Rest In Piece Donald Michael Kraig

Golden Dawn Magician and Author Donald Michael Kraig has Passed to the Eternal East. May he Find Peace in the Heavens, Among the Masters and the Blessed Dead 

Hethert, Lady of the Beautiful West,
Receive frater Donald Michael Kraig in the Field of Reeds.
Comfort him with Your turquoise tears,
Renew him in Your golden arms,
May he live a million years
In the radiance of Your love.

Donald Michael Kraig, Golden Dawn magician & author, has passed to the Eternal East, after a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.  This is truly a great loss for the Golden Dawn & wider esoteric Community.  You will truly be missed and remembered brother. 

If you haven't already, please consider donating to the fundraiser (which I have a link to in my previous post) as now his family is left with medical bills as well as funeral costs, and the amount, I'm sure, is daunting, to say the least.

Frater Kraig has contributed much to our community, and inspired many with his books. Surely there have been many aspiring magicians who got their first taste of the Magic of Light after reading one of his books, such as "Modern Magic", among several others.

This is a sad and mournful time for our Community, but also a time to celebrate his life.  I know the fraters and sorors of our diverse community are thinking of him and his family, and directing positive and healing energy to them. I certainly am.

May frater Kraig find rest and peace in the Field of Reeds, and may his family be comforted.

“Nothing stands still - everything is being born, growing, dying - the very instant a thing reaches its height, it begins to decline - the law of rhythm is in constant operations....” 

― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

Sincerely & Fraternally, in L.V.X.,

Frater A.T.L.V.

Overwhelming Support Pours In For Donald Michael Kraig From Esoteric Community

Golden Dawn & Wider Esoteric Community Again Shows Its True Colors

by Frater A.T.L.V.

As was the case with Aaron Leitch in his time of need, the Golden Dawn & wider esoteric community is again showing its true nature for beloved author and brother, Donald Michael Kraig, in his own time of need.

Frater Kraig's situation is indeed a dire one. He is suffering from one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, that being stage 4 pancreatic cancer. And recently we have learned that it has also spread to his liver.

A call went out to the community right when the news broke on The Golden Dawn Blog with an article entitled "A Call to Magical Action: Healing for Donald Michael Kraig", which you can read HERE, for Magical healing assistance from the fraters & sorors of our diverse community. The response was nothing short of beautiful.

As you can imagine, his medical bills are piling up faster than anyone could deal with, making an already extremely difficult situation even worse for him and his family. Recently, a page was created on www.gofundme.com by Holly Allender Kraig, which you can visit HERE. Through this page you can donate money to their goal of $15,000, which is already at a staggering amount of $4,051 from only 38 people in only 1 day! If that doesn't show you just how much we care for our fellow occultists, I don't know what would! They even have a reward program built in where based on the amount you donate, you receive one of Frater Kraig's books (limited quantities running out very quickly!). Even in their time of need, they are still finding a way to give back to those that help, which to me, is very beautiful indeed.

This is a wonderful statement of how our family cares for its own, despite past grudges and online "wars" that raged for nearly 20 years. Since the success of Frater Leitch's fundraiser, which showed the world just how the wider esoteric community takes care of its own despite what happens on the internet, and the coming together of the Golden Dawn Community to stand up against the Chrysi Avgi, the Greek ultra nationalists who are muddying our beautiful name and confusing outsiders, there has been a period of wonderful peace and fraternal behavior. Not only on blogs, but throughout the community and all of its fora.

The situation and ensuing response in Donald Michael Kraig's medical crisis, has once again proven just how tightly knit of of family we really are, and that while we may disagree on certain points, we have more in common than we have differences. And more importantly, that despite any differences we do have, we can and will come to the aid of our brothers and sisters, whether with donations, or by magical aid.

I am very pleased by the behavior of our community of late, and wish nothing more than for it to continue. We represent the very diverse and beautiful Western Mystery Tradition, and this is how true spiritual beings should conduct themselves. This, for me, really keeps hope alive for the Golden Dawn and wider esoteric community!

My most sincere thoughts, positive energy, blessings, and healing Light goes out to Frater Kraig and his family. Please do what you can to help them in this extremely difficult and painful time for their family. Give what you can, even if everyone donated a single dollar, it would eventually add up. For those who cannot afford to donate money, do what you can to direct healing energy towards him and his family.

Let us continue to show the community and the world what we are really made of! Let us lean toward the Pillar of Mercy and Embrace the loving nature of Chesed, and share it with those in need!

Fraternally, in L.V.X.,

Frater A.T.L.V.

Golden Dawn Community Stands In Solidarity Against Greek Neo-Nazis

 

Golden Dawn Leaders Stand Together To Show The World What Our Community Is Really All About, And What It Won't Stand For

 

 

 

by Frater A.T.L.V.

