Announcements from
Lodge Members and Officers

    Personal correspondence for the new Lodge Master, as distinct from general correspondence to Thelema lodge, should be addressed to:

	J. Edward Cornelius P.O.Box 11667 Berkeley, CA 94701-2667 USA

or he can be reached at the following phone number:

    Four score and seven years ago in Cairo on April 8, 9, and 10 a New Law for mankind was announced over the left shoulder of Frater Perdurabo the scribe. On each of these three days he entered the temple and sat down at the stroke of noon to devote himself for exactly an hour to the preternatural pronouncements of Aiwass. (There was no "pagan standard time" at the Equinox of the Gods!) "The voice was of deep timbre, musical and expressive, its tones solemn, voluptuous, tender, fierce . . . . The English was free of either native or foreign accent. (The effect was thus as if the language were 'English-in-itself,' without any background)". Our modern tradition amongst Thelemites locally has been to gather in commemoration of the Aeon with a celebrative reading of the three chapters of Liber AL, each in the evening of the day on which it was originally received. S.F.Bay Area readings this year are set for 8:00--on Monday 8 April at Ancient Ways with Sirius Oasis (call 653-3244); Tuesday 9 April at the Gilman Street Project with Alien Gods Productions (524-8180); and Wednesday 10 April in Horus Temple at Thelema Lodge (654-3580). Please call for confirmation before setting forth to attend. And don't neglect to join the rest of us as we sacrifice an hour o'clock on the previous morning in honor of the Holy Days this year (daylight- saving time gets under way at 2=3 AM Sunday 7 April).

    Sunday nights at 8:00 each week the lodge offers a public celebration of the Mass of the Gnostic Catholic Church in Horus Temple. All attending should be communicants in the ritual, but newcomers are especially welcome to join the lodge for mass; please call ahead at 654-3580. For those interested in learning the mass (as set forth in Crowley's Liber XV) an afternoon workshop will be conducted in Horus Temple at 4:18 by Bishop T. Dionysus on Sunday 28 April. As it happens, the mass workshop conjoins our Taurus birthday party this month, so there'll be cake afterwards. Aspiring mass teams are invited to request a date on the Horus Temple schedule; they need to be present (or represented) at the regular monthly lodge meeting.

    This spring the Bay Area welcomes a newly operating temple of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica; regular monthly masses are being celebrated at Nefertiti Sanctuary in the city of San Francisco on Friday nights, with the next date scheduled for 5 April at 8:00. Call 566-0675 for an invitation.

    Initiates of Ordo Templi Orientis are invited to assist at the reception of candidates into their degrees, and join in the feasting after the Minerval ceremony. Initiations at the lodge are planned for Saturday 20 April, but it's important to call ahead to discuss the particular times, degrees, and locations involved. To undergo initiation forty days formal notice is required; inquire of the lodgemaster (or one of his officers) for an application, or write to the Thelema Lodge Initiation Secretary, P.O. Box 2303, Berkeley, CA 94702. Second degree initiates are invited to a workshop on the ceremony of that degree, which we will discuss and rehearse with the lodgemaster on Sunday afternoon 14 April at 4:18. On 21 April, the Sunday following initiations, we'll have an afternoon of lodge clean-up; please support your temple and come help beat the carpets, wash the windows, and banish the demons.

    Tuesday April 16th, A special night of occult oriented trash video collages of anti-satanic propaganda as spread across the air waves into our TV's by such misguided folk as Geraldo, Salley Jessie Raphael, Current Affair, CNN News, John Ankerberg and many, many more. Come see, watch in horror, laugh and make rude remarks and jeer. Guaranteed to make you go away talking ... Popcorn not supplied. Starts promptly at 8:00 PM, so don't be late. Donations requested to help the lodge. Call the Lodge for location.

