The Golden Dawn

«And since all the important formulae are given in their entirety, and nothing withheld that is of the least value, there should be no excuse for anybody harming himself» — [REGARDIE 1937] la declaración de completitud, que en el original es la subordinada de una cláusula de exculpación.

«Some portions of the manuscripts have required editing, principally from the literary point of view. Whole paragraphs have had to be deleted, others shortened, sentences made more clear, the redundant use of many words eliminated, and a general coordination of the manuscripts undertaken. Certain other sections—those dealing at length with Talismans, Sigils, Clairvoyance, Geomancy and the Enochian Tablets—have been completely rewritten to render them more coherent. But nothing that is essential or vital to the magical tenor or understanding of any document will be omitted, changed or altered. This I avow and publicly swear» — [REGARDIE 1937] y su declaración de intervención editorial íntegra, que es lo que sostiene la atribución del frontmatter.

«While in my small work My Rosicrucian Adventure the events that occurred to the Golden Dawn, culminating in this present publication of its teaching and rituals, are delineated at some length» — [REGARDIE 1937] la crónica remitida a otra obra suya.

«It came about then that Temples arose in London, Bradford, Weston-super-Mare, and Edinburgh. The ceremonies we have were elaborated from cipher manuscripts, and all went well for a time» — [FELKIN, citado por Regardie] la leyenda fundacional NO es voz de Regardie: cae dentro de las comillas de Felkin, abiertas en la plana anterior.

«There is a somewhat different version as to its origin, having behind it the authority of Frater F. R., the late Dr. Felkin, who was the Chief of the Stella Matutina as well as a member of the Societas Rosicruciana» — [REGARDIE 1937] y así lo presenta.

«According to his account, and the following words are substantially his own, prior to 1880 members of the Rosicrucian Order on the Continent selected with great care their own candidates whom they thought suitable for personal instruction» — [REGARDIE 1937] declarando que lo que sigue son sustancialmente palabras de Felkin.

«One legend has it that one day Westcott discovered in his library a series of cipher manuscripts, and in order to decipher them he enlisted the aid of MacGregor Math» — [REGARDIE 1937] la primera de las tres leyendas sobre los manuscritos cifrados.

«Yet other accounts have it that Westcott or a clerical friend found the manuscripts on a bookstall in Farringdon Street» — la segunda.

«Further apocryphal legends claim that they were found in the library of books and manuscripts inherited from the mystic and clairvoyant, Frederick Hockley who died in 1885» — y la tercera.

«Whatever the real origin of these mysterious cipher manuscripts, when eventually deciphered with the aid of MacGregor Mathers, they were alleged to have contained the address of a Fraulein Anna Sprengel who purported to be a Rosi» — [REGARDIE 1937] y la reserva con que él mismo las enmarca.

«Its direct result was a lengthy correspondence with Fraulein Sprengel, culminating in the transmission of authority to Woodman, Westcott and Mathers, to formulate in England a semi-public occult organisation which was to employ an elaborate magical ceremonial, Qabalistic teaching, and a comprehensive scheme of spiritual training» — [REGARDIE 1937] la transmisión de autoridad a Woodman, Westcott y Mathers.

«M.E.V. was the motto chosen by Dr. William Robert Woodman, an eminent Freemason of the last century. Sapere Aude and Non Omnis Moriar were the two mottos used by Dr. Westcott, an antiquarian, scholar, and coroner by profession» — [REGARDIE 1937] Woodman y Westcott con sus lemas.

«R. M. D. or S. Rhiogail Ma Dhream was the motto of S. L. MacGregor Mathers, the translator of The Greater Key of King Solomon, the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, and The Kabbalah Unveiled» — [REGARDIE 1937] Mathers, con las traducciones que se le adjudican; la grafía del lema es la que imprime la capa de texto.

«S. D. A. was the abbreviation of the motto Sapiens Dominabitur Astris chosen by a Fraulein Anna Sprengel of Nuremburg, Germany» — [REGARDIE 1937] y Sprengel.

«these are the four outstanding figures publicly involved in the English foundation of what came to be known as The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn» — [REGARDIE 1937] y el marco: los llama «publicly involved», no fundadores.

