KABBALAH of the GOLDEN DAWN

Book excerpt: The Kabbalah formed the backbone of the Golden Dawn system of magic from the initial training and the highest grade work. This structure and teaching influenced nearly every magical group in the 20th and 21st centuries and great magical "names" such as Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Alex Saunders, Gareth Knight and WE Butler. In this book, one of the important leaders of the modern Golden Dawn movement, Pat Zalewski, brings together the Order's published and unpublished teaching in a single volume enabling magical students an eagle's eye view. This new expanded edition provides the symbols and attributions for the paths and spheres of the Tree of Life, enabling the students to advance from theoretical to practical work. It includes unpublished diagrams and papers and opens new doors to alchemical and ritual magic practices. It provides the Order's often overlooked approach to the feminine through its teachings on Shekinah. To this, Zalewski has added some practical work on the sphere of sensation handed down by Whare Ra adepts. Whare Ra was the last surviving Golden Dawn group based in Hawkes Bay in New Zealand. With such material in their hands, those who follow the Golden Dawn system can understand how it works and make its form of Kabbalah part of their spiritual path.