Claim: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a group.

Hermetic Qabalah -LRB- from the Hebrew קַבָּלָה `` reception '' or `` accounting '' -RRB- is a Western esoteric tradition involving mysticism and the occult . It is the underlying philosophy and framework for magical societies such as the Golden Dawn , Thelemic orders , mystical-religious societies such as the Builders of the Adytum and the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross , and is a precursor to the Neopagan , Wiccan and New Age movements . The Hermetic Qabalah is the basis for Qliphothic Qabala as studied by left hand path orders , such as the Typhonian Order .   Occult Hermetic Qabalah arose alongside and united with the Christian Cabalistic involvement in the European Renaissance , becoming variously Esoteric Christian , non-Christian , or anti-Christian across its different schools in the modern era . It draws on a great many influences , most notably : Jewish Kabbalah , Western astrology , Alchemy , pagan religions , especially Egyptian and Greco-Roman -LRB- the latter being from which the term `` Hermetic '' is derived -RRB- , neoplatonism , gnosticism , the Enochian system of angelic magic of John Dee and Edward Kelley , hermeticism , tantra and the symbolism of the tarot . Hermetic Qabalah differs from the Jewish form in being a more admittedly syncretic system , however it shares many concepts with Jewish Kabbalah .