THE |
|
a cache of usenet and other text files pertaining
to occult, mystical, and spiritual subjects. |
To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick.order,alt.magick From: nigris333Subject: OTO and AA Connections (Re: Statement by the Highest Authority of the A.'.A.'.) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:41:42 GMT 50010611 VI! om Hail Satan! Felix: >> The point remains: The A.'.A.'. is not affiliated in any way >> to the OTO, save in the deluded minds of OTOs. bheidrick@aol.com (B Heidrick): > That's odd to remark, since it's what OTO has said all along, > other than that deluded bit. :-) not "all along". there have been numerous references to the AA as unofficially related to the (c)OTO by OTO members in the recent past within rather public archives. in fact, the article "Consider the Source" in the biannual newsletter of OTO ("Magical Link", page 10) is a clear statement from the head of the O.T.O. that "a resigned O.T.O. officer" created "the Temple of Thelema, an occult group in Los Angeles" which "purports to act as a training group for the A.'.A.'. moreover, there are many obvious even public dual-memberships between O.T.O. and a variety of A.'.A.'. or A.'.A.'.-related groups, of which the T.O.T. is only one among many. while it may be technically correct that officials of the O.T.O. have not specified a FORMAL relationship between the two (or more) orders, there has been an INFORMAL relationship between the two since Crowley and his cohorts created the A.'.A.'. and he wrote his "One Star in Sight" describing his vision of how it ought be organized (cf. the back of Dover's "Magick in Theory and Practice" if not other "Book Four: Liber ABBA" publishings). this informal relationship has been the cause of internal order conflict as loyalists to the previous Caliph (Hymenaeus Alpha, aka Grady McMurtry) in CA have been placed in the hotseat concerning their A.'.A.'. affiliations (because the CA and NY factions support different A.'.A.'. lineages) by the NY officials (notably Hymenaeus Beta). whether or not these conflicts come to resolution (as has apparently come to pass with the periodical 'The Red Flame' published by the Corneliuses; cf. http://cornelius93.homestead.com/misc.html especially the epistles regarding expulsion, parts I, II, and III) is of no consequence to the real problems that A.'.A.'. rivalries are causing to the integrity and composure of the (c)OTO. 333, II' of (c)OTO
The Arcane Archive is copyright by the authors cited.
Send comments to the Arcane Archivist: tyaginator@arcane-archive.org. |
Did you like what you read here? Find it useful?
Then please click on the Paypal Secure Server logo and make a small donation to the site maintainer for the creation and upkeep of this site. |
The ARCANE ARCHIVE is a large domain,
organized into a number of sub-directories, each dealing with a different branch of religion, mysticism, occultism, or esoteric knowledge. Here are the major ARCANE ARCHIVE directories you can visit: |
|
interdisciplinary:
geometry, natural proportion, ratio, archaeoastronomy
mysticism: enlightenment, self-realization, trance, meditation, consciousness occultism: divination, hermeticism, amulets, sigils, magick, witchcraft, spells religion: buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, judaism, taoism, wicca, voodoo societies and fraternal orders: freemasonry, golden dawn, rosicrucians, etc. |
SEARCH THE ARCANE ARCHIVE
There are thousands of web pages at the ARCANE ARCHIVE. You can use ATOMZ.COM
to search for a single word (like witchcraft, hoodoo, pagan, or magic) or an
exact phrase (like Kwan Yin, golden ratio, or book of shadows):
OTHER ESOTERIC AND OCCULT SITES OF INTEREST
Southern
Spirits: 19th and 20th century accounts of hoodoo,
including slave narratives & interviews
|