Dragon Rouge

Dragon Rouge, or Ordo Draconis et Atri Adamantis, is a Left-Hand Path black magic society with its base in Stockholm, Sweden, founded by Thomas Karlsson. They have five lodges; three in Sweden, one in Italy and yet another in Germany. They collect and use magical theories from all around the world, but they mostly concentrate on European magic. Their magical work is somewhat directed towards the Tree of Life (Sephiroth) and the Tree of Death (Qliphoth). Dragon Rouge makes much use of old French grimoires, and the order itself bears the same name as the grimoire Le Dragon Rouge, or "the red dragon". They reject all monotheistic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Instead, they focus on the rebellious mind that seeks to become God by the annihilation of the individual. Dragon Rouge is feministic and strongly believes in Lilith, which according to their belief is the first of Adam's wives. The order explores kabbalism, goetic magic, Odinistic rune magic alchemy and tantrism. Members also read old Norse mysticism and texts by Aleister Crowley, Friedrich Nietzsche and Herakleitos, among others. Many people familiar with, or members of, Dragon Rouge think the order owes much of its remarkable popularity (by the standards of magical orders), and some of its members, to the successful band Therion, whose leader is a leading member of Dragon Rouge and use its ideas in their songs. There are three different circles within Dragon Rouge:

• The outer circle\n**1. Lilith 1°\n* The inner circle\n**2. Gamaliel 2°\n**3. Samael 3°\n**4. A'arab Zaraq 4°\n**5. Thagirion 5°\n**6. Golachab 6°\n**7. Gha'agsheblah 7°\n**8. Satariel 8°\n**9. Ghagiel 9°\n**10. Thaumiel 10°\n* The innermost circle\n**11 Thaumiel 11°

The degrees in their hierarchy have the same names as the elements in the Tree of Death, the Qliphoth. (The reason why there is two degrees with the name Thaumiel is because this qliphoth is supposed to have two heads.) The following piece of text is taken from the Dragon Rouge homepage:

The philosophy of Dragon Rouge consists of the left hand path and its ideology. The left hand path is based on a philosophy which defines two main spiritual paths. One is the right hand path. It has influenced most forms of religion and mass movements. Its method is the light magic and its goal is the annihilation of the individual and to become one with God. The other path is the left hand path. It denotes the unique, the deviant and the exclusive. Its method is the dark magic and antinomianism (to go against the grain). The dark magical goal is to become a god.

See also

\n*alchemy\n*Freemasons\n*Hermeticism\n*kult\n*Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path\n*magic\n*magick\n*Satanism\n*Wicca

External links

\n* Dragon Rouge homepage Category:Left-Hand Path