Kig Sae

KEY 8 AT 9 STRENGT The Esotei Tite of this adis The aghte of the Famig Swod" t epesets theodiaa sig of Leo ts ebew ette is Teth meaigsake" ee a woma is show stadig ext to a fiee ioThe woma epesets the w i of the h ighe sef whih otosthe powe of the io (o the powe of the owe se abaisti tems it is the highe Neshamah otoig theLowe Nephesh A ie at the top of the ad is the hoio ieof the Abyss o the Tee of Life Above i t ae the oos of thethee Speas - wh ite gey ad b ak The gode gget seea the ete of the thee is the hiosophe's Stoe whihepesets te spiita wisdom This ad aso potays someahemia symbo ism - the gee io a des to aw widtamed eegy The ed io is the tamed eegy otoedad haessed by wi powe

aessig this aw eegy thogh wi is the essee ofsegth ad oage The io epesets bte stegth The

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serpen s symbo of rnsformon ere sows ernsformon from fer energy o w s onroed ndmde sef nd ever more powerf e of e s eseond repro p w srddes e ree prs omCesed o Gebr e yeow sreks n e bkgrond of s rd refer o e oor of Leo n e Kng SeKEY 9 A 20 E ERMI e Esoer e of s

rd s e rope of e Eern Mgs of e Voe ofower" I represens e od sgn of Vrgo s ebrewetter s Yod menng nd" s rd sows e od nd wsemser mgn sndng n deser odng ged mp ne drkness w s rond m s sff s srmoned bye Orp Egg w symboses e nverse enred by ereve ery spre serpen on e sff so des o eCdes of Merry nd Merry s e pne w res

Vrgoe erm ses e onro ed power of e prevos rd ernsforms drkness no g rog s reve w nd spower derved from e rd of Sreng) e s e gberer odng o nd for s o grb sowng s e wyo of drkness o dden wsdom Yod mens nd" nd se nd of e erm ods mp w rows g o no

dmensons e erm represens e spreme w s se p of vbron ngs exs wn e nverserog vbron I s so e p of e Logos e reveword nd dvne nsp ron s p so s q es of frend ert Yod nd Virgo Fre nd er re e frs nd s ofe for eemens symbosed by e Orovboros e snkew ods s n s mo noer symbo of nn y e of Yod rns from Cesed o pre e s n e

bkgrond s rbe o Isre Regrde or person msermgn wo ved n Aron drng e er yers of s fe

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Recreatng he Goden Dawn Tarot

e ard oor is ye ow-gree e oor of Virgo i e KigSaeKEY A 21 E EEL O OUNE eEsoeri ie of is ard is e Lord of e Fores of Life" represes e p ae pi er I s ebrew eer is Kap wieas pa of e ad" or a ope ad" A grea revovigwee is sow sp i ig o yles of eergy I is e wee ofi fe ad dea a perpea moio maie spira ig o e

rres of id ivida ivese spix a e op of e wee is e iger sef of eidiv ida w i as o sabi ise e moio of e wee edog-faed ape (ermabis) a e boo is e owerpersoaiy or ego odig o o e wee for dear ife espokes of e wee are e weve zodiaa sigs Aso soware e riages of fre ad waer wi for a exagraey are e wo grea opposig eergies wose ieraio

powers e wee e syboism of Eipas Levi is porrayedsowig is versio of e ee of Ezekie i aemiasymboism arod e rim of e wee aog wi e wordsTo ad Rot ad Yod Heh Vv Heh (e eragrammao)e a of Kap rs from Cesed o Neza is a pa ofkara reiaaio ad y ig of eergy e ard oor isvioe e oor of e p ae pier i e Kig SaeKEY I I A 22 USICE e Esoeri ile of is ard ise ager of e Lord of r e Rer of Baae" Irepreses e zodiaa sig of Libra Is ebrew eer isLaed wi meas ox goad" (ae prod) a devie apokes s i e ribs o keep s o e pa of spiria grow ard depis e goddess Maa odig e saes of baae- aw ad r - aog wi e Sword of sie Maassybo is e feaer wi is weiged agais e oes ofea id iv ida 's ear wo arge pi ars are aso see b ey



The Poceedngs of the Gol den Dawn onfeence

ave beome uge saes baag fe ad dea symbosedby e ade ad e sk Fre ad waer rages a eboom of e pars represe e wo grea opposg foresbewee e Sword of use mus baaee serpe a e op of e ard refers o e pa ofSreg" for sreg s eeded o s pa as we edoubeedged sword of use a swg eer way o e sdeof Mery or Severy I a ofer kgood or op off a mb w ever s a ed for e sword may seem ke arsmede bu somemes beomes eessary o op off amb order o save e pae Maa s e eger of Souse equ braor of mbaae I ke o refer o s ard as epa of aude adusme Maa gves us wa we eed oaways wa we wa s s a pa of equbrao adeessary adusme I rus from Gebura o pare e

ard oours are gree ad red oours assoaed w Lbra e Kg Sae e oour red aso remds us of Gebura espere of SeveryKEY 12 A 23 E ANGE MAN e Esoer eof s ard s e Spr of e Mgy aers" I represese eeme of waer Is ebrew eer s Mem w measwaer" e ard sows a fgure agg from a ree s sOsrs e godaspe of e ard Bed m s a gure of a

drowed ga w a rabow a s fee e uma aspe ofe ard s ard s oa y reversbe we e uma aspes exaed e God aspe s sared kewse we e Godaspe s exaed e uma aspe s sared

e ard symboses a bapsm of waer aog w ewoe dea of bapsm ad rebr aer dea I s e oepof e dve dea assoaed w a dyg ad resurreedgodmys (Osrs Crs ammu Isar e) s a pa of

sef sare for e sake of dve kowedge Sare for



Receatng the Golden Dawn Taot

somethg geate his s a taestate SuspesoTempoay withdawa ad timeout fo sefexamiato It isaso a evesa of oma seua thkg Tug you wdupsde dow ode to exame t osey he ath of Memus fom Gebuah to od he ad oou is bue the oouassoated wth e emeta wateKEY 13: A DEA he Esote it e of ths ads he Chief of the Geat asfomes The od of the Gate

of eath It epesets the zodiaa sg of Sopo I ts ebewette s Nu meaig sh" Oe of the esote meags ofNu is movemet" I the ad a skeeto is depited hodig asythe amd a path of fesh gass he skeeto is a fom ofOss the sa ad esueted god of Egypt e is showgvg the sgs of Oss Sa ad Rse Body pats i thegass epeset pees of the od pesoaty whh povdeouishmet to the ew ush vegetato the ew sef whih

ses ke a phoeix fom the od sefTh is is i ea ity ot a ad of death but of bith ew fe

foms ae see ubatig i the gass he od ife has gveway to the ew A bakeed pot upo the head of the figueotais the god of the ahem ists sig iig doss mattehabouig the puest essee of the Dive O two towes the bagoud ae gues of ypho ad the Dago of theates both symbos of the oosio whih puges away thedead matte eavig o y the divie oe of Spt hs s a pathof tastio tasfomato ad egeeato he sopoad the sepet th s ad epeset the owest foms of watewhie the eage suoudg the fom of the skeeto s thehghest most pufied state of wate he path of Sopio s awatey path Yet wate s the oy oe of the fou eemetswhih a beome a so d a qu d ad a gas It s theefoe the

eemet of tasfomatio whih is attbuted to ths ad The3



The Poceedngs of he Golden Dawn onfeence

a of Nu s fom Nea o Tipae Te ad oou isgeeisbue e oou of Sopio i e Kig SaeKEY 1: AT 2 5 TEMERANCE Te Esoei Tie of isad is Te auge of e Reoi es Te Bige Fo ofLi fe" epeses e zodiaa sig of Sagiaius I s ebewete is Samek, w i meas pop" o suppo" is pa isaso aed e ak ig of e Sou", a diu odiiow i efes o empeig opposies of e ad wae wii epesoaiy Te ak Nig of e Sou" is a speia ype ofdepessio ad oe iess a oveakes e mysi s pio oe expeiee of i um iaio

Oe of e expeiees aibued o is pa is e VisioOf Beay" o e visio of e ige se Bu aoeexpeiee of is pa is e ia By Fie" Bo efe o epefeig of e pysia veie o empe e body of e

idiv idua i pepaaio fo spiiua esasy Tis pa is ike afoudy wee e psye of e idividua is empeed by fiad wae ad saped o e mea-smis avi ui i issog ad fee of impuiies Tis empeig a ave a veypysia effe as we as a spiiua oe Te a of Samekois Yesod o Tipae (e ey spee of e S wi ewaey eegies of e Moo) e Da rital cals fr tversios of this ar

E FIRST VERSION sows e ode moe opoea fomof Tempeae ee we see a woma wi soid ais wibid e io of e ad e eage of wae o e Se mixes eeemes of e ad wae i a ado befoe e is adsows e pysia ad someimes as Tia By Fie" aspeof e paTE SECON VERSION sows e ewe, moe spiia

fom of Tempeae A gea femae age is sow sadig4



eceatng he Golden Dawn Tao

pon earh and waer (represeig physial maer and hereaive m id) er robe i s b le he olor of Sagiaris i heKing Sale She holds wo vases oe of waer and he oher of iqid re whih ombine o form he infin iy sign he arrowof Sagiaris is poised o srike pward iiiaing spirialesasy his version emphases he Vision of Beay aspe ofhe ahKEY 15 A 26 E DEVIL he Esoeri ile of his

ard is he Lord of he Gaes of Maer he Child of heores of ime I represes he odiaa sign of CaprioIs ebrew eer is Ayi meaing eye his ard a greademo is porayed sadig po he alar of maerial exisee- he bia aar of he physial iverse he gre is madeof he body pas o several difere reares whih represehe elemes of he physial iverse (he wings symbol ise airhe hairy legs refer o earh he eagles laws represe waer

and he gre holds he orh of re ) he re a he groi ofhe gre aldes o he sexa power of his pah e holds heram ho of Aries whih refers o marial power he devil isaso seen ramplig proeive whie penagrams derfoowo smaler demos are ehered o he aar held prisoer byheir ow illsios of iareraio Beyod hem is a vas pieof gold and rihes he i l ls ioary goals of mndane exi seehe inended meaning here is ha ier visio is eessary ooverome he i l ls ioary obsales i or spirial pah

he ebrew leer Ayin (eye) poins o he re meaningof his m isndersood ard I refers o he hi rd eye - innersigh seeig beyod mere physial appearaes hi s ardshows aso ha mih is reqired sie mirh is he hiddemeanig of he ebrew leer Ayin e ms lagh a heillsios whih bind s May imes hese illsios are of orown reaion his i s he pah of givig p il lsios ad seeig

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thgs ther proper ght It aso meas uderstadg theature of uso he Dev here s ot to be vewed Chrsta terms of ev ere he s preseted as the ruer ofmafested (ad therefore false) form e s a om usomade up of varous ama parts whh suggest the eemets ofthe physa uverse Rather tha ru from ths hdeousyom form we shoud ea to augh at t Laughter s thebreaker of usos ad mrh s a mportat too of sprtua

webeg he ath of Ay rus from od to phareth heard oour s buevoet the oour of Capro the KgSaeKEY 16 A 2 E OER he Esoter te of thsard s he Lord of the osts of the Mghty" I t represets thep aet Mars Its ebrew etter s eh meag mouth" erewe see the row of the stoe ower sheared off by a ghtgbast the form of the Mars symbo he gures fag fromthe top of the ower are the Lords of Chaos who represetmperfet forms set bak to the vod whee they ame

hs path dates omp ete destruto of the od orderto rebud the ew he ebrew etter eh (mouth") s used todate the mouth as a vehe of vbrato It s the harshvbrato of Mrs ad Geburah whh has roked the tower hemouth see at the bottom of the ard emts the vbrato of

marta fore whh destroys fase towers (A fase tower oudbe defed as a outmoded be ef system a od harmfu habtor a destrutve fe tye) hs path symboses sudde aduepeted umato or rea sat o hs s a aturaosequee of spr tua evout o ad growth he ath of ehs the ast reproa or shared path o the ree whh rus fromNetah to od he ard oours are red ad gree ooursassoated wth Mars the K g Sae



ecean the Golden Dawn Taot

EY 1 7 AT 2 TE STA Te Esote Tte of ts ads Te Dagte of te Fmamet Te Dwee betwee teates" It epesets te zodaa sg of Aqas ts ebewete s Tadd meag fs ook" Te woma sow tead s te same as te g estess ad te Empess Se ste geat goddess ss ad Ama Eom Se ods a gey vasead a bak vase (efeg to Cokma ad Ba) w po te ates of Lfe (pe fd ososess) fomg a

ve at e feet Te ates bed ad fom ystas symbosof tasfomato of oe fom of eegy to aote tewate ae Lots owes saed to ss Te Tee of L fe ad teTee of Kowedge of Good ad Ev ae see tebakgod

A Ibs te bd of Tot god of kowedge sts teTee of sdom sowg tat ts s a pat of osos adfosed med tato A age eptagoa sta epesetg a tepaets s te soe of a eegy of te ad Te ddeeag of te ete Tadd s magato" Te toos ofmagato ae medtato ad tto Tzadd s a fs ookad teefoe ts ad dates tat sg te magato ske astg te fs ook to te oea of te sbososmd agg fo spta kowedge Te ad s aso a vsoof te ppe asta te eam of ge spta begs s as

ages I addto t sgfes a age of eegy fom oefom to aote Te at of Tzadd s fom Neta toYesod o te Tee Te ad oo s voet te oo ofAqas te Kg SaeKEY AT 29 TE MOON Te Esote Tte of tsad s Te Re of F ad Re Te C d of te Sos ofte Mgty" t epesets te zodaa sg of ses Itsebew ette s Qop meag te bak of te ead" (te

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dogs bayig at te moo I te bakgrod are two towers witpaitigs of te twi Abia seties wo gard te pat ofevotio ad trt A rayfis a ower aima form symboiof ow-eve osiosess starts p te pat of evotioaryprogress It seeks te pat wi eads ot of darkess to teigt of te S beyod e Moo is see waxig o te sideof te i ar of Mery A fae is see i te Moo af igt adaf dark It is te sytesis of a moo gods ad goddesses

For ebrew Yods faig from te Moo refer to te Forords of te Qabaa

is pat portrays te ower astra ad te i sioary formsad patoms reated from te oetive mid of maityis is so te pat of te sbosios mid It is teoveromig of oe fears ad persoa deeptios or persoademos of or ow reatio ad it is te pat of evotio eat of Qop ie ewee eta d Mkt o te reee ard oor i rdvi et e or of ises i te KigSaeKEY 19: A TH e soteri ite of tis ardis e Lord of te Fire te ord It represets temiary of te S I ts Herew etter is Res meaig eade ard depits a s s i ig its ays o two idre e sis ata y a arge ead fe tat o mot a dig to te

fat tat ommiatio wit te ivie aot be aievedtrog ma spee bt trog a ier agage ofsymbos e S as tweve zodia rays af of wi arewved to symbo ise v ibratio ad f are straigt to symboi seradiatio two metods of eergy moveet ere are aso tetwo rrets of masie d femiie eergy e two i dre are te twis of Gemii red by Merry (or ite et)payig i a garde srroded by a wa e boy represets

ars (eart) wie te girs is Caer (water) e stoes of8



Recreatng the Goden Dawn o

e wa epese e vaious degees of e odia I is ewa of kowedge Oe e ide ea ow o usekowedge ey a imb ove e fee bu ey mus use ekowedge wisey ad deped upo ie ommuiaio wie Divie o make wise deisios is is e pa of umaiee I is ee aig upo e duaiies of e umaodiio I is aso a pa of ie ommuiao wi eDivie e pa of Res is e oduo of e uma oug

poess o ieeua eegy uma kowedge a be eiebeeia o amfu - we ave e kowedge o ue eibediseases as we as e kowedge o desoy e p ae a iswy we ae ike aive ide payig i a gade e musap io e ige mid epeseed by e Su e a ofRes us bewee od ad Yesod o e ee e adoous ae oage ad bue oous assoiaed wi e Su ie Kig Sae

KEY 20 A 3 1 J UDGEMENT Te Esoei Tie of sad is Te Spi i of e ima Fe" epeses eemenafe Is ebew ee is Si meaig oo" A s eiage seems o expess e B b ia see of e as udgemenwee a eavey age summos e dead o se fom eea Bu wa is ad is eay expessig is e expeieeof iiiao ee we see fou fgues a of wom epesendiffee foms of fe Te aage Miae a e opsymboises soa ie e dak age Samae is voai ee femiie age Aae is asa e Coeig ese efigues is a gee fe age I e ee is Ae woepeses e I iiae - e ae o idde e e e visiof Miae is suouded by Seapim (ey sepes) i efom of a aibow e fe above ad e wae beow aussseam ad m is o ise i e ee of e ad e ii iae iss

om a omb egaved wi a ed ebew ee S i Tis ad9




shows a kn of baptsm n e bease spta enegy s oenesbe as ey o passonatehe ath of Shn ty epesents the ntatoy expeene t sspt esenng nto pysa matte an awakenng fo thefist tme to te vne pesene he expeene s that ofseeng fo the st tme that thee s somethng etea anvne that es beyon the matea wo he at of Shn

ns fom o to Makth on the ee Te a oos ae ean geen oos assoate wth eementa eKEY AH : HE UNVERSE he Esote te ofth s a s he Geat one of the N ght of me t epesentsthe panet Sat ts ebew ette s a meanng osshs a shows a vee woman anng wthn te vast spaeof the gaaxy hs s ss o Ama Eohm the Geat Mothe

who epesents te oean of the sbonsos mn t s asote Geat Mothe of Bnah (oesponing to Sat) who sesponsbe fo bngng a matte nto fom as we as fobeakng own matte She s the oo to fe an eath thebegnnng an the en Apha an Omega e goess hoste ans of obe owe the postve an negatve entsof enegy wh ve the ente n vese Se anes n an ovasape mae of tweve zoaa sphees e togethe by

seventytwo beas (pe ntng the Shemhamephoesh aswe as te seventytw nane of the zoa) e whoemage a es to t w f te nvese ot of wh we aebon e seven pont d ta ybo es the seven Qaba stpaaes of Assa an the pants he Kebm on the oteoes of te a syb I e te fo eements hs aatay has mh n omon wt e Foo a the

begnn ng an the en beng neay one an the same he athof a efes to ompeton synthess an mnaton heexpeene on t s ath s tat of a esent nto the newo



Recreatng the Golden awn arot

e asral p ae or e sbosios m is e begiig ofeporao o e Ier Se Here e se s gve ekeys o e ve le of e iverse e form of e oaalsigs e p aes a e elemes e a of a rs omYeso o Malk o e ree e ar oor is ble-violee olor of Sa i e Kg Sae

HE OU R ORLDS O HE QABALAHe Qabala eaes a ere are for s eves ofeisee ese are e or Qabasi ors Ea woleaaes from e oe before Ea wo of beg isprogressivey more sbsaia as e ive eergy of e reereaes mafesaio o pysia form ese wols arearbe o e eragrammao Yd eh V eh e foreemes fire waer air a ear e fo aro ss a efor-fo moel of e mafes verse ese or orsare

Azuth areypal pre eiy s wor orrespos o irea e si of wasBrh: arageli reave is wor orrespos o waera e si of psYetrh age i asral oirs or grops of ages is wororspos o air a e s i of sworsh maerial aive worl is worl orrespos o eara e si of peaes

e or orls are ea assige er ow sae ofolos ese oors of e Golde Daw are also give royaames e Kng e he Queen Se The Prnce Se ae Prncess Sce Ea of e mbere or sma l ars eMior Araa from Ae rog es represe of e eSepro i oe of ese for Qabais worls or saeea of e for Aes represes e Sepra of Keer (e

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The Poceedns of he Goden Dawn onfeence

r Sephrh deced he Fur rd wrde All he Tw he deck reer he ecdSeph rh hkh deced hruh he ur pe exece wrd phyc e. Ad FASING OOUS The Fh lur re p p Gde w ech Thee recpeery cur h le ppe ech her r clur wheel. Ech eee ve pr clur

h h eher wd ybe re, d he re clurre red d ree up repree wer d he wer curre bue d re. Swrd reer r d he r clur reyew d vle Pecle yble erh d he erhclur re blck d whe. Thee cur re hw hebckrud ech crd he Mr Arc r uberedcrd h deck.

lur re p c wrk becue hey re

ybc e whch pek drecly he ubccud ur c e che he el dpychc e hu be Ad cur cued byder qu l e he l h. lur, l ke her r hd eery hve her w vbr re whch c beppled he wrk c hruh he lw crrepdeceAE OF AN S: The R he Pwer Fre Th crd he key he cur chee he re he Mr Arccrd h prcur deck. hw le wd h hhree brche whch ed l e e - e e rech Sephrh he Tree Le Ech e (r Sephrh dvded ur cur whch repree h prcurSephrh e he ur Qblc rld: eher t eher ia, eher Yetia d eher

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Receang he Goden Dawn Tao

a A Chkh in Chkh in Chkh in Ya nd Chkh in ssa, nd hh he wnd yied y whih e ehhwn in he bknd he e he M in d in hedek A hee e ed in he einde he dekheee in he hee Cp he bknd wi bebk he inh he hid Sephih in a - heeive wd epeened by he i p n he w

nd he bknd wi be be he Chkh he end Sephih in l he heypwd epeened by he i wnd he weny-w Yd inhe d ee he weny-w ee he ebew phbehi d piiy epeen he div ine SpiiE ACE OF CUS he he we e hin u e be nd ne he bknd iwhie biine he Kee he i Sephih ina, he eive wd hw einine nei hndhdin p win we hi d epeen he divinenine ed in he we i he ebew ee eh heend ee en eh i he ee he GeMhe he d ybie pue eiviy eiiy ndpdiviyE ACE OF SODS he he we Ai

he hin e yew nd vie Bknd i wh ie bi ine he Kehe he Sephih inYa he wd I epeen he divine ind heinee enin pwe i invked e pped n e h hwn by he Ae nd A inenei hnd hd he wd dbe-eded wepn whih be ed wih in A hwn i he wn Kehend n ne ide he ive bnh pee n he he ide i

he p bnh ein hi indie w pibe3




e ati Aai the wd i dbe-eded it a beed d i The ix ebew Vav ee tTiphaeh the eat the id the Tee ieTE ACE OF ENTACES The the we Eah The ahi hee ae bak ad whie. Thebakd i whie-eked d he Kethehe i Sephiah i Assiah the wd ai ad ateThi ad iie aietati ad ateiaiati. hyiapeti A wh ie eii e ae i had hd a bah pwhih i a ae petae divided it ve ie the Makth ad the whie pii. The peae haweve white ay whih ae he e the zdia ad it ihaed wih a ed eqa-aed Aai hi a de t he eee ided by he ih eeet Spiit. The ede ee the pe aieati whie the wied

Maee C abve ipie that the eeet t pathh a he tae the F Divie d beeaiei it phyia .

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ENDNOTE

Wa was ou o be e ealies ao dek e GioeuTao" paed fo Cales e 6 392, as eely bee daed ooly e m idde of e ee euy ad is of Veeia oi i Teoldes kow ao dek was paed fo e VsoiSfoza famiy iMila aoud 18 AD

Called smply Th Ta Tums

Coaed i Book T" ompisi Mausips N Q ad

Cal ie o Caudo elaed o Dada e Spea was assoiaed wiu e Swod s assed o Nuada ad e squae soe elaed oFal

5 Vo Eseba woe i s Paa aoud 100 AD

6 Fve ypes of Ma w ae aeoisd ude e lees of eeaammao HSVH Ude O a abued evoaosH oespods o e oseao of ali a I N o al iewoks of Spii ludig (Alep vsbliy (MemTasfomaios ad (Si) Spiual Devel pm v iao isassied o VA V ad A lemy fa ls ude Fial

ed i Fas Ks Aa Pjin Rua Mac anAhem Seod Edo 18. Te da of is pape is Nov 8, aod o Fa ad Simpso

I also epeses e soul of e pi lo ope ad e Myseies Ae me of i ia o e sel l s boke ad e ma emees fom isembyoi sae Te Geek od of lg aes - was said o bebo ou of e Opi e.



The Proceedngs of the Golden Dawn onference

Fo book on te Taot Te Magcal Rual f SancuRg 896

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SRAEL REGARDE

As I kew Him

CHC CR



efoe I al ab how I fis me I sae Regadie I 'd l ieo gie a ey bief smmay of hi s accomp ishmes Ihe eay yeas of hi s cey ie was w ab

e echiqes of wese ceemoial magic becase of hesececy which ep hese pacices hidde Uless a pesohappeed be a membe f a magical gp hee was iechace f leaig he pacices f high magic This chaged i937 whe Isael Regadie pblished a boo eied e

olden Dan a cleci f ceemies ad eachigs fmhe famos magical ode of he same ameh was I sael Regadie? Befoe hi s deah i 1 985 I sae

Regadie was csideed by may o be oe of he as liigAdeps of he Golde Daw The adiio epeseed by heGolde Daw ad is spioff gops he Sella Maia adhe Alpha e Omega attaced may ifle ial magicias of helae 9h ad ealy 20h ceies Amg hese wee D.

esco MacGego Mahes Ah dwad aie iiamBe Yeas Di Fe ad Aeise Cowey Ad amoghis eadiay gp f wedgeable magicias was I saeRegadie.

Regadie was b i odo o 17 Nembe 1907 asIsael Regdy is paes wee poo Jewish immigasDig ld a I , hi s ode bohe oied he amy ad hisas ame was m isaey wite dw as Regadie his was

adoped as he fami ly ame I 1 92 whe he was 3 yeas od sael Regadie moed wih h is family o ashig DCA a eay age he deelped a iees i he wos f

Madame Baasy id phisphy ad yoga Smeimeaod 1925 o 1926 Regadie discoeed a bo whichcapiaed his ciosiy. The boo was a Oe of Book Fourby Aleise Cowey Regadie we Cwley i ais adeealy eceied a lee bac. So ae Cowey ffeed



The Poceedgs of he Gode Daw ofeece

h ob s hs secety s Regde took the job ctobe o 928 hopng tht Cowey wold tech h gcCowley nee onteeed to tech h howee So Regdeeed wht he cod o books.

Cowey's pobles ce to hed whe he hd lngot wth hi s get who tod Fench po ice tht Cowley ws dg ddct As est Cowley Coweys ged ndRegdie got kcked ot o Fce ltogethe etlly they

eded p n gd g Bt becse o l the bd pessCowey's ew pblshe soon wet bnkpt. And Cowleycold o loge od to keep Regde s hs secety Aetteptg to Cowey's ge by cothong the bookT f it Cw, 1930) Regde d Cowleyded p

In 1 932 Regde pb shed h s st two books Ganf aat d T T f L The st bookepeseted Regd e's ow Qb stc stdes The Tee o es consdeed Regde's Get ok d one o the ostcopehense tets on pctcl gc ee witte

Abot e yes te n 1 937 Regde sent hs o ld endCowey copy o T T fL wth w note. Bt eece ing the book Cowleys esponse to Regde' s kidessws less thn kd Cowey nsltg h wth ntiSetcs bot hs adopted ne o Fcs ne gen to by dy iend). So Regdie wote Cowey ngy letteCowey took eenge by sedng sldeos lette abotRegdie to o hs eds The est ws nl dcopete bek betwee the two en Regdie ws deepywonded by the bekp o the edsh p nd ws ony ble tooge Cowey h s te yes.he pb cton o T T f L csed lot o exctent in

gc c ces o the te In the book Regde otl nd oe80



sael Regade As knew

o he magica eachigs o he emeic de o he GodeDaw.Ahogh he Gode Daw had ceased o eis i 03 i

coied o ie o i is spi-o odes he Sea Maiaad he Apha e Omega ih he sppo o Dio FoeRegadie was iied o joi he Sea Maia AodJaay 1 33 Regad ie oied he Biso emes empe admade apid pogess hogh he gades owee Regadie

was eiby d isappoied wih he chies o he Se a MaiaThe ode ise seemed o be i a sae o decie Regadiehogh ha he eachigs o he Ode wod o sie mchoge Shoy ae aai ig o he gade o heoics AdepsMio i 13 Regadie e he Ode i Decembe o hayea

I 1 37 he pbished mos o he Gode Dawsceemoies ad eachigs i o omes entitle The Glen

Dawn. e ceay saed his easos o doig his i his boo Rsicrcian ventre 36 which docmeed hispesoa epeieces wih he Gode Daw

i is esseia ha he whoe sysem shod be pbic yeh ibied so ha i may o be os o maid Fo i i she heiage o eey ma ad woma he i spiiab ihigh." . My moies hae bee o poe wiho a

dob ha o oge is he Ode he idea medim o heasmissio o Magic ad ha sice hee hae a eadybee seea paia ad iesposibe discoses o heOde eachig a moe adeae peseaio o hasysem is gey caed o Oy hs may hewidespead m iscocepios as o Magic be emoed.

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The Proceengs of the Goen Dawn onfeence 997

Some members of he oder were angry a his acion bu oherswere que happy ha hey no longer need o copy all he Ordermaeals by hand .

