If this is too much shameless self-promotion
Hardly. You're sharing word of a labor of love, the content of which is clearly relevant to the site.
One of the very first books I ever read on AC was Regardie's Legend of AC with all the salacious press clippings and excerpts. This work of yours would appear to be ready to take its place on the same shelf!
Looks great, Lutz!
Very, very cool! It looks like you combed the newspaper archives for articles related to Aleister Crowley from all over the world. It reminds me of the Aleister Crowley Scrapbook by Sandy Robertson. Your dogged research is laudable.15 years and two months ago I "published" this little home-made booklet to commemorate the death of Aleister Crowley 60 years earlier.
@toadstoolwe I did. Though the first booklet from 2007 contained only clippings I physically had. Bought them from "Have a newspaper from your birth date" pages or ebay, but of course since all these wonderful digitizing project have expanded I was going through them.
Excellent! Before the advent of the internet, if you wanted to do a project like yours, you had to rely on printed Bibliographies, and bound newspapers or microfiche. (And you would practically have to move into a library) Today, we have the luxury of bringing the world's libraries and archives at our fingertips. Good fortune to you and your expanded edition. From what I previewed, you did a beautiful job in layout and visual design.@toadstoolwe I did. Though the first booklet from 2007 contained only clippings I physically had. Bought them from "Have a newspaper from your birth date" pages or ebay, but of course since all these wonderful digitizing project have expanded I was going through them.
you had to rely on printed Bibliographies, and bound newspapers or microfiche. (And you would practically have to move into a library)
Or you find wonderful people. 20 years ago I "published" the collected "Chess Notes" columns from the Eastbourne Gazette 1894, arguably AC's first public writings (writing as Ta Dhuibh). For that I wrote a snail Mail letter to the Eastbourne Reference Library and - unbelievably - two wonderful people (Kristy Byrne and Philip Bye) actually searched the archives and xeroxed all the columns for me, if I remember correctly without any costs. A fascinating read, by the way, during a few months the chess enthusiast Crowley literally broke up the Eastbourne Chess Club.
P.S. I am not sure, but I guess the clippings were available for downloading here.
@the_real_simon_iff I can relate to that. In a previous post I talked about my friend who worked in the stacks of the Cincinnati Public Library. He was a real Crowley devotee. He even owned a WW 2 era copy of "Thumbs Up!" a Patriotic poem he wrote, and it was autographed. He took the time to copy some articles that I think were from Vanity Fair magazine from the 19 teens. It was proposed movie script Crowley wrote. Half in jest, as it was very sardonically written. I agree, some very nice and generous people work in libraries. I used to browse old literary magazines from that era and would often find reviews of Crowley's works.
Very nice work on those!
A fascinating read, by the way, during a few months the chess enthusiast Crowley literally broke up the Eastbourne Chess Club.
He seemed to have that effect on people.... 🙁
Iff says: Crowley literally broke up the Eastbourne Chess Club.
Chris repliesL He seemed to have that effect on people...
When I mention Rays, which Crowley did not teach, or probably even appreciate, or possibly not know anything about ... I often cite the connection between AC and the First Ray.
The first ray is military - and secondly, political, as the civilians try to control the military). This does not mean a person will be a soldier or a politician - but it does mean that wherever they go, they will exert the effects of the first ray.
The initial effects of the first ray are always destructive. The overall purpose is to establish a new order of thing, which it cannot do without first cleaning house. Crowley cleaned house on the chess club, the mountain climbers, and the Golden Dawn.
This is a fairly rare ray. Examples of the pure application can be seen in Emperor Chin, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, those sort of fellows.
Most people are walking around while being sustained by two rays (one inner, the other outer). Crowley was obviously not a pureblood first ray (or many of us would never have been born), and so he did not tear down the Vatican and every other place of Jesus-worship.
No, his outer expression was seventh ray, which is music (composition), film-making, architecture (Masonry), but especially Arcania, which is the lineages of the arcane secret schools.
Yeah, that's where AC cleaned house - the seventh ray secret houses. But you are correct in saying he had that effect. I suppose you are also correct when you say on people - just look at the basket cases that resulted from contacting him ... but don't overlook the ones who got stabilized. But i have always tended to look at his effect on organizations.
