S.R.I.A. or ALPHA OMEGA: "Is the Golden Dawn 'Christian' or 'Nonsectarian'?"

by Golden Dawn Imperator

David Griffin

Peregrin Wildoak (a member of S.R.I.A, a recent Trinitarian Christian convert, and a highly vocal Mystical Golden Dawn advocate), just published an interesting article about "Christian" symbolism in the Golden Dawn.

You can read Peregrin's complete article HERE. I am concerned about this article because it reinforces the mistaken belief held by many Pagans that the Golden Dawn is "too Christian" to be a valid magical school for Pagans.

Peregrin Wildoak writes:

"Each GD initiate has to engage with and embody the mysteries behind a whole raft of Christian symbols, from the neophyte Red Cross (an ‘Image of Him Who was unfolded in the Light’) to the Cross of Suffering in the Vault ... This engagement means the initiate, and collectively the tradition, is working the mysteries through a Christian based lens more than any other lens. This is why I can describe the RR et AC as a ‘Christian’ tradition."

Peregrin Wildoak

That Peregrin speaks of "mysteries" is quite revealing in itself, as the word itself derives not from Christianity, but from "Mystes," the Greek word used to describe initiates of the ancient Egyptian Isinian tradition. This is described clearly, for example, in the latter part of Apuleus "The Golden Ass."

Peregrin has repeatedly claimed in the past that Professor Ronald Hutton has proven that there are no remnants of ancient Paganism that have survived into the present. In reality, however, Professor Hutton's own research has revealed the survival of numerous remnants of ancient Paganism during the decade since he wrote "Triumph of the Moon."

In his above argument, Peregrin attempts to misportray symbols as purely Christian by ignoring that Christianity itself is but a reformulation of earlier mysteries and traditions. In fact, there is not a single Christian symbol that is uniquely Christian. None exist at all. Each and every "Christian" symbol was taken from other preexisting traditions, reformulated, and used by Christianity. These earlier traditions include Judaism, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and certain ideas from the ancient orient. In other words:

"There is no such thing as purely 'Christian' symbols."

I accept that Christianity reformulated these things for their own use, but there is nothing that is, in fact, original. Christianity created itself on ancient foundations. It is like a man that is seated on the shoulders of true giants - the ancient traditions.

With this, I am not saying that Christianity is not a valid religion nor a good path. On the contrary, is obviously is for certain people. I am saying that, however, as Christianity readily admits, Christianity is a Mystical spiritual path rather than a Magical one.

Contrary to popular misunderstanding, Mysticism and Magic are two quite distinct spiritual paths. I have written extensively already clarifying the differences between Mysticism and Magick (for example here and here). For clarity in the present discussion, however, I repeat the most relevant aspects here, as follows:

"The primary difference between Magick and Mysticism lies codified in the actual methods of practice, together with the Mystical or Magical inclinations of the practitioner. 

The Mystical path refers to the capacity and will of the practitioner to place oneself in a passive position in relationship to eternal Being and the forces of nature, which the Practitioner begins to invoke and pray to, so they may manifest and enlighten one, thus spiritually uplifting and exalting the practitioner.  

The Magical practitioner, on the other hand, does not place him or herself in a passive state towards natural and Divine forces, but rather in an active state. Recognizing the Divine Spark inside oneself, the practitioner actively collaborates with Eternal Being rather than waiting for its manifestations. 

In Mysticism, the practitioner expects Divinity to manifest itself, and to ascend the staircase that leads from below to on high aided by the Divine hand that takes us and leads us ever upwards. 

Magic does not expect this, instead conquering the Inner Planes through one's own effort rather than through Divine aid. Thus, whereas the Mystical approach is one of submission, the Magician instead is a conquerer. 

A perfect example of the Magical path may be found in the Mithraic Ritual deposited in Paris, which shows one such practice of divine Ascension of the Magical initiate. While rising towards Divinity to be received like a prodigal Son or Daughter, the practitioner greets the Gods as equals that gradually appear, not fearing them or subjugating oneself before them, but admonishing them and blandishing them with Magical words that open the gates of heaven. 

Whereas Magick is based on knowledge, Mysticism is based on on ignorance in the literal sense of "ignoring" or "unknowing." In fact, one of the most important mystical texts in all of Christianity, "The Cloud of Unknowing," speaks of making oneself obscure, humble and ignorant before the unmanifest - to remain there, in silence, gradually emptying oneself, while waiting for something or someone (God) to come and fill the void thus created. 

Thus two completely different modalities become evident. Whereas the Mystic reflects the Divine light that is poured out upon him, the Magician generates this light, becoming an emitter himself."  