In he aermah mos emples of he Sella Mauna andhe Al pha e Omega slowly sagnaed and d ied Bu because ofRegades acons all sudens of magc oday owe him anenomous deb of graiude. Accordng o Francis King and

Isabel Suherland

Tha he rebih of occul magic has aen place in heway has can be ery largely arbued o he wriings ofone man D . Francis Israel Regarde ."

Regardie made a ery dicul decision o brea hs oah of

sececy o a lehargic Golden Dawn in oder o sae healuable eachings of he order. I personally beliee i was hergh hing o do As a esul all rue seees egadless of heireducaon bacground locaon or nances could bene fromhe Orders eachi ngs.

In 1936-37 Regade wroe The hiosophe 's Stone aboo abou alchemy from a Jungan pespece A he ime hedid no belee ha laboaory alchemy could be successfulae in he 1970s he woed wih praccal alchemiss suchas rae Albeus of he aacelsus Research Sociey whocaused him o change his mind abou laboraory alchemyUnfunaely one of Regade s alchem ical eperimens wenwrong and he serously bued hs lungs in he lab He gae uphe pacce of alchemy and suffered from he effecs of heacciden uni l he end of his l fe)

Regade eued o he US in 1937 where he sudedpsychology and psychoherapy reiously n ondon he hadsudied psychoanalyss wih Dr C legg and D. J Bend



sael Readie As knew i

e eneed h e Ch ipacic C ege Ne w Y C i d

psc is inin encmpssed e ecn iqes FedJn and Reich. Ae gadaing in 191 he p paciceas a ana.

n 1938 e pbised The Middle illa, wich ge sepb-sep incin n hw pem pacica eecie Gden Dawn ceemnia magic In he same b Regadiecmped ese maica ecniqes e mehd and eies pchanai e waned ea dwn e aicia was

ha had been b i p beween maic and pcheap.F a ime Readie eped Ciian micim andwe b is ideas in The Romance ofMetaphsics 96) In97 Redie ecaed Cini and se p pcice a achipac and a Reician heapi. e a we eeame bs incdin The At and Meaning of Magic, RollA the Stone Telve Steps to Spiital Enlightenment A

actical Gide to Geomantic Divination Ho to Make andUse Talismans and Fondations of actical MagicRegadie eied m i s pacice in 98 1 and med

Sedn Aizn whee e cnined wie i ae bincded Ceemonial Magic, The Laz Man 's Gide toRelaxation nd The Complete Golden Dan Sstem of Magice cnined ie adice n ea maes and magic nie end h is ie. A hg Regadie is gne h is wien w

cnine ec and inp ie new geneain den s began cepnding wih Iae Regadie in 1981.

B a ime we aead had an independen Gden DawnTempe in Cmb Geia. M e-wie a and I adini ied sees and ab 1 7 e pepe e ina meRegadie in 982 wen e came empe he ppe cnsecing Va and peming iniiains in he

Adeps M in gade e Gden Dawn.3



The Poceedngs of he Golden Dawn Confeence

Bf I gt it tht I wld li t c p mit ddsci st hw I gt i d i l l f th is It sttd i 1 968thgh i my mgicis hd pctisig mgic my if fm th tim I ws id I thght tht t l ig thst ws ml hght th 960's I ws pfssilsici plyig th sph d t lig d th U Swith my w d ws ls stdyig y mgic cld gt my hds . Bt d ig th 60's th st w' t

tht my gic s t fd O f my fits tth tim ws Fcis Btt's The Mags sd Agipp'sr ks f cclt hilsphy I d hw t mtl isms d chg thm t wht pps I wtd

I 968 ws tig d th cty with my wif wh ws pfssil dc At tht tim I ws migwly pps d lt cstms f shwgils My wifws d t cl f tw w ggmt i CmsGgi O ight whil w w th I hd y igystic pic I ws dictd t y tlism i thct f cssds his ws sy t d cs w mid ws d cstcti t th tim S I t my pslti sm which ws ddictd t th gd Id d which Ihd cid with f t ys d id it i th iddl Victy Di

ctid t tl f cp f ys d th mywi d I sptd d I md c t Bffl Nw Ywh I hd gw p. O ight I gt ph cll fmsm md Gg wh hd hd fm fid f mitht ws itstd i yig ightcl ll Gg hdst t ightcl d h dd pt t ithis cl ws cld th If C d it ws lctd ygssd it) i Cls Ggi. S i th y 970s I

fd ysf ig dw t th city wh hd id my4



sae Regade As kew H

aia yea efoeookig ack I wih I ha ie haia i Beey Hi o a Vega o a Spig -aywhee oh of he Mao-Dixo ie B he go wok iyeio way a o ol Geogia wa whee I wa iece o go)

Yo eal y ee o hae a ceae iea of wha ki ociy ol Geogia i Thi wi help yo o eawhy i i ch a likely pace o eaih a Gole aw

epe ol i he eco lage ciy i he ae oGeogia i he hea of he B ile Be I i a i iay ow exoo o F Beig Ay ae hoe of he 82 Aioeiiio Die ow ay ee i ol a yoe likelyo ee ofedeae ag pickp ck wih ieack i heack wiow a pe icke ha ay Go g a gae Aeica gea" I' he ype of ciy whe yo ae likeyo ee a K Klx Kla paade achig dow Mai See.

A j aco he ie i i ie hoeix iyAlaaa Thi ow ha i heyay i he 1930' ad 190'whe i wa kow a he a Vega of he Soh . Ga li gwa a ig ie ad o wa hig oldie hoeix iyail pecialie i ockig p oie fo Beig ihey col pay fo hei feeo Phoeix iy gaig joipecialid i olig oie a dpig he io he ihogh ap oo. Accoig o ocal ege hig go o o

of ha ha a oe poi Geeal ao poiioe ak o heige ewee he wo ciie a heaee o ow hoeixiy off he ap if hi od ie wee o eleae Ga ig waolawe i Aaaa i he 1950' a hoeix iy cae aohe l ile Sohe opo of Faily Vale So hi ihe place whee I wa ieced o il a Gole Daw epeNo oe ca ay ha he go o' hae a ee of ho )

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Mehe ecme he soe oe of he feo Chch fee eoc ces. poe me h goocome s e o cocee o my mgc sesAe o yes s ecoce h my e-fe ho cmeo fom Boso o e h me Geog.

As she s pcg he eoggs s mmeeyce o oe of he oos h she h ogh Boso s Th Gln Dawn y se Rege Ae pgg thogh

e h h fo my ph s ey mpesse hhe ceemoes he q y of o h he Goe poce. fe js gh o me - hee s sysem of mgch s effece e f . fe e h js scoee e ppose my fe B o my esp scoee hhee ee o ce empes of he Goe s esece - o f hee ee hey ms he ee eemeysecee o he ohe se of he o ece

o cee o o Goe empe sg heefomo s e

My s ess s gog e ge me he esoces me h eee o eg g Goe empe 977 ee o hose h o e se oyfo he empe The hose s se c y fom he o goe of ey o ec ees. s oce o ce of h og o she Beh oe of he s he ce fo he oo Ths e o e oom oe hecpo hee e fo A some mpemesg c o he ey 930s Someoe h ee sg hsh e e oom fo msoc s

e mmeey eg o sfom he hose o Goe empe The o hgs se o ghy ee he Neophye he V of he Aep The

g oom s sfome o Neophye he86



sae Regae As new

parlor was whee saed o bld he famework for heVal. aso hred some of my employees o pan he oherooms n he hose aordng o he paneary and Sephroorespondenes. The bedroom was prple fo Yesod he oewas yellow for Tphareh he lass room was green forNezah he hall was red for Gebrah and he a was bakfo Bnah. The khen and bahoom le aone B was aery olorf l hose. And he mporan hng o remember here

s ha was renng hs hose began onsrng he Val of he Adep n he parlor had o be sold and sondproof so made o of 2 's andpywood and na led hem wh spkes no he hardwood oor ofhe parlor waned o make he Val no a h dden hamberas s desrbed n he sory of Chrsan Rosenre ddnwan anyone o dsoer he Va by aden The sal roeo he parlor where he Val was loaed was ompleelybloked off Yo old ge no he Val hrogh a small doorha had no he bak wal of a lose (Now remember was enng h s hose So he landlady was neer allowed nohe hose o see wha we were dong 'm sre she wodn'hae appreaed )

Beween he paror onanng he Va and he dnngoom onanng he Neophye al was a par of sldng

wooden doors The Sn al of he Val was onsred soha opened owards no he Neophye al For he asoso Chsan Rosenre (or he Chef Adep) had prhaseda smal on a a loal fneral home and paned wh heappopae desgns and olors

hen he Neophye al was fnshed we naedorsees no he 00 grade e hen naed abo feenoher peope who waned o beome membes of or empe

e alled or empe ssUana aer he ognal ondon87



The Poceedng o he Golden Dawn onfeence

emple of Mahes esco ad oodma. Ad a he imewe had ohig ecep sae Regadies bk The GlenDawn o go o. So ou emple fomed a sudy. Oe igh ayoug ma waed io my cub ad haded me a ye abou agoup caled he OTO he Odo Tempi Oieis) which wasbased o he eachigs of Aleise Cowley who ew hadoce bee a membe of he Golde Daw Thee was somehigabou he guy I d id l ie so hew him ou of he cub. ae

we had a chace o ead he ye ad became cuious abouhe OTO. e decided o cal he umbe o he ye ad checi ou. Oce we eplaied ou iees i he Golde Daw wewee old ha sice hee was o moe Golde Daw he OTOwas he e bes hig. a was paiculaly daw o heTheemic cue. I seemed ie a good idea o joi he OTOad eceie moe fomal magical aiig. So ha is wha wedid. decided ha I woud fly i Gady McMy he Caliph

of he OTO fo fomal iiiaios ad isucio i magic Iwas a hi s poi ha we wee ow io ed wih wo magicalsysems he Golde Daw ad he OTO. alf of he emplehouse was dedicaed o he OTO ad half was dedicaed o heGolde Daw e had he IsisUaia Temple of he emeicOde of he Gode Daw ad Camp A.O Spae of he OO. was uy a house d iided ! )

I 1 978 w e had o pepae he OTO half of he house fo

Mieal iiiaios I hug a age paachue fom he ceiigof he diig oom which made he oom loo l ie a e i hem iddle of a oasis. The palou whee he Golde Daw Vaulof he Adepi was beig buil was o quie boced off omhe es of he house Bu he famewo fo he see wal ls wasaleady up.Gady McMuy was a impessie ooig ma a all madessed i eas a wo-ou jace ad a oud saw ha. e

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sae Regarde As knew

ad a gat wt ad and a long pony-al lookd lk alag lanky gadn gnom Naally w stayd p and alkdaot magc ntl t aly os of t mong I don' nkanyody got any slp tat st n g As w w g ng Gadya to of t tmpl walkd og pao and coldnot lp t notc ncompld famwok o t snValt wal ls. I ' l l n fog xpsson on Gady's fac as walkd tog s stc. H tnd to m and sad

at ll dos s a o do wt OTO?"Af t Mnal naons w gan a pogamm of

stdy nd Gady's dcton o a copl of yas. B I alsocontnd o wok on Val and w pfomd Opnngof t Nopy all on a gla ass. And w contnd toat popl nto t Goldn Dawn Altog I'm s at Tms woldn' appca w on sd OTO

o scn pospct canddas fo admsson no GoldnDawn. At on pont w ad aot 0 popl ntad no tOO and aot popl n ad nto Goldn Dawn

Gady cold s ta o pmay ns was s Goldn Dawn ntally ga s t postal addss ofsal Rgad w somwa stnnd y s casw og at Rgad was dad. n magnd a was al and wll and l ng n Sdona Azona

A I ss-Uana I was n cag of ld ng Valt of Adp and day-o-day nnng of mpl. My xwfwas n cag of all o magca cospondnc at t tm sosoon a s wo a lt of nodcton o Rgad l l ngm ao o Godn Dawn mp o conncton o Gadyand OTO and o magcal wok n gnal . I wasn' t longfo w cd a lt ack fom Rgad T foowngs an xcpt om s ltt of 26 Sptm 198 In

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Regadie addesses s fo he s ime wih he sadadheemic geeig

Caa Soo Do wha ho wi sha be he whoe of he awI ejoed geig o ee of he 2s b waspaica ecied b he idea ha o had heigei he segh ad he abii o bid a Va

ha o me is e eciig he h is I hae' see aVa sice abo 935 ad if o Va is a fcioigoe wih a pasos ec oe of hese das i f ad whe Ifee moe ike a hma beig ad hae a few ecessbcks migh pa Combs Geogia a isi js o seeo empe ad he Va .Good ck Soo Keep p he good wok Ad do'wo abo chagig he Va of he 5=6 Ria

becase of he ew Aeo I hik he phase ias ofhe od ime ae back" o howee he phase goes has oefeece o his a a . w i sa howee ha hik heeemea ia - bewee he Neophye ad he AdepsMio gade - ca ad shod be aeed. Some ae ooog ad edios See m ew book Ceemoia Magic"wh ich is based eie o he mehod of cosecaig hea o of opeig he Va o Cops Chisi Da ca i Opeig b achoweGood ck o o ad ma he Gods bess ad keep o oe is he aw oe de wi

FaeaRegadie"

a coied o wie ees o Regadie ad we eea

coaced him b phoe as we Coscig he Va was9



sae Regade As knew

y esposb ty By ow the Vaut was aost shed ad spet sevea days ad ghts wokg o t I aso spet a fewehausted ghts seepg t egade was vey teested the Vaut's pogess, ad he set us a pape o the Vaut, caedhe Book of the ob" a Gode Daw mauscptdescbg the sybos of the Vaut Ths heped me ute abt Ad by May of 1 98 the Vaut was competed

t was about ths tme that egade wote us a ette ask g

ou pemsso to bg a stude of hs to ou tepe to betated to the 6 gade e was aso cotact wth aesoucefu dvdua who had aso fouded hs owdepedet Gode Daw The foowg s a ette thategade wote to ths dvdua whom w efe to as (D),o the 6 May 982 espose to hs uy

Cae Fate

ce to hea fo you aga You ette was veyteestg w be vey be Most of you uestosae asweed by a pape o the Vaut whch have set toa fed Geoga of who, oe ao Fy g o sae a pubshed a book by Facs Kg ettedAsta ojecto (etc etc) tte eaatos o, do't have ay o them ow ut hey wee a veystaght fowad o catch uest os o s a osese f you ae fam a wth the atea, the uestos w pose theseves hestated at st but ow thk I ca te you what waso y d whe fst head fom you Acoespodet of e s aso ateptg to foud aepe of the Gode Daw thee She has aeady (wthhe ow tea ebes of couse) tated sevea to

the eophyte gade Ad has atcpated futue gowth9



he Poceedngs of the Golden Dawn Confeence

by spedg he as seea ohs o b dg a Va of he Adeps Sce yo ae wokg he de sysead have saed yo ow epe Id ke o sgges yoge och wh he Boh of yo hae soehg ocobe o he ohee ae s Ms Eva MacGego Cceo of (addess)Cobs Geoga e phoe be s (#) She has a

pape o he Va ad s accoees whch I oaedhe I wod aswe soe of yo esos Do ge och wh he As I say f yo ae boh opeagdepede epes yo ay be sef o oe aoheShe has he Va whch yo cod see ad se Yo haehe agca epeece whch he gop cod ceayse Ec Ece e kow he ocoe of hs coespodece oeegVae Fae

FaeayAMAGAd Majoe Adoa Goa

e coed o cocae wh egade ad wh

hose ddas he sggesed we ge o coac wh hees was ha Je of 1982 egade cae o CobsGeoga o pefo aos o boh he Fs ad Secoddes of he Gode Daw e was accopaed by (M) asde fo Cafoa (D) aso aved ae ha saeweeked egade aed o edesday 23 e becase hefoowg day was Cops Chs he day he Gode Dawadoa y cosecaed he Va of he Adep

he I s e egade he was hs seees es sed ha we ca h Facs - a ae ha had bee ge o

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ael Reade A knew

hi years a by a lady riend Clare Caern, wh wrte TheGee ieds fEad

eardie impressed me very mh with his warmth hisready smile and his wnderl Srpi sense hmr ewas sall in sie bt reat in spirit When eardie arrived inGeria we had t et a lare anister xyen r him Yearsa he had bed his lns in an alhemial experiment thatwent wrn very nw and then he wld say that he had t and take a p air" and he wld di sappear i nt thebdm where his xyen was keptThe day his arrival we tk hi t t eat at ne ravrite restarants alled Crwleys" eardie lved it

We ave him a tr r temple and the Valt and hewas ite pleased with wrk wever he didn't like theidea a Glden Dawn Teple and an OT Temple in thesae bildin e tld me time and tie aain: Chi y

an't d this len awn and O dn't ix The rrentsae dierent rady MMtry had ld e the exat samethin many times t in thse days J thht that dbi n the tw systes ai tether Nw knw better

t ne pint we shwed him a lare rnd table in the setin the temple hse This table was vered with sybl ism that we had painted n i t eardie stared at itiled it and rwned at it r several intes Sddenly he

ade a rjetin Sin (als alled the ttakin Sin at thetable a nber ties very rel ly Fina l ly he made theSin Silene at the table and walked away rm it neverivin it a send lane ( seties wnder i th is markedthe beinnin the end r TO temple

On the day Crps Christi Thrsday 2 ne with allembers sis-Urania Temple the Glden Dawn presenteardie atin as Chie dept nserated r Valt

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ebers r tepe wh were nt atng as ers in therita sat in the Nephyte Hal and wathed the erenythrgh the sliding dbe drs between the Nephyte Haland the rtal area in rnt the Va t I dn t th ink thatanyne wh was there at the tie wi l l ever rget it

he llwing day was Friday the 25th hat aenegardie gave a letre at the tepe hse t a Gden Dawnebers his entire letre was rerded. (D and his wiearrived ater that eveningSe peple have the ipressin that Glden Dawn agiiansare sty arhair tists Wel NO egardie. Franislved wine wen and sng Friday night we tk egardie tr nightlb whih eatred eti daners. Se rdaners were ini tiated int either the Gden Dawn r the OOIagine a grp beati l wen wearing itte re than G

strings and high heels king arnd egardie with pies The Gden Dawn asking r his atgraph. Needess t say helved every inte it.

he l wing day was Satrday Jne 2th and it was tier re rita . s a nte interest - y l reeber that Isaid the entrane eading int the Valt was thrgh a dr tint the bak wa a set. On the dr t this lset was areprdtin a painting that I had wned r severa years It

was a ebrandt entited Man in rr" had hng it nthe set dr bease thght it was a nie painting Wel(D ped t a bk aled Christian senretnthgy by dl Steiner In the rnt the bk was apitre this sae painting and it was said t represent nnether than Christian senret hise S nknwn t s atthe tie we had a paint ing Christian senret hanging nthe seret entrane t the Valt the depti We tk this as agd sign94



rael egarie k e i

Later with a sa l in itiating tea nsisting (D and h iswie y exwie Eva and yse egardie initiated nepersn int the 5 grade depts Minr On the llwingday (Snday egardie initiated anther individal int the 5=grade On Mnday egardie asked Eva i she wanted t beini tiated int the depts M inr grade She del ined and asked take an initiatin int the the Nephyte Grade insteadthgh we had initiated rseves int the Nephyte Grade

years bere Eva wanted t g thrgh the ereny withegardie as her in itiatr nd she wanted t experiene all the grades in rder With egardie as the ierphant wein itiated Eva i nt the =

On Tesday egardie aked e i wanted t take anin itiatin int the 5= grade e aknwledged that in bi ldi nthe Valt had ndertaken =5 wrk and was entitled t a5 ini tiatin r hi e nsidered e every bit a

respnsible r the initiatins as he was t a week ritaand letres had taken its tll n h i ld ee that he didn teel wel l and he was very tired S del ined h i er and tldhi that we wld d it next tie arnd S in the iddle the week we went with eardie t New Orean r threedays sightseeing and relaxatin

t there was never t be a next tie as ar as initiatinr srael egardie were need e never qite et p tding it again This was the nly tie that egardie everinitiated anyne int either the First r Send Orders theGlden Dawn Ever ( anyne tells y therwise they arelying nd nw he had tw depts Minrs wh dperr any initiatins that were reqired S he really didntneed t d any re initiatins e had dne what wasneessary t pass n an initiatry rrent t r grp persna ly bel ieve that this was h is last great agia at a

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dty that he was direted t arry t. S, I didn't take a 5=in it iatin rm eardie. Instead I later when thrh a therade eremnies with ne the individals whm eardiehad initiated.eardie himsel did nt want t be bthered with rnnin atempe e was ntent t leave that respnsibility t thse heinitiated It wasnt ln bere (Ms temple in Caiia wasexperienin persnal ity and e nits eardie wanted npart that e never ativey partiipated as an e in atemple r rita aain, athh he smetimes sat in andwathed e beame an adviser srts nd he was happy tend t Glden Dawn mansripts and er persnalinstrtin and maia ins ihts t his stdents

Sme the thins that eardie persnaly taht mewere: The rret way t prjet enery and hare talismans

sin the rjetin Sin and the Sin Siene Charintalismans sin the Middle iar rita Certain methds heain sin the Midde ilar rital and r visaisatinThe penin by Wathtwer

eardie never missed an pprtnity t tel me, ver andver aain that Thelema and Glden Dawn were inmpatibleand I ld nt mix the tw systems ne wld eventally wint e wd et anry when pepe assiated him with

Theemi Mai bease his past riendship with Crwley(e wld say Gddamn it I m a Glden Dawn man "t r the time bein, I was stil exprin bth maia

rrents I nsidered Grady MMrry a se riend. It wasGrady wh had iven me eardies address in the irst plae.I nt r Grady wld have prbaby qit the T Gradyand I sed t are abt mai r hrs nd in spite theirmaia dierenes Grady and Franis were riends It was akind riendy rivary

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sr grd s kew

One time when Grady ame t Clmbs t d OTOinitiatins he asked t see the Valt the depti This wasater the Valt was nished and aer the 5 initiatins I tldhim at t NO" This inriated h im remember Gradysitting at my kithen table pnding h is sts p and dwn andyell ing Dn' t y knw wh I am I 'm the Cal iph theOTO! nd y're resing t let me see the Valt thedepti" bsltely" I tld hi m Y haven't been in it iated

int the Glden Dawn" e wasn't happy abt it bteventally he stpped pnding the table I tld egardie that resed t let Grady see the Valt e gt a big lagh t itGd r y Ch i ! " he tld me

On anther asin when rady ame t Clmbs wejst gt hme rm the airprt and we were si tt ing arnd andtalki ng Then we started t ntie a ple big green ies inthe hse ew mintes later there were mre ies nd then

there were mre ies Sn the hse was lled with big greenies t was really a sight t see Within hal an hr aer wegt hme Grady va and were pening drs and windwstrying t sh hndreds l ies t In the middle al l th is the phne rings I pik p the phne ad egardie is n the therend i Ch i " he says as Grady arrived yet" I tld himyes and that we were al l bsy trying t hase big green l ies t the hse ies that had me rm nwhere egardie

laghd and said Y better g take are the ies I ' l l talkt y later" e was sti ll laghing as he hng p the phne(I ' I let y deide r yrsel what y think abt this event

s ar as egardie's atttde tward Crwley wasneed he had a tendeny t pke n at The Old Man" ashe alled Crwley egardie wld en make inslting rmi remarks abt Crwley and his teahings e enpsyhanalysed Crwley e made a jke t the name

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iwass he inel l igene ha ransm ied The ook ofthe Law Crwley and al ed him Eyewash He jkngly reerred Theemies as ermies". He riiised Crwey a l, b ianyne else riised Crwey he wld srngly deend heOd Man". I gess egardie el ha his pas persnalexperiene wih Crwley gave hm he righ riiise him -and hse wh ddn knw Crwey had n sh righ.

egardie hugh ha sme Crwleys eahngs weresel r any sden magi He espealy ked CrweysLiber esh a seres ur slar adrains ha are perrmeda erain imes he day. B he di si ked many her Crwleys ruas. There was a ime when I was perrmingCrwleys Libe egli n a regar basis. This is a riadesigned invke he energies he en Hrs. I is als

designed shake up nes persnal universe ne pinegardie alled me p in he middle he nigh and he ldme Chi sp ding ha Gddamn Liber egl! D heWahwer ria nsead" He waned me d Gden Dawnras n Theemi nes.

The lwing leer daed 1 2 Nvember 1 982 was wrenby egardie and addressed va and Iss Urania Tempe Ishws ha egardie n nger addressed us as Thelemies bas Glden Dawn magiians I was his desre p s awayrm Theema and srenghen u ies he Glden Dawn andhe sirian radins.

Cara e V H Srr

seae beae a reae Cris.

Ths s he rm greeing ha apparenly ur anenBrehren emplyed Upn greeng ne anher ne



sae Reade As knew

wld say seae eae and the ther wld reply etreae Cris hen th wd repeat in nisnenedits Dmins Des Nster qi dedit nis hSinmt rred t me that sine the Crwley pepe alwaysein their rrespndene with D what th wilt etand end it with Lve is the law et there is n reasnwhy we shld nt adapt the ld re t r mdepraxis his is ered merey as a sestin enedits

Dmins Des Nster qi dedit nis h Sinm Fraternaly yrsMG

n 1 983 drve arss the ntry t vis it eardie in Sednaand Grady in erkey whih was the hme the Grand Lde the OO O rse Grady wanted t strenthen my ties tthe O n erkley he initiated me int the 3rd Deree e

als tk me t a perrmane the Gnsti Mass and heinv ited me t sit in n a meetin the 9th Deree Cni lOn my way t Caiia had stpped in Sedna rst t

visit eardie On my ret stpped in Sedna as well ynw was ettin smewhat nsed at the dierenesetween Glden Dawn and helema rememer askineardie at hw the ds the New en it in with thed ds the Glden Dawn eardie jst lahed and said

that the helemi ds were jst the d ds with new namesCrwley had haned the name the ds t t the ematria hi s wn maial system

n additin t teahin me ertain maia tehniqeseardie als taht me hw t lse in hess e was a veryd hess player s skil praly deveped drin thsehess ames in aris with leister Crwley and Gerald Yrke



The Proceeds of he Gode Daw oferece

when Crwley - bli ndlded - wld bea bh hem a hesame ime

egardie als sed sing while he was beaing me ahess i was always a sng ab Marprsps andMirprsps. (He was he Mar and I was he Mir Thene ime I di d bea h im was he ne ime he le me win Sedna is a very mdern ris wn in nrhern rizna haaers peple n vaain wh are lking r a piee heOld es in he pained deser I is als a Mea r severalNew ge mmnii es. I i s srrnded by an area beailred rk mnains whi h drew egardie he area. He sed ell me ha Sedna was he nly area in he wrld sidegyp where y ld nd sh red sne mnains. Eveevening we sed wah he snse reae shadws n hemnains rm he large pire windw n egardies lvingrm we sa and wahed he shadws ransrm hemnains n di eren gypian gds Isis Hrs and hers

egardie sed ell me ha he was he wrlds wrsbsinessman. He deeply regreed selling his pyrighs t TheGden Dawn ries Press. This was arnd 1947 when hehad mved Ls ngeles and needed mney se p hisprae as a hirprar In he lae 190s ries Press sldhe pyrighs The Gden Dawn Lewellyn Pbliains

egardie ried and ailed by bak he pyrighs rmLlewellyn. He was qie pse ab his His rsrain wihLlewellyn resled in he esablishmen a Trs Fnd haegardie hgh wld legally pre bh him and hiswriings

n he early 1980s egardie began wrk n a newversn he Glden Dawn bk caed The Cmpete GdenDawn Sstem f Magc egardie was able ge a mplee se

riginal Glden Dawn dmens rm Gerald Yrke wh 00



sael eade As knew

had in h is pssessn the G papes f Fedeik Gadne mthe gna sis Uania emple in Lndn Ca Clinstaveled t ngand t get these papes f egadie's newk

Sine The Complete Golen Dawn System of Maic wassimi la t The olen Dawn egadie was vey wied autgetting sued y Llewellyn Puliatins f pyightnfingement T ptet himself egadie had a pulishe

fiend f h is whm wi l l a ll (N set up a Tust Fund l l fegadi es wldly pssessins wee put int this tust fund

egadie's nephew was the eneiay and (N was thetustee The whle pnt f it was t ptet egadie fm anylawsuits (eal imagined fm hs the pulishes t wassimply a usness aangement egade was afaid fligain nd he was quite fnd f (N e nsideed him asteetwise usinessman wh wuld ptet his inteests

egadie als egan plans f the sael egadieundatin whih was t e un y his pu lishe Falness lans wee made f the fundatin t e a iay and atemple in Sttsdale izna (egade wanted t mve tSttsdale eause the limate thee was ette f his healthegadie neve intended this Fundatin t intefee in any waywith the Glden Dawn temples that he was wking wth e

made this lea n The Reae Tapes Seies 2 whh weepdued in 1 984 On Tape One egadie states t shuld ented that the Fundatin shall nt ntefee in any way withthse tempes nw a leady esta shed w l l e in the futue"The temples that he was efeing t wee us un y thseindividuals wh had een pesent at the nseatin f theVaut in 1 982 The ente in izna was mainy t e a entef Gden Dawn studies

