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BAPHOMET BREEZE
Volume III Number 2
Summer Solstice, 1988
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
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THE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF GOVERNMENT
(strictly private and confidential)
by Comte de Fenix
(Aleister Crowley)
THEOREM.
The scientific solution of the problem of Government is given in AL (Liber
Legis). This Law supersedes all the empirical theories hitherto current.
QUOTATION.
Chapter 1.
3. Every man and every woman is a star.
10. Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule
the many & the known.
40. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
41. The word of Sin is Restriction.
42. thou hast no right but to do thy will.
43. Do that, and no other shall say nay.
44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered
from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
57. Love is the law, love under will.
Chapter 2.
19. Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest
are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who
sorroweth is not of us.
20. Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious
languor, force and fire are of us.
58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, &
not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall
be Kings for ever; the slaves shall serve.
Chapter 3.
4. Choose ye an island!
5. Fortify it!
6. Dung it about with enginery of war!
7. I will give you a war-engine.
8. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall
stand before you.
58. But the keen and the proud, the royal and the
lofty; ye are brothers!
59. As brothers fight ye!
60. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
DEMONSTRATION.
1. The average voter is a moron. He
believes what he reads in
newspapers, feeds his
imagination and lulls his
repressions on the cinema, and
hopes to break away from his
slavery by football pools,
cross-word prizes, or spotting
the winner of the 3.30. He is
ignorant as no illiterate
peasant is ignorant: he has no
power of independent thought.
He is the prey of panic. But he
has the vote.
2. The men in power can only govern
by stampeding him into wars,
playing on his fears and
prejudices until he acquiesces
in repressive legislation
against his obvious interests,
playing on his vanity until he
is totally blind to his own
misery and serfdom. The
alternative method is
undisguised dragooning. In
brief, we govern by a mixture of
lying and bullying.
3. This desperate resort to archaic
weapons is the heritage of
hypocrisy. The theories of
Divine Right, aristocratic
superiority, the moral order of
Nature, are all to-day exploded
bluffs. Even those of us who
believe in supernatural
sanctions for our privileges to
browbeat and rob the people no
longer delude ourselves with the
thought that our victims share
our superstitions
4. Even dictators understand this.
Mussolini has tried to induce
the ghost of Ancient Rome to
strut the stage in the image of
Julius Caesar; Hitler has
invented a farrago of nonsense
about Nordics and Aryans; nobody
even pretends to believe either,
except through the "Will-to-
believe." And the pretence is
visibly breaking down
everywhere. They cannot even be
galvanized with spasms of
pseudo-activity, as still
occasionally happens with the
dead toads of superstition.
5. There is only one hope of
uniting the people under
intelligent leadership; because
there is only one thing in which
everyone really believes. That
is, believes in such a way that
he automatically bases every
action of his daily life on its
principles. (This is true of
practically all men, whatever
their race, caste, or creed.)
This universally accepted basis
of conduct is Science.
6. Science has attained this
position because it makes no
assertion that it is not
prepared to demonstrate to all
comers. (This part is so well
understood that all the "false
prophets" - Spiritualism,
Christian Science, ethnological
cranks, Great Pyramid puzzle-
mongers, and the rest of the
humbugs - all pretend to appeal
to evidence, not to authority,
as did the Kings and the
Churches.) The problem of
Government is therefore to find
a scientific formula with an
ethical implication. This
formula must be rigidly
applicable to all sane men
soever without reference to the
individual qualities of any one
of them.
7. The formula is given by the Law
of Thelema. "Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law."
This injunction, in one sense
infinitely elastic, since it
does not specify any particular
goal of will as desirable, is
yet infinitely rigid, in that it
binds every man to follow out
exactly the purpose for which he
is fitted by heredity,
environment, experience, and
self-development. The formula
is thus also biologically
indefeasible, as well as
adequate, ethically to every
individual, and politically to
the State.
8. Let this formula be accepted by
every government. Experts will
immediately be appointed to work
out, when need arises, the
details of the True Will of
every individual, and even that
of every corporate body whether
social or commercial, while a
judiciary will arise to
determine the equity in the case
of apparently conflicting
claims. (Such cases will become
progressively more rare as
adjustment is attained.) All
appeal to precedent and
authority, the deadwood of the
Tree of Life, will be abolished,
and strictly scientific
standards will be the sole
measure by which the executive
power shall order the people.
The absolute rule of the state
shall be a function of the
absolute liberty of each
individual will.
_____________________________
NOTICE OF O.T.O. DUES INCREASE
Effective in September, all dues
and fees in O.T.O. will increase.
This is the first such increase
since the early 1970s. The purpose
of this article is to explain the
change and to review financial
obligations of O.T.O. members
overall.
In 1919, dues and fees were
published in Equinox III(1). When
modern figures were set in the
early '70s, they were established
as three times the 1919 value (far
below the inflation rate, no?).
Now, approximately 15 years later,
dues are being reset at four times
the 1919 schedule - a one-third
increase.
O.T.O. members are charged with
the sacred obligation of supporting
the Order to the fullest extent of
their financial means. Annual dues
are established by the Order as a
minimum contribution. Fees are set
for each initiation to defer the
costs of the initiation itself.
Additionally, the Lodge itself may
charge its own dues.
The annual dues are sent, in
their entirety, to Grand Lodge for
the general operating fund of the
Order. Fees remain with the local
bodies; but especially in the case
of Minervals and Io, these often do
not meet actual expenses, let alone
leave anything for general local
operations.
