This publication of A.E. Waite's "Inner and Outer Order Initiations of the Holy Order of the Golden Dawn" sets into print a significant shift in the Golden Dawn teachings from a blend of Eastern and Western Hermeneutics to one of strictly Western and deeply Christianized. Though others have made attempts to create a mystical mythology and order using more Western and Celtic paradigms (ie- Gray and The Sangreal Society), no other mystic has attained such a significant transformation of the Golden Dawn order material as Waite has done through his prodigious scholarship. Though this text is lacking the temple diagrams which would help further illuminate the ritual texts, they remain a wealth of insight into Waite's inner spiritual world. Of note is the lack of a seasonal Equinox ritual that he surely would have been familiar with as a member of the Golden Dawn, and with which he would have pressumabley reworked for his own order. One would wonder, and hope, that there also would exist a graded curriculum, from the distilation of which, would generate more ritual material for a thriving and practicing order of High Magick, as the Golden Dawn Z documents have done. This volume clearly stands amoung the few modern works which adds to the body of scholarly knowledge regarding transformational magic.

This book provides a very valuable insight into the history of the structure of rituals within one of the best magical systems to date. A+!