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

esoteric Western esotericism, also known as the Western mystery tradition, is a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas and currents are united since they are largely distinct both from orthod ...

writer. He was born in

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.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

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and the

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resulted in research articles on

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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,

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, 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.

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. Having established a temple in the tradition of the

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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. 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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, 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

'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. ...

'', and ''The Tree of Life''. 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
Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero : Avalonia Author Interview
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