Subject: Golden Dawn FAQ, part 4 of 4
Date: 12 Feb 1996 12:26:27 GMT
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THIS IS PART 4/4 OF THE GOLDEN DAWN FAQ

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* Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (and the R.R. et A.C.)
  P.O. Box 1757, Elfers, FL  34680-1757

  [Re-inaugurated by Israel Regardie on June 26, 1982 in Athens, GA.
  Regardie had called together three unaquainted fraters and one soror
  who were reviving the G.D. in the United States in the 1970's.  The
  Temple associated with Chic Cicero, "Isis-Urania, No. 18," originated
  in Columbus, Georgia in the late 1970's, and is now in a nearby state.
  Israel Regardie visited, consecrated, and autographed this Temple's
  Vault of the Adepti.  On April 10, 1995, Chic Cicero filed for a U.S.
  Federal Trademark for the name "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn," 
  with the expressed purpose of preserving the tradition for all members
  of valid Golden Dawn groups.]

* Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn International
  (formerly:  Hermetic Order of the Eternal Golden Dawn)
  14050 Cherry Avenue, Suite R-159 - Dept. G,  Fontana, CA  92337,  USA
  Imperator Temple of Isis, Mighty Mother, no. 12 . . . . (909)-341-5628
  Tahuti Temple, no. 13,  Vancouver, BC . . . . . . . . . (604)-244-3584
  Hermes-Hathor Temple, no. 14,  Santa Monica, CA . . . . (310)-289-7214

  [Complete correspondence course available.  Individual guidance, full
  membership if accepted.  Send $3 (checks payable to H.G.D.I.) for a big 
  information packet with an entrance application.  The "lineage" of this
  Order seems to be via the Mathers' Alpha et Omega Temples in London.
  Initial dues for the Outer Order are $150 (1 year's mailings: $30, dues
  $65, Neophyte initiation fee $55), and adepts are available by phone 
  to answer questions.  Initiations can be done in person or astrally,
  and the study material is said to be very comprehensive.  There is no
  Thelema or sex magic.  The H.G.D.I. publishes the magazine "The Golden
  Dawn Quarterly," $22/year, as well as the members-only newsletter
  "Tablets of Thoth."  More information can be obtained on their WWW page,
  http://cyberg8t.com/~hogd/   or via email at hogd@cyberg8t.com.]

* Hermetic Temple and Order of the Golden Dawn 
  655 East Thunderbird,  Phoenix, AZ  85022,  USA    TEL (602)-246-3546
  Also:  7025 E. 1st Avenue, Suite 5,  Scottsdale, AZ  85251
  Also:  1739 East Broadway Road, Suite 1-277, Tempe, AZ  85822

  [Affiliated with the Israel Regardie Foundation and New Falcon Public-
  ations. "Christopher Hyatt" (Alan Miller), President. "Nicholas Tharcher"
  (Lee Rosenstein), Vice-President.  To join, a minimum annual donation
  of $23 is requested.  Correspondence course:  178 lessons in 40 groups,
  $27.50 per group, $150 for six, $265 for twelve, and $695 for all.  Add
  $3/group for postal charges.]

* Hermetic Temple and Order of the Golden Dawn
  P.O. Box 891,  Baldwin Park, CA  91706-0891,  USA

  [Affiliated with the Israel Regardie Foundation.  Send Self-Addressed
  Stamped-Envelope (SASE) for information about membership, initiations,
  networking, and a correspondence course.  This infomation is from a
  classified ad in the Summer 1993 _Gnosis_ magazine, and is probably
  out of date.  The persons involved with the Israel Regardie Foundation
  (Christopher Hyatt and David Cherubim) have seemingly moved on to other
  projects.]

* Invisible Temple No. 0,  Ordo Roseae Rubeae et Aurea Crucis
  Various Locations, Europe and America

  [An independent branch of Israel Regardie's Hermetic Temple and Order
  of the Golden Dawn, via Christopher Hyatt (Alan Miller).  The 6=5 and
  7=4 grades are conferred on qualified adepts who have performed the
  prerequisite work in the Outer Order, and are able to manage a Golden
  Dawn Temple.  Members known to be in California, Maryland, Minnesota,
  Texas, Virginia, and Washington, DC.  Most male members are also high-
  grade Masons.]

* O.H.A.D.
  26 Rue Francois Bonvin, 75015, Paris, France

  [Mentioned briefly by Mary K. Greer in _Women_of_the_Golden_Dawn_.
  When requesting information, please send a donation of $2 to help
  cover mailing costs.]

* Order of the Aurum Solis
  BCM Tessera,  London, WC1N 3XX, U.K.