Proof that Christianity is a Mystical spiritual path and not a Magical one lies, for example, in the prohibition of Magic in the Bible. One poignant example of this is the struggle between St. Peter and the Magician, Simon Magus.

Leviticus and Deuteronomy prohibit certain kinds of Magic, specifically divination, seeking omens, mediums who commune with the dead, and spell-casters. For example, Deuteronomy 18:11-12 condemns anyone who:

"...casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you."

... and Exodus 22:18 states:

"Do not allow a sorceress to live".

Galatians includes sorcery in a list of "works of the flesh". This ban is repeated in the Didache, written during the mid to late first century.

"The practice of Witchcraft and Magic were regarded as Sins by Christians that needed to be repented of, confessed, and forsaken."

Martin Luther shared some of the views about witchcraft that were common in his time. In his Small Catechism Luther taught that Magic was a sin against the second commandment.

I believe that anyone who approaches any of the “Christian” demoninations and asks if that particular group would allow for ANY form of Magic to be performed as part of an approach to Jesus as God, they would be denied.

If no Christian denomination (including the Anglican church Peregrin was confirmed into in 2011) will permit Magic to be practiced within the canon of their teachings, I cannot conceive of how it can be considered a Christian practice. To me, this seems obvious. It would be like asking an Orthodox Jew to allow worship of Jesus within the Temple walls – simply inconceivable.

In fact, the "Rituale Romanum De Sacramento Paenitantiae" specifically lists Magic and Astrology as mortal sins, and illucidates the following for grounds for excommunication from the Church:

"Who adheres to Magical beliefs such as the Magic of Cartomancy, Astrology, and all esoteric practices or who converts to other faiths such as Masonry or Rosicrucianism."

It is important to note that Martin Luther did not turn away from the above, but instead additionally combatted the magical understanding of the way God works with human creatures as promoted among spiritualists of his time.

Evangelical Christian groups, likewise condemn Magic, whereas other Christian groups even go so far as to condemn ANY form of Magic as Satanic. Such groups obviously would, of course, regard Masonic Rosicrucians as Satanists as well, even though they themselves claim to be Trinitarian Christians.

All of these are fundamental internal inconsistencies in the argument presented by Freemasonic Rosicrucians - "that the Rosicrucian tradition is exclusively Trinitatian Christian" - and they have so far completely failed to explain, resolve, or even properly address any of these issues. The same holds even more true for the equally flawed argument that the Golden Dawn is essentially a Christian tradition, as presented, for example, in the above referenced article by S.R.I.A. member, Peregrin Wildoak.

One of the earliest Golden Dawn Adepts, Arthur Edward Waite, also a prominent member of S.R.I.A., recognized these fatal inconsistencies and attempted to overcome them by eliminating all Golden Dawn Magic, and transforming the Golden Dawn into a purely Mystical order which he founded, called the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross. The F.R.C. has now been revived within the Secret College of the S.R.I.A., and shares S.R.I.A.'s "Christians only" view of the Rosicrucian tradition.

Arthur Edward Waite

Nonetheless, none of the above-listed fatal inconsistencies in their philosophical and spiritual positions, have ever been properly addressed by either the S.R.I.A., the F.R.C., and certainly not by any of the Golden Dawn orders the S.R.I.A. today directs and controls.

Has the time not come for the Christian Mystic faction in our Golden Dawn community to once and for all honestly address the fundamental inconsistencies in their philosophical positions on Rosicrucianism, Magic, and the Golden Dawn?

Why is it that Mystical and Trinitarian Christian oriented Golden Dawn orders do not simply admit what they are and abandon Magic and the Golden Dawn as did A.E. Waite with his Fraternity of the Rosy Cross? Such orders would be far more honest to do this. Why do they not? Do they not stubbornly cling to Magic and the Golden Dawn merely as a question of marketing, since Magic attracts so many people?

Let me make this clear. I am not against Mystical orders nor am I against Christianity. I am merely against the dishonesty of Mystical orders pretending to be Magical Golden Dawn orders in order to attract students looking for Magic rather than Christian Mysticism.

One sees the diference between Magical rituals and Mystical Rites clearly already in ancient Egypt, where no Goddess or God is prayed to. Prayer to a Goddess or God is only seen in later dynasties where the influence of Mysticism had gained a foothold in Egypt, to the decadence of earlier, purely magical traditions.

When students approach the Golden Dawn looking for Magical training, is it ethical that they should be lured by mystically oriented orders into a training in Mysticism rather than the training in Magic they were actually seeking?

In the Alpha Omega, we do NOT make Mystics ...

We make MAGICIANS!

