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Group: alt.magick · Group Profile
Author: Rufus OpusRufus Opus Date: Aug 23, 2007 11:55
On Aug 23, 2:06 pm, Aster Thalassa yahoo.com> wrote:> If you had in fact been paying any attention you would know that Chic
> and Tabby Cicero have been the targets of a really nasty lawsuit by an
> Individual Who Should Know Better trying to claim Copyright on the
> name Golden Dawn all over the United States. If that Individual had
> succeeded, even groups like this might have had to pay tribute when
> quoting the name!
That's a bit of bombastic hyperbole, don't you think?
> Quite a few of us know the details and have not
> only given financial help but have shown up at court hearings to
> provide enregy support as well.
> Fortunately the judge saw sense and said no to the copyright claim.
> We should all be extremely grateful.
> The suit was targeted against the Ciceros due to a personal grudge
> against them and besides being a power grab was an attempt to ruin
> them financially.
> People who spread nasty rumors without knowing what they are talking
> about are incurring quite unpleasant rebound currents upon
> themselves. (Fortunately for them, they are usually people of very
> little power...)
Yeah, sure.
Personally, I like the Ciceros. I like some of the other GD people
they hang out with. I'm not fond of Zink or Griffen, or even Zalewski.
They're of similar ilk. I liked that the Ciceros are ecumenical, and
seem to care more about brotherhood than any one particular facet of
the GD. They haven't publicly taken side in some of the crap that goes
down between various groups, and that's a good thing. It's in their
best interest too, as authors, and I respect people who have that kind
of insight.
I think a lot of their mystery tradition is bollocks, and for a while
I was convinced the GD and all its many tendrils was a manifestation
of evil of cthulhoid proportions. I was sure it could do nothing
spiritually but create argumentative intellectual elitists who cared
more about owning the most original Mathers manuscripts than about
what was written on them.
Then I found out someone I know and respect is secretly one of the top
three heads of a popular GD group. This guy is knowledgeable, even-
tempered, wise, and humble. He's done more traditional magick than
anyone I've met. And at the same time, he's really advanced in the GD
system. So I give the GD system the benefit of the doubt, sometimes.
Not everyone that comes out of it is a Mathers clone.
I attribute his actual magickal prowess to the traditional methods he
employs in parallel to his initiations in the GD structure though.
But I could be wrong.
-R.O.
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