The initial effects of the first ray are always destructive. The overall purpose is to establish a new order of thing, which it cannot do without first cleaning house. Crowley cleaned house on the chess club, the mountain climbers, and the Golden Dawn.
So why didn't he have the same effect on the Freemasons? He achieved the 33rd Degree did he not? And the Masons have survived.
So why didn't he have the same effect on the Freemasons? He achieved the 33rd Degree did he not? And the Masons have survived.
That is a good question, which brings up several points, which are close enough to the heart of the thread to remain on-topic. There are so many points that I will resort to numbers. Count 'em ...
1. It is not a matter of "revealing their secrets," but rather a matter of directed first-ray energy (war). Think directed energy weapons, lasers, a-bombs, annihilation. Crowley directed the destruction of the G.D. He went after others as well, including Adolf.
To illustrate this maneuver, I will re-post, in memorical paraphrase, an example - In England Stand Fast, or some associated talismanic poem, AC wrote ...
To Adolf WSchickelgrueber
- this is his granma's last name -
of previous opponents]
1. It is not a matter of "revealing their secrets," but rather a matter of directed first-ray energy (war). Think directed energy weapons, lasers, a-bombs, annihilation. Crowley directed the destruction of the G.D. He went after others as well, including Adolf.
Interesting! According to Magick Without Tears, chapter 48, Morals of AL pp:304-5, Crowley refers to the then newly published, Hitler Speaks In which he says that it seemed to him that Hitler was quoting The Book of the Law. Please refer to paragraph 2. Crowley can obviously say it better than I could. The gist being that Hitler became a slave to his own prophecy and personal hatreds and biases. Adolf was definitely NOT an adept. He lacked self-disciple. (Not unlike myself who often wanders off topic, so I'll get back to it ASAP) I am not a Mason, but I have always been intrigued by the Order. Having read a now obsolete book of Freemason doctrine, I was shocked to see images and passages that seemed straight out of Magick in Theory and Practice. Which would be impossible since this publication was from the late 1800's. It even discussed the significance of BAPHOMET.
Appendix: The Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Scottish Freemasonry, by Albert Pike 1871.
When I mention Rays, which Crowley did not teach, or probably even appreciate, or possibly not know anything about ... I often cite the connection between AC and the First Ray.
When you mention Rays, and he you several times, are you referring to the 7 Rays? Are you influenced by C. W. Leadbeater, or Alice Bailey? Do you see any connection between the relationship between the Solar Lodge, and the Dog Star Sirius and Orion, the celestial portal of Osirus and the afterlife?
ERRATUM: Should read: "When you mention Rays, and you have several times before"
it seemed to him that Hitler was quoting The Book of the Law.
Yes, there is a whole thread, or part of one, where the Therion, Martha Kuentzel (8=3), and Adolf, along with AL are discussed to no end.
Theriopn did not think Martha should be encouraging Adolf. That is a side-issue to my point, which was and is ...
Therion took on Adolf magically. They were both first-ray guys. Therion issued his warning in print (as a talisman). Who won?
Adolf was definitely NOT an adept. He lacked self-disciple.
Thank you for expressing your absolutely IMPERATIVE opinion. I happen to disagree. But we are wandering away into obsessive sidetracks, so let me bring things back to AC.
I was shocked to see images and passages that seemed straight out of Magick in Theory and Practice. Which would be impossible since this publication was from the late 1800's. It even discussed the significance of BAPHOMET.
Crowley did not invent Baphomet. Freemasonry was the Order of its day ... in its day. The cycle started in Europe with the Rosicucians, who were healers (Tiphareth). They faded away, but issued forth later as The Templars (Geburah). The Templars got burned and dispersed, but Freemasoney rose up in its place (Chesed) - it persists today.
Crowley did not invent this stuff, but his elucidations in his texts might well reflect the notions of the Masons.
"When you mention Rays ...
It took you four posts in a row to ask and correct a simple question. You are now officially a serial poster who we know has multiple afterthoughts because he can't get it all together in one post ... while replying to the same post by the same poster.
Yes, of course I refer to the 7 rays.
@shiva Fair enough!
Crowley did not invent Baphomet.
Thank you for expressing your absolutely IMPERATIVE opinion. I happen to disagree. But we are wandering away into obsessive sidetracks, so let me bring things back to AC.
