The Magical Pantheons: A Golden Dawn Journal (Bk.4) (ISBN 1567188613)

Amazon.com Review:
Calling on the gods and goddesses of ancient times is part and parcel of most Western magical traditions, but just who are these figures of power? Are they actual beings, bending their ears to our calls, or are they thought forms given power by our persistent prayers? Chic and Sandra Tabatha Cicero have collected articles answering these and other important questions that arise from the renewal of interest in ancient deities. From the incorporation of Irish and Norse pantheons into Golden Dawn ritual magic to the connections between Osiris and Christ in the Golden Dawn system to a complete ritual for determining for yourself whether or not the gods really exist, these essays address the vital questions serious practitioners of Western magic will inevitably ask. --Brian Patterson

Great work on the diffrent pantheons of the world.:
THE MAGICAL PANTHEONS a golden dawn journal edited by Chic and Sandra Cicero This is one amazing and powerful book. Its useful for those on the path of Ceremonial Magick, Greek path of the Samothrace tradition, Celtic path, Faery path, Asatrue path, and other pagan paths. Its diffrent ideas and beliefs from diffrent authers. Each auther has contributed wonderfu information to make this book as wonderful as it is. Its a must. There is not a lot of ritual outline just lots of info. Once you read this you will find you will want to keep reading it over and over again. My favorite article in this book is from the Ciceros it had so much good information on goddesses and gods from diffrent panteons. I have to say once again the Ciceros has done it again with their writting and making a great journal. Its ecceltic and open minded. Pat Zalewski had published a topic in this book that Mathers and Yeats had worked on but never published. The Irish Pantheon is something that these two magicians of the Golden Dawn were working on. According to Zalewski he writes "according to the Ithel Colquhoun in her book Sword Of Wisdom, a full or partial manuscript of the Mathers/Yeats colllaboration does exist, though it has never been published." also he goes on to write how the Norse pantheon was referred to quite often by the Golden Dawn. The one draw back by this auther is that he writes about these deities as if they are dead and gone. This is quite untrue at least for me. Also the work that Harvey Newstrom did on the article In The Beginning was the word was wonderful indeed. The Samothracian Fire by Steven Cranmer was good as well although in the consecration of the ring he does not give out the proper sigils. Here are the list of authers and their articles they contributed Gods and Humans--Chic and Sandra Cicero Pagans and Neo-Pagans--M. Isadora Forrest Samothracian Fire-- by Steven Cranmer The Ancient Ones of The Irish Faery-Faith--Kisma K. Stepanich In The Beginning Was The Word--Harvey Newstrom The Incomplete Mythological Pantheons of the Golden Dawn--Pat Zalewski Hebrew Hierarchical Names In Briah--James A. Eshelman Osiris And Christ--John Michael Greer Do the Gods Exist?--Donald Micheal Kraig As you can see there are some pretty well known authers iin this book. It has a diverse perspective on the subjects of the gods and goddesses. Of corse it does not cover every pantheon but its a great book none the less. The Ciceros has written many wonderful books and they are not some pretend to know it all and arm chair magician. No quite the opposite is true. If you are interested in the magick of the Golden Dawn than I would suggest getting some of their books.