Discourses

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

They continue a similar role once served by the original The Lantern—the journal of Whare Ra—as a vehicle for reflection, instruction and historical inquiry.

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

By Names and Images: The Closure of Whare Ra

Ceremonial closure of Whare Ra occurred on the 9th of September 1978 at 10:30am, so records a handwritten note by G.H. Sor. Cantate Domino, 9=2, a previous Imperator and one of the final Chiefs of the Order. This is the first page of an eleven-page Officers script prepared for the formal closing of the Order and Temple of the Smaragdum Thalasses No. 49 in Havelock North, New Zealand.…
Magician or Mystic?

“I will not debase my mystic knowledge in the labour of evil magic at any time or under any temptation.” We sometimes hear of the Magician or Mystic cast as two distinct spiritual types. One pursues ceremonial magic; the other seeks contemplation and union with God. This categorisation has become so familiar that we often accept the definitions without further critique. Does the Order understand the matter in…
The Yetziraic Symbolic Alphabet

By the time the Candidate reaches the Philosophus Ceremony, the Temple contains a great many diagrams. To the inattentive eye these diagrams, or ‘Tablets’, might appear haphazard. But to the diligent student, they should invite closer inquiry. In fact every Tablet used in our ceremonial is a key; the Altar diagrams contain the central dogma of the system; the Kameas that lie quietly in the Outer Grades later…

By Names and Images: The Closure of Whare Ra

Magician or Mystic?

The Yetziraic Symbolic Alphabet