ABOUT THIS EBOOK (PDF) EDITION
What’s in the Package?
This eBook consists of this Read Me document and two files in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (pdf). The file named Complete Golden Dawn.pdf contains the entire text of the 2003 Second Revised Edition of The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, including the Index; the file named Master Index.pdf contains only the Index.
How to Use the eBook
These files can be used alone or with any hardcopy edition of The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic. To open the pdfs, you will need Adobe's (Acrobat) Reader (version 5 or higher). You can get a free copy online at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Here are some suggestions for use. 
1. To Start — Open both files: Complete Golden Dawn.pdf (titled “The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic”) and Master Index.pdf (titled “Master Index to The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic”). If your screen is big enough, you can place the files side-by-side (you may want to change the magnification and/or resize the windows). You may also need to change one of the Adobe Reader preferences: "Documents: Open cross-document links in same window" should be OFF (unchecked). This allows you to easily go back and forth between the Master Index and the Complete Golden Dawn text. 
2. Bookmarks — For each file, you should see a Bookmarks tab. (If it is not already open, click on it.) In the Bookmarks tab for the Complete Golden Dawn.pdf, you will find a list of clickable links to the individual Volumes of The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic (as well as some other useful places in the book such as the Master Table of Contents, the Color Plates and the version of the Master Index within the Complete Golden Dawn.pdf file). Clicking on a Table of Contents link takes you directly to the Table of Contents for that Volume. You can then click on the individual items in the Table of Contents to go directly to the referenced page. 
In the Bookmarks tab for the Master Index.pdf, you will find links to the alphabetical (A to Z) parts of the Index. Clicking on a link in the Index takes you directly to the referenced page in the Complete Golden Dawn.pdf. (Having the files side-by-side on your screen will make it easy to go back and forth between the Index and the text.)
3. The Index — Every Index entry links directly to the referenced page. Just click any highlighted link and off you go! (You can use the index in either file, but you will probably find it easier to use the separate Master Index.pdf file.) 
Our deepest appreciation to Jim Strain for creating the Index and to Ron Wilhelm for creating the clickable links in the Index.
4. Searching — You can use Adobe Reader’s Find function to search either pdf file for words and phrases. (e.g., you could search for “Hierophant”; or “Wheel of Fortune”; or “Fourth House”; etc.)
5. Zooming — You can use Adobe Reader’s Zoom function to see pages at different sizes. This is especially useful if your eyes aren’t the best or if you wish to examine diagrams in greater detail. 
6. Printing — You can print any of the pages of the pdf. This can be extremely handy if you want to make notes without defacing your hardcopy edition; or to use the Index with an edition prior to 2003; or to have a copy of the Enochian Dictionary separate from the book; etc.
How the eBook Was Created
The files were created from the 2003 Second Revised Edition of The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic and looks exactly the same: format, layout, pagination, everything. Because most of the hardcopy edition was not available in machine readable form, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology was used. This means that the pdf may have some differences/errors as compared to the hardcopy edition (i.e., the OCR process is not perfect). We have caught and corrected many of these, but some errors are inevitable. (If you find any significant errors, we’d appreciate your letting us know.) Any discrepancies, of course, should be resolved in favor of the hardcopy edition.