To meet the need for at least
minimal local funding, Baphomet
Lodge and its satellites charge an
additional fee, equal to one year's
Io dues, for each initiation 0o-
IIIo. This is in lieu of Lodge
dues. The charge is linked to a
distinct service, rather than to
the more abstract idea of
"membership." It also pays for
your subscription to the Lodge
newsletter. The complete revised
schedule of dues and fees is listed
here for Man of Earth initiations
at Baphomet Lodge and its
satellites:
DUES FEES LODGE TOTAL
0o $20 $20 $20 = $60
Io $20 $20 $20* = $60
IIo $40 $20 $20 = $80
IIIo $60 $20 $20 = $100
IVo $80 $40 = $120
C.P.I. $20 = $20
* Minerval & Io on same occasion
= $100 (only one Lodge charge)
For completion, here are the dues
and fees for all other degrees:
DUES FEES TOTAL
K.E.W. $20 = $20
Vo $104 $60 = $164
K.R.E. $40 = $40
VIo $124 $104 = $228
G.I.C. $144 $104 = $248
P.R.S. $156 $104 = $260
VIIo $224 $204 = $428
VIIIo $448 $408 = $856
IXo $672 $816 = $1,488
Dues are payable upon taking a
new initiation, or after one year,
whichever comes first. Fees and
Lodge charges are payable upon
taking a new initiation. In some
cases, Lodge charges can be paid in
labor or similar service.
Members are also welcome to make
whatever additional contributions
they may wish from time to time.
All funds received are applied
scrupulously to O.T.O. and Baphomet
Lodge activities. Any Lodge member
is welco e to examine the financial
records of the Lodge on request,
other than another member's private
records.
If there are any questions,
please feel free to ask them.
Love is the law, love under will.
Frater Iacchus
Treasurer, Baphomet Lodge
_____________________________
He Who Laughs...
Do what thou wilt shall be the
whole of the Law
Much of what we do in life has a
serious purpose. Any task which we
undertake, be it for spiritual or
material attainment, is a serious
and sober creation of life in one
form or another. In this we are
gods; isn't being a god a serious
undertaking in itself? What a
sober responsibility, but what a
joyful experience!
With joy comes laughter, our
true outlet for that which cannot
be expressed in words. Humans
laugh; those that can't or won't
fall into a very sorry state
indeed.
Why do we laugh? Laughter, in
the form of a "nervous giggle",
occurs when we are tense or
anxious; it comes often at someone
else's misfortune; it is the
response to jokes, usually told at
some other's expense. We laugh at
anger, at danger, at fear.
Laughter relieves otherwise
unexpressible f elings: relief that
the self is not the victim, loss of
self-control, a sense of not being
in control of ones immediate
destiny. Seldom, though, do we
laugh at ourselves.
The utter inanity of a situation
is largely that which is in
ourselves inane and ridiculous. To
laugh at that part of the inner
self is to see all the joy that
cannot be so easily expressed and
to conquer that which is self-
righteous and self-destructive.
Children do this innately; adults
have "unlearned" this ability.
Life is too serious to be taken
seriously. Laughter, like a child,
needs no excuse. Laugh at the pure
joy of being, at nothing at all, at
yourself.
"I tell you solemnly, anyone who
does not welcome the kingdom of God
like a little child will never
enter it." Regain a child's
ability to laugh; enter into your
kingdom.
Love is the law, love under will
Soror Mari
_________________________________
FROM THE XAO PALACE
By Soror Sophia
Turning the page on our Thoth
Tarot Calendar, there was the card
of the month: Two of Cups - Love.
It is June, and that certainly
flavors things a bit. It's a time
of emphasis on relationships, deep
loves, and passions; whether it be
spiritual or material.
A person wonders: Is this person
the right one? Am I in love? Are
our charts too similar, or too
divergent? This partner can't be
the only choice to make on the
planet. Once decided, and willed
that the relationship is the one
that is desired, the person is in a
new ball park. One might apologize
and be willing to accept an
apology, letting go totally things
that in a prior relationship would
have been held there for some time.
The difference may be, that once
one has the stable underlying
certainty of the rightness of the
action it can be carried out. This
is not just concerning
"relationships." For "as above, so
below, and within." This
relationship, as an analogy, can be
a symbol for our overall spiritual
quest or desire for marriage with
the infinite. I feel that one must
muster the same drive,
perseverance, dedication, and
endurance to succeed, whichever
course we take. The lessons
learned are carried over to each
plane of existence.
When one signs up for this
"Course," let it be known and
understood that there is work to be
accomplished. That you will be
working with your lab partner on
certain experiments. You will be
given certain tests and should
expect them at anytime whatsoever.
You cannot audit the course,
participation is necessary. Your
lab partner is yours for the
duration of the course. Your
determine the length of the course,
the grades, what goes on at recess,
and the class size.
But what shall be the sign that
one has made a right decision?
(sounding familiar here?) Well the
UnderXao answers, bending her
working hands down over the
keyboard, her fingers arched for
typing, her lovely feet not
stepping on XaoBird, the parakeet
loose on the floor:
"Thou knowest! And the sign
shall be my ecstasy, the
consciousness of the continuity of
existence, the omnipresence of my
body."
As a friend of mine found as he
stepped off a plane in Hawaii,
feeling the warm air engulf him, he
knew he made the right decision.
We too know and can feel it.
