Francis Israel Regardie's The Golden Dawn is one of the most important books in the history of modern occultism. Recently there have been a spate of attacks on Regardie's book as being incomplete or not "the real stuff" leading to new books and claims by individuals to have received new information from the Secret Chiefs. Frankly, all of this reminds me of Macbeth's speech (act V; scene V): Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. In my opinion, these claims and counterclaims all miss the point. Real magick is not about some new secret