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The Western Mystery Tradition is a living body of knowledge and practice which pulls together the ancient esoteric traditions into a modern format for the sincere student. The most famous school in this tradition was the London-based Golden Dawn, which rose to prominence in the closing years of the 19th century and created a curriculum of study and ritual that has been used as the basis of this style of teaching every since. The Golden Dawn lasted a little over a decade before being torn apart by clashing personalities; but was so well respected that its influence has far exceeded its span of existence.
For the interested student, possibly the best books on the Golden Dawn are those by Israel Regardie. He was a Golden Dawn student before working with many other organisations. One glimpse at the Golden Dawn teaching materials, which Regardie published in full to avoid them being adulterated, will show you how rigorous this training was. We believe such training is best explored within the nuturing and protective environment of a group such as the Eye of Horus, where group work can be undertaken and student problems discussed in a creative and encouraging way.
There have been many sincere “descendants” of the Golden Dawn. SOL’s own line of descent is through Dion Fortune’s Society of the Inner Light, one of whose principle students was Ernest Butler, a well known teacher of true magic and esoteric author. Working with Gareth Knight and Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, Ernest Butler established the Servants of the Light School (SOL) in the 1960s and passed the Directorship over to Dolores towards the end of his life in the 1970s.
Dolores is approaching retirement after a long and wonderful life, dedicated to passing on the true Magical Tradition, but continues to be the Director of Studies of SOL. Dolores is the personal sponsor of the work of the Eye of Horus Teaching Group. You can learn more about Dolores from the SOL web site by clicking in the margin to the left.
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