Does anybody know anything about the "Golden Dawn" ?

Answer 1

the golden dawn was an esoteric organization that studied magick, the qabala,tarot, tantra, yoga, etc. It's members included Aleister Crowley, Israel Regardie, Dion Fortune, M.S. Macgregor Mathers, among others. They disbanded in part because Crowley was the most qualified member to take over as head of the order but Dion Fortune and others thought Crowley was an asshole. Check out the book "The Golden Dawn" or "The Tree of Life" or "The Middle Pillar" by Israel Regardie, because he pretty much explains everything about the order in these. He published these after the order dissolved. Crowley was also the outer head of the Ordo Templi Orientis for all the english speaking countries. This is an organization that is still standing and has thousands of members worldwide. Check out http://oto-usa.org/ ( I believe this is the sight)

Answer 2

This is a paragraph of the history of the Golden Dawn.

The Golden Dawn

...During the same time, ceremonial magic, which followed
the patterns of ficino, Mirandola, the Roscrucians, and the
Freemasons, was evolving. Alphonse Louise Constant (1810-
1875), better known by his nome de plume Eliphas Levi, was a
magician who borrowed from treatuses dating back to
Paracelsus. Trained as a preist but never ordained, he
attempted to reconcile religeon, science, and mysticism in
his writings. He proposed that the adept could receive
spiritual teachings from a high plane by tapping into what
he called the "astral light of divine power" by force of
will. He was also the first to connect the twenty-two
trumps of the major Arcana of the tarot with the Qabalistic
Tree of Life. Levi's influence on end-of-the-century
magicians was immense. Some people believe that Aleister
Crowly was his reincarnation, since Crowley was born shortly
after Levi died.

Answer 3

It was believed to be a cult

today they call themselfs a non-profit organization that studies witchcraft/magic/occult activities : Their web page here- http://www.hermeticgoldendawn.org/index.shtml

I've always heard it said that they were a cult, and that they took in Alester Crowley who was a bonnified nut job who earned the title "The Wickedest Man in the World", used his studies with the golden dawn and alone to summon demons (or so he claimed) a lot of people ran away from him and or went nutty, and he claimed murder through magic on a hand full of people.

However I did a quick search and it looks like the golden were only intrested in practicing witchcraft and not particularly a religious cult type. http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/occult/golden_dawn.html
like old time alchemists. Maybe they got their bad name from bringing in Crowley, I didn't know that most GD'ers didn't like him. huh. Suprise!

Answer 4

specific. probable the perfect thank you to verify approximately them is to study books written by potential of contributors. i choose to advise "The Golden first mild" written by potential of Israel Regardie because it supplies a solid evaluate.

Answer 5

Yes, actually. But I'm not going to tell you.