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GOLDEN DAWN CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

Searching for more information about the Yesod Foundation, linked by the StarHouse "All Seasons Chalice" community led to The Witches Way website where a 180 segment correspondence course on the Golden Dawn is offered. A brief history of the Golden Dawn is given which includes the following:

Another magician who contributed to the enrichment of the tarot was Gerard Encausse, better known as Papus. Author of the celebrated book The Tarot of the Bohemians, he became chief of the order of the Rose-Croix, which was founded in France as an hermetic organization. Papus equated the Tarot with the Bible and posited that an entire system of metaphysical knowledge was contained within the cards that sythesized the teachings of many cultures. [Emphasis mine.]

So it would seem that Valentin Tomberg was not the first to attempt to synthesize occultism and Catholicism. At the time Papus was living and teaching, there was no doubt that his system was contrary to the faith. How did we come to the point where von Balthasar could approve of the same attempt while enjoying the status of papal theologian?

Notice that the description also indicates that the doctrines of Papus and other occultists "were disseminated by Albert Pike."

In any case, the 17th installment of the correspondence course is "Yesod - Foundation."