The Golden Dawn (1971 Revised, Corrected, & Enlarged 4th. Edition) By Israel Regardie

This is a second-hand copy of the book The Golden Dawn (1971 Revised, Corrected, & Enlarged 4th. Edition) By Israel Regardie. 

Condition: This is a used book in good condition. The hardcover has rubbing. Light foxing to endpapers.

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Year: 1974 (second printing of 1971 4th. edition)
ISBN: 0875426646
Format: Hardback
Pages: 1100
Condition: Used (Good)

First published in 1937, Israel Regardie's The Golden Dawn has become the most influential modern handbook of magical theory and practice. An essential textbook for students of the occult, The Golden Dawn includes occult symbolism and Qabalistic philosophy, training methods for developing magical and clairvoyant powers, rituals that summon and banish spiritual potencies, secrets of making and consecrating magical tools, and much more.

Israel Regardie's publication of works on Qabalah aimed at a general audience angered some occultists who thought Regardie was sharing information too widely. As a result of the controversy, in 1934 he made contact with members of the Stella Matutina, a ceremonial magic occultist order that had branched off the since-dissolved Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. With Aleister Crowley's blessing, he was initiated into the group, taking on the magical name "Ad Majorem Adonai Gloriam". He rapidly progressed through the grades of the order, reaching that of Zelator Adeptus Minor, but grew disillusioned with the group's leaders, regarding them as being egotistical and preoccupied with collecting grandiose titles. He resolved to publish the group's ritual material, believing that it would ensure that the Golden Dawn ritual system was not lost and would benefit a far wider range of people; this would entail breaking the oath of secrecy he took upon entering the order.