{"collection":"bos","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/bos165.htm","path":"bos/bos165.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bos/bos165.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\nIndex\u00a0\nPrevious\u00a0\nNext\u00a0\n HERMETIC SOCIETY OF THE GOLDEN DAWN\n \n RA HORAKHTY TEMPLE\n The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a magical order which began\n in England in 1888, was the most famous and influential of the\n modern era. It successfully integrated various branches of the\n Western Mystery Tradition into a workable system of enlightenment.\n Its goal was to help each member to \"become more than human\", to\n contact and live under the guidance of the higher self. Some of the\n areas of study included ritual magic, tarot, Egyptian god-forms,\n Enochian magic, Kabala, and Astrology. Among the original Golden\n Dawn members were MacGregor Mathers, W.B.Yates, Aleister Crowley,\n A.E.Waite, Dion Fortune, Dr. R.W. Felkin, Arthur Machen, Paul Foster\n Case, and Dr. Israel Regardie. Regardie, who died in 1985, was the\n last great representative of the original Order.\n To achieve this attainment the Golden Dawn brought the aspirant\n through a calculated series of techniques, experiences or mental\n exercises. These exercises brought about progressively higher\n states of consciousness. Initiation occurs when a person passes\n into a higher state of consciousness. As Israel Regardie said,\n \"Initiation is the preparation for immortality. Man is only\n potentially immortal. Immortality is acquired when the purely human\n part of himself becomes allied to that spiritual essence which was\n never created, was never born, and shall never die. It is to effect\n this spiritual bond with the highest that the Golden Dawn owes its\n ritual and practical magical work.\n The Ra Horakhty Temple of California was chartered in 1985 by\n Patrick and Chris Zalewski, 7=4 Adepts and co-chiefs of the Thoth\n Hermes Temple of New Zealand. The following chart describes the\n succession back to Mathers' original Golden Dawn temple in England.\n ISIS URANIA:MacGregor Mathers,England,1888\n |\n |\n STELLA MATUTINA:Dr.R.W.Felkin,England,1900\n |\n |\n WHARE RA:Dr. Felkin,New Zealand,1912-1978\n |\n |\n THOTH HERMES:Patrick Zalewski,New Zealand,1980-Present\n |\n |\n RA HORAKHTY:Laura Jennings/Peter Yorke,Santa Monica,California 1985\n Our temple is greatly honored to be working directly with Thoth\n Hermes Temple as a conduit for the passage of material from the New\n Zealand temples and from the Stella Matutina. Together we hope to\n bring both the Outer and Inner Order information to people\n throughout the world by teaching and publication.\n 690\n TEMPLE DUES: $200.00 annually\n TEMPLE INITIATION: $50.00\n TEMPLE MEMBERSHIP includes:\n Temple ritual once a month.\n Neophyte and Elemental Grade Curriculums with guidance and direction\n Attendance at Temple business meetings and other Temple events.\n Initiation:Neophyte, Elemental Grades, and Inner Order work.\n Tests for each level.\n Temple Membership for students outside the L.A area includes:\n Temple initiations in L.A. upon completion of required Grade work.\n Attendance at monthly Temple meetings when in the L.A. area.\n Neophyte and Elemental Grade curriculum with guidance and direction\n by correspondence.\n The same test requirements as local members;written,oral and\n performance of ritual.\n Laura Jennings, co-Temple Chief of the Ra Horakhty Temple, has been\n practicing and teaching metaphysics for the past 20 years. She\n received an anthropology degree from UCLA(1975) and is presently\n working to complete a Ph.D in archeology. For the past 10 years her\n efforts have concentrated on the Golden Dawn System of Magic. Under\n Dr.Regardie's direction she was a co-founder of two Golden Dawn\n Temples in Southern California. Her book on the creation and\n administration of GD temples will be published next year.\n Peter Yorke, co-founder of both Temples,was also a student of Israel\n Regardie. He has a degree in botany from Cal State Long Beach. He is\n presently co-Chief of the Ra Horakhty Temple and director of\n alchemical studies and research.\n David Stoelk, administrator director of the Outer Order curriculum\n for the society, received his Bachelor of Arts in history and\n architecture from ISU. He is in charge of a magical newsletter which\n promotes GD studies and networking.\n FOR FURTHER INFO. WRITE\n Laura Jennings\n c/o Hermetic Society of the Golden Dawn\n PO Box 5461\n Santa Monica CA 90405\n 691\nNext: Golden Dawn Training (outline)","title":"Internet Book of Shadows: Golden Dawn (Calif.)","type":"page"}