Help

Shopping Cart

We accept VISA, MasterCard, American Express

All Terms - By Topic - Most Popular - Recent Entries

Advanced Search

ENCYCLOPEDIA
Glossary
What's New
Most Popular
List of Articles

Holiday Gift Guide 2009 Issue

Download the PDF File version of the latest issue of Llewellyn's New Worlds Catalog

Home > Encyclopedia > Term: hermetic order of the golden dawn

Term: hermetic order of the golden dawn

DEFINITIONS

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: Full name of the magical order commonly called the Golden Dawn.
source:

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: The recent legal conflict has been resolved and we are pleased with the outcome. Our organization, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc., a Florida non-profit corporation (also known as H.O.G.D.) is the sole and exclusive owner of United States Trademark Registration No. 2, 034,866 for our mark THE HERMETIC ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN & Design.
source: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc.

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A secret society organized in the late 1880’s, often referred to simply as The Golden Dawn or the G.D. It was able to synthesize several forms of magick and occult philosophy into a coherent but complex whole. Most books on magick written in the 20th and 21st centuries have been written by people who were members of that Order, or who were directly or indirectly influenced by that organization.
source: Modern Magick, Donald Michael Kraig (Llewellyn Publications)

ARTICLES

« Previous 1 2 3 Next »

The History of the Golden Dawn

The story of the Golden Dawn, like that of any human organization, is replete with high points and low points—with human achievements and human failings. There is no need for us to try to whitewash or sugarcoat the faults of some of the individuals ...

Relevance:

100%

Principles of Ceremonial

Magical ceremonial can be built up and elaborated to forms of great subtlety and complexity, but the initial principles which cause its creation are simple in the extreme. In the first place, ceremonial is a different thing from meditation, and it ...

Relevance:

100%

Astrological Houses

Your astrological chart is divided into twelve sections called houses. They are numbered from the left side counterclockwise around the chart. The chart represents the planets against a background of the signs of the zodiac, and these signs rise in ...

Relevance:

100%

Celtic Religion

Druidism can be used synonymously with the phrases Celtic religion and Celtic magic. In order to enter into this magico-religious system, a familiarity with mythology is necessary. Celtic mythology is best represented in the Irish Book of Invasions ...

Relevance:

100%

Signs of the Zodiac

The signs of the zodiac are the most widely known part of the astrological system. As mentioned earlier, almost everyone knows your Sun sign. The daily horoscopes in the newspaper are based on the position of the Sun in the zodiac. The zodiac is ...

Relevance:

100%

Review of the Golden Dawn Magical Tarot

Summary: A brilliant deck that is ideal for practitioners of ceremonial magick and for those following the system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Will also interest those researching the link between earlier traditional Tarot decks and the ...

Relevance:

100%

The Work of the Medsen Fey - the Leaf Doctors of Haiti

Loulou Prince is the medsen fey (leaf doctor/herbalist and shaman) for a Haitian community of around 1,500 people who live in the vicinity of Jacmel, a small town close to the border with the Dominican Republic. In his daily practice, he deals with ...

Relevance:

100%

Planets

The planets (including the Sun and Moon) are the actors in the astrological drama. They represent ten general categories of energy – ten sub-personalities – that reflect facets of your personality and ways that you function in the world. Each planet ...

Relevance:

100%

What is the Golden Dawn

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is an initiatory magical group that was founded in London in 1888. It is a society that is dedicated to philosophical, spiritual, and psychic evolution. The history lecture of the Order states that, "The Order ...

Relevance:

100%

Vodou - An African Shamanic Tradition

At first sight, shamanism and Vodou - what Hollywood has introduced into the popular imagination as "voodoo" - seem to have little in common. The former seems based on peaceful co-existence with nature and the elements, while the latter, in so far ...

Relevance:

100%

The First Grand Lodge

From Freemasonry, by Mark Stavish In 1717, four lodges located in London came together and created the first Grand Lodge, the oldest Masonic Grand Lodge. It is important to re- member that this is the date given for the formation of the Grand Lodge of England, not the beginning of Freemasonry. For the Grand Lodge to have been created, lodges... read this article

	Psychic Empowerment Is Not Just for People That Want to Be “Psychic!”
	Close Encounter of the First Kind: Red Rocks, December, 2000
	They Are Among Us
	Psychic Consultations During an Economic Downturn: Relinquishing Your Morning Latte for the Cost of Turning the Tarot Cards
	Exercise: Finding Your Power Animal

Most recent posts:

The new Gap ad
This week Gap, the popular US clothing chain, released its 2009 holiday ad, which I’ve already seen probably 10 times. It’s a loud and rather...

Remembering to Use Your Intuition
Dating can be such a tricky game. It too often seems that each sex is innately wired to drive the other a mild form of crazy. Too often, indirect...

Improve Your Magick—Get Out of the Box
You do a magick ritual, spell, technique, etc., and to your amazement (or maybe not) it works. In fact, it works very well. So you mark this in your...