Table of Contents
Introduction: The Golden Dawn and the Celtic Twilight 1
A Note to the Reader 19
The Ouate Grade
First Knowledge Lecture 25
First Meditation 29
The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram 31
Concerning the Three Rays of Light 35
Second Knowledge Lecture 39
Second Meditation 47
The Temple of the Ovate Grade 49
Concerning the Healing Art of the Ancients 53
Third Knowledge Lecture 59
Third Meditation 67
Purifying the Ovate Temple 69
The Druid Wands 73
Concerning the Healing Art of the Ancients-2 75
Fourth Knowledge Lecture 81
Fourth Meditation 87
Consecrating the Ovate Temple 89
Ovate Tree Working 91
Concerning the Healing Art of the Ancients-3 93
Fifth Knowledge Lecture 99
Fifth Meditation 105
Circumambulating the Ovate Temple 107
Geomantic Divination-1 109
Introduction to Vegetable Alchemy 115
Sixth Knowledge Lecture 119
Sixth Meditation 125
Opening and Closing the Ovate Temple 127
Geomantic Divination-2 129
On the First Work of Spagyrics 133
Seventh Knowledge Lecture 137
Seventh Meditation 143
The Examination of the Ovate Grade 145
The Initiation of the Ovate Grade 147
The Bardic Grade
The Exercise of the Central Ray 159
The Elemental Rituals of the Pentagram 161
The Work of Earth 165
The Work of Water 171
The Work of Air 179
The Work of Fire 187
Additional Lectures of the Bardic Grade 193
On the Tree of Life 193
On the Sacred Geometry of the Druids 205
Plants in Magic and Alchemy 221
Principles of Color and Sound 229
Practical Geomancy 237
Preparation for the Bardic Initiation 249
The Examination of the Bardic Grade 251
The Initiation of the Bardic Grade 253
The Druid Grade
The Supreme Ritual of the Pentagram 265
The Ritual of the OIW 271
The Druid Temple 277
The Working Tools of Druidical Magic 279
The Formulae of Ceremonial Magic 291
Consecration 295
Conjuration 299
Transformation 305
On Rituals of Self-Initiation 313
Equinox and Solstice Ceremonies 315
Additional Lectures of the Druid Grade 321
On the Macrocosm and Microcosm 321
On the Paths Above the Veil 331
Preparation for the Druid Grade Initiation 345
The Examination of the Druid Grade 347
The Initiation of the Druid Grade 349
Sources and Additional Reading 355
Bibliography 361
Index 365