Emerald of the Sea Discourses

The discourses published here arise from the historical context of Whare Ra, the New Zealand Temple of the Stella Matutina.

Their author, Kasmillos Peregrinus, writes within this current of the Golden Dawn tradition. His work is shaped in part by the teachings he received through the lineage associated with Frank Salt (Frater Fiat Lux), whose influence continues quietly through those he instructed.

  • On the Work of the Zelator

    On the Work of the Zelator

    From the series “On the Work of the Grades” – reflections on the path of the Candidate through the Grades The Zelator lays the groundwork — to make firm that foundation upon which all later progress must depend. The Element of Earth is assigned to this Grade.  Earth is form, body, and substance: the vessel of manifestation, the field of labour, and the beginning of steady discipline. Attention…

  • Counterfeiting the Mysteries

    Counterfeiting the Mysteries

    On the 18th of January 1902, readers in distant New Zealand opened their morning paper to a London report headlined, “The Sentence in the Horos Case.” The article detailed the conviction of Theodore and Laura Jackson—self-styled initiates who had masqueraded as members of the Golden Dawn, defrauded their followers, and brought public disgrace upon the Order. This exposure delivered a stark lesson —when the Mysteries are exposed to…

  • Concerning the Vivification of the Minutum Mundum

    Concerning the Vivification of the Minutum Mundum

    “Colour cannot be specifically defined unless one goes into microns of wave-length, and even then there are tints containing black or white, or even both. Many writers have tabulated colours in the Four Scales, but working from tabulations is not only lazy but also by-passes the very growth of the psyche we court. As the most frequently used colours we use are a blend of the King scale…