A Case of Apples Being Called Oranges

Frater Barrabbas - posting on behalf of David Griffin - calls Nick Farrell and Pat Zalewski illegitimate and "reconstructionists." Calls Nick Farrell a liar who is trying to destroy the Golden Dawn:

From: http://david-griffin-golden-dawn-magus.blogspot.com/2011/06/case-of-apples-being-called-oranges.html

"Nick Farrell has posted yet another article in a seemingly endless attempt to give credence to his reconstructionist approach to the Golden Dawn." - Frater Barrabbas

"Nick Farrell and Pat Zalewski: 'Your tradition will be reconstructed. Resistance is futile!'" - Frater Barrabbas

"I don’t know why Mr. Farrell continues to grasp at anything that would seem to redeem his perspective and make it legitimate, but perhaps he is haunted by guilt." - Frater Barrabbas

"I am going to give Nick the benefit of the doubt and state that I think he is making this comparison with the full knowledge that it is erroneous - in other words, Nick is purposefully telling falsehoods to his reading public." - Frater Barrabbas

"This is completely different from the reconstructionist, who, without the benefit of this direct transmission, can only assume their ideas are worthwhile, when in fact, they could be complete poppycock, or the result of nightmares caused by a bit of bad cheese." - Frater Barrabbas

"Shamanism is a living tradition, but Nick's self created Golden Dawn order is a reconstruction from a supposedly dead system." - Frater Barrabbas

"One has to wonder why Nick Farrell, who has blatantly and egregiously defamed his spiritual and magickal ancestors..." - Frater Barrabbas

"Nick is grasping at straws and seeking to somehow assuage his guilt, obviously because he suspects that the Golden Dawn is a true living tradition, but its just not the tradition that Nick claims ownership to. Mr. Farrell attempts in his books and posts to prove that the Golden Dawn is dead and that its founders were dupes and frauds. Nick wants to destroy the Golden Dawn so he can justify changing it in whatever manner he wants." - Frater Barrabbas

"All of this is quite sad and ridiculous, and we can easily dispense with Nick's feeble attempt at self-justification." - Frater Barrabbas