Copyright 2006 Ordo Templi Orientis. This is quoted verbatim from the O.T.O. International Bodymaster’s Handbook, 2000 e.v. edition. It is provided here for the use of O.T.O. members of whatever degree who do not have ready access to said work.

Certain forms or styles of address are used in formal correspondence with members of the various degrees of O.T.O. These should be employed when you are (1) writing to someone whose degree is known to you, or (2) writing to an officer whose office is associated with a particular degree, whether you know the officer’s actual degree or not. For instance, if writing to the President of the Electoral College, you would use the form of address for a Senator; if writing to a member of the Grand Tribunal, you would use the form of address for a G.I.C. When in doubt, keep it simple: Dear Brother (Sister).

The official forms of address for formal correspondence are given below:

Continue reading O.T.O. Forms of Address

Care Fratres Sororesque,

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

June has become a nexus of busy-ness for our Oasis with many of our members attending the BABALON Rising festival, the upcoming IV/PI and KEW initiations in Austin later in the month. The unfortunate result of all of this activity is that the two Masses on the calendar for June have now disappeared. So to remedy this I’m asking if there are any Mass teams who would like to put together a celebration of the Gnostic Mass on the 13th.

Also, I’d like to let everyone know that our Brother, Robert Crow III, Master of the Subtlety or Force Encampment in New Mexico, will be providing a delightful lecture in lieu of our regularly scheduled Vision and the Voice class at the Temple on June 12 (2-4 PM) covering Magick and Mystical Militarism. The class will be open to non-initiates and free, but our Brother will have copies of his Camp’s highly entertaining rag, “The Doomsayer’s Digest,” for sale. So grab yourself some lunch beforehand and hunker down for what should be an engaging talk.

From correspondence with Master Crow:

“The Aeon of Horus implies supreme and terrible temporal ordeals Crowley felt would threaten the Security of the Mysteries. His prescription for surviving and mastering “500 years of darkness” is contrary to modern egalitarian pacifism and to fascistic revolution endorsed by other 20th century Esotericists. This lecture will address Crowley’s understanding of revolution in the context of the war and politics of the New Aeon. It will appeal to Crowley’s political sentiments, military prophecy, and Hero myth in contrast to the Philosophers Ernst Junger, Julius Evola, Mircea Eliade, and Carl Jung.”

Love is the law, love under will.

Fraternally,

Frater Nur-i-Siyah
Master, Bubastis Oasis
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