The Complete Golden Dawn System Of Magic (PDF)

Regardie's classic, final testament to the Golden Dawn. Beautifully illustrated throughout, with many color plates. The Complete Golden Dawn System Of Magic is the easiest edition to study. An essential text in any library of magical works. This book is invaluable if not from it's overwhelming breadth of content, than from it's demonstration of a very important principle: Sometimes the only way for a group/tribe to survive is to yield it's secrets to the general public. Absolutely seminal work for any group derived from the original Golden Dawn, this represents the culmination of all of the documents he collected from his experience with the order by 1934. From explicit breakdowns of rituals to an exhaustive explanation of the Shem Ha-Mephoresch and the Tree of Life cycles, there have been few that have followed with nearly the authenticity of Regardie.

Israel Regardie (born Francis Israel Regudy) was considered by many to be the last living Adept of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. At an early age, Regardie worked as Aleister Crowley's personal secretary. In addition to his extensive writings, Regardie practiced as a chiropractor and as a neo-Reichian therapist. He taught psychiatry at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and contributed articles to many psychology magazines.