Golden Dawn Blog by Frater Yechidah

Volume 5, Issue No. 3 of Hermetic Virtues has been released, containing the following excellent articles and reviews: + The Path of the Chameleon: Golden Dawn Color Studies by Sandra Tabatha Cicero + The Lovers by Harry Wendrich + Spiritual Development by Frater YShY + The Elemental Weapons of the Adept by Jayne Gibson + A life magical and rich - review by Samuel Scarborough + An invocation of Binah by Samuel Scarborough + The Book of the Concourse of the Watchtowers:  An Exploration of Westcott's Enochian Tablets - review by Lauren E. Gardner + Restoring the Goddess of Nature to the 1=10 by Nick Farrell + Into the Aethyrs of Enochian - review by Samuel Scarborough + An invocation of Qadesh Aphariel (Perfect Spirit) by V.H. Soror A.A. To obtain a copy, click here .

Peregrin Wildoak's first book, By Names and Images: Bringing the Golden Dawn to Life , is an aptly-titled exploration of the Golden Dawn system of magic from a unique perspective. It delves into the inner workings of the rituals and techniques utilised by the Order and provides an accessible guidebook and manual for working with and within the Golden Dawn tradition. At 371 pages this is a comprehensive text, exploring many of the important teachings of the Order in some detail, with chapters on purification, meditation, divination, aura control, invocation, evocation, inner plane work, and initiation. The material on auras and dramatic invocation is particularly good, showing a wealth of experience and insight in this area. I do not always agree with some of the things Wildoak suggests, such as drawing up the light from the Earth in the Qabalistic Cross, but it is interesting to see another approach to this thriving magical tradition. There are also a couple of Hebrew ...

I have been asked many times about the use of the shewstone, particularly when it comes to Enochian, and I feel it necessary to describe the differences between skrying on the back of your eyelids ( au naturel , as it were) and employing a tool such as the shewstone. Personally I find I get more out of the former technique, as I am more experienced with it, but there is a problem in that it is very straining. It takes a lot out of the magician. The shewstone, however, acts as a kind of conduit. It alleviates some of the strain on the seer by employing a half-way house for the images, thoughts, and so forth to emerge. When it comes to Enochian the more conduits available the better, particularly when the shewstone is placed on top of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth. The Sigillum, when opened (the easiest way to do this is an invocation employing the names within it), provides a vortex which feeds into the shewstone, not only empowering it, but allowing a clearer and more accurate portrayal. One...