The Essential Golden Dawn: An Introduction to High Magic Chic Cicero, Sandra Tabatha Cicero, Chic C
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.

Although I've evolved my personal system in directions that are improvements for my own development and system of magic, I recognize the rituals I learned from the Golden Dawn as foundational to my practice. Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as they were becoming distinguishable. While the videos present an interesting glimpse of costumed ceremony, I found a tremendous insight in reading The Essential Golden Dawn by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero. When I first began making small changes, . The Golden Dawn's grade system is identical to that of the earlier 18th century secret society, and they benefited from “the entire esoteric corpus of this essential Rosicrucian order.” The 18th Century Golden and Rosy Cross Our magic is the truly divine magic, which allows us to talk personally with God, as Moses and Isaiah did of old, or to send our messages through spirits which have been purified by the fire of God. Music is essential in magical work for me. A great general introduction to the Western Mystery Tradition as a whole. The repetition of the same ritual structures over and over with precise perfection gives one over time a solid foundation in a magical grammar essential for advanced magical work. The music is like a “soundtrack” to the ritual. Kabbalah, Meridian, 1978, 99, 312; the Goddess and Tree symbolism see Willam G. One of the most learned men of his age, he had been invited to Dee's high status as a scholar also allowed him to play a role in Elizabethan politics. He served as an occasional adviser and tutor to We begin with a basic introduction to some concepts essential to understanding the Golden Dawn applications to Dee's work. The books subtitle is An Introduction to High Magic, but what I found most interesting were the descriptions of the degrees and grades of membership. Chic Cicero, Sandra Tabatha Cicero, Chic C. The Essential Golden Dawn: An Introduction to High Magic. The.Essential.Golden.Dawn.An.Introduction.to.High.Magic. The Essential Golden Dawn : An Introduction to High Magic - Chic and Tabatha Cicero. We introduced music into our Golden Dawn lodge rituals and it took everything to a higher level. Dever, Did God Have a Wife?, Eerdmans, 2005, 225-230; descriptions in the Zohar, see Daniel Matt: The Essential Kabbalah, Harper San Francisco, . The Cicero's do their level best to describe the work, which by most concerned with the order, consider it magic.