For a long while I have described the Magical Order of the
Aurora Aurea as a traditional Golden Dawn group. From today it is not and we
will stop describing ourselves in that way.
MOAA will no longer look to the past for any particular
knowledge or security, but to its future.
And rather than trying to pour new wine into old skins we will be more
secure in our own independence and ability to move in our own direction.
The word “Golden Dawn” has come to mean the tradition which
encompasses all its off-shoots including the modern renditions of the Stella
Matutina, Smaragdum Thallasses and the AO.
However most of these traditions do not run anything like the original
Golden Dawn and have been chained to an egregore which is largely hostile to and
undermines their activities.
The Magical Order of the Aurora Aurea, with its emphasis on experimentation
and developing the magical tradition is completely at odds with this “golden
dawn” egregore. In fact in our opinion this particular egregore has done its
best to commit suicide over the last 20 years. Its use by Greek Fascists has placed another
nail in a coffin which has been sledgehammered by people trying to turn it into
a cult or a business, or by kids, armed with a copy of Regardie trying to set
up Magical Orders without knowledge or ability.
It should not be necessary to summon the ghost of a long
dead and dysfunctional order to prop up an order which in most cases works much
better. Self-confident groups which have
something real to offer do not need to evoke the past to describe what they are
doing now or in the future.
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In any event the historical Golden Dawn egregore is nowhere
near as magical as the groups that replaced it and is a quasi-masonic shadow of
the modern groups that bear its name.
In our view the use of this egregore actively works to undermine the
ability of good groups to function within the 21st century.
That is not to say that the “Golden Dawn” methods do not
work. Indeed the Magical Order of the
Aurora Aurea will continue to use the rituals and general structure of the
Smaragdum Thallasses (Whare Ra) order, which was descended from the Golden Dawn
but resolved its egregore problem by rewiring itself.
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As Smaragdum Thallasses found its own roots to a hermetic
source independent of the Golden Dawn, so has the Magical Order of the Aurora
Aurea. We have developed our own
contacts and method of using the Smaragdum Thallasses system and have our own
set of goals which we feel would be constrained by continuing to adopt the old Golden
Dawn egregore and name.
Magical Order of the Aurora Aurea will also be seen as being
part of a wider “golden dawn community.”
To most people looking at our
system we would probably appear to be a bunch of “Golden Dawn people” who
emphase magical techniques, but at a deeper level, particularly within our
second order, we are not and I feel it is time to make that clear.
In many ways this statement makes us “new” and will be the
beginning of work we will be doing to distance ourselves from the “golden dawn”
egregore and evolve our own connect with the source behind it. We will be updating our websites and material
accordingly. While Aurora Aurea is Latin
for Golden Dawn, placing it in a “dead tongue” means that it goes to a “different
place” and or own lineage and egregore.
MOAA continues to be
a traditional magic order, but is not a traditional Golden Dawn order.
The goals of the Magical Order of the Aurora Aurea:
1. Fuse the Inner and Outer plane traditions of the
Smaragdum Thallasses (as expressed by the Dion Fortune tradition and the pure
Golden Dawn).
2. To develop a scientific and individualist approach to
magic.
3. Restore a balance between religions within magic so that
a person might develop their own religious understanding free from any dogma.
4. To provide
magical training to those who are ready using the latest communication methods.
5. To experiment with new methods of magical expression and
to share that information.
6. To eliminate any discrimination within occultism on the
basis of sex, religion, race, sexuality or beliefs.
7. To establish better communication between Western Mystery
traditions to the enhancement of our own.
8. To encourage each student to develop their magical gifts
to the best of their ability so that they can take a pivotal role within an
evolving humanity.
10. To assist a student and adept in the attainment of their
own spiritual destiny.
11. To continue to study and adapt the Smaragdum Thallasses
system.
12. To create a magical order where practical techniques are
given priority over intellectual understanding.
Issued in the Hour of Venus on the Day of Venus
20 December 2013