 

Recently, there has been much confusion between our beloved Hermetic Tradition, The Golden Dawn that we hold so dear to our hearts, and Greek Neo-Nazi extremists, the Chrysi Avgi.  These hate mongers have been using the name "Golden Dawn" for their Neo-Nazi political party and in so doing have created confusion amongst outsiders who do not know the difference between our spiritual Hermetic and Rosicrucian Tradition, and a hateful, right wing extremist political party that has its roots in Greece, and unfortunately, has been using the same name.  Even the possibility of the two being confused is not acceptable.

Lately, an internet search for "Golden Dawn" will turn up just as much if not more of this garbage than it will anything related to the REAL Golden Dawn, a beautiful, tolerant, and peaceful spiritual Tradition that has influenced the entire Western Mystery Tradition for over a hundred years.  Today, there are many orders, independent Temples, and solitary practitioners who use this beautiful system, and I am sure that none of them want to be confused with the forces of evil that have been using our name.  I for one, find it deeply disturbing.

This problem has however, brought about something rarely seen in the Golden Dawn Community......solidarity. 

It is indeed rare to see the various leaders and authors in the Golden Dawn Community stand together, united, on any issue. However, this time, that is exactly what's happening.  None of us want to be confused with these minions of evil and hate.

I would like to thank Donald Michael Kraig for his blog post about this issue, which you can read HERE. I would also like to thank him for starting this initiative for leaders to stand together on this issue, saying...

"Even if you disagree with other Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn groups, I would propose that you consider standing in solidarity with them on this one, single issue."

I could not agree more with the sentiment of this statement.  And it seems, for the most part, it is happening.  Well known Golden Dawn leaders and authors such as Donald Michael Kraig, Nick Farrell, David Griffin, and Alex Sumner are all in agreement on this one. Frater Farrell addresses this issue as well, in his own post, HERE.

I would like to praise those who are putting aside their differences, and embracing their similarities, namely, the Hermetic Tradition they have devoted their lives to, and standing together against this very real and very terrible threat.  As Golden Dawn practitioners, we can not allow the forces of evil to go unchecked, and it pleases me to see a truly community wide effort such as this.  There has been peace in the community for a while now, which is a nice change of pace, and something like this can only serve to strengthen the bonds of fraternity.

It seems the well known leaders and authors in our diverse community have put aside the flame wars and attacks of the past, and are looking toward the future of our beautiful living Tradition.  Unfortunately, as always, there are some who just can't let their feelings from the past go.  Although Alex Sumner does deserve praise for being a part of this noble cause, he has not been able to put aside his grudge with David Griffin, even in a time such as this.

In the comments section of a post he made on his blog, Sumner continues to attack Griffin, in the usual sniping style that unfortunately has been all too rampant in our community for far too long now.  When Griffin responds, he is censored, another all too common tactic of the Golden Dawn flame wars that have raged now for too long.  I found the comment Griffin attempted to post on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Yahoo forum, run by Griffin.  It seems he posted it there after being censored on Sumner's blog. Here it is....

"Hi Alex, Why do you want to keep wagging fingers about the past instead of taking

responsibility to co-create a better future? There are offensive old posts on your blog as well as that of Nick,

Aaron, Morgan, Deanna, and the others – some even calling AO members

names and one book even calling the AO a cult. Heck, I even still have 

defamatory letters that Don Kraig wrote privately attacking me. There is no doubt that as a community still ALL still have things to 

clean up once peace in our community is more firmly established. The AO 

is willing to look at this, albeit ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS. Things have been quiet for some time now though. Why is it that YOU are

suddenly flinging poo again, continuing to stir strife by wagging 

fingers and digging up stuff from the past rather than taking a UNITED 

stand with the rest of us Golden Dawn leaders against the threat posed

to our ENTIRE spiritual community posed by the Greek ultra-nationalists? Is this really the right time for you to even yet once AGAIN start

throwing poo to try to start another flame war as you do in this post? As a community, we all face a common and very serious problem posed by

the Greek ultra-nationalists to the reputation of our spiritual 

community.

The time has come to stand TOGETHER to face down this threat. Or would you really rather continuing stand alone in the corner

continuing to fling poo all by yourself?" -David Griffin

Again, this is not the time to turn back to the same old bullshit and mudslinging, complete with all the usual tactics of the Golden Dawn flame wars of the past. However, it seems that's exactly what is happening here. It is wonderful to see Kraig, Griffin, Farrell, and other well known leaders in our community getting along and unified in this effort to make it known that our Golden Dawn community has no association with these minions of evil. Some would rather continue the same old BS, but right now he's the only one, let's hope it stays that way! Let's not use this as an opportunity to attack each other, but rather, to show solidarity and together avoid confusion with the forces of evil!

Greek ultra-nationalist "Golden Dawn" (Chrysi Avgi)

The Tradition of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and all of the orders, independent Temples, and solitary practitioners that use the wonderful system, wish to make it known that we have NO association with the Chrysi Avgi, or any of their hate filled ideals. We are a community of spiritual seekers, and while we do have our differences, we stand together strongly on this issue.

 

Sincerely & Fraternally, in L.V.X.,

Frater A.T.L.V.