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he Fndatin was set p, bt eadie died bee heved t Sttsdale, and bee the plans the ibay theteple eve eally t the nd

ee his death ntined t visit eadie in Sednawheneve ld t ne pint dve ass the nty tSedna, piked p eadie and dve n t Calinia Thetw s sat in n a Glden Dawn meetin the L teple

t was in 1 983 that eadie went t New Zealand with (M teet wth at Zalewski eadie had ne t New Zealand inthe hpe ndin se additinal Glden Dawn mansipts his bk The Cmplete Glden Dawn Sstem f Magie etnin New Zeaand, eadie had a allin twith (M He ended h is eatinsh ip with he and had n hedealins with he He ntined t wk with s hwevend this tie, (M was as havin pbles with hetempe in L n 1983 a nmbe peple esined m thetemple de t pesnal ity nits and endess bikein

t was abt this tie that va and sepaated andeventaly dived va ved t ennessee t attend a statenivesity, and ntined t sppt he nanially 983 wasthe yea et Tabatha and weve been tethe eve sine

e The Cmplete Gdn awn stem f Magic was

pblished in 1984, eadie was statin t eet his bsinesselatinship with (N and Faln ess he b was badydesined and ply pt tehe While ataphin twpies Tabatha and ysel, eadie ntied that seimpant speehes wee missin the Nephyte italCsin at the pbl ishe, and at h ise nt bein a betep-eade eadie typed t the missin speehes n histypewite and pasted the int bks wi th sth tape He

en al led the bk the Dstp ditin" bease he said i twas bi enh t stp a d with" T th is day any



sael Regade As knew m

embers reer t that bk as the Drstp ditin (I t s easyt see hw se trad itins get staed - a ew r ebersnw reer t The en Dawn by Lleweyn as the JnrDrstp"

egardie was als pset with the diretin that Israelegardie Fndatin was taking e elt that the ndatinwas being mre a ney-aking enterprise, rather thanthe elitist rganisatin he had riginaly wanted it t be ne

persn wh had resigned r the L teple, beae theTemp Chie (N's newly rmed Gden Dawn grpwhih began nder the brella Israe egardie Fndatinegardie was nw being asked by the Fndatin t d a series expensive letres n the teahings the den awn sething he was steadasty ppsed t e et that this wsan abse the rder's nae r ney thgh egardiebe ieved that n magiian shd be pr r have t strggle t

ake a iv ing he was adamanty ppsed t the idea agilgrps exp it ing stdents r persnal inania gainegardie expressed hi s nes abt the ndat in in a

series etters t e These eters were designed t bepreserved by me in rder t prtet egardie's name and henae the Glden Dawn - and t et pepe knw that he didnt apprve the way that the Fndatin and the Faln ressGden awn grp were ding thi ngs

leter dated 3 May 98 states this in ear ters (heparentheses are ine

Dear Chik

Thanks r ringing e this ing It was nie tak ing ty Gd k be yrs nw that y've sd the

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nihl pe y nd sehn else in whih yan s ink y eneies sessl ly and happi lyI a enlsin pes se aeeens I had wh (Nand he Fan ess Y aleady have a py heIevale Ts aeeen I a sendin he yease ankly I a ed p he ills yin explain enqies hw e I have invlved in vn a

lee wkshp peple l ike (K)

wh I aallydees I a n in av shiss n any Teple Tein isen he ea ies days he Odenyway I wan y have he I kik he keseie y ae he nly ne wh pies hesedens S ha y an ell peple like (M anyne else sew heselves if hey peen anh alsehds e

ll he es ylwaysFanis

A plee lee daed Jne 1 984 saes

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ea ChikJs a ie line le y knw ha he s-alledWkshp in s neles has een anelled In hewds hey didn e he eqisie ne sspns s. Thank eavensll ha eains nw is eak hane he exisennas whih nd e I shall e seein (N

see whn he ne seveal weeks a whih iewe shall alk a he I we an s a s d



sae Regade As knew

nt then l l have t prre a daned d atey andbreak the that way. The Irrevabe Trst w have twat nt the threat a ple eal atns has pastpe al s well and al the best

s everFrans

S The reverse s an ld pee statnary I sed ver20 years a whh Ive st dsvered and wl stars n aan. lve t.

nd here s an exerpt r a letter dated 2 Jne 1 98

Dear Ch k a ensn herewh a py a nte anress. It s the rst step n breakn p he stpd way nwh h I pertted ysel t be bnd s whleheaedy

the whh enabed the t pt ver that rdlsexpltatve set letres That an' t happen aan. Therest the ntrats an wth a tte te be aneedeqally want y t have the and the ther papers Ient y n the event kk the bket and se pepewhse nae need nt be entned endeavr t statethat I betrayed the GD wth exptatn.D ve e the dates when y ntend t e t

estwards want pt t dwn n y aendar s that Iwl knw hw t t n ther rends wh are tryn take arraneents t e t Sedna

earde ade e prse that wld deend hs nae andthe nae the Glden Dawn r exptatn and es Ths swhat I have tred t d ever sne

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The Proceedn of the Golden Dawn onference 7

I ae 1984 I was s spp y ex-we va, whwas ba a ee deree. ha e she expressed aeres be aed he ral rade sa ha shehad aed hersel hrh he eeeal rades. askedearde he wold' nd on o Geora o d reas. earde sdered b hs heah wld oaw He sesed ha I sed va he her deps or

a.he w s a exerp ro a eer daed 5 Deeber,198

Dear Ch , lad y l be or Xas . Forve e r resnyor nv aon o ome o Geora, b arryn sasess rbdde or he ex ople o ohs ad I sl

eel losyva ad he ral . Why o ask (D o d . ] r,why o ask ( L. he sae reaso - she s js asdebed o y as ayne. Gve her or (D a r hepheSorry I denn aa b 'm all no anyd n ae. very 1 5 years or whe Sa s oppson r rasn y senda and S aderry, eel low, ad never aemp ay a aykd n l y eery level res o par

U l aer hewaysFras

I 1 98 Grady ry d ed esve hear a lre. WhGradys deah y es he OTO were lesseed. I had

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sae eae s I ke

emained n he Ode s ease my iendshp wihGady and n he easn Wih Gady ne I e n eannen wih he OO and I was n a al happy wh heway he Ode was ein n ae Gadys deah Gady hadven me he ahiy iniiae p he hid deee. eGadys deah I had pemed a sma nme nianin he OO. I was sain have an ehal sis Oneweek I was pemn Glden Dawn iniains and he nex

week I wd e din OO nans I aday eameawae wha h Gady and eade had d me al aln ha he w ens dn mix I el ha was n ein e eihe en he peple ha ame me m hadns iniiain I was n din eihe en anysie I als knew ha my eal lve was he lden awnS I spped din n ia ins he OO and ada ly p edaway m he Ode eniey I made my hie nine

wh he Glden awn he en il 1985 aaha and I wen vsi eadien Sedna w weeks s aways eade was a ahs aaha had een wkin n a sees dawns hea dek and eadie was vey ineesed n i e had aae llein a deks He was neve happy wih heGlden awn a Dek y e Wan and was hpn mmssn an enely new dek He enaed aaha

nine he wk n he a and ndaed ha he mh aks pd inWe as d isssed eakn he nas ha nd him

Faln ess and he Isae eade Fndain. I mye ieve ha eadie had ived anhe yea w he wdhave een ae dsane hmse m he Fndain. eadie sil had a ean ndness () wh was a ellwpsyh is ead ie desed () as smene wh was ny

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The Poceedng of he Golden Dawn onfeence

riny interested in the Glden Dwn bt wh deserved tbe in itited int the Gden Dwn . We de plns t t NewZend t initite (N int the Nephyte rde t sethis pir trip never tk pe sine erdie died nydys er we disssed thi s

erdie ved pny We spent the dys dinin terdies vrite restrnts drivin rnd the red rksverkin Sedn nd in t n lery t see severlwrks by Slvdr Di. Or evenins were spent tlkin bti nd ny the r iins tht erdie hdet nd wrked with ver the rse his ie We s didse idde ir exerises nd tisn nsertins withh i One dy the three s drve dwn t henix r dynd sw the vie Aads sine erdie ws nd

zerdie lwys hd redy sie nhlds-brred

hnesty nd ishievs Srpi sense hr eenjyed d d nd drink wen bxin pressinlwrestin, nd lssi si. e enyed the niqe red rktrppins Sedn s h s he enyed ply y tesinthe ll New e inhbints tht twn

One tie when we hd stpped t rbys r qik lnh erdie ld nt resist tesin rp Newe wh were in l ine behind s erdie ted s i he wspete nvie nd sked the wht they were t k in btOh, it s very erebrl," ne dy rep ied nd she ntined texpl in hw they were interested in the ind s psyhi bi itiesOh sid erdie y en the ind hs pishi bi l ities

(ish-i ws erdi's vrite wy isprnnin thewrd psyhi erdie ntined t p y th is e nti l rd rrived I sre the p in qestin never hd n idewh they were tk in t t we d te ll by the lk in their



rae egarde A new

eyes that they were thinking t theseves Jst wh is that

nie d gyO vaatin ae t an end and we e egadie and

I Mah 1 985 egardie had develped a nasty d and he didnt want s t leave B t I had t get bak t y lb .

On 0 Mah, 985 egadie died a assive heat attakwhile enteaining iends at a estaant We had visited hi inhi s he jst ten days pri. Hi s death was a geat bw t s ew days late we peed the eqie Ceeny

he den awn in his hn in njntin with theeading ne his avite piees The ayer theSylphs r the eicus ital.

Shrtly aer egadies death three s wh had been apart that agial weekend in ergia in 982 when egadiehad nseated tepe's Valt and e-estabished awking Send Ode deided t a taditinal tiad Ode Ch ies wh w d gve al l the tepes wking withs thse teples that had i nit iaty lineage thgh I saelegadie

Thee wee basi piniples that we abide by I that theGlden awn is nt a prtaking entepise (2 iniiatin isnt sale (3 teahings ae ree and a the gades heOde ae eaed and ae nt hnray ve a deade Oder ntined t wk and gw in siene gaining sdentsny wd th s a as ney is need antel y in a sineity that the Glden awn has st e

thsands dars l r depts have a day jb heGlden awn shld be a lab ve nt a way t ae aliving We dn't ae i r Oder has 00 ebers 0ebers ebers We wd have ntined t wrk inpete serey i the grps in the US wh wee aing

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The Poeens of the Golen Dawn onfence 997

heseves he Gden Dawn, had n e rward t akeney r he nae the Order

Sine his death any egardies ears and preditinsab the explitatin f the Gden Dawns nae have et pass. Sn aer (N wh was nt even initiated int thegrade Nephyte bere egardies death was aiing thedegree 7= and was als laiing t be the head the

Gden Dawn in the US Stdents wh were reeiv ing rainingr (N assed that they had ini tiatry ineage thrgh Is raeegardie even thgh n ne wh was a he Israel egardiendain ever reeived any Glden Dawn iniiains regardie

n 987 (N was inerviewed r agica Bnd MagaineOne the qestins he was asked was Hw any iiaebers the Gden Dawn are there at this tie In the

inerview (N answered I we k a previs saes GdenDawn bks and ake ts assptins .. Id say prbabyth iy r y thsand pepe."

ardn e, bt dn think that erey bying a bkakes anyne an iia eber anyth ing.

rnd the sae tie adveiseents r bks by anathr wh we w i l al ( pb ished by an ress were

appearing in againes li ke Gnosis rding t these ads theahr was he iial astrlger the Gden Dawn and a7. We we thght this stateent was bizarre espeiaysine we had never heard h is athr.

I st s happened ne the ebers r Order was ase riend ( a ha tie . We were abe ge hi s phnenber and aled hi p. asked hi why he was aingh ise he iial asrger the Gden Dawn and a =7.

td e a hat he had never even been iniiaed inhe Gden Dawn and was, in a, n even interested in it



sae egarde As knew H

ased h d y hi is a hse ee wh havebeen n aed n he lden Daw wh have had sdyhad eah he evel 7 ha y ae ali yse a7 ad y have eve bee aed ad d ae essab he lde Daw" ( espnded ha hs was hspblshes idea and i was hh ha i wd help selbs hly ae his nvesa adveseespn ( s bs n lne enined he lde Dawn.

See ae his he sae peple wh wee n hae he Isae eadie ndai bea p aheaal p wn as The Thele Ode he ldenDaw. This p was based sy n he Theea pi ples @ise Cwley ad had vey le d wih he deDaw. eebe I had aleady ied b he lde Dawad Thelea ehe ied and aed nd I new haeadie had bee absley aains sh a hin e wlhave bee hed

Then s ab eadie saed sae peplewee lai leae sae eade ad leiseCwley hh he Thelei Ode he lden Dawnbease hey laed ha Isael eade had bee iaedn he Nih Deee he OTO by Cwley This wassense. ven i h is hey l ineae ade sese whih iddn eade had never been n aed in he OTO byanyne Oials he OTO have nied his eadewas iven a pely hay Nih Deee by he OTO inenin his we ws whh have helped ayaal sdens Ths idils was based apsad ha Cwley had e wen eade addess hi as he wld a Nh Deee. This was eainly a si espe wads eade ad h i e



The Poceedngs of the Goden awn onfeence

The there was ather rps al theselves theThele Order the Gde Daw Whe they realsed thaths ae was aready be sed by the peple at Fal ressthey haed the r ae t the Heretal Order the GldeDaw ths rp the addate d hse whether hewated a tradta Glde Daw erey, r a Thelee The rades r ephyte t dept ld be take whatever rder the addate wated r t at a. TheHeretal Order dd t last very l ad apsed aer ayear r tw.

rd 1 992, a rp kw as the Eteal Gde Dawbea t adverse aazes ad the I teret ere th srp beae we l kw t s eader, (Z, sed t a l e abte a week t ask e qests abt rade ateras rtaltehqes ad severa ther ths What I realy d

terest was that every qest I aswered r h wld bepsted the Iteet. It seeed t s that (Z's stdets wldsk h qests he d t aswer s he wld t ardad ask e My aswers t (Z wd the be psted as hsal aswers t h s stdets.

thse early days (Z ded e jst hw he t h s tat t the Gde Daw rd t what he t ld ehe ad hs we dd a hae l They were led t a bkstre

where they were dreted t by Regardie he Golden Dawnand ode aick by Dald Mhae Kra. Wth these ts had they wet p tp a ta ad sel-tatedtheseves t depthd.

It wast bere (Zs we, (S, ae t vst s Frda. Her a ss was t see r Order ad thersd k p ad be e b Order, jty r by (Z adysel (S assred s that bks were valable he lp ther rp et stared. The ther reas she ae was t ask s



sael egade As knew

we wl help he b l a val They wane any papers raerials ha we ive he In her wrs hey waneal r Orer's privae aerials wrk an researh ha rebers ha ahere r pie ver he as een years.We p iely l he n" n bh ns er h s (Z bean a s ess en

Shry aer (Z bean all his rp The HereOrer he Glen Dawn neaina an he nw ais

ha his rp is he nly vali Gen Dawn rp in hewrl ha seiniiain is ipssbe an ha al aspirinsen s nly her rp e a real Gen Dawnnian They even s ar as pbly sae ha Israeearie was aaly ryin esry he Glen Dawn anha I Chi Cier a lwin n hs seps by pblishnbks ke Seniiaion ino he Goden Dawn radiion hisa sees be a raher pahei aep bi p he

ahriy" her rp by earin wn eariesrepan - even hh hey we earie r whaeverknwee hey nw lai have

w l leave i p he in via eie wha hnkab he haraer he HOGD I rp. I wi l say ha severapeple have e rwar in reen years ak ab heirexperenes wih hs pailar ranisan Many hersres are qie reveain. eel ree hek hns r

yrsel ak peple wh have been invve wih harp an raw yr wn nsns s a ren ine lkes say Think r yrsel qesin ahry." hsaways prves be ave.

The Aftermath:

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s I sid elie he in esn we deided h deshld bee bi e pbli ws bese he wyvis gps wee expliing he ne he Gden Dwn ney We el h hee ws need le he gipb i knw h hee ws p le whee sdens ld g le he Gden Dwn syse wih spending ne wse he pssib i iy seing e bse he hnds

nehi gp edes. We e h hee elly ws despee need his.s es we hve pened seves p pbi k

hse individls wh hve ney lse s esl. Given hie I wd hve dne i ve gin. Ipised egdie h I wd y pe he ne hede epiin. y eving se he veils seey de hs beneed by lwing s e n

wih se vey ine individs wh I pd knw. veyie I ge ee sene wh hs been helped by ne bks i kes eveyh ing wrhwhi end i peple se e l lwing in egdie' s sepsby king Glden Dwn eil vibe he genepb i" hen I s sy h I hned be ned in hese senene s Isel egdie n wh I hvenhing b he gees d iin. n wh ws knwn s e dep by sevel espeed hiies n wh hd e gil biliy knwedge nd gs hn ny he pygies dy wh wish ish his ey. ene ehil n wh ied his enie ie wdshepin hes d hei spii ph n wh I pd hve knwn s iend.

egdie ws nd he lwing qin nd invked

i sess h ny pesn nl ine l igene nd ein

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srael Regardie - As I knew Him

sabi i y coud accop sh he ea o I woud e o coseby eadig

ohg i he wod ca ae he pace o pesiseceae wi o ohig s oe coo hausuccessfu e wh ae Geius wi o Ul-ewaded geius is aos a poveb Educao w ohe world s fu o educaed deecs essece ad

deeiaio aoe ae o poe

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RAL O HE CHAMEEON

Te Genesis ofte Hermetic Order ofte Golden Dawn

R. A. ILBERT



Ultimately I suppse we must ame Christiansenreut r the ermeti Order the ldenDawn was essentia ly a siruian Order and i he

shuld prve t e a himaera then it wil e nly ne mre ina ln hain r wrkin akwards rm 1 888 in searh theriins the den dawn invlves us at every step in learinaway ayer aer ayer antasy imainatin and deeit. ndas we ak s we ind that nthin is quite as i t seems ut

hw ar ak must we in ur quest r the sure theOrder In the wrd at lare the ermeti Order the ldendawn spran int ein eary in 1 888 speiially n 1 eruary when the lede rms Wdman Westtt andMathers were untersined y their aer-egos wh y smeeat leerdemain had entered the Send Order (and enteredtheir names n the Order l l ve days earlier eruary.The three Chies learly knew smethin aut the Order'shistry and ne them Westtt knew a aut it Ourprem is that the stry he td nstantly haned its shapeeven when he tld it t memers the Order and unkindritis may e riven r suestin that the preise shapedepended n the relative predminane redul ity r yniismn the pa the audiene (Edward arstin put it anther waythe very nsiderae disrepanies etween the riinal and

later versin the OrdersHisorica Lecre

wud have eenapparent t severa persns then livin wh had seen the eariereditin and t whm as he had made statements whih atlyntradited the stry in the 4 1895] editin'. In eneralterms the stry is in tw parts the rst nerns the CipherManusripts rm whih the rituals the lden Dawn werewrked up tether with the rrespndene etween Westttand the putative erman adept Srr Sapiens dminaitur

stris r i yu wi ll raulein nna Sprenel. r th is part the stry we have the ind isputale at the physial existene



The Poceedng of he Golden Dawn onfeence

of boh che manscis and ees Te obem es nesab ishing he ovenanceSoving ha obem s d iffic enogh, b he second a ofhe soy oses an even moe nacabe obem wha iesbehnd he manscis Wee ey a of he wokings of adeveoed and sced ode, o wee hey he oines ofsomeing ha neve was Wee hey od o wee hey newFo he as nded yeas no sasfacoy answe o any of heseqesions has emeged and dob ha my oosed soon oese obems wi sas eveyone Which w be a iy as as he mei of being coec B befoe we consde , e sgo o e saing oin of any enqiy no he oigins of heGoden awn and ook a he ofici a h soy Te eaies vesion of he Hsorca Lecure by V H FaeSaee Ade (ie, Wiiam Wynn Wesco) was wihdawn

and no coy is known o have svved noone hassbseqeny seen he coy ha Gasin caimed did svive)No was any oficia eason given fo s whdawa, aoghcaef anaysis of ae vesions offe a easonabe exana onAccodng o he h isoica ece he Cie manscs weehanded o Wesco by a mos emnen and iminaedHemecis (since dead) whose ie was Fae Vve Momoehi ' (and whose name n he ea wod was he Rev A F A

Woodfod) And hee wee ohe manscs T is coeconof he MSS has since been semened by a vaied co econof MSS chiefy n cyhe which have been eihe given o eno he Chiefs of he Teme by o Coninena Faes andSooes So fa he manscisThe Senge ees ge n he caim ha he hee Chiefs ofss-Uana wee given emsson fom e G H Soo Saom As n Gemany o consecae e eme as a

sccesso o Hemanbis No 2 whch had ceased o exis



ra o f e aeeo

owng o he decease of s Chefs whe Frauen Srenge'see No of ch, ebe, Leben s descrbed as a grouof connena Myscs sewhere n he Horca Lcur she mcaon ha he emnen ades and Chefs of heOrder whose decease durng he second haf of he cenurycaused s emorary dorman condon ncuded hasev eanMare Ragon enneh Mackenze and Frederckockey

The nae of he order s hen gven n a varey of anguagesnc ud ng French ( Aube ore) Geran (e odeneaerung) and Hebrew (Chabrah Zerek Aour bokhr) Wheromnen occuss who were ebers of he SoceasRoscrucana n Anga Robe Wenworh e rWoodman F G rwn and enneh Mackenze are broughno he sory o boser u he noon ha he RoscrucanSocey . . . was reconsruced and made by nenon and

ermsson essenay Masonc here s much more of adscursve naure n he Horca Lcur bu ony one ohersa en feaure: he morance of ady ades s sressed and woare named Anna ngsford and H P Bavasky Wh hesewo a he e eens of an endurng myh are now n aceMos of he varous ubshed commenares on he ocah sory (a of whch have been rerned n h Godn awnSurc Bok ded wh an nroducon by arcy un

dmonds W A 1 996) ate when hey are no conradcngeach oher or busy f unwtngy exosng he hoes n hefabrc of he h sory o us some f no a of Wescosmendacous ecure w be as we o knock down he srawen hey have erecede us sa wh he chronoogcay eares eemens and workforward Beyond he oca hsory are he varous gnoccomens ha Wesco aced udcousy n arorae

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jorna. Two of hem one he haBRa ZeRe A VRBoQR ranaed in he Hisorica Lecure a Soiey of heShning gh of he awn aegedy ave abo 810, inondon and whih order of myi Weo aimed wai a work n ngand Mh nk and no a ie bie habeen i in ryng o reen hi body a a egmaeonemorary German Roiran gro Aa, wa no n

h Preror of he Goden awn (ee Knz 1 1 5 - 1 2 2 )Ron H e er qie rghy avoid aming a Roirian narefor he rankfr maon odge of h name - b he doegge a Kabbai eho for and ao me a nk wihngih Kabbai. Gerad Ser, in Modern Shoarh andhe Goden awn (ee Knz, 2946) gge mh heame. Boh ahor have drawn he wrong onon from herea exene of he maoni odge n qeon.

Wha hen i he rh of he maer The oge zrAfgehenden Morgenrohe (of he Naen awn), whh mea Frankfr amMan, had been oned by he GrandOren of Frane on 1 7 Ag 1 807 drng he renhoaion of he y and n iia y had an aoiaed Roe roxhaer - b h i wa riy maoni and wa no, in anymeaningf ene, Roiran Unike he German Grand

odge of ha ime, whih reried memberh o hrianzr Afgehenden Morgenohe admied Jew Aer he defeaof Naoeon he odge aed o he Uned Grand odge ofngand for onion and ame nder ngih maonjrdion on 30 Ar 8 7 having enoed a odge No. 684- a whh on beame riy a ra odge ao eem ohave eaed he noe of wodbe Goden awn hioranha he very name of he odge - whih eary derve from he

eremona oening of a ra odge - wa more a�rorae oa moni han o a Roirian or kabba ii body .



Tral of the Caeleon

When he Gean Gand Lodges fna y began o acce ewshebes n 872 he odge ansfeed o he Ececc UnonGand Lodge (on 1 0 Janay 1 873) and was eased fo heng sh o of odges Moe o he on a of h s nfoaonwas easy accessbe o Wesco as had aeaed n ohnLanes aonc Record of 1 886 and s cheqeed h soy hadbeen econed n R.F God's Hory of Freemaonry of1 883-84 was a so eneny s abe fo h s soy as, foe ngs on of vew was defncNo wee dead ogansaons Wesco's ony conce He asohad a enchan fo cang dead ades o hs ad Woodfodwho aegedy gave h he che anscs had ded n1886 and he ee he had sosedy wen was sy acoy n Wescos hand Wenwoh Le Lev and Ragonwee ong dead wh e Hocey and Macenze boh sosedsawas of he Heanbs Tee No 2 had aso assedaway n 88 and 886 esecve y n 1 887 Anna ngsfodhad aso ded. And f any of he eay ebes of he Godenawn had been dsosed o qey e oe of hese esecedand eveed ges answes co d have coe ony by way of aSa s ed By he e ha he evsed Horca Lecure was wen n1 893 Me . Bavasky and F. G . wn wee aso dead as weeWoodan and Faen Senge hesef. hs soed byegons of dead occss Wesco cod safey be as ceave

as he wshed n co ng h s h soy of he Ode B ghhey no have eay been nvoved n eae RosccanOdes n e sense ha he ngsh feeasons aong hea (wh he exceon of Woodfod who as hs bshedwngs ae cea had e f any nees n occs assch) beonged o he S.R.A. yes hey had been nvoved b nohng n any known ansc o ned docen

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he Poceedgs of he Gode Da Cofeece

emaaig from ay of hem suggess ha hey had aycoecio wih ay oher esoeric Order save wo ha Wescocarefuy refraied from meioig i Gode aw circesWe sha come o hose Orders i due course. Ad migh oFrauei Srege have ruy bee a ade deed she migh had she ever exised which she had oere i reasoabe for oe o ask, wha of he Srege eers

ad equay reasoabe for me o refer o ic owsdemosraio of heir gish origi This is, o my mid,cocusive. Mr. Susers aem o bame Gabrie JogadPages creaor of he ciious Pa adia Order for hem is crass:Wesco had o coecio whaever wih JogadPages saveo b ibeed by him i he ages of Dab a dnv Sc (1894) There is aso he dicuy ofexaiig Mahers s charge of forgery i resec of he eers

ad he eve greaer dicuy of accouig for Wscosdevious aem i 90 o obai from Mahers a backdaedreracio of he charge Wha does deserve examiaio is he quesio of he ames. h is aer eeer Roos of he Gode aw (see u 1 0 1 4) Rafa Prike correcy oied ou haSregerech is a Germa masoic erm equivae o hegish errioria urisdicio ad ha Wesco may havecome across i i cocio wih he chage of agiace ofhe Loge zur Aufgehede Morgeohe. This is ausibeided (ev if Mr Prikes assumio ha Buwer yosomehow had a had i he affair is o h is ivouaryassociaio wih he S.R..A. as a uwiig aro hascoviced a oo may sudes ha he auhor of Zanon was aRosicrucia i h is ow righ) ad i eaves us oy wih Frauei

Sreges hrisia ame ad hr moo of Soror Saiesomiabiur Asris.

