In Defence of the Lesser Invoking Pentagram
I have had a few comments about the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram use being overstated. It has been something I have been saying …
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How to read the Golden Dawn material
One of the more unusual trends within the Modern Golden Dawn is to ignore the papers that the Order actually produced in favour of those …
A creation of the universe using Egyptian symbolism
Someone asked for a magical worldview which did not incorporate re-incarnation, or Karma and yet did the same sorts of things. Here is a basic …
What if you are wrong?
In the 1984 the Wizard of Christchurch taught me a very important esoteric lesson. People from outside New Zealand might not have heard of the …
Apprenticed to Magic
At the end of the 20th century the system of magical training started to break down. There once was a time that you would be taught …
Playing at Magic
There was a time, in the English language, where you could only dabble in the occult. The implication was that no matter how seriously you …
The Tarot Moon – a positive force
I have been reviewing all my tarot material lately as I gather information on a book I have been meaning to write for a while. …
Golden Dawn Beginners Reading List
Aaron Leitch has just published a list of books which are useful for Golden Dawn and general magical studies here His list, which is for …
Unpublished AO and Golden Dawn Alchemical diagrams
I was reviewing some of the unpublished AO documents I have to see if there were any noticeable differences from either the later Stella Matutina versions. These …