    The Tarot series with Bill Heidrick meets once in April at 8:00 in the temple on Wednesday 17 April, the fifth of ten classes. Bill's celebrated and long-running slide lectures, with sample Tarot readings, display decks, and substantial hand-outs of original interpretative material are a mainstay of the lodge's continuing efforts as a thelemic study center.
    The newly-established Magick in Theory and Practice Study Circle will gather with Marlene the following Wednesday evening, 24 April, at 8:00. This group is for all levels of experience and is intended to facilitate individual exploration into practical approaches to Magick. The text by Crowley will be used as a basis for discussion.
    The Magick Theater offers the latest in ancient fare; this month we'll be reading The Bacchae of Euripides (circa anno 406, aeon before last), arranged as a communion rite in an outstanding modern African translation. "A Dramatic Ritual . . . . is a celebration of the Adventures of the God whom it is intended to invoke. The Bacchae of Euripides is a perfect example of this.
    Magick Without Tears. Reading begins at 7:30 in Horus Temple on Tuesday 30 April; texts provided for readers and auditors.

    Lodge meeting for calendar, business, and palaver is Monday evening 29 April at 8:00. Those able to take an active role in the affairs of the lodge are urged to attend and coordinate their efforts.
    The Lodge of Perfection meets privately on Thursday evening 18 April.
    Thelema Lodge hosts a Ladies' T on Monday afternoon 15 April from 5:30 to 7:30. Thelemic women invited to share tea and secrets.

    Jerry's Logorrhea: You might be asking yourself, "What is Jerry's Logorrhea and why should I attend?" (or is it contagious?) Those are good questions. To understand, it might be best to look at the term logorrhea which is used primarily in psychology. When the word is broken down we know logo means the word and the term roai in Greek implies flowing forth. Thus some dictionaries define logorrhea as "excessive and incoherent talking." In some ways this often summons up the talks which I, as a babbling Cancer with Scorpio Moon have planned for the future. Still want to attend? If there is any doubt you might want to talk to those survivors who sat through my lectures in the past, or attempted to listen to my ramblings while sipping beer in my living room. A few who shall remain nameless have often pointed their fingers at me, shaking their heads, exclaiming, "My God you've got logorrhea!". I'm not sure if it was meant in a positive way, but I sort of like the word and thus came to birth "Jerry's Logorrhea" classes. I can only say these fireside chats will not be dull, and in fact you might actually learn something! As with all my classes popcorn is not being supplied. Also, show up early as this neurotic Cancer has this weird tendency to start classes on time. (How absurd, you might say!)
    The topics of these talks will most likely be decided a few days before the scheduled date of each logorrhea. You can call in advance if you'd like to know the basic subject matter, but often even I may not know what idle chatter will strew forth till I open my mouth.
    April 26th, May 11th and 24th. Call The Lodge for location and time.

    Looking to May, Sol goes fifteen degrees Taurus on Sunday 5 May for Beltane, which we'll probably observe with Tyl Ulenspiegl and Lucifer the King of Spring in the afternoon before mass. Find the advance May calendar (in this issue) for projected class dates and regular events.

from the Grady Project:

[previously unpublished]

    For a list of available Crowley texts in computer format and instructions for ordering, please write to

Grand Treasurer General Ordo Templi Orientis P.O.Box 430 Fairfax, CA 94978 USA

    This is a non-profit service of Grand Lodge O.T.O. for research purposes only, subject to time available delays.

{Note to Web edition: These texts are no longer available on diskette, but they may be obtained via email attachment or from various Websites.}

    In addition to the records above, recently, I have been made aware of another account that Thelema Lodge has with/through the GTG of the OTO. Currently there is a balance of $133.00 in this account.
    If anybody out there has ANY ideas on how to raise monies let me know! Simply drop a postcard to 536 41st St., Oakland, CA 94609.

