Israel Regardie and Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn system of magic is designed to teach its students ezoteric abstract knowledge and practical applications of ceremonial magic; Egypt Judeo-Christian, Greek, Gnostic, Rosicrucian, and Masonic elements can all be found within the teachings of G. D. The curriculum includes the study of Kabbalah, astrology, divination, inner alchemy, Egyptian magic, clairvoyance and Enochian magic.

This website is not intended to be a system for recruiting those individuals who seek initiation into the Temple of the Golden Dawn, but rather to be a source of information for all students and practitioners of Western ezoteric tradition. Occasionally there will be complemented by occasional new article and more information and news.

Israel Regardie

Mentor and leading light of Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was the late Dr. Israel Regardie.
Regardie clear and undeniable desire was that any and all spiritual seekers can get something from the teachings of the Golden Dawn for their own growth and evolution.

Before he died on 10th March 1985., Israel Regardie was considered by many as the last living Adept of very living magical movement known as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The tradition represented by the Golden Dawn and later its two incarnations, Stella Matutina and Alpha et Omega, formed after the original order collapsed on the various factions, has attracted many famous occultists of the late 19th and early 20 century. Among them were Dr. William W. Westcott, Samuel L. Mathers, Arthur Edward Waite, William Butler Yeats, Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune. And even in the exceptional group of highly educated mage Regardie has a very high authority.

Ritual Instruments

There are many kinds of ritual magic. Each has their own technique. "Beginner" ritual magic-candle when it spreads and light a candle, which follows the incantation, and to a certain phase of the moon. This simple ritual with scorn rejecting a serious connoisseur who for any "work" meticulously prepared.

For the upcoming ceremony follower will spend a few days - usually nine - preparing the body and soul. In this post include, sexual abstinence, ritual washing, prayers and meditation on the subject of "action" that will take.

Date and time for the ceremony shall be determined in accordance with traditional laws of astrology and the traditional teachings of suitable and unsuitable for days. Magic rituals that aim to increase something (such as the achievement of material wealth, knowledge or power) will be done during the growth phase of the moon, it seems aimed at reducing (such as cure of a disease that will occur when the body reduce the number of diseased cells), are carried out at a time when the moon fades and becomes less visible. However, the most important magic rituals are traditionally performed during new and full moon.

Followers must be collected and paid to the ritual instruments - everyone, if possible, must be made by his hand, from material that previously no one used. Among these instruments are required: the altar, chalice, tripod, lamp, flashlight and stick (the rituals dedicated to "left hand path" - black magic - used mac and villas, or trident).

Stick, probably the most precious of all instruments must be made from the branches of almond or hazelnut, cut with a golden sickle in the early morning and wrapped rings of copper and zinc. It must be to bless the second wizard which itself has a dedicated staff.

Rituals and secret societies

There are many kinds of ritual magic. Each has its own technique and its followers, but is increasingly common to strictly adhere to the mystical ceremonies and protocol.

In the past it was believed that religion was appealing, and the magic is forcing the gods. At the upper levels of European magic - which derives from the time of Sumer, Babylon and Egypt - wizards are trying to force Force Majeure to allow them control over the souls in order to increase personal power and strengthen his transcendental wisdom. In these efforts, it was thought that the central power lies in words, that is, formulas that are spelled during the incantation and preparation costs. For this purpose, using the names of certain spirits.
Wizards have, the biblical statement "In the beginning was the word" in fact accepted literal, believing that knowing secret names of spiritual beings has a key feature and that means power over them. Therefore, each preceded by a certain magic incantation ritual.