![]() Those of you who have already looked at the Rose Cross sigil at the top of this post will notice that while part of me went with Gimel Vav Beth, another part wanted to go with Gimel Vav Beth Heh instead. That gives us two possible spelling: Gimel Vav Beth and Gimel Beth. There is a possibility that the name comes from the Chaldean word, Gob, meaning "a pit." In Hebrew (a language that is both one of the oldest in the world, and one of the is a historical curiosity), we find Gov "a locust" and Gev "a waterhole/cistern". The name of the Elemental King of Earth (Gnomes) is Ghob according to the official documents of the Golden Dawn. So do the Elemental King names mean anything in Hebrew? Maybe. ![]() For instance, look at the so-called 72 names of God they appear to be random letters until you know the way that they were created-after which you have to admit that they are just the result of a magical programming code, so to speak. True, you can find instances where names seem to be just random letters, but I know no instance of a truly random creation of a name-what we do find when we encounter goobly-gook names is actually encoding. Now, do the names actually have to mean something? Yes, if one goes by the bulk of evidence from the grimoires and other spiritual traditions, the names of spiritual entities always have a meaning-you do not find random strings of letters being tossed together to create names like those of characters in some bad science fiction story. Besides I really wanted to be able to have a set of Rose Cross sigils for the four Elemental Kings, and being able to spell their names in the Hebrew alphabet would be handy even if the names turned out not to be Hebrew. And as to the Enochian, well I will leave that one to Aaron Leitch.īut I could do a preliminary search of Hebrew, so I did. Greek is, well, Greek to me (so ditto, but more so in the need of an expert other than me). Now, the Latin seems to be a no-go.but someone more knowledgeable than me will have to confirm its unlikelihood. (But not Enochian-Levi does not seem terribly aware of that language.) So Latin and Hebrew would be better choices for the source language of the Elemental Kings names. Levi has never stuck me as being knowledgeable about Sanskrit. Plus the theory seemed to be one that someone put a lot of work into.you know the type of theory that so much work is put into it that you can see the creator of it tying themselves into knots trying to prove it.īesides, it has been my experience that magicians (even armchair occultists and theorists like Levi ) tend to stuck closer to their home sources. For me, this theory instantly stuck a cord of falseness. ![]() The source of the names for the Elemental Kings that Golden Dawn uses seems to be Eliphas Levi (or at least, that is the earliest source I have heard cited for them). It is just too bad that Levi did not reveal what the names actually mean.Īwhile ago, I ran across a theory that the Elemental Kings names were actually Sanskrit (proto Indo-European). Influences on Golden Dawn concepts and work Christian mysticism, Kabbalah, Hermeticism, Paganism of Egypt, Theurgy, Freemasonry, Alchemy, Theosophy, Eliphas Levi, Papus, Enochian magic, and medieval grimoires.One of the mysteries of the spiritual hierarchy and divine names that Golden Dawn uses is what the names of the Elemental Kings actually mean. Westcott, also a member of the Theosophical Society, appears to have been the initial driving force behind the establishment of the Golden Dawn. William Robert Woodman, William Wynn Westcott, and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers were Freemasons and members of Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.), an appendant body to Freemasonry. Concepts of magic and ritual that became core elements of many other traditions, including Wicca, Thelema and other forms of magical spirituality popular today, are drawn from the Golden Dawn traditions. It is probably the single greatest influence on twentieth century western occultism. ![]() The Rose Cross LamenThe Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or Golden Dawn, as it is commonly referred to) is a tradition of magical theurgy and spiritual development. ![]() This book is very detailed and has beautiful illustrations of all the golden dawn rituals. Complete Golden Dawn Ritual Papers Magick Operations, Sigils, Seals, Talismans, Crowley's Initiation Rituals, More 400+ pages ![]()
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