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May 1990 Thelema Lodge Calendar/Newsletter (May and June events)
Mailed free within 100 miles of San Francisco California
Copyright (c) O.T.O. and the Individual Authors, 1990 e.v.
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Ordo Templi Orientis
P.O. Box 2303
Berkeley, CA 94702 USA
Temple Location: 590 63rd St.
Oakland, California
(Entrance in back, to the right)
Phones: Lodge/Temple: (415) 652-3505
Messages Only: (415) 454-5176
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Calendar events in the San Francisco Bay Area for May 1990 to June
1990 e.v., in brief. Always call the contact phone number before
attending. Some are limited in size, change location and may be subject to
other adjustments.
When you call, you don't get lost or disappointed. Initiations are private.
Donations at all OTO events are welcome.
We are experiencing difficulty with the Thelema Lodge phone, please call well
in advance of the event you would like to attend. For this reason, the
residence phone has been provided below in place of the Temple phone. When
calling this new number, please remember that you are contacting a private
number rather than the usual public access number.
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Date: Description: Contact: Sponsor:
5/1/90 Thelema Lodge Meeting 8 PM (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/2/90 Enochian Chess Night, Feast at (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
Sunset: B.Y.O.B. Star Ruby
Seminar 9:30 PM w/Dave
5/5/90 Beltaine-by-the Sea (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/6/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/8/90 Enochiana with Dave 7:30 PM (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
Sigillum Dei Aemeth part VI
CALL! MAY BE CANCELED
5/10/90 "Signs, Grips, & Words" 8 PM (415) 652-3505 ABRAHADABRA
Minerval to Vth.
5/12/90 Minerval & IIIrd Deg. initiations (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/13/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/15/90 Enochiana with Dave 7:30 PM (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
Sigillum Dei Aemeth part VII
CALL! MAY BE CANCELED
5/16/90 Qabalah #10: 8 PM with Bill (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
(end of series)
5/17/90 Lodge of Perfection (415) 652-3505 LoP
5/20/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/22/90 "An Overview of Enneagram Literature (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
at the Lodge" with Michael 7:30 PM
5/24/90 "Signs, Grips, & Words", # II, 8 PM (415) 652-3505 ABRAHADABRA
5/26/90 Ist & IInd Degree initiations (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/27/90 Gemini Birthday party 4:18 PM (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
5/27/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/3/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/5/90 Thelema Lodge Meeting 8 PM (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/10/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/13/90 Magick & Qabalah # 1 with Bill 8 PM (415) 454-5176 Thelema Ldg
6/17/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/20/90 Magick & Qabalah # 2 with Bill 8 PM (415) 454-5176 Thelema Ldg
6/21/90 Summer Solstice, call for info (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/23/90 Secret Meeting Thelema Ldg
6/24/90 Cancer Birthday party 4:18 PM (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/24/90 Gnostic Mass at Sunset (415) 652-3505 Thelema Ldg
6/28/90 Lodge of Perfection meets LOP
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From The Grady Project:
WITCHWINE
In the sanctum of the Cavern
By a phantom altar, burning
With desires mad and unhuman
Know we but the fiery yearning
Of our hearts that to each other
Cling in fear and wracked devotion;
In the red alembic bubbles
Venom of a lethal potion.
This to feed those who would part us
This to those who cackle "Witch"
This to clergyman and Bishop
Bought with gold by robber rich.
This to barons in their manors
This to hangmen and the cell
This to henchmen of the kingdom
May the silent ghouls feed well.
This to those who inquisition
This to those who damn the free
This to murderers patrician
May they die in agony.
This to merchant, prince and burgher
This to Pope and gilded lord
This to merceners who fatten
On the profits of the sword.
This be secret, dark, and eldritch
This be weapon, charged with worth
This to lift the curse of Mammon
From the peoples of the Urth.
--Grady L. McMurtry
3/3/1943 e.v.
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News of the Temple.
