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{{Organization Infobox
|Organization Image = Rose_Cross_Lamen.svg
|image caption = The Rose Cross of the Golden Dawn, based on the [[Rosicrucian]] symbolism of the Red Rose and the Cross of Gold.
|Name = Golden Dawn
|Status = Defunct
|Side = Magic Side
|Allegiance = Independent
|Magic Specialization = [[Golden-style Magic]]
|Type = Magic Cabal
|Role = 
|Leader = [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]]<br>[[William Wynn Westcott]]}}
{{Nihongo|'''Golden Dawn'''|黄金夜明|Ōgon Yoake}}, also known as the '''Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn''' or the {{Nihongo|'''Golden'''|黄金|Ōgon}} for short,<ref name=ShinyakuV22Ch4Pt19>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}} Chapter 4 Part 19</ref><ref name=IndexV1Ch1Pt3>{{Qvl|Index|L|1}} Chapter 1 Part 3</ref><ref group=Notes name=Index>During her initial encounter with Touma and her explanation of her circumstances, [[Index]] refers to both the Rosicrucians and the Golden when talking about her pursuers, the latter by the term {{Ruby|黄金夜明|S∴M∴}}, which differs from how the Golden Dawn itself is usually referred to later on in the series. Given the overall circumstances surrounding the cabal, the initials appear to indicate Stella Matutina, one of the successor groups that the original cabal splintered into. It is currently unclear whether Index was indeed referring to Stella Matutina as an in-universe Golden-style successor cabal, or if she was referring to the original group and there was merely an earlier difference in how it was referenced.</ref><!--<ref name=IndexV2Ch3Pt1>{{Qvl|Index|L|2}} Chapter 3 Part 1</ref><ref name=IndexV4Ch1Pt1>{{Qvl|Index|L|4}} Chapter 1 Part 1</ref><ref name=IndexV13Ch10Pt7>{{Qvl|Index|L|13}} Chapter 10 Part 7</ref>--> was once the largest and most powerful [[magic cabal]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and the world.<ref name = IndexV13Ep/><ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt1>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 1</ref> Active at the end of the 19th century, the original cabal was destroyed by the rebellion of [[Aleister Crowley]],<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/> though the various cabals born from its splinters and remnants have persisted to the present day.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/><ref name=StiylSSPt2/>

==Principles==
As a group from {{W|Europe}}, the Golden Dawn was affected by a common thinking among European [[magician]]s, who after running into dead ends in their research and exhausting the resources available to them in Europe, believed the answers lay elsewhere and sought them in foreign parts, such as the large, diverse and geographically convenient 'Dark Continent', {{W|Africa}}.<ref name = ShinyakuV14Ch2Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|14}} Chapter 2 Part 4</ref>

Within the cabal, one's stock of knowledge was directly linked to their power.<ref name = ShinyakuV17Ep>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|17}} Epilogue</ref>

While the cabal did not have a uniform<!--except ceremonial role robes?--> and the members wore varying attires,<ref name=SouyakuSS/>{{CiteA}} many of them<!--visually-depicted members--> are known to have worn decorations in the shape of a four-pointed star,<ref name=SouyakuSS/>{{CiteA}} often silver in color.<ref name=SouyakuSS/>{{CiteA}}

===Structure===
<!--Internal Structure, Levels/Factions-->
The Golden Dawn had a number of levels and groups within itself, including the First Order<!--0=0 to 4=7, primarily specialize in ritual magic, focus on Egyptian deities-->, the Portal, the Second Order (also referred to as the R.R.etA.C., short for "Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis", meaning "Ruby Rose and Golden Cross")<!--begin at 5=6, ritual from story of Rosenkreuz's seven-walled tomb-->, the Third Order<!--Secret Chiefs-->,<ref name=ShinyakuV22BTL2>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}} Between the Lines 2</ref> and the [[Lady of the Masquerade Ball]]'s cabal-within-a-cabal<!--secondary/sub-cabal--> known as the Sphere.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt8/><ref name=ShinyakuV22BTL2/> In addition, there were also factions aligned to Mathers and Westcott, the two initial founders left after the unnamed founder's departure.<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6/><ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/><ref group=Notes name=Woodman/>