Peregrin continues:

"People’s dislike or lack of fit with Christian symbolism often prompts them to want to modify and change the symbols and rituals (which are a way of embodying the mystery of the symbols). However, I think it very unwise to change any symbol until we know and are intimate with the mystery it represents."

I fully agree. This is why we in the Alpha Omega have not at all changed any of the symbols of the Golden Dawn beyond the modifications made by S.L. MacGregor Mathers himself in the early Alpha Omega. The A.O. preserves our Golden Dawn/R.R. et A.C. College perfectly intact as it was passed down to us by Mathers, albeit with our Rituals protected from recent profanation and our Magic supplemented with additional, traditional Golden Dawn Magick given to our Order by our Secret Chiefs.

Peregrin writes:

"In response to some recent silly and strange claims on the net regarding the history of the Golden Dawn"

Since Peregrin and other S.R.I.A. members repeat like a broken record the thoroughly debunked claim that "no evidence" exists of any traditional Golden Dawn Magick other than that published by Regardie, we recently invited our critics (including Peregrin) to come and examine the actual supplemental G.D. Magick and materials from the Secret Chiefs for themselves.

Here is what G.D. members from across the community had to say, who actually came and examined the evidence:

"The supplemental Magick and other materials for the Neophyte grade fit like hand in glove. Some of it is advanced, but when you see it together with the rest of the material it is simple and obvious. You can see that the original material is for learning purposes and the supplemental material is for practical application of the old material. It seems like a natural extension."  

- Frater NTI, Gothenburg, Sweden 

"To anyone who doubts the existence of the physical Secret Chiefs or the authenticity of their Golden Dawn teachings, if you would have attended the Festival, you would have seen it for yourself. I along with many others who did attend, ARE the proof of its power and authenticity."

- Frater O.B., Alvin, TX  

For Pagans who have a problem with symbolism in the Golden Dawn that superficially appears "Christian," the Secret Chiefs have released an entirely separate, Pagan and purely Magical, Egyptian College of Isis within the Alpha Omega. 

Let us be clear. The A.O.'s Egyptian College of Isis is not at all a reinterpretation of Golden Dawn symbolism. This is an entirely separate, completely Pagan based Rosicrucian College with its own distinct and unique Rites, Magic, etc.

Here is what one advanced Golden Dawn Magician had to say about the Magick of the Alpha Omega's Egyptian College of Isis:

"No one is grafting anything onto the Golden Dawn. The A.O.'s Egyptian College of Isis is NOT Golden Dawn. It is purely Egyptian Magick in a separate College of the A.O. and does not pretend to be anything else. The A.O. is obviously much more than merely Golden Dawn. 

I have been practicing Golden Dawn Magick for 11 years. I was quite astonished today when I learned the most basic magical practice of the Alpha Omega's new Egyptian College of Isis. The G.D.'s Rite of the Qabalistic Cross is very powerful, but the Egyptian basic ritual is even better. I was very surprised that one notices changes from the power of this practice immediately." 

- VH Frater S.E.M., Mexico City, Mexico

Peregrin continues:

"The power and transformation inherent in the RR et AC is Rosicrucian. Now there are any number of hermetic, alchemical and occult influences within the [Rosicrucian] manifestos, but the overarching theme, current and religiosity is undeniably Christian."

Where is the proof of the above statement? 

To begin with those who insist on superficially interpreting the symbol of the cross in merely Christian terms, clearly remain ignorant of academic research in this arena. Rene Guenon clearly demonstrated that the symbol of the cross is not uniquely Christian at all, but predates Christianity and was merely adapted by the relatively modern religion.

Rene Guenon's "The Symbolism of the Cross" is a major doctrinal study of the central symbol of Christianity from the standpoint of the universal metaphysical tradition, the 'perennial philosophy' as it is called in the West. As Guénon points out, the cross is one of the most universal of all symbols and is far from belonging to Christianity alone.

We have the cross that is a pre-Crhistian symbol. We have roses that are pre-Christian symbols for Venus. So with these clearly Pagan constituent elements, how can one seriously claim that the Rose-Cross is a purely Christian symbol, when, in fact, it goes far beyond Christianity? Aven Apuleus, who was an important Pagan Magician, caused his protagonist to return to human form by eating roses!

When the cross, the Rose, the Chalice, the Patan, the host, the Madonna with child, and not even the dying and resurrecting savior are not originally Christian symbols, but rather Christian reformulations of ancient symbols used for Centuries by Pagan traditions, how then, pray tell, is the Rosicrucian tradition purely Christian by any strech of the imagination?

