The Hermetic Order of the Morning Star presently doing business as the Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn, originally known as the Eternal Golden Dawn (then the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn International), has for years been milking vast sums of money from innocent individuals from remote areas who were seeking traditional initiation in the Golden Dawn. What many of these individuals actually received (some of whom ended up paying thousands of dollars over the years!) was frequently little more than non-traditional and highly questionable 'astral' initiations, together with continuing lessons in a correspondence course consisting almost exclusively of pre-published Golden Dawn materials available elsewhere for a mere fraction of the price. Even worse, of these individuals, many of those who reached the HOMSI/EOGD inner circle discovered a dark truth which shattered forever their idealistic dreams.

As a public service, a former member of the inner circle of HOMSI/EOGD and one of the original compilers of its correspondence course, graciously made the original version of the HOMSI/EOGD (then EGD correspondence course available for free to download over the internet. It is the sincere wish of many former members of HOMSI/EOGD that the internet publication and free distribution of this material will prevent the tragedy which happened to them at the hands of HOMSI/EOGD from happening to others.
 

Download the HOMSI/EOGD (formerly EGD/HOGDI)
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Original compiler stated:

I would like to emphasize that this is HOMSI/HOGDI materials, and that I am one of the original compilers.

and published the following opinion from his attorney regarding the copyright status of the EGD correspondence course:
 

To Whom It May Concern:

While I do not present myself as an expert in copyright law, I am an attorney admitted to the practice of law and may be assumed to have a basic understanding of the matters herein dealt with. Moreover, I have very carefully reviewed the 0=0 through 5=6 materials available at this site. I am trained in the Western Occult tradition, and more specifically in the Golden Dawn system. As to the 0=0 through 4=7 materials herein presented, I was able to check them against HOMSI/HOGDI gradebooks in my possession. I also have a HOMSI/HOGDI Portal gradebook in my possession but as these materials are not herein presented in one specific download section, I did not need to verify these. One of the four original compilers did make available to me his set of 5=6 materials, and I was able to verify these against the 5=6 curriculum herein presented. Therefore, I may reasonably infer that these materials faithfully represent the HOMSI/HOGDI materials.

The overwhelming bulk of the materials, i.e., initiations, knowledge lectures, Golden Dawn papers and rituals circulated among members of specific grades, Flying Rolls, diagrams such as the Garden of Eden Before and After the Fall, and other similar documents, consist of materials prepared by S.L.M. MacGregor Mathers, W. Wynn Westcott, Florence Farr and other members of the original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn founded by Mssrs. Westcott, Woodman, and Mathers in London in 1888. These materials passed into the public domain, if they ever were protected, approximately 100 years ago. In support thereof, I mention that a lawsuit brought by S.L.M. Mathers in the second decade of the 20th-century against Aleister Crowley for publishing substantially these same materials in various volumes of "The Equinox" was found by the King’s Bench of the High Court of Justice to be without merit; and the said tribunal found in favor of Mr. Crowley.

Moreover, it is my considered opinion that any claims by the HOMSI/HOGDI, whether implicit or explicit, that they have any connection to the London 0rder founded in 1888 are entirely spurious; and that, therefore the implication which may be inferred by a reasonable person from the manner in which the HOMSI/HOGDI, or its Mr. Robert A. Zink, presents these materials that the HOMSI/HOGDI, or its Mr. Robert A. Zink, has any proprietary interest therein is equally without foundation.

Other portions of the materials consist of commentaries made by bona fide authors, among them Dr. F.I. Regardie, Pat Zalewsky, Francis King and others, which were originally made by these individuals so that the materials might be legitimately copyrighted as anthologies. In every instance, the materials so copied were presented without credit to any of these individuals. In fact, the HOMSI/HOGDI for years made highly derogatory references to Dr. Regardie, i.e. that he was an "Oath breaker" and had never attained a grade higher than Practicus. Nevertheless, the initiations in these materials were copied directly from the Regardie anthology, references to the "Stella Matutina" and existing errors inclusive.

As to this version of the materials themselves, they were, to the best of my knowledge, compiled primarily between 1992 and 1994 by John Brawl, Sonya Nieman Zink, Zack Ramsey and Robert A. Zink. The materials in my possession printed prior some point in 1998, indicate that they were copyrighted to HOMSI, an unincorporated California association. My understanding is that no formal copyright was ever filed by the HOMSI itself. Subsequent to some point in 1998, Mr. Zink- after the other three compilers had left the HOMSI- registered a copyright on his own behalf.

Moreover, these materials are substantially available elsewhere on the web, independently of their present form or of this web-site, at a variety of locations, to wit:

http://www.angelfire.com/ab6/imuhtuk.

As a result of the facts and circumstances hereinabove specified, it is my opinion that copyright protection, if any in fact exists, is highly questionable and irregular.