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If
you are a student of the western system of the historic Golden
Dawn, then this book would be a valuable reference book to
have. A good reason to have this book, is that for the most
part, it was actually compiled by the Chief Adept of the original
Golden Dawn, S.L. MacGregor Mathers. As the story goes, it
was entrusted to Allan Bennett, and Bennett gave a copy to
Crowley during the period that they lived together. It was
called The Book of Correspondences. This book is filled with
tables and correspondences that include that of the orginal
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, where Crowley got his start,
but also includes some non-Golden Dawn materials that Crowley
added later after he left the teachings of the Golden Dawn.
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myself find it easy to ignore the swami and Arabic additions,
concerning myself with only those consistent to the Golden Dawn.
I am sure that most of the material came straight from Qabalistic
materials that Crowley was given to study while in the Golden
Dawn with his own little agendas added in, and this has been a
point of contention since Crowley first published it in the early
1900's. Look past the parts that do not interest you. This book
is a must for any practitioner of the original Golden Dawn system.
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