The last person remaining from those arrested during the infamous raid of
September 29-30, 1989 e.v. has had all charges dropped. One member was
arrested over a month later despite being released during the raid itself (see
previous reports in the "TLC"), and his charges are not yet cleared. ALL
people arrested during the raid have been cleared. The City of Berkeley has
not responded to the filed complaint, and Federal complaint will be the next
step if that situation continues.
We would like to thank all those who gave direct assistance to Thelema
Lodge to replace funds which disappeared during the raid. Unfortunately, more
is needed for the direct relief of the Lodge. Emotional stress has been very
high in the period following the raid and continues high more than half a year
later. Several people moved out of the residence during that time; and, even
though others have moved in since, that earlier loss of revenue has placed the
temple operation in jeopardy. Other changes in management of the Lodge are
underway to improve financial security, but local donations directly to the
Lodge are needed to pay back rent and utilities. If you can stop by the lodge
this month with a donation, you will contribute to our survival as the oldest
continuously operating O.T.O. Lodge. Please help.
Donations to the Legal Fund are also needed. Legal Fund donations should
not be sent to the Lodge but to Grand Lodge, and made out to "O.T.O.":
Ordo Templi Orientis, P.O.Box 430, Fairfax, CA 94930 USA.
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From the Out Basket
The Star Sponge and the Fifty Gates,
Two Passages to Attainment.
Copyright (c) 1975 and 1990 by Bill Heidrick
Crowley's Star Sponge vision at Lake Pasquaney around 1916 e.v. was a very
profound perception but a very ordinary conception. Crowley saw "Nothingness
with twinkles" and elaborated the vision subsequently to include many
insights.
"... Each stage in the process was like the joy of a young eagle soaring from
height to height in ever increasing sunlight as dawn breaks, foaming, over the
purple hem of the garment of ocean, and, when the many coloured rays of rose
and gold and green gathered themselves together and melted into the orbed
glory of the sun, with a rapture that shook the soul with unimaginable
ecstasy, that sphere of rushing light was recognized as a common-place idea,
accepted unquestioningly and treated with drab indifference because it had so
long been assimilated as a natural and necessary part of the order of Nature.
At first I was shocked and disgusted to discover that a series of brilliant
researches should culminate in a commonplace. But I soon understood that what
I had done was to live over again the triumphant career of conquering
humanity; that I had experienced in my own person the succession of winged
victories that had been sealed by a treaty of peace whose clauses might be
summed up in some such trite expression as "Beauty depends upon form".
It would be quite impracticable to go fully into the subject of this vision
of the Star-Sponge, if only because its ramifications are omniform. It must
suffice to reiterate that it has been the basis of most of my work for the
last five years, and to remind the reader that the essential form of it is
'Nothingness with twinkles.'"
--- From Crowley's new comment to "Liber AL", Ch. I, v. 59.
(See also "Confessions" p. 810 and ff; "Liber Aleph" generally in many of the
passages citing the term "Star(s)"; and many passages in "Vision and Voice".)
This vision discovered the concept of a simple mathematical field, later
extended to include vector and functional fields. Crowley's contact with
Sullivan (see "Confessions", p. 922) led him to investigate mathematical
authors. He was deeply impressed with the writings of Bertrand Russell and A.
Eddington. Crowley's interest in the mathematics of fields and series came to
dominate many passages of his later writings, especially the commentaries to
"Liber AL" and "Liber LXV".
What made the Star Sponge vision pivotal for Crowley was his state of
readiness at the time he perceived the relation. Some studies and
experiences, especially initiations, must occur in sequence.
"Digamma-chi SEQUITUR DE HAC RE."
"I believe generally, on Ground both of Theory and Experience, so little as
I have, that a Man must first be Initiate, and established in Our Law, before
he may use this Method. For in it is an Implication of our Secret
Enlightenment, concerning the Universe, how its Nature is utterly Perfection."
