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    Well...so far, not a single postcard has come my way...I would suppose that nobody wants to complain enough to write to me; though I have received NUMEROUS verbal praises of our occasional Heresy... though no heresies have been announced for June. Mass is at sunset every Sunday - be here by 8 pm. Tammy's Barefoot Seminar is invitational and on June 2nd... and SYNOD II (or Synod, Too) starts at 8 pm on the 17th at Merkabah House. Come, All Ye Clergy - followed by the Bishops' Mass.
    Summer Solstice is at Kirby Cove this year. We have a campsite there from noon the 20th to noon the 22nd- we need Four drivers, firewood, and all manner of things - call Mordecai at 647-8147 for more details...we'll do the ritual Wednesday evening. Map and Rules of Kirby later in the Newsletter.
    Initiations (arranged in advance):
Minervals and Third Degrees June 24th; Practice for Minerval through Third 7 pm the 28th, Fourth and P. I. practice on the 29th at 8 pm. both here in Horus Temple.
    Thelema Lodgemeeting 8 pm on the 13th - all welcome. The Lodge Of Perfection meets June 15th, and Hypatia Camp meets at 7 pm the 5th before Yoga...
    Full Moon Ritual at Merkabah House midnight the 18th; show up at 11 with some food/drink to share.
    Lola's Minerval Meditation class June 7 at 8 pm - wear comfy clothes.
    The Tarot series continues on the 14th of June. Bill Heidrick is the presenter, and this meeting will feature the Minor Trump and the Tree of Life. Divination aids will be provided for the Minor Trumps, and a series of divination aids for the first few Major Trumps will be distributed. The remaining Major Trump material will be provided in sections during the succeeding classes. The "Celtic Cross" lay-out will begin our reading exercises with this class, and a few volunteers will be called to have readings done for them. A printed instruction for the lay-out will also be provided. 8 pm.
    Hatha Yoga I continues with Luscha every Monday at 8 pm except the 26th.
    Enochiana 8:30 the 27th with Dave: Operation of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth, Part II. (though attendance of Part I is not required)
    T'ai C'hi Ch'uan & Projection of the Body of Light begins with Pat on the 9th at 7 pm...call him for info at 775-7935. Wear those Yoga clothes.
    Unfolding Hermetics June 8th & 22nd, 8 pm at Merkabah House. 549-0952.
    Ritual 28 at Merkabah June 1st: call if you're interested - secret meeting 6/23 - that Eleusinian Mob will gather at the Lodge June 26th at 8 pm; and the Cancerian Birthday Splash is at 4:18 on the 25th - no Lucy imitations, please... (I realize I've been brief; space is tight this month...)

    *: Common Era; identical meaning in this place to Era Vulgaris - i. e. THEIR system..

    In Part I, we brought the history of O.T.O. up through the belated discovery of the Greater Feast of Fr. Saturnus, Karl Germer, O.H.O. from 1947 e.v. to 1962 e.v. It would not be fitting to pass on to the time of interregnum and the rise of the Caliphate without a few more words about Brother Karl.
    Karl Germer was a long standing friend of Crowley's and an early member of the O.T.O. He served as Viceroy in Germany and Crowley's personal representative in the United States. During the last part of Crowley's life, Germer ran the financial side of the Order, chiefly collecting contributions from the members in California for the "Aleister Crowley Publication Fund" and copyrighting Crowley's later publications. After Crowley's death, Brother Germer continued first edition publishing of several of Crowley's long standing projects, including Magick without Tears, 777 Revised, The Vision and the Voice --- first annotated edition, and Liber Aleph. If there were shortcomings in his management of the Fraternity, there were none in Brother Karl's efforts to bring Crowley's unpublished legacy to the world. Many of the most important works would not have reached the public without his diligent labor and the labor of the Sisters of O.T.O. in preparing typescripts.

And now, the interregnum and the rise of the Caliphate:

