Israel Regardie - The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.pdf

THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN SYSTEM OF MAGIC
quickly, and I gazed fascinatedly at a string of pearls reaching from her neck to her
knees -- and gazing, found that we had passed through the circle of pearls, and she had
disappeared.
Now the sky is clear and full of stars...the moon, a great yellow harvest moon, rises
slowly up the sky to a full arch... and we saw three moonbeams shining on the high purple walls
of a city...we did not delay to look about, but marched quickly to the centre of the city, to an
open space, in the midst of which was a round temple like a ball of silver. It was approached by
nine steps, and rested on a silver platform. It had four doors. Before each was a large angel with
silver wings...inside, we were in a very airy place. Light breezes lifted our clothes and our hair -
- the interior was very white and clear silvery -- no colours. Suspended in the centre was a great
globe, like the moon itself...while we looked we saw that the globe was not suspended in the air; it
rested on immense cupped hands. We followed the arms up and saw, far up near the roof, deep
dark eyes looking down, dark like the night sky, and a voice said..."
2. Simplicity itself is the keyword to the method described by Edwin Steinbrecher. He is
an astrologer, well-versed in associated subjects, such as tarot, alchemy, qabalah, etc., and
underwent a lengthy Jungian analysis. In the latter he was instructed in Jung's technique of
creative imagination. By this means, to put it crudely and oversimplified, one carries on
conversations with the images and personalities seen in dreams. Apparently some quite interesting
results follow from this procedure. One interesting example is The Tree by J. Marvin Spiegelman
(Falcon Press, 1982), which the author describes in his introduction as an experiment in creative
psycho-mythology. The book is based on some interior experiences and conversations the author
had with some of his dream images, described at considerable length.
As Steinbrecher describes it, the Inner Guide Meditation is a "transformative process
concerned with assimilating the disparate energies which exist in the human unconscious into
the unified wholeness that is the awakened enlightened being inherent in each of us, thus ending
the illusions which cause separation, guilt and judgment. With the meditation of the inner guides,
problems once unapproachable and unchangeable become fulfilling challenges that bring forth
productive and creative responses."
Let me quote the author as he describes the process of meditation, after which I would
like to discuss a description given of a rather frightening experience he had. This latter could
have readily been obviated had he known beforehand something of the Order method as given
earlier.
"Close your eyes, and invent a cave around you as if you had just walked into the cave
and the entrance is at your back. Allow the cave to structure itself as it will, well-lighted or dim,
smooth walled or rough. Try to be like blank film receiving impressions. Accept these
impressions uncritically as they come to you from this environment. Try not to edit what comes."
So far so good. This is the essence of the Jungian method.
"Be as sensory as you can...use all your senses...be sure you are observing and sensing
this environment while being in your body and looking out of your eyes. Don't be watching an
image of yourself!...
"When you can feel yourself in the cave, even though things may still be vague at this
point, move to the left, away from the cave entrance, and find some kind of doorway or opening
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