How can you “diminish” the influence of Judeo-Christian religious symbols in the Golden Dawn system? Isn’t the Golden Dawn a form of esoteric Christianity?
Qabalah, contrary to popular understanding, is not a specifically Hebrew or Jewish phenomenon. Its content constituted the cosmology and theology common throughout the Middle East, and outward into India and Egypt. Due to the profound resilience of the Jewish community this pan-Semitic tradition was preserved into the modern era. With an understanding of the wider context, it is easy to remove YHVH from the Qabalah. There is little mention of Christian symbolism or doctrine in the First Order of the Golden Dawn, and what is is either easily reinterpreted or removed. However, the Second Order was a specifically Christian form. We have chosen to supplant the Slain and Risen formula of Christianity and Christian Rosenkreutz with that of the Crowned and Conquering Child. We see this as a purification of the magickal stream in two ways: YHVH forbids magick to all of His adherents. Their loss. By removing the intrusive Yahwistic and Christian elements which have no part in magick we restore
