{"product_id":"the-golden-dawn-companion-9781870450591","title":"The Golden Dawn Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn epitomized the paradox of an intellectual élite who rejected orthodox religion and yet remained within the social establishment of its day. The colourful story of these would-be magicians is well known to students of nineteenth-century social history, but the private archives on which the definitive history of the Order (Ellie Howe's \u003cem\u003eThe Magicians of the Golden Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e) was based have only recently become accessible for study by scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Dawn Companion\u003c\/em\u003e the texts of both official and unofficial documents are made available for all. Here are the full texts of the Order's Constitution, Rules and Regulations, the Obligations of candidates for both the Outer and Inner Orders, the 'General Orders' of the R.R. et A.C., and the complete membership lists from the official Address Book, the Order Rolls and other lists compiled within the various branches of the Order up to 1914. There are also detailed descriptions of the Temples, the Grade rituals, and the manuscript collections that comprise the archives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, the original texts of the various theories of origin of the Golden Dawn are brought together, and there is a comprehensive, updated and annotated bibliography of printed material relating to the Order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilbert, R. A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - R.A. Gilbert read Philosophy and Psychology a the University of Bristol and later received his doctorate from the University of London, for a thesis on esoteric publishing in the Nineteenth Century. He is a retired antiquarian bookseller, and the author and editor of many books on Western Esotericism, including studies of the Golden Dawn and its members.","brand":"Thoth Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561662255378,"sku":"9781870450591","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24282317-d4ef-4e8f-93f0-7423cdcba3f3.jpg?v=1731850384","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-golden-dawn-companion-9781870450591","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}