The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn as revealed by Israel Regardie, with further revision, expansion, and additional notes by Israel Regardie, Cris Monnastre, and others. A comprehensive index has been supplied by noted occultist David Godwin for this new edition. Originally published in four volumes of some 1200 pages, this 6th Revised and Enlarged Edition has been reset in half the pages (retaining the original pagination in marginal notation for reference) for greater ease and use. Corrections of errors in the original editions have been made, with further revision and additional text and notes by actual practitioners of the Golden Dawn system of magick, with an introduction by the only student ever accepted for personal training by Regardie. The Golden Dawn, once a secret order, was one of the most prestigious groups flourishing at the turn of the century. Membership included such notables as W. B. Yeats, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Lady Frieda Harris, Brodie Innes, S.L. MacGregor Mathers, A.E. Waite, Evelyn Underhill and W. Wynn Westcott. Its influence on 20th century spiritual science has been enormous!
Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor Of Symbology, Receives An Urgent Late-Night Call While In Paris: The Curator Of The Louvre Has Been Murdered. Alongside The Body Is A Series Of Baffling Ciphers. Langdon And A Gifted French Cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, Are Stunned To Find A Trail That Leads To The Works Of Da Vinci And Further. The Curator, Part Of A Secret Society Named The Priory Of Sion, May Have Sacrificed His Life To Keep Secret The Location Of A Vastly Important Religious Relic Hidden For Centuries. It Appears That The Clandestine Vatican-Sanctioned Catholic Sect Opus Dei Has Now Made Its Move. Unless Landon And Neveu Can Decipher The Labyrinthine Code And Quickly Assemble The Pieces Of The Puzzle, The Priory S Secret And A Stunning Historical Truth Will Be Lost Forever.
