Golden Dawn & Bardon

["Thomas" <green_358@...>]

Greetings from a newbie on the list

I guess I should do a short introduction: So far, my main "esoteric" 
interests have been related to eastern practices: qigong, taoist 
internal alchemy and yoga. I still consider them to be my main 
interest.

I got my Bardon Books quite a few years ago but at that time I wasn't 
able to commit that much time and energy so I let it wait for some 
time. On the other hand, much of the earlier stuff (like pore 
breathing etc) is somewhat familiar from my Qigong practices.

The last couple of years I have been also working with the Golden 
Dawn - Crowley tradition (Which I just LOVE), daily performance of 
the Lesser Banishing Ritual of Pentagram, Middle Pillar and Four 
Adorations of Sun.

I have decided it is time for me to get back to Bardon stuff, 
especially since there is nowadays so much great support available 
from other people practicing the same system.

So I would like to know other people's experiences (and good advice 
too) on combining different approaches. Taoism is an essential part 
of my life philosophy so I could not imagine giving that up in favor 
of something else. As for the Golden Dawn, since it too is a hermetic 
system, moving upwards step by step, I feel it too is possible to 
combine with Bardon's teachings. It just means - a lot of work!!!

Peace,

Thomas