T.H. Pattinson was a watchmaker in Yorkshire of northern England and a member of Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.). He was initiated in the Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn in 1888, thus he was one of the first members. At 20th of June he wrote a letter to Westcott, the founder of the Golden Dawn, in which he describes a vision he had. The letter can be found in R.A. Gilbert's book, The Golden Dawn Scrapbook, Weiser 1997
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Hekate in the Golden Dawn Temple Tarot - Part Two
Almost a year ago, I wrote an article with Hekate in the G.D. Temple Tarot. It is time to expand it and be more analytical. In this article I am going to focus on the Moon card of the Major Arcana and how the Goddess is related with that card.
Queen of the Wands and Hekate
In this article we are going to examine if and how the court card of the Queen of the Wands relate with the Goddess of the Crossroads. The reason for this correlation is an esoteric motivation I had to buy a printed image of the Queen from the Golden Dawn Temple Tarot. Without knowing much about the symbolism of this card in the Golden Dawn decks I put it next to a classical image of Hekate and they are going fine. Let's see how this happened.
How to construct your Air Dagger
In this article I am going to show you my way of constructing an amazing Golden Dawn Air Dagger with common tools. I will try to be as analytical as possible using images, especially when the steps become a little difficult. If you constuct your dagger using those instructions keep in mind that safety is first, know your tools, have your wood tightened all the time and let's do great magick.
I recommend that you start working with the steel if you have some experience with knife making or if you are quite a craftsman. If not, please have in mind that you will need a lot of time, you will have to see some knife making videos and try your best. If you cannot work with steel, buy a blade online or to your local "making a knife" shop.
How to construct your Fire Wand
In this article I am going to show you my way of constructing an amazing Golden Dawn Fire Wand with common tools. I will try to be as analytical as possible using images, especially when the steps become a little difficult. If you constuct your wand using those instructions keep in mind that safety is first, know your tools, have your wood tightened all the time and let's do great magick.
Construction of a Tarot Box
It is Tuesday. I just received the Golden Dawn Temple Tarot from Wendrich Art House. I was expecting the cards to arrive and start work with them. But there is a problem. According to the Golden Dawn Hermetic Tradition, a ritual should be done before opening the cards and for this, some tools are essential like the tarot wand and a tarot box or pouch. We will make the wand and the box ourselves.
Hekate in the Golden Dawn Temple Tarot
The Golden Dawn Temple Tarot is one of a few Golden Dawn Tarot decks that are available for the magickal and tarot community. It is a pure representative of the english school of tarot, the most famous school. This deck is the most recent in its category and maybe the most vivid one. It has been created by Nicola and Harry Wendrich and Nick Farrell, extremelly important personalities. It is available in the Wendrich Art House website (http://www.wendricharthouse.com/shop_gdttd1.htm#b1). The cards have been drawn after esoteric work like meditation, astral projection and total understanding of the Book T of the Golden Dawn Hermetic Tradition.
My main interest in this article is the Moon card (number 18) from the Triumps and we will see why.
Golden Dawn Nemyss
Nemyss is a ritual tool for the magician of the Golden Dawn tradition. It has strong symbolism and a very old historical connection with the magick of ancient Egypt.