I didn't say it, Crowley did. (Unless I misunderstood)
Oh, I wasn't saying he did. But it appears a great deal of Masonic lore and
ritual intersects with The Grand Order of Templi Orientis.
a great deal of Masonic lore and ritual intersects with The Grand Order of Templi Orientis.
Please instruct yourself to type your replies BELOW (Imperative) the {/quote} line of a blockquote. I know you can do it, because I've seen it properly done, by you, many times. But most of your replies are typed above that {/quote} line, which results in people being mis-attributed and confused.
OTO was conceived by Karl Kellner, who said, "Look at all this disbursed Masonic shit from all ages, spread all over the place." He conceived a gathering of this stuff and re-organizing it into a single Order that held all the secrets.
Reuss thought this was a good idea and he gathered up all the stuff, but he didn't have the capacity to organize it in an proper fashion.
Enter Crowley, who said, "Allow me." He just sorted out the degrees into their proper spheres on the Tree, which was automatic-sorting as he was fully scaffolded in the Tree from his GD days.
All of these guys were Masons, 33*, and most signed 90* or 96*/97* (The Rites of Memphis and Mizraim - here's where Egyptian Freemasonry creep in).
Masonry "intersects" at OTO because OTO was built by Masons in order to provide a restored arcanum. It has been called esoteric freemasonry. It allows ladies to join (of course).
OTO is the pinnacle of esoteric secret thought on the physical plane, where almost anybody (not me) can go join and pay dues. It hit it's high point a few decades ago and has been running [insert your adverb] since then.
Masonry "intersects" at OTO because OTO was built by Masons in order to provide a restored arcanum. It has been called esoteric freemasonry. It allows ladies to join (of course).
Thank you for very concise outline of the Freemasonry=O.T.O. I have been asked by guys I knew at work if they could sponsor me for initiation into the Masons. I politely declined. I am not a joiner. "Esoteric Freemasonry" sounds about right.
@toadstoolwe I am really glad that you finally worked out how the quoting works. No big deal but sometimes it got somehow difficult to see who was quoting what, especially if one was quoting you quoting somebody inside that somebody's quote. Always leave the first and the last line and delete what you don't want to quote in between. And always write your answer after that last line. Thank you. Back to the topic.
Back to the topic.
Yes. The imaginary fanciful intersection point between A.'. & A.'. Scottish Rite 33* and OTO is found in a really real place called VII*.
There is one paper, writ by AC, regarding VII* (published in King's Secret Rituals). I have searched for decades for further references to the 33* itself, and/or any mention of the rite of the VII*.
I hold the IX* and once was the curator of AC's 33* diploma (yeah, add that one to the blazing pyre of the Solar Phoenix fire). I held the whole collection of rituals, rites, and righteous secret stuff, as received from Frater Aquarius, and supplemented by Frater Shem, who went Outside the Law to commandeer the lost words.
In all this hill of stuff, of which many people want to be king, I never encountered a note, even a footnote in a letter, regarding the VII* rite (or the 33* upon which it is based.
Have I missed something? Oh, I know The Task of the Grade, and I did it - no jump-claiming allowed, and I read Pike 5 or 6 times. So any references to VII* or 33*, or to the description of thosse grades ...?
@the_real_simon_iff Thank you for that word of encouragement! And now, back to our sponsor.....
I hold the IX* and once was the curator of AC's 33* diploma (yeah, add that one to the blazing pyre of the Solar Phoenix fire). I held the whole collection of rituals, rites, and righteous secret stuff, as received from Frater Aquarius, and supplemented by Frater Shem, who went Outside the Law to commandeer the lost words.
I do recall seeing a reproduction that Masonic Proclamation naming Crowley 33rd Degree Mason, King of Ireland and Ionia, in the photographic section of the The Great Beast, by Symonds and Grant (Or was it in the Confessions? Honestly, I can't remember.) Was that THE document you had stewardships over? What a privilege! I also recall seeing a photo of Crowley in full Masonic regalia. He was wearing the emblem of the Active 33rd Degree. (Or was it the Honorary 33rd Degree?) I once owned a Masonic Bible; it was replete with Old Testament scriptures that are not in the conventional KJ version.