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Tal of the Chaeeo

In 1 886 Wesco was acivey invoved in he Hermeic Socieyha had been fonded by Anna ingsford and dward Maiando roagae he Wese Hermeic Tradiion n heir eyes hisradiion was being rejeced and ignored wihin heTheosohica Sociey which had received a grea infx ofembers aer he b icaion in 88 1 of AP S innes heOccu ord a book fied wih aes of he racica wondersof Mme Bavasky and her easern ades. B he Hermeic

Sociey came o an end wih he iness and deah of Annai ngsford in 887, hs denying Wesco (and Mahers whoaso ecred for he sociey) an acive non-masonic oe forhis abbaisic and Rosicrcian enhsiasms The HermeicOrder of he Goden awn rovided Wesco wih a vasymore acive sbsie b i is no neasonabe o assme awish on his ar o reserve he memory of r ingsfordwhose eaing eoqence beay and grace he had aded in

he Hisorica ecure To rovide her wih a new same(ahogh one ms admi ha raein Srenge began ifesimy as A Srenge Anna came in aer 900 was abeginning b a moo wih which she was aready associaedwas a fiing memoria One of An na ingsford' s ess we known works is an ediionof he ngish ransaion of Vaenine Weige's Arooeoogied ( 1 886) o which she conribed a Prefaory ssay

on The Tre Mehod of nerreing Scrire' On he book'sie-age aears he ain moo Saiens ominabirAsris' nogh said Here we may eave he reams ofconjecre and ener hose of docmenary h isory; and if aerday occiss objec o my concsions so far hey may akehear from Mr. Sser's essay in which he decries docmenaryhisory and akes nsored sggesion o is ne pu ura

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The Proceedngs of he Goden Dawn Conference

Throgh he serig work of ary Kz i hi s he Copeeoden Dawn Cipher anscrip dmods W A 1 996, mosof yo wi be fam i iar wih he aearae ad he ex of heiher masris Yo wi aso rs be aware of my owessay Proveae Ukow: a Teaive Soio o he Riddeof he Ciher Masri of he Gode aw whihirodes Mr Kz's book O ha assmio wismmarise my digs raher ha se hem o agai i f

The SR.A was o he oy srig i Wesos o admasoi bow He was a ehsiasi member of mos of heoher frige ad qasi-masoi Orders ha were beig reaedad disribed by Yarker rwi Makezie ad ohers i heirir e hief amog hem - for Weso a eas beig hePrimiive ad Origia Rie of Freemasory orSwedeborgia Rie' This rios bodl had bee imoedio Egad by Yarker i 86 ad aer a i iia brs ofehsiasm amog esoeriay iied masos effeivey feio abeyae Makezie had bee Grad Sereary of he Rie i h is deah i 886 whe Weso who was eager o revivei ook he os. Whe o eig a he reeva aers hedby Makezies widow Weso oeed aso some oosePaers' ha were amos eraiy he shees of he CiherMasri He rasaed hem wiho d i y (Trihemis'sPoygraphae whih oais he iher was avaiabe a heBriish Msem ad Makezie ossessed his ow oy of hebook) ad wih Maherss aid se abo reaig he rias ofhe Hermei Order of he Gode aw From he o i oesese he iher masri eers he bi domaiWha a his does o exai is how ad why he ihermasri was reaed or how Weso made he rasiiofrom a amifed se of rias o a fy-edged magia

Order. e s osider he masri firs. Give ha26



ral of the Chaeleo

Mackenze owned he mansc s vay cetan ha heaso woe o and obaby he case ha he comed -ceany Wescot mes ha he was nvoved n so dong fo whom was wten and whenThe one as n he che mansc wee desgned foan Ode admttng boh men and women whch es o anyohodox masonc connecon and c eay esoec n conceonand ehos d sch an Ode exs n he 1 870 s o 880 s nena evdence shows conc svey ha he che msscanno edae he eay 870 s) dd Whn he anks of he SRA wee many comeenoccss and a few vey abe magcans some of whom weefsaed by he ack of acca wok mch as wesenoened membes of he Theosohca Socey sogh fo apraxi o go wh he theora of ha body oh Wescott and

Mahes wee eage o combne acca wok wh heoy asMahes made cea n an eay ee o Wesco f weRosccans smy acce a Ra who sdyng hao whch he Ra s an nodcon we ae smy he hskwtho the gan he she who he kee No wee heyaone Fedeck Hoand a neghbo of Mahes aoemoh who oned he SR A on he same day 20A 1882 was eqay keen and te moe han a yea ae

had se h s Socey of gh wh he enhsasc sotof Kenneh Mackenze and ohn Yake Ayon whom heyhoed o daw n seems no o have joned b wn ddesmaby havng aken Mackenzes ba am gad owecome yo as a ohe of he Socey of gh woeMackenze hs Socey means wok and no ay s by nomeans oo Lte s foo sh Rosc Socey We ae acca andno vsonay and we ae no degeemonges

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he Proceedngs of he Golden Dawn onference

Howeve if hey wr acica he membes of he Sociey ofigh ef ie ace of hei aciviies in he 880s. AndMackenzie was ssic ios of Wesco who he od win in hesame ee is no o be admied. Mahes oo assmed haWesco was no invoved and inveighed agains Hoandwhom he caimed was no a comeen occis an njscaim fo Hoand was deey eaned in achemy and hadconsced a highy individa Tao ack B Mahes wasmisaken fo Wesco did join he Sociey of igh ahoghwhehe befoe o ae Mackenzie s deah is nknown.No deaied ecods of he Sociey of igh svive b hee is abond vome of ransacions of he Sociey comi ed in 1 895and eseved in he Yake ibay Tansacions is ehasan inaoiae wod fo i consiss amos excsivey of heReseaches of Bohe Fedeick Hoand which ae conceed

agey wih hemeic masonic and bibica symboism wih abief excss on he Tao (based on maeia in his wob ished woks h mpl Rbil ( 1 886) and h Rvlaionof h Schchinah ( 1 887)i is woh noing aso ha a coy ofhe second wok was in he ibay of he Goden awn) Ofia woking hee is no ace and he mos iniging oinabo he mansci is he is of membes given on he ieage: Fedeick Hoand R. H Mackenzie ohn Yake

F[ancis Geoge win Fedk Hockey Benj[amin] Cox WWynn Wesco - and McGego Mahes The as name is i nenci and since Mahes had by ha ime hysicay engand moay e he S.R..A and was waing wih manyof his Goden awn magicians i is amos ceainy anaocyha membeshi (added o which Hoand had no imefo Mahes s Jacobie eensions which he caed osh).Wesco is a diffeen mae. ndeenden of hese

ransacions ae wo ees now in he High Conci ibay28



Tra of the Chaeeo

o he SR A daed Febrary and 8 Febuary 89 and bohrom John Yarker o RS Brown (who had oined he AmenRaeme o he Goden awn in 893) n hem Yarker rooseso revive he Socey o gh He iss he members o he odHermeic Sociey o igh Ho and Se rwin MackenzieWesco Hockey &c he &c being resmaby Cox andAyon - and sggess ha he revived sociey wod comrisehimse Hoand Wesco Bron Schniger (who had been

admied in 894) and W S Hner o Gasgow and ha iwod make se o Pas s Marinis ra From hese eers iis cear ha he Sociey o igh was inended o incdeceremonia workings in is aciv iies and ha Wesco had beena member ab originehs he Sociey o igh cod have been a mode or heGoden awn and he ciher manscris may have beeninended or se wi h in i Save or one hing he Sociey o

igh was excsive y masonic in membershi and adm ied nowomen may have rovided aria insiraion or Wescoand eaching maerias as we or Hoand gady oaned hisbooks o Wesco incding h is coy o Harmann s ediion ohe Secre ymbo of he Roicrcian ( 888) he rs ae inhis ex Myserim Magnm Sdm Universai wascerainy he aern or he Rose-Cross amen o he SecondOrder b i is imossib e o e i i was Ho and s coy o he

ransaion or Woodmans coy o he origina ex o heGeheme Fgren (Secre Symbos rom which Wesco ookhe designhe Sociey o gh was ndobedy one sorce onorishmen or Wescos baby as i grew in he womb o hisbrain - b he women had o come rom esewhere There isnaey one qasi-masonic Order which Wesco hado ined (in 87 ; he reoined some en years aer) and which did

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he Poceedgs of the Gode Daw Cofeece

ami women inc u ing B avasky who was an honorary,an resumaby inacive member This Orer was he RoyaOriena Orer of he Sa Bhai; i ha been he brainchid ofone J awrence-Archer who brough i o ngan in 1caimi ng an nian origin, bu by he ime ha Wesco joined iwas one of he runners in Yarkers sabe of egrees Thawomen an oher nonmasons cou aiciae in is ower

Myseries (hey were ermie o rise hrough he firs ve ofhe nine degrees of he Orer was no he ony feaure haisinguishe i from he oher egrees on he masonic fringe a so ha a eaching rogrammeThis consise of hiyve subecs for nvesigaion bycirces of he Sa Bhai a is of which was carefuy wrienou on I Ocober 886 by Benjamin Cox who wou aerbecome he Chief of he Osiris Teme of he Goden awn a

WesonSuerMare • reas susiciousy ike a caaogue ofhe subjecs in which members of boh he Ouer an nnerOrders of he Goden awn were exece o be roficien.There are a few nos o he Eas (Yoga an nian iniiaionsbu for he mos ar i is rmy in he Wese ermeicTraiion incuing Achemy & ermeic hiosohy;Asroogy; Crysaomancy & Magic Mirror; Geomancyyhagorean aracesian an Agrias Occu hiosohy;

Taro, Exoeric & soeric, an Thaumaurgy n aiion arehe Eeusinian Myseries from which were derive he ies ofhe ocers of he Goen awn An he siac Tabe ofCarina Bembo - on wh ich Wescos book comee wih iscommens on he Taro wou aear in he fo owing yearven more o he oin as far as he Goen awn wasconcee is a eer of 2 Seember 1 86 from Benjamin Coxo Yarker n his Cox refers o Wesco whose membershiha resumaby ase:1



e ee

Befoe Sending Wesco Res &c had I no bee fi one of he oosiion foms and send him fo signae and fohis emiance of 21/0 ... hen on eceiving his fee and signedfom back cod send h im ceicae es &c

The fee and signed fom evideny wee sen back and Wescowas esoed o he Sa Bhai Regise (now in he ake

ibay) wih his addess aeed fom Maock (his home in 87) o ondon Fom a of his wod sgges he fo owingscenaio As a membe of boh he Sociey of igh and he SaBhai Mackenzie was enhsiasicay invoved wih acicaoccism and given ha he fome had no ia and hse fhe ae wee consany being aeed and evised he se he o ines of ia s ha wod be aoiae fo woking byan Ode comosed of boh men and women. Becase of his

nimey deah in 1 886 hese ias wee e nfin ished o beassed in a innocence o Wesco by Mackenzie's widowWesco ecognised he cihe ansaed he mansci andea ised he oenia f wha he had B becase he con edneihe he Sociey of igh no he Sa B'hai he deemined oceae anohe Ode de ovo To give his cedence he aangedha one of hi s nonmasonic (and nonocc is) fiends onewhom he cod s imiciy ehas becase he o she was

aso an emoyee ansae ino Geman ees eaed byWesco b oedy wien by a Geman ady Adeoeed on he eceny deceased Anna ingsfod ee ishod be oined o ha whie a of he Anna Sengeees ogehe wih he ngish ansaions in Wescoshand have been caefy eseved no one of he ngishdas of he ees sosedy sen by Wesco o FaeinSenge as ansaions ino Geman done on his behaf has

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The Poceeds of he Gode Daw Cofeece

eve been seen. Ths s decdedy odd gven that Westcott wasso metcos a hoade of coesondenceWth the che mansct and the Senge etes safey n thebag Westcott boght n Mathes to he hm wok theotne tas nto a wokng ceemona stcte wth ateachng content deved vaosy fom the Socety of ghtand the Sat B'ha Once ths task was comete Westcott waseady to gve b rh to the Ode - whch he dd n Febay of1 888. Sch a scenao exans mch bt thee ae st dc tes. Let s consde themF st Mathes mst have known o come to have knownehas by takng to Westcotss emoyees when the SecondOde vat was set at Thaves nn n emses ented fomWestcott's Santay Wood Woo Comany - that the etteswee fogees. As he bta y exosed them as st that n 1 900ths was c eay the case.Second nethe ake no wn no Ho and made any b co vate comment abot th Heetc Ode of the Godenawn athogh the cose nvovement wth Westcott n otheOdes sggests that they wee we awae of hs vaos occtactv tes No dd they on the Ode Fo each of them thee sa good eason fo ths Ho and had qae ed wth Mathes andeeed at hs etensons to a Jacobte ancesty as can be seen

fom hs ete of 910 to Westcot whe Mathess hosty toHoand comes ot n his etes to Westcot dng 1 883 . t snconcevabe that Hoand who was nvoved wth hs ownocct baby the Socety of ght wod have any dese toente an Ode that was v ay conto ed by Mathes. wn who ded n 1 893, sent hs ate yeas e-occed bythe death of hs son Hebe and wthdew fom many of hsea e actvtes - bt he dd on anothe occt Ode wth

whch Westcott neve had any deangs. Moeove he had been3



Ta of the Chameeo

brogh ino i by arer Boh men were aen aen inwo d erhas be a more arorae exression - by henfonaey named John Thomas, a Mancheser asrooger andherba boanis who for severa years from 88 onwardsb ished an odd oa he Occis (i aer meamorhosedo he even more odd agic irror) Thomas was he Chief ofhe Ceesia Broherhood an occ Order nown o he oerword as he Briish and Foreign Sociey of Occi ss and boh

arer and rwin were drawn in as acive members in 890The Ceesia Broherhood had nohing ie he anache of heGoden awn b is edesrian occism evideny sied seaes if nadvenros members. arer, shod beremembered, was aways more conceed wih Freemasonryhan wih occ ism and d id no oo on he ceremon ies of hi svarios Orders as of any grea sign cance Ths when wringo rwin abo he reconsrcion of he Sa B'hai rias he

saed ha we consider hese [he ceremonies] of noimorance' (Leer of Ocober 886).There is aso roof ha he was qie ignoran of he Godenawn ni 9 0 - in which year he coied ino a noeboo(now in he arer Library) he rias of he Order as b ishedin he Eqino addng o he rias wo ages of inrodcorynoes This Order, he wroe, was engineered by McGregorMahers, who s very bady soen of, and r W Wynn

Wesco Wheher becase of his invovemen wih JohnThomas for some oher reason, he Goden awn had forwenywo years assed arer by.There is ie more o add My evidence is argey - b noenrey - c ircmsania and obecions wi dobess be raisedB he argmen s he nown facs and answers mos of heqesons To misqoe Brce Baisfaher's famos hrase, ifyo now of a beer heory hen go o i res my case

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DO

ie exc m he Hstca Lectu wee pine in elegie' he Gden Dawn Vo C icgo 937; e woe one he e ecenin c 900 w pine ppenix myw k he Gden Dawn wght fthe Magcan 93 pp990.

2 P he ceemni pening C mnic lge i cecheicl em o e pi in in e loge n he ncin oech he ce. he Wohipl Me' le i ecibe (i n Engl ih Emion woking whic h chge vey li le ince eely 9 ceny)

Q he Me' Plce?A n he EQ Wy i e pce ee?

A A he n ie in he E pe n en liven e y e Wipl Me i plce in he E pen hege, n employ ic e Been i eemny

3 e oy hi i - n e elevn p he leeccee - i pine in my ppe o Weco W i im WynnWeco e Eoeic Scool o Moic eec' AQC 00, 9, pp634 o eil he i e ee my ppe C Oe he ie

n l he Seenbgin ie in AQC 0 pp 9 6 Ocobe Oiginl in he igh Cncil iby S A ee o Ag 3 , in he iby GLE7 he l i i l w Mgim; Mgnim (niml eei) ; 3 Smmb lim; Ci voynce 5 Ecy; 6Memei m; 7 Oneimncy Penlgy; 9 Chimncy; 0Gemncy Science nmbe Pyhgen cclPhi oophy; 3 Pcei (occ phiopy) HC . Agipp(ccl philophy); 5 eme Cn' inl Piphy; 6Cylomncy Mgic Mi ; 7 ic Occlim; hmgy 9 Ppheic npiion, D iv inin e even;

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ral f the hamelen

20 Alchemy eeic Phi lphy 2 Yga pacice nia; n ian niia in 23 Egypian (ni iain); 2 Wee ( n iiain) Algy, a Wee h planeay yem 26Eleuin ian Myeie 27 acchic inyian Myeie; 2ychlgy 29 Phyical Aephip 30 Spiiual (Aephip) 3 Pychic (Aephip) 32 They he Occul Science33 Myhlgical Anmy 3 iac Table Cainal emb 3Ta, Exeic Eeic

8 an accun Thma' caee ee my pape The iappineMagu hn Thma an hi Celeia l heh (eliee a heThephical iy Cneence, in Lnn, uly 997 The papewi l appea in a hcming iue Tspal Hs

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TH LT T-CHL

Tale ofte Societas Rosicruciana in Aerica

. A BE



e sy and deas scrcan eenreaced e New Wrd n 164 wen Jannes Kesand e rs wae Geran Pess seed n e

Wssackn er n wa s nw a sbrb Padea e ensas nddas was n ransred n anrgansed bdy and as w ndred years wd assbere a re scrcan Scey was nded n AercaTe Engs Masnc sccan Scey, e i

Rsicrciana in A nglia was nded n 1 866 wen w ng sreeasns be Wenw Le and Wa Jaesgan, were aded an aready esabsed Scsscrcan bdy a Ednbrg Te Scey rady exandedand n 1 73 e ear er b by nw rbnd csscrcan bdy was reed nder ng cnr n 876s Scey agan becae ndeenden b was n e rsseregn bdy srng r e ng aren r years

ea er r nce eers dcanaks, a c andcnrersa gre n e Vcran Ma nc wrd, a beenade an nrary Mags e Scey and ad rceeded esab s - n aer, ad n ace exsence a iRsicrciana in Graia s i egae srng was n neres e S A cag e eye Jn Yarkerw ressed n serce n s ac es as a asnc erebder

rng e eary ns 1876 Yarker was engaged nng r Canada e Swedenbrgan e - r Pr eand Orgna e Sybc Freeasny ge s e Ts e baned r aner cecr asnc resC W J. Maced Mre and eras as a e qid q Yarker ensred a Prnce canaks (w w ead exense asnc deangs sd ake Mre a Magsand sse a carer r Te scrcan cey anaa

s caer was ssed n 19 Seeber 1876 and wn a



The roeedgs of the Gode aw oferee

yea e s coee - omnon Coee No. I - was fomedad a h Conc esab shed o ove he SoceyI was hs Socey a n Ap 1 880 woe o Abe Pke, whowsed o ea moe of hs new Rosccan body, o ve yoe ade of mas, o IX he es, and aach yo o oCoee as an Honoay Membe The Canadans wen on oadvse ke a ey wee qe wn and even desos oan o yo and wo ohe assocaes ha yo may name

(whom we w ceae Hon. IX of Canada) a chaeacnowedn yo o be e speme and ndependen Coeeo e Roscca Socey of e Ued Sae, e eoy obe embaced o be e same as a a pesen ncded n ejsdcon o e SJ. o e A. and AS e Mooe asofomed e a e ad been pppd a he pos n hs deseo fond a Rosccan Coee n e USA I beeve heSocey as an exsece and an oansed body n he UnedSaes I n Fae Meye o Padepa as nsed acoee I h he deves s aoy fom nand as heeeed he Socey a Yok, and he s an Hon. Membe of heCo ee ee, . ndeed he was, b was no fom nand haMeye obaned h s aoyAhoh Chaes Meye was a membe of he nshRosccan Socey e faed o obain an nsh waan fos pojeced coee a Padepha. Insead was aned bye Scos Socey whc was eae o coonse Ameca Is Conc ad ssed a chae fo an nos Coee n1 878, b s poved o be s -bo and so on 1 2 ecembe 879 ey app y caeed he Pennsyvana Co ee. Wh ns x monhs hey had ssed fhe chaes o co ees n NewYo, Massacses ad Mayand, a of whch evenaybecame doman Ony one of hem, e Massacses Coee

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he ot epchld he A n Amerc

woud evive - abeit to nd itse sp it into two vasty dieentcoponents But o now et us etu to Abet ikei th ou o eges estabi shed the net ove was to institute aRosicucian Society o the United States o Aeica This wasdone in 1 880 not once but twice on 1 7 May it was estabi shedin theoy by Abet ike (with hise as Achi Magis and on21 Septebe in the ea wod at Boston as the SocietasRosicuciana in the United States o Aeica with haes E

Meye as Supee Magus i ke does not appea on the st isto igh ounci Oces but two yeas ate was eectedonoay ast Supee Magus which oice he cheeyaccepted pointing out in hi s epy to Meyes ocia ette thathe had deteined to peit to becoe doant the GandBody o the United States o the Rosicucian Society in odeto avoid dispute ike thus passes out o the Rosicucian tae But why had he

coe into it The eason was sipy that both Maceod Mooeand Meye wished to use his eakabe gis as a ituaist toeconstuct the ceeonies o the SRIA and to ashionsoething oe appopiate to the wok o pacticaRosicucans You can wote Mooe A te add to change oabo ish the ituas as you ay see it I ndeed i t is vey desiabethat you shoud do so as it ust be conessed that what ituaswe at pesent have ae vey poo aais I you wi take theatte in hand and bing you stoe o Rosicucian andeetic eaing to bea on the atte you wi cone thegeatest avou on the Society genea y Fo good o i ike did nothing with the ituas but his beithat a Rosicucian Society shoud be eacty that is cea othe second o his poposed Rues o the Rosicucian Society othe Un ited States o Aeica

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h Pocds o th Gold Dwn Coc

. d udy d wd hh F y wh whh h h h h h h MBhhd. w y jud y h h pp d h Mhu Cl h y v Cl) h Ru d wh h h ph hy ly dy w kdy h h h

d w d h ph h ud dy h vu y d h h hpd h p dyDu xh y v h Mhu dd hy-h h v F yv Clk ud 1 8 - 1 99) y uh hw h hh F ld . y uldw h p: dd h v pp

h C h dd h w ju Notes and Queies Mh N. du h 88' d 9 d lwd th The Rosicucian Bothehood whh uvd 97u h dh 1 99u ld Aud Ru ud up h pph Ru h d ' h h pd TheRosicucian Bothehood Ju ly 1 98. w y' h w dd wh d y Od Roicucian. h hv y uh v h uyh y uh dy u h wd d kw hh hy ees d u w kw h u y w ecae h 5 hhph u whh y 1 6 u h hwd dd u wh h h Od Fuy 1 885 B uh wh h

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The Lo Sephd The SRA n Aea

spiis a ohe aees o aea segh Vol I I No. 3 .p 18)Gos oyess abo s how he beame a osiia issaig b hee is ile ob as o wha he mea I ish ighy impobabe ha he ook p w ih ay osiia boy ihe 1 85 s i 852 he yea whose sm is 1 he wol haebee wee yeas ol b a ae i he ae 1 8 s makes moesese.

87 asha Beely aoph - piiais osiiaa ex Magiia i his biogaphes esipio esabishea osiia Clb a Boso a i is o ikey ha Goha some iomal oeio wih i. e was o happy wihaolph a osiee ha his osiia oiey hasaely ay ameas peaiig o hose o he sixeeha seeeeh eies o ee he osiias o moeimes These ohe osiias pobably ie

aolphs sesso Feema B ow Ga MseImpeia Oe o osiiae whose empes o he syoss ol lowe i he wake o hi s book o he same ame (TeTepe ofte Rosy Cross, a Faiso 1 882) a wih whoseogaisaio Gol was o iely ems he was a hooaymembe o he igh oil o Dows Temple). They wolo howee hae ile oe o he Appoyi amily oAsia who ges i he aios esios o ey ases

Outlines of ystical and Rosicrucian History as oe whoealisig ha Fae Gol was o eeiig e esoeiosiia wok i Massahses College oee pohim he gaes o he Coieal osiia Bohehoo po a ilig he Nih Degee a aso pesee him wiha Mak. A leas asel ha he eey o qaiy hissppose meeig wih he wos how a whee I kow o

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The oceeds of the Golde Daw Coferece

T tiking point fo Goud a fa a Randop wa ondwa t nuaity of Randop' band of Roiuianimwi wa abnt fom Dowd vion vn toug adbn on of Randop fomot diip wan of timpan of xua poaity in monia woking wa onting but ativ x magi (if tat i wat it tuy wa) waquit anot Wn Goud ougt to viv t domantmaoni Roiuian Soity wid to inopoat

outim and to opn mmbip to bot x wi kpingout t xua pioopy tat ad bdvid t ai nonmaoni bodi. Ti at wi wa dtind not to b gantd.I f Goud i to b b ivd t Maautt Co g ad bndomant n 1 89 T untimy da of fou of itading piit witin a fw ya o diand many of tat tat it bam inativ and a not yt 908]ovd atoug va ffot av bn mad to viv it '

Wi a ti inativity wa going on t pant body tSoita Roiuiana in t Unitd Stat maintaind anomina xitn on pap atoug Haod Vooi ' aimtat t i amp vidn' fo it mting at iguaintva btwn 1 89 and 908 a no doumntay uppo -and fom 1 9 1 1 onwad bgan tfu y to ti itf in tution of od and t popagation of nw and mpatia ymaoni Roiuian Cog. But by tn it wa too at

Goud ad mad i ina ffot and a ompty nwRoiuian body ad om into bing to pv t mtia oppod to t maoni tadition of t od MaauttCogn 90 Goud ad bn appoad by Gog Winowumm ( 1 8 - 1 9) a young w y maon wo adbn ditd to Goud a a ut of i king advi omWiia Wy Wot t Supm Magu of t SRI

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The Los Sechd he SRA n Aeca

bot mso Rossm Ame Ove te ose ote ext two yes God me to ook po mme s st sesso d o some eoded dte d tewte of 1 9089Bote mme met Fte God Bosto d eeve ts ds tto p to d d te Nt Deee ws so ve te stody of ts d memodet teeto w Fte God d qed fom te

Aept Appoy s we s fom s pevos yes of esed oespodee wt wod-wde e of stdets do tsts s foted mme be t oe to wok tows efomto of eostted body te ted Sttes boyw sod be bsed po te bodest ppes o e eRos At esew fds fes sms d opets doos to tue seekes

Ts be te peset Soets Ros I Ame . Btot qte s God evsoed. Admttedy t possessed te ts tdtos dmks stoms ptes sefy teed by Fte God bt t ed tem fopposes s t ow ppes w wee to f tsed eves be oepts Ity oweve mme obsevedmso etes. He wote to te SR.IA eqest te te epy of 2 e 9 0 te Es body set fos

fo os o ees bt tey so eqested om mme ss d wods of eoto w e od ve ve ed Go s mspt opes of te o S RI .S tsof te fo des of te Fst Ode) d e ot fet tt teeqests wee s tt o obted Fte od meet temto oespodee A ess kd tepetto wod bett e ws sked fo te ss of te Nt Ge te t ofw e d ot possess. I te bsee of te o etes

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Te roceedins of te Goden Dawn Conerence

howeve, chay eqes s o aow ha Pmme aced fomnegy ahe han fom gnoanceavng faed n hs aem o oban ecognon fom heS R A Pmme deem ned o ac ndeendeny On ecembe 1 9 1 he se a e m nay meeng fo nsconand ogansaon, a hs home, 82 Comba Avene,Ganwood, New Jesey even days ae Ganwood Co ege,

as now was n he hemec wod, hed s Fs RegaConvocaon, fo owng h s wh he fs meeng of he newyesabshed gh Conc of he Soceas Rosccana nAmeca on 2 May 1 9 2. Wha was nex needed was afondaon n he eveyday wod wh ch came on 1 2 Jnay912 when he Socey of Rosccans n Ameca wasncooaed n he Sae of New Yok, gvng s saed obecsas

he sdy and eachng of moa hosohy and ehcances, hogh he exoaon of he achaeoogca,hsoca and adona sbecs of ancen and abognasocees sch as Rosccansm, Feemasony, Ddsm andohe acane ogansaons he new socey was now n he oson of he bedahes A dessed and no ace o go ; moe han eve needed a a he membes wod no se he od as of he SRUS,and cod no se hose of he S R A he ng sh Socey hadfna y cas hem ad n 1 9 1 2 when gave ecognon o henewy evved and ey masonc ogna Rosccan Soceyn Ameca wh ch was an offshoo of [he S R A ]

,

Pmme howeve, was aeady ookng esewhee nSeembe and Ocobe of 912 he was wng o Aese

Cowey o enqe abo membesh of he AgenemAs and o soc fee coes of he Equiox Cowey

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he Los Sepchd he SRA n Aerca

ee by xy n the esn f hs Aean se anstess, Vta ees whse abng ee t Pe2 Nvebe 112 t h that, s fa as Rsanswas nee the nteest f haatans eaves s ann ffeent Unqashe by ths sssa, Pe esste an n 23Mah 1 3 wey hsef ee h ntng at the ssb tyf eentng the bns f fatety between vasbes ate n the sae yea Pe eeve a hae the OTO bt he ae n se f t an by 11 theegeneate Sant wa Aeste wey was t fthe f ebes an nsee t be ay eeastPe se efe seng) bease he was sa t bene nent n ngan f Sy an Teasn WhtPe ha wante f wey was what he fn n theages f he Equinx the tas the eet e theGen awn

Tse wee ay esse nt seve, e xesy wth ats f the Fst Oe Gae tas f theSRUS, ave wth a asn eena an tet as the nne egee tas f the Setas Rsana nAea Tey ae, t say the east, an eet x ansewhat wy, ehas best esbe as tesqe.Pe eay ha an eye f setae an whe he was nta tast f gens he was ertany nventve t the egee

tas he ae, n 17, The Mass f the F eents Aseebate n the Setas Rsana n Aea an nAane wth the Rtes an eenes f the Mst yOe f the Rby Rse an the Gen ss an the stRsan hh f Aea nate Hwev they ay nw see, the ebes f these vas bes weeqte ntent wth the tas that Pe ve

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Te reedings e den Dawn nerene 99

