Note to update: the addresses and phone numbers in these issues of the Thelema Lodge Calendars are obsolete since the closing of the Lodge. They are here for historic purposes only and should not be visited or called.
Thelema Lodge
Ordo Templi Orientis
P.O.Box 2303
Berkeley, CA 94702 USA
November 1988 e.v. at Thelema Lodge
Announcements from
Lodge Members and Officers
11/14 | TEX | (30) | no time given | 12/4 | ZIM | (13) | 2:10 -> 3:45 pm | |
11/17 | RII | (29) | no time given | 12/4 | LOE | (12) | 11:30 pm -> | |
11/23 | BAG | (28) | between 8 & 9 pm | 12/5 | LOE | (12) | -> 1:20 am [cont.] | |
11/24 | ZAA | (27) | 8 -> 9 pm | 12/5 | IKH | (11) | 10:10 -> 11:35 pm | |
11/25 | DES | (26) | 1:10 -> 2 pm | 12/6 | ZAX | (10) | 2 -> 4:15 pm | |
11/25 | VTI | (25) | 8:40 -> 9 pm | 12/7 | ZIP | (9) | 9:30 -> 11:10 pm | |
11/26 | NIA | (24) | 2 -> 3:25 pm | 12/8 | ZID | (8) | 7:10 -> 9:10 pm | |
11/28 | TOR | (23) | 9:30 -> 10:15 am | 12/9 | DEO | (7) | 8:10 -> 10 pm | |
11/28 | LIN | (22) | 4 -> 6 pm | 12/10 | MAZ | (6) | 7:40 -> 9:40 pm | |
11/29 | ASP | (21) | 1:30 -> 2:50 pm | 12/12 | LIT | (5) | 7 -> 8:12 pm | |
11/30 | KHR | (20) | 9:15 -> 10:50 am | 12/13 | LIT | (5) | 8:15 -> 10:10 pm | |
11/30 | POP | (19) | 10 -> 11:45 pm | 12/16 | PAZ | (4) | 9 -> 10:30 am | |
12/1 | ZEN | (18) | 2:30 -> 4:10 pm | 12/17 | ZON | (3) | 9:30 -> 11:30 am | |
12/2 | TAN | (17) | 12:15 -> 2 am | 12/18 | ARN | (2) | 9:20 -> 10:05 am | |
12/2 | LEA | (16) | 4:50 -> 6 pm | 12/18 | ARN | (2) | 10:15 -> 11:52 am [cont.] | |
12/3 | OXO | (15) | 9:15 -> 11:50 am | 12/18 | ARN | (2) | 3:10 -> 4:35 pm [cont.] | |
12/3 | UTI | (14) | 2:50 -> 3 pm | 12/19 | LIL | (1) | 1:30 -> 3:30 pm | |
12/3 | UTI | (14) | 9:50 ->11:15pm [ctd] | 12/20 | ARN | (2) | 8:35-> 9:35 pm [cnc] |
Next month...
The C.E.S. meets on December 3rd at the Lodge; 7 pm.
Ebonyclass on the 7th.
New Moon Ritual at Merkabah on the 8th.
Lodgemeeting Dec. 13 at 8 pm.
More Gnostic Heresy...
It is told in sagas and songs of old | |
That strange men dwelled on the world's high roof | |
And held strange commerce with gods aloof | |
When our Earth was young - and before the Cold. | |
And the stories tell of a fairey gold | |
That was bartered for garments of elvin woof, | |
For sequined jewels - but there is no proof - | |
So who is to know if the truth were told? | |
The dream worlds touch on those years of our eld | |
And hearty dreamers may voyage at will --- | |
Through lands the waking have never beheld | |
They storm with their thunder winged steeds uphill | |
Up valley and mountain and icy ledge | |
Spearheading the sky-winds - over the Edge. | |
This series of three tapes contains:
C-I: Crowley reading the Ist and 2nd Enochian Calls (Crowley's own
voice from old transcription 78 rpm records.)
Regardie reading Enochian Rituals, including the above.
31st anniversary of Crowley's Greater Feast memorial O.T.O.
group reading of Liber AL --- led by Hymenaeus Alpha.
Regardie gives a pronunciation guide for magical words in
his The Golden Dawn.C-II: Regardie reads Liber LXV and Liber ARARITA
C-III: Regardie reads Liber VII, Liber Israfel and Liber Samakh
These tapes are only available from:
Joshua A. Norton Oasis...
This way of interpreting the Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet is
drawn from the Pentateuch or first five books of the Torah/Bible. It is
contrasted with the "Genesis Code", which expresses abstract concepts
more than it stems from the Book of Genesis. The same structure of Hebrew
letters is used in both the Genesis and Pentateuch codes.