====Grades and Positions====
The Golden Dawn has an internal grading system, connected to both individual rank and the roles in the ceremonies carried out by the cabal.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 3 Part 4</ref> The grades are referenced to by paired numbers separated by an equal sign, relating to the associated position on the [[Kabbalah|Tree of Life]]. With the exception of the initial 0=0 grade which has no associated position, the first numeral is the number of steps up from the bottom of the tree ([[Malkuth]]), while the second is the number of steps down from the top ([[Keter]]). Grades of 8=3 and beyond (associated with the Secret Chiefs) are not typically involved with the cabal's standard operations, with members such as [[Dion Fortune]] believing they didn't really exist and were just for show.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 2 Part 6</ref><!--<ref group=Notes name=4Grades>-->
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! scope="col" |#
! scope="col" |Grade
! scope="col" |Order
! scope="col" |Sephira
! scope="col" |Notes
|-
|0=0
|Neophyte
|First
|N/A
|<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt3/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/>
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|1=10
|Zelator
|First
|Malkuth
|
|-
|2=9
|Theoricus
|First
|Yesod
|
|-
|3=8
|Practicus
|First
|Hod
|
|-
|4=7
|Philosophus
|First
|Netzach
|
|-
|5=6
|Adeptus Minor
|Second
|Tiphareth 
|
|-
|6=5
|Adeptus Major
|Second
|Geburah
|<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/>
|-
|7=4
|Adeptus Exemptus
|Second
|Chesed
|The highest conventional grade in the cabal,<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 3 Part 14</ref><ref name=SouyakuSS/> held by cabal founders [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]] and [[William Wynn Westcott]].<ref name=SouyakuSS/>
|-
|8=3
|Magister Templi
|Third
|Binah
|<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/>
|-
|9=2
|Magus
|Third
|Chokmah
|
|-
|10=1
|Ipsissimus
|Third
|Keter
|
|}

As well as the grading system, the Golden Dawn also has a number of positions dedicated to specific roles in its operations.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 3 Part 16</ref>

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! scope="col" |Position
! scope="col" |Notes
|-
|Imperator
|In magical ceremonies, the Imperator is the one commanding the other participants, described as a 6=5 role.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/> In the 0=0 initiation ceremony, the Imperator position is associated with [[Nephthys]].<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/> One of the temple chief positions.
|-
|Praemonstrator
|Described as 7=4 role,<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/> the Praemonstrator's role is to instruct. One of the temple chief positions.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/>
|-
|Cancellarius
|One of the temple chief positions, in the Golden Dawn, the [[Cancellarius]] is in charge of records<!--and backup<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/>-->.
|-
|Hiereus
|<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/>
|-
|Sentinel
|<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><!--Phylax/Phylakissa?--><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt3/>
|-
|Stolistes
|<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/>
|}
{{Clr}}

====Secret Chiefs====
One of the roles held to be within the Golden Dawn was that of the {{Nihongo|'''[[Secret Chiefs]]'''|シークレットチーフ|Shīkuretto Chīfu}}, contact with which was supposedly carried out by Anna Sprengel.<ref name = IndexV22Ep/> These positions are associated with grades of 8=3 and higher,<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/> and given the dubious background behind Anna Sprengel's alleged connection to the cabal, have been thought to be just for show and not actually existing.

====Temples====
The cabal had a number of ceremonial grounds and meeting places. The primary one in [[London]] was the [[Isis-Urania Temple]], the first one established<!--1888--> (though numbered 3 due to Westcott's fabricated story, claiming that the group was a new branch of a German cabal descended from an ancient line which had two existing temples).<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt11/> Aside from the Isis-Urania Temple, the cabal's most ceremonial ground and armory was located at 36 Blythe Road, Hammersmith.<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/>

Other temples included the Ahathoor Temple in {{W|Paris}}, where Mathers made his headquarters,<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/><ref name=ShinyakuV21BTL2/> and the [[Amen-Ra Temple]] in [[Edinburgh]], conceived as Mathers desired to go to [[Scotland]].<ref name=ShinyakuV21BTL2>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Between the Lines 2</ref>
<!--and Facilities/Properties?-->
<!--Isis-Urania Temple, London, 1888, #3
Amen-Ra Temple, Edinburgh, 1893, #6
Osiris Temple, Weston-super-Mare, 1888, #4
Horus Temple, Bradford, 1888, #5
Ahathoor Temple, Paris, #7, spring 1892 (moving, est?) or 1893 (est?), (Mathers in Paris when conceiving Amen-Ra)(BTL2)-->
<!--{{TrackTagX5|Member}}ship-->