--- from "Liber Aleph", p. 181
Many of those who espouse the "new" Chaos Magick fail in this regard.
There is nothing new or revolutionary in Chaos Magick. It is the common
practice of all students of the mysteries, and a beginning to serious work.
Study of established systems is necessary. From Crowley's spontaneous
(Chaotic?) vision of the Star Sponge, a trivia in itself, he went on to
discover the ramifications of this vision in the accumulated lore of
mathematics. Had he not done that, he would have spent much time
"rediscovering the wheel". As it worked out, Crowley was able to apply
elementary field theory by metaphor to teleology and, less successfully, to
sociology.
-oOo-
"4. The fifty gates of Binah have been variously explained. They do not
appear to be of any great importance; it is only their number which is
significant. The reference is to Nun = 50 = Scorpio Atu XIII -- Death."
--- from "Cry of 14 Aethyr", "Vision & Voice", page 82, fn 4.
The 50 gates of Binah were not directly understood by Crowley as such, but
he acquired the conception through time and personal experience. The
essential idea behind the 50 gates appears in many of his writings and
attainments; e.g., "Wakeworld" in "Knox Om Pax", and "Vision and Voice".
Crowley missed the significance of the G.'. D.'. diagram of the ten
Sephiroth in seven palaces in this conjunction. That diagram ("Equinox" Vol
I, No. 2, "Temple of Solomon the King", p. 272, Dia. 27) shows the
distribution of the ten Sephiroth into seven palaces, and is a representation
of the exact moment of the opening of the fiftieth gate --- the crossing of
the Abyss. At that moment Malkut and Yesod merge and the upper three
Sephiroth appear as one, as Binah. Crowley was aware of this from direct
experience, and noted seeing the Supernals as one Sephira on first crossing
the Abyss. Unlike his experience with the "Star Sponge" vision, he apparently
did not identify this with a pre-existing body of knowledge, the tradition of
the Fifty Gates of Understanding. Very Probably this oversight can be blamed
on the old Golden Dawn representations of these 7 palaces and the Beast of
Revelations in a Christian negative view. See "Equinox" Vol. I, No. 2,
p. 275, Dia. 33 and p. 283, Dia. 51, where the Beast is associated with the
palaces. Most of the speculation concerning it has dealt with things like the
seven hills of Rome, Christian heresies concerning "Satan", Antichrist and the
like. This Beast is a relic of gnostic and prechristian mysticism of unknown
antiquity. "Revelations" is itself a forgery, with the visions copied from
prechristian Merkabah sources. The Beast with 10 horns and 7 heads is a
variant of the serpent on the 32 paths of the Tree of Life and an alternative
to the diagram of the seven palaces.
There is a list of the Fifty Gates of Binah or Understanding in the back of
a translation of the "Sepher Yetzirah" by Wescott, although not in all
editions, and the original of that list is in Kircher's "Oedipus Aegyptiacus".
Westcott took liberties with his source. He changed gate 41 and removed
material from the description of gate 50, concerning Moses. His translations
of the Latin are sometimes distorted by pre-conceptions. Gates 41 through 49
also contain an original confusion of the prechristian Qabalistic angelic
orders with the 5th century Hierarchies of Pseudo-Dionysus.
from Westcott's "Sepher Yetzirah", 1911ev, 3rd Ed.
"The Fifty Gates of Intelligence."
"Attached to some editions of the Sepher
Yetzirah is found this scheme of Kabalistic
classification of knowledge emanating from the
Second Sephira Binah, Understanding, and
descending by stages through the angels,
heavens, humanity, animal and vegetable and
mineral kingdoms to Hyle and the chaos. The
Kabalists said that one must enter and pass up
through the Gates to attain to the Thirty-Two
Paths of Wisdom; and that even Moses only passed
through the forty-ninth Gate, and never entered
the fiftieth. See the "Oedipus AEgyptiacus" of
Athanasius Kircher, vol ii, p. 319."
"First Order: Elementary."
