ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

In the Golden Dawn’s fire wands, a magnetised steel rod was inserted within it. The size of the wand was little more than an old fashioned pencil in length and just over a CM in diameter. They were quite small, and at Whare ra temple in New Zealand they were given to the fledgling adepts (already built) to be painted. It appears that the founding fathers of the Golden Dawn did not want much of the wand visible after gripping it. Its origins appear to be based in the 18th and 19th centuries,...

The Golden Chain of Homer  (Aurea Catena Homeri) is one of the most influential alchemical texts of the eighteenth century, presenting a vision of the cosmos as a continuous chain linking spirit, elements, and matter. It begins with the divine spark, the invisible essence that descends into the world, and shows how this spark becomes clothed in the four elements, forming the foundation of all natural processes. The work is both cosmological and practical: it explains how creation unfolds...

While endless speculation has circled around the origins of the four Colour Scales of the Golden Dawn, almost nothing has been said about their practical application. Theories abound about who designed them, when they first appeared, and how closely they were tied to later doctrinal accretions. Yet the far more important question, how these scales were actually used, has remained largely untouched. The Colour Scales were originally introduced at the Z.A.M. and T.H.A.M. levels, depending on...