A wh o wee hese membes iially hey wee a me, bby 1916 wome wee eglay ame a he Socey wasexaig. aly i 914 Gawoo Colege wasmeamohose io Meooia Colege a move o NewYok Ciy whee me i vaios masoic emses wo yeaslae, o 23 e 96, a seco college was chaee foWashigo C, o be followe by coeges a Sa Facisco(Wes Gae No 5 , 9 7) Feeow, Sea Leoe (Feeow No6, 1 9 7); Aaa (Phoeix No 7, 9 8); Sokae, Washigo(M izah No 8, 920) Yakima, Washigo (Yakima No 0,1 92 ) eoi (i y No , 92 ) a iaaolis(Rosecez No 2, 1923).he wo be Rosiccias who ocke io hese colleges (by919 Meooia Colege ha eache is saoy imi of1 44 membes) sogh moe ha i as - a moe was wha

hey fo. Besies he lemeay a Avace AsologicaCasses, membes wee ovie wih vae lessos oesoec sbecs a blc essays i he Soceys oal,Mc, ha bega bcaio i aay 96. I aiiohee wee Aa l Pi gimages o sies of Rosicca eesi New ga, New Yok a Caaa (say a combiaioof aal woes a he gaves of omie Roscciassch as Co. Macleo Mooe a SC Gol) a he sevices

o he Fis Roscca Chch of Ameica, whch wascose o 24 Ail 1918 B he Soceys ogess waso aways smooh . y 916 Plmme ha offee his esigaio fomMooia Coleg fo easos sae, oly o have heoff fse by he membes of a ivesigaig commissiowho fo ha saemes mae affecg he moalchaace a ivae if o Fae Khi [ie Plmme] , wee

abs basss a ma ic ios a who esov o ex o48



The Los Sepchid The SRA Aeca

Fae Khe s exessons of faea goodw and mccondence n hs esona negy and moa chaace' Whaay behnd hs esode s unknown bu dshones chages hadbeen made by Maon amon Cae whose Resgnaon'offeed n May was acceed on Juy 9 1 6 w hou eges' was aso noed ha she engaged n subseuen acves nyng o d sced he Ode and some of s membes . n hsshe mus have me wh some success as fou membes ehe

esgned o wee exe ed ae n he same yea - ncudng wowho had eae exoneaed Pumme bu now esgned n adscedabe and heaca manne'. The lacuna n hs affaae ana sng ndeedSoon ae hs membes of he Socey made oveues odwad Bown, F .B . owd 's successo as Gand Mase of heTeme of he Rosy Coss Bown had uged S. C. Goud oundeake he ogansaon of a body' o eseve he uas

and ad ons of he Bohehood' and ooked uon he S . A .wh favou, so ha when n 1 9 1 9 a faena ca was made onFae u s [ e. owd he enene coda beween he woogansaons was moe my cemened and Bown wasmade an honoay membe of Meooan Co ege And hs he fuy of RS Cyme, head of he Roscucan Foundaonbased a Quakeown, Pennsyvana, who saw hmsef as heue he o he Randoh-owd successon and nex n ne

afe Bowns deah Bown, howeve, saw hngs n a dffeen gh he hough ha C yme has o some degee hamed heub c conceon of he Rosy Coss and s deas , Thus whenCyme fumnaed n a mos nemeae manne abouPummes book Rosicrucia Symbolo he auho smyefeed h s ub she - JW Robeson of Macoy Pub sh ngwho was a membe of he S.R A - o Bown. No fuhe

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T Pod o th God Daw or

a wa ftcmig a ae ceece fm Cymewa mc me fieySc qabbe i affec he ak a fe f hemembeh i wh wee me ccee wih ei avacemei hemeic kwege Thi cve Occimicciaim Hemeicim a eic Feemay acmiae f avace ae i e weve e iSiia Achemy F he wh mae meii a

aifacy ge i he eceig ci hee wa heewa f eigibiiy f he Sece Thei eve heKa i i - wh ic wa ceay he exa hi hy aaive ex magic a wa eice membe f he Teegee efee i he Cnstitutin f 1935 (b i haf 1 9 1 9 a a Te egee, e ae a cii f whichca be cmmie wiig Pmme RsicrucianManua f 190 ai w ha Ay ma fm he age fwey-e, a ay wma fm e age f ixee i eigibef membehi a eewhee imie ha exa i -wic i ciee be ychiia y beeficia - ee be cfe wihi maiage Wih cveia maiageccim ha hig Pmiciy wa yceme, b a a ime avace v iew exa eaiwee gaaee ce cvey i y iig

a P mme wa acce me e f he amee (ame ffeceTe Sciey exa iy h , weve, be veee. Ohe aec f ccim wee ciee beeqay ima a e eceive a baace ce feacig - away wihi a Riccia famewk APmme ecg ie e ee eme ee wih caii eay a ic ie cme ha bee eace

by he wih faky eic ea b i he 190 hi ake50



The os Sechld The SA Aeca

tinity was suppanted by the Hoy Gai an unquestionabywise move And the Society continued to gowMost membes and Associate Membes (of whom thee had

been ove 000 by 99) wee Un ited States esidents but theewas no ba on oveseas membeship the sixth coege wasestabished in Siea eone and two of the eaie membes ofthe Metopoitan Coege wee the ngish masonic schoaCapt CC Adams and his wife No was thee any eigious

baie despite te oganic unity between the Society and itsassociated Chuc The most famous nonChistian membewas undoubtedy sae Regadie who oined the WashingtonCoege in 1926 and was wecomed as a visito to metings ofMetopoitan Coege duing his bief soou in the SocietyHi s membesh ip may aso have been the most signicant eventin the Societys histoy What has neve been cea aboutRegadie's invovement with the Goden awn is ust ow and

whee he was initiated The pesence of substantia sabs ofGoden awn itua in the SR A ceemonies and the opense of Goden awn tites on its documents petitions foexampe wee fo Acceptance in the Congegation of the G of the Oute Societas Rosicuciana in Ameica woud haveconvinced Regadie of the va id ity of hi s ini tiation and ustiedhis ate enty into the Stea Matutina But in the absence offhe documents th is m ust emain as specuation

Gaduay howeve ovety eigious eements in theoganisation came to the foe n 90 Pumme was odainedas a piest and immediatey consecated as a Bishop by ManueFeando of the Refomed piscopa Chuch (athough Feandoate denied having taen pat in the ceemony) his stRosicucian Chuch of Ameica being conveed into theUnivesa Angican Chuch Subsequenty on 8 May 934, hewas e-odained and consecated by gnatius Nichos of the

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The Poceedgs o he Golde Daw oeece

Amercan Orhodox Chch. Assmng he e of ArchbshoGeorgs, Pmmer wen on o fond he Hoy OrhodoxChrch n Amerca, wh Henry Parse (one of hs eares andmos sawar folowers) as feow Bsho wh he name of renaes S nce he 930s he eccesasca re-emnence n heSocey has been mananed - b no o he dermen of sfemale membersTowards he end of h s fe Pmmer marred Gadys M er, heSecreary Genera of hs Socey, and aer hs deah, n 944she marred Sansas Wowsk, or raher TheodosSanslas de Wow whch name he assmed when Pmmerconsecraed h m n 1 936 e Wow scceeded Pmmer asboh Prmae and Sreme Mags, b on hs deah n 969 hewdow de Wow ony assmed he aer n 1 980 when shewas hersef consecraed by Herman Sr and ook he Prmacy

aso Moher Serena, as she was hen known assed on bohoces o Sser ca Grosch, he resen hoder who had beenconsecraed a he same me as her redecessor Whch brngso an end boh hs bewderng seres of consecraons and hesory of he Soceas Roscrcana n Amerca. B he end ofmy sory s no he end of he Soceyn 1 923 Henry Parse had wren o Frederck egh Gardnerof he ngsh S.R..A., n he hoe ha he deah of Cadbry

Jones (he dd no know ha Cadbry ones, who seems o havebeen a mos obnoxos man, had been exeed from heSRA. n 917 for aemng o fomen a rebeon agansWesco) wod mrove he cmae of fraea reaonsbeween he wo socees Parse oned o ha he admssonof women was a smbng bock as far as he S.R.CF wasconcerned b hoed ha he enave Bass of Afaonroosed by he Amercan Socey wod rove acceabe o

he ngsh S.R. A.5



The Los Sechd The SA n Aerca

No esonse was fohcoing bu he docuen deseved soeconsideaion advocaes auonoy of egiiae Rosicucianbodies wih aiaion o be ineeed as uua ecogniionof egiiacy haon ous co-oeaion in whasoeve ines aybe indicaed and unied effo o even fuhe ogess ofchaaany candesineis and decei now evaen unde heguise and noencaue of seudoRosicucian oganisaionsA of which is audabe and in no sense conenious The

docuen aso deas wih he obe of feae ebesRosicucian bodies ha deand asonic quaicaion fo heiebes woud no be execed o adi ady Rosicucians ohei eeings bu he SR.A. (US) woud feey exend heigh of vi siaion o a egua ebes in good sanding of a egiiae Rosicucian Bodies and in he egee o which hevisians heseves ay sevea y have aained is ehasa iy ha Eng ish Rosicucians d id no ae u he offe

A soe ie in he fuue aiudes ay change bu fo now iis enough o eec on he hisoy of his eaabe sechidof Eng ish asonic Rosicucianis and o ad i he inusice ofAE. Waies saeen ha as a Rosicucian body i hasobviousy no adiion no c ai on he as and no nowedgeheeo . On evey coun he was wong

ATONA NOTE

Subsequen o he deivey of his ae Maia Babwhasinghhas discoveed fhe infoaion in he achives of heSRA(US) ha enabes ecise daes o be gven fo heogess of sae Regadie in he Sociey Regadie aes hiss aeaance i n soewha icuesque fo in he Minuesof Washingon Co ege on 2 anuay 926 when he Seceaywas insuced o inquie of Meooian as o adission of a

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The Poceedngs o he Goden Dawn Coneence

Hebrew nder age ha his Regardie is cnrmed by heM ines f 1 8 Febrary which recrd ha App icain frmembership [was] received frm srae Regardie

he in iiain isef k p ace n 8 March 1 926, b i wasmre han weve mnhs n 2 Jne 1927, befre Regardieadvanced he Grade f Zear he Zear egree ] wascnferred n Fr. Regardie Merpian Cege was dynied f his b here is n frher recrd f anyadvancemen r indeed any aciviy a a by Fr Regardie aerhi s dae

Mrs Babwhasingh as discvered many her reevandcmens hese incde he rigina eers frm Wesc andCadbry-Jnes which indicae ha mmer did not have he

reqisie signs f even he wer grades crrespndencebeween mmer and Aeiser Crwey frm he years 1 9 1 2 1 9 1 6 wh ich impy ha he hsi iy Crwey deveped nyaer he Unied Saes enered Wrd War and a deighfseries f eers and frm H Spencer ewis ha demnsraeceary hw grea a charaan ewis was is hped ha smeif n a f hese dcmens wi sn be pb ished nder heaspices f he S R A (US)

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he Lost Stechld The SRA n Amerca

E

A ull accont o kelp us and s successors s gven n J .F. Sacse,Th Gman itit fincia nnania 892 The precse date was 3 December 1 866. Ths socety whch seemsto have been workng as early as 857 clamed to have descendedrom an ear ler Englsh body concernng whch no docmentaryevdence as ever been ond.

3 Detals o te early story o te S R I .A are gven n T M.Greenshll, HitY fth R I A , Prvately Prnted, 9874 Te letters rom Macleod Moore are qoted n H. VB Voorhs,Manic Ricucian Sciti new York, 1 9585 Pke to Meyer, 1 8 October 1 882 The etter s reprodced nacsm le n Voorhs, Cit p79 Moore to Pke, 26 Aprl 880 Voorhs Cit p737 Ibi p80 The masonc Order o The Ancent and Accepted Scotts Rte nEngland and Scotland, The Ancent and Accepted Rte conssts oth tytree degrees, te egteent degree beng that o Rose-Crox oeredom. Gold was admtted to the massacsetts College on 0Febrary 18859 on Patrck Deveney, acha B Randh A NneteenthCentury Black Amercan Spr talst Roscrcan and Se magcanAlbany, SUNY, 199710 Qoted n Deveny Ci p98

SC. Gould, The Roscrucans n the Un ted States, p 062 Westcots letter to P lmmer, o 17 October 1 906 s reered to nParsells Outin The wereabots o te orgnal are nknown.3 Parsell, utin typescrpt), p9 1 . uotatons n the ol lowng twoparagraphs are rom te same source.4 Letter A. Cadbuy ones Secretarygeneral o the S .R .A 5 Leter o 22 September 1 9 1 7, Edward H. Brown to Henry Marstonn te arcves o te S.R. .A.US6 AE.Wate, Th Bthhd fth R C 1 924, p6 1 6

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FERDINAND F. SCNIGER

Te agus ofe or

NTHOY MKEY



Some of yo may be fami ia wih he name Schn ge anm se mos wi be woneing why he ae issbie Mags of he Noh" When com i ing i, an

in fac ove he as few yeas of eseach ing his mans ife was eme mosy may say by he oming of ohes oca i Schnige Mags o maman" The easons why wishoy become aaen

s hea he name Schnige in ne 992 when

eoganising he Masonic ibay & Msem in Newcaseon Tyne Thee fon a cohbon book wih yeeces anscibe fom he han-wien noes of a feemasoncae Feinan Fiz Schnige As qcky scanne hem co see ha his man was ieae eie an ha eseachehis maeia vey we B wha acay cagh my eye washe as few ages wh ich gave a bief esme of he man s ifean he fac ha he ie a ae in a wokhose hosia in

Shee wih ony 06 in h s wae (52) an was bie in abic gave wih fo ohe eoe This seeme sch aninsice fo sch a gea hinke of his ay s ha o knowmoe Tha one aeoons eaing was o occy me on anoff fo he nex ve yeas

Feinan Fiz Schnige (vaiosy cae Fiz Feeicho moe say Fe) was bo in Schwaenbg ieemo Gemany (whch is m-way beween mn an

Hanove) on 1 Seembe 848 Le is known of hi s imehee o h s easons fo eav ng One may assme howeve habase on he evang nsy in emo a he ime as weas hs caee in ngan yeas ae ha he came o ngan oaenice h imsef o he on Mechan insy

He came o ngan in 869 age 2 an aenicehm sef o Wi am awba on & Timbe Mechans ofLiveoo He was o say wih hs caee vaiosy in

Lveoo Newcase an Shee ni his eiemen He



he Poceeds of he Gode Daw Cofeece

was iiiaed io Feemasoy i owsie odge No 94 iiveoo o 2 Jauay 872 Howeve his masoic caeedid o ake off u i e moved, i 883, o Newcase Ocehee he joied odge e oaie ad was isaed as isMase i 892

Wha made im i my oiio a secia maso adwohy of e ie Magus of he Noh, was is iees adsiga success i he may oe Odes ad egees ofFeemasoy Oe mus emembe ha hee was a Gemaimmiga who o oy soke ad woe efec gish wiha he cooquiaisms of a aive bo bu was also a veyaccomi shed asao

He amassed a age ibay o books i Gema, Fech,ai ad gish o may subjecs icudig Theosohy,Mysicism, Acemy Rosicuciaism ad e Kabbaah Mos

of wich he doaed o he SRA ibay i Newcase ofwh ic he was a foude membe ad ibaia (icud ig a 1 6 1 6ediio of he Chemcl Weddng)

He ad a iodiae iees i he oe (o-Ca)degees i Feemasoy as we as he mysica side of ouaue ave i my ossessio may udeds of ages ofhad-wie oes i which Schige was comiig aChooogica aageme of maes Wih Chooogica

Tabes ,5 This akes he fom of age ae age of ececicefeeces begiig wih he Chooogy of Hisoic aacoeced wih ewis hisoic daes, Chisia Hisoic daes,Babyoia gyia ad Poeicia isoica daes abegiig i 7000 BC Bu wha is jus as iumiaig is efac ha e used as age saces, issued of a weekyewsae Sprtuls (daed 1886) ad ohe ewsaes

daed 96. Wich woud sugges ha is Chooogy was aog ime i e wiig

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F. F e a e

Many theores abon abot Schnter. Most t mst besa stem from hs many etractors an are not toocom mentary Ths stems be eve fom the fact that so ttes known as fac abot ths man have sent coness ettersan mae many trs to aces that r to have nformatonabot hm, ony to fin that they have nothn new r js datesof h s masonc fe

e was an av coector of anythn he thoht co

serve hs researches an have a coy of a reort from a o censector daed 2 May 9 6 aer a member of the b c haaccsed Schnter of ben a German sy (ths was rn theFrst Word War) he was, of corse exonerate an there s anote om the etectve that Schnter has a Box n he MandRaway Staton e ae eartment whch he co notaffor to coect. Arme wth a warrant the etectve examnedths bx and fnd t f of bks, masonc Cetfcates and

Jewes as we as roof of A are nmber of Masonc .onors wh ch ha been bestowe on hm n varos ars ofthe wor". Ths obvosy ves an ncaton of the hhesteem he was hed n rn hs wn tme d eventaytrack own ths box/ wth the he of Bro Mark Father(Grandson of the emnen mason avd Father of Shefed) btnfortnatey t was emty, a s contents have been asse othe Roscrcan coee n Sheffie by av Father. Yetanother ead en

So why cod h s man be consere a Mas To some, fnot mst, he was jst a rambn od man who cod no onersort hmsef n hs ater years, reyn on hty veedhandts om the kes of avd Father.

The era that conces s encomasses the ae 880s nt the eary 920s Ths was very mch the ae of mystca andsrta enhtenment. t was the ae of Theosohy, the

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The oceedgs of the Golde Daw Cofeece

Hermeic Sociey mesmerism, Cairvoyance FreericHocey's Crysa V is ions S iriai sm an of corse he ageof he oen awn was o qoe R A i ber an age whenmany were s iria y nsee by re igios obs arising fromhe arwinian conoversySchniger achieve very high oce in a he varios masonicorers an I have a Charer of Transmission assing aahoriy o confer he Masonic egree of Hoy Roya Archnigh Temar Priess an nigh ran Cross of he HoyTeme o Schniger an eigh ohersThis is imoranbecase combine wih he high ran he he in some of heOrers i mean ha he was regary mixing wih he veryeoe who wo be forming he basis of he more mysicaries sch as Wiiam Wynn Wesco S Macregor MahersA Waie an ohn Yare The fac ha he was he in highregar by Yarer is evien from a os scri on a eer havefrom Yarer o avi Faher on Anien & Prim iive Rie aerae Ari e asks for his regars o be sen oSchniger by his ime he was no in he bes of heah anrefers o h im as a vey abe an we informe mason,herefore resec him

However from he informaion avaiabe from his ecreshe seeme o be a commie Proesan Chrisian an a very

mora freemason

who wo no in one ecre iscssasecs of a ceremony ong since efnc, as here werebrehren resen who were no members of ha Orer an sono enie o is secres sho he Orer ever be revive

For hese reasons I ob very mch wheher he wo haveha anyhing acive o o wih eiher Maame Bavasy'sTheosohica Sociey wih is iea of a in of comosiere igion or he oen awn wih is ceremonies being oen o

women Schniger was i feong bacheor162



F F ce as o e o

He was however very invoved in he Rosicrucianmovemen in he form of he SRIA a Masonic RosicrucianOrder whose ideas mirror he Achemica and Cabaisic onesof he eary Rosicrucians. He was admied o he Yor SRACo ege (whi s ivi ng in Newcase) and was hen o become afonder member Secreary and Librarian of he NewcaseCoege in 89 Ye anoher anomay of his man is he facha he was Vh Grade when he was a founder and hen a he

firs meeing he was romoed o V h Grade. However fourmonhs aer i was discovered ha he was no obigaed in heinermediae Vh and VIh Grades so hen he wasrerosecivey Ob igaed

By 9 7 he was conceed ha he Roya Order of Knighsof ri was becoming dorman. I had been assed o Yarer in 886 an d had remained mosy inacive since hen iscusodianshi being refsed by boh Wesco and he Grand

Counci of Aied Masonic egrees Schniger hen asedWesco o revive he order and reorganise i ino a coherenworing body. his Wesco did enhusiasicay and by 99Wesco had revived i and aced himsef a is head

Schn iger aer being admied o he Order by Yarer in 899and being made a Knigh Grand Cross was o becomeCommander of Connaugh and one of he ru ing counci A his desie having resigned from Newcase SRIA coege in

898 when membershi of he SRA was a de ure re-requisieof ri membershi Anoher enigma

H is affecion for he Order is shown by h is ecures and hefac ha he considered i o be direcy descended from heancien Irish order (ossiby daing bac 3000 years) wihdisincy Sua oveones He ried o convince Wesco oee his radiion in he Rubric bu Wesco hogh i oofancifu. 5

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The Proceedngs of the Goden Dawn Coneence

id Schniger deseraey wan o nd occ and mysicameanings in everyhing Was he js a deded od man ooengrossed in he sweeing mysica movemen of he day Orwas he a genine free hinker convinced of he rovenance ofhe varios masonic and nonmasonic Orders

Tha he was conversan wih he more esoeric Orders iseviden from noes of his ecres where he shows an inimae

knowedge of he 2nd and 78h degrees in he Rie of Mizraim,ahogh he aso says he has No seen he 5h degree of heAnien & Primiive Rie of Yarker. He was aso very weacqained wih he Bibe and qoes i freey Chaer & Versein his wriings as we as demonsraing an inimae knowedgeof Chch and reigios hisory as he refers o many Chrisianhereica secs sch as he Cahars okees Monohysies,Adoioniss, Gnosics, Nominaiss Sabaei and ohers

B wih regards o or aricar concerns and h is ossibeeihe as Mags i is h is in imae and exensive knowedge ofhe ewish abbaah ha is of mos ineres Among his manynoe books on varios sbjecs is a foio of aroximaey0,000 words on he abbaah wrien a some ime beweenMahers he abbalah Unveled ( 1 887) and Wate 's he lyabbalah ( J 929). From newsaers cings sed as sacers wod dae hem o arond 887-8. hink i is worh qoing

from he rs age o demonsrae his eoqence and inimaendersanding of h is com icaed sbjec The iece is eniedhe Jewsh Cabbalah Its cnnectns and Pecedents:

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n he rogh idea, i seems o me o be an aem oaccon for he exisence of he U niverse and is seen andnseen conens. o exain he nexainabe as we ashe ossibe, sch is a eas, my view of his comexsbjec



F. F Schntger Magus of the Noth

see he saing oin of he Cabbaah Sysem hus

The GAN PONT is he exisence of an awaysexising P M CAUS which is ca N SOPH bu isobviousy ca ed by oers younger and o derCAOS i .e . undeveoed re-exising sae before orderwas esabished or he AG OF TH AGS he SFX STNG and TH A No because TH A is hePM CAUS isef ha woud be caing he easimoran ar e whoe bu i is so caed because hePM CAUS: N SOPH conained wihin Himsefabsouey a The N SOPH as he AL before any deveomen ookace aso conained wiin himsef ready formed bu soo seak in a dorman sae he rs TA orTNTY which because he rs se in he ransiionfrom he GNA OMANT STAT of (say)CAOS o Coordinaion and Order by eveomenN SOP imsef is oo exaed oo far removed fromhe sae of minor exisence o aend o his orderydeveomen or o ook aer i Himsef Ahough isconceion ike everyhing ese was nauray conainedwihin Him and woud no ave been bu for His reexisen sae and His decisve wi and inenion So Heroceeds o (e us say) awaken he rs TA areadyin exisence wihin Him. Now in order o faciiae heundersanding symboism has been caed uon asfoows

Schniger hen goes on o exain he Firs manaions of heSiri Word ie TH (Crown or Aex) COCMAH(or Wisdo) and BNAH (or negence) How eher is

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he Poceedngs of he Goden Dawn Confeence

earest to EN OPH a so geer less Cocma is teMasculie Pricipe a Bia te Femiie e PHEREOF NEL a BLEED OUL te JCOB LDDERa so o troug to te lowest evel of te MINERLKNDOM.

ere are pages tat explai te rigt or Dexter ie eigDM (CHEED) or male a te le or iister EVE'

(EBU R) or female joiig to create te t epiraEPEREH (Beauty) ere are may more pages of closewritte text etai li g every aspect of te Kaaa its i storyuse a priciples Joie to tese are costat cross referecesto oter foios were furter more etaie explaatios aregive of wors suc as ELOH M or LDDER ese Fol iscotai may ures of pages of cose writte text wit mayures of tousas of wors Eve if c itger i prouce

faciful ruis e cetai y prouce it pro ica ly Most people ave ecoutere wo are familiar witcitger tik of im as somewat of a eccetric wit igieals a a ispropotioate wis to i te mystical sie toevery coi I te to see im as a researcer wo egis isresearc wit a empty ea a was wilig to accept ayexplaatio owever oscure it may seem He i ook for acetai olistic elemet i is work a eieve e tougttere was uerlyig itercoecteess of a l Rites a Orersa oly y revivig a workig tem a l coul tat Hol ism eperfecte He certaily eieve tat te Royal Ket MasoicBoies i Newcaste were te sole repository of te origialOccut meaig of Freemasory

He eieve tat te origial Cristia story was corruptea fragmete y its e-Cristia is ig a tat (to paraprase

citgers ow expaatio) First we ave a cotiuousarcitrave ruig alog our Mystic emple compose of a

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F F Schtge agus of he Noth

age ue of stoes of vayig vaue a sie e epefals ito uis a e wit te est iteests i te wea ig to peseve suc pats as to te wee ost attactivepick out wat tey tik ost vauale a eaage tosepicke p ieces ito a a ew syste of couse leav ig a lot ofatte ei te .. But ae tese systes ave use al teo acitave as a useful quay fo estalisig tei aew syste of egees to fo its suouigs a fo itsextacts tee is still a age suplus cotaiig i ayistaces te coectig liks etwee te vaious egees asfoely give i lectues a te istoical coectio of tewole at suc lost o oat egees wee woke i teRoyal Ket appeas ite ali Pa of tis occult kowegewas to fo pa of te Haoi wokigs ofFeeasoy woke i Newcaste i te ealy 9t Ceuya o wic citge was a ecogise autlity a CiefHao

o wat is eig sai ee? at at oe tie tee was acotiguous stoy wove ito ectues a loe wic at soeistat tie el te wole stoy of te Oes Rites aDegees pactise is ay vey well icue Oes suc asA E aite escie eg Rite of Eos Exegetica aPilatopical ociety ees of Ligt a of couse teole Daw But it aso eostates te ivay acausatio i te eveopet of Rites wee two oe

people ae egage i a powe stugge suc as appee witte aks of te ole Daw a e to its evetua e ise

t k we sou eee ee tat we sou ot jugeVictoia etos y ou ow cotepoay staas eate 19t cetuy a ealy 0t cetuy saw te veyegiigs of wat we ow cosie te cietifc etoe ow take a ypotesis oseve esuts a accept o

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iar it aoringy. But it wa not away o unaeptale toegin wit te onluion an aept reut tat proe it. ooul nitger e erie for fining ink etween Oreran Degree tat nowaay wit our moe meto of trainof tougt m igt eem unaeptale? I t ink not e wa u inga l te meto an train of tougt tat were aai ale to iman eeme aeptale i n i ay.

nitger in a etter to Dai Flater of 1 Deemer

910, inquire weter e woul e interete in aing teegree of at Bui (at Bai) onferre upon im.reumaly y nitger. i Orer wa later re-worke ae Orer of igt an i onee wit Eate Religi�n awe a anient u t of Egypt, reee an Rome. A toug eaim memerip of no empe, it i unknown weter ewa onferring te egree wit i own autority.

e wa imelf an enigma. e el ran Rank in motmaoni orer (inluing ran tewar of te Mark Degree)an yet e wa exlue from many Orer for non payment ofi uription. It appear e eote a i ife an energyto i Maony an i reeare to te aolute exluion ofa ele. i ariou uinee fai le. e rept eletia yfrom employment to empoyment ometime on i ownometime for oter ut neer wit any great ue. A i

money appear to ae gone into Maonry an i amotoeie ol leting of great ook.e onate many e rare an expenie ook to te

IA Co ege in Newatle an eielan e wou aetraee ak an forwar to onon fairy reguary to attenmeeting of te ran Boie to wi e wa attae. e waa great writer of letter an I ae mu orreponeneetween i m an Carle Matier at Mark ran oge oer te

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F F Schntger Magus o the 0h

citger iite te Roya Ket Boie' a te aolute(aei t ot oereig) rigt to coerat e wa a prou ma i eiet i te coepoec

etwee im a Dai Flater urig citger lat yearwi lt iig at Roteram He woul't accept ay ki ocarity (ee toug e wa Gra ecretary o te MaoicVetera ociatio) a o Dai Flater employe' im oariou tak uc a earcig ewpaper arcie or cerai

reerece or writig maoic lecture or wic e wa alwaycreite a writer or co-writer For ti Fater pai im umup to £00 wic i ut keep im om peury He ioweer wit Flater wa away o uie ie i teirale Hopita i ee o 9 Marc 94 age

Due to Fater' aece tere wa o oe to arrage iuria or paymet a o e wa urie i a pulic graeumer 0 ectio U I o Bugreae Cemetery at a cot o

£ 1 9

e cot wa ater met y Dai ater a potcript citger i ae may auae ook jewe aoter maoic item tat F later wa wi l ig to pucae or teHalamire RI College i ee ut citger wouleer ell tem preerrig to make a permaet oa to tecollege oy o te coitio tat te loa wa to e keptaoymou tey wou e reture to ci tger i ee e amot importaty; o oe wo wa ot uitay quaie