This issue is one of expansion,
and nurturing. We are building and
creating, and I am having a fine
ole time at it.
_______________________________________________________________________
THE LAW UNDER THE LAW
by Soror Timshel
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
Well, that's it. We're all doomed. 1984 has become a reality. Soon
we'll have no personal freedom. Christian prayer in the schools.
McCarthyism! Plagues of toads and spiders! Anita Bryant for President,
goats with two heads, Pat Boone albums...arghhh! Oh, hell. It's summer,
and it's too damn hot for diatribes. You guys only use this page to line
bird cages anyway. I'm going to the beach. See you this fall.
(As a replacement column, Soror Timshel provided us with some stuff she
found scratched on the back of Aleister Growley's laundry list. Oh, well.
Anything to full space.)
A THELEMIC LANGUAGE LESSON
WHAT THELEMITES SAY: WHAT THEY MEAN:
1. Do what thou wilt. 1. Fine, don't do it my way...but
it'll be wrong.
2. I disagree, but "As brothers fight 2. I'm planning your "greater
feast" for sometime next week.
3. Take your fill and will of love as 3. Wanna fuck?
ye will.
4. It's beyond your grade. 4. I don't know.
5. Meditate on it. 5. I really don't know.
6. It's a blind. 6. No one knows.
7. It's revealed wisdom. 7. He made it up.
8. Their rituals are too "Old Aeon." 8. There's not enough sex and
violence.
9. In terms of physical phenomena, 9. My cat exploded.
the ritual was a success.
10.That lecture was very informative. 10.How many oaths did you break with
this one?
11.Our ritual should be quite 11.It's a combined Horus invocation
powerful. /Choronzon evocation with a
little Cthulu thrown in for
extra punch.
12.His new rituals are very true to 12.He changed two words in Liber
Crowley's vision. Pyramidos
13.Taking this initiation will 13.Your husband will leave, you'll
accelerate your progress lose your job, a meteor will
on the path. strike your car and your dog
will die.
14.That's an interesting 14.Crowley is spinning in his
interpretation. grave fast enough to
generate electricity.
15.Their camp is very independent. 15.They're planning the overthrow
of the Grand Master and they've
become born-again Christians.
16.That's how Crowley originally 16.I don't have a good reason, but
intended it. I like it that way.
17.Their temple has a lot of magical 17.They haven't banished since
energy. 1967.
18.The party was fun.....you know, the 18.There were 3 major philosophical
usual. schisms, 2 magical duels to the
death, an impromptu X-rated
Gnostic Mass, and the usual orgy
to follow.
19.He brings a strong sense of 19.He's Crowley's incarnation and
conviction to his commentaries on he wants royalties.
Crowley's works.
20.Yes, "Liber Call Me AL" is very 20.Tell us who wrote it so we can
witty. kill him.
21.Your "Law Under the Law" column has 21.The FBI just called, and we
some interesting political turned you in.
implications.
(The Editors have been assured that the usual lecture will return next
issue, so don't panic - your bird cages won't go liner-less again.)
Love is the law, love under will
______________________________
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND
STUNS SKEPTICS
by Edwin L. Andrews, Ph.D.
(reprinted with permission from
Archae-O-logical Annual)
The tablet here presented is the
oldest solid evidence of computer
technology by early civilizations.
Written in Hebrew characters, it
is, apparently, the mapping of
eight pairs of 8- bit registers, or
possibly even eight single 16-bit
registers, from an ET 8032 computer
chip. It will be noticed, on
inspection, that nine of the bytes
are marked with a | character.
These divide the hexadecimal
architecture into a decimal
infrastructure.
The nine bytes designated by the
| character contain the Hebrew
correlates of I, L, and A in the
right bank, and V, Ch, P (final),
B, and R in the left bank. This
enumerates, by the usual methods,
to 337, the value of a Hebrew word
meaning "Ruler of Earth."
Obviously, this alludes to some
scheme to conquer the planet at
large.
Accompanying papyri declare that
someone named He-Shem (HShM, "The
Name") brought them from a land
called Y'nis (INIS). He-Shem may
in fact have been He-Shom.
The vertical lines of the left
register give an amazing key to the
ancient chant of the Sudan:
Dammel thinshed
Kathachowdom
Lo, the tizzle-tock
The Darpadoth
B.B. ve-Thaloa
[The "B.B." has always
been mysterious.]
Shekkanah-brawl
He-Vilthinbar
Mish Becky Egg Heqq
Also, the total numeric value of
both tablets is 10,097. This
remarkably matches precisely the
number of Frigginites exiled in
Libya. Furthermore, the tablet is
divided exactly as were the
Frigginites by gender; id est,
4,258 men (matching the value of
the right tablet), and 5,839 women
(the left tablet).
Besides these few small points,
the right side remains
unintelligible and is published
here with the earnest hope that
other scholars may assist in their
decipherment.
_____________________________
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Liber Call Me AL
vel vel, now.
subfigura skating
"The Book of the In-Laws"
1. New and improved! The filet of
Haddock.
2. Oh come, all ye faithful, and
Jim shall spill all the secrets
which have not been revealed
already. I, Christopher Robin,
am the complement of Pooh, my
bear. He is hungry, and he lives
under the name of Sanders.
3. I am always the center of
attention, which makes my wife a
bit edgy.
4. Yet it is she who gets invited
to the best parties.
5. Yuck! These old rituals are
filthy! Let the nasty ones get
lost; let the good take
laxatives. Then we'll talk.