«In 1887 by permission of S.D.A. a continental Rosicrucian Adept, the IsisUrania Temple of Hermetic Students of the G.D. was formed to give instruction in the mediaeval Occult sciences. Fratres M.E.V. with S.A. and S.R.M.D. became the chiefs, and the latter wrote the rituals in modern English from old Rosicrucian mss. (the property of S.A.) supplemented by his own literary researches» — [DOCUMENTO — Westcott, Data of the History of the Rosicrucians, 1916] la fundación en 1887.

«Thus, in 1887, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was established. Its first English Temple, Isis-Urania, was opened in the following year» — [REGARDIE 1937] y la contradicción INTERNA del propio volumen: en su voz, Isis-Urania se abre «al año siguiente». La discrepancia 1887/1888 no necesita contraste externo para consignarse.

«This was an organisation formulated in 1865 by eminent Freemasons, some of them claiming authentic Rosicrucian initation from continental authorities» — [REGARDIE 1937] la Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia; «initation» es lo que imprime la capa de texto.

«The first Chief of this Society, its Supreme Magus so-called, was one Robert Wentworth Little who is said to have rescued some old rituals from a certain Masonic storeroom, and it was from certain of those papers that the Society’s rituals were elaborated» — [REGARDIE 1937] y Robert Wentworth Little.

«The Order of the Golden Dawn,” narrates the history lecture of that Order, “is an Hermetic Society whose members are taught the principles of Occult Science and the Magic of Hermes» — [DOCUMENTO — la History Lecture de la orden] cómo se define a sí misma.

«Prominent among the Adepti of our Order and of public renown were Eliphas Levi the greatest of modern French magi; Ragon, the author of several books of occult lore; Kenneth M. Mackenzie, author of the famous and learned Masonic Encyclopaedia; and Frederick Hockley possessed of the power of vision in the crystal, and whose manuscripts are highly esteemed» — [DOCUMENTO — la History Lecture] la genealogía retrospectiva de adeptos: es cita de un documento, no afirmación de Regardie.

«Its history lecture, however, volunteered very few verifiable details as to the historical facts which, from the scholarly point of view, we should be acquainted with—the details for example of the line of descent from, say, 1614 to 1865» — [REGARDIE 1937] y lo que Regardie mismo objeta a ese documento: no da detalles verificables de la línea de descendencia.

«we may turn to the claims of the Order within the more historical times of the late 19th century, though unfortunately, these claims are no more verifiable and certainly no clearer than those which characterised its beginning» — [REGARDIE 1937] su juicio sobre las reclamaciones del siglo XIX.

«How the actual instigation of the Order came to pass is not really known. Or rather, because of so many conflicting stories and legends the truth is impossible to discover» — [REGARDIE 1937] y su abstención sobre el origen.

«it is common knowledge that W. B. Yeats, Arthur Machen and, if rumour may be trusted, the late Arnold Bennett were at one time among its members, together with a good many other writers and artists» — [REGARDIE 1937] los miembros conocidos, con el hedge impreso sobre el tercero.

«Kether.The Crown. Spirit. Ipsissimus o=H) 2. Chokmah. Wisdom. Magus @®=2) 3. Binah, Understanding. Magister Templi ©=E] 4. Chesed. Mercy. Adeptus Exemptus @=) 5. Geburah. Might. Adeptus Major ©=[5] 6. Tiphareth. Harmony. Adeptus Minor @©=[4) 7. Netzach. Victory. Fire. Philosophus @ 8. Hod. Splendour. Water. Practicus ©=8) 9. Yesod. Foundation. Air. Theoricus ®=B8) 10. Malkuth. Kingdom. Earth. Zelator» — [REGARDIE 1937] la escalera de grados completa, sefirá por sefirá.

«In the consideration of the grades, I shall not discuss any others than those existing between Zelator and Adeptus Minor» — [REGARDIE 1937] y el alcance que declara para el volumen.

«it is impossible for the ordinary individual to understand those above the grade of Adeptus Minor, and individuals who lay claim openly to such exalted grades, by that very act place a gigantic question mark against the validity of their attainment» — [REGARDIE 1937] con su motivo.