(maoicay) wa to ae acce to te ritual etc o teariou egree to wic e ee ai Flater a touertake a writte Oigatio o te ariou extict Degreeeore te ritual were ae oer to im Al ti o courewa agree to a citger maage to talk ime out omoey tat e o eperately eeell i eect aelogig were pae to Fater o i at a mayremai toay te propey o te Ha lam ire Co ege atoug

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Th Pocdg of th God Daw Cofrc

some of e jewels ec ave fou ei way o o emaepace.o you ca see que ow icu as ee o piece

ogee a coee soy of is ma Fo aoug e ive jus 00 yeas ago a e a wea of we wo a i s mayequess of oos o laies ee is almos oig save iscoespoece w Flae o eae o e ma mself ae was a quie uassumig ma is ovious. a e was a geae a eseace s my opiio equay ovious. Heas le us a egacy of Occu owege vee wi eecosuce masoc egees of Kig a Coss aKg empla Pess. He e-iscovee e Haoimwogs a was a impa eemea of e goup ofiueia ies a spawe e eosopiss Rosicciasa e oe Daw

o Magus o mama? I mly el eve a Feia Ficge was a visioay a a ma we aea of is imeHa e a access o e facial esouces of e lies ofYeas esco o Maes e woul e a ame o e lips ofevey sue of e mysical ies of a ea I aso el ieve alac of fus eey peclue im fom a paicipaio may of e movemes of e lae 9 a eay 0ceuies He was wel l egae y Yae esco a oes.He was o covesa ems wi e es of Caes Maiee Ea of Euso (wo was pese fo may of cigesecues o Roya Ke Newcase) a aoug I ave ocoespoece E aie is a liely ecipie fo may ofcge s m ssves. o o I o o e eve e was a mamaa caaa o a sa o ma oo wappe up i is ow Ho iscwol. I eieve e was a ma of is ime a as is

uecumee ccumsaces allowe im o e e was a geafee e ale o coec seemigly isassocae facs io

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coere soies a teoriesI

st ope more ca e oaout te ma so e may tae is st pace amog temaries o tat age

F. SCHNTGER' S MASONC AFFIL IATONSCRAFTn aed Downshre Lode No 594 Lverpool 1 872oned ode De Lorraine No 54 1 1 883

Maser 1 892

oined Newcase pon Tyne Lode No 24Fonder of Delava Lode No 2568oined QC Correspondence Crcle was he LocalSecrearyROYAL A RCH Ealed Downshre RAC No 594 1 883oined de Swnb RAC No 24 883

Pas H h Pries (Z)MARK MASON Advanced n Norhmbelan Berwick Mark Lode I 1 888

Pas MaserPProvGSO Nhmber and DrhamPas Grand SewardExclded in arrears 900

ROY AL A RK MA RNERSPas W C Noah Nhmberland Berwck T IPas Maser Royal Ken Conc l T

ALEDPas Grand Seward

ROYAL SELECT MASTERSPas Thr I Maser Royal Ken Conci T IPas Asssan Grand C

RED C ROSS OF CONSTANTNEPas M P s Sov Roya Ken Concave No 1 52Pas Grand Hospaller of Grand Pararcha Conc lKn h of he Ho ly Seplchre of S ohn of Grandmperial Conc

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Kn Grand CrossK[GH T TMPARPast m Precepor Royal ent Preceptory No 20Ppo [ s Constabe of oumberland uram

K[G HTS OF MATAPas Pror Royal Kent Prory No 20

HOY ROYA ARCH IGH T TMPAR PRI STSPast Grand H Pes Commander Royal KenTabernacle T Kn Grand Commander of S Jon of Pales neMember Honors Causa of A Scots AppendantOdes Kn Grand Cross of Scoland

KN[GHTS GRAN CROSS OF TH HOY TMPO JRUSAM

Kn Grand CrossANCIT ACCPT RTPas MWSo Roya Ken Caper Rose Cro No 8

0ROY A ORR OF SCOTA

Ppo Senor Grand Warden of orumberland uramMember of te Grand ode of dnbur

SRAZelator York Collee [ 889Founder ewcastle Colee 890Pas Celebran Newcasle Col ee H Counc l 1 895Secretary braran of ewcasle Col lee

ORR OF R Admted by Jon Yarker 1 899n Grand Cross Cancelor Presered Successon1 9 - 1 9 1 6

GRA SCRTARY O F TH MASO[CVTRANS ASSOCAT[O

[ mus epress my ndebtedness to W Bro. Mark Fater Grandson ofad Faer for allown me unresrcted access to s

Gandfater's personal papers and journa s and for e use of copesof e same To te Po nc a Secreary of e Proncal Grand72



F F Schtge Mgus f the Nh

Lodge o Noubeand o allowng e access o any aea equesed and o al l e vaous people wo povded e w answeso y quesons e soy would been bae wou e

NNS

l One o a seies o bookles yped by C oo o hng s ns ltus All n e Lbay o Povncal Gand Lodge o

Noubeland.2 eaded busness saoney daed 6 Januay 1912 as edScnige en S Seeld".3 Copies by o. ones o Mebesp Regse o Downse Lodgesowng e daes o Scniges n aon AQC Volue 97 p 1 93. i e cabne dawe ul l o noes andwen by Scnge nPovncial Gand Lodge Museu.6 Deposon ong pa o C oo ookes see )7 e o was in e cella a Tapon Hall Seeld and belongs oe alase SRA was ul l o coespondence o Davdlae bu al Scnges ings wee ss ng.7a Th Gldn Dan Tlght f th Magans 983 A G ep22.8 Hand wen Cae aed and in e PovncalGand Lodge Lbay9 Copy o ee o ake o lae egading an

S A eeing o laes own collecon1 0 AQC Vol 9 1 p 7. Lecue gven o Royal Ken Kng eplaEncapen. n oo bookles see )1 2 AQC Vol 100 p9. 3 Copy o E Saues Ccua sen by lae o a llal as e SR A ebes w isel sgned as

GCE lse. Lee o R E Rowland X S M SA w

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cntgers dates of resgnaton and E adttance Vo 00 9 a Loose leaf fo o on te Kabbala n cntgers and 6 Vol 9 l 34 7Lectre to Royal Kent Kn g Telar Encaent n Bootcol lecton see ) 8 Vol 97 3 9 Vol 9 6-

20 Letter o Bro Red of atesead grantng cntger teatorty to refer to self as Cef Harod' n Proncal randLodge Lbrary Also de Vol 9 2)20a A Wate N Enylpda f mas 92 Vo 83- 97 Letter n te F ater co lecton22 Conred at Mark Masons Hal arces23 Catalgu of Newcastle RA l brary coled by V W FraterTreor tewart Also a wrtten nentory by ad Flater of booksgen to te Halasre Co ege by cntger dated ana 1 9 24 Corresondence between Mater Mark rand ecretary) andcntger regardng te workng of degrees at te te worked by teA led Conc Also de ncnt ccptd by Mandelberg06) Fro te deoston to te Polce nsector n te Boot collectonsee )6 Corresondence wt Mrs anet Haastngs eeld Cty Conc l

Ceeteres eartent27 Leters of recet to cn tger fro te Flater collecton

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N EXPLRAT N F TE ILLARS

A stuy ofteir Inner meaning

JON PRNOSR



I a pece of maoc ra e wo par a oo a eporcway or erace of Kig oomo' empe areecrie a eg mae oow orer a ey mg

o e maoc cro e ve oe orer of Arcecreare ao eeme o e very gfca a ee cera yeof com are arie o e ree ra Maer Nameyoomo Kg of rae; Hram Kig of yre a Hram earciec a of wom e power rig e iig of eempe. owever ee wo examp e of may m cae eikg mao o refec o e eemigy ovo error aao rac of e Myerie Freemaoy wa o exece a me a eier i ere ay caio aoomo empe wa aoe y ay of e caicaarcecra ye erefore ece o ook a e are ofe wo P ar of e emp e a o ry a o waever

co . I re o e r. Book of Kig Cap A came o pa e for year of oomoreg over rae a e ega o e oe of eLor.

A e oe wic Kg oomo for e Lore eg ereof wa reecore c a e reaereofwey c a e eg ereof ry ci

A e Orace e oe wa wey c i ega wey ci i rea a wey c eig

A e empe efore i (e Orace) wa fy c



The Peedgs f he Gde Daw Cferee

An w iti n te Oace e mae two Ceuim o Ol ivetee eac ten cits ig an wit a wing span o tencuits

It is teeoe cealy seen tat te Ceims eine a peectsquae te Oacle a peect ce an tat te Oacle e teemaining temp e loo in te sape o a cosssection tog aoue ce. Inee te veica coss-section o te wole

tempe is aso tat o a oue ce. oomon's temple wasuit to simpe yet pooun popons an tese popotionsave a unamenta esonance wit te Divine music anamony o lie. Plato sai tat aitmetic' was te stuy onume at geomety' was te sty o nume in space anta usic was te stuy o geomety in t ime

n common wit most ote visitos I too ave stoo anmave e at te see eauty, magnicence an gane o teot ic Cateas Yet wat I ave ai e to appeciate was tatte peection o te masons' at was in eaity ony te silveoi wappi ng tat sone te Div ine Cocoate. e wolepupose o te stonewo was to gloiy te sace space wicit containe. at sace space wic is oune y te samesimpe yet poon popotions an atios o wole numes,squae cues, oots an o cose tat Div ine Popion' o

oen Nme wic aons in te natua spials osunowes sea-se ls an o cellla DNA. us as we listenin awe to te peection o te acostics an esonanceemonstate y te Catea coistes, so too sou westan in awe at te amony an peect music o osympony o Ceation in wic we ae all as a note in tosecos

It is my e ie tat wi lst a te nmes in te Bile may

not e entiely numeical y accate tey o neve te ess ave7



An Exoraton o the llars

a vey eal igniicance an ecaue o my maonic inee ecie o look a e wo pilla o olomon' emple Wau i any ee i in wa oun leave o e eaeoweve i eem o me a pue coincience o no i oei l luae anoe ace o a ymolic ui ling

n i came o pa in e ou une an eigieyea ae e ci len o ael wee come ou o e lan

o Egyp in e ou yea o olomon' eign oveael in e mon o Ziv wic i e econ mona e egan o ui l e oue o e Lo

n ei inne meaning e mon ay an yea ae moe oo wi e unoling o egee o concioune ae ane l ieal pan o ime Ziv i e econ mon an a a l iealmeaning o aiance' igne' eauy' an oweing o

coming i no owe' i ignie e oweing o olomon'ieal an e eginning o e emegence o e liealmaniaion o e ola Logo in e emple nciena lly eemple wa complee in e mon o Bul wic meanpouing o copiouly ain' aunance an cangepouce y ain i al lue o e ime wen e emple wacomplee an ee wa a own pouing o e Holy pii ao a Bapim

n King olomon en an ece H iam ou o yeHe (Ham) wa a wiow on woke in a ane wa lle wi wiom an uneanng ancunning o wok al l wok in a.

e Maonc ai ion inom u a ee wa noingoweve in connecion wi i magnicen ucue moe

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Te Proceedngs of te Gol den Dawn Conference

remarkae or that more particuary struck the attention thanthe two reat P ars which stoo at the porchway or entrance ofKng o omon s empe"

For he cast two pars of rass of eihteen cuitsapiece an a ine of tweve cuts i encompass eitherof them"

An he mae two chapiters of moten rass to set uponthe tops of the p ars the height of the one chapiter wasfve cuits an the heiht of the other chap iter was fivecuits"

he text continues to escrie the ecoration of each of thechap ters as ein covere with seven nets of checker work anchain work an as having four cuits of i y work an two rowsof pomegranates each of whch contane one hunrepoegranates

An he set up the p i ars n the porch of the empe anhe set up the right par an cae the name thereofJachin an he set up the e piar an cae the namethereof Boa"

Boa means aacrity n strenth eetness in poweran miht I t aso ncates a cheerfu wi nness ; a richnessan power of thought as we as reat strength of character Jachin has a tera meanng of founation e wi setupriht an e sha esta is h his aues to a oyaty ansteafastness of character which resu ts from the open in up theconscousness to the ruth of o he whoe symo of

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An Expoaon o he P as

sows tat ony y te compete acceptance an aerence tote uprgt prnc p es of rut Power an te Love of o canmankn e rougt nto a state of unon or o sa Instrengt I w esta s t s m ne ouse to stan rm forever

e aso ea om Jerema C 52 tat te pars weremae oow an tat te tckness of te meta was fourfngers or a ans reat an as I ave areay sa tePars accorng to masonc traton were mae oow so

tat tey mgt etter serve as repostores for te masoncconsttutona ros an secrets. Yet reemasony was not nexstence at tat tme or was t? reemasonry an te esteMystery raton are ot ut on common mystery erockan ts for te most pa s te essence of te Qaastcraton ence t m gt we e true to say tat te P ars onee contan an aspect of te Mysteres ecause te empean a tat t contane was ase entrey on a practca

rea saton of tose e efse a so ea from Masony tat ese P ars were set up

as a memora to te C ren of I srae of tat m racuous p arof re an cou wc gave gt to te Israetes anfactate ter escape from ter Egyptan onage. But teyare aso symoc of te Pars of re an Snow om wcssue prmary manfestaton an ts s te frst nt of tatprmary aw of poarty an ter eep symoc sgncanceSoomon was a man of wsom an eeve n te un ty of tesky or sun go e otane muc of s ung materasfrom ram Kng of yre wo eng a Poencan was afoower of te sea gos. us Soomons empe was utwt a fuson of te O an New regons. It s not surprsngterefore to fn tat Soomon s te Par of re tat osom an tat ram K ng o yre represents te P ar o

Snow or ater n oter wors Soomon s Jacn an ram s 8



The Proceedgs of he Gode aw Coferece

Boa or i Plato termoloy of h rvim olomo the Pil ar of rammar of a laage a Hi ram t P lar ofoc Bt wo the M le P llar, tat of Retorc?

olomo et for a ma cale Hiram (ot Kig Hramwho wa very cg i the workg of ra However i ica atorte ame that it wa more ikey tat te aloythat wa e wa roe ecae oth metal were fo thearea we kow roe a amagam of copper a t ath et to me that H ram the archtect wa very k fl the e of the two metaic pricple i eera, rathertha the two pecic meta He co jge a mix tmeta l c poarty a therey et the maximm treth ramtherefore ta o the Mle P lar, that of eq irm a ifwe refer ack to Plato the Hram te architect i the P i lar ofRhetoric or that of Beaty (of the aae Hram tearchtect wak the me pat etwee te two plar ahow the Path tat we ot to follow, that of perfecteqirim Yet who, yo may ak wa Hram? iram tearchitect wa a wow o t the wow wa ot t of th iworl Hram i o ke y te ear he Kriha ae i Oir mrere a he or Lor e Crt. h tei the epth of the ymo m of te P ar

However let ret to the phyical pilar he heht

a crcmferece are meare i ct, t te tcke ive i hareath or pam f te crcmferece of 12cit i e to acertai the ameter the it y el a vale of3 8 cit t th of li ttle va le oter ta for the cetfcmi th te my attetio to te mearemet of a pam a ctioary of the Be a certa Ja of calo (aByatie writer of certa ate give a referece to temeare that were i e a i th work e ive 1 ct a

meari pa m i ce the circmferece wa 1 2 cit te8



A Eoato of the P as

th is was aso eqa to 72 pams an 72 is a very magicanmer the nmer o rons on the aer o Jaco; theorers o the nges an the nmer o Chese etc It st sohappens that i 72 is se in that ami iar schoo ay eqation oPiR then the exact whoe nmer o 23 . o what? I hear yoask

i nce a pi ar has two sies then the interna iameter mste 23 pams mins 2 giving 2 2 Eheyeh (eph I eh Y o 1 0 eh ) I n other wors the p i ars te s that no matterwhat the strctre o maniestation might e it is the power oEheyeh that ma intains an rns throgh it a an this is why theharmonic space o the othic Catheras is so sacre. It is this Ieieve which gives a vaae insight into the natre o theLightning Fash an ho an hat it reay is. Now there's athoght Yo might even consier the Cosmic Doctrine an

whether it is possie to have the three separate principes o theRings or whether they are ony extensions o each other jstook an poner on the cois o an eectric ight an thehe ix o DN here are no eep mysteries in this ie; there isitte that is occt; it is a riianty an openy ispaye inNatre - we ony have to ook

he P i ars stoo 1 8 ci ts h igh an were crowne y achap iter o cits wh ich makes a tota o 23 cits an gives a

tota o 38 pams I cit

pams). ince the iameter isa reay esta ishe as 23 pams the vertica crosssection i s 1 38pams high x 23 pams wie which gives the perect whoenmer ratio o the ength to the reath o the P i ars as eing to I his is the ength o the empe to the two Cherimthat stoo ike two Piars esie the rk o the Covenant anthis ceary emonstrates the simpe aws o proportion whichoperate as wors with in wors

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The Poceedgs of he Gode Daw Cofeece

e eig an circum ference of a Pi ar ao o anoerfacinaing maemaica reaion ip . I f e eig of 1 08pam i facorie en e reu i :- 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 08 .Facoring e circumference of 72 pam yie :- 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x3 = 72 e oa eig of e 38 pam yie - 2 x 3 x 23 =

38 e inerna iameer a areay een given a 21 paman i facorie o 3 x 7 erefore e exea iameer can

e ecrie a ei ng 3 x 7 pu 2 pam, or- 2 x 3 x (3 x 7

2 1 3 8 From ee figure can e een e funamena

reaion ip of e i menion of e Pi ar wic are ae one quare an e cue of o 2 an 3 in conjuncion wi eprime numer of 7 a numer areay ene y e numer ofne covering e capier. i reaioni p uc a ee aaoun in e o ic Caera an wic give em e fee

o f eing a acre pace. Ye o many a caua oerver, eegrea p i ar are no more an a coupe of piece of ra pi pingfrom King oomon mine.

I en ecie o ook a wa I cou in ou from enumerica vaue of e meauremen (in pam) of e Piar,in erm of wor aociaion Here i wi e rememere aa e Herew eer are ao numer, en i mu fo ow aevery wor a a numerica vaue

I nerna D iameer = 2 = Eeye

Exea D iameer = 23 Ce Y o He ife

Diameer Circumference = 23 + 72 = 9 Mem, ame,Kap, He Maka - e Queen - a ie of Maku.

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A Explorato of he P l lars

Diameter + eigt=

+ 8

=

Alep Dale Mem.Ayn Yo ame Alep e = Primorial Aam.

Circmference + eigt = 7 + 8 = 0 = Aep Dalet eRe = Aam Prim - a ggetion of Aam Kamon

ee can e l inke to give te tory ta t Go well wi tn all i Creation an t i m t incle orelve it i more iiclt

to mi Go tan to contact Him. en t Divine fe implante nto te Qeen ten a tre an royal Prnce wilemerge. imilarly it i only wen or own imperfect lfe iemee witin Ma kt tat we can apire to ecome a onewt Aam an ten a a cel in te oy of Aam Kamon It on ly trog l ife ere on eart tat we can e refine into afit an perfect a ar to e ncorporate wi t in te New emplewic eteal in te eaven owever tere i yet more to

e gleane -Dameter + Circmference + Heigt = + 7 + 8 Ayn ai e Cet Yo Yo Mem Ot Cayim E REE OF FE.

o perap te ol pecative maon were rigt aer allan ecret were inee enrine witin te two pilar of

Boa and Jacin epecia ly a te original ymol of te ree offe wa te Menora te even-rance golden cnleticktat too eep witin te oly emple.A egan tere may or may nor e any trt in any of ti, tI o not tink tat t can e enie tat tere are many manyecret an refective facet contane witn te acre volmeof te Ble tat are never reali e .

8



Th ocds o th God Daw Coc

ere is oe oter tougt a it is tis tat tere are tworows of pomegraates o eac capiter a terefore tere werea total of 400 400 is te vaue of te etter au te symolicetter of te Patway o te ree It meas perfectio aa competio of te reat ork us it is tat te pilarsemoy some of te primary Divie Harmoics wic strikete perfect musical cor of te speres a ultimately ea tote attaimet of te Perfect ork. e wil we resou witte music of o's Creatio a sta rm i a wit oforever a ever as prom ise y te two Pi ars of Boa aJaci

ere is a postscript to a of tis emiia a Hoiaramle a it coces a piece of music Music, I reaise, is avery persoa tig a musical tastes vary eormously ut tefamous Cao' y Paceel is oe of te est love pieces

a oe wic is wel kow y may e ass lie comprises8 otes wic are repeate 8 times wit o variatios Eacote i tat ass ie is folowe y tree sorter otes (semiquavers for te musica m is) us Bass l ie of 8 otes x x Bass repeat 8 times x x7 Eac Bass ote isfol lowe y semiquavers a terefore , oce aga i, tere i sprofusio of 's ' s a te 7

However tis is ot al. e frst six otes of te ass

sceme are tree pairs of esceig musical fouts' ( afout' is te 4 ote goig up or ow te musical scale) Youwill ave proaly forgotte y ow ut te Bile gave tegirt of te P i ar as 1 cuits wit a egt of 1 8 cuits is isa ratio of 1 1 . I f we egi wit Mie C o te musicalscae te te fi ote up, ' is i fact te fourt ote owi te sequece. I oter wors Pacies Cao is ase ote repeatig of te musica iterval efe y Boa a

Jaci Not oy tis ut a fu examiatio of te teme sows186



A Expoato of te Pllas

tat te full umer of fourts containe witin it are goingow followe y goig up to lea i to te repeat of teteme. Oce agai te same ratio tat is foun i te Pilarimensios will now turn to Netac a try to aance tisoa ram le

woul like you to come wit me o a sort jouey.erefore listen to tis piece of music in a meitative frame ofmi an wit your eyes sut. e ass teme egins an ere

is iram te arcitect stanig etween two tall goe Pillarsefining te sacre space of some great stral empe wicas yet to e uilt y morta as Firstly te walls are raisea ten graual y l ittle y l ittle al l of te oamenta masoryis scupture a uilt i a aout tem until wit te alcor a riliat raiance streams out of te oly of Holies ite East as ing on te gole sies of te two Pi l lars etweewic you sta

ow veture to suggest tat you ave just l istee to aexperece a secret of te Pllars of Boa a aci i amusca form e circumference of te Pillars was 7 uits atis is te frequency of te ote D' it is aso te key tat teCao was writte in an te rst an last ote of te piece.e P i l lar legt of 08 ui ts also just appens to e tefrequecy of te note ' wic is te secon note of teCanon a te musical interva of te f eow te D' trust t is m igt lea you to a furter exploratio of te mus ic ofte emple aer al we are tol at legt tat Davi was amusicia of some repute a al Solomo i was to converttat Dvi e music ito Dve geometry

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H E H ERARCH Y OF SOULS

Te aure fIer lae Cacs

OHN RNOSTR



Te ree f Life is a diarammaic represenain f e macrcsm and e micrcsm a as suc eesfr us e aure f Diiiy an e alance f e

perfec ma w afer al l as i was sai was made in e imaef d I als i l lusraes e ineracin f e frces eind a llf creai as we knw i weer i is a wic as is rsi e upreme Bei r a wic is mae y mral man ereal iy is a un less a l l f ese princip les wic are emdiedin e ree are perfecly maced en e srucure willineialy fail and is applies n maer weer is e eCsms e perfec alcemy f a seam lcmie r perapsee a deelpi ay w wen iale is aed

s a remider f e pracical releace f ese priciplesf e epir a realise e asic naure f any f eierarcies le us cnsier e ir and deelpmen f e

c ild accrdin e ree f LifeBefre e Beinin ere is Nin i is like ewm wic ress eer as a un iy ful l f nin sae iselfYe i is Nin emeres e i f e um I isin i iself u i s a leas smein in cmparis wawas efre udenly is penial is made ial y e inicas f d iie l i as e sperm peneraes is i and rinsi maifesain Keer e Crwn e Mna a cnainsas e acr es e Oak al l a is e fr is ind iiua l

e sae i s se e rd Le" is uered a e Beif e ay is calle fr creaed frmed ad made rue fur wrlds f Fire ir aer an e Ear f e maerialy

us es e ferilised um like e ac lie arre e surface f e rund and like e ferile frui e ial life

prcesses f Ckma drie wards fr is see ake ra ei rw ad full is asic peial as eedy e primal frm f Bia. Bewee e ir ad f



The oceegs of the Goe Daw Cofeece

epira i te portal called Da-at It a may cootatio;for example it may e regarded a a examiatio porta werete rad Overeer doe tat a ceck prior to takeoff; itao mark te oudary of a cage of tate for example teiterface etwee water d ice u i ti cotext if teovum i deemed to e viae te te vei of Daat i paeimplatatio take pace ad te exploive proce ofmaifetatio egi

Celluar growt reak out from te fourt ad expaiveep ira of Ceed Yet oce agai ti a to e cotro ed orele a erratic ad cacerou growt ca reult i cotro i gfactor i te i pricipe of eura ad it i ti wicreguate ad maitai te d ic ipl ie of te cel u ar growt itoit predetied form I ay predetied form" ecaue wateem to appe i tat te celuar growt i out teYetirat ic form of te odily ape tat pre-exit rater ike aad doe a gove i may well e cotrary to mot people'elief ut it i wel wort coideratio ecaue it awer omay tig tat oterwie are regarde a coicidece adalo egate te aumptio tat a particuar cel i ufcietlycociou to kow of itelf were it ould go u it i o y aaace etwee tee two priciple tat give a eaty odi lygrowt ad terey a ealty ay

ere i a od maxim tat ay aove o elow" adjut a two com pemetary pricipe mut reove ito a tirdo too do toe of Ceed ad eura i reolutio occurwit te ixt epira caled iparet wic i te poit ofperfect aace a cotro iparet i like pollo riig icariot acro te eave tat carioteer wo a a perfectcommad over eac of i epirotic ore ad of i veicleeow I te ymoim of te ay it i tat cetra poitio

of cotrol wic i te Cetral Nervou ytem wic ow9



Th achy f Sus

eelops a wic will eale te iiial to stee ispysica oy alog te oa of l ifeti at tis stage of life tee is total epeece po te

mote t pepaatios ae to e mae fo te t ime we teay's existece wi l l e total y iepeet e two picip estat ae cocee wit t is eel ae Netac a o Netacas a meaig to o wit a sese of competio a tefomatio of te ci ce a cyces. I te oy tese cyces ae

of eatig ciclatio igestio a aleit late olatioe piciple of Ho is oe of eeeatio a it gies teiea of fie tig a of ajstig o sycoisig te otecycic fctios Cosie we te ay is o ow tetempeate cotol seesaws a ow eatic te eatig isi s i s Netac i te aw state awaitig te e tig of Howic igs aot te steay state Now tese cycles a teiajstmet ae ot e o coscios coto t ate tey

ae goee y te ti piciple of tis tia Yeso tetomatic Neos ystem Heew Yeso is tefoatio a so iee is te tomatic Neos ystemwic is te foatio of te geea fctioig of te oyecase it cooiates te asic mateia fctios tat eepte oy opeatioa a eay fo o coscios coto l

Lastly is te tet epia picip le ca le Mat teKigom t is te pysical a elemetal cacass of te oywic is te maifestatio of tat pima see ow all geaep systems set a eay fo te stat of life og sticotaie witi te wom te eat is ow eatig teigestie tact is egiig to fctio a te swallowigeex stats; i ie te ay waits Yet stil te same piciplesopeate fo is t a space mae (te sey) to eceie te aya ae't te fist two picipes of te Fate a mote

waitig i potet ia to come o to te scee ae te it? e193



The Poceedgs of he Gode Daw oeece

same Dve aws operate over a over agai so let LIS owcosier te ourey of li fee ay is te kigom te perfect elemetal oy a

te rst actos are purely relexes tose of reatig a ofsuckig raually owever te ay egis to react to all ofits sesory iput a egis te process of learg a of eigaware tat it ca o tigs as well as mapulatig its paretsis maipulatio is te rst sig of te evelopmet of te

egocetric cil were everytig revolves aout tat cila were te malaces i tat cl's persoalty sta tosow temselves us accorig to our eviromet so weu l up our psycological Fouatio - Yeso as we costructour ow persoa it Priciple Ou ext step is oe ofeucato of leaig a activatig our itellectual faculty;our eigt Priciple of Ho Followig tis comes te extstage tat of aolescece a a feelig for te isticts ofpuerty as te cycles a isticts of te sevet Priciple Netac come to coscious operatio However wi lst tesemark stages of growt tey are always preset trougout ourlives a tey must e always kept i alace For example arewe tikers wo always act from te itellect lettg te mirule te ea? Or s our actio take from our isticts afeel igs witout regar for a logical course of actio? I f Ho isout of alace te isoesty a falseoo is clearly see ite i iviual te e tuig is out of focus a ot oly tatut cosciously so a we l ie ecause we wat to O te otera if te operatio of Netac is ucotrol le te lust ruleswere love i efore

e ci l evelops to o ly maturity te perfecto of tepysical form a te iv iual is or ougt to e i completecotrol of te oy Here is te sixt priciple amely tat of

paret of Beauty of trut a of tegrity is is were we19



The echy of Souls

are ee to ae reace pyica aturity a we we ougtto e i carge of or l ie a wel ale to eark o our owcruae. e ext pero i tat of eary ile ae we terei til te rie to ake a ae for ourele i te worl atill a eteriatio to callege for te top. i i te age ofGeura ut te callege for te poitio of MaagigDirector graually leel off ito late ie age tat ofCee. Cee ark te tie we tere i a realiatio tatal tat a ee poile a ee acee ere i ow aitti ack a itea of te grapi of Geura tere iow a gig ack wi t a geerou a ecouragig a of apero wo a aciee i goal .

