The Secret City: London's Hidden History of Magic, Mystery, and the Occult.

  Buy Now (Book Link) While the spiritualist movement was bringing the seance to the masses, a different and far more sophisticated magical revival was taking place in the hidden temples of late Victorian London. This was the world of high ceremonial magic, a world of complex rituals, of secret initiations, and of a new and powerful synthesis of Western esoteric traditions. At the heart of this revival was a single, extraordinary organisation: the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn, founded in 1888, was arguably the most influential magical society of the modern era. It was a magical university, a school of the occult sciences that sought to systematically train its members in the theory and practice of ceremonial magic. In its short but brilliant existence, the Golden Dawn would lay the foundations for much of modern Western occultism, and its influence can still be felt in the magical practices of today. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn The Founders: A Trio o...