  [Initiatory organization described in Denning and Phillips' _Magical_
  _Philosophy_ series.  While seemingly related to the Golden Dawn, its
  symbolism is more "Byzantine" than Rosicrucian, although many similar
  traditions (Kabbalah, alchemy, neo-Platonism) are drawn from.  Working
  groups exist in England, continental Europe, and West Africa, and entry
  is currently via invitation only.]

* Ordo Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis
  270 North Canon Drive, Suite 1302, Beverly Hills, CA  90210

  [Affiliated with Cris Monnastre, and related to Regardie's re-inaug-
  uration of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1982, this group
  published a full-page "Manifesto Fraternitatis" in the Fall 1995
  issue of _Gnosis_ magazine, under the direction of the Secret Chiefs
  of the Ordo Argenti Astri (the Third Order).  They proclaimed the
  abrogation of previously-published passwords, and mentioned their
  possession of initiation rituals for all grades of the Second and
  Third Orders.]
  
* Osiris, Khenti-Amenti Temple  (G.D.)
  Hollywood, CA

  [Founded by a triad of Patricia Behman, Laura Jennings, and Peter Yorke
  under Israel Regardie's guidance in 1980.  Closed in 1983.  It has been
  claimed that this Temple was *not* founded by the above, that Jennings
  and Yorke only took the 1=10 degree then left, and that it didn't close
  until 1994, under a different name.  It seems a moot point either way,
  though.]

* Osiris-Odin Temple  (G.D.)
  Peoria, IL

  [Details forthcoming.  Affiliated with the Florida-based Hermetic
  Order of the Golden Dawn?]

* Oxford Golden Dawn Occult Society
  P.O. Box 250,  Oxford,  OX1 1AP,  UK

  [A group which aims to "disseminate authentic information about the
  occult," and which organizes speakers, workshops, and conferences.
  They offer training in Oxford for students, have monthly meetings
  and a public annual conference in October, and publish a journal "Nuit-
  Isis."  Associate membership is 5 UK pounds, and details can be found
  by telephoning Mogg Morgan at +44 (0)1865 243671, or by email at 
  "mandox@cix.compulink.co.uk".]

* Phoenix Temple
  P.O. Box 4523,  St. Louis, MO  63108

  [I know nothing about this Temple -- even if it is a Golden Dawn group
  at all!  Any information would be appreciated.]

* Ra Horakhty Temple  (G.D.)
  31849 Pacific Highway South, Suite 107,  Federal Way, WA  98003
  AIO International, 900 Meridian East 19-342, Puyallup, WA  98371-1242,
    TEL (206)-840-2024

  [Founded by Laura Jennings and Peter Yorke in 1983 in Santa Monica, CA.
  Also said to have been chartered by Patrick and Chris Zalewski in 1985.
  In 1990, the Temple was moved to Washington, and most of the active
  members moved as well.  The Outer Order curriculum is offered via
  a correspondence course, with fees of $25 per month for instruction,
  and a one-time fee per grade ($50, as of 1990) for materials.  Inner
  Order dues are $100 per year.  Each student has a personal advisor,
  and Inner Order instruction or grades are offered to qualified Outer
  Order graduates.  The sequence of classes circa 1990 was:  (1) Intro-
  duction, (2) Neophyte Class (basic knowledge lectures, pentagrams),
  (3) Zelator Class (geomancy, alchemy, hexagrams).  Higher grade work
  was done individually, with $25 for information packets and $50/hour
  consultations.  Ongoing classes on Tarot, astrology, Kabbalah, ana-
  tomy/physiology, and "quantum physics for laymen" are offered.  Seven
  day "magical retreats" are also occasionally offered.  For more info,
  visit their WWW site:  http://www.halcyon.com/aio/gd/gd.html, or email
  aio@halcyon.com.]

* Servants of the Light
  P.O. Box 215,  St. Helier,  Jersey (Channel Islands), U.K. JE4 1AB

  [Descendant of Dion Fortune's Society of the Inner Light.  Dolores
  Ashcroft-Nowicki, Director of Studies (she succeeded W.E. Butler).
  The fifty-six lesson course (US $10/lesson) is based on Qabalah, the
  Grail Legend, and the Arthurian mythos, and lasts several years.
  Students and graduates of the course may join a Lodge in Atlanta,
  Denver, or Vancouver BC (and soon one in the Northeast US).  The
  SOL is non-profit, and publishes its own Tarot deck and a House
  magazine.  They also hold several expensive seminars/retreats (see
  large advertisements in _Gnosis_ magazine).  Email contacts are
  Peter Cawley (UF593@freenet.victoria.bc.ca) and Fran Keegan
  (fkeegan@erc.cat.syr.edu).]

