Vermont Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Conference 2024

Join us for the third Vermont GD Conference in beautiful central Vermont. There will be two days of classes by the Order's Chiefs Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero, and several adepts. All classes on Saturday are open to the general public. (Sunday's program is only open to Order members).

SCHEDULE:
Saturday:
9:00 AM Arrivals, Check-In, and Opening
9:30 - 11:30 Class - Ike Baker: Theurgy of the Golden Dawn
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Class – Chic Cicero: Light in Extension: The Masonic Roots of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
3:00 - 4:30 Class – Tabatha Cicero: Sealed with the Light
5:00 – 6:00 Class – TBA
6:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:00 - 10:00 Social time for any Order members (not just Regardie-Cicero lineage).

Sunday:
(MEMBERS OF THE REGARDIE-CICERO BRANCH OF THE ORDER ONLY. Attendees must indicate in advance their intent to attend and WILL be tested before admission). Sunday is FREE.
10 AM Opening
10:15 - 11:30 Class – Kirk White: Intro to Elemental Healing
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Hall of Neophyte
3:30 Closing and departure

COST:

$60 Full conference in-person registered and paid online in advance
$40 For Saturday classes only via Zoom
$75 check or cash at the door

Presenter Bios:

Charles "Chic" Cicero was born in Buffalo, New York. An early love of music, particularly of the saxophone, resulted in Chic's many years of experience as a lead musician in several jazz, blues and rock ensembles, working with many famous performers in the music industry. Chic's interest in Freemasonry and the Western Esoteric Tradition resulted in research articles on Rosicrucianism and the Knights Templar, printed in such publications as "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum" and the "1996-2000 Transactions of the Metropolitan College of the SRIA." Chic is a member of several Masonic, Martinist, and Rosicrucian organizations. He is a Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar in Florida (2010–2011). He was also a close personal friend and confidant of Dr. Israel Regardie. Having established a Golden Dawn temple in 1977, Chic was one of the key people who helped Regardie to resurrect a legitimate, initiatory branch of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the United States in the early 1980s. He met his wife and co-author, Sandra Tabatha Cicero, shortly thereafter. Chic is an author and a skilled craftsman who has constructed all of the ritual implements of the Golden Dawn.

Sandra "Tabatha" Cicero was born in rural Wisconsin. Her areas of interest include drawing, painting, poetry, theater, dance, and printmaking. A lifelong fascination with the creative arts has served to inspire her work in the magical world. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts in 1982, Tabatha worked as an entertainer, typesetter, editor, commercial artist, and computer graphics illustrator. In 2009 she obtained an Associate in Science degree in Paralegal Studies. Tabatha is a member of several Martinist and Rosicrucian organizations. She met Chic in the early 1980's and the Golden Dawn system of magic has been her primary spiritual focus ever since. Tabatha spent five years working on the paintings for The Golden Dawn Magical Tarot which she began at the encouragement of Israel Regardie.Together, Chic and Tabatha are Chief Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn as re-established by Israel Regardie (www.hermeticgoldendawn.org). The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, of which Chic is the Imperator and Tabatha is the Cancellaria, is an international Order with temples in several countries. Tabatha is also the Imperatrix of the Societas Rosicruciana in America (www.sria.org).

Ike Baker is the Imperator of the Aroueris-Hathor Temple in Asheville, North Carolina, as well as an author and content creator who hosts the ARCANVM YouTube Channel and Podcast. creating documentary-style presentations and interviewing some of the top scholars, practitioners, and authors in occultism, magic, and esoteric traditions. He is also a co-founder of the 2024 New Hermopolis International Conference being held in October of this year at the New Hermopolis eco-village in Egypt near the ruins of Hermopolis Magna, which will host keynote speakers and presentations from scholars and practitioners in the modern esoteric traditions. Ike also organized the 2024 Southeastern Masonic Symposium in Asheville, North Carolina. His debut book dealing with the history, theory, and practice of the western esoteric traditions from antiquity to the modern day, entitled A Formless Fire: Rediscovering the Magical Traditions of the West was published earlier this year by Tria Prima Press.

Kirk White has been a lifelong student of esoterism and the magickal arts, and a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn since 1996. He is founding Imperator/Hierophant of the Beth-El Temple HOGD. He has written a several books and articles on Freemasonry, the Golden Dawn, and other esoteric topics. In 2021, his book "Operative Freemasonry: A Manual for Restoring Light and Vitality to the Fraternity" was voted one of the top ten Masonic books of the new millennium by the Southern California Research Lodge. He is a member of numerous Masonic and Rosicrucian organizations, and currently serves as Chief Adept of the Vermont College SRICF and Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Vermont.

Sponsored by the Beth-El Temple of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

For more information, contact Kirk at kirkwhitevt@gmail.com .