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Case started Tarot early
Born Oct. 3, 1884, Case spent childhood in New York. In 1900 CE, at sixteen, Case met the occultist Claude Bragdon, as they had both donated their talents to a charity performance. It was in this meeting that Paul Case got his first "directive". Bragdon asked Case, "Where do you think the playing cards come from?" This simple question sparked an immediate search for the origins and uses of Tarot. Within a very short period of time, Case had collected every book and every set of Tarot Keys available. He spent years researching, studying, and meditating on these archetypal images.
Meanwhile in England, In 1898, Aleister Crowley gained initiation into the society and progressed rapidly through the ranks. The next year he went to Paris and compelled Mathers to promote him into a higher level of the secret order and Mathers complied. The London lodge, under leadership of actress Florence Farr, rejected this promotion. When Crowley returned to England in disguise exclaiming he was the "Envoy Extraordinary," from Mathers in an attempt to gain control of the Second Order of the Golden Dawn, he wore Highland dress with a black mask and brandished a gilt dagger. During his effort, Crowley suffered a formal rebuff, complete with legal problems.
It was an uneasy alliance between Crowley and Mathers and it deteriorated. Crowley considered himself a better magician than Mathers. Allegedly, this led to magical warfare between the men. Mathers sent an astral vampire to assault Crowley. Crowley counterattacked, sending a legion of demons after his ex-ally, now turned rival. Eventually antics by Crowley prompted his expulsion from the order. Crowley retaliated by publishing secrets of the society in his biannual magazine, The Equinox.
Several esoteric groups now bear the name Golden Dawn and many claim lineage from the original London lodge. Crowley and Regardie, although condemned for revealing Golden Dawn secrets likely held limited knowledge. Yeats, Waite and Horniman blocked Crowley from ascending to the Second Order and Mathers not long after promoting him clashed with the recent initiate. After Mathers sent Crowley to London, the British Lodge voted to break ties with his Paris order, which initiated a series of public exchanges by various members. In a sea of dissention, the once secret organization drifted into public domain. Finally, Yeats assumed control over the Second Order of the Golden Dawn and attempted to restore harmony within the group but his effort proved fruitless. Due to internal strife, the order dissolved in 1902 CE, triggering formation of several splinter groups.
Mathers, after becoming destitute in Paris, unintentionally soiled the name Golden Dawn after entering into a disastrous relationship with the couple named Mr. and Mrs. Theo Horos. This pair made their living as frauds with an occult slant. Apparently, by developing rapport with a freshly formed American order, they either acquired or forged credentials. Based on the documents and enticing personalities, the two conned Mathers out of legitimate Golden Dawn documents, which they used for setting up spurious temples for confidence schemes. When Mathers finally heard word of their actions, he denounced them as swindlers. Costing Mathers most of his Paris following, the couple disappeared only to surface in London several years later facing statutory rape charges. In an ensuing trial allegations that the Horos couple used young women as sex magic partners and then took their money, again brought the order into the open and under fire. Deviously misused, the name Golden Dawn became a poor choice for all early splinter groups.
Indeed Mina had a hand in the New York order but her husband who founded the British order died in 1918. On July 18, 1921, Moina Mathers wrote Case regarding complaints she had received regarding some of his teachings. Apparently, Case had begun discussing the topic of sex magic, which at the time had no official place in the Order curriculum. Since no knowledge lectures exist on the subject, whether sex practices were ever taught in the Golden Dawn has been a long standing question. In her correspondence with Case, Moina wrote, "...I have seen the results of this superficial sex teaching in several Occult Societies as well as in individual cases. I have never met with one happy result."
1919 Moina Mathers returned to London after MacGregor’s death and established the Alpha et Omega 3 and the Thoth-Hermes Temple of the Golden Dawn (Alpha et Omega) drew lineage from her. Here is a list of other Temples that flourished and were chartered under the Golden Dawn with the Chief S.L.MacGregor Mathers. The following are not break-away Temples but duly authorized Temples.(Temple No. 3, Isis Urania was the first Temple that was chartered to Mathers.)
No. 1. Licht Liebe und Leben: Nuremberg - Fraulein Sprengel (Soror S.D.A.), 1870
No. 2. Hermanoubis Liege: Dr. Thyssen (L.E.T.) Dormant, 1889
No. 3. Isis - Urania: London - Dr. W. Wynn Westcott (S.A., N.O.M.) Dr. W. R. Woodman (M.E.V., V.O.V.) S.L. MacGregor Mathers (S.R.M.D., D.D.C.F.), 1888
No. 4. Osiris Temple: Weston Super-Mare - B. Cox (C.D.S.), 1888
No. 5. Horus: Bradford - T.H. Pattinson (V.V.M.), 1888
No. 6. Amen-Ra: Edinburgh - Dr. J.W. Brodie Innes (C.S.S.), 1894
No. 7. Ahathoor: Paris - S. L. MacGregor Mathers (S.R.M.D., D.D.C.F.), 1894
No. 8. Ihme: Boston U.S.A., 1895
No. 9. Themis: Philadelphia U.S.A., 1895
No. 10. Thoth-Hermes: Chicago U.S.A. - Mrs. Lockwood, 1895
No. 11. Alpha Omega (Isis Temple): W. London - Dr. E.W. Berridge
Born Oct. 3, 1884, Case spent childhood in New York. In 1900 CE, at sixteen, Case met the occultist Claude Bragdon, as they had both donated their talents to a charity performance. It was in this meeting that Paul Case got his first "directive". Bragdon asked Case, "Where do you think the playing cards come from?" This simple question sparked an immediate search for the origins and uses of Tarot. Within a very short period of time, Case had collected every book and every set of Tarot Keys available. He spent years researching, studying, and meditating on these archetypal images.