===Golden-style Magic===
{{Nihongo|'''Golden-style Magic'''|黄金系魔術|Ōgon-kei Majutsu}} is the system of [[magic]] developed by the Golden Dawn and used by the cabal and its successors. It uses [[Hermeticism]] and [[Kabbalah]] in its foundations,<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch2Pt2/><ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt11/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/> incorporating elements of [[Tarot]], [[Egyptian Mythology]], [[Greek Mythology]], [[Enoch]],<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/> and [[Astrology]] among other things.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/><ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch2Pt2/><ref name = ShinyakuV17Ch3Pt11/>

The Golden Dawn and Golden-style cabals specialize in constructing sanctuaries and harnessing large amounts of [[Telesma]] to conduct large-scale powerful magic.<ref name=StiylSSPt5>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index: Stiyl SS]] Part 5</ref>
<!--Boaz and Jachin-->

===={{TrackTagX5|Group}} Magic====
The foundation and essence of the cabal was their group magic, involving ceremonial rituals which were modeled after stage plays.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt2>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 1 Part 2</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt3/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt7>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 1 Part 7</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/>

Although they studied in the same cabal, the members of the Golden Dawn each had their own distinct areas of expertise and levels of magic<!--possibility there but not all at Mathers level-->. However, as they were a cabal, where individual power wasn't enough, they just had to work together.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/> The magicians carried their own specific tools, which were all symbols with their own important meanings, but were also props which could establish a major ceremony when used as a set.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/> These included the [[Symbolic Weapon]]{{TrackTag53|s}}s representing the [[four elements]], [[Jachin and Boaz|black and white clubs]] representing {{W|Boaz and Jachin|the two pillars}}, [[tarot]] cards, the [[Banner of the West]] and the Banner of the East, [[rose cross medal]]{{TrackTag51}}s, [[tattva]], magic swords<!--summoning-->, planetary [[Magic Circle|magical circles]], {{W|Menorah|seven-branched candleholders}},<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/> oil lamps and [[Enochian chess]] pieces modelled after [[Egyptian Mythology|Egyptian deities]],<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/> among others.<!--wax/parchment, cloak, discolored silver cross--><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/>

As the magical stage play uses a large group of people, their formation and arrangement can be altered in order to cover weak points or to reassign roles, allowing them to recover from mistakes which would be more difficult to recover from in a solo performance.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt6/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/> The magicians of the Golden Dawn possessed a high degree of coordination, which strengthened their group performance in these ceremonies<!--not matter if one taken out or magic hijacked/negated-->.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/> However, for each person missing from the formation and not substituted, the more the magic will fail.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch4Pt7/>

An example of this stage play ritual magic was the group ceremony used by the recreated Golden Dawn in order to jointly pursue the carriages carrying the British Royal Family, at a speed of 180km/h.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt11/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt14/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch4Pt7/> For this particular ceremony, Mathers initially designated Felkin as the Praemonstrator (with another taking over after he was downed), Waite to do records and backup, and Westcott as the Imperator, letting him choose the Hiereus and Sentinel.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/> Gardner acted as Stolistes, with Annie taking over after he was taken out.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt16/> The magicians passed each other, changed lanes and swapped positions, their speeds rising and falling, their movements changing the locations of their ceremonial tools and their meanings. The group movement constructed a single large current, moving like a dragon or serpent, causing the group to pick up speed like a car shifting gear, reaching 180km/h on their own feet.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt11/> Though they were running along the road and sometimes signs and streetlights, rather than running, it looked as though they were sliding along a thin layer of water.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt11>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 3 Part 11</ref>

====GD Tarot====
[[File:ORBIS_TERRARUM._XXI.PNG|thumb|180px|left|One of the Tarot's Major Arcana, #21 The World.]]
The Golden-style has a variation of [[Tarot]] associated with it which are used in ceremonies, known as the {{Nihongo|'''GD Tarot'''|GDタロット|GD Tarotto}}. In the standard Golden-style Tarot, the [[Major Arcana]] tells the story of the Son of God, from birth to execution and resurrection, in order to draw on a portion of his power. Connected to the 22 paths on the [[Sephiroth]], they are meant to acquire a technique of entering the realm of [[god]] with a human body, miracles which can be explained by [[Christianity]].<ref name = ShinyakuV14Ch2Pt4/> The four suits of the [[Minor Arcana]] are associated with the [[four elements]] and the cards can activate a spell associated with their suit's element, though they are generally intended to be used in large-scale ceremonies rather than battle.<ref name = MarkSpaceSS>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Mark Space]]</ref>