    Following disclosure of a robbery of O.T.O. archives from the home of Sascha Germer, Soror Meral, a member of O.T.O., contacted Grady McMurtry at his Washington, D.C. address. McMurtry learned at that time of the death of Germer, years before, and of the theft of archives. McMurtry came to California in his capacities as an Inspector General of O.T.O., as the chartered Head of the USA O.T.O. operations, and as a concerned member. An investigation was conducted by McMurtry of the archival robbery and of other library burglaries that occurred around that time. McMurtry was not able to recover the missing materials.
    In 1969 e.v., surviving O.T.O. members from the Germer and Crowley years were invited to join with McMurtry resuming regular operations of O.T.O. Members Sr. Meral, Sr. Grimaud, M. Burlingame and Montenegro indicated willingness to see the O.T.O. accessible to the general public. At that time there were less than a dozen surviving O.T.O. members in the United States. Ray Burlingame had died some years before, and Dr. Montenegro died before an organizational meeting could be held. On 12/28/71, the Ordo Templi Orientis Association was registered with the State of California to form a legal entity for O.T.O. This Association included members of Agape Lodge #2, from the Crowley and Germer period. Grady McMurtry produced his letters of charter, and assumed the title "Caliph of O.T.O.", as specified in Crowley's letters to McMurtry from the 1940s e.v.
    Sascha Germer died in the mid 1970s e.v., and the O.T.O. Association under McMurtry obtained a court order for delivery of the remnant of the O.T.O. archives that had been in her custodianship. This order was issued in the Superior Court in Calaveras County, California, and filed July 27th, 1976 e.v.

    Under McMurtry, as Caliph or acting Head of O.T.O., several attempts were made to attract new members to O.T.O. A few new members were initiated through efforts centered in Dublin, California at The College of Thelema and in San Francisco at the Kaaba Clerk House. The San Francisco activity collapsed, and a new member resigned. Some years later, a person who was a visitor at the San Francisco location began representing himself as the Head of O.T.O. This person was not an initiated member. The Dublin California O.T.O. center ceased to be a major focus of O.T.O. activity.
    In 1977 e.v., McMurtry held O.T.O. initiations at his home in Berkeley, California. A group formed at that new location, a newsletter was published and ultimately the O.T.O. Association was converted into a corporation. O.T.O. was incorporated under the laws of the State of California on March 26th, 1979 e.v. Persons who had claimed in print to be O.T.O. members or who were known to be former members were notified of the formation of the corporation, and given a period of time to file a claim to continued membership, according to a precedent established earlier by Karl Germer. The corporation attained 501(c)3 Federal Tax exemption as a religious entity in 1982 e.v., and presently includes over 1,400 active members, world wide.
    During the period from 1962 e.v. (death of Karl Germer) to the present, a number of occult membership societies have arisen. Because of wide interest in the writings of Aleister Crowley since those writings had been reprinted in the late 1960s e.v. and early 1970s e.v., many of these new societies styled themselves to a greater or lesser extent after Crowley's ideas and the model of O.T.O. Some individuals and some of these societies have confused the Thelemic religion with the name Ordo Templi Orientis, possibly because many of Crowley's writings on Thelema have been published under the auspices and with the marks of O.T.O. One common practice has been the formulation of names for new occult societies with acronyms similar to O.T.O, e.g. O.T.A. for Ordo Templi Astarte, O.T.B. for Ordo Templi Baphe-metis. The titles of Crowley and O.T.O. works and periodicals have also been used by some of these individuals and groups, e.g. O.T.B. has published The Aurea Flamma where O.T.O. had used the name Oriflamme for a publication. Some disturbed individuals wrote to O.T.O. from mental hospitals, asserting that they were the true Head of O.T.O. A significant number of individuals wrote to tell O.T.O. that they were the reincarnation of Aleister Crowley, and that O.T.O. was remiss in not accepting the reincarnation of Aleister Crowley as its leader. Some wrote to other people, asserting similar claims and making unauthorized use of the name and symbols of O.T.O. Several individuals wrote to O.T.O. asserting that they had received further revelation of additional material to Crowley's Libel AL vel Legis, e.g. James Beck (also known as Jimmi Rocket) of Oregon. This category of correspondents also made occasional unauthorized use of the symbols and name of O.T.O. Authors speculated about the "Real Head of O.T.O.", notably Francis King of England, who wrote several books supporting different claimants over an extended period. A few authors published under fictitious titles and honors copied from O.T.O. history, e.g. Geoff Smith, of England, in his Knights of the Solar Cross and several authors in The Oriflamme out of New York in 1975 e.v. and 1976 e.v. Where addresses were available, O.T.O. wrote letters to the more outspoken of these individuals and groups, requesting that they cease and desist representing themselves as O.T.O. These strange representations have greatly diminished in the last five years as knowledge of the survival of O.T.O. has spread, but new instances continue to occur a few times a year.

