While bearing the same name as the original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, it is not in direct descent from the original order, but was established in the early 1980s and chartered in 1997 by a leading member of the Societas Rosicruciana in America.
While bearing the same name as the original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the modern order does not have direct descent or institutional lineage from the original order, but holds initiatory lineage to the original order through Israel Regardie. The Order was established in the late 1970s and chartered in 1997 by a leading member of the Societas Rosicruciana in America.