"1. Chaos, Hyle, the first matter.
2. Formless, void, lifeless.
3. The Abyss.
4. Origin of the Elements.
5. Earth (no seed germs).
6. Water.
7. Air.
8. Fire.
9. Differentiation of qualities.
10. Mixture and combination."
"Second Order: Decad of Evolution."
"11. Minerals differentiate.
12. Vegetable principles appear.
13. Seeds germinate in moisture.
14. Herbs and Trees.
15. Fructification in vegetable life.
16. Origin of low forms of animal life.
17. Insects and Reptiles appear.
18. Fishes, vertebrate life in the waters.
19. Birds, vertebrate life in the air.
20. Quadrupeds, vertebrate earth animals."
"Third Order: Decad of Humanity."
"21. Appearance of Man.
22. Material human body.
23. Human soul conferred.
24. Mystery of Adam and Eve.
25. Complete Man as the Microcosm.
26. Gift of five human faces acting exteriorly.
27. Gift of five powers to the Soul.
28. Adam Kadmon, the Heavenly Man.
29. Angelic beings.
30. Man in the image of God."
"Fourth Order: World of Spheres."
"31. The Moon.
32. Mercury.
33. Venus.
34. Sol.
35. Mars.
36. Jupiter.
37. Saturn.
38. The Firmament.
39. The Primum Mobile.
40. The Empyrean Heaven."
"Fifth Order: The Angelic World."
"41. Ishim --- Sons of Fire.
42. Auphanim --- Cherabim.
43. Aralim --- Thrones.
44. Chashmalim --- Dominions.
45. Seraphim --- Virtues.
46. Malakim --- Powers.
47. Elohim --- Principalities.
48. Beni Elohim --- Angels.
49. Cherubim --- Archangels."
"Sixth Order: the Archetype."
"50. God. Ain Suph. He Whom no mortal eye hath
seen, and Who has been known to Jesus the
Messiah alone."
"Note. --- The Angels of the Fifth or
Angelic World are arranged in very different
order by various Kabalistic Rabbis."
from Iathanasii Kircheri "OEdipi Aegyptiaci" Tomi Secundi,
Vol. B (separate pagination from IIA), 1653ev
pp. 319-321. More information is found on pp. 316-318,
the entire section VI is titled "De quinquaginta portis
Intelligentiae". Kircher's Hebrew type setter tends
to misspell, and the Hebrew type renders some letters
too like to others.
Prima Classis. Elementorum primordiae. HB:a'aVLM HZKVDVTh"
Porta 1 & infima: Materia prima, Hyle, Chaos HB:ChVMR
2 Vacuum & inane, id est, formarum priuatio.
3 Appetitus naturalis, abyssus.
4 Elementorum discretio & rudimenta.
5 Terrenum elementum nullis adhuc seminibus infectum.
6 Aquae elementum operiens terram.
7 Aeris ex aquarum abysso exhalantis elementum.
8 Ignis elementum fouens & animans.
9 Qualitatum symbolizatio.
10 Appentitus earundem ad commistionem."
Classis Secunda. Mistorum Decas."
Porta 11 Mineralium, terra discooperta, apparitio.
12 Flores & succi ad metallorum generationem ordinati.
13 Mare, Iacus, flumina intra alueos secreta.
14 Herbarum, arborumque, id est, vegetatiuae naturae productio.
15 Vires & semina singulis indita.
16 Sensitinae naturae productio, id est,
17 Insectorum & Reptilium,
18 Aquarilium .
:- vna cum proprietatibus corundem
19 Volucrium, .
20 Quadrupedum procreatio."
Classis Tertia. Humanae Naturae Decas. HB:a'aVLM QThVN, id est,
Mu-iota-kappa-rho-omicron-kappa-omicron-sigma-mu-omicron-sigma,
Mundus minor."
