12/31/2023 0 Comments Golden magical background![]() In the 0=0 initiation ceremony, the Imperator position is associated with Nephthys. In magical ceremonies, the Imperator is the one commanding the other participants, described as a 6=5 role. #Īs well as the grading system, the Golden Dawn also has a number of positions dedicated to specific roles in its operations. Grades of 8=3 and beyond (associated with the Secret Chiefs) are not typically involved with the cabal's standard operations, with members such as Dion Fortune believing they didn't really exist and were just for show. With the exception of the initial 0=0 grade which has no associated position, the first numeral is the number of steps up from the bottom of the tree ( Malkuth), while the second is the number of steps down from the top ( Keter). The grades are referenced to by paired numbers separated by an equal sign, relating to the associated position on the Tree of Life. The Golden Dawn has an internal grading system, connected to both individual rank and the roles in the ceremonies carried out by the cabal. In addition, there were also factions aligned to Mathers and Westcott, the two initial founders left after the unnamed founder's departure. ![]() The Golden Dawn had a number of levels and groups within itself, including the First Order, the Portal, the Second Order (also referred to as the R.R.etA.C., short for "Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis", meaning "Ruby Rose and Golden Cross"), the Third Order, and the Lady of the Masquerade Ball's cabal-within-a-cabal known as the Sphere. Within the cabal, one's stock of knowledge was directly linked to their power. As a group from Europe, the Golden Dawn was affected by a common thinking among European magicians, who after running into dead ends in their research and exhausting the resources available to them in Europe, believed the answers lay elsewhere and sought them in foreign parts, such as the large, diverse and geographically convenient 'Dark Continent', Africa. ![]()
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