The GD Tarot is also described as a reinterpretation using the secrets of [[Kabbalah]] in attempt to remove the original sin people are born with.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 4</ref> Though they are intended to be used with arrangements based on the Sephiroth, it is also possible to perform a Telesma-level [[summoning]] using an alternative arrangement based on the [[Qliphoth]], as demonstrated by Aleister Crowley.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 6</ref>

====Tattva====
[[File:Tattva.png|thumb|180px|The five symbols of the Tattva.]]
Another concept adapted by the Golden Dawn was that of {{Nihongo|'''[[Tattva]]'''|タットワ|Tattowa}}(Sanskrit for 'principle' or 'truth'),<ref name=KTSS/> a variation of the concept of the elements found in [[Hindu]] {{W|tantrism}} and a number of [[Indian]] philosophical schools.<ref name=KTSS/> There are varying numbers in the original traditions, but the one adapted by the Golden Dawn has five basic tattvas, roughly equivalent to the five classical elements found in the West. Each tattva has a specific color and symbol associated with them.<ref name=KTSS/>

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! scope="col"|#
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Element
! scope="col"|Symbol
|-
|1
|{{Nihongo|'''Akasha'''|アーカーシャ}}
|Spirit/Ether
|Black egg
|-
|2
|{{Nihongo|'''Tejas'''|テジャス}}
|Fire
|Red equilateral triangle
|-
|3
|{{Nihongo|'''Vayu'''|ヴァーユ}}
|Air
|Blue circle
|-
|4
|{{Nihongo|'''Apas'''|アパス}}
|Water
|Purple half-circle or silver crescent
|-
|5
|{{Nihongo|'''Prithivi'''|プリトヴィー}}
|Earth
|Yellow square
|}
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The Golden Dawn's primary usage of tattva was for a technique known as a '''[[tattva vision]]''', which uses tattva cards created from a combination of the symbols as a tool for aiding and accomplishing [[astral projection]] and spiritual development.<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt2>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 2</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 3 Part 4</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 1 Part 4</ref> The Tattva combinations provide a technique for seeing and learning various things, with some capable of identifying and highlighting traces of residual information in a person's surroundings.<ref name=AgneseSSCh1Pt3>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Agnese's Magic Side Work Experience]] Chapter 1 Part 3</ref><ref name=AgneseSSCh1Pt6>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Agnese's Magic Side Work Experience]] Chapter 1 Part 6</ref><ref name=AgneseSSCh1Pt8>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Agnese's Magic Side Work Experience]] Chapter 1 Part 8</ref> Although this form of meditation is normally done using cards, the symbols can be used without them.<ref name=AgneseSSCh1Pt8/>

While it is a simple method, the cabal warned that one must not take Tattva lightly or lose sight of their objective when using it.<ref name=AgneseSSCh1Pt8/> According to [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers|Mathers]] himself, pressing a tattva card to one's forehead in a misguided attempt to strengthen the image in the head will trigger a malfunction in the mind.<ref name=AgneseSSCh1Pt8/> However, these dangers can be exploited - for example, applying the card to someone else's head will cause them to suffer the effects of the failed meditation and force them into a temporary state of confusion or hallucination.<ref name=AgneseSSCh1Pt8/> Tattva-based mental immersion [[spiritual item]]{{TrackTag53|s}}s wielded by the reproduced [[Robert William Felkin]] were intended to drag other people's mind into the bog and remove their astral bodies, leaving their physical bodies vulnerable.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 1 Part 4</ref>

Another usage of the tattva in Golden-style magic is the use of their color arrangement to indirectly interfere with the five elements, strengthening them through emphasizing complimentary colors (e.g. green for the red-associated fire) or weakening them by adding vagueness to their outline (e.g. red for a red-associated flame), though this method was rendered obsolete by the development of methods to manipulate pure elements directly.<ref name=KTSS>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index: Kamijou Touma SS]]</ref>

The symbol of the black egg can be used for an invisibility spell, referenced in [[Israel Regardie]]'s [[grimoire]].<ref name=ShinyakuV22Ep>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}} Epilogue</ref>

====Astrology====
Another part of Golden-style magic involves the observation and use of [[Astrology|stars and mysterious lights in the night sky]]. As well as reading the future from the stars, magicians can seal their light into talismans and amulets, and draw their power out when they see fit.<ref name = ShinyakuV17Ch3Pt11>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|17}} Chapter 3 Part 11</ref>