* Societas Hermetica LVX Aureae-Rubeae
  Calgary, Canada  (full address to come?)

  [A Golden Dawn Temple which offers "safe and practical" teachings,
  either via a correspondence course or in-person initiations.  The
  fees for the Neophyte grade include (in Canadian dollars) $40 for
  initiation, $20 for dues, and/or $40 for the correspondence course.]

* Society of the Inner Light
  38 Steele's Road,  London  NW3 4RG,  U.K.

  [Continuation of Dion Fortune's Society of the Inner Light.  Still
  active and continuing to provide a correspondence course.]

* Star & Cross
  P.O. Box 25541,  Dallas, TX  75225,  USA

  [Home study course:  Dion Fortune's inner teachings, "Western Tradition
  of the Mysteries."  Rumored to have a strong emphasis on Jungian psych-
  ology.]

* Temple of Thelema
  222 North Manhattan Place,  Los Angeles, CA  90004  (Harpocrates Temple)
  P.O. Box 415, Oroville, CA  95965                   (Nuit Mother Temple)
  P.O. Box 27901-774, San Francisco, CA  94127           (Babalon Proanos)
  680 Queens Quay, #704, Toronto, ONT  M5V 2Y9  (Star of the North Temple)
  P.O. Box 441474, Indianapolis, IN  46244             (Ruby Star Proanos)

  [This group, also an outer vehicle "in the service" of Crowley's A.A.,
  was founded in 1989 by Jim Eshelman, Phyllis Seckler, and Anna-Kria King.
  Updated to conform to the Law of Thelema (and claiming that the Book of
  the Law is the "true Book T"), the Temple of Thelema is the ceremonial and
  initiatory vehicle of the College of Thelema, which was founded in 1973
  by Phyllis Seckler (Soror Meral).  C.O.T. shares the contact addresses
  given above, and also publishes a bi-annual magazine called _In_the_Con-
  tinuum_.  T.O.T.'s innovations to the G.D. system are substantial, as 
  they can be utilized as "lower octave" introductions to the A.A., but 
  they do conform to the original formulae of the Cipher Manuscripts. For
  more info, see their WWW site:  http://www.crl.com/~suti/onyx.html]

* The Thelemic Golden Dawn (Novus Ordo Aurora Aureae)
  1626 N. Wilcox Ave., no. 418, Los Angeles, CA  90028, USA

  [A quasi-G.D. organization based mainly on Crowley's religion of Thelema.
  No longer affiliated with New Falcon Publications or the Israel Regardie
  Foundation, there is no charge for courses or initiations, but a
  modest yearly donation is requested.  Services offered include group
  and self initiations, classes, correspondence lessons, newsletters, and
  various tools and products.  Many of their online manifestos, rituals,
  and philosophical papers are archived on the WWW, on their home page:
  http://users.aol.com/thelemicgd/TGD/tgd.html.  Frater Superior Chief,
  "David Cherubim" (David Wall, email: FraterAL@aol.com).  For more
  information, email Frater H.A.C.A. (rhandel@phoenix.kent.edu) or
  Frater V.S.V.Q. (thelema@i-2000.com).]

* Themis Aurea Temple  (G.D.)
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  USA

  [A descendant, in spirit if not directly, of the original Themis Temple
  and of the Masonic _Societas_Rosicruciana_ in America.  Possibly inaug-
  urated by Charles E. Meyer, a Philadelphia piano maker.  Rumored to
  have modified and/or combined the rituals of Freemasonry and the G.D.,
  as well as followed in some of the traditions of the various Rosicrucian
  groups to have resided in the Philadelphia area.  More information on
  this manifestation of the Golden Dawn as it comes in.]

* Thoth-Hermes Temple  (G.D.)
  Wellington, New Zealand

  [Founded by Patrick and Chris Zalewski around 1980 to succeed Whare-Ra.
  One can contact Pat Zalewski c/o Llewellyn World Wide, P.O. Box
  64383-873,  St. Paul, MN 55164-0383,  USA, or via email, at:
  zirdo@central.co.nz]

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IV.  Useful References
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This bibliography of books related to the Golden Dawn makes no attempt
at being complete or comprehensive.  It is simply a beginning-point for
interested readers to learn more from independent sources other than this
FAQ.  I have included or excluded books from this list based on my own
personal opinions, and make no apologies for attempting to exert some
degree of "quality control" in what is listed here.

Case, Paul Foster. _The_True_and_Invisible_Rosicrucian_Order_ (York Beach,
  Maine: Samuel Weiser), 1985.

