THEORY SCRAPPED, THE FOLLOWING IS AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE VIDEO.
With this video now, the location, the and the outfits, it all makes sense now.
May I introduce you to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society dedicated to the study of the occult, metaphysics and paranormal activities during the 19th and 20th century. Known as a magical order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was active in Great Britain and focused its practices on theurgy and spiritual development. Many present-day concepts of ritual and magic that are at the centre of contemporary traditions, such as Wicca and Thelema, were inspired by the Golden Dawn, which became one of the largest single influences on 20th-century Western occultism.
Wicca, Great Britain, Occultism...
Now, if you didn't notice, in the video we can see people wearing black capes with a cross. Which resembles the Golden Dawn symbol.
And from the end, where we see the person burying the dagger in the center of the pentagram, we can deduce they're performing a ritual known as the The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, or LBRP for short.
A ritual designed to clear your area (and yourself) of negative energies.
You can read the step on the link, but to make it short, the giveaways is in the first step of the second part "Formation of Pentagram and Circle", where it states:
And now is where I use a past theory made by u/wxxtch called The Archangel Theory
To fully understand her/his/their/etc you should read it all, it's not THAT long or complicated, but it basically states this:
>*There are many angels and archangels mentioned in the Bible (only a few by name, tho), but only four of them made it into being represented in tarot cards: Uriel, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. Let’s get the gang together and
... keep reading on reddit ➡Bram Stoker, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, and even Pamela Colman Smith of the Smith-Waite Tarot illustrations all seem to have run in this esoteric circle around the same time, while also working for the Lyceum in London. What was the nature of their participation? Are there records of their involvement, and their relationships with one another?
In my studies the order of the golden dawn keeps coming up supposedly there's some kind of secret society that studies the occult and sells their knowledge at a price Just wondering if anybody has ever been in contact with one of these guys.
I am a new student to the occult. While I am not a practitioner per se, I am academically intrigued in occult practices both ancient and modern. I also have a religious background that is somewhat rooted in occult sciences.
That being said, I have been wanting to know more about the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. I am aware of Aleister Crowley’s involvement in the group, but I am wanting a little more than just his viewpoints. So some suggestions on works that go in depth into the history, practices, and metaphysics of the Order would be most appreciated.
Thanks!
Had hard luck trying to find it after looking all over the web despite being an oft-cited text. Hopefully this one hits.
Is David Griffin legit? Has anyone taken any lessons from him or seen his content before?
Considering buying his material!
Thank you in advance!
Fresh off a certain other portayal of the group, I've recently been thinking about how a Nasuverse portrayal of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn could be, given the circumstances surrounding the group and the circumstances found within the Nasuverse.
Any thoughts on the subject?
Given the overall circumstances (and those of a contemporary), I get the feeling that if there was a version of the group in the Nasuverse and their circumstances were similar to the real-life group, they might have been at odds with the Mage's Association.
Anyone know where their temples are in the UK, apparently there are 7 but am unsure as to where
Hey everyone! I’m trying to find a good book on the early days of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in late 20th century London. Specifically the 1890s when Crawley was a member of the Inner Order. I’ve been searching online, and keep getting redirected to Regardie’s works. Is there a solid non-fiction account about the Order’s history and founding?
I'm doing a bit of research, mostly for my own interest. Anyone got any idea where I'd find some of the actual rituals performed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the 19th century?
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn included such literary giants as W. B. Yeats, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, E. Nesbit, Charles Williams, and Bram Stoker. It had some American offshoots, such as the students of Paul Foster Case.
However, it is difficult to ascertain which Americans had formal connections with the Golden Dawn. For example, it has been alleged (but to the best of my knowledge, it has not been documented) that Vachel Lindsay was associated with occult groups, and that Sylvia Plath's documented experiments in occultism were connected to organized Hermetic groups.
Influential writers such as William Walker Atkinson appear to have organized their own groups, and (to the best of my knowledge) were not connected to the Golden Dawn. Furthermore, American weird ficiton appears to have been characterized by various writers who were aware of organized occult research, but who did not affiliate themselves with Hermetic groups. An example might be Manly Wade Wellman. However, early 20th century America had a vigorous Freemasonic current, and it is difficult to document which American writers might have learned of occultism in Freemasonic lodges. Therefore I am posting this thread in the hope that scholars of American literature can offer some leads on documentation of these connections. Thank you.