Porta 21 HB:BRYATh HADM, Hominis productio,
22 HB:a'aBR MN ChADMH, Limus terrae damascenae materia.
23 HB:HNShMH VNPSh, Spiraculum vitae anima, siue
24 HB:SVD HADM VChVH, Adami & Euae mysterium.
25 HB:HADM KLBV, Homo omnia, microcosmus.
26 HB:ChMShH KHVTh HGShM, Quinque potentiae exteriores.
27 HB:ChMShH KHVTh HNPSh, Quinque potentiae interiores.
28 HB:HADM HVA ShMYM, Homo Coelum.
29 HB:HADM HVA MLAK, Homo Angelus.
30 HB:HADM HVA DMVTh HALHYM, Homo Dei imago & similitudo."
Classis Quarta. Continet Coelorum Ordines, & vocantur ab Hebrais
HB:a'aVLM HGLGLYM, id est, Mundus sphoerarum: qua sunt"
Porta 31 HB:HGLGL HLBNH, Coelum Lunae.
32 HB:HGLGL HKVKB, Coelum Mercurii.
33 HB:HGLGL HNVGH, Coelum Veneris.
34 HB:HGLGL HShMSh, Coelum Solis. (Hebrew corrected)
35 HB:HGLGL MADYM, Coelum Martis.
36 HB:HGLGL TzDQ, Coelum Iouis.
37 HB:HGLGL ShBTAY, Coelum Saturni.
38 HB:HGLGL HRQYa'a, Coelum firmamenti.
39 HB:HGLGL GLGL RAShVN, Coelum mobile.
40 HB:HGLGL GLGL HLGLYM, Coelum Empyreum."
Classis Quinta. Nouem Angelorum Ordines continet, et vocatur
HB:a'aVLM HMLAKYM, id est, Mundus Angelicus, ut sequitur"
Porta 41 HB:ChYVTh HQVDSh, Animalia sancta, Seraphini.
42 HB:AVPNYM, Ophanim, id est, Rotae, Cherubini.
43 HB:ARALYM, Angeli magni fortes, Throni.
44 HB:ChShMLYM, Haschemalim, id est, Dominationes.
45 HB:ShRPYM, Seraphim, id est, Virtutes.
46 HB:MLAKYM, Malachim, id est, Potestates.
47 HB:ALHYM, Elohim, id est, Principatus.
48 HB:BNY ALHYM, Ben Elohim, id est, Archangeli.
49 HB:KRVBYM, Cherubin, id est, Angeli."
Classis Sexta. HB:AYN SVP, Deus immensus.
HB:a'aVLM a'aLYVN, Mundus supramundanus & Archetypus."
Porta 50 Deus Optimus Maximus, quem mortalis homo non vidit, nec vllo
mentis scrutinio penetrauit, estque quinquagesima porta, ad quam Moyses
non pertigit."
--- The selection concludes with an assertion that only Jesus Christ
penetrated the fiftieth gate; evidently an interpolation by Kircher. This
was drawn up into the text of the gate by Westcott, obscuring the original.
No wonder Crowley did not find meaning in the fifty gates! This partly
Christianized hotch-potch does not display a clear system. Here's a modern
recasting:
