Caroline Tully wrote:
> Hello, does anyone know where the ciphers in the "cipher manuscript"
> that the Golden Dawn was founded upon came from and does anyone know
> where the Invocation to Thoth used in the Conjuration to Visible
> Manifestation of the Spirit Taphthartharath performed by Florence
> Farr, Alan Bennet, (and the other two participants) and which is now
> used in Aleister Crowley's "Liber Israfel" , came from? Was it from an
> ancient Egyptian source, or did the ritualists make it up? Was there a
> record of the result of this ritual?
>
> And also, Al Billings, what is your study 'angle' regarding the Golden
> Dawn again, can you remind me. Thanks.
I'm looking at whether Golden Dawn-derived groups could be considered a
religion by some set of the standard markers for such.
I'm actually growing dissatisfied with it as a thesis area and would
rather focus on the Golden Dawn directly but I am having problems coming
up with ideas that are approachable.
Al
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