The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, more commonly the Golden Dawn, was a secret society from the Western esoteric tradition that was heavily based on Rosicrucianism and inspired by Freemasonry, chi
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers in Egyptian costume performing a ritual in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Hermes Trismegistus Cauc High Res
Aleister Crowley
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Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. As the founder of the religion of Thelema in the early 20th century, he identified as its prop
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
…the Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, the Welsh author Arthur Machen, and the English authors Evelyn Underhill and Aleister Crowley. In 1896 or 1897, Westcott broke all ties to the Golden Dawn, leaving Mathers in control. It has been speculated that his departure was due to his…
Crowley in 1925
Aleister Crowley was born Edward Alexander Crowley at 30 Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on 12 October 1875.
Crowley in Golden Dawn garb, 1910
Crowley during the K2 Expedition, 1902