«Learn first, O Practicus of our Ancient Order, that true Equilibrium is the basis of the Soul» — [DOCUMENTO] la máxima del equilibrio, en su lugar original y en voz del documento de grado.

«The Pentagram Ritual was taught to the Neophyte immediately after his initiation in order that he might “form some idea of how to attract and come into communication with spiritual and invisible things» — [REGARDIE 1937] el Ritual Menor del Pentagrama.

«form of prayer the invoking ritual should be used in the morning—the banishing in the evening» — [DOCUMENTO] y su régimen horario.

«The Elemental weapons of the Wand, Cup, Dagger, and Pentacle are symbolical representations of the forces employed for the manifestation of the inner self, the elements required for the incarnation of the divine. They are attributed to the four letters of Tetragrammaton» — [REGARDIE 1937] las cuatro armas elementales, con la oración que sostiene su correspondencia con el Tetragrámaton.

«Take a deep breath and raise your consciousness to your KETHER above your head and vibrate the Name EHEIEH—which means 1 AM. Imagine the Light flowing down through paatu (at the nape of your neck) to TIPHARETH. 4, In the same manner, establish yEsop in the name SHADDAI EL CHAI, and MALKUTH in the Name ADoNaI HA-ARETZ» — [DOCUMENTO] la Fórmula Vibratoria del Pilar del Medio; «1 AM», «paatu» y «yEsop» son lo que imprime la capa de texto, y las lecturas restituidas —I AM, Daath, Yesod— NO están cotejadas contra el facsímil.

«The sole omissions are the documents lettered H. J., L. and part of M» — [REGARDIE 1937] los documentos que la edición OMITE.

«Clavicula Tabularum Enochi, is a more or less lengthy manuscript, turgid and archaic, for the most part repeating, though not as clearly, the contents of “S, The Book of the Concourse of the Forces.” Incidentally, this document is practically a verbatim duplicate of part of a lengthy manuscript to be found in the Manuscript Library of the British Museum, Sloane 307» — [REGARDIE 1937] y la Clavicula es UNO DE ELLOS: el Sloane 307 aparece como credencial de un manuscrito descartado, no como ancla del corpus enoquiano.

«It is an inferior piece of work—as also is the document “L”, and so I have decided to omit both» — [REGARDIE 1937] con su juicio.

«In full Temple, the English version is not used, but it is vibrated in the original Enochian or Angelic tongue — a language which is at once sonorous, vibrant and dramatically impressive» — [REGARDIE 1937] la invocación del Portal, vibrada en la lengua enoquiana o angélica.

«NOTES ON THE TAROT by Frater S.R.M.D» — [DOCUMENTO] el encabezado que atribuye las notas del Tarot; la identificación S.R.M.D.=Mathers es de la fuente, no inferencia nuestra.

«In the Tarot, the ten small cards of each suit refer to the Sephiroth. The four suits refer to the Letters of Tetragrammation thus:— Sceptres or Wands to—Yod Cups —————————Heh Swords ————————Vau Pentacles» — [DOCUMENTO] los palos y el Tetragrammaton; «Tetragrammation», «Arziluth» y «Brriah» son lo que imprime la capa de texto, y en la p. 147 el mismo libro los escribe bien.

«These Letters are also referred to the Four Worlds and the Four Suits of the Tarot thus: — YOD ATZILUTH WANDS HEH BRIAH CUPS VAU YETZIRAH SWORDS HEH (f) ASSIAH PENTACLES» — [DOCUMENTO] y la misma tabla en limpio cuatro planas después.

«But see further in my book “The Middle Pillar.” I. R.» — la convención con que Regardie firma sus propias intervenciones dentro del material de la orden.

«To all true seekers of the Light. May what they find herein sustain them in their search for the Quintessence; the Stone of the Philosophers, true Wisdom and perfect Happiness, the Summum Bonum.» — [REGARDIE 1937] la dedicatoria del volumen, que nombra de entrada la meta con los términos que el libro usará después: quintaesencia, piedra de los filósofos y summum bonum.