Certain Golden-style spells involving the zodiac involve the invocation of angels associated with the individual signs. The only example seen so far was used by [[Karasuma Fran]], involving {{Nihongo|'''Virgo'''|乙女座|Otomeza}} and activated with the following chant; ''“Virgo. Heh, Heh, Vau, Yod. Guide the light of the 6th Sign that has already been lost due to precession, oh angel with an 8-letter divine name. Drive out the approaching calamity!!”''. A light with color corresponding to Virgo began to build but the effects weren't seen as the [[Karma]]-bearing chain beast she was fighting interfered and caused {{Nihongo|'''Aries'''|おひつじ座|Ohitsuji-za}} to activate instead, disrupting the spell.<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch2Pt2>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 2 Part 2</ref>

Attributes associated with the zodiac in Golden-style magic include the following:
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! scope="col"|Color
! scope="col"|Month
! scope="col"|Angel
! scope="col"|Permutation
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|1
|Aries
|Red
|March
|Melchidael
|Yod, Heh, Vau, Heh
|<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch2Pt2/>
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|2
|Taurus
|Red-orange
|April
|Asmodel
|Yod, Heh, Heh, Vau
|
|-
|3
|Gemini
|Orange
|May
|Ambriel
|Yod, Vau, Heh, Heh
|
|-
|4
|Cancer
|Amber
|June
|Muriel
|Heh, Vau, Heh, Yod
|
|-
|5
|Leo
|Lemon yellow
|July
|Verchiel
|Heh, Vau, Yod, Heh
|
|-
|6
|Virgo
|Yellow-green
|August
|Hamaliel
|Heh, Heh, Vau, Yod
|<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch2Pt2/>
|-
|7
|Libra
|Emerald
|September
|Zuriel
|Vau, Heh, Yod, Heh
|
|-
|8
|Scorpio
|Green-blue
|October
|Barchiel
|Vau, Heh, Heh, Yod
|
|-
|9
|Sagittarius
|Blue
|November
|Advachiel
|Vau, Yod, Heh, Heh
|
|-
|10
|Capricorn
|Indigo
|December
|Hanael
|Heh, Yod, Heh, Vau
|
|-
|11
|Aquarius
|Violet
|January
|Cambriel
|Heh, Yod, Vau, Heh
|
|-
|12
|Pisces
|Crimson
|February
|Amnitziel
|Heh, Heh, Yod, Vau
|
|}
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<!--====Symbols====
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==Background==
===Establishment===
<!--GT-->
The cabal was officially founded during the late 19th Century by [[William Wynn Westcott]], [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]] and the unnamed founder.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 4</ref><ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 6</ref><ref group=Notes name=Woodman>Though unnamed in the ''Toaru'' series, the third co-founder of the Golden Dawn was {{W|William Robert Woodman}}, a surgeon, occultist and horticulturalist whose real-life counterpart died in 1891, before the creation of the Golden Dawn's Second Order.</ref>

One of the figures who supposedly helped in the foundation of the Golden Dawn was a woman called [[Anna Sprengel]], who was said to have had the role of Secret Chief and as a point of contact, an existence of the type that [[Aleister Crowley]] would become. However, it is dubious as to whether she actually existed.<ref name = IndexV22Ep>{{Qvl|Index|L|22}} Epilogue</ref> A letter which [[William Wynn Westcott]] supposedly received from her was actually forged by him in order to give prestige to the cabal he helped found.<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt9>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 9</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/> Wanting to claim that the cabal was the continuation of an ancient [[Rosicrucian]] line, he faked a letter sent to a [[German]] cabal (whom he claimed to have two temples) as well as a response from Anna Sprengel authorizing the creation of a British branch (hence the [[Isis-Urania Temple]] being called #3), an exchange known as the Sprengel Letters.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt11>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 1 Part 11</ref>

===Golden Age===
After the retirement of the unnamed founder<ref group=Notes name=Woodman/> during an unknown time between the establishment of the cabal and 1900, the Golden Dawn eventually flourished under the leadership of Mathers and Westcott. However, due to the continuous black propaganda received by magic-side organizations funded by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] during the time, the cabal remained a secret meeting place, with its members, as well as the cabal in general, still vulnerable to financial difficulty. Two of the most notable meeting places for members of the Golden Dawn were the Isis-Urania Temple in London, and another located in 36 Blythe Road, the latter of which held much of the cabal's magical artifacts.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4/><ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6/>

Immediately, it became apparent that Westcott and Mathers had clashing views on the path the Golden Dawn must take. Westcott, a coroner by trade, believed that the cabal must exist while making certain compromises. On the other hand, Mathers wanted to see constant progress in the cabal as a magical society and thus, began spearheading several activities like performing ceremonies that involved the use of material extracted from living things—a taboo amongst magical societies at that time—as well as the development of a {{Nihongo|'''''work kit'''''|工作キット}} that would grant flexibility in the way magic is created. This disparity would only intensify upon the arrival of an aspiring newcomer to the cabal, a young man named [[Aleister Crowley]].<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4/><ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6/>

