The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic

This work is basically a paperback facsimile of New Falcons previously published 'Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic' with some new additional material from the Regardie archives, by David Cherubim, the Cicero's and others. The text is considerably smaller to accommodate the compact new format and the formerly coloured plates are now in black and white. The majority of the new material is in the appendices but there have been some omissions from the Falcon 2003 edition, The Alchemical Teachings of Frater Albertus by Lisiewski, Inner Order Revelations: Theory and Practice by Alohim and Magic in Womans persepctive by Holloran and Pim have all made way for the new additional material, also the master index has been taken out that was new in the 2003 edition. It maybe that these changes had to be made because of restrictions on the new smaller format. Like the title says this edition is much less lumbersome than the previous New Falcon Golden Dawn tomes, and the lower price makes it much more accessible to new readers. Also i would recommend this as a reading copy for anyone who owns the large hardback editions and want to keep them in good condition.

My copy is printed backwards, so I have to read it like a Japanese manga, and upside down, so I have to hold it like an absolute blithering oaf. Lucky I didn't buy it to impress people on the train or anything. Apart from that it seems fine.

Anyone associated with the Golden Dawn will probably possess this already but for new comers attracted to the study of the Order, I would say its a must. Israel Regardie has revealed all. If you want to practice magic buy this book and read my other reviews and check out the works of Dion Fortune and Gareth Knight.