«The membership of the Golden Dawn was recruited from every circle, and it was represented by dignified professions as well as by all the arts and sciences, to make but little mention of the trades and business occupations. It included physicians, psychologists, clergymen, artists and philosophers.» — [REGARDIE 1937] la composición social que atribuye a la orden: reclutada en todos los círculos, con profesiones, artes y ciencias, médicos, psicólogos, clérigos, artistas y filósofos.

«A great many other occult organisations owe what little magical knowledge is theirs to leakages issuing from that Order and from its renegade members.» — [REGARDIE 1937] y su corolario polémico sobre las demás organizaciones ocultistas, cuyo poco saber mágico atribuye a filtraciones de la orden y a sus miembros renegados.

«As an organisation, it preferred after the fashion of its mysterious parent always to shroud itself in an impenetrable cloak of mystery.» — [REGARDIE 1937] la orden como institución, que según él imita a su misteriosa matriz envolviéndose siempre en un manto impenetrable.

«Its teaching and methods of instruction were stringently guarded by serious penalties attached to the most awe-inspiring obligations in order to ensure that secrecy.» — [REGARDIE 1937] el aparato de secreto: enseñanza y métodos guardados con penalidades serias adheridas a obligaciones temibles.

«Though this book will touch upon the teaching of the Golden Dawn, concerning its membership as a whole the writer will have nothing to say, except perhaps to repeat what may already be more or less well-known.» — [REGARDIE 1937] el límite que se pone él mismo sobre la membresía: del conjunto de miembros no piensa decir nada salvo repetir lo ya sabido.

«Those who may be interested in a detailed meticulous history of the Rosicrucian claim as it has existed in Europe during the past three hundred years are advised to consult Arthur Edward Waite’s The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross.» — [REGARDIE 1937] adónde manda al lector que quiera la historia rosacruz europea de tres siglos: al libro de Arthur Edward Waite, no a este volumen.

«And with these directions, let us pass from historical bones to what is the dynamic life and soul of the Order, its teaching and ceremonial technique of initiation.» — [REGARDIE 1937] la bisagra con que declara cerrada la parte histórica del libro y abierta la doctrinal.

«One of the most important backgrounds of the system is the scheme of the Qabalah, a Jewish system described at length in my Tree of Life and the knowledge lectures herein.» — [REGARDIE 1937] de dónde saca el trasfondo qabalístico que el libro va a usar: de otra obra suya y de las propias knowledge lectures que reproduce aquí.

«With regard to the names given in Dr. Westcott’s statement it is necessary that we bestow to them some little attention in order to unravel, so far as may be possible, the almost inextricable confusion which has characterised every previous effort to detail the history of the Order.» — [REGARDIE 1937] por qué se detiene en los lemas: para desenredar, hasta donde se pueda, la confusión casi inextricable que él atribuye a todo intento previo de historiar la orden.

«Since the history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn subsequent to this period has already been narrated elsewhere there is little need to repeat it.» — [REGARDIE 1937] y el recorte que hace del relato: lo posterior a ese periodo ya lo dio por narrado en otra parte y no lo repite aquí.

«It may be convenient for the reader if I tabulate the names of the Sephiroth with the Grades employed in the Golden Dawn, together with a few important attributions» — [REGARDIE 1937] cómo anuncia la tabla que empareja Sephiroth y grados, ofrecida como conveniencia para el lector.

«Before proceeding to an analysis of the grades, and the ceremonies which were supposed to confer them, it has been thought advisable to consider the nature of» — [REGARDIE 1937] el orden que se impone en el libro: antes de analizar los grados y las ceremonias que se suponía los conferían, considerar la naturaleza de la iniciación misma, que la oración nombra ya en la plana siguiente.

«For I may add in passing the complete esoteric technique of initiation has never previously passed into open publication. It has been reserved in all secrecy for initiates of the sacred schools of Magic.» — [REGARDIE 1937] la premisa con que enmarca su publicación: la técnica esotérica completa de la iniciación no había pasado nunca antes a letra impresa abierta.

