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Dragon Rouge or the Ordo Draconis et Atri Adamantis, is a magical order which was founded on New Year's Eve 1989 in Sweden whose members practice occult arts and aim to explore dark magic. It claims more than 500 members throughout the world. There are two lodges in Sweden, one in Italy, one in Germany and another one in Poland. Furthermore there are ritual groups in other countries like Argentina or the Czech Republic as well. The quality of this article or section may be compromised by peacock terms. You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. ... The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to knowledge of the hidden. In the medical sense it is used commonly to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e. ... The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ...


It is unusual among magical orders in focusing on the dark side of magic and the Left-Hand Path - the only notable competitors being the Temple of Set and Ordo Templi Orientis (Typhonian). This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Forms of Satanism LaVeyan Satanism | Luciferianism | Religious Satanism | Sat/Tan Satanism | Setianism Associated Organizations First Satanic Church | Misanthropic Luciferian Order | Church of Satan | First Church of Satan | Order of Mars | Order of Nine Angles | Order of the Left Hand Path | Temple of Set Symbols and Figures Baphomet | Anton LaVey | Karla... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Dragon Rouge explore the dark side focusing on five main paths.

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The order

Dragon Rouge conducts ceremonies, works magic together, arranges study evenings and invites guest lecturers. Members travel to cult sites and power places like ship tumuli in Sweden or the Externsteine in Germany. For initiated members of Dragon Rouge there are also philosophical discussion evenings, dinners, and festivities. Externsteine, Germany The Externsteine are a distinctive rock formation located in the Teutoburger Wald region of northwestern Germany, not far from the city of Detmold at Horn-Bad Meinberg. ...


The order is financed by an annual membership fee and specifically asks for donations.


Culture

Culturally, Dragon Rouge members are interested in Gothicism and the dark side, in its different forms of expression. Dragon Rouge members believe these can give man a glimpse of the hidden side of existence. Among Dragon Rouge's members are numerous musicians, painters and writers. Musically, Richard Wagner and his mythological operas are important in Dragon Rouge, but also modern experimental, Metal and Goth music, especially the Metal band Therion, whose lyrics are written by Dragon Rouge founder Thomas Karlsson, is very popular among Dragon Rouge members. Besides its original meaning, of or relating to the Goths, a Germanic tribe and thus the Gothic language and the Gothic alphabet, and aside from its Early Modern connotations of rough, barbarous, the word Gothic has been used since the 18th century to refer to distinctly different things. ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed between 1968 and 1974. ... Gothic rock (also called goth rock or goth) is a genre of rock music that originated during the late 1970s. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed between 1968 and 1974. ... Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band. ... Thomas Karlsson is a member of heavy metal bands Therion and Shadowseeds. ...


Philosophy

The philosophy of the dark side is represented by the Left-Hand Path and its ideology. Its goal is Apotheosis, or becoming a god. Dragon Rouge does not display to the public a sacred text detailing how to achieve this aim. However, it has correspondence course teachings and inspired texts that are considered by members to be factual. Some texts have been published, mainly in Swedish. These are Kabbala, kliffot och den goetiska magin (also translated to German and Italian), Uthark - Nightside of the runes (also translated to German), Adulrunan och den götiska kabbalan and Astrala resor, ut ur kroppen. All written by the founder Thomas Karlsson. Other Dragon Rouge related authors are Tommie Eriksson, author of Mörk Magi, and Asenath Mason, author of The book of Mephisto. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Look up Apotheosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts (or scriptures) are the Word of God, often feeling that the texts are wholly divine or spiritually inspired in origin. ... Channeling can refer to Channeling (physics) Channeling (mediumistic), a term used in reference to the process of receiving messages or inspiration from invisible beings or spirits This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Thomas Karlsson is a member of heavy metal bands Therion and Shadowseeds. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...


Among the magical writers studied are Carlos Castaneda, Julius Evola and Kenneth Grant. Dragon Rouge members are supposed to study texts by classical philosophers like Herakleitos, Plato and Plotinus, as well as newer thinkers like Nietzsche, Heidegger and Henri Bergson, and non-European philosophy in the Upanishads and Tao te ching. The order entertains a library. Carlos Castaneda (spelled Castañeda in Spanish) (December 25, 1925 (?) – April 27, 1998) was the author of a series of books that purport to describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism, which he referred to as a form of sorcery. ... Julius Evola born Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola, aka Baron Evola (May 19, 1898-June 11, 1974), was an Italian esotericist and occult author, who wrote extensively on Hermeticism, the metaphysics of sex, Tantra, Buddhism, Taoism, mountaineering, the Holy Grail, militarism, aristocracy, on matters political, philosophical, historical, racial, religious, as well... This article is about the British occultist. ... Heraclitus of Ephesus (Greek Herakleitos) (about 535 - 475 BC), known as The Obscure, was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. ... For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... Plotinus Plotinus (Greek: ) (ca. ... Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a highly influential German philosopher. ... Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976) was a German philosopher. ... Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859–January 4, 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential in the first half of the 20th century. ... The Upanishads (उपनिषद्, Upanişad) are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most schools of Hinduism. ... The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin: D Jīng, thus sometimes rendered in recent works as Dao De Jing; archaic pre-Wade-Giles rendering: Tao Teh Ching; roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see dedicated chapter below on translating the title)) is...


