Geomancy and the Watchtowers
In the Golden Dawn the candidate is shown a geomancy talisman as an example of Earth Magic. Generally, though Geomancy was focused on divination and …
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Emptying the cup of the lower self
The lower self or the indwelling personally is a part of the higher genius which has become lost in the plot of living. It surrounds …
Have you really been initiated into the Golden Dawn?
It seems a silly question, but there are lots of GD organisations out there which are carrying out initiations which cannot have had more than …
THE LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE HEXAGRAM
Within the Golden Dawn corpus, there is a slightly odd ritual called the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. It is performed after a lesser …
Vepar the demon spirit of Augustus’s tenth
How useful are the spirit lists for identifying what each spirit does? Where they are given descriptions, they are often at odds and we are …
Sorry, you can’t be alt-right and a member of the Golden Dawn
A debate has started on Facebook about me banning a couple of people from a GD discussion group for disseminating alt-right ideas. Some people think …
The Whare Ra Etheric Link ritual
Whare Ra differed from the other Golden Dawn groups because of a little ritual called the Etheric Link. The ritual was given out after the …
Cracking the Ritual of the Pentagram
There has never been a more abused and misunderstood ritual than the Golden Dawn’s Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram (LRP). Along with the Cabbalistic Cross, …
Masonic baggage in the Golden Dawn
The Golden Dawn has more masonic hang-overs than the morning after Christmas dinner with a free bar at United Grand Lodge. Some of these are …
The Hegemon’s wand and religion
A magician without a religion is like a Roman Catholic priest who spends his spare time fiddling with kids – they may say they are …