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Articles about Golden Dawn |
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A Brief History of Golden Dawn |
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Golden Dawn is perhaps the best known and most influential esoteric Order (lodge based system of spiritual attainment) of modern times. The Order's instructions and rituals include symbolism drawn from kabbalah, astrology, and the Tarot; elements are also drawn from Christian and grimoiric traditions. Furthermore, Golden Dawn was the first esoteric Order to use actual information from the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
The Order was founded in 1888 by Dr. William Wynn Westcott, a Master Mason and member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia... read more. |
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The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram |
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The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram is the most widely known Golden Dawn ritual; it is also the most misunderstood. In the original Golden Dawn, the only personal ritual a student learned in Outer Order was the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. Today, not only is it used by Golden Dawn based Orders, but many other traditions have incorporated it into their systems (often without due credit).
There was never an official lecture written about the ritual by the founders of the Order...more about the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. |
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The Middle Pillar Ritual (MPR) |
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While not a traditional Golden Dawn technique, the Middle Pillar ritual is rooted in the Hermetic Sciences taught by Golden Dawn based groups. Israel Regardie popularized the Middle Pillar ritual in one of his seminal works: The Middle Pillar.
The Middle Pillar, which many claim Regardie invented, is actually a small sliver of a larger procedure taught in several of the Golden Dawn based groups...more about the Middle Pillar Ritual. |
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Enochian Chess |
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One of the subjects of study that came out of the Golden Dawn was Enochian Chess. On the surface, Enochian Chess (or Rosicrucian Chess as it was originally called) appears to be just a chess variation involving four players. Yet beneath this surface layer, Enochian Chess is a synthesis of many of the sub-systems that members of Golden Dawn study.
Being the brainchild of William Wynn Westcott (one of the founders of Golden Dawn)...more about Enochian Chess. |
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