There is an additional historical aspect to this question as well. Rosicrucian researcher Susanne Akermann has shown that the earliest copy of the Fama Fraternitatis is not written in German, but in Latin, which she discovered in Italy. Rosicrucian research additionally indicates that what was later published as the "Fama Fraternitatis" by the Tubingen circle surrounding Johan Valentine Andrae was developed from the writings of Tomas Campanella, smuggled by Tobias Hess from Italy where Canpanella was imprisoned by the Vatican.

It is further noteworthy that many of the fundamental ideas in the Fama Fraternitatis are purely PAGAN rather than Christian, many of which are found again in the works of Giordano Bruno, whose Pagan ideas were too much for the church, which therefore burned Bruno at the stake for heresy.

As as a further example, let us take the central story line of the Fama Fraternitatis, the recounting of the initiatic journey of Christian Rosenkreutz. It was Pagan tradition, as is testified to by all of the ancient Pagan philosophers and Magicians, from Pythagoras onwards, to take an initiatic journey in the cradle of the Pagan mysteries.

Christian Rosenkreutz did nothing other than to take a typically Pagan journey, and to code switch it into Christian terms appropriate to the times to preserve the PAGAN mysteries underlying the Fama Fraternitatis.

Peregrin writes making reference to a fundamental tenet of the S.R.I.A. about the nature of the Rosicrucian tradition, as follows:

Of Rosicrucianism, noted S.R.I.A. occult and Masonic historian R.A. Gilbert has the view that: 

"…once one moves away from the Trinitarian Christian approach to this ascent up the Tree of Life, it ceases to be Rosicrucian." (http://www.rosecircle.org/cms/node/36).

S.R.I.A. Grand Archivist
R.A. Gilbert 

Imagine trying to explain Pagan mysteries or to teach Pagan Magic to a closed minded individual in Victorian England. Indeed, the only means of accomplishing such a feat was to disguise the Pagan Magic and teachings with the only symbols that such an individual would understand and be receptive to. 

Indeed, the actual entire original purpose and function of the Golden Dawn was to present Pagan Magic to Victorian England in a form that could get past their Christian blinders. Thus, of necessity, the Golden Dawn is rife with symbolism which, when examined only superficially, appears to be Christian. This, however, does not mean that when you look deeper, you do not find Pagan Magic and mysteries lurking behind.

I am astonished that Peregrin, R.A. Gilbert, and others like them do not appear to as yet even have even recognized the inherent contradiction between their arguments that the Rosicrucian tradition is primarily a Trinitarian Christian one, while they nonetheless profess to be Golden Dawn Magicians, when Magic in all its forms has been forbidden by Christianity since its beginning.

Let me repeat this yet once again. This does not mean that I am against Christianity or even against Mystical orders and schools. On the contrary, there are clearly people who are best suited for Mystical spiritual training.

Trinitarian Christians, for example, will likely find themselves most at home in a purely Christian Mystical order like A.E. Waite's Fraternity of the Rosy Cross or in orders with a Trinitarian Christian requirement like the S.R.I.A. 

Aspiring, MAGICIANS, however, will likely find themselves most at home in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the outer order of the Rosicrucian Order of Alpha Omega.

Likewise, aspiring Pagan Magicians seeking purely Pagan magical training will likely find themselves most at home in the Alpha Omega's Egyptian College of Isis.

The A.O.'s Egyptian College of Isis and its Pagan Magic derive not from some fanciful "Inner Planes Contacts," nor is our Egyptian College any sort of academic reconstruction either.

Sir Edward Bullwer-Lytton

Instead this PAGAN Rosicrucian College derives directly from the same Continental European Rosicrucian initiatic source that initiated both Kenneth McKenzie and Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, both of whom are universally recognized, even by the S.R.I.A., as having been initiated into a legitimate Rosicrucian lineage.

Kenneth H.R. MacKenzie

Although it is obviously not in S.R.I.A.'s interest to admit this in public, S.R.I.A. is clearly aware of the legitimacy of this Rosicrucan initiatic source, since it is established historical fact that on several occasions S.R.I.A. attempted to falsely portray both Lord Bulwer-Lytton and Kenneth McKenzie as founders of S.R.I.A., attempting to give S.R.I.A. the appearance of Rosicrucian legitimacy. (This is documented in my previous article entitled "Did W.W. Wescott try to steal the Golden Dawn's Rosicrucian Lineage for the S.R.I.A.?" that you can read HERE).

So, in the end, is the Golden Dawn "Christian" or "Nonsectarian"?

The answer to this question depends a great deal on who you ask. If you ask the S.R.I.A., Waite's Fraternity of the Rosy Cross, or a Christian Golden Dawn advocate like Peregrin Wildoak, you will likely hear the opinion that the entire Rosicrucian tradition is rooted in Christian symbolism and should be reserved exclusively for Trinitarian Christians.

