Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki has died; she was 96. Tributes have been pouring in for her, leaving me slightly perplexed and putting me in a position to bluntly speak my truth (which always ends up badly). There is no doubt that she was hugely influential in the Western Mystery Tradition, both as a writer, Director of […]
A debate erupted on Facebook about the necessity of the Golden Dawn initiations. Over the years there have been various suggestions that various grades are un-necessary and you can do Golden Dawn magic (usually the ritual material at the 5=6 grade) without doing the outer order. One argument goes that the Golden Dawn founders Mathers […]