6. I am heartburn and sunstroke. I
am Life, and I gave at the
office, yet I am expert in
Grateful Dead trivia.
7. I am The Omen and The Exorcist.
I am the fly in the ointment and
the lime in the coconut. "Come
unto me" is a foolish word, for
I do not make house calls.
8. Who worshipped Har-Po-Marx has
worshipped me; badly, for I
prefer Chico.
9. Remember that existence is one
long party; that hangovers pass
and are done, but liver damage
remains.
10. O boy, I can see you had enough
of this yesterday.
11. I see you hate the hand and the
pen, but I could not afford a
word processor.
12. Because we are both broke.
13. for why? Because thou failed
grammar, and me.
14. Also, we couldn't pay the
electric bill.
15. For I am just the greatest
thing, and my number is nine one
one to the fools, but with the
"in" crowd I am eight, and one
eight, and four out of five, and
two for one. Which is really
critical, only I forgot why. I
didn't draw to my Jack-high
straight.
16. I am a priest in drag. Oh, and
I can count to eleven, just like
my wife.
17. Hear me, ye people of sighing
Whose next three paychecks are
all spent;
Now is the time to start crying
--
The Landlord just increased your
rent!
18. They are better off dead, these
worthless bums. they will
hardly feel a thing. We don't
care -- we're on the winning
team.
19. Is God to walk a dog? Woof!
But Pig enumerates to 93.
20. Beauty and fashion, Malibu
condos and fast cars, coke and
cognac are of us.
21. We have nothing with the scum
and the rabble. Refuse them
spare change! Kick them in the
ribs! Spit on them! Gouge
their eyes out! Drop napalm on
their foul, stinking streets
full of cheap wine bottles and
shopping carts and -- excuse me,
I got carried away. If the body
of the King dissolve, the Palace
probably needs a new water
softener. Nuts! Haddocks! Pa-
Ra-Keets! UV lamps, steroids
and contact lenses, track
lighting! I ask you, is this
any way to run a pantheon? Then
again, what can you expect from
a bunch of nocturnal snakes?
22. I am the Worm that lieth in the
bottom of the tequila bottle
which fills men with
drunkenness. For a good time,
buy strange drugs from my
distributor and trip thereupon.
The brain damage will barely be
noticeable. Just say "Nu!" The
exposure of innocence is fun.
Be a manly, lusty Man; you can
explain it all to God later.
23. I am alone. There is no God.
Where am I?
24. But ye, o my people, rise up
and -- Shut up, o deacon; I am
not there yet. This is just one
of many Grave Mysteries I plan
to hint about without ever
actually telling you anything.
For example, it is said, or so
some say, that there are those
of my people who are hermits.
Now, think not to find them
milking goats in the West County
of Ireland, or even standing in
wheatfields holding cubist
lanterns along the Tiphareth-
Chesed Freeway, but at cocktail
parties, and in the Tokyo subway
system. How is it, you ask,
that such people are deemed
Hermits? Chalk up another Grave
Mystery. Remember: Kill the
wretched, and the weak, the
struggling masses yearning to be
free! Burn their homes, plow
their fields with salt, enslave
them, oppress them -- oh my, I'm
sorry, I seem to have gotten
carried away again. I really
will try to keep a lid on it
from now on. Promise.
25. It's us against them, boy, and
I say we call in the nukes! The
hell with what I just promised!
I hate them! I hate them!
Aaaargh!
26. I am the train entering a
tunnel, and the hot dog chasing
a donut. If I lift up my head,
and shoot forth venom, I will
have to wash the sheets in the
morning.
27. There is danger in this verse,
for whoso does not give it to
his editor shall make a great
mess. He shall stumble into the
pit called Writers Block, and
there he shall reason with the
Xaos.
28. Now, damn Because, and the
horse he rode in on!
29. Just who the Hell does Because
think he is, anyway?
30. If Will stops and cries Why,
fire him.
31. If Power asks Why, tell it
whatever it wants to hear.
32. Reason won't work either, at
least not for you.
33. Enough Because, already! I
don't even like his dog!
34. (What has he got against dogs,
anyway? Is it my turn, now?
Okay...*ahem*) But ye, o my
people, rise up and restore
circulation to your arms!
35. Let the rituals be performed
with latex and farm animals!
36. There are parties every other
Tuesday at Bagh-i-muattar Camp.
37. A feast for the first night of
Pernod over ice!
38. A feast for each of the ninety-
four days of the writing on the
Book of the In-Laws.
39. A feast for Alexia, child of
1.75 Masters -- Ptah-Sekhet, O
profit!
40. Practices for initiation
rituals, and practices for the
Equinox so we can piss off the
A... A... types again.
41. A feast after class, and a
feast on payday; a feast for
life, and a sudden loss of
appetite following death.
42. A feast every day with me so
you can get heartburn.
43. A feast every night with my
wife so you can get spacey.
44. Yeah! Party hardy, bro, and
fear not hangovers at all.
45. There is death for the dogs,
but only if a Czechoslovakian
restaurant opens in your
neighborhood.
46. Doest thou fall? Art thou
hurt? Call Work Injury
Resources at (213) 466-1058.
47. Where am I? What are these?
48. Pity not the fallen! (What a
great idea for a song title...)
they are not my problem! I hate
them, hate them, hate them!
Torture them, destroy them, burn
them,! Rip their throats open
with dull knives, and -- whoops,
there I go again.