In the Alpha Omega, on the other hand, we are ecumenical and non-sectarian - and therefore open to aspirants of ALL religions faiths. We do recognize, however, that some people will feel a deeper resonance with certain symbol systems than with others.

This is why the A.O. offers more than one Rosicrucian College and Magical training path to choose from. Christians will likely feel more at home in the Alpha Omega's traditional Golden Dawn College, whereas Pagans will likely find a deeper resonance with our Egyptian Pagan College.

In the Alpha Omega, we believe in helping aspirants of ALL faiths to achieve their spiritual goals. We therefore give people a wider range of choices than they will find in other Golden Dawn orders.

Again, I am not saying the Alpha Omega is better than other Golden Dawn orders, although we DO things differently. For example, we offer people a wider range of choices for their spiritual training.

Click HERE to explore our Outer Order, undergraduate level Magical training program, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn!

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The Wescott Tablets & SRIA/McGD Witch War

by David Griffin

For a Free and Independent Golden Dawn ...

Stop the Racist SRIA!

ATTENTION: The documents quoted in this article are 100% genuine. Despite cover-up efforts, this can still be verified in numerous places on the internet, including here, and here. I have recently published evidence linking Golden Dawn leaders to the anti-Semitic "Order of the Rose and Cross" here. Olen Rush, defending the culprits, claims documents in this article are fake - taken from an Illuminati site. Rush now accuses me of racism - merely for outing his involvement with Golden Dawn leaders listed as Grand Officers on the official website of the anti-Semitic "Order of the Rose and Cross," including Rush's own publishers!


In episode 6 of The Golden Dawn Saga, The Dark Hand REVEALED, I exposed how the dark hand of the racist SRIA has for decades been pulling the strings of their McGoldenDawn® marionettes to stir strife in the Golden Dawn community in their quest to completely control and dominate the Golden Dawn. Far from the stodgy little research groups that people believe the SRIA and its offshoots are, these are racists who discriminate against Jews, Pagans, and Muslims, and who have been trying to steal the Golden Dawn nearly from its inception. This all becomes obvious when you look at who in the GD community belongs to the various tentacle orders of SRIA, which reads like a Who's Who of McGoldenDawn reconstructionists. 

But why exactly does SRIA hate the Alpha Omega so much?

To begin with, as Imperator of the AO, I am Pagan, and the bigoted "Trinitarian Christians only" SRIA can tolerate neither Jews, Pagans nor Muslims in their midst. Moreover, unlike SRIA, we in the AO admit and advance initiates of both genders on an equal basis.

In the AO, we certainly do not discriminate against Christians either. In fact, esoteric Christian mysteries are an important aspect of the Golden Dawn. What the SRIA can not stand though, is that we do not discriminate against Jews, Pagans, or Muslims the way they do. This, the Anti-Semitic SRIA hates with a passion.

Racist SRIA Supreme Magus John Paternoster

Moreover, unlike the SRIA and their McGD® franchises, the Alpha Omega does not interfere in the private lives of our members and does not prohibit them from joining whatever other orders or what not they like. We believe that all women and all men are created equal, with an equal possibility of spiritual evolution. We believe, however, that this evolution must be conquered though great discipline in spiritual practice.

Our order therefore, as has always been the case in traditional Initiatic societies, is not democratic, but is structured as a hierarchical meritocracy, wherein each individual is advanced exclusively according to individual merit. Unlike the racist SRIA, the Alpha Omega does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of religion, race, gender, sexual or political preferences.

Finally, the SRIA hates most of all because the Alpha Omega foiled SRIA's secret grand design of many years, to sieze control the Golden Dawn using the Golden Dawn trademark, held and licensed by the Supreme Maga of SRIA in America. AO has equal right to license others due to our settlement agreement with the other party. This means that the AO is the only thing preventing SRIA from controlling the Golden Dawn with the GD trademark.

Even McGoldenDawn Chief Nick Farrell publicly admitted that SRIA is a racist organization. Following the SRIA-ORC schism in 2007, McFarrell wrote on alt.magick:

Racist SRIA/ORC Puppet, Nick Farrell

"ORCs policy on admission is considerably wider than the SRIA in that it is open to all races and sexes. The ORC was originally formed by a group of people who felt that SRIA was too conservative." 

- Nick Farrell

Nick Farrell, in fact, defended the Grand Officers of the ORC (Order of the Rose and Cross), a schismatic offshoot of SRIA) on thier website when it first opened, together with the present Supreme Maga of the SRIA (America) her Metropolitan College SRIA husband, and racist SRIA/ORC Frater, R.A. Gilbert as well.

