Frater Dave of Amateur Magus is a practitioner and educator focused on ceremonial magick, Western esotericism, and practical occult mechanics, known for blending historical rigor, hands-on experimentation, and skeptical analysis.

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EnochiaCon 2026 (Nov 6-8)

& June 13th Workshop

with Craig Williams, Jason Louv & Frater RC

📍 Austin, Texas

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EnochiaCon 2026

📍 Austin, Texas

🜁 Register today:

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Dr Felix John Taylor has released a book on the GD...let's see what he says about it as I do my first read over of the contents!

Get his new book today: here: https://amzn.to/42hVvX6

A full-­length narrative history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the esoteric society at the center of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century rise of the occult.

Occultism has long been associated with the visual and literary arts, the wild and the avant-­garde, and nowhere was this more embodied than in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Founded in London in the 1880s by Freemasons, it was the world’s most famous secret society. In this fresh and invigorating narrative history, Felix John Taylor recounts its rise and fall through those for whom the Order represented both an alternative to traditional Victorian religious values and a space for imaginative exploration.

Devoted to the study of ceremonial magic, the Order attracted a long list of eminent writers, actors, and visual artists to its ranks, including W. B. Yeats and Aleister Crowley, as well as lesser-­known key figures. It envisioned a "golden age" of spiritual enlightenment, with progressive ideals—­class and gender were no barriers to entry—and teachings from tarot to alchemy and astral projection guided its ten hierarchical "grades."

While its temples were formally spaces to practice magic, Taylor finds that the Golden Dawn was at times more an arts club or society of writers. Political schisms and sex scandals ensured that it was short-lived, yet for many members its occult practices came to determine the nature of their work and influence the wider culture over a much longer period.

The Golden Dawn, with its influence on Wicca and modern magic, is a vital thread connecting Victorian esotericism to the present day occult revival. This visually arresting, meticulously researched literary history uncovers these connections, while offering a compelling account of the Order and its members.

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The triumphal return of two leaders of the Golden Dawn tradition return! Join their Substack for less than 10 bucks a month today if you want to keep up with new and exciting research and teachings: https://farrellnick.substack.com/ And get Nick Farrell's new and most complete ever book on Geomancy from Lord Manticore Press: https://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-farrell/complete-geomancy/paperback/product-84wr9vq.html?q=geomancy+&page=1&pageSize=4

Paola & Nick Farrell on Golden Dawn Practice, Pagan Integration, and Their Occult Training Substack

Frater RC welcomes Paola and Nick Farrell to the Magic Without Fears Hermetic Podcast, noting Paola’s first podcast appearance and promoting Nick’s upcoming Complete Geomancy release and their Lord Manticore’s Occult Training Substack.

Paola recounts early spiritual experiences, dissatisfaction with dubious groups, strong Catholic surroundings in Rome, and an unexpected 2007 initiation at the Nottingham Temple through contacts connected to the Ciceros, describing the Golden Dawn as a complete, challenging framework.

Nick describes their 14-year collaborative work building a vault, Paola’s pivotal artwork, and adapting Golden Dawn practice by emphasizing candidate-focused ritual, internal godform construction, and integrating Greco-Roman deities without altering core structures.

They discuss ritual authenticity, common Golden Dawn shortcuts, group dynamics, regalia’s limited importance versus officer skill, Paola’s turn toward practical gnostic research, and the Substack’s mix of free and paid, research-based and practical articles.

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