Qabalah – The Complete Golden Dawn Initiate – Steven Ashe
This is a mammoth work of monumental importance to the student-participant’s understanding of the Golden Dawn knowledge system. An insightful approach to the evolved Golden Dawn tradition. The threads of ancient Hermetic tradition with relevance to personal initiation are rich with historic reference to the Lurianic Kabbalah and the medieval schools of The Rabad and Isaac the Blind.. History of the Golden Dawn Tradition. Full text of Qabalah of 50 Gates (Self-Sentience within the Astral Plane). The Seven Planetary Rites. The Three Great Planetary Rites. The Zodiacal talismanic magic of the 72 Angels of the Shemhamphorash Key Texts from the Zohar of direct relevance to Golden Dawn’s philosophical model of the Tree of Life. Initiated Tarot Lore and detailed history of symbolism. Seven Planetary Rites of the Golden Dawn Lodge. The Three Great Planetary Rites (Traditional). The Twelve Zodiacal Invocations. The Zodiacal Magic of the 72 Angels of the Schemhamphorasch. The fragmented texts of the Bahir. The Sepher Yetzirah. The Tawasin.