Order of the Golden Dawn

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A secret society devoted to the study and practice of the occult, metaphysics, and paranormal activities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Influenced modern Western occultism significantly.

Region of Origin: United Kingdom
Year Founded: 1887
Known Aliases: Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, GD
Calendar Holidays: Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes (primary ceremonial dates for initiations and grade advancements), Summer and Winter Solstices (secondary observances). Did not follow the eight Wiccan sabbats
Pantheon: Syncretic multi-pantheon: Egyptian mythology (primary), Kabbalistic Jewish mysticism, Christian Rosicrucian, Greek-Neoplatonic, Enochian angelic hierarchies — used as symbolic frameworks mapped onto the Tree of Life
Magic Practice: Ceremonial ritual magic (theurgy): Kabbalistic ritual, Enochian magic, astral projection, scrying, geomancy, tarot divination, astrology, talisman consecration, invocation and evocation of spirits, Lesser and Greater Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram
Primary Gods: Isis (magic, Isis-Urania lodge), Osiris (death and resurrection, Inner Order mysteries), Horus (solar warrior), Thoth (wisdom and magic), Nephthys, Anubis. Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel in Kabbalistic framework
Threat Assessment: medium

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