Despite being a relatively new member in the Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley developed countless spells and spiritual items during his time in the cabal. Some of his ideas, such as the [[Aeon]]{{TrackTag51}}s, were extreme even within the cabal and as such there were a number of people who didn't support them.<ref name="ShinyakuV14Ch2Pt4" /><ref name="ShinyakuV14Ep">{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|14}} Epilogue</ref>
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===Downfall===
[[File:Aleister_(Golden_Dawn).png|thumb|Aleister Crowley during the downfall of the Golden Dawn.]]
By 1900, the Golden Dawn was already split between the Westcott and Mathers factions. Crowley, who had decided to dismantle the cabal from within as part of his plan to save his future daughter Lilith from an untimely death (which was foreseen by his mentor [[Allan Bennett]]),<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt11>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 11</ref> provoked the two factions into fighting each other in a conflict that would later be known as the [[Battle of Blythe Road]]. The bloody onslaught cost the cabal many lives, with the casualties including both of the remaining founders, along with an unknown number of magicians from both factions. Additionally, an artifact, in the form of an arrow fashioned out of a shriveled, disembodied hand, was lost in the battle. Aleister would later disassociate himself from the Golden Dawn at the aftermath of the Battle of Blythe Road.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Chapter 3 Part 13</ref>

After the destruction of the Golden Dawn, the splinter groups had developed on their own from the Golden Dawn's legacy and progressed, still existing to this day while continuing to chaotically break apart. The cabals produced by that were known as {{Nihongo|'''Golden-style cabals'''|黄金系結社|Ōgon-kei Kessha}}.<ref name="StiylSSPt2">[[Toaru Majutsu no Index: Stiyl SS]] Part 2</ref> Over a hundred such cabals have been officially counted in the present.<ref name=SouyakuV2BTL0>{{Qvl|Souyaku|L|2}} Between the Lines 0</ref>

Aleister Crowley would continue to deal with the survivors of the Golden Dawn after the collapse of the main cabal. The remnants and successors were involved along with the Church when Aleister was hunted down by his enemies in the English countryside in 1947, at the end of which he was thought to have died but actually survived and escaped.<ref name = IndexV13Ep>{{Qvl|Index|L|13}} Epilogue</ref><ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/><!--additional references-->

Despite the fall of the cabal, the Golden-style of magic, which had its heyday at the start of the 20th century, continued and is standard in the present day.<ref name = ShinyakuV17Ch3Pt11/>

===Recreations===
At some point after the deaths of the original members, the demon [[Coronzon]], who had been summoned by Mathers before his death to drive Aleister to ruin and was plotting towards this end while acting as the [[Laura Stuart|Archbishop]] of [[Necessarius]],<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ep>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|18}} Epilogue</ref> secretly reproduced members of the original Golden Dawn and some of its later iterations through the application of [[Tarot]]-based [[grimoire]]{{TrackTag51}}s, as part of her anti-[[Crowley]] countermeasures.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt7>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 2 Part 7</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt1>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 3 Part 1</ref>

The grimoires were comprised of Tarot cards, secretly produced by Coronzon in the [[British Museum]]'s repair room through selected materials. A special charcoal made from red wine and iron oxide and kneaded erasers made from breadcrumbs were used to make the rough sketches on the paper base, chosen to apply symbols of flesh and blood to the card. These sketches were colored with pigments chosen based on the personal traits of the individual to be recreated, found in things like {{W|bibliomancy}}, and the cards were reinforced with a thin layer of the [[Wax magic#Wax dolls|wax used for cursed dolls]].<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt7/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt1/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3Pt3>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 3 Part 3</ref>

==Chronology==
===Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index===
====Aleister Crowley Arc====
{{Main/Aleister Crowley Arc}}
=====Coronzon Arc=====
{{Main/Coronzon Arc}}
[[File:NT_Index_v21_003-005.jpg|thumb|250px|Aleister, Touma, and Accelerator face Mathers and the recreated Golden Dawn in the abbey's grounds.]]
Though the members of the Golden Dawn were believed to be long dead, when Aleister Crowley went to the graveyard of [[Westminster Abbey]] in order to find Mathers' remains to use against [[Coronzon]], he was confronted by the man himself, who was apparently alive, leading the other members of the Golden Dawn, even Mathers' former rival Westcott, against Aleister.<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ep>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|20}} Epilogue</ref>