- As Edward Kelly2 and I were talking of my book Soyga;3 or i         Aldaraia: and I at length said that, (as far as I did remember) ii        Zadzaczadlin, was Adam by the Alphabet thereof, suddenly appeared     the spiritual creature, which said yesterday that he would come     again, this day, uncalled: and at his first coming he said: Then, a' primo. Firstly.     :                                  Qui primus est et novissimus,                                       Alpha et Omega, misereatur nostri.                                              Who is the first and the last,                                 The Alpha and the Omega, Our commiserator.     Il: Amen. Glory be to thee, Which art one, and comprehending all.     Marvelous is thy wisdom, in those, of whom, thou wilt be     comprehended.             A short prayer, but appliable to my purpose.             Every praise with us is a prayer. iii       - He taketh off his pied coat,4 and threw it upon the corner     of my desk, and then he seemed clothed in an ancient doctorly     apparel: and on his head he had a wreath of white silk of three     braids.     Il: Well, I will give you my Lesson, and so bid you farewell.             First, I am to persuade you to put away wavering minds.             Secondly, for your instruction in those necessary occasions,     thus it is: iv               The Outside or Skin must be the Center.             There is one foundation.             The Flesh must be the Outside.             The Center itself must be dissevered into 4 equal parts.           There is your Lesson.     : We understand not this dark Lesson.     Il: The heart must be the fourth part of the body; and yet the     body perfect and sound. The Skin must occupy the place of the     heart and yet without deformity.             God is the beginning of all things: The farthest part of all     things, is in the hands of God. v                The like shall be found amongst the number of his One most     holy name.             The Earth is a foundation to every thing: and differeth but     only in form. In the form of his own application whereunto it is     applied.             God is the beginning of all things, but not after one sort,     nor to everyone alike.             But it is three manner of Works, with his name. vi                 The One in respect of his Dignification:               The Second in respect of Conciliation:               The Third, in respect of an end and determined Operation.             Now Sir, to what end, would you wear your Character?         : At our two first dealings together,5 it was answered, by a     Spiritual Creature (Whom we took to be Uriel.) vii Plate I. Sigillum hoc in auro sculpendum, ad defensionem corporis omni loco, tempore et occasione, et in pectus gestandum. This Seal is to be carved in gold. as a defense for the body in all places, times & circumstances, and is to be worn on the breast.     Il: But how do I teach?             The Character is an Instrument, applicable only to     Dignification. viii             But there is no Dignification (here) but that which doth     proceed, and hath his perfect Composition, Centrally in the square     Number of 3 and 4.             The Center Whereof shall be equal to the greatest.     : We understand not.     Il: Hereby you may gather, not only, to what end, the blessed ix       Character (wherewith thou shalt be dignified) is prepared, but also     the nature of all other Characters. To the second ----     : Conciliation you mean. x         Il: The Table is an Instrument of Conciliation.             And so are the other 7 Characters: which you call by the name     of Tables, squared out into the form of Armies: which are xi       proper to every King and Prince according to their order:             Now to the last:     : As concerning the end and determined Operation.     Il: It only consisteth in the mercy of God, and the Character of xii      these books.             For Behold, As there is nothing that cometh or springeth from     God, but it is as God, and hath Secret Majestical; and inexplicable xiii    Operation in it: So every Letter here bringeth forth the Names of     God: But (indeed), they are but One Name: But according to the     Local and former being, to (do) comprehend the universal xiv     generation, corruptible and incorruptible of every thing.6 It     followeth then, it must needs comprehend the end of all things. xv              This much hitherto. The Character is false and devilish. He     that dwelleth in thee, hath told thee so, Long ago. The former     Devil, did not only insinuate himself, but these things.     : I do marvel, that we had no warning hereof, ere now; and     that I was often times called on, to prepare those things     (Characters and Tables) and yet they were false. xvi     Il: If it should have been gone about to be made, it should not     have been suffered to pass under the form of Wickedness.             The Truth is to be gathered upon the first Demonstration. xvii            (my Demonstration and* yours are not all one: you will not be     offended with me; Sir.)             I gave thee a certain principle, Which in itself is a     sufficient demonstration: I told thee the placing of the Centre,     the form of it, with a lineal placing and ordering of that xviii   which thou lookest* for.     : But truly I understand not.     Il: I teach.     Take clean Paper. It must be made 4 Inches square:     Pray.     - We prayed.     Il: These Letters, which I shall speak now, thou shalt afterword, xix      put them in their proper Characters.             Write: Never since the beginning of the World, was this     Secret delivered; nor this holy mystery set open, before the     Weaklings of this World.             Write in the uppermost prick O, and b on the right hand, and g     on the left, etc.             The two extreme pricks; one on the right hand, a and the other     on the left o etc.             There is the whole.     - We prayed (unbidden) in respect of the mystery revealed.     Edward Kelly was scarce able to abide or endure the Voice of the     Spiritual Creature, when he spake of these things now: the sound     was so forcible to his head; that it made it ache vehemently.