Da-at i we we get our firt glipe ito te igerworl w ic i arke y our rt cotact wit eat perapa paret or a o ler relatie ie. e coe te age of Bia;

tat of early olage we te pero look ack at teir l ife aegi to forulate teir ow piloopy a teir owuertaig of te irectio a purpoe of ter life.Uertaig ay ee uectie ly ery eay ut ow aycoul oety ay tat tey coul ow te ept ofuertaig of te V irgi Mary a e watce er o eigcrcifie i i te ature of real uertaig F ia lly terecoe te olage of Coka we te pero egi to ie.

ere ay well e reeatory ae of iigt i te cloigtage of life a eat approace a te cloig reat of tial l ife ark te paage of Keter. e Bei ig a teE

t i tu tat te Diie Priciple operate ot forwara ackwar ey are i reality o traigt forwar a aoe excellet teacer put it e Law of GOD are o ipletat a a to coplicate te to uerta te" a o it

i wit te ierarcy of te er Pae te priciple are195



The Poceedgs of he Gode Dw Coeece

a way e ame i i u e cae of e power wic arieaccorng o e wor in wic ey operae

ere i an o maxim wic ay aoe o ieow" an in e ig of we can ge a cear uneran ingof e naure of any ierarcy y an examinaon of our pyicawor Inee you wi ao fin a imar pan of eeprincipe in any of akepeare' pay wen e acor arecompare wi eac oer

erefore e uman ierarcy in e or of ia ourpracica an pyica wor can e caiie omeing ike e worker wo operae w e principe of Makuare peope ike farmer garener an mner wi eexampe of e prncipe of Yeo wou incue acor aneauician. Ho mark e wrier acer an rcker aniee of e wor wi a ari mucian an eigner

are exampe of Neac . e principe of e oera conroof ipare are or ou e oe exercie y e cairmanan epamen uperor; e pr incp e of eura are oeof e pocemen, oier an guar an oe of Cee aremercan ocia worker an cary operaor uc a e eCro e operaion in e ee of anoer wor wc woue aocae wi Daa wou e e uner-coer agen eLaw maker i an exampe of Bna e inenor an pre are

exampe of Cokma an I uppoe a e poiion of Kingor Preien mu e an exampe o Keeree exampe oweer, wi uraing e erarcy

of our wor ony gie a cue a o ow e prncpe operaein e ngeic an iger wor Our uman exampe ae aea ome egree of concioune an can ery oen exerceome conro oer emee an eir operaon. No o enge c power ey are pure funcion eoi of any wi an

concioune an operae a a rier in fu oo un eir196



e erar of Souls

acio is ermiae Herei lies e roule cause y eamaeur ivoker of ese forces we e or se acs ou e parof e lio amer wo ries o work i e ark ese forces areeasy o rouse u almos impossile o rese ack o eirorigial posiio a alace. us all wo wa o play e parof Go mus realise a avig isore e Cosmos o suie ir ow es o maer wa e suppose goo was mea oe ey mus e prepare o e i y e reu swig of e

peulum If you ik a you are safe e rememer a epayoff mig o e for several icaraios How may of youmig sill e payig for e ause of power i e ime ofAlais? Cosier is a o you si l l wa o repea e samemisakes? Eve Crowley issue is same waig we e sai- Do wa ou wi sal e e aw - Bu e prepare o pae price

Always rememer a you Ivoke a Agel a a

cojure is wa you o o evil spiris Do o ry o ivoke avil spiri or o Cojure a Agel ecause ey are simple soulsa are very easily cofuse a e you will ge more ayou argaie for. A is poi I am mie o poi ou aAgels ave eir ow meas of commuicaio ey speakEocia w ic as is ow grammar a syax wic is aouas easy o uersa as e ore ialec of ero-Croa.uckily for al l of us Dr Jo Dee gave em a l l a cras course

i Herew a Eglis sory aerere are a wole os of various agelic powers wic are

well ocumee i various pulise ooks However, caremus e exercise ecause oe mus ever eeve all a oereas or a every ook is oall orre. For example youwoul look a rig fool if you poe for a axi o gosomewere a a aeroplae lae i e roa ousie Iseems o e a e average A-Z irecory of e Agels is

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The Poceedns of the Goden Dawn Cofeence

aout a aurate a te Railway imetale Aoterufortuate example i a ivoatio to te eig agelLumiel tat a ee prite reetly i a Agel Bookwi I uerta wa opie from a lay' work y omeoewo faile to uerta tat ti ame wa ue a a frot forte rea agel power woe ame i Luifer oier teeimpliatio Alway rememer tat tere i a impe rule

oeig te amig of Agel a tat te rt part of teame erie te futio wile te eo part eigatetat apet of o uer woe ill te Age operate. uBarak, pelt Bet, Re, Qop, meaig Ligtig wit YEL(Yo, Alep, Lame) meaig Ofo' axe to te eyiel te Agel i Power of Barakel (Bet, Re, Qop, Alep,Lame), l itera ly meaig e Ligt ig of o

e Agel are ai to origi ate from te weat of te Four

Holy Livig Creature w are ai to rule te four level ofte worl of Yetira. ee four level are terefore rule yte Ma at te top a te troug te Eagle, te Lio a teBul at te ottom Coutle Agel are forme a aregroupe ito te priiple of te epirot i ti Yetiratiorl a tee groupig ave a ramati effet o our iveu we te power of te erapim - evura, are i teaeat te a atio eome uffue wit a geera moo

of Puritaim or rigor a for exampe te rigiity of te oloviet Uio. However, we tere i te routie wig of tepeulum a te power of te Camalim gai teaeat te tere i a geeral expaive freeom for all tati ow ee to o way i te ew Ruia.

ilt te uma example of variou jo jut relate tote geeral ruig of our live, te work of te Ageloperate at te atioal or gloal eve of our exitee. eature of te Arage owever i Com i eir oe are

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h rachy of Souls

fo e oe of e galaxes an us amae s e funcon ofCosmc sc pl ne an ye ecause s funcon n omn pesenougou ceaon amael s aso e conoe oe efuncon of e suaomc pacles Mcael wo sans npae of a s gen cage oe al of e oss of enges ecause e aso sans wn Kele of Yea aneey n e Cown ofYea

n s sceme of funcons wn Ba ee aeoe gea engs an ese ae neee ecause emanenance of al Cosmc alance nee a genea feeack anconol e cangels opeae fom e Pas an ewe wok soey fom a pespece ey opeae fom puepncple an oal ojecy ee s eefoe an InneCouncl wc s somemes cae e aces wo neesleep an s e funcon o ma nan ec conac w e

ncangng ol of lu an o communcae eknowlege of e Dne Pan an nenons oug eols o anapon. Mcae an ae wo opeae fome Mle Plla ae pa o s eam an anapon woeses a e Malku of Ba e pae of Yea ane Kee of Maku oesees e manfesaon of eseeces

r suppose a r mus acknowlege e exsenc of e

Negae ee wee ese al of e e l enes. e ee sexacly e same n sucue an s cowne y Lucfe alsocale aan e Del Beeeu apome Mepsopelesan O N ck . I ae o say a I somemes wone wee eealy s e emomen of el o us gong fo e eco nRge s Thesaurus n w L s name mean ng ceecOwl s ue easy o see wy am go so of e n faouof Ee

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he Proceedngs of the Golden Dawn Conference

hee eman howeve one futhe apect of the heachyo the Inne ane whch nee a caefu unetanng fowht we genunely nvoke the changel fo the potectonfom maefc entte thee ao the po ty of nvokng theowe wol epeentatve of the vaou nne counc fothe guance an atance Invokng vaou ngel c powewhoe functon we o not eally know angeou ut thecontact wth thoe eng who have toen the path whch weae fo owng can e of geat help Howeve fu l y to unetanthe egee of evouton attane y thee nvua we mutcone the evel of gowth acheve y them wth ega tothe ee

Mot Eaten ath have alway accepte that the cycle offe an eath ae epeate ove an ove agan an t wa onywth the Conventon of Ncea n 38 D that Contantne la

own the atcle of fath a we know them now whch enethe eence of encaaton whch foun n the JewhMytey taton of the Qaalah the eock of ChtanMytcm h fe mak ut one cyce n a whole multtueo cycle fo a mentone when eal ng wth the apect of they at Yeo we hou not confue the ay wth an nnocentnvua ee an oe ou once agan n a ay' oycaue f you oeve the eye of a ay who ut a few ay

o you w ee the eye of a peon who mot cetanynnocent an cetany not a ay hey ae the eye of omeonewho know yet thy ae ao the eye of omeone who oettn

ne eat tenet of fath that eveyone o equa anth tue oweve lfe how u qute cleay that eveyone not o equal an th ao tue hee no uch thng a aaox ony two tuth whch ae munetoo heefoe

what ao vey tue that eveyone ha exactly what they2



he eahy of Sous

ee atog it is rarey wat ey wa Now cosier wae Qaalistic raitio els s ere are or aspects o eacperso a ese are

e Di ie park tat essece o te oeawece we origiae e Eoltioary el e sytesis o al or pasies e Icaaory el e persoaiy o e cre

le4 e Pysical Boy te pysica orm o ecaatory el

Drig o ies we make may mistakes wic ae o ecorrecte a we aso make some goo ecisios wic wiesre some cre i orer at ese aspecs o or ies cae aresse ere is a posea process were or ieactios ca e assimilae mmeiatey aer ea it is sai

tat te iscaae eig as tree ays o eac itsecompletey om tis pysica plae rig wic ime i is a iey to wac oer ries a relaties a o say ose iaarewell s e i is sow a ery q ick repay o is l i e eoreeig gie a perio o res a ere we are remie o emasoic reply rom e Jior are o e cale romlaor o reresme a prot a pleasre may e erest" er is perio e iiial res o aalys alie y wacig e wole o i rame y rame as og osome as ciema scree ere te perso sis i gemet oimse a assimiates e lessos eat ese lessos areasore y e Eoltioary e prior to a rer proecioio maer i e ex aemp o priy e preiosymaieste eiatios a so i is at a o or imperecioare graaly tre p like te rog asar ito te perect

asar o masoic traitio I e Jewis raitio we are a20



Th on o th Gon Dan Conn

oe ce te oy of te pima ma - am Kamo awe we ave pefecte ou ow ce we ca te take oupace te Divie oy a we evey ote ma a aoeace tat tage of pefectio te am i compete aGo eo o i Hi Dv ie eecto

i te pat tat a of mut tea a it i te amepat tat a of te geat age tougout time ave toe ai oe to ueta te eve acieve y ou cotact it i

mpotat to compee tei egee of attaimet i quite ovou ecaue te at tig tat oe wat to o iaveety to ummo up ome uccuu wo mateiaieito te amai fom te Roe a Cow - tee o way tatt wou go ow we w t te wife !

We qute atuay aume tat we ave a eaoaecoto ove ou peoaite a ae quite ae to act fompaet. We i' t t wat a of ou tai ig i fo? fea

tat eaty t i ofte a euio a a fatay ee i aee i evey epia a wete te actio i takig pacefom te ipaet of ipaet o fom tat i Yeo o eveMa kut I wi ow eave fo you ef jugemet. ee aemay wo act fom te pivota pot of te egoceticpeoaty a tee ae may moe wo ae ti waitig fotei pycoogica i ito Makut a t i ceai y put te vea attaimet of te pycoogica Kete et aoe te

p itua Kete - to it pope pepectiveWe wi eg a eve wt Makut a ak te quetio

Wat i pycoogica it? Peap te wo wakeigi te et iea ut we mut ao coe om wat ae weawakeig? Wat i uma cocioue? It ot oy ic uete miea cocoue of it oiy compoito ut aotat of te vegetae a aima eve a a of tee ave toe expeiece a uetoo og efoe we apie to wat

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may e ecrie a uman concioune t tereorereaonae to tart rom te vegetae evel ere te peron leaing to mater te a o te impet orm o lie motproaly tey are te very young oul wo are ut eginningteir incaatory ive. An examp e o uc a peron migt e aoret native a eing wo lea te a o eeing imel oprocreating an wo recognie own territory. On te oteran Karma migt orce an niviual ack to ti eve torelea a leon orgotten; uc i te ate o many a trampInee ome tramp ave unk eow te vegetae ecauetey ui none o te criteria o vegetae man an ue teterm man in ti context ut to mean a memer o omoapien ey cannot ee or oue temelve atoug teym igt ti manage to copuate V i it te loca pu an tere youwil in many a vegetae peron; in etween te pint or

errie tey eat may work

raw enei an ave ex uttat i al tat tere i to teir live. Now animal man not onyinclue te vegeta level ut a te ae menion o aocia parameter i i a worl to e manipuate to one'own avantage. ere i a ierarcy to e expoite a wit packanimal Oerve te eaer o te pack in te pu cu amateur committee ere i anima man n a i goryowever out o te m i l ion o our population tere are many

wo egn to ak te quetion o am I"? an t mark teeginning o teir awakening to te level o umanconcioune an to teir pycologica irt i mark tearriva at te epira o Ma kut at te na ir o our jouey oecent to acent an t can ao mark te paing o manymany l ive an terey unre o year in uman e.

e eve o Yeo mark te pycologica nant At t evel we are naturay egocentrc; te ony ting tat reay

matter i Me ut we we can e very oeient like a cil20



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we ca aso e ey maipatie so as to get o ow way tis ee o attite to ife is goee y te excamatoyog wat ee is excitemet i eeyig ew omate wete it is a ew ca ess oiay o o. How weook fowa o te B itay a Cismas pesets - ow weoe o e Psycoogica ifats How we ejoy tese altoys. oe aspect of tis ee of Yeso is a epeecepo someoy fo psycoogical spp a tis paetsstie ca e ayoy fom a piest o a aayst o ee agop a especiay occl gops ee e sstitte oesot ae to e ma i ca e e sige peso wo iseote to ei ca o og o oe wo cosatly emas ecigaete ipp e e ge-ai o e peso wo aways seekse appoa a paise of ei fies Hee a Yeso ae foeaes of may wy cases ey ae tose wo ae o

Hmi l iy wic is te a -mak of ipaet So efoe eaigeso xamie yo ow eactio o ciicism. el if i is aacio te tee ae o pies fo ealisig s wat yopsycoogica age eay is is is Yeso a tis is wioto ey ami ia go to most of s

o a e ciloo age ig psycoogica esposeswic ae agai famiia is is te age of te expoatio ofo e iome a i oe o esa it we ask cotess

esios fom o ees a fies t tee is a commoea at emeges a is is a a we o a tis eel is toso acts is is e cassic case of e peso wo eas teook a kows it al o iks ta ey o we i eaiyey kow otig. How ofte wo we commi osees toe cage of e piot wo as ea ee ook o yig wo as o pacica kowege? is psycological cioois e ee at wic e imagiaio a te eams of fatasy

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Inner Counl an yet elee tat we an mofy planwt ome aate layaout wo a tll got more tan own prolem? Can we onetly ay tat we know o uaout anoter' Karma tat we an nterfere wt tat peron'lfe wt te elp of a total an peree prtual tranger?at upreme arrogane t really Coner te followng group worke a magal rtual to promote ealng for one ofter numer It worke o wel l tat e reoere uffi ently to

leae tem te fol lowng note ank you for g ng me tetrengt to ommt u e

t ow we want to nterfere? f t ten forget aoutte erary of te I nner lane an go ak to te Ou a Boaran ak to te leel of lfe w marke y fear w waat one tme te all-mark of Malkut eaue tat te leelfor you. Coner ow fear rule one f not all of te tree areaof lfe at work at play an n relatonp e oey eauewe fear tat we mgt loe our jo we fear tat we mgt loewen we are at play an we aptulate let oter wll no longerloe u. e le n fear o we le n Malkut yet we tll wantto noke o know wat an ten to talk wt t

t t pont t w onerng wat o manyMa lkut-oun oul tt ae tren o long to o an tat to ommunate wt te ea an get ome nner elp Frtly

tere prtualm w now eem to ae een taken oery many weet ol lae wt tat loely lue rne wo anertanly make ontat wt a loe one wo reentlyeparte. Howeer wat one uual ly ear Ye Mael yourle ery appy ere on te oter e" ne forMael ut lttle elp to you on your eolutonary quet n lfetrange too How noone ak te really prong queton l keHow ome eery oter prt a Re Inan?" ow eonly

tere te Oua Boar ut t a een le to ommen t



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le yo ae ito playig rgy footall wit te icaatea ig te Boar for te all t tey ever play y tele e tere i eomacy t aer pi l l ig oe eer overte a te etitie are ally more rk ta me I atogt tat I m igt ty cryig t col eve mater te aof keepi g te olfi ot of te way

Latly we come to Necomacy. Now ti i morepromiig ecae at leat yo ca ta i te mile of yorpetagram rai yor wor a comma omefortate to give p te iformatio a to wo i goig to wite ra Natioal No loger o yo ave to ag aro aope tat omeoe iteretig will appe to pa y yoreace wic i jt a well ecae ooe of iteret i evergoig to p teir way trog al l toe Re ia ayway

oweve for toe wo really wat to ak for elp te

te level of era ark tat level were tere i aoectivity a a ertaig of karma were te way toet it al l i oer are fo. Howeve at ti level tere i moreee i a total prity of gemet icrim iatio a aiciivee tat pee to te very eece of ay mater like arow cleavig te air Here are te warrior a eroe wowill ie for teir cae t ere are alo te ealot a igotwo mt o everytig y te rle a y wat te ook ay

ee are toe wo will iciively cleave yo i two wit aperfect ojectivity i f yo ak tem to o o; t l ike te tory ofi awai a te ree Kigt .

e age of Cee i oe of expaivee. e kig ito i roe a tere i wamt a raiat eeficece to al l te lovig a of forgivee i forever extee ot jt tofrie t alo to te wole of maki ogeter witea ti i te level of te leer ait a aept t a

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Da-at is at te ete of te taspersoal tria of iaCokma a iparet a gives iret aess to te pirituao of Bia. ee tose of te rea mystis wo ave tataility peeive tose iger worls. I use te wor peeiveeause te Briat orl is formess a tis auses so mumisuerstaig a iuty we te mysti tries totraslate te expeiees ito a form" tat oters are te aleto uesta. owever sie Daat is ot a epira it ougt

ot to e ilue i tis seme or ave a paiular evelesigate to it. Istea if te epirot wee to e ikee tote leves o a spira stairase te Da-at wou e te lookigup or ow toug te etral stair-wel

it Bia te pates of ife ae see lai out ot just ytemselves ut wove ito tat glorious tapesty of existeetat ags efoe te esee is is te evel of toseiiviuals of Destiy a at tis level we are i te ompayof our ay May.

e evel of Cokma igs us ito te opay of teaits a ages ere is te true wisom a te revelatio ofat Perfet igt ta ilumiates all tigs o oger ere iste ark glass eee ere oe is ut a sigle step away foavig oes ame ale y te oy Oe ere we wai ortat summos wi ommas us to ise up a to walk witim so tat aer oes pefete egeeatio we migt restwiti im a e i us ere i Keter we reig wit osupeal Crow oe wit im a im wit us

I wi ll ow eal to you some wos of te Egis Mastere tells of oieties Fraterities a Oers a tey ave aistit eatiosip wit te tree iger wos Fisty teoieties (ssia) wi ae similar oly to straigtforwastuy goups; seoy tee are te Fateities Yetira

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ome who ae initate into the Mytee an latly thee aethe e uch a the eat hte oge Bah)he Mate of whom we pea have no phycal plane

exitence an a you pictue them they ae al imagination note well - not ay that they wee imagination a theMate a you pctue them hat we ae you cannot eaean t a wate of time to ty to o o ut you can imagine uon the ta Pane an we can contact you though you

maginaton an athough you menta pctue i not ea oactua the eult of it ae ea an actua he Mate a theyae uppoe to e in popua eoteic thought ae pue ctionut a ong a you have a concete concioune you w ll haveto e the ta to each the atact."

h extact theefoe gve an exact level eache y theMate fo ememe ah the phyical wol anYetiah the wol of mage ut Bah fom le an thengih Mate ay qute pecicaly that we mut ue thewo of Yetah a a meetng p ace Now cone the level atwh ch the pi tua l t wo wh ich y the enton of mot ofthe contact mut theefoe e in the wol of Yetiah an notnythng h ghe

Now pemit me to contnue with the Engih Mate whowa canone in 1 9

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eetng m y Bethenhee ae a nume of eng on the Inne Pane whohave come though the oun of humanty an who haveno nee to ente nto ncaaton agan. ome of theeyou ca Mate ut thee ae many gae of them othat the a nc uive tem nne Plane epti i poi y awe expeon he Beng of whom am gong to

pea ae a human I ha not pea of cean emote



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ge who ae no men an who nee hae een heInne Pane ep o he hman k n ha ome hghmany naaon nl no longe neeay hhe eeopmen o onne lng he ah eheeoe aong o he gae an he paaeoe nee h ehe ee o ey a o phee ohey eman, no nee on Eah whn oh o How o hey eman n oh? hey o o y a ey

emakale an age long yem o elepahy whhahe en meage no he onone o manypeope on Eah o a n he ae o he mem hey anen a meage n a onno ow an keep he whleona nea o he Eah o a ean me. I hae ahee ae many gae among he Inne Pane ep anyo m eale ha a o hem hogh hey have nohe nee o Eah eon ane hoghnaaon l hae nee o eolng hemele neen way on ohe Pane hee ae many m oevelopmen o hem whh I anno wel pon now oaly peakng hey may e one a a n Planeay I n aon eyon he Eah hee ae evealh ong o he Inne Pane Inan whh aMae ha aken o h ee gae he Inano o gop ae haow o hee gae hee a ean lkene hee amng he Mae I e hewo Mae hee eeaey who hae eahe aean gae on he Inne P lane hen opy hemeveno ony wh he genea helpng o hmany aowh he pea wok onnee wh he oe ehnevoon a hey how hemee n een one.h Mae have a wee aea o Naona eaoe o hem omeme a whoe nnen ae

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t ne r partcuar pere wrk. ere are agreat Aept w l ive upn te a in te rinary wayr a certan tme n rer t teac certain apect trut Rup tener wa ne uc an tere are cure ter. But ununatey a en appenwen te Aept ive n art n a pyical y ipwer crrupt m an e al yu w ll a l knwgure n ccu t itry w i l utrate tat tatement

It a en een a tat ceain Mater an Aept aveeen uc an uc a wel knwn trica gure n anncaatn Very pily tey ave een ut yu mutrememer tat tere i anter pi l ty namely tat te p rt te Mater r Aept may wel ave wrke n a veryevelpe pupl an ave een ncrprate in tat pupil'

mn an prit tat t may gve al appearance anincaatn tug n act it wa nt ne. ten ur gal an tee are te leve attainment

te great Mater w ave walke ti way ere u i wy uc great teacer a te reek Piper are very mpant ecaue teir experence ie an tewm tat tey can mpart t u rm te wer eve teunc n g . e ect ur ncaatin t regenerate

an perect ureve an ny wen we ave ne ti can weer ervice an e any ue t te nner Plane. Anytngee an a we are a e cannn wc wreak avcerere rememer w yu eek t cntact wat i teirevel atta inment an ten l ten t wat tey ay Never taket a gpel trut ut examne t an weg it up ecaue anytuent can eaiy e eceve y a maec entty w i nlyt eager t atc n t an entu iatic amateur n te ne an

an y te ntrun te clratin i wn pernal ity n2 2



Te erarcy of Sos

or ce we soul always see e preco M cae a is oys

is ten s my view o te ierarcies o te Iner anesan our coacs a it eoves us to rea our coacts wi erespec tat tey eserve an o accep ay amose atey may irect at us. Ever rememer tat wen approacewi umity eve te greaest of powers will e as gel a

e lgtest stroke o te arists rus. But i approace wiarrogat prie ten te pressure of tat artsts rus w e assrong as te power o e aomic om.

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A vodg e ages o/Ceemoa agc

NDRW SHNSON



Le me pu a proposiion o you: uppose we ink of isworl as a scool a scool for erran uman eings anerefore ailor-made for our o eaviour; a world

conaining all manner of ineresing ings an proviing manyangers - al l ere o simu lae our m ins wi ls proviingpunismens for e careless one of wic is early emiseHowever is scool of li fe' is no e same as e scool weknew wen young ere iscipline was impose y very

visile eacers wereas in is scool our eacers are unseenan discipline is of our own making e are free o learn or oile wi e nee o keep our oies funconing as e onlycom pulsion (ry o sop reaing ) e are free o argue gkill o e mos supi or poinless ings play wi our oysor jus eave aly or learn o grow up Bu growing up ise prime reason for our exisence ere an I imagine anyeffor in a direcion will prove invaluale wen e ime

comes for us o leave scoolPeraps i would e eter o descrie is worl as ourUniversiy i relucance I would ad for our generaleaviour is no etter an a of a group of very smallcilren wo ave ye le lea ow o play ogeer inarmony nsead of a eacer and a c lassroom we ave wa iscalled our personal guarian angel siing a our soulderInvisile of course an ank goodness For if a ymn we

love o sing a Crismas While shepherds watched their ocks night is correc we oo would e flled wi migy dreada e sig of an angel i ll we casually menion eing savedy our guarian angel om some errile accien. I is also saia an angel of e evi l sis a our oer souler is I oufor we are quie capale of oing ad' ings on ou ownaccoun wiou any el p Paricularly oay we seek o lamesomeone or somei ng else for our own supidi y



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Not tat te guaia agel oes muc usual ly t w l l makesuggestios a place oppotuities i ou pat ut we ae toousy playig w t ou toys to take otice o ismiss tem witte tougt "1 oud not do that! " t s oly we we payattetio a actively seek to gow up tat te agel caecome a eal tuto Muc of ts avice is to get us to expaou oios to scove wat we CAN o a ou l im itatos.Ou ouaies ae vey muc fute away fom us ta we

tk. pactical tems te jos we ca o aou te omeae vey vaie. Useful we sometg fails o a atuay igt essetial if te wate stoage tak spgs a leak at teegig of a Bak ol ay! But we ee to kow wat to o.

