Category: Types of Spirit
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Light dawning in Darkness: Light of a Golden Day
In Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ritual, this is the name of the guardian of the East where the initiate will be presented to receive enlightenment. The role played by the Hierophant in the Neophyte ceremony of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hierophant guards the pathway into the light in the…
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Darkness: Great one of the path of Shades
In Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn‘s Neophyte ritual, this is the name of the guardian of the West. The role played by the Hiereus in the Neophyte ceremony of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hiereus guards the pathway into the darkness in the West. The initiate is challenged on the point…
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Sidhe
Pronounced “Shee” this word means an earthen mound often referring to the earthen mounds in which people were buried. Modern usage the word is short for Aes Sidhe (“Es shee”) which means people of the mound, referring to the spirits of the dead. The word Banshee is derived from it (Bean Sidhe).