The Whare Ra warrior legend – Andrew Hamilton Russell
One of the most interesting Whare Ra members was Andrew Hamilton Russell (23 February 1868 – 29 November 1960) who is one of New Zealand’s …
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Why whitewashing Crowley is a bad idea
Crowlyite followers are celebrating some anniversary of Aleister Crowley at the moment and there seems to be an effort to whitewash some of the Great Beast’s …
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 …
A magical order is about gaining independence
How long should you be in an esoteric order before you are capable of actually doing something useful? In a recent debate about the merits …
“Traditional” Golden Dawn groups
After the closure of Whare Ra bought to an end the old Golden Dawn lineage, their have been numerous groups started by those either using Israel …
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 …
Notes on the prayer of the Hierophant and Mystic Repast
Peregrine Wildoak has done a very interesting post on the Golden Dawn mystical repast and the prayer of the Hierophant here. There are a few things …
Initiation rights
Having started my occult path before the arrival of the internet I am “old school” and believe that initiation is not something you get automatically. …
The Universe of the Chaldean Oracles
The purpose of this article is to produce a simple version of the neo-platonic structure behind the Chaldean Oracles so that they can be understood …
Dark of the Golden Dawn
Most people coming into the Golden Dawn talk about it being “light,” “nice” and “spiritual”, when actually the outer order is dark giant skip packed …