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The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is an International Order headquartered in the USA with temples across the globe. Established by Chic Cicero in 1977, the HOGD received initiatory lineage to the original Golden Dawn in 1982 through Israel Regardie, the modernday Order's mentor and Guiding
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the Sephiroth, someone attributed a list of Planetary Archangels to their corresponding Sephiroth, and the martial Samael was naturally assigned to Geburah. At some point this list was copied into Greek. In late Greek writing, the letter Sigma (the first letter in Samael) came to be drawn in the shape of a "C." Still later, when the Greek list was copied into Latin, the copist made the error of transliterating the Greek name of CAMAHL as "Camael" rather than "Samael." Even later, someone (perhaps a member of the Golden Dawn) backtransliterated Camael as kaph mem aleph lamed and thus was Khamael born. And although it originated as an error in transliteration, it does help magicians destinguish between Samael, Archangel of Evil, Zamael, Archangel of Mars, and Khamael, Archangel of Geburah. Other mistakes: The name of the Archangel of Venus, Anael, has often been wrongly given as Hanael through confusion with Haniel, Archangel of Netzach. The name of the Archangel of Sagittarius, Adnakhiel, has been frequently misspelled as Advakhiel, through a scribal error mistaking Hebrew Nun for Vav. The same error also occurred in Renaissance Latin typesetting, where the n of Adnachiel could easily be set upside-down as a u, producing Aduachiel. Finally, the correct name of the Angel of Elemental Fire is Ariel ("the Lion of God"), not Aral. An error in Agrippa was long perpetuated in the Golden Dawn manuscripts, in which the two names Ariel and Aral were swapped. This confusion was perpetuated because the four Rulers of the Elements have generally not been recognized as the names of Orders of Angels. Seraph, Cherub, Tharsis, and Aral (Erel) are simply the singular forms of Seraphim, Kerubim, Tarshishim, and Erelim. There has also been a lot of confusion regarding the Divine Hebrew names that are to be painted on the Four Elemental Weapons of the Zelator Adeptus Minor. According to Wang's book The Secret Temple, the names on the implements are: Earth Pentacle -- Adonai ha-Aretz, Air Dagger -- Shaddai E Chai, Water Cup -- Elohim Tzabaoth, and Fire Wand -- YHVH Tzabaoth. These are the Divine names given in the Outer Order Grade Ceremonies relating to the Sephiroth of Malkuth, Yesod, Hod, and Netzach, which also have elemental associations. However, the correct Divine Hebrew names of the Elements for the Inner Order are actually given in the consecration rituals of these same implements (see Regardie, The Golden Dawn, 324). They are: Earth Pentacle -- ADONAI, Air Dagger -- YHVH, Water Cup -- EL, and Fire Wand -- ELOHIM. These are the Divine names intoned in the SIRP and they relate to the Sephiroth of Malkuth, Tiphareth, Chesed,
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and Geburah. They are also the Divine names that should be painted on the four elemental weapons of the Z.A.M. (Kathleen Raine's book Yeats, The Tarot, and the Golden Dawn shows a picture of William Bulter Yeats' Earth Pentacle inscribed with the Divine Name Adonai -not Adonai ha-Aretz.
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4 COM M EN TS : Petitor Sapientai July 21, 2011 at 11:52 AM Thank You, I like this post but would love to see more examples. Reply
Dean Wilson July 24, 2011 at 8:48 AM Good post. I think it's important that modern students correct mistakes, or at least understand where they came from and what is really intended. You inspired me to blog about a few other errors I could think of off the top of my head, but there are many of them out there. Petitor, here's a few more examples: http://mishkan-ha-echad.blogspot.com/2011/07/hebrewerrors-in-golden-dawn.html LVX, Dean. Reply
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mist January 3, 2012 at 1:55 PM Great blog entry, very valuable contribution. A Question though: How does one actually break a universal law? Reply
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