About the Authors
Chic Cicero was born in Buffalo, New York. A former musician and businessman, Chic has been a practicing ceremonial magician for the past 30 years. He was a close friend of Israel Regardie, and was one of the key people who helped Regardie resurrect a legitimate branch of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the early 1980s. Sandra Tabatha Cicero was born in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, with a Bachelor’s degree in the Fine Arts. The Ciceros are the authors of The New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot (deck and book) and Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple. They are also the creators and editors of The Golden Dawn Journal series.
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Llewellyn’s Golden Dawn Series
SELF-INITIATION into the Golden Dawn Tradition
A Complete Curriculum of Study for Both the Solitary Magician and the Working Magical Group
Llewellyn Publications Woodbury, Minnesota
Chic Cicero
Sandra Tabatha Cicero
Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition. Copyright © 1995 by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission in writing from Llewellyn Publications except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
FIRST EDITION
Twentieth Printing, 2024
Cover painting of “The Mountain of Initiation” by Sandra Tabatha Cicero Diagrams, artwork, and color paintings copyright © Sandra Tabatha Cicero
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cicero, Chic, author.
Self-initiation into the Golden Dawn tradition : a complete curriculum of study / Chic Cicero, Sandra Tabatha Cicero. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Llewellyn’s Golden Dawn series) Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 13: 978-1-56718-136-4
ISBN 10: 1-56718-136-8 (pbk.) : $39.95
1. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. I. Cicero, Sandra Tabatha, 1959- . II. Title. III. Series.
BF1623.R7C484 1995
135’ .4—dc20 95-1118 CIP
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Cross and Triangle artwork copyright © Sandra Tabatha Cicero
The Godforms of the Visible Stations copyright © Adam P. Forrest
The quotation from Manly P. Hall’s Secret Teachings of All Ages is reproduced by permission of the Philosophical Research Society, Inc.
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Also by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero
The Golden Dawn Magical System Kit including:
New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot (deck)
The New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot (book)
Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple
The Golden Dawn Journal, Book I: Divination
The Golden Dawn Journal, Book II: Qabalah: Theory and Magic
The Golden Dawn Journal, Book III: The Art of Hermes
The Magical Pantheons: A Golden Dawn Journal
Experiencing the Kabbalah
A Garden of Pomegranates by Israel Regardie (Third Editon, edited and annotated by the Ciceros)
The Middle Pillar by Israel Regardie (Third Editon, edited and annotated by the Ciceros)
The Tree of Life by Israel Regardie (Third Editon, edited and annotated by the Ciceros)
The Essential Golden Dawn
The Golden Dawn Enochian Skrying Tarot
The Babylonian Tarot
Tarot Talismans
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Self-Paced Study for the Beginning Golden Dawn Student -:---INITIATE YOURSELF INTO THE GOLDEN DAWN
Learn and live the Golden Dawn Tradition, one of the world's most influential and enduring magical traditions. Written by two well-established authorities, this practical guide has helped independent seekers initiate themselves into this enigmatic magical order for over a decade.
With fascinating detail, the esoteric rituals of the Golden Dawn are clearly laid out in this step-by-step guide that's clear and easy to follow. With no prerequisite, all seekers can master this highly sought-after curriculum. Your learning will be enhanced with instructive exercises, daily rituals, and meditative work. Upon completion of this workbook, you can be a practicing Golden Dawn magician with knowledge of Kabbalah, astrology, tarot, geomancy, and spiritual alchemy.
• Pursue your own chosen spiritual path
• Clear instruction and jargon-free language
• No need for group membership or prohibitive expense
• Lessons don't require familiarity with magical traditions
• Progress assuredly from Neophyte to Portal
• Structured and explanatory lessons
• Rituals empowered with the fundamentals of magic
• Understand and use practical and high magic Beco111enc;o/de11Dn1v11111ngicin11 throughthe111ostco111prehe11sivesyste111todny!
Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero have been active in the magical community for decades and are adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. With diverse magical training in the Western Esoteric Tradition, Chic studied for many years as a personal student of Israel Regardie, the man most responsible for keeping the teachings of the Golden Dawn intact and available to the public. Tabatha has worked for many years as a graphic artist. Together they have authored numerous books on magical traditions.
