Golden Dawn Blog by Frater Yechidah

Volume 2 of the new Golden Dawn journal series The Light Extended is out now, published by Kerubim Press.      CONTENTS - The Evil Triangle: The Role of the Inverted Triangle in the Golden Dawn by Frater Yechidah  - The Equilibration of the Four Winds by Samuel Scarborough - The Vibration of the Divine Name by John Michael Greer - On the Lunar Occultation of Venus And Planetary Integration Through the Hermetic Arts by Jaime Paul Lamb - Greek Gods in the Golden Dawn by Soror DPF - The Four Elements and Their Implements by Jayne Gibson - Ma‘aśeh Bere’shith: A Jewish Treatise on the Heavens, Earths, and Hells Translated and Introduced by J. P. Feliciano - As Within, So Without: A Golden Dawn Perspective on the Relationship Between Divinity and Humanity by Chic Cicero and S. Tabatha Cicero - The MacGyver Golden Dawn Temple by Frater D - Astrological Dignities From the Neophyte Knowledge Lecture by Frater Manu Forti - On the Rose and Cross on the Membership Roll by Frate...

A common question asked by those new to the Golden Dawn system is how to come up with a motto. While there is no step-by-step process, there are a few guidelines that Candidates might consider: The first is that it should represent your spiritual/magical aspirations. Therefore, you should consider something positive, and consider something of an overarching goal. Your motto usually stays with you. For example, even when someone takes a new motto at 7=4, they still keep their 5=6 motto (at least within the context of an order). The second is that it should be in Latin, Hebrew, Greek, or a similar language traditionally employed in the Mysteries. You should generally avoid a language you will be speaking every day. Latin is traditionally the preferred choice. It is ideal to keep the phrase short, with perhaps four or five words maximum (though a single word can also be used). The third is that you should spend some time meditating on this, looking through dictionaries, dire...