Golden Dawn Blog by Frater Yechidah

Issue 2 of The Ruby Tablet, compiled and edited by Darcy Kuntz, has been released. Check it out and donate if you like the material. Contents The Secret or Mystery of the Rose Notes: Sephiroth and Hermetic Brothers of Egypt Skylight Press Notes on the Astral Light by B.N. Acle Golden Dawn Research Trust Ritual of the Fratres Lucis (concluded) Rosicrucian Order of the Golden Dawn Allocution for the 2=9 Grade of Theoricus Ouroboros Press Alchemy by Parabolanus Forge Press The Tarot: An Antique Method of Divination Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Books Magical Aphorisms of Eugenius Philalethes

Francis Israel Regardie earned fame and notoriety when he published many of the rituals and teachings of the Golden Dawn, heralding a new period in the Order's complex history. In his book My Rosicrucian Adventure (since republished as What You Should Know About The Golden Dawn ), Regardie shared his views about the preservation of the Golden Dawn system by sharing it with the wider world. "...it is essential that the whole system should be publicly exhibited so that it may not be lost to mankind. For it is the heritage of every man and woman – their spiritual birthright." It is difficult to say what would have happened if Regardie had not published his book. Some temples closed their doors, while others continued relatively undisturbed. Yet it is largely through Regardie's work that most modern Golden Dawn students came across the system, and it is also mostly through Regardie (and Crowley) that the Order's teachings have permeated the wider Western...

Into the Aethyrs of Enochian Magic Review by Samuel Scarborough (Published in Hermetic Virtues , Vol. 5, No. 3) Enochian Magic – whether you are talking about Dee purist, Golden Dawn, or something different, there appears to be no more “sexy” magical system or magical mythos within the Western Mystery Tradition. There is something that just attracts most people in the esoteric community to Enochian magic in one way or another – whether those people are seasoned magicians with years of experience or fresh faced beginners. The latest entry into the field of Enochian magic is Dean F. Wilson’s Enochian Magic in Theory . There are several books on or about Enochian magic at any one time in print and available. Some are sensational books filled with lots of inaccurate material written by people with little or no practical magical experience, especially with Enochian magic. Some of these books are just rehashes of earlier books without much effort on the part of the author...