Cicero, Chic, and Cicero, Sandra Tabatha, eds. _The_Golden_Dawn_Journal_,
  (St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications):
    Book I:   Divination, 1994.
    Book II:  Qabalah - Theory and Magic, 1994.
    Book III: The Art of Hermes, 1995.

Cicero, Chic, and Cicero, Sandra Tabatha. _Self-Initiation_into_the_Golden_
  _Dawn_Tradition:_a_Complete_Curriculum_of_Study_for_both_the_Solitary_
  _Magician_and_the_Working_Magical_Group_ (St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn
  Publications), 1995.

Colquhoun, Ithell. _Sword_of_Wisdom:_MacGregor_Mathers_and_the_"Golden_Dawn"_
  (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons), 1975.

Crowley, Aleister.  _The_Holy_Books_of_Thelema_ (York Beach, Maine:
  Samuel Weiser), 1983.

Crowley, Aleister.  _Magick_in_Theory_and_Practice_ (Secaucus, NJ: Castle
  Books), 1991.

Denning, Melita, and Phillips, Osborne.  _The_Magical_Philosophy_ (in 3
  volumes:  I: The Foundations of High Magick, II: The Sword and the
  Serpent, III: Mysteria Magica), (St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications),
  1981.

DuQuette, Lon Milo. _The_Magick_of_Thelema_ (York Beach, Maine: Samuel
  Weiser), 1993.  ISBN 0-87728-778-3.

Eshelman, James A. _The_Mystical_and_Magical_System_of_the_A.'.A.'._
  (Oroville, CA:  College of Thelema), 1993.  

Fortune, Dion. _The_Mystical_Qabalah_ (London: Ernest Benn), 1935.

Gilbert, R. A. _The_Golden_Dawn_Companion:_a_Guide_to_the_History,_
  _Structure,_and_Workings_of_the_Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn_
  (Wellingborough, Aquarian Press), 1986.

Gilbert, R. A. _The_Golden_Dawn:_Twilight_of_the_Magicians_ (Welling-
  borough, Aquarian Press), 1983.

Greer, Mary K. _Women_of_the_Golden_Dawn:_Rebels_and_Priestesses_
  (Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press), 1995, ISBN 0892815167.

Harper, George Mills. _Yeats's_Golden_Dawn_ (London: Macmillan), 1974.

Howe, Ellic. _The_Magicians_of_the_Golden_Dawn:_a_Documentary_History_of_
  _a_Magical_Order,_1887-1923_ (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul), 1972.

King, Francis.  _Magic:_The_Western_Tradition_ (London: Thames and Hudson),
  1975.

Levi, Eliphas. _Transcendental_Magic_ (New York: Samuel Weiser), 1970.

Mathers, S. L. MacGregor, _Astral_Projection_,_Ritual_Magic,_and_Alchemy_
  edited and introduced by Francis King, additional material by R. A.
  Gilbert.  (Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books), 1987.

McIntosh, Christopher.  _The_Rose_Cross_and_the_Age_of_Reason:_Eighteenth_
  _Century_Rosicrucianism_in_Central_Europe_and_its_Relationship_to_the_
  _Enlightenment_ (Leiden: E. J. Brill), 1992.

Regardie, Israel.  _The_Complete_Golden_Dawn_System_of_Magic_ (Phoenix,
  AZ: Falcon Press), 1984.

Regardie, Israel.  _The_Golden_Dawn_ (St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications),
  1st ed. (Chicago: Aries Press) 1937-1940; 2nd ed. 1969; 3rd ed. 1970; 
  4th ed. 1971; 5th ed. 1986; 6th ed. 1989.

Regardie, Israel.  _What_You_Should_Know_About_the_Golden_Dawn_ (Phoenix,
  AZ: Falcon Press), 1985.  Previously published as _My_Rosicrucian_
  _Adventure_, 1936.

Torrens, R. G. _The_Secret_Rituals_of_the_Golden_Dawn_ (Northamptonshire:
  Aquarian Press), 1973.

Waite, Arthur Edward. _The_Brotherhood_of_the_Rosy_Cross_ (London:
  William Rider and Son), 1924.

Yates, Frances A. _The_Rosicrucian_Enlightenment_ (London: Routledge and
  Kegan Paul), 1972.

Zalewski, Patrick J. _Golden_Dawn_Enochian_Magic_ (St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn
  Publications), 1990.

Zalewski, Patrick J. _Kaballah_of_the_Golden_Dawn_ (St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn
  Publications), 1993.

Zalewski, Patrick J. _The_Secret_Inner_Order_Rituals_of_the_Golden_Dawn_
  (Phoenix, AZ: Falcon Press), 1988.

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