Is being Thelemic antithetical with being Golden Dawn?
Some of the folk who opine that the OSOGD is not a real GD order do so on the basis of our work with Thelema. We beg to differ: The Book of the Law or ‘Liber AL’ (L.AL) scribed by Aleister Crowley, is the basis for Thelema. To understand it a thorough knowledge of the Golden Dawn system is required since it is written in GD symbolism. Yet, somehow despite AC’s rebuilding the GD in line with his vision and understanding of L.AL to form his A\A\, some feel there is an inherent conflict between the GD and Thelema. We don’t see it. Our view is this: Extending the pervasive computer metaphor present in the OSOGD, Thelema is Golden Dawn version 2.0. The excellent work of the Stella Matutina, the Alpha et Omega, and most importantly the recently released work of the Smaragdum Thalasses and Whare Ra of New Zealand would correspond to point releases e.g., GD1.1, GD1.2, GD1.3, etc. Each is a development on the original GD either due to changing conditions or many years of experience. We who prac