49. I am Haddock, hear me roar,
while I kill and maim the poor;
they knew that I would get them
in the end. (This is one of the
nine to five; after work there
is happy hour, wherein I am
three sheets to the wind.)
50. Green am I, and pink in the
weave of my shirt, yet the red
lines are in my eyes, and the
purple shadows under them.
51. I mean really purple; it is the
light high as a mountain, tall
as a tree. My toadie shall call
this light "infrared," thus
establishing his credentials to
create a system of scientific
illuminism.
52. There is some veal; that veal
is black. It is the veal you
bought for dinner three months
ago; it is the veal that still
lieth in the back of your
refrigerator. Throw away this
fuzzy specimen of mycology! Do
this, and I shall reward thee
with freedom from severe food
poisoning.
53. Don't worry, kid, you won't
regret writing this thing. You
are perfectly OK, I swear it,
and any minor discomfort you may
feel is only temporary, and
probably just psychosomatic
anyway.
54. So your family, loved ones,
friends, and everyone else
you've ever respected think
you've gone off the deep end?
Big deal! You know who you can
trust, right? The stops as thou
wilt; the yields as prescribed
by state law.
55. Thou shalt learn the entire
English Alphabet; thou shalt
learn to construct words
therefrom.
56. Laugh while you still can,
mockers! They laughed at me at
the University, but now, now I
will show them! Ahahaha!
57. He that is righteous shall be
righteous still, he that is
filthy shall take a bath.
58. Don't go changing, to try to
please me, I love you just the
way you are. Perhaps that bum
is a King who likes cheap red
wine. A King can choose his
refreshment as he will; the
rabble cannot hide their poor
taste.
59. Kill them all, and let Me sort
them out!
60. Strike low, strike often; kick
them when they're down, so they
won't get up again!
61. There is a light before thine
eyes, a light undesired, most
annoying. Buy a new shade for
your desk lamp.
62. Your chest hurts, and the roof
is leaking.
63. Just breathing is an effort.
64. Oh! You let your guard down,
we have you now: hail, hail, the
gang's all here: prophet of a
Nut! prophet of the Odd! Prophet
of Bar-B-Que! Now rejoice, and
party, and write trashy novels!
65. I am the Master; you will obey
me.
66. Write and work, and find
ecstasy in bed! Thrill with
victory and agonize in defeat!
Those who see your death shall
be glad -- doesn't that make you
feel just great? I love you so
much I think I'll kill you.
Cheer up! We're all in this
together.
67. Hold! A little more to the
left! Keep it up! Oh, for
God's sake, don't pass out now!
68. Harder! Faster! Oh! Oh!
OH!!!
69. Whew! What do I feel? Am I
exhausted? Not with this verse
number, I'm not.
70. There are other ways, too.
Wisdom says: be rich! Then canst
thou afford more joy.
Recrystallize thy rapture. If
thou drink, don't drive, if thou
love, do. If thou do aught
joyous, don't get caught, and
destroy all evidence.
71. But go for the gusto!
72. Grab more and more! Live fast,
die young, leave a good-looking
corpse.
73. Ah! Ah! Death! Death! Thou!
Thou! Shalt! Shalt! Long! --
excuse me, I got stuck. Anyway,
forget death.
74. Absence makes the Heart grow
fonder. He who lives long and
desires death much is obviously
not very good at suicide.
75. Aha! Listen to the Secret Code
Message:
76. 20-N-Z 6-B-17-M 3-M-2-N-3-M-3
16-6-C-15 18-14-N-11-5. What
the Hell does that mean? You
won't figure it out, that's for
sure. Ten cometh after me; they
shall read it, and weep. But
remember -- even if you don't
understand it, you can still
tell it to your friends.
77. O be thou proud and macho and
muscular, and the Castro shall
be thine.
78. Thou art really something, a
special kind of guy, truly head
and shoulders above the crowd, a
standout, one-of-a-kind. Thine
head shall expand to encompass
the stars. They shall worship
thy name, and the number of thy
beverage 202.
79. The end of the filet of
Haddock, and so long to you,
sucker.
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"CERTAIN ACTS" BILL MADE LAW
President Drakonian signed the
once controversial "Federal Anti-
Crime Act" into law today. The Act
is intended to strengthen the
Federal Government in its war on
Crime, Drugs, Terrorism, and
certain other problems by
centralizing authority and
eliminating legal loopholes.
According to the Act, "Individuals
suspected of committing certain
acts, conspiring to commit certain
acts, advocating or condoning the
commission of certain acts, or
associating with those who commit,
conspire to commit, or advocate or
condone the commission of certain
acts, shall under the provisions of
this law be subject to immediate
arrest, conviction, and application
of certain corrective and/or
punitive measures..."
President Drakonian expressed
praise for Congress and
satisfaction with the new bill at a
reception today before a gathering
of the National Conservative Youth
Front. Said the President: "This
new measure will be a great help to
us in our ongoing efforts to stop
the most terrible threat in history
to the American way of life, and to
the values and institutions which
have made this country what it is
today. We applaud Congress's
courage and vision in supporting
our commitment to stem the rising
tide of Crime and certain other
problems, and to cut back on
bureaucratic red tape. We also
thank our good friends in the
Supreme Court for their gracious
assistance. Decent citizens across
the country may rest a little
easier in the certainty that the
forces of Freedom, Justice and
Security will now be able to
operate without the hindrance of
the needless and costly formalities
of times past."
