Full Description
A century ago, groups descending from the famed Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn fused the occult lore of the Western magical tradition with the nature spirituality of the Druid Revival. They invoked Pagan Celtic powers instead of the Judeo-Christian names and symbols. Respected occult author and Grand Archdruid John Michael Greer has re-created a complete magical system based on the Celtic Golden Dawn traditions. This new book provides students with a complete curriculum of Druidical magic and occult wisdom, including training in ceremonial magic, meditation, pathworking, divination, geomancy, and herbal alchemy, allowing self-initiation into the three degrees of Ovate, Bard, and Druid. It features spectacular magical techniques for such things as invisibility, etheric shapeshifing, and conjuring spirits.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Golden Dawn and the Celtic Twilight
THE OVATE GRADE
Introductory Letter
First Knowledge Lecture
First Meditation
The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram
Concerning the Three Rays of Light
Second Knowledge Lecture
Second Meditation
The Temple of the Ovate Grade
Concerning the Healing Art of the Ancients
Third Knowledge Lecture
Third Meditation
Purifying the Ovate Temple
The Druid Wands
Concerning the Healing Art of the Ancients - 2
Fourth Knowledge Lecture
Fourth Meditation
Consecrating the Ovate Temple
Ovate Tree Working
Concerning the Healing Art of the Ancients - 3
Fifth Knowledge Lecture
Fifth Meditation
Circumambulating the Ovate Temple
Geomantic Divination - 1
Introduction to Vegetable Alchemy
Sixth Knowledge Lecture
Sixth Meditation
Opening and Closing the Ovate Temple
Geomantic Divination - 2
On the First Work of Spagyrics
Seventh Knowledge Lecture
Seventh Meditation
The Examination of the Ovate Grade
The Initiation of the Ovate Grade
THE BARDIC GRADE
Introductory Lecture of the Bardic Grade
The Exercise of the Central Ray
The Greater Ritual of the Pentagram
The Work of Earth
The Work of Water
The Work of Air
The Work of Fire
A Note on Pathworking
Additional Lectures of the Bardic Grade
On the Tree of Life
On the Sacred Geometry of the Druids
Plants in Magic and Alchemy
Principles of Color and Sound
Practical Geomancy
Preparation for the Bardic Grade Initiation
The Examination of the Bardic Grade
The Initiation of the Bardic Grade
THE DRUID GRADE
Introductory Lecture of the Druid Grade
The Supreme Ritual of the Pentagram
The Ritual of the O.I.W
The Druid Temple
The Working Tools of Druidical Magic
The Wand
The Sickle
The Serpent's Egg
The Formulae of Ceremonial Magic
Consecration
Conjuration
Transformation
On Rituals of Self-Initiation
Equinox and Solstice Ceremonies
Additional Lectures of the Druid Grade
Macrocosm and Microcosm
The Paths Above The Veil
Preparation for the Druid Grade Initiation
The Examination of the Druid Grade
The Initiation of the Druid Grade
A Letter to the Druid Initiate
Sources and Additional Readings
Bibliography
Index
