When I first joined the Order, I assumed it was of a solar nature. “Golden Dawn” seemed a reference to the rising Sun, and Tiphareth was so prominent and central in the Tree of Life. Famously, the Sun is shown rising above the water in the Cross and Triangle in the Inner O. manuscript “BookContinue reading “The Name of the Order”
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Seven Occult Veils
At last Mejnour professed himself satisfied with the progress made by his pupil. “The hour now arrives,” he said, “when thou mayst pass the great but airy barrier,—when thou mayst gradually confront the terrible Dweller of the Threshold. Continue thy labours—continue to surpass thine impatience for results until thou canst fathom the causes. I leaveContinue reading “Seven Occult Veils”
Samothrace
Back in 1990 I hiked the slopes of Mount Fengari – whose spurs protect the site of the Samothracian Sanctuary – in search of the magnetic stones used by initiates to form rings as a sign of their having passed through the threshold of the Mysteries. From the summit, as did Poseidon, I could seeContinue reading “Samothrace”
Above All Other Virtues Entertain Silence
Such were the words of Hermes Trismegistus to his Son Tet, in Book Seven of the Corpus Hermeticum, titled “His Secret Sermon in the Mount of Regeneration, and the Profession of Silence”. We also find prominently throughout the O. the phrase “…who works in Silence, and in whom naught but silence can express”. There isContinue reading “Above All Other Virtues Entertain Silence”