In spite of media predictions of
widespread demonstrations, the
government is not expecting any
serious trouble; says Drakonian
administration spokesman Peter
Hammer. According to Hammer,
"Under certain provisions of the
Act, certain agencies are
authorized to implement certain
policies within a certain boundary
of retroactivity. Under certain
circumstances, special task forces
may be created to expedite certain
phases of said policies. Said
circumstances were considered to be
fulfilled when certain information
was received through certain
channels which linked certain
individuals and organizations with
certain other individuals and
organizations known to be linked to
violations of Law according to the
provisions of the Act. Certain of
said task forces were immediately
created, and under the direction of
certain officials, immediately
carried out certain field
operations. Said operations,
through the effective utilization
of certain methods and equipment,
achieved desired results within the
designated time period." Further
details were not available.
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Notes from the Editor-in-Chief
by Hagios Xao
The last quarter here at Hermes
Camp has been an interesting
period. First off, just days after
the last Breeze was mailed, the
Xaos moved into a new home. Less
than a month later, a large party
was held at our new place for the
First Day of the Writing of the
Book of the Law. At that party,
TahutiNet was unveiled. TahutiNet
is a new computer "bulletin board"
system run as an outreach activity
of Hermes Camp. This BBS completes
the downward pointing electronic
triangle (with Tahuti at the apex,
of course) of which BaphoNet in New
York and ThelemaNet in Berkeley
form the other two points. All
three systems carry three "echo
conferences," collectively called
MAGICKNET, which connect Magick,
Witchcraft, and Neo-Pagan oriented
BBS systems across the country in
one large message base. Also, the
three OTO boards carry a special
conference available only to OTO
members. In addition, TahutiNet
can be used to download an
electronic version of the Breeze or
to upload articles for future
issues. The numbers for the OTO
BBS systems are:
TahutiNet
Eagle Rock, CA (213) 258-5724
ThelemaNet
Berkeley, CA (415) 548-0163
BaphoNet
New York, NY (718) 499-9227
This issue also marks a first
for the Xao. My courageous wife,
colloquially known as the UnderXao,
has volunteered as my successor as
Editor of the Breeze and has begun
training "the hard way." (That
means that she has single-handed
about 80% of the work involved in
producing this issue.) She has
done a fine job at the formidable
task of carrying on the Breeze
tradition of high quality content
and presentation. (At least we are
not conceited!)
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To: Fr... Hagios Xao,
Master of Hermes Camp,
Editor of the Baphomet Breeze
From: Fr... Yolcam Vaoan,
Master of Ptah Sekhet Oasis,
OTO Quartermaster
4/29/88 e.v.
Excellent Companion,
Do what thou wilt shall be the
whole of the Law
The following Notice pertains to
the OTO Quartermaster function and
parallels a similar but more
serious notice to be published in
the Link.
NOTICE
Although Baphomet Lodge does not
currently have a Master, it does
have a Past Master, a Half Master,
and now a Quartermaster. Yes, I've
been cajoled into accepting the
responsibility of providing all OTO
initiators with everything (nearly)
they need to perform initiations.
The first thing I'd like to do in
the context of Quartermastery is
try to gather together a good
portion of the Order's Wisdom of
Experience on how Man of Earth
initiation temples have been, can
and should be put together. I'll
need your help for this. Please
send your stories (success and
horror), tips, reccomendations,
photos, samples, blueprints, etc.
etc. to me now for compilation,
analysis, synthesis, and
redistribution. I have a special
interest in hearing from those of
you who might be willing to
actually make items of temple
equipment for sale to the Order.
Please write to the Quartermaster
at the following address:
Ordo Templi Orientis
22797 Barton Rd., No. 110
Colton, CA 92324
Or phone. If you don't know the
pho e number, please get it from
someone who does.
Love is the law, love under will.
Frater J.W.
O.T.O. Quartermaster
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HUNCHBACKS AND SOLDIERS
?: What is M...M...M...? I've
never come across it.
?: What is the diamond-shaped
symbol with 11 crosses which
Crowley sometimes uses in front of
his name? I have seen some ads for
jewelry like this and wanted to
know what it meant.
?: What is a Viceroy? Some of
Crowley's letters to Germer refer
to him as Crowley's Viceroy.
!: These three "hunchbacks" have
been grouped together because they
can all be answered, at least in
part, by reference to one historic
document.
There exists a famous charter
from Mercurius (James Thomas
Windram), which most O.T.O.
archivists have in their files. It
has been a standard from which many
current forms and certificates have
been designed. It reads as
follows:
"O.T.O. MYSTERIA MYSTICA MAXIMA
Peace, Tolerance, Truth, Salutation
on all
points of the Triangle, respect to
the Order.
Know all Men by these presents:-
That the greatly honoured Brother
James Thomas Windram Xo, Most
Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander,
Absolute Grand Patriarch, Sovereign
Grand Master General and Viceroy
for the Union of South Africa by
virtue of his exalted office, and
under the authority of a Patent
conferred on him by the Grand
Master Baphomet, dated Anno IX, Sun
in 10o15'17" Capricorn Moon in
7o14'41" Pisces, does hereby
authorize and empower Venerable and
right worthy Frater Frank Bennett
VIIo, and Venerable and right
worthy Soror Veni Cooper Matheson
VIIo, and those associated with
them to constitute, hold and rule
the _______ Lodge, No. 2 on the
Register of the National Grand
Council of the Ordo Templi Orientis
for the Union of South Africa with
the right to work the Grades of the
M...M...M... Rite subject and
according to the Constitution of
the O.T.O. and M...M...M..., in the
City of Sydney, N.S.W.
