The Golden Dawn: An Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Order of the Golden Dawn Hardcover
Francis I. Regardie, born in London, England, November 17, 1907; died in Sedona, Arizona, March 10, 1985.  Came to the United States in August 1921, educated in Washington D.C. and studied art in school in Washington and Philadelphia.  Returned to Europe in 1928 at the invitation of Aleister Crowley to work as his secretary and study with him.  Returned to London as secretary to Thomas Burke 1932-34, and during that time wroteA Garden of PomegranatesandThe Tree of Life.In 1934 he was invited to join the Order of the Golden Dawn, Stella Matutina Temple, during which time he wroteThe Middle PillarandThe Art of True Healing, and did the basic work forThe Philosopher's Stone.Returning to the United States in 1937 he entered Chiropractic College in New York, Graduating in 1941, and publishedThe Golden Dawn.  Served in the U.S. Army 1942-1945, and then moved to Los Angeles where he opened a chiropractic practice and taught psychiatry.  Upon retirement in 1981, he moved to Sedona.During his lifetime, he studied psychoanalysis with Dr. E. Clegg and Dr. J. L. Bendit, and later studied psychotherapy under Dr. Nandor Fodor.  His training encompassed Freudian, Jungian and Reichian methods.