GOLDEN DAWN

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc. (also known as H.O.G.D. Inc.) is a non-profit Florida organization incorporated in 1988 by Charles "Chic" Cicero. The stated purpose of the corporation is educational, spiritual, and philosophical. The primary goal of the organization is the continued preservation of that body of knowledge known as Hermeticism or the Western Esoteric Tradition. This organization promotes the teachings of the original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a magical fraternity founded in London in 1888 by Dr. William Wynn Westcott and Samuel Liddell "MacGregor Mathers," which officially ceased to exist under that name in 1903 but continued for a number of years under the names of two spin-off organizations, the Stella Matutina and the Alpha et Omega. H.O.G.D. Inc. maintains this website as a resource for all Golden Dawn students, provides certification to other Golden Dawn groups, and makes student referrals to various mystery schools, esoteric orders, hermetic..

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