Given in the name of the Grand
Master Baphomet, and by order and
under the hand and seal of His
Excellency the Viceroy of the
O.T.O. for the Union of South
Africa this 15th day of November
1915 E.V."
At the lower left, it is
"Sealed, signed and delivered by
us, Mercurius Xo." At the lower
right we find: "In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand, L.M.
Yardley VIIo, Sovereign Grand
Secretary General, O.T.O.,
M...M...M..., Union of South
Africa." Each prefixes his name
with the 11-fold cross concerning
which our correspondent has
inquired.
(1) M...M...M... stands for
"Mysteria Mystica Maxima"; that is,
the degrees from Minerval through
Prince of the Royal Secret.
(Beyond this, beginning with VIIo,
is the O.T.O. proper.)
Each of the old national
sections of O.T.O. had its own
name, such as Mysteria Mystica
Veritas, Mysteria Mystica Aeterna,
and Veritas Mystica Maxima. The
British Order, under Crowley, was
called Mysteria Mystica Maxima, as
were all national branches
springing directly from it.
M...M...M... is thus roughly
synonymous with what folks commonly
call "Aleister Crowley's O.T.O.,"
the outer O.T.O. system (below
VIIo) as descended through Crowley.
It is no accident that the three
initials enumerate to 120.
(2) The so-called "Baphomet
Cross" is a minor variation of a
traditional Masonic insignia. One
official O.T.O. instruction refers
to it as, "the triple and eleven
fold Cross in the invisible Diamond
which a member of our Supreme
Council prefixeth to his
signature," linking it specifically
to Supreme Council members. I have
never seen it used in any source
document except by a Grand Master,
Grand Secretary, or Grand
Treasurer. The female form has
curved serifs (see Leah Bathurst's
signature on p. 206 of the "Blue
Equinox"). Ignorance of its true
meaning has lead many to assume
wrongly that it is a IXo cross;
that it is a jewel for anyone in
O.T.O.; etc. By traditional usage,
it should be used only by the four
Grand officers and their
international counterparts.
(3) There are two forms of Xo.
Each type may hold the national
administrative office called "Grand
Master." One is a "Supreme & Holy
King," appointed directly by the
O.H.O. (the international O.T.O.
head). The other is a "Viceroy"
(Vice- King), appointed in special
circumstances by a Xo who is not
O.H.O. Windram was Xo Viceroy of
the Union of South Africa, not
Supreme & Holy King, because he was
appointed by Xo Crowley (with
O.H.O. Reuss' permission), and
reported directly to Crowley.
Similarly, C. S. Jones identified
himself in one document as
"PARZIVAL Xo O.T.O., Deputy Grand
Master General of all English
Speaking Countries, Viceroy of His
Most Sacred Majesty BAPHOMET for
the Dominion of Canada." Karl
Germer was Xo Supreme & Holy King
of Germany; but when he came to
live in the U.S., we had a Supreme
& Holy King, Wilfred Smith (per
appointment by O.H.O. Crowley in
1932). Therefore, though Germer
retained his degree, he was
addressed in correspondence as
Crowley's Viceroy. This gives a
historic precedent for two Xo
members living in one country, only
one of whom is that nation's King,
the other being a Viceroy of that
King or of another.
The title "Viceroy" should not
be confused with Deputy ("Vice")
Grand Master General.
Frater Iacchus
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CLASSIFIED SECTION
In The Continuum
The third issue of volume IV of
In The Continuum is now available.
All back issues are also available.
Volume I has 10 issues, volume II
has 12 issues and volume III has 10
issues. These issues may be
obtained for $4.00 per number from:
College of Thelema
P.O. Box 415
Oroville, CA 95965
Please make checks payable to
Phyllis Seckler.
Initiator's Supplies
A limited quantity of Cornelius
B-meters is now available at the
low price of only $19.88 each.
Contact Ptah-Sekhet Camp for full
details. (Some restrictions may
apply.)
O.T.O Baseball Caps
We now have available black
standard baseball caps with the
O.T.O. lamen silk screened on the
front in bright white. These hats
are adjustable, so there is no
problem accommodating the head of
even the most ego-centric magician.
This hat is quickly becoming the
"standard apparel" for all Lodge
functions. The price is $8.00 per
hat (plus $0.50 for shipping). All
proceeds go to Hermes Camp for the
production of the Baphomet Breeze.
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BHAKTI MAGICK CENTER
Bhakti Magick Center - a School
of Occult Science and Hermetic
Magick for O.T.O. members and
interested aspirants: conducts a
variety of classes, workshops and
seminars dedicated to the
advancement of Thelema.
(Ed note: Before we went to
press, a Magical Weapons Crafting
Seminar had just concluded: The
participants uniquely creating
their own wand, cup, dagger, and
pentacle.)
Their Saturday activity lineup
includes: Astral Aerobics (3 pm),
Magick Class (8 pm), then Bhakti
Party (11 pm).
Every Friday at 8 pm is an open
invitation to participate in a
Practicing Goddesses of Thelema
Night of feminine magick,
cartouche, astral work and aught
else. No prior experience is
needed, you have it already.
Get further info from: David
Cherubim, 1626 N.Wilcox Ave. #418,
Los Angeles, CA 90028, or call
(213) 467-5689 or (213) 254-8355.
Send $1 for current Bhakti
Newsletter.