    The following 72 angelic names are a great and ancient mystery of ceremonial Magick and the Qabalah. They constitute the "Schemahamphorasch", the great divided name of God. The 72 names are derived from three consecutive verses in the Hebrew text of Exodus. These verses consist of exactly 72 letters each. The first of these verses, Exodus XIV, 19, is written right to left in the normal fashion of writing Hebrew. The second of these verses, Exodus XIV, 20, is then written beneath the first backwards, from left to right. Beneath these two is written the third verse, Exodus XIV, 21, in the normal order again, from right to left. This gives a list of 72 columns of letters with three letters in each column. To each of these three- letter columns two additional letters are appended. These additional letters are Aleph-Lamed, , or Yod-Heh, ; El or Yah, two names of God. There are other ways to form the Schemahamphorasch and other lists of names drawn upon for this practice. The method is mentioned in several sources including Semiphoras and Schemhamporas, a 17th century work reprinted and available widely in a quite odd anthology called The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses. These names are also to be found in Barrett's The Magus, I. Regardie's The Golden Dawn, Crowley's Liber 777, and Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus. The angelic names are used in the Golden Dawn and Crowley's system for attribution to the Lesser Trumps of Tarot. The lists in 777 and Regardie's The Golden Dawn contain errors, as do most sources. Every effort has been made to avoid errors here, but it is a simple matter for anyone to check these names with the aid of a copy of the Masoretic Text of the Torah.
    The process whereby the names "El" and "Yah" are selected to complete these names is not generally known. It is possible that "EL" is used to indicate Male and "Yah" to indicate Female bias in the names, but there are other plausible reasons for picking one ending over the other.
    The names are attributed to the five-degree divisions of the Zodiac starting with the first division of Leo and continuing around the Zodiac in much the same fashion as do the Decans.

Key No.:	Name in Hebrew:	English Pronun.:	Latin Key Word:	English Meaning of Hebrew (Questionable value):	Sign and Quinance:
15	49 -	Vahoael	Maximus	Many interjections of Grief Made to God	0°- 5°
15	50 -	Daniel	Clemens	Judgment of God	5°-10°
15	51 -	Hacheshyah	Laetabundus	Silence of God	10°-15°
15	52 -	Amamyah	Altissimus	Join with God	15°-20°
15	53 -	Nanael	Verus	Pray to God	20°-25°
15	54 -	Niathel	Regnator	Wail at the Portent of God	25°-30°
16	55 -	Meboahyah	Aternum	Havens (Harbors) of God	0°- 5°
16	56 -	Poiel	Erector	Mouth of God	5°-10°
16	57 -	Namamyah	Protector	From God	10°-15°
16	58 -	Yeielel	Animus	Howl to God	15°-20°
16	59 -	Harachel	Oriens	The Crushing of God	20°-25°
16	60 -	Matzarel	Justus	Distress from God	25°-30°
17	61 -	Vambel	Benedictus	Repeated Entrance of God	0°- 5°
17	62 -	Yahhael	Amabilis	God is the God	5°-10°
17	63 -	Eaniel	Laudabilis	The Sufferers of God	10°-15°
17	64 -	Mahiel	Mercator	(The What and Who of God)	15°-20°
17	65 -	Dambyah	Deprecabilis	(Flowing Blood of God)	20°-25°
17	66 -	Menqel	Assistens	Libation Bowl of God	25°-30°
18	67 -	Aniael	Dator	Remove the Woe of God	0°- 5°
18	68 -	Chabaoyah	Bonus	Hide Within God	5°-10°
18	69 -	Raahel	Praemium	Vision of God	10°-15°
18	70 -	Yabmyah	Deus	Wedded to God	15°-20°
18	71 -	Hyaiel	Multus	(God and Man Exist)	20°-25°
18	72 -	Momyah	Requies	Blemish of God	25°-30°
19	1 -	Vahavyah	Exaltator	Cry unto God Who is God	0°- 5°
19	2 -	Yaliel	Auxiliator	(Thankful of God's Presence)	5°-10°