The Great Beast, by Symonds and Grant (Or was it in the Confessions?
Symonds wrote The Great Beast. Symonds and Grant edited Confessions. It doesn't matter where it was printed as it's still in the book - it's gone tosdhes now.
My point is not about me and specific docs. The point is that there are NO references to VII* or 33* - and a library-type person is needed to find The Lost Rite ... do you know of any such persons?
Was that THE document you had stewardships over?
Yes, I recently wrote that very thing.
a Masonic Bible
hat's interesting. Masons don't have a"Bible." They have a Book of the Law (where have we heard that one?), which varies with the involvement of any candidate - the Law Book can be a Bible Koran, Torah, Bhagavad Gita, I Ching, or the IRS-code ... all depending on the C.'.'s belief system.
But I do no doubt that a Mason or Masons of Christian bent got together and whipped up a Bible - after all, the early Masonic rites are based on the builder of The Temple of Solomon, which is Biblical, not Muslim, Hindu, or Chinese Imperial.
There is one paper, writ by AC, regarding VII* (published in King's Secret Rituals). I have searched for decades for further references to the 33* itself, and/or any mention of the rite of the VII*.
My point is not about me and specific docs. The point is that there are NO references to VII* or 33* - and a library-type person is needed to find The Lost Rite ... do you know of any such persons?
I am not sure that I can fit the bill. I am having to review information on the internet about Crowley's membership in the Masons and having earned his 33rd* What I am finding out is that Crowley may have joined a clandestine lodge that was not recognized by the official Lodge of Freemasons. (You probably already know this stuff) so is 33rd * status is not recognized by the big shots. Also, what do you mean by "Lost ritual" is that a reference the Masons or O.T.O.?
But I do no doubt that a Mason or Masons of Christian bent got together and whipped up a Bible - after all, the early Masonic rites are based on the builder of The Temple of Solomon, which is Biblical, not Muslim, Hindu, or Chinese Imperial.
You are right again. They are actually presentation Bibles, that contain Masonic lore and names and places in the OT and NT that are relevant to a Mason's study and growth. It does contain all the books of the Bible.
Hopefully, I blocked the quotes correctly.
Hopefully, I blocked the quotes correctly.
No, you didn't.
It is really easy. Everyone else around here manages, you can too:
- highlight what you want to quote
- click on the large quotation make that appears
- MAKE SURE CURSOR IS ON LINE AFTER END QUOTE CODE- then add your comment or whatever
- Use "Preview" to verify that you have it right before posting. "Preview" is on left, on line after "POST REPLY" button.
- Use post edit function to fix formatting when all else fails.
I am not sure that I can fit the bill.
You are the last and only help available. If you cannot do thing thing, or make a referral to some competent researcher, the world will probably end.
Crowley may have joined a clandestine lodge that was not recognized by the official Lodge of Freemasons.
Don Jesus Medina conferred 33 on AC in Mexico City 1900. I hope the details are correct.
We need not be concerned about clandestiny, when the object is to get ahold of the right rite - Who care who approved it?
what do you mean by "Lost ritual" is that a reference the Masons or O.T.O.?
The VII* - which is based on the 33rd, has apparently never been written, or it is lost. The 33rd is not lost, but has not been written as Masons memorize their rites and writing them down is a sin.
I will accept a copy of the 33rd written by a rogue dissident who wishes to expose the scam. This is common in the first 3 degrees and the Masonic secrets are all over the wils world web.
Hopefully, I blocked the quotes correctly.
Goodly done, but not quite. One quote of me is sitting in the midst of your reply, looking like you said it. I may sue you for copyright stealing.
You are the last and only help available. If you cannot do thing thing, or make a referral to some competent researcher, the world will probably end.
Maybe The Real Simoniff can help you. In the meantime, I'll contact my nephew who is a Mason and has a strong interest in all things occult and conspiratorial. (He is not a nut like his uncle, he is very bright and inquisitive)
Yes, I read that this afternoon.Don Jesus Medina conferred 33 on AC in Mexico City 1900. I hope the details are correct.
My nephew is a rogue dissident. He revealed the secret handshake to me.I will accept a copy of the 33rd written by a rogue dissident who wishes to expose the scam. This is common in the first 3 degrees and the Masonic secrets are all over the wils world web.
