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| The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites & Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order (Llewellyn's Golden Dawn Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Israel Regardie
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 37312
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 844
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.8
ISBN: 0875426638
Dewey Decimal Number: 135.43
EAN: 9780875426631
ASIN: 0875426638
Publication Date: September 1, 2002
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 Ignus Fatuus February 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This wonderful tome is rich in detail and arguably the foundation of today's western hermetic tradition. It is unfortunate that it is a blind, an illusion, a synthetic path for the individual's quest to feel close or acceptable to God which is simply the soul's desire to heal its fractured psyche into a feeling of unity with all. However, it worked in my case. I highly recommend the book and its proposed path, it is beautifully lush with everything one needs to jump off into the great abyss of self exploration. Endless great tools for hungry hearts and minds.
Founation of the Western Esoteric Tradition February 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book, "The Golden Dawn," is not a graded course although it contains enough material to keep one studying for years. Multitudes of subjects one can take lifetimes to master, Astrology, Tarot, Numerology, Geomancy, Meditation, Alchemy, Enochian system, QBL, ect., can be found here in great detail.
By going through a graded course such as the Cicero's, "Self Initiation," or "Modern Magick," by Donald Michael Kraig and using this book as supplementary material one could make much progress upon the esoteric path by this Golden Dawn tradition.
Re: Initiation. Temple initiation is by far the ideal route for those to whom this tradition resonates. (This book contains invaluable material to study side by side with ones own temple material.) That being said, it would be redundant of me to point out that this book contains nearly every imaginable "spoiler," for those who will seek that path. So there are several choices. To leave the initiations alone until one has the privilege of experiencing them, or to carefully dissect and understand them one at a time, until at great length they are built into ones aura, whether working with a temple or not.
It is to those seeking the latter that I dedicate the following.
Spend at least several months on the study of the Neophyte initiation. The Ciceros recommend building a temple and give a well thought out course for self initiation. I would recommend building a small scale model of the temple, or even organizing it like a paper chess board. Break down the entire classical ritual and understand each of its parts. One will also see what is omitted from the Ciceros version and get a better glimpse of the entire ritual. This is nice to do in combination with the "Z" docs. Spend much time with Z.1 and 3 (and if one has access to Zalewski's invaluable Z.5 you are very lucky.) The Z documents are for the Adept Heirophant who will officiate the initiation, and for the officers who will be performing it.
Break it down, learn the significance of each piece. Take notes and try to understand the significance of each part, officer, piece of furniture and item used. Try to discover the elements of the ritual, perhaps re-examining it after each chapter of "Modern Magick," (or similar,) is completed.
The Golden Dawn tradition is really historically amazing. Even though much of the material was available in other sources at the time of the formation of the GD, no other single source brought it all together so cohesively, often combining extraordinarily rare and obscure texts. This century which has followed its birth has seen countless contributions from many adepts who have worked through and pieced together a collective opus unknown and unmatched in history. For those who master this work there are a multitude of areas which the next generation will expand. This is a potentially never ending sea of expansion of which, in its already current vastness, it is possible we have merely seen the first drop of that which will one day be an ocean.
"And the voice of my undying and secret soul said unto me, 'Let me enter the Path of Darkness and peradventure, there shall I find the Light. I am the only being in an abyss of Darkness, from Darkness came i fourth, ere my birth from the Silence of a Primal Sleep.'"
"And the Voice of the Ages answered to my Soul, 'I am he who formulates in Darkness, the Light that shineth in Darkness, yet the Darkness comprehendeth it not.'"
-From the Neophyte Ritual of the Golden Dawn
Knox Om Pax
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the golden dawn October 17, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
i recieved my book in pristine condition and in a timely manner. i am very satisfied with this service.
Welcome to New Worlds January 9, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Not for a rank beginner, this massive opus is a vademecum for those interested in and a desire to explore New Worlds. While basic Qabalistic knowledge is helpful (Regardie's ART OF TRUE HEALING or Dion Fortune's MYSTICAL QABALAH), this is a veritable labyrinth of information for the beginner. The new introductions are extremely helpful. Be advised that this is not a "read cover-to cover" tome, but one which must be carefully studied and pondered. While some suggestions are given for approaching the book, each reader must discover his or her own way into this dense forest of metaphysical -- occult, if you prefer, but with the knowledge that "occult" merely means "hidden" and NOT "Satanic" as fundamentalists would have you believe -- teachings and lore. Not for the abecedarian.
This book is an encyclopedia of magick November 29, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This compendium of Golden Dawn magick will help the interested magician to learn the basics of the Rosicrucian tradition as well as what is involved in magical initiation. Study of this book alone could lead the devout student to the heights of spiritual transcendence and control of spirits. The whole magical universe is revealed in vivid detail.
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