Havig suvve te yeas util ow ca assume tat weave all leae to avoi may of te sks of tis mateialwol. Fo example we will appily st i a ca tavellg at amile pe miute suoue y fa too may ote vecles alsotavellg at tat spee coet tat all ives ave ecevetaig a passe te v ig test Does tis clue joy-iigcle? Yet we kow tat it takes oly oe ve to losecocetato fo a momet to cause a oeous accietwhih oud easiy invove us. ee so commoplace aeacciets o ou oas tat oly te most seous eve getepe y te meia Of couse it w l l ot appe to ME !

f ou oes ave polems we apply sum t tem to teskill of sugeos wo we assue ave a te ecessaylegty taiig a wo will ale tei scalpel wt apecisio a elicacy of touc selom fou tese ays ote walks of l fe. e eact wt oo o tose ae occasioswe a ogus peso fools te osptal autoites ito al lowig im (t is usua ll y a ma) to pefom sugey oweve moe oweve t comes to tigs of te m i most seem to e

appy to goe te questios of taig qualiicatio talets.2 1 8



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it I tee ay I woer wit te cloure o o may curcewilt toe tat uctio eem too oe to oeretertaimet' rater ta worip e meitatio part i temot icult a it purpoe i to trai our m i to cocetrateo a particuar ometig a to keep out al extraeoutougt i take a log time to aciee a a our curretworly ema i or itat eerytig te cace are tatwe tur to ome ook o te uject a may uc ook are

a upericial owrigt mieaig epecialy toe otrey curce ookta l eile a epu ook areaailae a it i our uty to guie we uc oppouityarie t lat te leaer i makig a real ta a ere teguaria ta to make it poitie cotriut io

For rea meitatio iole ot quieteig a teopeig te mi to te power Here oe ee protectiorom te eil power a I tik tat te guaria mut e

proiig tat protectio i oe' eary atempt Hopeully teoice wi l l oo appreciate te ee or poit ie peroal eoeore tartig to meitate I t i a pity tat mot curcgoer oot appreciate te real igicace o te geuectio wicwe popery carrie out proie a geuie peroalprotectio Not tat it origiate at Rome or i itee to ete ig o te cro e actio i extremey o wit wor iakrit e ig ou e mae wit te tum a irt two

iger o te rigt a toucig te e mai cakra poittaig wit te oreea I ae itle iea ow to prooucetee wor a ue a gi tralatio wic I ope i eareoug to te oigia - Unto hee - art the gory thetrength - and the spendour - throughout the encircing ages A U " Oter will preer erew Lati or reek a I eeure tat ay are acceptale proie tat te itet i tere

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e gaia wi we te oice i ea itoceappopiate ook o ty I ea mc talk aot cace ttee tig ae eieate e eio a etemie oicewi l l e ae to aciee a coieae aace aloe - aiee a ew all oe mok a aciee lcommio wit tei ie ele witot cotact wit otema eig e et o eqie te itecage o ieapolem a ecoagemet wit ote o te Pat o we

eek ot a opUotatey tee i a at age o Gop ma otem p io a ome eciely ageo. I wol wat tokow ometig o tei tack-eco o at eat tat o teleae eoe ettig y mi to tei pactice omeytem are ae o oli oatio a ae geiele ligtee a me o tei meme

Let coie ow te Gen awn o te ppoe o

ti ape I wil igoe te wo o wat wee te myteioFalei A pege et a at matte i ot wocotite wat o wy o ow t te resut. A te eltwa i l iat It wa te iea eicle o te eoopit o teay to make a eal peoa aacemet towaeligtemet e wee eqie to wok a to wok ai oe to make poge. Alo tey wee e i act Dilliam y etcott poay autoratiay as anyeia atitione were austoe to eain in teiiy ie. o log a e emaie i cotol e kept te otei ceck. Natal ly te tem wa ot peect otig i - tit atie te ee o te oia meme a ome o telig o l ' i icate e owee te ome Oce oceim to eig om oce i te Oe te eio meme elot wi t oe aote a te Oe iitegate . O te ace

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eo uoutey te reatet aer to a eotericmoemet ecaue t a oti to o wit oute force'a eerytin to o wit our awe uma nature.Not eeryt i wa ot oweer for oe memer aoterDoctor of Meicie peae ote Dr. Roert Wi iam ek i etup a empe i New eaa oter autoritatie fiure it irecore tat e i ot eitate to expe ayoe wo eiatefrom te rue or wo attempte te atra work outie of teroup' reuar meeti. Hi wfe' compreeio of teytem a er i i uertai were reater ee tai o tat we te Doctor ie te Orer ecame eetroer uer er eaerip. H auter y i rt wifea ie wt tem i te Orer iee wa e care yer fater we e mae at t to Ea. u e waae to take cotro a maita te roup itact after te

eat of Mr Feki. Howeer oce i auter ie teempe tarte to pit up ito factio a witi a few yearceae to fucto . e tory of te Ware Ra empe i afaciati oe ot te eat of wic eit i te icoeryof te oor eain to te ecret iner aut' y te preetower of te oue a coerae tme aer tey a moei. I ae rout ao a rocure wc you may ofiteret atou te uject i te ife a work of te arcitect

woe rt impat work wa te oue He wa oe of teirt recrut to te Orer i New eaa) Wit wrti tiPaper I wa et a poto-copy of a capter of te atet ookaout te empe puie oy i Hoouu for ae i NewZeaa

e ode Daw wa ot aoe i meeti ti proem.ee ay a ee eoteric' oraiatio come up aaitt proem ooer or ater. Ee our o-etaie

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hey oo ae eoec' o magcal hough paye anacamen appy fo u he Chan Chuch nomalyfoow he yem ue y much eale elgon woh aef exam naon o ee wha we can ea fom hem

F of al hee he ulng oom o aea conecaean e apa fom munane acve Conecaon whehemple o elaoae pove he na poecon Bu heeng apa fom onay acve an egula ue fo

wohp whch enghen he poecon un hee anamophee aou h mean ha only he goo' o wh emagc' can ene leavng all uneale elemen oue heSevce whehe ugcal o ee' ae egne o a heown moe poecon whch n me aoe y wall am o eng oely pule when ac of wanon ev vanalm (eween Sevce) o no eem o mnh heamophee' o e egee ha fee can e mue -

n ally fo he e of eaon - y avenuou pe whoaa o no eale he mplcaon. ehap you haveencounee he Chamac aye Meeng vey nfomalfee an eay ponaneou peakng n ongue' ec whcha well u en n ea n many nance he eaeecome eue y ealy ucce an ecome e wh aene of ecomng o choen pophe n a l he nance have come aco he peona ego ahe han oue foce

a fau fo ou ego a ough cuome o ame an engwhn he poecve envelope exemely cu oeacae. hu Jeu' exhoaon o h cpe o enyhemelve an o ecome a evan An o u o vefo humly an o love o wh all ou hea mn anengh

woul ake anohe o eemne whee he ne hou eawn conceng uage of he conecae place ohe han fo

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Sees Ceay no am as een one y a peomane oHanes Miah o a Mysey Pay. No ave ee een anypoems wee e plae as een eonseae (an use assaes o soeouse o example) eoe eng e-onseaewen mes wee moe avouale. Mos esoe ogansaonsoe an ues make use o onvenen Halls. Wa aouem?Mu epens on wo as onol o e Hall I s s eogansaon onee an one an us e Commee alw ll e we l sua ly owee e Hal l s onol e y oesan e engs Commee may e une pessue o neasee ena nome. How mu amospee' o you nk woulman ae e Hall a een use y a mae sppe pay? (Iae ea o mu wose uses) eeoe weneve n esges ou a goup soul always sa w epoeon' ua. I ee sue a a ee on n ose pasw a ow an aona pesonal poeon u o youeguay mpess e mpoane o s o oe memes oyou goup?

I ae menone e angels o o an e anges o eel We en o oveook e ype poay e mosangeous eause so unpeale. ey ae e mps eseae unonolle an seem o possess gea elg n ausng

mse among umans. ey ae ey ul o aseaway' an one s no on gua ey an upse any o al oones aeu aangemens One mg o nsane eelpeely seue ns e a ng o penagam - u an mp m g an ege en one's ak an le n oule On oneoason we wee us ng a w e o s ens asene ogeew a saey-pn We soppe ou wok wen we sense asomeng was wong an soee a e p n a opene

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he Sege Perlos he Dangers o Ceremonia Magic

a te ci ce oke. (I accept tat we ou ot ave ue ameta p i ayway.)Beig ucotol le tee imp eom caue polem o a

egula ai Peap tey tie of a paticua goup o umaa go elewee oly to eappea we te uma ecomeovecoet . ey ae vey icul t to ai fom te goup.I kow of oe pace wee tey cogegate i coiealeum e a te tak of aiig tem i eyo ou tegt

o we avoi meetig tee Meitatio fo itace i uttelyui e if oe i cotatly o gua agait m icief-make.Ealie I metioe taiig e kow tat te ole Daw iaage i a legty eie of tep ceemoie tage tateo egee wit tet efoe oe may avace to te ext igetep. ee i a coue of wok to compete efoe eac tet ait i ope tat ti i maitaie fo all wo eek avacmewiti te ytem. Fo we ee to poge oy we we ave

matee te wok. I fuy appeciate te fuaio fet yome wo tei poge paifu ly ow. But we ao aueta at a iffeet pace fom tat of ou fe ow a I akyou to ea i mi te toy of te ace etwee te ae ate toie. I peak a oe wo po vey lowly aleit aloga mytical pat atiece I fi gow upo oe a avatagewe i tac oup! Peap tat too i a apect ogowig up'.

avig welt upo potectio a taiig a pacietoe execie we oul ouelve cloe to te iviepak witi a ecome awae of tat mal voice wicavie epecialy we we awake i te moig. It ouecome ou peoal potectio waig u of ageouituatio a aviig u to witaw we tey aie I i oeoug to ely upo te eveyay emotio of fea. By cotatee i te ultimate cofiec i oe guaia age ou

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we ever ea e fal tes of te ayss altoug very fewmake ta mu progress ad e oly aer a log ad dultag maly foud te Oret Neveeless we souldlea to ust tat agel ad to reogse s voe

at te are te dagers we fae we we ope ourm ds to te o-materal or ger worlds? F st of all tere se dager of tryg to ru efore we a walk s s veryudersadale; we ae osous of our moralty ad ws to

progress as fast as we a te exerse of paee s dffultwe we appear o e makg pogress. e powes w l swlys ap us dow' ad lose a partu lar pa - permaelyee s o seod ae'. Peraps oe s seekg to eal as k peso ad oe's frs effs are rewarded. f so we soulde study furer efoe makg aoter atempt e ooks ofl e Ba ley are eommeded.

e ere s e takg up of a pa w appears o eexg Yes ad rsky would say tat e greater e rskse more oe sou d stk to toroug ra g step y step ewoud o k of gog mouaeerg a srage loaowou srog oos ad a expeeed gude plus waeverequ pme s osdeed eessary. Nor sould we veture uposu a ge pat uprepared. fall from e egts s muoe pa fu a a sumle amog e foo ls

oer dager l es our ompaos. at s oes realmove for jog a group? eretly ad proalyuosously may seek POER Power over oers powero foe peope o do oe's ddg I s a uma araersto exel o sad ou from te row ad ere are may waysy w ts a e aeved w eet o oety gea l But s urge rgs wt su udesrale as prdearogae e. deed ese are usually e ause of e

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clu whch plt when cetn meme ecme oveenthutc ove ognc metho eventully focng themgtte to ntevene. n ny eotec wok the only popepowe otnle powe ove one' lowe ntue wch getly to e ee n pect of gowng up. F nl ly thee poeon, lthough th e mong enle n hwokng goup o nvul. Exocm eque hghlytne pecl t n houl neve e ttempte othewe

My pcul concen out te olen Dwn e n theey cce of t tul to the pul c t lge n the pul ctyuounng ech new ook on te uject. Unetnlypule eek to pomote te ltet ook y gmmckwhch m ght jut eceve menton n the popul pe, le l l Unfotuntely thee e mny gul lle people oun whowll e peue to uy o oow fom the locl ly ucfolk o not e ny wng o cl me. hey ten to n

the ely Chpte teou n tun to the m le o en hopngto n omethng of el nteet. hey wll then ttempt towok the tul they fn wthout ny of the fegu vementone. On the ft occon they my well fn ttmultng Befoe long howeve, tey cn e n vey eoutoule. wl menton two uch toule known to me teconhn only ( .e not th, o fouth, o hhn .)

he fome of thee concee goup of thee men hey

h enjoye evel meetng n wee keen fo moe. On th occon they h h few ee no t mny, ut enough togve them th t to wok tu l. hey emle n oom onte econ oo o Vcton tenement lock Openng theook omewhee ne the en, they foun tht two weeeque to wok t whlt the th went n coe to mettehe th mn cme to wh lt n the poce o u lng one ofthe othe out of the wnow. Fotuntely he not let go

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tee was onete elow ot men wee use ut alie.ey seem to ae leat tei lesson n te atte nstane tee wee tee men an one woman.

tey not appea to ae a any alool. ey asseme onte goun oo of a ungalow an woke tei tual eyten went into te gaen ia te too se wee tey ol eteaious spaes foks et ey mae a smal one an tempoeee to op te youngest man of te goup into piees

wit te gaen tools - a iu t task f tose tools wee aslunt as mine ae ae w te tee sat oss-legge aounte e singing soly ey mae no attempt to u te oyey a mae litte nose (no seams fom te itimappaently) ut a neigou eentuay notie an ale tepolie e tee wee aie away stil ossegge anooking lke omes One potogap was taken an sown onte News - teeafte tee was a omplete lamp own y te

utoties w emains to tis ayNee emin you tat te Rosuians of ol espeially

te emsts (wo wee so oen a usan-an-wife team yte way) wen tey fet te nee to ommuniate in witingisguise tei wok in fanful stoies an in omplexagams so tat ony tose fo wom tey wote woulunestan en pnte an in sma numes tei wtingswee aefully istiute so tat few opes ene up n teans of te pofane (an geey) pines

ese ases onee te olen Dawn o aiations ontat system H owee woul not l ke you to tink tat su aeonne to it o to systems of tat type eious polems anaise wit any esote system wose ituals get into te wongans ee is a uent polem inong a mysta systemwee ey aane ituals ae eing woke y a smal goup

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doing In fact te rita are on too ig a eve o e afe forany eteer now aive and ave never to my knowedge,een attempted previoy Yet anoter grop i ceerfyworking on a corrpted verion of a Frenc qai-maonicytem e effect pon tee peron i not yet known, norte coneqence to teir famiie and friend Pli and edamned i te cry. Ye t wo i damned? e poor mttwo tcered teir companion? at aou te ator a

ator, wo p ace c materia efore te mtt of t i world?Ony over at weekend I read an aric e waing tat tecompete detai on ow to aeme a ncear om are freeyavai ae on te nteet wi t tere i a triving ack marketin Rian pltonim ppying fanatic eveywere, epeciayin Nt Korea, ran and raq t eewere too. I t i ow ociviiaion i to end, not trog ome ateroid from pace ttrog or own tpidity? ere i an intereting Upaniad

wic decrie wat may we ave een a ncear war in wati now Nortern I ndia many toand o yea ago and w icmay we accont for te many myterie of te pat, inc dingte dden advance from primitive exitence to tecnicaexcelence eyond or capaiitie in gypt and Centra/otAmerica Ony, we eem incapae of raiing anyting to atmore tan a few year.

ee a coniderale nmer of ook on dipay it

teir content cod not detroy or civiiation do wonderwat damage twited mind cod wreak trog tdying ateat ome ce Pa a woe ag of primed grenade arond agrop of c ildren One i ond to p l ot te pin .. . . at fn tand we cear

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HE ENGISH ROSICRUCIAN IMPUSE

Te Roe ofte SRIA te Weste Hermetc Tradto

TRVOR TWAR



Some Beginnngs

Before the emergence of the Societas Rosicruciana inAngia on the cutural landscape there had been hints ofa more or less continuos Rosicrucian tradition in

England and these have been chaed many times I suppose thatthe most comprehensive and sympathetic of these acconts hasbeen that of A E aite h Bthhd j th 1 924) he del ineation of the story has been done so wel l thatthere is no need for that work to be repeated now

But at the outset would l ike to voice a concern about theuse of the word tradi tion" in the s ingular n the est it was atthe beginning of the Renaissance that the idea of an unbrokensuccession or chronology of sages or custodians of aphph nn began to gain acceptance and this wascontinued down to the eighteenth century when scholars suchas the German Pietistic theosophist Friedrich ChristopOetinger (702782) began to introduce the somewhat wider

term phh c into the idea (by then commonyaccepted) of a s ingle body of secret h idden primordial tradit ionof divine truth that was being kept alive and pure among themembers of isolated circles who were devoted students of theoccult" and who handed this body of doctrine to the ir careful lychosen sccessors when tey udged tat the time was right Butore perceptive more recent studies of Weste intellectuaand cultural history (eg ntoine Faivre's Acc t Wtn

Etcm 994) have shown that the story is far from beingso sim pe that there have been several inter-weav ing strands ofteachings not just one and that there have been gaps intervalswhen the successions have been broken not continuous ndeed,the anonymous author of uzt Gchcht dRnuz ( 784) emphasised that the true' Rosicrucians inhis day had long ceased to operate as a united body t is a factthat a gap of about 140+ years of any kind of Rosicrucian'

activity existed to separate the original European manifestation(i e the publication between 1 6 1 4 and 1 6 1 6 of the Fma the



Confessio and h Chishe ohzeit) and h fondng of hond Grman manfaon D God-und Ronkrzr n .

1757 And h ha bn h ory of h Roruan'ndny. I ha bn an approah o ornvgaon/udy whh gand urrny and om may vnam noory; ha vnay fan no du; ha bnforgon for a fw gnraon ony o b rurrd bynhua o arhaoog who hav adapd wha raof formr ah ng hy hav bn ab o rrv o hr ownpurpo. Byond om obvou bographa onnon

bwn ndvdua hoar who hav ravd arond Eropor orrpondd wh ohr of k mnd hr m dr vdn of a ar apoo' uon n h a aod up o now

Th who u of h pob orgn of h SoaRorana n Anga probma h ruh may burd n h arhv of gh Coun brary n Londonand promng ha h rn rfurbhng and doraon

hav rvad ohr unxpd raur arady Morovrohr u may ao b found among h rord of h rSoy n Ed nburgh Som of h ary h or of h SRAmnon ha hr wr prvo grop of h hoar nondon and h draw anon o for nan Dr. EbnzrSby M D d 1 800) n h New and Colete Ilustation oftheelestial Siene of Astolo ( 1 787) Fran arr n h TheMagus (1801) and Goffry ggn n h monmnaAnaalsis ( 1 86) who a mnond h xn of groupof hoar whom hy am o hav fnond orporay nondon and whh grop hy ab a havng bn Roruan n pauar gn rfrrd o h av ofa Kabba Co g of frmaon who wr prdd ovr bya jwr Johann Frdrh Fak d I 82?). Aordng oWo n h isto ofthe Soietas Rosiuiana in Anglia(1900) hr wa an arr Dr. Samu aob Fak who a md

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ae eurgic pwers and w was cnneced wi asmewa sadwy Fraeiy' . Te Abb Pierre Fuir a s

gae deai s f is smewa myserius gure w is saed ae d ied in Engand in 1 782 . Mackenie, in is Ryl MsnicCcldi 1 878 quing frm e esimny f a Germancrnicer, Arceni a ad been pubised in 1788 andfrm Ceaier de Rampsn's mirs refers weer, apssiby differen Cain Cemu Fak w was an acieRsicrucian' eader in Lndn fr mre an 30 years.

I is nw mre r ess esabised, weer a, wie

ere may ae been isaed indiiduas w pursued eirresearces in eseric maers ane ere was n Sciey fRsicrucians peraing nainay in Engand befre e mid ae- I 860s Accrding e ms recen narraie f efunes f e Engis Sciey T M Greensi: Histry fSRA ) 987 ere was, weer, a sma Scis Sciey fRsicrucians, mneisic in uk, based in Edinburg anded by a prminen freemasn Anny aye w was edir

f h Scttish Frsn Te rigins f is Scis grupare si sruded in mysery bu sme effrs ae been madereceny seek u e rigina arcies and crrespndencewic may reea mre f e cnnecin wi Germany andEngand Te presen Secreary-Genera f e Scis ScieySRIS made a quick ceck rug sme f e arciamaeria a were easiy and and ese reea a surprisingdiscrepancy e ie daa a is cnained erein cnradics

Engis surce maeria and wud seem indicae iniiay aeas a ere was n Scis Sciey prir 873 I wasny aer a dae and fr ree subsequen years a e rsEas f Scand Cege me in Edinburg and peraed undere jurisdicin f SRIA! Ceary a f basic researc in enw scaered Scis arcies needs be undetaken sn inrder presen a ceren narraie and a sysemaic aempsud be made cmpare Scis daa wi a aaiabe inndn

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It s nown however that entry nto ebershi of thisearer Enbrgh-base gro was liite severely to those

who ha areay establishe their erit with retations in theaaei joal isti or lerial rofessions It aears to havewore n ine Graes arrange into three Orers or C lasses eahof whih ha its own rital Ths strtre realls that of theneoosrian boy whih ha florishe briey throgh theGeranseaing as of Eroe n the ate eghteenth entrne the nae of De Gol-n osenrez'

The graes of ths anti-nlightenent oveent' were

(1) nior; (2) Theoretis; (3) ratis; (4) hlosohs; (5)Aets nior 6) Aets Senior (7) Aets Exets (8)Magister an (9) Mags The Orer ay have beennternationa bease an 805 sore las that there weregros eetng in Geran Astrian Dth olishotgese Maltese an Syian ities an that its sevenMagi were lvng n Egyt ersia Itay Sain oanGerany an Englan owever a reent oentator on its

ativities Christoher MIntosh (in hs ose Coss and the Ageof eason Eghteenth Centu oscucansm n CentalEuoe and ts elatonsh to the Enlhtenment 1992)onle that these largey nsbstantiate las ay havebeen st roagana esigne to iress rosetive ebersrather than a tre reresentation of the atal state of affairseseally as the varios onteorary estates of the totalebershi eg that ae by the seonyos

Chrysoh ron' in 782 an that of ohann Chrstof ol ner in1 785) vary so h

There were severa other arallels between the earyanfestation of the Sottish an Engish Soeties an thsrevios Geran henoenon

One of these was the reqreent that Caniates forebersh ha to be freeasons on the sositon erhasthat not on ly wol they have rove their re ab il ity alreay n

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matters of ritua and the need for secrecy but they oud havebeen eposed a ready to a body of quasiphi osoph ic and mora

teachi ngs shrouded in symbols and al legories hich they couldnot encounter or eperience in any of the ocial churchesHence the likelihood of their being receptive to fherinstruction hich the Order' might impart as assumed to bemore guaranteed

A th ird para e l as the requirement for members to adopttheir on Latin mottoes This not ony carried historicaloveones (thereby lending a kind of historica authenticity) but

also helped to reinforce members' perception that by enteringinto membership and assuming the responsibiities ofcontinuing the ork of the society' they ere indeed becomingseparated from the rest of the unenl ightened orld outside hoould remain in ignorance

A fourth parael as the heavy emphasis hich bothbodies placed on e aborate rituas hich ere markedy Pietist icand Christian in their recurring imagery as ell as having a

close association ith some of the traditionally Kabbalisticdoctrines

A h paralel as in the F irst or Jun ior' Grade hen theentrant stood ith his arms outstretched in the centre of a largeloor covering on hich there ere four concentric circlescoloured (from the outer) black hite yelo and red inausion to the successive stages of the alchemical rocesses:i.e utrefaction Albation Gradation and Rubifaction On thesecircles ere depicted schematically the various traditionalzodiaca and alchemical symbos This is something similar tothe presentday SRIA Zeator ceremony

A sith ara le l as the fact that the nine Grades ere keptdistinct ith signs recognition ords and cyphers restricted toeach; their tites ere amost identica; intea communicationas alays donard and the organisation as severely

h ierarch ical 3.7



The whole seqece was dedicated to the progressiveidctio of alcheical kowledge ad to actal laboratorial

experietatio the etire corps of teachi gs beig caref l iterwove with P ietistic Gostic ad Kabbal istic featres btiterestigl i the prese coectio the Fih Grade sed adiagra of the Tree of i fe' aite 's jdgeet o this Gradewas that for the cadidates it was a great ad hol evet". Thepreliiar teacig which accopaied the diagra of theTree of ife' calls to id SRIA's Fih Grade eavig hisfellow Philosophi behid the cadidate for advaceet ito

the F h Grade etered ito a ew pledge to the Order - oewhich he was advised wold bid hi throghot a threefodseqece of cereoies or stages Ideed the Adept Gradesfored a broke seqece soethig which is echoed ithe fact that their opeig ad closig cereoies wereidetical ad that othig c i the for of sperior occltkowledge was coded to cadidates i the S ixth ad SevethGrades other tha their separate sigs ords ad phers.

hat is cear however is that the ephasis of the Ordersteachigs i this secod grop of Grades becae phiosophicaad theosophica l. Mebers' so s were to becoe div ieltrasfored b te regeeratig i iatio of the ol Spi riti ch the sae was that base etas cod be trasted itooble oes i the achei st's laborator

Althogh o ritas of the Gera Orders ihth Gradehave reaied extat aite sees to have had access to soe

aterials coceig it (eg i Th Bthh f th �yCrss pgs. 45 7 & 4 which led h i to dge that i passigthrogh to that Grade, the Rite's ephasis was sddelchaged fro a sboic alche ito a profod stical oead this cals to id the abrpt acceleratio' which is eatto occr to a adidates eve of spiri tal it whe he is gratedet eveta l ito SRIA 's preset Eighth Grade.

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hae mentoned these paaes n so much deta becausethe conguty s so dstncty maed that t s pobaby that

Macene s testmony that the moden Roscucan Socetyof Engand [had been efomed upon the bass of the ognabody" Royal Masonic Cycopadia pp6 5f contaned moethan a gan of tut The conguty s not eay a tatsupsng of couse when we eca that n addton to the 856 souce mentoned a eady thee wee yet two othes ght y ea e pub sed esons of te tuas and statutes: tepseudonymous eson of Magste Panco entted D

Rosnuz in sin Boss 78 and te anonymous esonof te tuas Di thotischn Bud od zwit tu dRosnkuz 785 . L tte s pesona nances wee awaysmted and the cas on hs meage esouces wee age andcontnuous (see e.g. Macenze's ette to F G wn dated 9p 875 . . he has so many ons n the fe t s mpossbefo hm to eep them a ght." Wh e Lt te may not hae hadenough money to nduge hmsef wth the puchasng of a

compehense coecton of such souces Woodman suffeedno such estcton as hs huge bay whch he bequeathed tothe Socety's gh Counc testfes

Accodng to Tom Geenss Histoy oj RA t was theEdnbughbased Socety whc on 3 ecembe 86admted Bos W am James Hughan ( 84 9 and RobetWentwoh Ltte ( 84 878 nto the Fst and Second GadesThey wee not the st ngsh feemasons to hae been

accoded ths pege fo a Bo Wam Spence ad beenadmtted nto membeshp n Ednbugh nne yeas peousytte and ughan both eceed the Thd Gade on 4Febuay 867 and Ltte (pesumaby aso eceed h s FouthFh and Sxth Gades at about ths tme n 6 Mach ughanwas pomoted successey nto the Fout F and SthGades n 8 May Ltte was futhe adanced fom the Sxthto the Seenth and fnay to the Eghth (o Magste Gaden I June ughan was gen hs Seenth Gade n peson and

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ie was aorded is Nin or Mags Grade in abseniaaer a same year Hgan also reeived is ig and Nin

Graese only eplanaion possible for is rapid promoionrog e enire seqene of Grades is a i le and Hganinended o fond a similar Soiey in nglan as soon as eyold an e ois aoriies were wiing o failiae eepediing of is plan

I i s no srprising, erefore a e inagral meeing ofe nglis venre, eld in onon on I ne 867 wile

Hgan was in dinbrg reeiving is Seven Grade, wasaire by ie wo appears o ave delared a e oer sifreemasons in aenane en were now Zeaores in a newRosirian oiey of ngland. He was, of orse, eeedMaser-General b e aso assmed e even grander ile ofpreme Mags sory aerwars e posiion of MaserGenera was iniially o be sbe o anna eleion by emembers b a of Spreme Mags a posiion wi did noen appear in e Sois Soiey, was no an ile eld aoe nil is early dea in 1878 dring wi perio isinene in deermin ing e aims and genera araer of isnew Soiey was rial Hgan was aorde e posiion ofSenior Sbsie Mags in 868 e seven wo were presenen elee ea oer o varios adminisraive posiions foreample a Bro Bss was o be e reasrer-General and a

Bro rner was o be SerearyGeneral bsripion anGrade fees were se and e By-aws of e new Soiey were obe draed by a iny sbCommiee aired by ile of orse

Wa is ineresing is a alog is newborn nglisSoiey was yonger an is ois onerpar, ere was noWarran graned by e laer o ie and gan o legiimiseeir venre gan i obain a sor of Warran daed 1 5 ly 867 i .e si and a alf weeks aer e inagral meeing

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Little deeloped an obsession for studyin occult literatureand accordin to Westcott he became an adept student o the

works of the French occultist lphonse Louise Constant i.eliphas Lei). He personally proposed many of the earlyspirants into membership. He edited and larely wrote thequarterly joual for his' new Society which was entitled heRoiruin and whch was issued from July 868 unti l 874when its title was chaned to he Rosiruin nd MsoniReord a chane wh ich sinied perhaps Littles desire towiden the circulation by includin articles and news items

wh ich he juded would appeal to a wider readership coursethe chane in focus was probably forced upon Little because thenumber of SR members at that stae would hae been toosmall for the enture to be worthwhile from an economic pointo iew.

he idea of startin such a publication or such a smallSociety not only displayed a remakable ambition on itte'spart bu t al so showed hi s eclectic interests in i ts contents ne of

the rst series to be included were the Chronicles of theCiceronian C lub' a ctitious roup which was claimed tofunction under the presidency of a Frater Mysticus ie Littlehimsel and which was conceed with the systematiceamination of yptian and Persian mystery cults theraicles on esoteric subjects included one on SymboicLanuae by a Fra W Carpenter one on Church Symbolismby a Fra S l lum and many on the Kabbalah by a Fra G Felt

n Little 's early death Dr Wi ll iam R Woodman ( 8281 89 1 ) a eneral practitioner rom Stoke Newinton became thesecond Supreme Maus - an oce wh ich he also held unti l hisdeath e had co-operated with Litle in editin heRosiruin from its inception He also contributed three o theviue which are sti ll issued to Zelatores on their entry into

membership: NoI ,

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he Zeaor eriae o hh oens on eSPI RO and No 4, hih roides a asnanoenary on BRAIS Perhas one o s oerioran onrbuions o he enera e o he Soiey as obequeah his enire eensie oeion o books o or enueus o he ih Couni Library I s ue o say a dur nhis e he haraer o he Soiey as haned ro beinerey a reaiey sa, London-based and ondonorinedrou o one hih had e bennins o is resenineaiona diensions

ia eso 848-195 aso a enera ediaraiioner and he Coroner or arous disris o orhondon or oer hry years as he hrd hoder o he oeo Suree Maus e as anoher enhusiasi beieer in heaidy o he Rosiruan yh as e ben a skedKabbais and suden o heosohy o ony dd he akeonribuions on esoeri subjes o soe o e eary oueso s Quatu Cnatum e Vo 6 893 1 1 6 On

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