The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - History and Structure

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Academic historical overview of how the Golden Dawn was formed and it collapsed.

SOURCES
Gilbert, R.A. (1983) Golden Dawn: Twilight of the Magicians. 1st Edition. Wellingborough, HarperCollins Distribution Services.
Gilbert, R.A. (2006) Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In: W. J. Hanegraaff ed. Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Leiden ; Boston, Brill, pp.544–550.
Howe, E. (1972) Magicians of the Golden Dawn: A Documentary History of a Magical Order, 1887-1923. 1st Edition. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
ADDITIONAL READINGS
Regardie, I. & Greer, J.M. (2016) The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order. 7th edition. Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications.

00:00 Introduction: Importance of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to contemporary Paganism
01:09 Founding of the Order
02:12 Inspired by Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia
03:56 Golden Dawn rituals
05:27 Women initiates
05:44 Structure of the order
07:51 Knowledge Lectures
09:06 Madame Horos and factionalism
09:43 The end of the order

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[rvfiasco]

The Golden Dawn honestly brought about the true Magickal Revival. Theosophy is important too but I don't give it the weight of what the G.D. accomplished. Thank you, Doctor! This is one of my favorite subjects!

[joerowell]

I find The Golden Dawn so interesting, mainly because I found out that my great Grandmother was a member of The Golden Dawn. This was a great video and they did so much for the magickal community because they were kinda like the first people who “started” the magickal and esoteric revival, if they had not existed then magick, the occult and esotericism wouldn’t be where it is today.

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Recently found your channel and absolutely LOVE your videos! As a fledgling Anthropologist myself, I love the fact that senior Anthropology Scholars have begun using YouTube to teach the general public!

[creepygallery]

There used to be an order of the Golden Dawn here in Australia. When the former leader passed away almost his entire library was purchased by a local book shop. Through them I was able to obtain about a dozen rare printings of authors including MacGregor Mathers, Crowley and A O Spare.

[buckfred]

I got my copy of Regardie’s Golden Dawn one snowy day in 1968. I was 13. It’s been one of my favorite subjects all these years. I’ve read many books on the history of the society, and one of the very best is ‘The Women of the Golden Dawn” by Mary K. Greer. If you haven’t read this one, you’ve got to check it out. Reading this book made me understand what wonderful people were involved, both women and men. It really was a gathering of wonderful minds and souls brought together by the great eternal mystery! So many fabulous authors, artists, actors, and others all involved in a quest for truth and magical knowledge. The very Gods themselves must have brought them together at that certain moment in time. Thank you for this wonderful video!

[nonameronin]

Great video. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn stands out to me among such groups as allowing female members from the start of their tradition. Even the humdrum, typical Freemasons in my location (the southern part of the US state of Georgia) are still segregated by gender, and it's 2021. From my experience, in this area, men are members of the Scottish rite or York rite or Prince Hall lodges and women are usually members of an Order of the Eastern Star group, even though supposedly that tradition is open to anyone.

[fraterzigmund]

Thank you for this! There's still so much history before it gets to the style of self-initiation that people like me practice today

[annabolton]

Just wanted to say I love your videos! As a practitioner I feel there has always been a lack of videos with depth like this on less pop culture occult concepts and traditions like the golden dawn. Plus you give really accurate unbiased information which is also rare online.

[justinbirkholz]

I always learn something from your videos, even on topics that I think I know a lot about! I love that. My introduction to Western Esotericism was when I picked up a copy of Israel Regardie's The Golden Dawn. Which was quite overwhelming at first, as you can probably imagine. But I've been working my way through it for a couple years and it's found a special place in my heart.

[frostythesasquatch]

I very much appreciate the contrast and comparison between GD and Freemasonry. As a Freemason, it’s interesting to see how much our Craft has influenced everything from college fraternities to esoteric orders. That said, I know a number of esoteric Masons who themselves take inspiration from Wicca and GD and use that influence to utilise Masonic ritual for magick during meetings, with or without the implicit participation of the other brothers present. Lodges are very diverse groups of men and not every Mason is interested in “magick” writ large. These esoteric brothers believe that if they treat the ritual with enough reverence and gravitas, the initiatic rituals can and will be transformative for the candidate regardless of their own intention. I only bring this up to underscore how much reciprocity there is in the influence between Freemasonry and the Golden Dawn and vice-versa.

Excellent video! Thank you so much for making this.

[EdwardIglesias]

Excellent video. There has been so much academic study of the GD since I last seriously researched it in the mid 90s.

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Very good explained!!! Thank you Angela!

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