Psychology

One of the main ideas of Dragon Rouge is that man presently uses only a fraction of his total capacity. Through traditional occult practices man is supposed to be able to contact these hidden sides. Carl Jung is the psychologist who is most important to Dragon Rouge. Dragon Rouge are studying parapsychology and are conducting parapsychological experiments. Carl Jungs partially autobiographical work Memories , Dreams, Reflections, Fontana edition “Karl Jung” redirects here. ... Parapsychology is the study of certain types of paranormal phenomena (parapsychology comes from the Greek para, “beside, beyond,” + psychology, derived from the Greek psyche, “soul, mind,” + logos “rational discussion”). The term was coined by Max Dessoir (1889). ...


Initiatory magic

Initiation is mostly not conducted in formal ceremony, but expected to result from individual endeavours in magic. To "become a god" is interpreted as the state where the initiated has transformed life from a reaction to outer conditions into one governed by free will. For other uses, see Initiation (disambiguation). ... Part of the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard in Whitehall, London. ... The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ...


The system is a syncretism of four main traditions: the Goetic Qabalah, the Odinic Runosophy, Tantra and Alchemy. An apparent majority of adherents to the latter three traditions disapprove of their use by Dragon Rouge. Techniques not originally part of any of these traditions, such as astral projection, are also included in Dragon Rouge magic. Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. ... Buer, the 10th spirit, who teaches Moral and Natural Philosophy (from the Mathers and Liddell 1995 edition). ... Runology is the study of the Runic alphabets and inscriptions. ... Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र weave denoting continuity[1]), tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. ... For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ... Astral projection (or astral travel) is an interpretation of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) achieved either awake or via lucid dreaming, deep meditation, or the use of psychotropics. ...


The initiatoric Draconian magic

Clavicula Nox, one of the key symbol of Dragon Rouge
Clavicula Nox, one of the key symbol of Dragon Rouge

The Draconian initiation is based on 1 + 9 + 1 levels that together constitutes 11 steps that are named after the Qliphoth, the antithesis of creation in kabbalistic terms. The following 9 steps represent the 9 levels of the night side or the underworld that Odin passes through on his initiation in the secrets of the runes. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Clavicula Nox symbol Clavicula Nox is a magickal symbol, one of the key symbol in Dragon Rouge. ... Qliphoth, kliffoth or klippot, Heb. ... Kabbalah (Hebrew: ‎, Tiberian: , Qabbālāh, Israeli: Kabala) literally means receiving, in the sense of a received tradition, and is sometimes transliterated as Cabala, Kabbala, Qabalah, or other permutations. ... For other meanings of Odin, Woden or Wotan see Odin (disambiguation), Woden (disambiguation), Wotan (disambiguation). ...

  • 0. Member of Dragon Rouge Where the uninitiated begins.

---Initiation---

  • 1. Lilith 1.0° The gate to the unknown: Members study the order's basic philosophy.

---Step into the Underworld--- Lilith (1892), by John Collier Lilith (Hebrew לילית) is a female Mesopotamian demon associated with wind and was thought to be a bearer of disease, illness, and death. ...

Ordo Draconis Minor Gamaliel the Elder, or Rabbi Gamaliel I, was the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder. ... Lucid dreaming (lucid from Latin, lux light) is the conscious perception of ones state while dreaming, resulting in a much clearer experience and sometimes enabling direct control over the content of the dream, a realistic world that is to some degree in the control of the dreamer. ...

---The Lesser Abyss--- Co-membership in other magical organizations is prohibited beyond this point. Samael is the Qliphoth in Jewish mysticism corresponding to the sephirah Hod. ... The Yezidi or Yazidi (Kurdish; Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Aarab Zaraq is the Qliphah corresponding to the Sephirah Netzach on the Kabbalahs tree of life. ...


Ordo Draconis Major

---The Greater Abyss--- Thagirion is the Qliphoth associated with the Sephirot Tipheret in the Kabbalistic tree of life. ... Golachab is the Qliphoth corresponding to the Sephirot Geburah on the kabbalistic tree of life. ... Ghaagsheblah is the Qliphoth corresponding to the sephirot Chesed, Lovingkindness. ...

Adamas Ater Satariel was the 17th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels that are mentioned in an ancient work called the Book of Enoch and the name means side of God. Categories: Book of Enoch | Hebrew Bible/Tanakh-related stubs ... Ghagiel ( or Zogiel, or Oghiel ) is reportedly the Qliphoth corresponding to the Sephirot Chokmah in the Tree of Life. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Divinity has a number of related uses in the field of religious belief and study. ...

  • 11. Thaumiel 11.0° The supposed state of being in a new creation.

The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

See also

The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ... This article refers to the magical system of Aleister Crowley and Thelema. ... Setianism comprises magical, philosophical and religious concepts related to the ancient Egyptian god Set. ...

External links

  • Dragon Rouge central homepage
  • Interview with Thomas Karlsson, founder of Dragon Rouge

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