Spiritual practise

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Don was definitely interested in the Golden Dawn and I have no doubt he read Regardie's book (he seemed to be fairly well read on a lot of occult / paranormal topics), but the idea that he was initiated into the magical current / egregore of the Golden Dawn during meditation is intriguing. Ra seems to confirm that working with a group like the Golden Dawn is beneficial.

I wonder what Ra's connection to the Golden Dawn is.

In another section Don asks about the Ippissimus, and Ra says that it is a STS Adept title. The Ippissimus is the highest level of initiation in the Golden Dawn Tradition. The process of bidding a negative entity is also part of magical tradition which Ra described. I think in general the Golden Dawn system is robust enough that it can be used by the positive and the negative seeker.

It's my understanding (likely flawed) that traditionally the Golden Dawn considered the third order ranks (Magister Templi, Magus and Ipsissimus) unobtainable by physically incarnated beings. Crowley and the A.'. A.'. seem to have held a different opinion, that one could cross the abyss and be considered a purely spiritual entity while still remaining incarnated.

One thing I've noticed when getting involved with magically oriented folks is that the positive and negatively inclined alike tend to be drawn together. The positively oriented on the path of the adept will be brought face to face with the negative and vice versa.