In every case, you are including at least one line after what you are quoting in the highlighted, and thus quoted, material. Highlight more carefully before clicking on quote icon
When you notice you have screwed up, USE THE EDIT FUNCTION TO FIX IT!
My nephew is a rogue dissident. He revealed the secret handshake to me.
My nephew got back to me. He said he doesn't have a clue about the 33rd* He thought there is only the 32nd * (Shriners) He only went through the first 3 degrees. (Getting raised) I am at a dead end, for now.
When you post, your post will have several little clickable things at bottom right.
All posts (yours and other people's) will have "Reply" and "Quote"- your own posts will also have "Edit", and "Delete", for the first 20 minutes or so after after you post.
Maybe The Real Simoniff can help you.
But I do not want his help. I do not care a can of Shinola about the VII or the 33 - they are just made-up pomposities. I am giving you a valid task that will secure your adeptship in history.
My nephew is a rogue dissident. He revealed the secret handshake to me.
Too bad. He will, of course, need to die. It's in their Oaths, and the death is usually horrible.
We (you) need a rogue 33*. It's okay if it's a relative or a student, or a nut, or a smart conspiratist ... but the 33 is essential.
Highlight more carefully before clicking on quote icon
I always do this, but I frequently notice that the software or the censor, or the [Black Lodge], inserts a line ... or sometimes two lines. This is rather unexplainable, so the only solution is to do everything properly, then proofr the quoteblock (especially looking for inserted lines), then type a reply BELOW the end/quote mark - without adding extra lines anywhere.
My nephew got back to me. He said he doesn't have a clue about the 33rd* He thought there is only the 32nd *
This is correct. There are 32 degrees. 33 is something special. But, gee-whiz, everybodys heard about the 33.
This is not uncommon. In A.'.A.'., Ipsissimus is above and beyond the usual ladder-of-things. OTO had 9 degrees. Period. Oh, well, let's add a 10 to look over things, and an OHO to be obsure and appointive. Masonry only has 3 degrees! That's what they say. Then they add a 4th, and the numbers run up from there.
Every system has a one-up. There is the system, and then there's just one higher step that is either all-powerful or indefinable.
(Shriners)
Oh, please ...
Shriners are not 32d degree Masons; they are mere Master Masons.
They are well-known as practitioners of what is known as "Hinayana", or the "lesser vehicle":
My nephew is a rogue dissident. He revealed the secret handshake to me
Which one?
Every system has a one-up. There is the system, and then there's just one higher step that is either all-powerful or indefinable
This is true. But all numbers will imply others. The Pentagram is a type of evolution, development or fulfillment of the Square or Cross (4) and it points toward the Hexagram as part of a larger sequence. These can be interesting and useful elements in a philosophical exploration of things in terms of abstract symbols. We can stick with a simple Septenary or an Ennead or describe the Universe in 78 unique departments or symbols. Masonry is simple and clean in its 3 Degrees but continues its voyage via various extensions. After setting up 33 Degrees, we have Memphis Misraim with 90...and there are more!
It all makes the OTO seem a bit...lacking in ambition!
The VII* - which is based on the 33rd, has apparently never been written, or it is lost. The 33rd is not lost, but has not been written as Masons memorize their rites and writing them down is a sin.
This seems like something that could be found in Israel Regardie's publications. (I have no doubt you have probably already read most, if not all of his writings on the H.'.O.'.G.'.D.'.) But I will gladly look into that avenue myself.
But I do not want his help. I do not care a can of Shinola about the VII or the 33 - they are just made-up pomposities. I am giving you a valid task that will secure your adeptship in history.
Ah-ha! A knight's quest for the Sangraal. I will do the best I can.
Israel Regardie ... I have no doubt you have probably already read most, if not all of his writings
Actually, no. I read The Eye in the Triangle. That's it.
But I did have a long chat with him, and Louis T. Culling, at Frater Aquarius' wake.
How did I miss the rest of his works? Oh, I knew about them, but by the time I learned he had published more than The Eye, I had already passed the book-reading stage.
Ah-ha! A knight's quest for the Sangraal.
