From tyagi@bjt.net Wed Nov 13 07:57:27 1996 Return-Path: tyagi@bjt.net Received: from mx2.smtp.psi.net (mx2.smtp.psi.net [38.9.26.2]) by bitsy.hollyfeld.org (8.7.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA29427 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 07:57:25 -0500 Received: from kudonet.com by mx2.smtp.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.4-PSI) id GAA27864; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 06:29:42 -0500 (EST) Received: by kudonet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id DAA11137; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 03:30:41 -0800 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 03:30:41 -0800 Message-Id: <199611131130.DAA11137@kudonet.com> To: tyagi@hollyfeld.org Subject: 9611.gdmasns.ab From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Reply-To: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Status: RO >Path: kudonet.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!news.clark.net!mr.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!netnews.nwnet.net!speakeasy.org!not-for-mail >From: mimir@speakeasy.org (Al Billings) >Newsgroups: alt.magick >Subject: Re: What is the Golden Dawn? >Date: 11 Nov 1996 22:33:30 GMT >Organization: Speakeasy Cafe >Lines: 24 >Message-ID: <5689jq$ilq@eve.speakeasy.org> >References: <32864841.4821174@news.servtech.com> <32879A98.6940@TIW.COM> >NNTP-Posting-Host: eve.speakeasy.org >X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Robert Word (WORD@TIW.COM) wrote: : Mike Allegretto wrote: : > : > Can someone please tell me what this Golden Dawn is about? : : The Golden Dawn is that Divine Illumination which comes to a man (or : woman) who succeeds in contempation. : : It is viewed by some that Lord Buddha was an early Golden Dawner. For : he was completely englightened, and perhaps the wisest of any man ever : to live on the face of the earth. Irregardless of Word's blithering above, the Golden Dawn as a organization, organized in a manner similar to the Freemasons, which promoted a particular kind combination of Hermetic magic, Qabalah, and various other spiritual disciplines or ideas. It self-destructed in the early 20th century and certain individuals have been fighting over the pieces ever since. The Golden Dawn's great gift to us all was that they compiled a complex and workable system for doing magic and for spiritual advancement. This has been, for the most part, published. Look for _The Golden Dawn_ by Israel Regardie which contains most of the available order material.