RWS Picture Book: Where did those images and meanings come from?

Lee said:

For a good in-depth discussion of the Golden Dawn, their Tarot theories, and their influence on future decks and authors, I would recommend "A History of the Occult Tarot 1870-1970" by Ron Decker and Michael Dummett.

For a good, fun-to-read history of the Golden Dawn (although it doesn't deal much with Tarot), I would recommend "The Golden Dawn Scrapbook" by R.A. Gilbert. The Golden Dawn members were quite a lively bunch, and the story of all their myriad scandals and intrigues and rivalries is quite entertaining.

-- Lee

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There are numerous books about the GD and it members amoung the authors i'd recommed:

Francis King

Including:

Astral Projection, Ritual Magic, and Alchemy: Golden Dawn Material by S.L. MacGregor Mathers and Others ; Edited and Introduced by Francis King ; Additional Material by R.A. Gilbert
by S. L. MacGregor Mathers


Ritual magic in England: 1887 to the present day by Francis King

Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses by Mary K. Greer

Yeats's Golden Dawn: The Influence of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn on the Life and Art of W.B. Yeats by George Mills Harper