Meanwhile in England, In 1898, Aleister Crowley gained initiation into the society and progressed rapidly through the ranks. The next year he went to Paris and compelled Mathers to promote him into a higher level of the secret order and Mathers complied. The London lodge, under leadership of actress Florence Farr, rejected this promotion. When Crowley returned to England in disguise exclaiming he was the "Envoy Extraordinary," from Mathers in an attempt to gain control of the Second Order of the Golden Dawn, he wore Highland dress with a black mask and brandished a gilt dagger. During his effort, Crowley suffered a formal rebuff, complete with legal problems.
It was an uneasy alliance between Crowley and Mathers and it deteriorated. Crowley considered himself a better magician than Mathers. Allegedly, this led to magical warfare between the men. Mathers sent an astral vampire to assault Crowley. Crowley counterattacked, sending a legion of demons after his ex-ally, now turned rival. Eventually antics by Crowley prompted his expulsion from the order. Crowley retaliated by publishing secrets of the society in his biannual magazine, The Equinox.
Several esoteric groups now bear the name Golden Dawn and many claim lineage from the original London lodge. Crowley and Regardie, although condemned for revealing Golden Dawn secrets likely held limited knowledge. Yeats, Waite and Horniman blocked Crowley from ascending to the Second Order and Mathers not long after promoting him clashed with the recent initiate. After Mathers sent Crowley to London, the British Lodge voted to break ties with his Paris order, which initiated a series of public exchanges by various members. In a sea of dissention, the once secret organization drifted into public domain. Finally, Yeats assumed control over the Second Order of the Golden Dawn and attempted to restore harmony within the group but his effort proved fruitless. Due to internal strife, the order dissolved in 1902 CE, triggering formation of several splinter groups.
Mathers, after becoming destitute in Paris, unintentionally soiled the name Golden Dawn after entering into a disastrous relationship with the couple named Mr. and Mrs. Theo Horos. This pair made their living as frauds with an occult slant. Apparently, by developing rapport with a freshly formed American order, they either acquired or forged credentials. Based on the documents and enticing personalities, the two conned Mathers out of legitimate Golden Dawn documents, which they used for setting up spurious temples for confidence schemes. When Mathers finally heard word of their actions, he denounced them as swindlers. Costing Mathers most of his Paris following, the couple disappeared only to surface in London several years later facing statutory rape charges. In an ensuing trial allegations that the Horos couple used young women as sex magic partners and then took their money, again brought the order into the open and under fire. Deviously misused, the name Golden Dawn became a poor choice for all early splinter groups.
Indeed Mina had a hand in the New York order but her husband who founded the British order died in 1918. On July 18, 1921, Moina Mathers wrote Case regarding complaints she had received regarding some of his teachings. Apparently, Case had begun discussing the topic of sex magic, which at the time had no official place in the Order curriculum. Since no knowledge lectures exist on the subject, whether sex practices were ever taught in the Golden Dawn has been a long standing question. In her correspondence with Case, Moina wrote, "...I have seen the results of this superficial sex teaching in several Occult Societies as well as in individual cases. I have never met with one happy result."
1919 Moina Mathers returned to London after MacGregor’s death and established the Alpha et Omega 3 and the Thoth-Hermes Temple of the Golden Dawn (Alpha et Omega) drew lineage from her. Here is a list of other Temples that flourished and were chartered under the Golden Dawn with the Chief S.L.MacGregor Mathers. The following are not break-away Temples but duly authorized Temples.(Temple No. 3, Isis Urania was the first Temple that was chartered to Mathers.)
No. 1. Licht Liebe und Leben: Nuremberg - Fraulein Sprengel (Soror S.D.A.), 1870
No. 2. Hermanoubis Liege: Dr. Thyssen (L.E.T.) Dormant, 1889
No. 3. Isis - Urania: London - Dr. W. Wynn Westcott (S.A., N.O.M.) Dr. W. R. Woodman (M.E.V., V.O.V.) S.L. MacGregor Mathers (S.R.M.D., D.D.C.F.), 1888
No. 4. Osiris Temple: Weston Super-Mare - B. Cox (C.D.S.), 1888
No. 5. Horus: Bradford - T.H. Pattinson (V.V.M.), 1888
No. 6. Amen-Ra: Edinburgh - Dr. J.W. Brodie Innes (C.S.S.), 1894
No. 7. Ahathoor: Paris - S. L. MacGregor Mathers (S.R.M.D., D.D.C.F.), 1894
No. 8. Ihme: Boston U.S.A., 1895
No. 9. Themis: Philadelphia U.S.A., 1895
No. 10. Thoth-Hermes: Chicago U.S.A. - Mrs. Lockwood, 1895
No. 11. Alpha Omega (Isis Temple): W. London - Dr. E.W. Berridge