1. The darkness of the empty womb.
2. The darkness of the fertile womb.
3. The fetus grows in the darkness.
4. The fetus moves in the darkness.
5. Birth into the outer light.
6. First breath.
7. The chord is cut.
8. First feeding.
9. First sleep.
10. The eyes first open.
11. The first perception.
12. The first dream of the outer world.
13. The first deliberate act.
14. The first love.
15. The power to move by will.
16. First pain from love.
17. Beginnings of speech.
18. First understood answer to speech.
19. The power to stand and walk.
20. The power to discriminate safety and danger.
21. Cultural behavior begins.
22. Control of body functions.
23. Learning and reason.
24. Puberty.
25. Physical growth stops --- adulthood in society.
26. Cultivation of the senses.
27. Expression of the senses.
28. Awareness of spiritual existence.
29. The soul reaches beyond the spirit.
30. The soul acts apart from the body spirit.
31. The soul vitalizes the senses.
32. The soul inspires the dreams.
33. The soul teaches rational powers (ceremonial magick).
34. The soul guides the emotions (Natural magick).
35. The soul rules the body and spirit.
36. The soul guides beyond the body.
37. The soul blesses beyond the body.
38. The soul endures without the body.
39. The soul acts without the body.
40. The soul grows without the body.
41. Consciousness of the world is a flame.
42. Guardianship of the world.
43. Guardianship of souls.
44. Guardianship of the Watchers.
45. Sovereignty --- power to represent the highest.
46. The power to destroy by greatness.
47. The power to preserve by greatness.
48. The power to build in greatness.
49. The greatness beyond light.
50. Eternal being.
The examples of the fifty gates presented above demonstrate one of two
principal forms of the gates of Understanding. These first two examples
are representative of the higher of the two forms and can be related to the
Tree of Life diagram. According to Krakovshy's "Kabbalah: The Light of
Redemption", pp. 155 to 157, gates 1 through 10 are the ten Sephiroth of a
tree growing within the conjoined Malkut-Yesod-Tipheret of a greater tree.
Thus gate 1 is Malkut within Malkut-Yesod-Tipheret. Gate 2 is Yesod within
Malkut-Yesod-Tipheret. This continues with gate 10 being Keter within
Malkut-Yesod-Tipheret of the greater.
Gates 11 through 20 are a tree of ten growing within Hod of a greater
tree.
Gates 21 through 30 are a tree of ten growing within Netzach of a
greater tree; e.g. gate 24 is Netzach of a lesser tree that grows within
the Netzach of the greater tree.
Gates 31 through 40 are a lesser tree growing within the Geburah of a
greater.
Gates 41 through 50 are a lesser tree growing within Chesed of a greater
--- yet the fiftieth gate touches a bond with Binah of the greater tree.
Through Binah the fiftieth gate is distantly united with Chokmah of the
greater tree. Chokmah of the greater reaches to Keter of the greater.
Keter of the greater touches Ain Soph Aur and becomes eternal by that
touch.
The second and lower of the two forms of the fifty gates of understanding
has a structure curiously like certain of Crowley's methods. Each of the
lower seven Sephiroth holds a truncated tree of seven. These lesser trees
are cut short by the fear that dwells in the mortal spirit of human kind.
This spirit knows that it is but a spark before a greater fire; yet it
fears to draw the greater lest it vanish without a trace. The lesser
spirit has no need to fear dissolution, for the greater fire takes its
essence from the changing sparks that shine within its flame. This lesser
spark is akin to Crowley's idea of Hadit while the greater fire is akin to
Nuit. The difference here is an emphasis on "fear of encounter" rather
than on desire for union.
Here is an example of the second form of the fifty gates of Binah. It
is said to be lower only from the greater being a perspective natural to
one above the Abyss and the lower to that of one who is striving to cross
the Abyss.
1. Malkut within MALKUT. Lifeless matter.
2. Yesod within MALKUT. Matter differentiates into substances. Elements.
3. Hod within MALKUT. Molecules are formed.
4. Netzach within MALKUT. Organic substances appear.
5. Tipheret within MALKUT. Primitive life appears.
6. Geburah within MALKUT. Primitive life Reproduces in kind.
7. Chesed within MALKUT. Evolution of species begins.
8. Malkut within YESOD. Creatures interact.
9. Yesod within YESOD. Creatures become aware of the living and the
lifeless.