There was a huge scandal on the internet when news broke that all three of these were GRAND OFFICERS of this new, racist and Anti-Semitic "Christians only" order, and all three of their names were immediately "sanitized" from the ORC website (note that the list of officers was merely truncated and the offices removed from the site instead of other persons placed in the above referenced offices). Also removed was racist R.A. Gilbert, who had originally sponsored the husband when he joined Metropolitan College of SRIA. 

Thus you can see that it is not at all certain that the Supreme Maga of SRIA (America) is telling the truth on her website, and that SRIA (America) does not secretly share the racist and bigoted views (and discriminatory practices) of SRIA (Anglia) and quietly discriminate racially and religiously once inside SRIA (America) as do the other SRIA orders her husband belongs to in Canada and England. She was, after all, listed as a GRAND OFFICER on the initial website of the racist ORC, together with her husband who additionally belonged to the racist SRIA (Anglia) and anti-semetic SRIC (Canada).

Moreover, there are indications that ORC is even more fanatically bigoted than SRIA, despite Nick Farrell's trying to whitewash them. Firstly, there is the ORC objection that the SRIA was not "Christian" enough for them. This at least indicates a certain extreme right wing Fundamentalism. More damning, however, is the conclusion of R.A. Gilbert's paper originally listed on the ORC website, entitled "Golden Dawn or Gotterdammerung"

Note that the ORC has attempted to sanitize this article from its website as well, but have been sloppy. Although the .pdf is no longer available on their server, the link to it still remains on the articles page, as follows:

Despite this attempt by the Order of the Rose and Cross to remove evidence of anti-Semitism from their website, Gilbert's full article can still be downloaded from the original version of the ORC website from the Internet Archive here. Using his OR+C order name, Frater I.D.V.A, Anti-Semite R.A. Gilbert wrote:

SRIA/ORC Anti-Semite, R.A. Gilbert

"How can we best preserve the Western Hermetic Tradition for the future? I truly believe that initiatic Orders analogous to the Golden Dawn are still needed and that their role is crucial in preserving our specifically western esoteric spirituality. We must also recognise that the Tradition which represents that spirituality FACES REAL THREATS, both from the growth of RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE and from the determined efforts of its SPIRITUAL ENEMIES to capitalise on such indifference, and to undermine the tradition by perverting its ethos and substituting darker and avowedly anti-Christian goals. If we are true to our Rosicrucian principles then we must recognise and strive against those THREATS."     

- R.A. Gilbert

Another Anti-Semetic Tract

talking about "threats" from "spiritual enemies"

with "anti-Christian goals."

It is obvious, that Gilbert is here espousing an Anti-Semetic "Christans only" view of Rosicrucianism. Gilbert makes direct reference to some mysterious "anti-Christian" (read Jewish? Pagan? Muslim?) THREAT. Such paranoid declarations are highly reminiscent of other Anti-Semetic tracts like the infamous "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

It is understandable that Nick Farrell, the SRIA (America) Supreme Maga, and her husband are now desperately trying to distance themselves from the racism and bigotry of SRIA (Anglia) and its offshoots like SRIC in Canada, SRIS in Scotland, and SRICF in America, just like they tried in 2007 to cover up their involvement in in the racist ORC once they were outed as GRAND OFFICERS, since Anti-Semetism is completely incompatable with Golden Dawn Qabalah, and racism is the absolute antithesis of the humanitarian Hermeticism of the Golden Dawn. 

Moreover, due to his defense of the religiously bigoted, "Christian only" ORC, Nick Farrell's recent denial of Christian Fundamentalism sounds empty. Furthermore, in light of the above evidence, SRIA (America)'s claim on their website of racial and religious tolerance sounds like a mere cover story, just like having their Supreme Maga sanitized from the ORC website once she was discovered as a GRAND OFFICER of that bigoted and anti-semetic organisation.

SRIA (America)

The NSDAP German NAZI Party ...

... also used red, white and black colors ...

... together with a cross motif.

The whole hubub about Mathers vs. Wescott and who was the real genius behind the Golden Dawn, also arises from the SRIA Witch Hunt to destroy the Alpha Omega. Since Mathers founded the AO, SRIA and McGD spin doctors are trying to destroy the memory of Mathers with books like the latest political polemic masquerading as "history," written by racist SRIA/ORC apologist, Nick Farrell.

Alpha Omega Founder S.L. MacGregor Mathers

Of course SRIA wants to destroy the memory of Mathers and to promote Wescott as the real genius behind the GD. This is part and parcel of the SRIA/McGoldenDawn® Witch Hunt against the AO.