It was later revealed that the Golden Dawn here, including some magicians who joined after the collapse of the main cabal, were actually reproductions of the originals through [[Tarot]]-based [[grimoire]]{{TrackTag51}}s, created by [[Coronzon]] as an anti-Crowley countermeasure.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt7/> After hunting their enemy in [[London]] and pursuing the [[British Royal Family]] on the roads to [[Edinburgh]] (in order to protect the real Mathers' grave in [[Edinburgh Castle]] which could be used against Coronzon and thus themselves),<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}}{{TrackTag24}} Chapter 1</ref>{{TrackTag108}}<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch2>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}}{{TrackTag24}} Chapter 2</ref>{{TrackTag108}}<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch3>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}}{{TrackTag24}} Chapter 3</ref>{{TrackTag108}} Aleister managed to disrupt the flow of power to their grimoire bodies during his final battle with the reproduced Mathers,<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch4Pt2>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 4 Part 2</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch4Pt3>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 4 Part 3</ref> causing the reproductions to come apart and revert to cards.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch4Pt7>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 4 Part 7</ref>

Later that morning, during the [[attack on the Queen Britannia]], when Coronzon attempted to use the [[Honours of Scotland]] to hijack the UK's magical system and initiate the [[Ceremony of Mo Athair]], the reactivated recreation of [[Dion Fortune]] made use of the essence of her fellow recreations, in an original spell bearing the full name of the cabal, which blocked the signal to Scotland, with the cards forming a vortex visible from space.<ref name=ShinyakuV22Ch4Pt17>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}} Chapter 4 Part 17</ref>{{TrackTag58}}<ref name=ShinyakuV22Ch4Pt18>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}} Chapter 4 Part 18</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV22Ch4Pt19/><ref name=ShinyakuV22Ch4Pt20>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}} Chapter 4 Part 20</ref><ref name=ShinyakuV22Ch4Pt21>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|22}} Chapter 4 Part 21</ref>

===Side Stories===
====Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS====
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==Known Members==
{{TrackTag15}}
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|-
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Type
! scope="col"|Personal Tools
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Details
|-
|'''[[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]]'''
|Founder
|[[Four elements|Elemental]] [[Symbolic Weapon]]{{TrackTag51}}s
|One of the three co-founders. User of elemental [[Symbolic Weapon|symbolic weapons]].<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/>
|-
|'''[[William Wynn Westcott]]'''
|Founder
|[[Wax Seal]]<br />Parchment
|One of the three co-founders. A {{W|Scotland Yard}} coroner and [[quasi-immortal]].
|-
|'''The Unnamed Founder'''
|Founder
|N/A
|One of the three co-founders. Retired sometime before the Battle of Blythe Road due to old age.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6/><ref group=Notes name=Woodman/>
|-
|'''[[Aleister Crowley]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|[[Blasting Rod]]
|Scouted by Mathers and affiliated with him for a time. Destroyed the cabal in order to change the fate of his [[Lilith Crowley|future daughter]].<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4/><ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/>
|-
|'''[[Mina Mathers]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|Palette knife
|Wife of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers. A painter who played a key role in the creation of the GD Tarot and other tools used by the cabal.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4/>
|-
|'''[[Allan Bennett]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|[[Blasting Rod]]
|Friend and mentor to Aleister Crowley. Previous user of the [[Blasting Rod]] and [[Spiritual Tripping]].<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt11/>
|-
|{{Nihongo|'''William Butler Yeats'''|ウィリアム・バトラー・イェイツ|Wiriamu Batora Ieitsu}}
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|N/A
|One of the biggest names of the cabal alongside Mathers and Crowley.<ref name = ShinyakuV14Ch2Pt4/><ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt3>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 1 Part 3</ref>
|-
|'''[[Lady of the Masquerade Ball]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|Cloak<ref group=Notes name={{TrackTagX5|Item}}s/>
|The most influential member and considered the empress of the secondary faction, [[The Sphere]], which she founded.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt8>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|21}} Chapter 1 Part 8</ref>
|-
|'''[[Annie Horniman]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|White and black clubs, representing [[Jachin and Boaz]] respectively
|A valuable source of funding for the cabal in its early years.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt3 />
|-
|'''[[Arthur Edward Waite]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|[[Tarot]] cards
|Affiliated with the Mathers faction.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/> Played a key role in the development of the GD Tarot.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt6/>
|-
|'''[[Robert William Felkin]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|Tattva
|Affiliated with the Mathers faction.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/>
|-
|'''[[John William Brodie-Innes]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|Metal-soled shoes
|
|-
|'''[[Edward Berridge]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|Reflective tablet
|Loyal follower of Mathers.<ref name=ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt2/>
|-
|'''[[Frederick Leigh Gardner]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|Oil lamp
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} of the Sphere.<ref name = ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt8/>
|-
|'''[[Charles Rosher]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|N/A
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} of the Sphere.<ref name = ShinyakuV21Ch1Pt8/>
|-
|'''William Alexander Ayton'''{{NeedNihongo}}
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}}
|N/A
|Supposed creator of [[Elixir of Life]].<ref name=AgneseSSCh2Pt6>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Agnese's Magic Side Work Experience]] Chapter 2 Part 6</ref>
|-
|'''[[Dion Fortune]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} (Post-1900)
|Archetype Processor<br />Rose cross medal
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} of a later iteration of the cabal.<ref name = ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt7/>
|-
|'''[[Israel Regardie]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} (Post-1900)
|[[Enochian chess]] pieces<ref group=Notes name={{TrackTagX5|Item}}s>While the items in question weren't specifically linked to them, given knowledge of items which are linked to other magicians who were mentioned in the same instance, there seems to be a correspondence between the order of the names mentioned and the items being used by those individuals, which suggests that this is the case.</ref>
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} of a later iteration of the cabal.<ref name = ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt7/>
|-
|'''[[Netta Fornario]]'''
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} (Post-1900)
|Discolored silver cross
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} of a later iteration of the cabal.<ref name = ShinyakuV21Ch2Pt7/>
|-
|{{Nihongo|'''Paul Foster Case'''|ポール＝フォスター＝ケイス|Pōru Fosutā Keisu}}
|{{TrackTagX5|Member}} (Post-1900)
|N/A
|Affiliated with the Mathers faction in the recreation in the Windowless Building.<ref name = ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt13/>
|}
{{Clr}}