The Golden Dawn were very well known for their exhaustive lists of Tarot correspondences (astrological, elemental, Qabala correspondences, personality and gender of Court Cards etc etc).
Is there a credible site that lists these correspondences that they used to make the Rider Waite Smith deck?
Been searching for a while, but cannot find a comprehensive list of correspondences.
Thank you.
There are massive amount of material available by equally legendary names such as Aleister Crowley, Israel Regardie, A. E. Waite and Franz Bardon spread across what is seemingly an infinite number of volume. The usual 'entry point' recommendation is Kybalion by Three Initiates, but it gets confusing after that just to choose from the sheer amount of materials available. So, what is your recommendation of the reading order to introduce people to the subject?
My recommended reading order, sequentially and preferably after some basics of chaos works such as Chapman's, Hine's and Carroll's:
- Three Initiates - Kybalion
- Cicero & CIcero - Self-Initiation Into the Golden Dawn Tradition
- Franz Bardon - Initiation into Hermetics
- Aleister Crowley - Liber AL Vel Legis
- Israel Regardie - Tree of Life
- Israel Regardie - Middle Pillar
- Hermes Trismegistus – The Corpus Hermetica
- Hermes Trismegistus – Corpus Hermeticum
- Hermes Trismegistus – The Emerald Tablet
Do you agree or disagree? What is your reading order recommendation? Or does it not matter?
Are there any existing practices in Hermeticism that predate the Golden Dawn? Are there any surviving traditional Hermetic practices? Or do all known ceremonial magic rituals/theurgic practices trace back to the Golden Dawn? I’m just curious about traditional Hermeticism/theurgy and how they compare to the Golden Dawn practices.
Hi all. I'm not a Freemason, to be clear. My paternal grandfather, though climbed up to 32nd degree Scottish Rite by I think 1955, which is pretty neat.. I've got things like a copy of his Masonic Cipher which I think is the first three degrees,.. and impossible to decode as far as I know.
So my question for you who are Masons is whether you have individually or otherwise, an opinion on pseudo masonic "orders" such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The HOotGD was founded in 1800's England, and despite what some believe it wasn't founded by Aleister Crowley, but supposedly dissolved by himself due to his style of drama and so forth. [He didn't appreciate the secrets of the order being 'only' the tarot, astrology, qabalah and maybe one other area]
Another would be the Ordo Templi Orientis, or O.T.O. This order was not founded by Crowley, either, despite some popular belief but he did help in shaping it. It was more 'Christian-leaning' or what have you before he modified it, and anyway it has 9 official degrees, and a few above the 9, at the least. One characteristic I've noticed about these orders is that their rituals are , at least supposedly, pseudo-masonic or derived from authentic masonic variety of ritual. Just to give an example one is called the "Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram", and you may find instructions on it on line. I also refer anyone interested in the history of the original Hermetic Golden Dawn to Israel Regardie's book 'The Complete Golden Dawn'.
Final edit: Just to be clear on this too: The original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn no longer exists, and the ones you find today are carrying on their spirit. It's nothing like Masonry which has been uninterrpted for however many centuries now.
You may have guessed by my name that I'm a Thelemite, well anyway I'm sort of an ex-Thelemite.. and I'd also be curious to know what Masons, at least Masons here in this subreddit , think about Thelema and or Aleister Crowley and his philosophy, if you will. However if that's all too much for one thread, I'm happy with just the original question being answered. Thanks in advance.
In the TV show Twin Peaks, there is a sort of shadow realm called the Black Lodge that is populated by weird, often-malevolent spirits who hijack the bodies of the living, possessing their minds, or perhaps taking their place in a doppelganger kind of way. Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost is quoted in a 1992 interview as saying that the idea of the Black Lodge comes from a 1930s Dion Fortune book called Psychic Self Defense, and that he was fascinated by 'theosophical writers' and the 'Order of the Golden Dawn'. So I was curious - how popular were these groups at the time, and what are their lasting legacies? And how closely does the worldview in Twin Peaks echo their beliefs?
Is there a modern equivalent of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn? or anything similar?
The Masons? The rosicrucians?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn
What is your thoughts, experiences or things you know/feel about the order of golden dawn.
