For those who are interested in material about the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, you can see original ritual tools and pages from Golden Dawn notebooks at the William Butler Yeats Online Exhibit—brought to you by the National Library of Ireland. The whole exhibit is one of the most amazing web productions I have seen and worth a trip just to see what can be accomplished online.
When you get to the site, launch the exhibition, and then view “interactives”. The 8th item down is “The Hermetic Society of the Golden Dawn”—click. This takes you to a virtual museum case. Click on any item you want to see, then click again on that item when it appears in the gray box. For the notebooks, a selection of pages will appear below it, which you can individually examine and read. The notebooks are from Yeats’ uncle, George Pollexfen, and some of the illustrations are quite lovely.
I hope you spend time “walking” around the two exhibition rooms. You’ll find videos, Yeats’ own reading of the “Lake Isle of Innisfree,” a re-creation of a corner of his chambers, Florence Farr’s psaltery, and much, much more.
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September 1, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Julia
Thank you so much for this.
On a similar (literary mystic) note, I ordered the beautiful William Blake Tarot (I believe this site steered me there–another thank you!), which has the wonderful story of how Blake built his own ‘mystical system’– long before the Tarot or Kabbalah had come to England, and yet his system mirrors the Tarot beautifully. He was able to tap into the consciousness of it. It’s quite amazing, and the artwork is stunning.
Julia
September 2, 2009 at 4:34 am
Tero
Hello Mary and many thanks again for this link. They really have done a great job at the National Library, there’s a lively feel to the whole online exhibition. Also greart to see in colours the same images that Raine uses in her book. Would be nice to be able to see that GD display ‘in the flesh’, though 🙂
September 2, 2009 at 4:45 am
Jason
Another thanks for sharing this link! I’m excited to go see this virtual exhibit.
December 27, 2011 at 3:31 pm
theeyeoffaith
This is amazing! Exactly what I was looking for….sincerely overjoyed! Thanks for sharing all your glorious knowledge.
We are a young Vintage Clothing Co. in Toronto, as well as young sojourners of truth…we will be following 🙂
Sincerely,
-The Eye x
July 17, 2012 at 10:38 am
Nick Farrell
Can you recognise the Tarot set that they have on display there? I could not place it and quite like it… I notice he was using reversed cards and had written other meanings on them in pencil.
July 17, 2012 at 6:07 pm
mkg
The deck of the the Dotti or Gummpenberg style known as the Antique Italian deck from the mid-to-late 19th century. Several versions have been recreated by Lo Scarabeo and Osvaldo Menegazzi, among others.
July 21, 2012 at 2:05 am
Nick Farrell
Thanks…. I will look it up.
October 14, 2013 at 12:20 am
catherinedigman
Reblogged this on Narrative Tarot.
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Daniel
Awesome!
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