10. Hod within YESOD. Creatures evolve defenses and weapons.
11. Netzach within YESOD. Creatures become social.
12. Tipheret within YESOD. Creatures take harmless pleasure with one another.
13. Geburah within YESOD. Creatures begin to care for one another.
14. Chesed within YESOD. Food and other needs are shared.
15. Malkut within HOD. Objects are used as tools
16. Yesod within HOD. Objects are honored.
17. Hod within HOD. Tools are made.
18. Netzach within HOD. Tools and shelters are improved.
19. Tipheret within HOD. Tool making is taught.
20. Geburah within HOD. Trade begins.
21. Chesed within HOD. Things not needed are kept for the future.
22. Malkut within NETZACH. Objects are admired.
23. Yesod within NETZACH. Objects are decorated.
24. Hod within NETZACH. Decoration represents nature.
25. Netzach within NETZACH. Nature is influenced by decoration.
26. Tipheret within NETZACH. Artists are honored.
27. Geburah within NETZACH. Design departs from nature.
28. Chesed within NETZACH. Collections of symbols appear.
29. Malkut within TIPHERET. Nations appear.
30. Yesod within TIPHERET. Nations react with nations.
31. Hod within TIPHERET. Trade between nations begins.
32. Netzach within TIPHERET. Nations share knowledge.
33. Tipheret within TIPHERET. Nations honor nations.
34. Geburah within TIPHERET. International ritual is formalized by practice.
35. Chesed within TIPHERET. Commonwealth of humanity is recognized.
36. Malkut within GEBURAH. History is invented.
37. Yesod within GEBURAH. Moral myth appears.
38. Hod within GEBURAH. Progress is invented.
39. Netzach within GEBURAH. Evolution is honored.
40. Tipheret within GEBURAH. Commonwealth of beings is recognized.
41. Geburah within GEBURAH. Obligations to nonhuman nature are recognized.
42. Chesed within GEBURAH. Abstraction is held superior to the material.
43. Malkut within CHESED. Religion and state begin to separate.
44. Yesod within CHESED. Utopias are imagined.
45. Hod within CHESED. Religion becomes Philosophy.
46. Netzach within CHESED. Tolerance of differences in philosophy appears.
47. Tipheret within CHESED. Existentialism, Positivism & Teleologism coalesce.
48. Geburah within CHESED. Personal identity with abstraction is the goal.
49. Chesed within CHESED. Enlightenment becomes the goal.
50. Binah. Enlightenment is attained.
The fifty gates of understanding can also be used in ritual meditation.
The second approach to interpreting the fifty gates (below the Abyss) forms
a structure for a negative confession like that found in the "Egyptian Book
of the Dead". In this, seven statements of purity are made for each of the
seven lower Sephiroth. These are not to be memorized, but are made up on
the spot by the ritualist each time. Each statement corresponds to a
Sephira within each of the seven Sephiroth according to the pattern shown
just above. Seven times seven is forty-nine statements in all. Each
statement must take the form of a denial of fault, corresponding to the
combination of the Sephiroth. The depth and soul-searching quality of the
forth-nine truths determines success or failure. When the ritualist can
say all forty-nine of these statements truthfully, the fiftieth gate will
open into the Supernals though Binah. It is not necessary for the
statements to be accurate in regard to one's everyday life. This procedure
gradually formulates a higher self from of the normal personality. The
form of the statements should begin with "I have not ..." and conclude with
a denial of fault; e.g. "I have not cheated anyone." "I have not lied to
anyone." and so on. This practice is given at greater length in my booklet
"Magick and Qabalah #1", pp. 24-27.
--- TSG
Note to the Electronic Edition. In the above article, Hebrew Letters have
been represented by English letters. For each group of consecutive words
in Hebrew, the prefix "HB:" identifies. The following substitutions are
then used:
A = Aleph ------- not correct for pronunciation.
B = Bet
G = Gemel
D = Dalet
H = Heh
V = Vau
Z = Zain
Ch = Chet ------- not correct for pronunciation.
T = Tet
Y = Yod
K = Koph
L = Lamed
M = Mem
N = Nun
S = Samekh
a'a = Ayin
P = Peh
Tz = Tzaddi
Q = Qof
R = Resh
Sh = Shin
Th = Taw -------- not correct for pronunciation.
