Charles "Chic" Cicero (born 1936) is an American

esoteric Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to categorise a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas a ...

writer. He was born in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

.The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: Chic & S. Tabatha Cicero
. Retrieved August 5, 2007 He has been a practicing ceremonial magician for the past forty years. Cicero's interest in

Freemasonry Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

and the

Western mystery tradition Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to categorise a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas a ...

resulted in research articles on

Rosicrucianism Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts purported to announce the existence of a hitherto unknown esoteric order to the world and made seeking its ...

and the

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, printed in such publications as ''Ars Quatuor Coronatorum'' and the ''1996–2000 Transactions of the Metropolitan College of the SRIA''. Cicero is a member of several Masonic,

Martinist Martinism is a form of Christian mysticism and esoteric Christianity concerned with the fall of the first man, his state of material privation from his divine source, and the process of his return, called 'Reintegration'. As a mystical traditio ...

, and

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organizations. Cicero is an extremely active member of his local

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and Grand York Rite Masonic Bodies, serving as both a Local and Grand Line Officer

Israel Regardie and the Golden Dawn

According to published accounts, Cicero was also a close personal friend and confidant of the late Dr.

Israel Regardie Francis Israel Regardie (; né Regudy; November 17, 1907 – March 10, 1985) was a British-American occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who spent much of his life in the United States. He wrote fifteen books on the subject of occultism. Bo ...

. Having established a temple in the tradition of the

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ( la, Ordo Hermeticus Aurorae Aureae), more commonly the Golden Dawn (), was a secret society devoted to the study and practice of occult Hermeticism and metaphysics during the late 19th and early 20th ce ...

in 1977, Cicero was one of the key people who helped Regardie resurrect a legitimate, initiatory branch of the Order (also known as H.O.G.D.) in the United States in the early 1980s. A series of letters that Regardie wrote to Chic Cicero and the Isis-Urania temple can be found online. Chic is also the president of

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc. is a 501(c) non-profit organization associated with a modern magical Order of the same name. While bearing the same name as the historical Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1888–1908), the moder ...

Together, Cicero and his wife Sandra Tabatha Cicero are two of the G.H. Chiefs of the modern day Order. They have written several books on the Golden Dawn,

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Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...

, and the

including the ''Essential Golden Dawn'', which won a COVR award in 2004 for being one of the year's best titles in the field of magic. The Ciceros have also edited, annotated and added new material to recent editions of Israel Regardie's classic texts: ''

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'',Regardie, Israel. ''The Middle Pillar: The Balance Between Mind and Magic''. (1998) Edited and Annotated with new material by the Ciceros. MN: Llewellyn Publications, ''

A Garden of Pomegranates ''A Garden of Pomegranates'' is a 160-page book, written by Israel Regardie in 1931. History The first edition was published in 1932. The book was printed four times, with a second edition being published in 1970 by Llewellyn Publications. The ...

'', and ''

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''. The Ciceros have given interviews on a local TV station in

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Bibliography

Books

*''The New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (1991). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (1995). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''Experiencing the Kabbalah''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (1997). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''The Magical Pantheons''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (1998). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''Creating Magical Tools''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (1999). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''Ritual Use of Magical Tools''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (2000). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''The Golden Dawn Magical Tarot''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (2001). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''The Essential Golden Dawn: An Introduction to High Magic''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (2003). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (2004). Great Britain: Thoth, *''Tarot Talismans''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (2006). Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, *''Basics of Magic: The Best of the Golden Dawn Journal: Book I: Divination''. Cicero, Chic and Tabatha (2007). Elfers, FL: H.O.G.D. Books,

Other

*''The Golden Dawn Journal Series'' *''The Golden Dawn Enochian Skrying Tarot''(co-authored with Bill & Judi Genaw)The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: The Golden Dawn Enochian Skrying Tarot

Notes

References

*Avalonia

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