Yeah. ALL of the OTO docs appear to be intact ... in people's collections (digital or paper) and even online, available for free download. Note: OTO does not post its initiatory rites and secret docs online or anywhere. However, said unposted rites and secret docs were available from a site in .cz - but I just did a quick search and nothing came up.
No matter. The rites (except VII, VIII, IX) are in King's Secret Rituals, and the docs (except for Emblems) are in there too. VIII is in Energized Enthusiasm, and Emblems must surely still be online, at some address, even if the org has made efforts to suppress said Emblems online.
I will do the best I can.
Rite. Here's some early ground-level clues ...
33rd Degree Scottish Rite Baseball Cap - Various Colors
Well at least one good thing came out this. Another book to add to my reading list.No matter. The rites (except VII, VIII, IX) are in King's Secret Rituals, and the docs (except for Emblems) are in there too. VIII is in Energized Enthusiasm, and Emblems must surely still be online, at some address, even if the org has made efforts to suppress said Emblems online.
cz
What is the .cz stand for?
What is the .cz stand for?
I have no idea. I would imagine it means Czekoslovakia, but is that still a country? Who cares? It was (and maybe still is) some site hidden behind The Iron Curtain where The Tong could not reach them to suppress their generosity in furnished all the secret docs one could want.
Further more ...
"The Supreme Council awards the 33° as a way of honoring outstanding and selfless work performed in the Rite or in public life. At its annual session the Supreme Council elects members of the Rite to receive the degree. Members unanimously so elected become Honorary Members of the Supreme Council."
https://valleyofcolumbus.com/33rd-degree-masons-degrees/
Thus we see the 33 is not earned or approached through aspiration ... it is given (awarded/elected) by the Masonic Elite. You may wish to forward this link to you nephew who somehow cannot count above 33.
Now, back in the '60s, it was generally known that you didn't get the 33 unless you were a Banker or an Astronaut (or some kind of powerful rich or famous person). Today, such folks are know as Influencers.
But today I see people getting the 33 who are not well-known (or known at all). I know a 33. He was a prominent Thelemite before he got out and moved over to Masonry, where he was awarded the 33 and published epistles about AC, 33. Then he moved on to that Tibetan stuff. This is the basic outline of getting out.
Thus we see the 33 is not earned or approached through aspiration ... it is given (awarded/elected) by the Masonic Elite. You may wish to forward this link to you nephew who somehow cannot count above 33.
Well, my nephew was just being honest. He hadn't heard of the 33 * and gave me the answer as he knew it. As he told me, he only went through the first 3 * "Raising" But yeah, I will pass on the link. He will be interested in it I am sure.
My nephew says that the Masons are a just a cash grab. Yearly dues can reach up to 20k per year for the ultra-rich lodges. He still says that 32* is as high as you go. Maybe 33* is purely honorary, i.e., big donator.
Well, my nephew was just being honest.
But being "{honest," while being wrong, is somehow incompatible with Truth. I shall not open another thread to handle this piece of dybamite.
My nephew says that the Masons are a just a cash grab
Oh, Lord (and the 77 streetwalkers). Now we finally get around to the bottom-line Truth, with the number of degrees being secondary or abstract. Yes, all forms of Masonry and other boys' clubs require paying one's dues in advance (up front - before your other bills).
Now here's how I heard it: People don't become Masonic to get out. The join because their friends induced them into membership. In addition to dues, one needs to introduce new candidates before they can proceed to higher numbers and greater glory.
Greaterglory involves meeting with other Masons behind closed doors to make Business Deals. This works out well for businessmen who want to conspire with their brethren to gain the upper hand over the (any) competition.
As in almost everything else, money can be seen lubricating the core of the machine, the Order, the Tong.
Maybe 33* is purely honorary, i.e., big donator.
Yes it is (honorary). As I quote-stated, a 33 is elected or awarded, not earned.
But being "{honest," while being wrong, is somehow incompatible with Truth. I shall not open another thread to handle this piece of dybamite.
He was "Honestly wrong". Okay, he was ignorant (about this subject) which is not the same as being intentionally untruthful. (Which I know you were NOT implying.)
Yes it is (honorary). As I quote-stated, a 33 is elected or awarded, not earned.
What did Aleister Crowley do for this lodge that he was granted an honorarium of 33*?
Okay, he was ignorant (about this subject) which is not the same as being intentionally untruthful. (Which I know you were NOT implying.)