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May 1990 e.v. at Thelema Lodge
with advance dates for June...
Please note, we are still having difficulty with the Temple Phone at
Thelema Lodge. In addition, the Enochiana classes are a bit "iffy" in May.
To insure location, access and continuation of calendar events, you should
call (415) 652-3505. This is the residence phone, so please limit your usage
and understand that guests may answer who are not fully informed. Best to
call after 6 or 7 PM.
Happy May Day! BELTANE will be celebrated May 5th all day at Tunitas
Creek Beach. We'll have a Large bonfire, Tyl Eulenspeigl in the afternoon, and
Aethyr after dark...a party for all 169 No. Calif initiates and their friends.
Gnostic Mass every Sunday at sunset - at presstime, they were all Liber
15. The usual Lodgemeeting will take place May 1st at 8 pm - let's talk about
the Summer Solstice. The Lodge Of Perfection will meet May 17th, 8 pm.
Initiations by prior arrangement - Minerval and III Degrees May 12th, I
and II Degrees on the 26th. Abrahadabra Oasis will host a two-session seminar
at Thelema Lodge on the 10th and 24th: "Signs, Grips, and Words" for all
Initiates from Minerval to Fifth degree...starting at 8 pm both nights.
BILL'S Qabalah concludes on the 16th with a chance to look up Gematria
and an orientation to research literature. Next month the Magick and Qabalah
series will begin on June 13th and have its second meeting on June 20th.
Dave's Sigillum Dei Aemeth class series will conclude with parts 6 and 7
on the 8th and 15th of May - starting at 7:30 both nights. PLEASE NOTE, THESE
DATES FOR DAVE'S CLASSES ARE SUBJECT TO CANCELATION. CALL THE RESIDENCE
NUMBER BEFORE YOU SET OUT! In addition, Enochian Chess Night is May 2nd -
Feast at sunset and chess games until the Star Ruby class begins at
93 o-clock. (BYOB)
Michael presents "An Overview Of Enneagram Literature" at 7:30 pm May
22nd in Horus Temple.
June projections at the back of the Newsletter - Gemini Birthday Bash at
4:18 May 27th - that's all for now.
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NON-O.T.O. EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Elderflower
Womenspirit Festival
Deborah Bender, Director August 17-19
The Second annual Elderflower Womenspirit Festival happens August 17-19 at
the Mendocino Woodlands. Our group camp, in a forest of evergreens and
young redwoods four hours north of San Francisco, is equipped with tent
cabins, a dining hall, and flush toilets.
Women and girls, age eleven and older, are welcome. (Girls younger than
fifteen must come with an adult). This is a small, friendly festival with
rituals, nature study, workshops on healing and psychic skills, campfires,
hiking, and a girls' coming-of-age ceremony.
Workshop leaders receive a $5 discount. Anyone may offer a workshop. Work
scholarships are available for two cook's helpers; inquire in advance. Women
staying late on Sunday to clean up the camp will receive a $5 rebate.
No refunds will be given unless the festival is canceled. You may give your
registration to another woman if you let us know about it.
Five professionally prepared vegetarian meals are included in the registration
price. To keep festival prices low, we ask everyone to do three hours work at
registration, security, kitchen, or cleanup.
Before June 1 $80 adult / $35 girl
June 1-30 $90 adult / $40 girl
July 1 - August 16 $100 adult / $45 girl
For further information:
Elderflower
P.O.Box 31627
San Francisco, CA 94131
(415) 285-5669
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May 1990 Thelema Lodge Calendar/Newsletter (May and June events)
Mailed free within 100 miles of San Francisco California
Ordo Templi Orientis
P.O. Box 2303
Berkeley, CA 94702 USA
Temple Location: 590 63rd St.
Oakland, California
(Entrance in back, to the right)
Phones: Lodge/Temple: (415) 652-3505
Messages only: (415) 454-5176
Compuserve: 72105,1351
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