The story of the birth and life of Moses forms the basis of this code.
As we pass through the events of the Pentateuch, individual Hebrew letters
are matched to the significan events. From this, a generalization leads us
to meanings of the Letters themselves in terms of a human story. The story
is made complete by applying the "final" letters in a sort of "Joshua" code
to the epilogue of the Pentateuch.
Now, let's take those events and generalize them a bit --- not too
much, just enough so that they may apply to any human story of similar
wholeness and complexity:
For comparison, the Genesis code is given in short aphorisms.
Letters: | Genesis Code: | Pentateuch Code: |
Pure Being | A thing exists in itself (Entity). | |
Pure Substance | The form and material aspect of a thing (Body). | |
Pure Will | The spiritual essence of a thing (Spirit). | |
Directed Flow | An Entity pursues its purpose. | |
Mystery | Separate physical existence. | |
Many Images | Experience without order. | |
Cycles | Pursuit of order through trying of different roles. | |
Revelation | Discovery of the direction of Life. | |
Meaning Attaches to Things | Destiny is accepted and intelligently pursued. | |
All Created Things & Events | The harmony of life sings through the acts and experiences of life. | |
Order | Life becomes organized along the lines of destiny. | |
Union | Action follows plan. | |
Separation | That which opposes life is destroyed or avoided. | |
Containment | The pattern of life establishes itself for all to see. | |
Natural Power | The pattern of life manifests through its own power. | |
Creation | The philosophy and rules of life become conscious. | |
Balance | The limits of life and activity become established consciously. | |
Transformation | The pattern of life is passed on to another by teaching or parenthood. | |
Tempering | The pattern endures the test of time. | |
Perception of Limitation | Flaws to the success of life are discovered and dealt with. | |
Meditation | The pattern and its promise are praised. | |
Evolution | The pattern is released to permit its growth into a greater. | |
Letters: | Genesis Code: | Joshua Code: |
Development of the Created | Life pattern passes on to another form, another destiny. | |
Matter | The second destiny provides the final fruits of the first. | |
Rational Thoughts | The second destiny establishes itself securely and naturally. | |
Physical Life | The last direct link to older ways of being and doing vanishes. | |
Living | Life establishes itself through further generations. |
Man | Gen: | Being passes through images into matter. | |||
Pent: | A self-existing one endures chaotic | ||||
experiences to establish a body. | |||||
P&J: | A self-existing one endures chaotic | ||||
experiences to perfect earlier work. | |||||
Life | Gen: | Containing power unites to processes of order. | |||
Pent: | The pattern of life becomes evident as action | ||||
follows the path of destiny. | |||||
Moses | Gen: | Substance and Will () submit to order. | |||
Pent: | Body and spirit become organized according | ||||
to destiny. | |||||
(Also, the name "Moses" translates "Saved from | |||||
water" as a Hebrew proper name.) | |||||
God | Gen: | Existence is balanced. | |||
Pent: | An individual dwells within the proper | ||||
limits of life and activity. | |||||
Eheieh | Gen: | Being is ordered in the creation of order. | |||
Pent: | An individual life becomes organized | ||||
according to destiny. The philosophy and | |||||
rule of life become consciously organized | |||||
according to destiny. | |||||
Jehovah or Yahweh | Gen: | Creation of order unites to future order. | |||
Pent: | The philosophy and rule of life become | ||||
consciously organized according to destiny. | |||||
Action follows the plan of life to further | |||||
establish the lines of destiny. |
Marty 15 Thursday. Hora 1 1/4 a meridie1 | ||
- After Edward Talbot his calling into the stone; appeared a | ||
tall man, with a sceptre (Very great) of gold glittering. His body | ||
all red: and out of his head, did shoot out beams of light, like | ||
the sun beams2. | ||
- I being desirous, to know who he was, and his name; I | ||
requested him earnestly thereto, but he answered as followeth: | ||
---: Invocate nomen Domini agnoscetis eum. | ||
'Call in the name of the Lard, You will recognize him.' | ||
- Then I prayed the Psalm:3 | ||
Deus misereatur nostri, et benedicat nobis: illuminet vultum, | ||
suum super nos, et misereatur nostri. | ||
Vulg. Ps:LXVI:1. | ||
'May God be gracious and bless us, may he show us a benign | ||
countenance.' | ||
Douay:LXVI:1. | ||
'God be merciful unto us; and cause his face to shine upon us: | ||
Selah4. | ||
A.V:LXVII:1. | ||
After that, he said: | ||
---: I am mighty. | ||
- Because he delayed to declare his name, Edward Talbot the | ||
skryer did require him: in the name of God the father, Jesus Christ | ||
