Curriculum
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pathsandcirclesHello to everyone who's showed up, and welcome! I've been lurking on JMG's Magic Mondays for quite some time now, and recently saw a comment last week asking if there were any groups dedicated specifically to discussing the host's Golden Dawn books. I'm working through this material myself, and had also wondered about the same thing, I decided (inspired in part by Pascal Beverly Randolph's "Try" dictum) to make such a group myself- hope people find it useful! To start things off, here's a copy of a comment from a recent Magic Monday I wanted to keep track of, largely for personal reference since it applied neatly to my own situation (currently working through Paths of Wisdom, and haven't yet picked up a copy of Circles of Power, but time to do so soon):
Q: "I recently finished LRM and picked up Circles of Power to continue my study of Golden Dawn magic. However, I'm not sure how to supplement my daily practice of the LBRP, MP, divination, and meditation with the rituals from CoP. Which rituals should I learn first, and how can I integrate them into my existing practice most effectively?
A: "If you already know the material in LRM, start by learning the Rose+Cross ritual, and do that weekly. Then learn the Opening and Closing Rituals in Chapter 8. Do those weekly as well. Then, once or twice a week, do a working where you open a temple, invoke one of the elements using the Greater Ritual of the Pentagram, meditate on the element, banish the element and close. Do this with all four elements, say, four times each. Then do the same thing with the planetary energies, using the Hexagram rituals. Then move on to basic rituals of practical magic. All this time, maintain your basic practices from LRM. That sequence of practices will take you very far indeed."
Now, off to do my meditation on the Divine Name assignment of Path 32!
Q: "I recently finished LRM and picked up Circles of Power to continue my study of Golden Dawn magic. However, I'm not sure how to supplement my daily practice of the LBRP, MP, divination, and meditation with the rituals from CoP. Which rituals should I learn first, and how can I integrate them into my existing practice most effectively?
A: "If you already know the material in LRM, start by learning the Rose+Cross ritual, and do that weekly. Then learn the Opening and Closing Rituals in Chapter 8. Do those weekly as well. Then, once or twice a week, do a working where you open a temple, invoke one of the elements using the Greater Ritual of the Pentagram, meditate on the element, banish the element and close. Do this with all four elements, say, four times each. Then do the same thing with the planetary energies, using the Hexagram rituals. Then move on to basic rituals of practical magic. All this time, maintain your basic practices from LRM. That sequence of practices will take you very far indeed."
Now, off to do my meditation on the Divine Name assignment of Path 32!