This goes far to explain the recent publication of the so-called "Wescott" Tablets by the Supreme Maga of the SRIA in America. It is noteworthy that T.F. as will be shown below, confirms that these Tablets were released for publication directly by the SRIA. Unsurprisingly, SRIA racist, R.A. Gilbert has trafficked in Golden Dawn documents like these for decades, and has on more than one occasion provided Golden Dawn documents for profanation by the Supreme Maga of SRIA (America) and her husband. This has all along been intended, of course, to promote the SRIA controlled, McGD reconstructionist faction against traditional Golden Dawn orders like the AO.

This is also the case with the recent profanation of part 4 of the Mathers' rescension of the AO's 6=5 ritual. T.F. of SRIA is personally responsible, in fact, for the profanation of this secret AO ritual, recently published by the Grand Maga of SRIA America. To inflict maximum damage on the Alpha Omega with this attack, T.F. leaked only the fourth point of the ritual, thus enabling Nick Farrell to falsely claim Mathers had eliminated all magic from the order and had taken the Alpha Omega in a purely Masonic direction.

I must admit that I find these tablets, putatively from Wescott, quite fascinating (having seen colour pictures of them I have done some "decoding work" myself), especially when applied to the Sphere of Sensation model. The colour scales fit the traditional Hodos Chamelionis formula. Nonetheless, I feel they fail to add anything of real substance or value to the Golden Dawn MAGICAL system. At the very least, no one has yet demonstrated to my satisfaction how, from a magical point of view, these tablets contribute so greatly to the magical tech of the Golden Dawn, as to justify all the exaggerated hype about them from SRIA and McGD spin doctors.

What is tragic to observe is how these so-called "Wescott" Tablets are being used as a weapon against S.L. MacGregor Mathers, trying to forge the idea that it was Westcott (a Supreme Magus of SRIA) who was the real "genius" behind the magical system of the RR et AC, and not MacGregor Mathers (a student of Lux e Tenebris, ambassador of the Secret Chiefs of the Third Order)

SRIA Supreme Magus W. Wynn Wescott

Wescott was definitely not this alleged genius. Even if Westcott actually was the original creator of these Tablets (which is not at all established, despite the loud wailing of SRIA and McGD spin doctors), he simply used two models that MacGregor Mathers had already presented (as revealed from his Third Order contact L.e.T.), the 'Book of the Concourse of the Forces' and 'Hodos Chamelionis'.

Regarding the dubious SRIA-McGD claim that Wescott created these tablets, SRIA researcher T.F. wrote on Oct 30 2011:

"From the historical perspective a small note of caution. There is actually no evidence at all that Westcott produced them. They are usually termed the' Westcott Tablets' simply because they were found amongst a number of interesting GD items at the SRIA, London (and were rescued from being thrown out by a certain astute person)... We cannot conclude that Mathers (or someone else) had no part in producing these. Moreover, it may be useful to ponder the date when Westcott left the GD and his declaration that he laid no propriety claim to the work of the Second Order, which he acknowledged to be that of Mathers..." 

- T.F.

Westcott's creative input (if he truly was the genius behind said Tablets) was but to fuse the two documents together in a workable and interesting format. The alleged genius of Wescott was, at best, but to extrapolate on portions of the material transmitted through MacGregor Mathers, albeit a good extrapolation. Westcott was a great scholar, we must give him credit for that. But this does not make him, by any stretch of the imagination, the true "genius" of the R.R. et A.C. as claimed by McGD franchises and thier SRIA masters. Westcott himself even claimed in a private letter that the Golden Dawn (i.e. the Outer Order) was "his" while the R.R. et A.C. (the Inner Order) was "MacGregor Mathers".

Touting Wescott while denigrating Mathers is merely a new line of attack designed to create the illusion of the SRIA as the crown (or source) of the Golden Dawn, something that the Rosicrucian Order of Alpha Omega vehemently opposes. This stong and open opposition of ours, this standing up in defence of our order, is frequently mischaracterized by McGD Inquisitors and their SRIA masters as agression from our side. It is not. It is, however, a firm determinaton to cure the Golden Dawn community of the plague of leprosy the McGoldenDawn franchise lobby has infected the GD community with for two decades on behalf of their SRIA puppet masters.

The inappropriate deification of Wescott in books like the recent one on the "Wescott" tablets, combined with the attempted character assassination of Mathers and the AO in the pseudo-historical political tract recently published by Nick Farrell, is just another attempt by SRIA to manipulate and stir strife in the Golden Dawn community. SRIA tried to steal the Golden Dawn's legitimate Rosicruican heritage since the beginning of the order in 1888, as I have previously proven here. SRIA has been using their McGD puppets to attack the AO and me personally on the Internet for nearly two decades now. 

