The Essential Golden Dawn: An Introduction to High Magic Paperback – April 8, 2003

If you are interested in the Golden Dawn system of magic this should be your first book, it will give you the nuts and bolts on the history of the original order, the overview of the iniciatory path in a Golden Dawn system, the main rituals, etc. Plus it has a great bibliography if you decide you want to continue on this path. It is well writen, it moves at reasonable pace, it will give you a basic understanding of the whole thing, and the book does just that very well, its an intoduction but it does honours its title, it's essential. If you are new to the Golden Dawn buy it with confidence, there's no better introduction to the Golden Dawn than this book.

I have found few writers that give you the detail needed and who want you to understand the way this and that is done BUT also the why. That is hard to find in the vast book market in this day and time. This is another of their books that I now own, read and use at some point almost every day. I know that their data comes from others who have lead the way. However when it comes to putting into a usable form I have only a few authors I now go to for the information that I can readily understand and use. I can't say that about some of the other 6 dozen or so authors who regurgitate the same data in a fluffier form. Thank you Chic and Sandra CiceroNick

Good book for exploring the history and the surface of what the Golden Dawn was and is. However this is not a book that will give you the nuts and bolts of the system. Like it says in its title it is an "Introduction". If you want depth get Cicero's Self Initiation book and of course Israel Regardie's book on the Golden Dawn.

This book is ideal for those curious about or interested in the Golden Dawn. It gives you a general idea of what the Golden Dawn encompasses, helping you decide if this path is for you. It is easy to comprehend but at the same time more extensive in the history of magic than I expected. It gives honest insight to the history of the Golden Dawn and the pioneers who despite their flaws started one of the greatest mystery schools to touch so many, on so many different levels.

This book is an excellent, well put together introductory for anyone interested in the teachings and history of the hermetic order of the golden dawn. This book gives you a well put together outline of original golden dawn order to the modern time era order. I recommend this book as one of the first books one gets on his journey, just to see if this path is right for him/her or not.

My girlfriend said it was a pretty good book she was interestin golden dawn she was just bummed out that it didn't talk more about ritual performing it just talked about the basics over and over again so there was that however it was a good informative book so we're going to give it 5 stars

This is a very good general book to know the GD trainning, levels, etc. It is written in a very clear way and provides very useful information if someone wants to know or follow the Golden Dawn branch managed by the Ciceros. I am not part of this branch so my comment is from the outside. The book includes good biography for the different areas (astrology, divination, alchemy, etc.). I recommend it !!!!!!!

Never read it but they liked it