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I would like permission to quote the elemental meditations and invocations in The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies of the Golden Dawn as Revealed by Israel Regardie.
I want to use them in a ritual I am developing which I intend to place
online for free access.The ritual will quote the words of the Golden
Dawn text without any modification.
The ritual I am developing is an elemental meditation and invocation.
Thanks Toyin Adepoju
2.Dear Toyin,
Unfortunately, Llewellyn cannot grant permission for this.
Thank you,
Kathy Schneider
Permissions Coordinator
Llewellyn Worldwide
2143 Wooddale Drive
Woodbury, MN 55129-2989
651-312-8576
1-800-843-6666 ext. 8576
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27 Sep
toyin adepoju to Kathy
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| Thanks. I hope you dont mind my asking why not? I
am not challenging your authority. I am just curious. I am also curious
because, as far as I know, the Golden Dawn text is a distillation and
transformation from various sources.
Thanks toyin
4.
29 September Dear Kathy,
Good morning.
May I humbly and earnestly request that Llewellyn review its position on this?
Magical
and religious systems grow by accretion and adaptation, of the kind I
am requesting your permission to do with a very small fraction of the
enormous wealth represented by the Golden Dawn material. If I know my
Golden Dawn history well enough, the text was first published through
Aleister Crowley's defiance of his oath as a Golden Dawn initiate not to
reveal what he was taught. The text itself is fed by various sources,
without which the Golden Dawn could not have existed. These include
ancient Egyptian rituals, the Enochian workings of John Dee, the Hindu
tattvas, among others.
In the light of the history of the very book in question itself, I
would suggest that Llewellyn permit me to use a small fraction of the
text in a ritual I am developing.
Thanks toyin
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29 September
Kathy Schneider to me
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| Toyin:
Llewellyn stands firmly in its position to deny your request. We do not allow material to be posted online.
Kathy Schneider
Permissions Coordinator
Llewellyn Worldwide
2143 Wooddale Drive
Woodbury, MN 55129-2989
651-312-8576
1-800-843-6666 ext. 8576
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29 September
toyin adepoju to Kathy
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| Thanks. Would you prefer to have it as part of a print book? Thanks toyin
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29 September
Kathy Schneider to me
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Bottom line: we aren't granting you permission.
Kathy Schneider
Permissions Coordinator
Llewellyn Worldwide
2143 Wooddale Drive
Woodbury, MN 55129-2989
651-312-8576
1-800-843-6666 ext. 8576
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29 September
toyin adepoju to Kathy
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Im doing it anyway. Your position is not justifiable in terms of the history of the book you are jealously guarding.
toyin
9. 29 September
Then be informed that Llewellyn has ample reason to present you with a lawsuit.
Kathy Schneider
Permissions Coordinator
Llewellyn Worldwide
2143 Wooddale Drive
Woodbury, MN 55129-2989
651-312-8576
1-800-843-6666 ext. 8576
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10. 29 September
An interesting adventure it is likely to be.
What does Llewellyn lose from having online a minuscule fraction of a text?
We
might as well discount the entire ethical legitimacy of the Golden Dawn
book which seems to be significantly a bricolage of work created by
others different from McGregor Mathers and Wayne Wescott who put the
book together. Did they seek permission from copyright holders or even
openly acknowledge their sources in the rituals they used?
It could be relevant for you to read up on the history of the book
we are referring to. It might help you rethink your position. You could
start with Israel Regardie's introduction to the book.
Thanks
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