So why is SRIA doing this?

The real reason the McGD puppets and their SRIA masters are so desperate is they have already published all the GD magick they have. They are therefore desperately trying to create the illusion they have more GD material than they really do, by publishing anything at all SRIA can find still laying around collecting dust. That they are reaching the bottom of the barrell is clear from all of the fluff that was published along with the "Wescott" Tablets.

The true motive for the Grand Maga of SRIA (America) to profane the so-called "Wescott" tablets, as well as part 4 of the AO's 6=5 ritual, becomes readily apparent in the conclusion of her book where she writes:

"By now it should be obvious that we have not found an end to the teachings of the traditional Golden Dawn system. I personally do not believe that such an end is anywhere within sight, even within my own lifetime. Wescott's tablets continue to provide us with proof that the Order's system, as originally intended, is more balanced, more advanced, more holistic in its composition than is apparent to those who want to reform it. Like an iceburg with 90% of its mass hidden beneath the water's surface..." 

- SRIA Supreme Maga in America

This, of course, is utter poppycock.

The claim that SRIA is still sitting on 90% of the Golden Dawn's complete magical system is utter malarkey. In reality, the reason why SRIA and their McGD puppets are trying desperately to sell a cheap illusion of "The Great and Mighty Maga of OZ" (just ignore that woman behind the curtain), is because they are magically bankrupt already at this point, with nothing left of any real magical importance to publish. They have painted themselves into a corner, leaving themselves with nothing spiritual remaining sacred and unprofaned. And they are feeling UTTERLY DESPERATE about this.

For Centuries SRIA has tried to steal the Golden Dawn. In recent decades, their puppets even wrote on Wikipedia the Golden Dawn was created by SRIA. In short, SRIA is desperately trying to sell the illusion that SRIA is the Third Order of the Golden Dawn. Well, it looks like the McGoldenDawn have found themselves a racist Third Order substitute, by selling their souls to the racist SRIA. But the SRIA certainly is not the true Third of the Golden Dawn.

The True Face of SRIA

The other reason McGD marionettes and their SRIA puppet masters are so desperate now, is because the original owners of the Golden Dawn have reappeared again - the TRUE Third Order.

And the true Third Order has now proven their legitimacy beyond any doubt, by transmitting the rest of the Second Order magick to the Alpha Omega that Mathers never received because they no longer trusted him following Crowley's profanation of the rest of the GD material. As proof of the truth of this, the AO recently invited representatives of the entire GD community to experience these superior Second Order teachings and magick of the R.R. et A.C. at our Conclave of the Adepti, held in Nevada, March 9-19, 2012. All who attended concur about the validity of the material and the authenticity of the Third Order, including the Adepts from other GD orders than our own.

How can the McGD puppets, or even their SRIA masters, possibly compete with the true Third Order of the Golden Dawn? They simply can not...

...Because they do not have any traditional Golden Dawn magic or teachings for anything above the (5=6) Adeptus Minor level that Crowley and Regardie published, and anyone can buy for $5 in a used books heap.

This is the real reason why the SRIA is trying desperately to sell the LIE that 90% of all Golden Dawn material still remains hidden in their archives.

 I repeat:

THIS IS UTTER BULLSHIT.

And since this lie blew up in their faces, together with their publishing part of our 6=5 ritual, and together with Nick Farrell's attack on the foundations of our order...

The McGD marionettes and the Dark Hand of their SRIA masters have in recent weeks relaunched an all out Witch Hunt of defamation against the AO again, in one last, desperate attempt to destroy our order.

To the Dark Hand of SRIA I say:

"You will ultimately fail in your quest to control the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn does not belong to you. It has never belonged to you. The Golden Dawn was created by the physical Third Order - who are QABALISTS of CONTINENTAL EUROPE...

...And not RACISTS of ENGLAND. 

The TRUE Third Order created the Golden Dawn as a reformulation of ancient Egyptian mysteries, clothed primarily in Qabalistic, Christian, and Rosicrucian symbols.  

Qabala has no place in your SRIA Anti-Semetic rules or your racist Rosicrucian views." 

- David Griffin

Let us recall the Golden Dawn is an order with deep Qabalistic roots. Already in the first knowledge lecture, Golden Dawn initiates are presented with the Hebrew alphabet. The entire grade structure is based on the Qabalistic Tree of Life. In fact, Qabalah informs nearly aspect of the structure, rites and magick of the Golden Dawn.

How could the Anti-Semitic SRIA possibly even pretend to be the Golden Dawn's Third Order, when these bigots and racists discriminate against all but Trinitarian Christians.

The notion is absurd.