- Note here the 3 diverse manners how the Letters are composed.             The middle is called the     1. Heart or Center; those also enclosing the heart, are     2. called the flesh. And two outside pillars (of two in a row) is counted     3. the Skin.

i.
ii.		ADAM =
iii.		Apparel changed.
iv.		An Enigmatical Lesson.7
v.		Note.
vi.		Three manner of works with God his Name.
vii.		vide Inscriptiones suo loco anno 1592. Marty die 10. See the writing joined to this place for the day of March 10, 1582.
viii.		Note here of the 7 Tables of Creation, how they appertain to the 7 Kings and Princes.8
ix.		The Nature of all Characters.
x.		Instrument of Conciliation.
xi.		NOTE order.
xii.		This Book of 48 Tables.9
xiii.		Note of the Names of God.
xiv.		Generation -|	Corruptible Incorruptible
xv.		The Character also was a false tradition.
xvi.		Note.
xvii.		* "Lepide', Mathematicas meas demonstrationes denotat." Agreement! As my Mathematical demonstration notes.
xviii.		*he meaneth my proper Character truly made.
xiv.		Note, These to Be put in proper Characters.

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    The Solstice on 6/20-22/89 e.v. will be celebrated at Kirby Cove.
    Here are the rules of the site use, from the ranger station.
1. Camp only in designated campsites. Use the tent pads provided.
All tents must be within the limits of our campsite.
2. Fires are permitted only in the grills and fire pits. No fires in tent pads or on the beach.
3. Gathering of wood is not permitted. Bring your own firewood or charcoal.
4 Parking is permitted with NPS Parking Pass displayed on the windshield only. Park in the designated parking spots for our campsite. We are alowed four cars per site maximum.
5. Keep the gate locked at all times. Cars without parking passes are not permitted. No buses, trailers, or RVs are allowed through the gate.
6. Our reservation will be cancelled if our group contains fewer than eight or more than twenty persons for camping.
7. No Fireworks, weapons (including slingshots and bows and arrows.
8. No pets and no amplified music. 10 PM to 6 AM are designated as quiet hours.

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Events Calendar for June 1989 e.v.

6/1/89		Ritual 28		Merkabah Hse
6/2/89		Tammy's Mass Seminar (inivitation)		Thelema Ldg.
6/4/89		Gnostic Mass at Sunset		Thelema Ldg.
6/5/89		Hypatia Camp meets 7PM at Thelema L		Hypatia Cmp
6/5/89		Hatha Yoga with Luscha 9 PM " "		ABRAHADABRA
6/7/89		Minerval Meditation with Lola 8 PM		Thelema Ldg.
6/8/89		Unfolding Hermetics 8 PM		Merkabah Hse
6/9/89		Tai Chi with Pat (call)
6/11/89		Gnostic Mass at Sunset		Thelema Ldg.
6/12/89		Hatha Yoga with Luscha 9 PM		ABRAHADABRA
6/13/89		Thelema Lodge Meeting 8 PM		Thelema Ldg.
6/14/89		Tarot with Bill (Minor Trumps) 8 PM		Thelema Ldg.
6/15/89		Lodge of Perfection meeting		LoP
6/17/89		Gnostic Synod II at 8 PM		OTO EGC
6/18/89		Gnostic Mass at Sunset		Thelema Ldg.
6/18/89		Full Moon Ritual at midnight		Merkabah Hse
6/19/89		Hatha Yoga with Luscha 9 PM		ABRAHADABRA
6/20-22/89		Solstice at Kirby Cove (call)		OTO
6/22/89		Unfolding Hermetics 8 PM		Merkabah Hse
6/23/89		"Secret" meeting		Thelema Ldg.
6/24/89		Minerval and IIIrd Degree initiation		Thelema Ldg.
6/25/89		Cancer Birthday Splash 4:18 PM		Thelema Ldg.
6/25/89		Gnostic Mass at 8 PM		Thelema Ldg.
6/26/89		Eleusinian Repertory meeting 8 PM		Thelema Ldg.
6/27/89		Enochiana with Dave 8 PM (Operation of The Sigillum Dei Ameth Part II)		Thelema Ldg.
6/28/89		Initiation practice 0 - III		Thelema Ldg.
6/29/89		Initiation practice IV & PI		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.

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