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Secrets of the Golden Dawn Cypher Manuscript

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There have been several books on the Golden Dawn Cipher Manuscript. I have two others besides this one--but what this one does that the others don't do, is actually explain what the cipher (cypher) manuscript is all about. And the author does this grade-by-grade so you can follow along in the Golden Dawn and see where everything comes from. On top of that, Runyon presents the best defense of W. Wynn Westcott I've read yet. He makes us wonder just what kind of an axe Ellic Howe was grinding!

Also Runyon has some fascinating appendices on the "Eleven Sphere Tree" in the Ciphers (nobody else has this that I know of). Then, as a special addition: we have R.A. Gilbert's great article on Wynn Westcott's Cipher Notes. What a feast for Golden Dawn buffs! If you are going to get a book on the G.D. Ciphers, this is the only one you'll ever need.

This is a great source book for the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Being a source book, it provides much information for the working occultist. Besides this, like the other books that I have by Carroll Runyon, it is written in a personal, friendly style and brings the knowledge in the book close to one's being.
As I have been working with this book through time, I have found
that it is also an excellant source book for original magickal
knowledge that is hard to find anywhere else.