The Golden Dawn Saga, Episode 7: "Black Dawn Rising"

Griffin accuses the ORC of being anti-Semitic, and of being a member of a Christian hate-group.  Claims that Nick Farrell openly admitted the ORC is a racist organization.  Claims several G:.D:. leaders are members of a racist organization: Chic Cicero, Tabatha Cicero, Nick Farrell and R.A Gilbert.  Claims Bob Gilbert authored an anti-Semitic article that he compares to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion:

From:  http://hermetic-golden-dawn.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/golden-dawn-saga-episode-7-black-dawn.html

"Olen Rush, defending the culprits, claims documents in this article are fake - taken from an Illuminati site. Rush now accuses me of racism - merely for outing his involvement with Golden Dawn leaders listed as Grand Officers on the official website of the anti-Semitic "Order of the Rose and Cross," including Rush's own publishers!" - David Griffin

"When The Dark Hand of SRIA, pulling strings in the Golden Dawn, was revealed in Episode 6, most people thought the Golden Dawn Saga was over. As you will see in episodes to come, we are only at the beginning, just entering the shadowy world beyond the Golden Dawn. " - David Griffin

"They say this Order of the Rose and Cross was born in schism, condemning the SRIA for its lack of Christian purity. The esoteric world looked on in horror, as in their manifesto of the ORC, as reported on usenet at the time the ORC opened in June, 2007, identified themselves as "Christian Identity." - David Griffin

"The scandal deepened when Nick Farrell openly admitted on the internet that SRIA is a racist organization." - David Griffin

"Scandal rocked the Golden Dawn community when news broke that numerous leaders of Golden Dawn orders were listed as Grand Officers of the nascent "Order of the Rose and Cross." These included Nick Farrell, The Present Supreme Maga of the SRIA (America), her husband who also belongs to the segregationist SRIA and SRIC, and SRIA member and Golden Dawn author R.A. Gilbert." - David Griffin

"It is highly likely, however, that Nick Farrell and the other Golden Dawn leaders still serve Grand Officers for the anti-Semetic ORC, despite their rote denials." - David Griffin

"The scandal was compounded by the rampant anti-Semitism in the article written by R.A. Gilbert, Golden Dawn or Gotterdamerung, as follows below. " - David Griffin

"It is obvious, that Gilbert is here espousing an Anti-Semetic "Christans only" view of Rosicrucianism. Gilbert makes direct reference to some mysterious "anti-Christian" (read Jewish? Pagan? Muslim?) THREAT. Such paranoid declarations are highly reminiscent of other Anti-Semetic tracts like the infamous "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." " - David Griffin

"Does the Order of the Rose and Cross truly subscribe to the hate filled philosphy of Christian Identity?   How deeply has this cancer infiltrated the Golden Dawn? " - David Griffin

"Do Nick Farrell and other Reconstructionist Golden Dawn leaders still serve as Grand Officers in the "Black Dawn" ORC?" - David Griffin

"Is there still more here than meets the eye left to discover, despite the vacuous denials and shocking revelations thus far?" - David Griffin

Rebuttal to Lewellyn author, Raven Grimassi's WITCH WAR against the Pagan & Golden Dawn Communities

Griffin claims Raven Grimassi is an imposter and of running a "witch war".  Claims that he somehow "granted legitimacy" to Grimassi's tradition.  Accuses Grimassi of sending his students to attack him in forums.  Refers to Grimassi as a traitor.  Further attacks Llewellyn; claims they are involved in a deep conspiracy to attack him. 

From:  http://hermetic-golden-dawn.blogspot.com/2011/05/rebuttal-to-lewellyn-author-raven.html

"We had our doubts about Raven Grimassi from the beginning... Our doubts about Mr. Grimassi were multiplied since certain of these families consider Mr. Grimassi as an impostor, a Neo-Pagan reconstructionist pretending to represent an "Italian Witchcraft" tradition that, as an American by birth instead of an initiate in Italy, he does not fully know or understand." - David Griffin

"Despite these misgivings, we nonetheless granted recognition and our family's stamp of legitimacy to Mr. Grimassi's "Stregheria" tradition." - David Griffin

"We have therefore been particularly dismayed when we caught Raven Grimassi on numerous occasions attacking us behind our backs to other Neo-Pagan groups, including sending his students to attack us on various Yahoo witchcraft fora." - David Griffin

" In short, Raven Grimassi has been behaving like a double-dealing Cardassian traitor." - David Griffin

"This is certainly not the first time that esoteric groups I work with have been attacked by Lewellyn authors. Although I  Gramassi's Witch War is likely not being orchestrated by Lewellyn, it is extremely odd that so many of the defamation attacks I have experienced over the decades have come from Lewellyn authors, their agents, and/or students. This has happenned over and over in situations where, in my opinion, Lewellyn was trying to promote watered down versions of deep occult truths - as is presently the case with Raven Grimassi's "Stregheria." - David Griffin