(You mist the end/quote line, again. Sorry. Keep trying.)
Of all the participants and accessories named in this action ... nobody has been accused of "lying." Well, wait, if there is any org that promises or offers spiritual advancement or comfort, but requires no (real) Work, yet COLLECTS MONEY, we may have come across what U.G. call The Spiritual Con, and they are liars. We will need to convene the Grand Tribunal.
What did Aleister Crowley do for this lodge that he was granted an honorarium of 33*?
Not much that I know of. I believe he ran into trouble getting the 33 in traditional Europe. So while he was running around in Aztec land with Eckenstein (a messenger from the A.'.A.'.), climbing mountains and learning about dharana, he dropped by Don Jesus Medina's Lodge (and AC being wealthy, he probably dropped a few dimes in the plate) to inquire about a promotion to the top of the line.
I do not remember AC writing any details of the transaction in his autohagio Liber, but I do have extensive experience in dealing with the fronat and back sides of the Mexican culture. Let me put it this way: Anything can be bought.
Obviously, the Supreme Council was an unnecessary distraction in Mexico City, 1900 ev, when it came to awarding the 33rd degree.
Now it should be noted that VIII* OTO is called "Sovereign Grand Inspector," and you know what sovereign means? Sure you do. It means, Independent, doesn't it?
In Baphomet X's had-writ note to McMurtry, which won McM the victory in court against Motta the Insane, Baphomet designated McM as Sovereign Grand Inspector, with authority to re-vamp the Order.
This is like sending a Samurai out on a major task. carrying life or death as he goes. He is loyal to the Emperor, and the Shogun who sent him, and to his assignment, but he is also judge, jury, and executioner in carrying out thy Will.
This is the only historical reference to the VII* I have read. McM held the IX*, but AC gave him specific authority as a VII because that's what VII's do. They conduct investigations and they make necessary changes.
Please note that McM did not make changes. He ran things the way they did in Agape Lodge, in harmony with The Constitution, which is like our Gidelines. The only change was that he was in charge.
OTO designates a VII as "Member of the Supreme Council." So, yeah, VII is a rubber-stamp 33 (which we are trying to unearth). Just like VI is a rubber-stamp Templar rite, and V is a rubber-stamp Rosy Cross rite, but they are written and posted in The Publick Marketplace. Only the VII/33 is missing.
I rest my case, but reserve the right to call more witnesses.
OTO designates a VII as "Member of the Supreme Council." So, yeah, VII is a rubber-stamp 33 (which we are trying to unearth). Just like VI is a rubber-stamp Templar rite, and V is a rubber-stamp Rosy Cross rite, but they are written and posted in The Publick Marketplace. Only the VII/33 is missing.
So, let me nail this down. Knowing you will probably blast me for redundancy, you are searching for a written transcript of the VII/33* am I right? Maybe they were under the strict prohibition of allowing the document to fall into the hands of the Black Brothers. Maybe they burned the copy after said ritual.
So, let me nail this down.
Aha! An nnouncement of intended dharana.
you will probably blast me for redundancy
Not at all. We need to get the object of the dharana straight.
you are searching for a written transcript of the VII/33* am I right?
No.
You, and anyone who knows or cares, are searching for it. I am not searching. I am pointing out a gaping gap in the scriptures of antiquity, about which I have lost interest as it's all made up.
The object of dharana is the VII or 33 rite (either one) - this is correct.
Maybe they were under the strict prohibition of allowing the document to fall into the hands of the Black Brothers. Maybe they burned the copy after said ritual.
Here riseth Choronzon ("head zone") to disperse the dhrarana.
Now look, and listen, I will be honest with you. If (after extensive internet records search) no hard or digital copy of this elusive doc is found, you will have to get out of here in your astral body, go to the Akahic Records at Chesed Manor House, and dig out the doc from the dirt.
Now look, and listen, I will be honest with you. If (after extensive internet records search) no hard or digital copy of this elusive doc is found, you will have to get out of here in your astral body, go to the Akahic Records at Chesed Manor House, and dig out the doc from the dirt.
A mighty tall order. 1) Is the Akashic record real? 2) Am I astral travelling or just dreaming? 3) Will know it when I see it?