«While various documents explaining the principia of this wisdom were circulated amongst the members of these schools, the oaths of secrecy attaching to their receipt was such that in recent times, as I have said, few lay exponents of the ancient religions and philosophies have ever so much as suspected the existence of these principia.» — [REGARDIE 1937] y por qué, según él, ni los expositores legos sospechaban esos principios: circulaban dentro de las escuelas bajo juramentos de secreto.

«These Golden Dawn rituals and ceremonies of initiation are worthy of a great deal of study and attention. It is my sincere and fervent hope that meditation and a close examination will be made of the text.» — [REGARDIE 1937] qué pide del lector para con los rituales que publica: meditación y examen atento del texto.

«These have been delineated at length elsewhere, both in my Tree of Life, and in an incomparably fine form in the Golden Dawn» — [REGARDIE 1937] dónde deja los ejercicios y procesos de desarrollo que no describe aquí: en otra obra suya y, dice, en forma incomparablemente mejor en los documentos de la orden que este volumen reproduce.

«Prior to attempting to describe a few of the salient points of the Rituals — briefly, for since they appear within these volumes, they must be individually studied and experienced so that an individual point of view may be acquired» — [REGARDIE 1937] por qué describe los rituales solo de pasada: porque aparecen dentro de estos volúmenes y quiere que se estudien y experimenten uno por uno.

«A useful and significant preface may be taken from Dr. Jung’s commentary to Wilhelm’s translation of The Secret of The Golden Flower, where there is much that explains the ritualistic functions of Magic.» — [REGARDIE 1937] de dónde toma el prefacio de su exposición sobre el arte de la iniciación ceremonial: del comentario de Jung a la traducción de Wilhelm.

«And finally, that not the least vestige of misunderstanding or misconception may remain as to the objects of this divine Theurgy, let me reproduce one last quotation from this same ritual.» — [REGARDIE 1937] su manera de argumentar en este tramo, dicha por él: acumular citas del mismo ritual para que no quede vestigio de malentendido sobre los objetos de la teurgia.

«It would be a happy task, were it advisable, to devote several pages of this introduction to praising the excellence of what are called the four elemental prayers.» — [REGARDIE 1937] lo que se prohíbe a sí mismo en la introducción: dedicar varias planas a elogiar las cuatro plegarias elementales.

«there is one rather fine prose passage in the Zelator grade which must be given here — a passage of beauty, high eloquence, and lofty significance.» — [REGARDIE 1937] por qué interrumpe el análisis de los grados para intercalar ese pasaje del Zelator: por su belleza y elocuencia, dice, no por su función en el rito.

«But by using the Waite and the available French and Italian packs, and by comparing them with the accounts given in the rituals, the imagination of the reader will render this omission unimportant.» — [REGARDIE 1937] y el sustituto que propone al lector: cotejar la baraja de Waite y las francesas e italianas con lo que dicen los rituales.

«As I have previously remarked, and it bears constant reiteration, the Tree of Life and the Qabalistic scheme as a whole should be carefully studied so that the aptness of the attributions both to the Sephiroth and the Paths may be fully appreciated.» — [REGARDIE 1937] lo que pide estudiar antes que nada, y que dice repetir a propósito: el Árbol de la Vida y el esquema qabalístico entero, para apreciar las atribuciones de sefirot y senderos.

«Since both of these diagrams may be found reproduced in the body of the text very little by way of prolonged explanation need here be said.» — [REGARDIE 1937] por qué no explica largo las dos láminas de altar en la introducción: porque van reproducidas en el cuerpo del texto.

«It may not be possible because of the exigencies of space to reproduce in these volumes a pack of Tarot cards based upon esoteric descriptions» — [REGARDIE 1937] lo que estos volúmenes no traen y por qué: una baraja de Tarot dibujada según las descripciones esotéricas, que en la plana siguiente dice haber querido incluir.

«The following is the full version of which an abridged one was normally used in the Temple:» — [REGARDIE 1937] la advertencia editorial sobre la invocación del Portal que reproduce: da la versión completa, y en el templo se usaba una abreviada.

«and since there can be no misunderstanding the purpose and nature of this beautiful ceremony it requires the minimum of comment from my pen. It explains itself completely in one of the speeches:» — [REGARDIE 1937] por qué apenas comenta la ceremonia de Adeptus Minor: dice que se explica sola en uno de sus discursos.