his son5, and of the holy ghost, to express his name. And he | ||
answered in speech: | ||
---: So I will by and by. | ||
- Then he seemed to take from his head little bright | ||
sparks,like little candles' ends; and to stick them about the | ||
chair6, and he went round about the chair, and then he spake, as | ||
followeth: | ||
i. | ---: I am mighty and working wonders; I am SOLOMON7. I rule in | |
the heavens, and bear sway upon earth; in his name, who be blessed | ||
forever. Thou doest doubt at me. I am the servant of God, in his | ||
light; I serve him. I say, I serve him; with fear and reverence. | ||
My name is SOLOMON8: Mighty in the Sun9, Worker of Worldly actions; | ||
as well internal, as external. Known unto God; whose name I know, | ||
and bless forever. | ||
- Then appeared a big flame of fire by him in the air. | ||
Solomon: Thou knowest not, or thou wilt not know, that | ||
Mammon10, with his servants, are present about thee. Whose presence | ||
doth hinder the presence of the virtues11 Adonai overcoming. | ||
Blessed be God, in the highest. Amen. | ||
- He took the forsaid flame of fire, and flung it unto the | ||
heavenward. | ||
ii. | Solomon: Mammon12 is a king whom God hateth: whose sect | |
continually tempt, provoke, and stir up wickedness against the | ||
Lord, and against his annointed. But he dies, blessed be God | ||
forever. Drive him away. | ||
: It is incomparably more easy for you to do. And as for my | ||
part I feel neither in body, nor soul; any token of his presence or | ||
working. | ||
Thereupon he caused the whole chamber (Which we were in) to | ||
appear very plainly in the stone13: and so there shewed a great | ||
company of Wicked Spirits14 to be in the chamber; and among them, | ||
One, most horrible and grisly, threatening, and approaching to our | ||
heads, and scorning and gnashing at us. | ||
Solomon: God determines his mysteries, by Art and Virtue. | ||
- Then he Willed Very eagerly to drive them away. And I | ||
prayed fervently. And there seemed one to come into the stone, | ||
which had very long arms; and he drove them away courageously. And | ||
so they were driven away. | ||
After that presently, came one into the stone, all white. | ||
Solomon reached this white one a Cup. The white man held up the | ||
cup; and said, as followeth: | ||
iii. | ---: Lo this is my name. | |
God shall bless you. Fear not. Your faithfullness provoketh me | ||
to tell my name, and this it is: (putting forth the Cup again) for | ||
I am called | ||
I will shew thee, and I will show you, the Angel of your Direction, | ||
iv. | Which is called OCH16 | |
- This name he spake, he showed it also on the Table17 | ||
(before him) written. | ||
Raphael: He is mighty in the Sun18 beams, he shall profit | ||
thee19 hereafter. | ||
- Then came in another, and sat down in the chair; and he | ||
said as followeth: | ||
---: The strength of God Liveth, and reigneth forever. | ||
: Why then, you are Gabriel; and I took you but hereto to be | ||
Michael. Michael; how shall I then amend my book, in respect of | ||
your name always before written Michael? | ||
Fortitudo Dei: What thou hast Written, That hast thou | ||
Written; and it is true. | ||
Write down this name POLIPOS. | ||
Doth thou understand it? | ||
: No, God knoweth. | ||
Fortitudo Dei: When that day cometh, I will speak with thee, | ||
v. | if thou observe that which I have commanded thee. | |
As truly as I was with SOLOMON21, so truly will I be with | ||
thee. | ||
- Then came in another; Whom we take to be Uriel, for he | ||
went also, as he was want, and leaned at the Table. | ||
Fortitudo Dei: Search for Wisdom and Learning, and the Lord | ||
Will deliver it unto you. | ||
: I would to god. I knew your name truly, or What peculiar | ||
Letter I might set for you, to Note your Words and Actions by. | ||
Fortitudo Dei:Name I have none, but by my Office. | ||
SOLOMON came not hither, but by me. | ||
He is a mighty Prince, governing the heavens, under my power. | ||
This is sufficient for thy Instruction. | ||
I was with Solomon, in all his Works and Wonders22; and so was | ||
this, Whome God had appointed Unto him. | ||
The Divines know his name, and he is not hidden from the face | ||
of the earth. His name is written in the book which Lieth in the | ||
Window. | ||
vi. | : Do you mean Agrippa his book? And it is there expressed by | |
the name SOLOMON?23 | ||
Fortitudo Dei:I have said. | ||
: What order will you appoint unto us two, in respect of our | ||
two beings together My friend here may have other intents and | ||
purposes of his affairs, than will serve me for his aid having in | ||
these Actions. | ||
Fortitudo Dei: Join in prayers. For God hath blessed you. | ||
Doubt not. Consider these Mysteries. | ||
: Then they in the stone used talk together, but not well to | ||
be discerned by the ear of Edward Talbot. | ||
At length Fortitudo Dei talked very much, and speedily to | ||