"I am also writing a formal protest protesting to Lewellyn, as Grimassi's Witch War reflects very badly on Lewellyn's image when one of their Neo-Pagan authors tries to start a Witch War like this in both the Pagan and Golden Dawn communities." - David Griffin

"This is not ths first time that we have been attacked by initiates of American Stregheria groups on the internet, including Mr. Grimassi's." - David Griffin

"It is clear from Mr. Grimassi's post above, as well as discussion that followed it on Yahoo, that the Witch War defamation attacks on our traditions are continuing nonetheless." - David Griffin

"Raven Grimassi should recall that Witch War harms the entire Pagan community and thus is extremely frowned upon by everyone. If Grimassi continues to attack other Pagan traditions like this, he will eventually find himself shunned by the entire community. Lewellyn should likewise also consider the folly of permitting one of their authors to engage in behavior that so grievously harms the Pagan community or Lewellyn's reputation may suffer seriously as well." - David Griffin

"Raven Grimassi should recall that although he is Italo-American, he is NOT Italian. In fact, Raven Grimassi does not even speak the language. How then can he possibly expect to fully grasp the subtleties of the tradition he pretends to represent? The time has come for Raven Grimassi to abandon his petty Witch War, and to stop making a fool of himself - not only in the eyes of the true remaining family traditions in Italy - but even in the eyes of the Pagan and Golden Dawn communities as well. " - David Griffin

"Let them take their dirty little flame war somewhere else!" - David Griffin

Racist SRIA and their McGD Puppets' Witch War on the Alpha Omega

In a very lengthy rant, Griffin attacks just about everyone. Mostly centered around a vast SRIA conspiracy to undermine him and his order - now stated to date back to 1888. Note that Tony Fuller is declared an "SRIA agent".  Many many accusations here - only a portion of them are quoted:

(Note: Forum threads are lengthy. This document will focus upon - and link to - the lead post in each thread, as posted by David Griffin. Further insults and accusations can be found by reading through the entire thread.)

From: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Hermetic-Order-of-the-Golden-Dawn/conversations/messages/22130

"What I find most interesting in your post is the quote from SRIA agent T[ony]F[uller], who confirms that even the publication of these tablets are just another SRIA attempt to manipulate the Golden Dawn community." - David Griffin

"This is only the latest attempt by SRIA to manipulate and stir strife in the Golden Dawn community. This nonsensense has been going on non-stop now for 20 years. In fact, the SRIA has tried to control the Golden Dawn ever since the founding of Isis Urania Temple No. 3 in 1888. (I cover this entire history in the above linked article as well.)" - David Griffin

"To begin with as Imperator of the AO, I am Pagan, and the bigoted "Trinitarian Christians only" SRIA can tolerate neither Jews, Pagans nor Muslims in their midst. Moreover, we in the AO admit and advance initiates in the Alpha Omega of both sexes on an equal basis. Thirdly, we do not discriminate due to religion, race, or sexual or political orientation. This, the anti-semitic SRIA hates with a passion." - David Griffin

"Finally, the Alpha Omega foiled SRIA's secret grand design of many years, to sieze control the Golden Dawn using the Golden Dawn trademark, held and licensed by the Supreme Maga of SRIA in America." - David Griffin

"It is no secret that SRIA hates the AO and its dark hand is trying to control the GD using McGD reconstructionists as their marionettes. This is obvious when you look at who in the GD community belongs also to SRIA, which reads like a who's who of McGoldenDawn reconstructionists." - David Griffin

"This whole hubub about Mathers vs. Wescott and who was the real genius behind the Golden Dawn also arises from the SRIA Witch Hunt trying to destroy the Alpha Omega." - David Griffin

"This is part and parcel of the SRIA/McGoldenDawn Witch Hunt against the AO." - David Griffin

"By the way, racist R.A. Gilbert, a high ranking SRIA member of Metropolitan College, has trafficked in Golden Dawn documents like these for decades, on numerous occasions providing documents later profaned through publication by the Supreme Maga of SRIA (America), in order to promote one faction against the AO in the GD community." - David Griffin

"The real reason is that McGD is desperate because all the GD magick they have is already published at this point. They are therefore desperately trying to create the illusion they have more GD material than they really do, by publishing anything at all SRIA still has laying around collecting dust." - David Griffin

"The real reason that SRIA is trying to sell this cheap illusion of "The Great and Might Maga of OZ" (ignore that woman behind the curtain), is that they are DESPERATE." - David Griffin

"For Centuries the SRIA has tried to steal the Golden Dawn." - David Griffin

"The SRIA and their McGD puppets can not possibly compete with the true Third Order because they do not have any magic or other teachings for anything above the (5=6), Adeptus Minor level." - David Griffin

"Since this lie is not working for them, the SRIA and their McGD puppets in recent weeks have stepped up their Witch Hunt of defamation against the AO, trying desperately to destroy our order." - David Griffin

"To them I say:"SRIA and McGD. You will ultimately fail in your quest to control the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn does not belong to you. It never has belonged to you." - David Griffin

"How could SRIA possibly be the Third Order, when they discriminate against Jews and the Golden Dawn is permeated through and through with Jewish Qabalah?" - David Griffin

MOTO/ Peregrin Launches GD Flame War (Here we go again – yawn)

Griffin"pokes fun" at Nick Farrell by depicting him as a Star Trek villain called a Borg. Calls Farrell and others "reconstructionsists" who are trying to kill and assimilate the Golden Dawn. Accuses Peregrin Wildoak of launching a flame war with "anonymous trolls":

(Note: Forum threads are lengthy. This document will focus upon - and link to -the lead post in each thread, as posted by David Griffin. Further insults and accusations can be found by reading through the entire thread.)