«The reader is earnestly recommended to study this Ritual again and again, until almost it becomes a part of his very life, incorporated into the fabric of his being» — [REGARDIE 1937] lo que pide del lector para con este ritual, con la razón que da: que en él hay fórmulas de aspiración mística y de magia práctica; la misma frase se reimprime casi igual en la p. 66.

«Very little aesthetic appreciation will be required to realise that in this and the other rituals are passages of divine beauty and high eloquence. And the least learned will find ideas of especial appeal to him, as the scholar» — [REGARDIE 1937] lo que promete al lector de los rituales: pasajes de belleza divina y alta elocuencia, y para el menos docto ideas de apelación propia.

«and the profound mystic will perceive great depth and erudition in what may appear on the surface as simple statement. Properly performed, with initiated technique and insight, these rituals are stately ceremonies of great inspiration and enlightenment.» — [REGARDIE 1937] y el remate en la plana siguiente: el erudito y el místico verán hondura donde parece enunciado simple, y bien ejecutados esos ritos son ceremonias de gran inspiración.

«The written rubric has previously appeared in my 7'ree of Life, and I may now add a word or two concerning the further directions which are orally imparted to the Candidate after his admission.» — [REGARDIE 1937] qué añade aquí sobre el Ritual del Pentagrama: el rubro escrito ya estaba en otra obra suya, y ahora suma las indicaciones que se daban de viva voz; la capa de texto rompe el título en 7'ree of Life.

«There was a movement on foot in one of the Temples a little while ago to eliminate the study and practice of Geomancy from the scheme of training of the Outer Order. The prevailing tendency is so to simplify the road to Adeptship as to reduce the practical requisites to an absolute minimum by eliminating every phase of the work which does not come “naturally,” and whose study might involve hard work. Most of the newly admitted candidates to this Temple within the past five years or more are utterly without any practical acquaintance with this technique.» — [REGARDIE 1937] lo que reporta del estado de la orden en su tiempo: un intento de sacar la geomancia del programa y una tendencia a reducir los requisitos a lo que salga sin trabajo.

«Originally, Astrology was taught as part of the regular routine. All instruction on this subject seems now to have been thoroughly extirpated from the Order papers. Perhaps in this particular instance the omission is just as well.» — [REGARDIE 1937] otra pérdida que consigna, esta con su acuerdo: la astrología, extirpada de los papeles de la orden, y que él da por bien omitida ante los buenos libros publicados.

«Tatwa vision requires but little mention in this place, for full instructions in this technical method of acquiring clairvoyance may be seen in a later volume. They are compiled from a number of documents and verbal instructions obtaining within the Order. Since these oral “tit-bits” and papers were very scattered, it has been found necessary to reorganise the whole matter.» — [REGARDIE 1937] su declaración editorial sobre el material Tatwa: viene de documentos e instrucciones orales dispersos y hubo que reorganizarlo entero para un volumen posterior.

«While in many ways the Order technique may appear different from the vision method described in my Tree of Life, both are essentially the same.» — [REGARDIE 1937] la equivalencia que declara entre el método de la orden y el que él mismo publicó antes.

«In that restatement, however, I have exercised no originality nor uttered personal viewpoints on any phase of the techni» — [REGARDIE 1937] el límite que se pone en esa reorganización: ninguna originalidad ni punto de vista personal sobre ninguna fase de la técnica; la oración cierra en la plana siguiente diciendo que se ciñó a reescribir el material en su poder.

«Though the documents describe it in a very rudimentary and sketchy fashion, nevertheless it is capable of expansion in several quite astonishing directions. I have discussed and expanded this technique at considerable length in my book The Art of True Healing.» — [REGARDIE 1937] el juicio sobre sus propias fuentes: los documentos de la orden describen esa técnica de modo rudimentario y él la desarrolló largo en otra obra suya.

«So far, I have confined myself to a bird’s eye view of the routine as established in the First or Outer Order of the Golden Dawn.» — [REGARDIE 1937] el alcance que declara para lo dicho hasta ahí: una vista de pájaro de la rutina del Primer Orden.