19	3 -	Saitel	Spes	Roaming of God	10°-15°
19	4 -	Alamyah	Salus	Vigor of God	15°-20°
19	5 -	Mashyah	Quaestus	Pledge of God	20°-25°
19	6 -	Lalahel	Annunciatus	That Which is Not is Not of God	25°-30°
20	7 -	Akael	Longanimis	Weary of God	0°- 5°
20	8 -	Kahtiel	Adorandus	Weariness of Signs of God	5°-10°
20	9 -	Haziel	Recordabilis	Seeing of God	10°-15°
20	10 -	Haladyah	. . .	Yonder is the Strife of God	15°-20°
20	11 -	Lavyah	Exultabundus	Desireless Nature of God	20°-25°
20	12 -	Haaoyah	Opportunus	Wood of God	25°-30°
22	13 -	Yzalel	Decantatus	Deliverance of God	0°- 5°
22	14 -	Mabhel	Sublevator	Emptiness of Things Before God	5°-10°
22	15 -	Hariel	Ens	The Mountains of God	10°-15°
22	16 -	Haqamyah	Advocatus	The Standing Corn of God	15°-20°
22	17 -	Lavyah	Dominator	Absence of Desire Before God	20°-25°
22	18 -	Keliel	Justitia	Vessel for God	25°-30°
24	19 -	Loyah	Exauditor	Desire of God	0°- 5°
24	20 -	Pehalyah	Ervens	Shining Mouth of God	5°-10°
24	21 -	Nalekel	Fortis	Unto Thee, God	10°-15°
24	22 -	Yeyayel	Dexter	(Three-fold Power of God)	15°-20°
24	23 -	Molahel	Custos	Command of God	20°-25°
24	24 -	Chohvyal	Expetendus	Breathe the Woe of God	25°-30°
25	25 -	Natahyah	Mirabilis	The Cutting of God	0°- 5°
25	26 -	Haayah	Invacandus	Behold God	5°-10°
25	27 -	Yarahel	Salvator	Archery of God	10°-15°
25	28 -	Shaahyah	Festinus	Contemplate God	15°-20°
25	29 -	Riel	Sanator	Rain of God	20°-25°
25	30 -	Aumel	Adolescentia	(Hum) of God	25°-30°
26	31 -	Lakbel	Solus	Journey in God's Circuit	0°- 5°
26	32 -	Vasharyah	Rector	Many Masters of God	5°-10°
26	33 -	Yahoyah	Cogitabundus	God and God	10°-15°
26	34 -	Lachyah	Expectatio	Freshness of God	15°-20°
26	35 -	Koqyah	Deprecatio	Explode Forth in God	20°-25°
26	36 -	Menkel	Gloria	Cease Strife Before God	25°-30°
28	37 -	Anael	Facies	Ship of God	0°- 5°
28	38 -	Chamyah	Refugium	(In the Midst of God)	5°-10°
28	39 -	Rah'el	Advitor	Friend of God	10°-15°
28	40 -	Yeyazel	Propulsator	God Causes a Start	15°-20°
28	41 -	Hahehel	Liberator	(Three-fold Plan of God)	20°-25°
28	42 -	Michael	Custos	Like God	25°-30°
29	43 -	Vaolyah	Matutinus	Attached to Nothingness in God	0°- 5°
29	44 -	Yalahyah	Doctor	Howl at Nothingness in God	5°-10°
29	45 -	Salyah	Compatiens	Measure Out the Law of God	10°-15°
29	46 -	Eriel	Operator	Watchfulness of God	15°-20°
29	47 -	Ashalyah	Magnificus	Labor on Errors in God	20°-25°
29	48 -	Mihael	Revalator	(The Who & What of God)	25°-30°

    (Latin Key Words taken from The Kabbalah by Ginsburg, p. 136. A list of these Key Words is also found in Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, along with some rather shaky Noteriquon.)

                                                                 -- TSG (Bill Heidrick)

O.T.O. active membership from accounting at end February 1991 e.v.

Previous years and growth comparison:

	2/88	2/89	2/90	2/91
DV Associates:	N/A	42	49	54
Paid Associates:	170	194	245	211
Minervals:	397	403	443	526
Ist Degrees:	236	358	380	457
IInd Degrees:	154	173	217	249
IIIrd Degrees:	97	109	145	178
IVth Degrees:	35	64	66	80
Vth Degrees:	40	49	63	65
Higher Degrees:	16	16	19	24
	====	====	====	====
Total members:	1,145	1,408	1,627	1,844

Web Edition Corrective Notes:
a. This year's total was too high by 179 in the printed edition, through an error
    in adding Yugoslavia twice. The correct count at February 1991 e.v.
    was 1,577, as now adjusted above.
b. This total has now been corrected. Yugoslavia was added twice, giving an
    incorrect count of 581 in the original printed edition, when the
    correct count was 402.

Detail of February 1990 e.v. Demographics (last year)

Events Calendar for April 1991 e.v.

    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.