From: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Hermetic-Order-of-the-Golden-Dawn/conversations/messages/20823

"Rather than get angry, I instead poked fun of Farrell's tantrum by hiring an internet artist to depict Farrell as a Borg. My point was to point out the obsession of Farrell and other reconstructionists with traditionalist orders like the AO." - David Griffin

"Instead of just leaving us alone, they keep behaving like Borg trying to kill and assimilate every trace of the living Golden Dawn tradition." - David Griffin

"In response, blogger Peregrin yesterday launched an all out flame war, complete with anonymous trolls, on his Magic of the Ordinary blog." - David Griffin

Zalewksi-Thiebeault OGD Drug Cult Attacks GD Secret Chiefs Again! (part 2)

Griffin attacks the SRIA, calling them "spiritually worthless" and "McGoldenDawn reconstructionists". Again accuses Pat Zalewski's and Martin Thibeault's O:.G:.D:. of being a drug peddling cult. Claims that members of other Golden Dawn orders are secretly attending his "secret college":

(Note: Forum threads are lengthy. This document will focus upon - and link to - the lead post in each thread, as posted by David Griffin. Further insults and accusations can be found by reading through the entire thread.)

From: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Hermetic-Order-of-the-Golden-Dawn/conversations/messages/22265

"Thank you for demonstrating what is so completely misguided with the entire approach to the Golden Dawn of the SRIA controlled McGoldenDawn reconstructionists in the GD community. Thank you, as well, for proving how spritually worthless this entire approach is." - David Griffin

"The challenge that we have issued over and over to the Zalewski-Thiebault drug peddling cult and their reconstructionist SRIA cronies like you is:..." - David Griffin

"Of course, you McGD reconstructionists are completely ignorant not only of this, most basic of the advanced spiritual practices in the Golden Dawn. You also remain ignorant of all of the others as well, of which there are many." - David Griffin

"Don't worry though. There are plenty of your students who are receiving these spiritual practices in the Secret College, despite your totalitarian threats of expulsion." - David Griffin

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

The Wrath of Kahn on the Golden Dawn?

David Griffin again compares Nick Farrell to Star Trek villain "Khan." Accuses Nick Farrell, Peregrin Wildoak and Pat Zalewski of being "reconstructionists" who are trying to "rebuild the corpse of the Golden Dawn in their own image":

From: http://hermetic-golden-dawn.blogspot.com/2011/03/wrath-of-kahn-on-golden-dawn.html

"This resulted in my recent article analyzing and criticizing Nick Farrell's aggressive and disparaging approach to the Golden Dawn and the way that he is trying to rewrite history." - David Griffin

"Is Nick Farrell "Kahn" of the Golden Dawn?" - David Griffin

"You [Farrell] are taking what you believe is the cadaver of the Golden Dawn and using bits and pieces to create a Frankenstein's monster that you call the Magical Order of AA." - David Griffin

"You [Wildoak], however, are a reconstuctionist who believes that the Golden Dawn and all of its offshoots are dead objects. You therefore attempt to reconstruct the Golden Dawn according to your world view using the best academic information possible." - David Griffin

"Since, as a reconstructionist, you see the Golden Dawn as a dead object to be subjected to such academic scrutiny, you refuse to accept this answer, which is, however, in fact, the only correct answer according to the standards of the LIVING Golden Dawn TRADITION." - David Griffin

"Let us get to the heart of the real problem. Nick Farrell, Pat Zakewski, and you are quite comfortable in your beliefs that the Golden Dawn is a dead object of historical curiosity for you to do with the pieces of it whatever you like. Nick and Pat have even built their own Frankenstein orders out of those bits. In other words, you each have an extremely vested interested in the Golden Dawn as a dead object of historical curiosity." - David Griffin

"In fact, the absolute worst nightmare possible for reconstructionists like the three of you, is that it turns out that the Golden Dawn is still a living tradition, that the Secret Chiefs do exist, and that as an organization is still around." - David Griffin

"Otherwise, you, Nick, and Pat, mights as well hang up your robes and go get a job in academia, finally admitting that you are but researchers instead of initiates." - David Griffin

"So, whereas, I am not excluding either you or Nick from The Great Rite, given your track records, I would certainly draft a particularly draconian contract with the direst of consequences were you to break it, with no loopholes whatsoever, for either of you to try to worm slippery hides through." - David Griffin