==List of Golden-style cabals==
*[[Dawn-Colored Sunlight]]
*[[New Light]] (pseudo-[[Cabal Reserve Army]])
*[[Exit of the Evening Dusk]]
*[[Dawn that Wipes Away Darkness]]
*{{Nihongo|The Daybreak|曙光}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4>{{Qvl|Shinyaku|L|20}} Chapter 1 Part 4</ref>
*{{Nihongo|The Noon|正午}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4/>
*{{Nihongo|The Blazing Sun|炎天}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4/>
*{{Nihongo|The Sunset|夕焼け}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4/>
*{{Nihongo|The Dusk|宵闇}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4/>
*{{Nihongo|The Pole Star|極星}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4/>
*{{Nihongo|The Eclipse|日蝕}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4/>
*{{Nihongo|The Sunspot|黑點}} (abbreviation, proper name unknown)<ref name=ShinyakuV20Ch1Pt4/>

==Trivia==
*The individuals described as members of the Golden Dawn in the ''Toaru'' series were all either affiliated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, or one of its successor organizations or members in real-life, though circumstances differ between the two:<!--Backgrounds for real-life counterparts members who don't have pages due to lack of information for the Toaru series-->
**Though unnamed in the ''Toaru'' series,<ref name=ShinyakuV18Ch3Pt4/> the third co-founder of the Golden Dawn was {{W|William Robert Woodman}}, a surgeon, occultist and horticulturalist whose real-life counterpart died in 1891, before the creation of the Golden Dawn's Second Order.
**{{W|William Butler Yeats}}, commonly known as '''W.B. Yeats''', was a famous Irish poet and Nobel laureate in literature who joined the Golden Dawn due to his interest in the [[occult]]. He was involved in the power struggles within the organization, including the [[Battle of Blythe Road]] where he went up against Crowley.
**{{W|Paul Foster Case}} was an American occultist and an author on various books on occult Tarot and Qabalah. He joined one of the Golden Dawn's successor organizations, Alpha et Omega, but left due to a controversy with Moina Mathers.
**{{W|William Alexander Ayton}} was a British Anglican clergyman who interested in alchemy. He joined the successor Order of the Golden Dawn. He was a supporter of the reforms of Arthur Edward Waite, which split the Order as the Holy Order of the Golden Dawn and the Stella Matutina.
==External Links==
*{{W|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (Wikipedia article)}}
*{{W|Stella Matutina|Stella Matutina (Wikipedia article)}}

==Notes==
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