Edward Talbot and disclosed unto him (Which he expressed not to me, | ||
at the stone, but disclosed afterward) all the manner of the | ||
practice, and circumstance about the Action intended, With the Gold | ||
Lamen, the ring, the seals etc24. And after I had spoken somewhat; | ||
in requesting him to shew me the manner, How I should artificially | ||
prepare everything spoken of he said: | ||
Fortitudo Dei:25 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | ||
i. SOLOMON: Of Solomon you may read in the call, | ||
Diei Dominica in Elementis Magicis Petri de Abano, | ||
Of the lord's Day in the Elements of Magick of Peter of Abano | ||
their called Salamia26. | ||
ii. Mammon27 | ||
iii. Raphaël | ||
iv. De OCH28, vide in libello Arbatel in | ||
For OCH, look in the little book, the Arbatel, on the Sun. | ||
v. Perchance he meaneth the council of Annael: before specified29. | ||
vi. It is in Elementis Magicis Petri de Abano printed with Clavis | ||
Agrippae, which was in my Oratory always under my Window30. |
1. The time being one quarter past the hour of one ante meridiem on the Ides of March. 2. 'Shapes familiar to the spirits of the Sun. The Spirits of the Sun do for the most part appear in a large, full & great body sanguine and gross, in a gold colour, with the tincture of blood. Their motion is as the lightening of Heaven; their sign is to move the person to sweat that calls them. But their particular forms are: A King having a Scepter riding on a Lion. A King crowned. A Queen with a Scepter. A Bird. A Lion. A Cock. A Yellow or golden Garment. A Scepter. Caudaius. C. Agrippa (pseud.), The Occult Philosophy Fourth Book (Gillete NJ:1985) 3. This reference, compares only the first verse of a psalm, that Dee almost certainly read here in its totality. Our interested readers should refer to the cited works for the complete passages. 4. selah = Heb. ( 60+30+5 = 95) A technical musical term indicating a pause in recitation. 5. '... his son' which Dee gives as '... his sonne' vide note # 9 & 18. 6. 'The Seat of Righteousness' cf. Thelema Lodge O.T.O. (Berk.CA: 8/88ev) / SL.MS.3188 3/10/1582 7. SOLOMON. op.cit. Thelema Lodge (OTO:5/88ev) 8. SOLOMON = Sol Om On vide A. Pike, Morals and Dogma etc. in ' The Prince Adept of the Sun ' for a somewhat abstruse discourse on this mystery. It is partially revealed to initiates of the Minerval Degree O.T.O. and further elucidated in the VIIth degree. 9. '... the Sun,' (possibly '... the Son,' by Dee's orthography '... the Sonne,' vide note # 5 & 18. 10. Mammon = Gk. . (40+1+40+800+50 = 931) 11. This may be an arch. sp. for 'virtuous'. 12. Mammon: 'No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.' Mt.VI:24
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11/2/88 | Egyptiana with Ebony 8 PM | Thelema Ldg | ||
11/6/88 | Gnostic Mass at 8 PM (Gnostic Heresy Night) | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/8/88 | New Moon Ritual 9:30 | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/9/88 | Class on Crowley's "Magick in Theory and Practice" with Bill, 8 PM. | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/10/88 | Nebt-Het Chapter/Prince of Jerusalem Council Meeting | Nebt-Het R+C | ||
11/11/88 | Iluminatti Game 7PM | Merkabah Hse | ||
11/13/88 | Gnostic Mass at 8 PM | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/15/88 | Lodge meeting | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/16/88 | Class on Crowley's "Magick in Theory and Practice" with Bill, 8 PM. | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/18/88 | Initiations to IVth & PI | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/19/88 | Minerval Initiations | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/20/88 | Gnostic Mass at 8 PM | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/22/88 | Full Moon Ritual 9:30 PM | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/23/88 | Egyptiana with Ebony 8 PM | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/24/88 | IIIrd Degree initiations (Traditional Thanksgiving day) | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/26/88 | Ist & IInd Degree Initiations | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/27/88 | Sagittarius party 4:18 PM | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/27/88 | Gnostic Mass at 8 PM | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/29/88 | Enochiana with Dave 8:30 PM (see below for description) | Thelema Ldg. | ||
11/30/88 | Egyptiana with Ebony 8 PM | Thelema Ldg. |
The viewpoints and opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the
contributing authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of OTO or its
officers.
Note to update: the addresses and phone numbers in these issues of the Thelema Lodge Calendars are obsolete since the closing of the Lodge. They are here for historic purposes only and should not be visited or called.