Holy Order of the Golden Dawn

05/17/2016

2 last copies available in French

NB: Derniers exemplaires en vente. 'Table des 72 anges tirée cabalistiquement des 72 noms ineffables de Dieu avec leurs noms, puissances, et les jours auxquels ils président dans les douze lunes, avec le verset du pseaume qui convient à chaqu'un, avec leurs

05/11/2016

A Library is a magical place: all those books jammed together, whispering and daring each other to grab the attention of unsuspecting patrons and teach them a thing or three. I am certain I was the…

04/25/2016

Pick out the folks you like the least and watch ’em for a while;
They never waste a kindly word, they never waste a smile;
They criticize their fellow men at every chance they get,
They never found a human just to suit their fancy yet.
From them I guess you’d learn something if they were pointed out —
Some things that every one of us should know a lot about,
When someone “knocks” a brother, pass around the loving cup–
Say something good about him if you have to make it up.
It’s safe to say that every man God made holds trace of good
That he would fain exhibit to his fellows if he could;
The kindly deeds in many a soul are hibernating there
Awaiting the encouragement of other souls that dare
To show the best that’s in them; and a universal move
Would start the whole world running in a hopeful, helpful groove.
Say something sweet to paralyze the “knocker” on the spot–
Speak kindly of his victim if you know the man or not.
The eyes that peek and peer to find the worst a brother holds,
The tongue that speaks in bitterness, that frets and fumes and scolds;
The hand that bruise the fallen, though their strength was made to raise
The weaklings who have stumbled at the parting of the ways–
All these should be forgiven, for they “know not what they do”;
Their hinderance makes a greater work for wiser ones like you.
So, when they scourge a wretched one who’s drained sin’s bitter cup,
Say something good about him if you have to make it up.
-Anonymous

04/08/2016

A 17th-century manuscript written by Sir Isaac Newton that was held in a private collection for decades is being placed online, offering a fascinating glimpse into the work of the celebrated physicist.

03/08/2016

Sometimes we can feel ourselves being raised up to heaven when we least expect it. Obviously, we would wish to remain up there forever, but it is not possible, as there is still so much keeping us tied to the world below! If heaven grants us this grace, it is so that we may have a foretaste, an intuition, of the light-filled space we are destined to live in one day. These sudden feelings of joy we sometimes experience tell us of the freedom to come.
In autumn, when the trees begin to lose their leaves, you know winter is close, and in winter when the snowdrops begin to open you know they are heralding the coming of spring. In your soul, just as in nature, there are signs of what is to come, and you must learn to recognize and interpret them.

01/27/2016

An organization shrouded in a cloak of mystery and based on stringently guarded teachings ...

01/24/2016

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/09/conjuror-john-dee-glyn-parry-review

Was Elizabeth I in thrall to a magus? Graham Parry investigates

01/24/2016

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01/23/2016

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/17/john-dee-painting-circle-of-human-skulls-exhibition

Enigmatic Tudor polymath known in his day as ‘the Queen’s conjuror’ is subject of exhibition at Royal College of Physicians

01/21/2016

I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.
—Rumi

01/16/2016

The oldest known Egyptian leather manuscript, dating back some 4,000 years, has been rediscovered at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after it was pulled from a dusty, old storage box, where it had been l

01/09/2016

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. ― C.G. Jung