Ascending to the Gods
Are you interested in Sam Webster’s talk at PantheaCon, Ascending to the Gods? You can download a PDF of the slides here. Thanks for your interest, please be in touch. And Big Thanks to everyone who attended!
Portal Theses
Apr 16, 2015
Click on the links below to view and/or download the Portal Theses. Escaping Flatland By Names And By Images Pneaumagramaton Energy Forms Whats In a Name GD Admission Badges Quest for Quintessence
Epiphanies in Iamblichus
Jul 9, 2014
(from my doctoral thesis on the history of theurgy) When we successfully invoke, the Being who we call comes. Sometimes it is very internal, sometimes we go the distance and work for an very dual and/or external manifestation. The result, whether mental, ‘astral’, or (near-)physical, is traditionally called an epiphany, a ‘showing up’. We are […]
Origins Matter
Apr 2, 2014
Where does the Golden Dawn come from? We know about the Cypher Manuscripts, and we know the Founders developed them, in several stages, into the rituals we know today. We also know there has to be more of a backstory. Analysis of the the Order’s material, namely the rites, practices, and teachings, when compared with […]
Further Reading
Jan 19, 2014
Other collected works for the Golden Dawn practitioner. OSOGD Colore Minitum Mundum color chart with Liquitex and Pantone equivalents, formatted as a Liber 777 addendum, [PDF]. The Cipher Manuscript, the foundational documents of the Golden Dawn [offsite]. Yijing Dao – Calling Crane in the Shade, an excellent site on the Yijing (I Ching) [offsite].
Gematra Tables for Latin, Greek, & Hebrew
Jan 19, 2014
These are the three major lettering systems and their numerical equivalents. LATIN GREEK HEBREW A 1 A 1 A 1 ALPh, Aleph 111 B 2 B 2 B 2 BITh, Beth 412 C 3 G 3 G 3 GML, Gimel 73 D 4 D 4 D 4 DLTh, Daleth 434 E 5 E 5 H […]
Flying Roll No. V
Jan 19, 2014
SOME THOUGHTS ON IMAGINATION By V. H. Frater Resurgam (Dr. Berridge) The uninitiated interpret Imagination as something imaginary in the popular sense of the word; i.e. something unreal. But imagination is a reality. When a man imagines he actually creates a form on the Astral or even on some higher plane; and this form is […]
Thelema
Nov 14, 2013
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Dharma
Nov 14, 2013
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Y Document 0.1 Preliminary notes towards an understanding of the Neophyte Hall in the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn
Jun 10, 2013
Original Author: Sam Webster, 10/28/02 Purpose Given that times have changed since the 1880s the rites of the classical Golden Dawn do not match the needs of the current era. Three major currents impacting the Golden Dawn add to the difference time makes: better access to eastern practice, especially the Buddhadharma, Thelema, and the contemporary […]