The best of the Golden Dawn Journal - Divination

Basics of Magic presents the world's best known occult and magical organization in a clear and practical way, providing a vehicle for communication, exploration and discussion for anyone interested in understanding the universe and his or her role in it.

Book I: Divination explores the underlying mechanism and methods of divination, including those most favored by the Golden Dawn such as tarot and geomancy. It also reveals how, when, and why the divinatory process works and examines whether or not it can always be trusted. Included in this fascinating foray are explorations into psychological considerations in divination, particular forms of divination and particular methods within those forms. Book I delves into all aspects of ceremonial magic and the Hermetic Tradition, including Tarot readings from meetings of the original Golden Dawn members.

Chapters include:

Introduction to the Basics of Magic
by Charles Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero

The Psychology of Divination
by Steven Marshall

Divination and the Magical Tarot
by Gareth Knight

The Golden Dawn Method of Tarot Divination
by Cris Monnastre

The Abbey Theatre Tarot Readings
by Mary K. Greer

Spiritual Tarot and Circle Spread Divination
by Robert Zink

The Divination of the Rose Cross
by Donald Michael Kraig

Taro-strology: The Tarot Wheel of the Year
by Thom Parrott

By the Signs of the Earth: Geomancy in the Golden Dawn
by Mitch Henson

Mysteria Geomantica: Teachings on the Art of Geomancy
by Adam P. Forrest

From God to My Soul: Reading the Auspices
by David Godwin

Divination in the Græco-Egyptian Magical Papyri
by M. Isidora Forrest

The Gypsy Runes
by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

Ceremonial Archangelic Divination
by Oz

Towards a General Theory of Divination
by Sam Webster

and
The Editors' Forum: Can a Divination Always be Trusted?