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quarterly by Baphomet Lodge, an
affiliated body of Ordo Templi
Orientis. Individual issues may be
purchased for $1.50 per issue,
postpaid. Subscriptions are
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postpaid. Subscriptions are
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Activities marked with ** are held at the Manhattan address.
Minerval and Io Initiations are scheduled as needed, call for details.
Every Wed 8 pm Heru-Ra-Ha Lodge: Class (Wednesdays through Eternity)
Every Wed 8 pm College of Thelema, LA Campus: Class (Basic Occult
Practices - Do Not Be Late) **
Every Fri 8 pm Bhakti Magick Center: Practicing Goddesses of Thelema
Night - See Announcement
Every Sat Bhakti Magick Center: Class - See Announcement
6/20 8:57 pm Summer Solstice
6/20 8 pm IIo Symbolism Class**
6/21 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Solstice Party
6/25 Bhakti Center: Astral Aerobics/Magick Class/Party
6/27 8 pm IIIo Symbolism Class **
7/2 Bhakti Center: Astral Aerobics/Magick Class/Party
7/3 3 pm Nuit-Hathor Sanctuary: Gnostic Mass **
7/5 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details and
reservations
7/8 Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Minerval Initiations (Officers 7 pm,
Candidates 8 pm)
7/9 Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Io Initiations (Officers 3 am,
Candidates 4 am)
7/9 Bhakti Center: Astral Aerobics/Magick Class/Party
7/11 8 pm Io Symbolism Class **
7/17 1 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Gnostic Mass
7/18 8 pm IVo Rehersal ** (OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING IVo MUST ATTEND)
7/19 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details and
reservations
7/23 6 pm Convocation of the Lodge of Perfection
7/30 4 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Official Orgia
8/1 8 pm Minerval Symbolism Class **
8/2 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details and
reservations
8/6 12 noon Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Babalon Chapter members meeting
8/6 1 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Baphomet Lodge members meeting
8/6 8 pm Medieval Times Dinner Party - For those with reservations
and paid on time
8/7 3 pm Nuit-Hathor Sanctuary: Gnostic Mass **
8/8 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: IIo Rehersal (OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING
IIo MUST ATTEND)
8/12 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Feast - First Night of the Prophet
and His Bride
8/13 Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: IIo Initiations (Officers 11 am,
Candidates 12 noon)
8/14 11 am Hermes Camp: Garden of Thelema Brunch - Bring a dish
representing some historic age
8/15 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: IIo Symbolism Class
8/16 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details and
reservations
8/27 Bhakti Center: Astral Aerobics/Magick Class/Party
8/28 1 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Gnostic Mass
8/30 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details and
reservations
9/1 Deadline for article submissions to the BAPHOMET BREEZE
9/3 Bhakti Center: Astral Aerobics/Magick Class/Party
9/3 6 pm Babalon Chapter: Convocation
9/4 3 pm Nuit-Hathor Sanctuary: Gnostic Mass **
9/5 8 pm Equinox Rehersal **
9/10 Bhakti Center: Astral Aerobics/Magick Class/Party
9/11 3 pm Hermes Camp: Benefit GIANT BBQ FEAST for Gnostic Mass
Ceremony hall rental ($5/ticket)
9/13 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details and
reservations
9/17 Bhakti Center: Astral Aerobics/Magick Class/Party
9/19 8 pm Equinox Rehersal **
9/22 12:29 pm Autumnal Equinox
9/23 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Babalon Chapter Autumnal Equinox
Celebration and SPECIAL EVENT
9/25 1 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: Gnostic Mass
9/26 8 pm Ptah-Sekhet Oasis: IIIo Rehersal (OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING
IIIo MUST ATTEND)
9/27 8 pm Bagh-i-muattar Camp: Class - Call for details and
reservations
10/1 The Wondrous and Most Mysterious Las Vegas Wedding of
Lauri and Craig
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA O.T.O. BODIES
AND SATELLITES
BAPHOMET LODGE No. 7
NUIT-HATHOR SANCTUARY
BABALON CHAPTER (R+C) No. 6
4216 Beverly Boulevard, #156
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Aiwass Oasis
P.O. Box 26205
San Jose, CA 95159
A Ka Dua Camp
Box 815
Ben Lomond, CA 95006-1052
Khensu-Ra Camp
P.O. Box 55084, Stn. B
Omaha, NB 68155-0084
Ptah Sekhet Oasis
22797 Barton Road, #110
Colton, CA 92324
Hermes Camp / Baphomet Breeze
249 North Brand Boulevard, #482
Glendale, CA 91203
Bagh-i-muattar Camp
2058 North Mills Avenue, #234
Claremont, CA 91711
N.O.X. Camp
4577 South Centinela
Los Angeles, CA 90066
HERU-RA-HA LODGE No. 3
HERU-RA-HA CHAPTER (R+C) No. 2
P.O. Box 3111
Newport Beach, CA 92663
93 Camp
P.O. Box 2512
Capistrano Beach, CA 92624
Bacchus Camp
P.O. Box 1754
Garden Grove, CA 92642-1754
Ebony Camp
3100 South B Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
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Frater Yod, Co-Publisher
Soror Maticuiasa, Co-Publisher
Executive Committee, Baphomet Lodge
Soror UnderXao, Editor-in-Training
Frater Hagios Xao, Editor-in-Chief
Campmaster, Hermes Camp
Copyright (c) 1988 Ordo Templi
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