What is Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn?
The '''Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn''' (or '''Golden Dawn''' for short) was a [[magic]]al order of [[secret society]] for the study of the [[occult]] and [[metaphysics]]. It was founded in London in 1888 by Dr. [[William Wynn Westcott]] and [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]]. It ceased to exist under that name in 1903. However, two spin-off groups were created at that time, the [[Stella Matutina]] and the [[Alpha et Omega]]. While it was popular, many well-known people joined the Golden Dawn. Some of its members included: * [[Algernon Blackwood]] * [[Aleister Crowley]] * [[Florence Farr]] * [[Dion Fortune]] * [[Arthur Machen]] * [[Pamela Colman Smith]] * [[Arthur Edward Waite]] * [[William Butler Yeats]] ==Related pages== * [[Hermeticism]] == Other websites == * [http://www.flashback.se/archive/gdfaq.html Golden Dawn FAQ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823002340/http://www.flashback.se/archive/gdfaq.html |date=2007-08-23 }} * [http://www.hermetic.com/gdlibrary/ The Golden Dawn Library Project] * [http://altreligion.about.com/library/texts/bl_historygoldendawn.htm Golden Dawn Tradition, by co-founder Dr. W. Wynn Westcott] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208140522/http://altreligion.about.com/library/texts/bl_historygoldendawn.htm |date=2006-02-08 }} * [http://www.nli.ie/yeats/ Lots of GD material on display in Yeats exhibition including Ritual Notebooks.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203220551/http://www.nli.ie/yeats/ |date=2007-02-03 }} * {{dmoz|Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Esoteric_and_Occult/Golden_Dawn|Golden Dawn}} [[Category:1888 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Religious organizations]] [[Category:Occult]] [[Category:1900s disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Organisations based in London]] {{stub}}