A True and faithful relation of what passed between me and a bottle of spirits Anyone who has read my books will know that I am a big fan of psychology. Since the 1930s psychology has stopped a large number of magicians going nuts by making them realise that what they might be experiencing is […]
One of the reasons why magic does not work is because a person has not understood what they have to sacrifice for the rite to happen. In different systems of magic, there is the concept of sacrifice – of giving something up to achieve a desire or receive something from the gods. Usually this is […]
What finding the Vault means and where to seek it. MOAA’s Vault “We speak unto you by parables, but would willingly bring you to the right, simple, easy and ingenuous exposition, understanding, declaration, and knowledge of all secrets.” Approaching the legend of the discovery of the vault of Christian Rosenkreuz, we are are presented […]
This one was written nearly ten years ago for a proto-blog. I am moving it from my old website which is about to shut down so it can find a home here. Cabbalah and the Tree of Life can be used to answer many different questions. But one of the mistakes of those who use […]
First published as a blog December 9, 2005 Corpus Hermetica, which was the bible of Hermetic magicians until the 20th century. The Corpus was a collection of writings with a Greco-Egyptian Gnostic flavour which was assembled in the second century AD. The actual material which made it up was fairly flexible and may reflect the […]
First posted as a blog in October 23, 2005. It has historical value, but given that it was written so long ago it is interesting see how little has changed. It does show that in the last few years the more established aspects of the Golden Dawn Community have become much more vocal and coordinated […]
In the 0=0 ritual you are give several signs which on the face of it look pretty damn silly and do little for any plans you might have for magical domination of the known universe. Firstly there is the sign of the enterer which you are instructed represents you stumbling in darkness groping for the […]
Ever since Samuel Mathers translated the French edition of the Book of Abramelin into English , the system has attracted a huge amount of interest from those within the Golden Dawn. There are a number of stories associated with those Golden Dawn adepts who tried the system and came to grief. With the recent publication […]
There are many ideas that circulate about the Golden Dawn which get parroted by people who are not in it, or have not researched it correctly. Occasionally I get pissed off with this because it often clouds an understanding of what the GD is all about. The Golden Dawn was free-masonic and founded by the […]