Hey Jake,
My caution was based on the idea that the GD adopted the Evocation of the Archangels from the Jewish bedtime prayer - which calls the angels from directions that do not line up with the earlier Mesopotamian invocation.
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Aaron
--- On Tue, 8/24/10, Jake Stratton-Kent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Jake Stratton-Kent <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Golden Dawn origins?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 2:38 PM
> On 24 August 2010 19:25, Aaron Leitch
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Aaron,
>
> 'coincidence' might be unnecessarily cautious, Budge for
> one was
> writing books on Assyriology back in the day as well as the
> better
> known Egyptophile ones. I could root through Maspero's
> tomes (Dawn of
> Civilisation/Struggle of Nations), but I'd bet this
> incantation was
> extant and available to Mathers and co. I certainly knew of
> it in the
> 70s when I was more steeped in their source materials.
>
> ALWays
>
> Jake
>
> >
> > I think it is strictly a coincidence, but it is
> interesting to note how this invocation aligns perfectly
> with the later LBRP
> >
> > Shamash is placed in front of me / Before me Raphael:
> Shamash is the God of the Sun, and in GD correspondences
> Raphael is the Archangel of the solar sphere of Tiphareth.
> >
> > Nanna is placed behind me / Behind me Gabriel: Nanna
> is the God of the Moon, and Gabriel is traditionally the
> Archangel of the Moon.
> >
> > Nergal to my right hand / To my right hand Michael:
> Nergal is the God of War and Pestilence. My
> understanding is that he may be one and the same (via
> migration) with the Canaanite War God Reshef. One of
> Reshef's epithets was "Mikal", which may very well be the
> origin of the Hebrew Archangel Michael.
> >
> > Ninurta to my left hand / To my left hand Auriel: In
> GD correspondences, Auriel is the Archangel of Earth.
> IIRC, Ninurta has some association as an Earth or Saturn
> deity - but I may have to stand corrected on that one.
> It's been a while since I studied the Babylonian
> materials.
> >
> > Oh - and for the record: I agree that much of what
> passes for modern Babylonian magick has it's source right
> there in R.C. Thompson's "Devils and Evil Spirits of
> Babylonia...". :) In fact, anything by him or Mark S.
> Smith is worth reading in that regard.
> >
> > LVX
> > Aaron
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>
> --
> Jake
>
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