The O.T.O. Phenomenon · archival book dossier

Ordo Templi Orientis Rituals and Sex Magick

Theodor Reuss and Aleister Crowley

Out of print · out of print · out of print

Edited and compiled by
A. R. Naylor

Introduction by
P. R. Koenig

Published by Order of the Literary Executor for Aleister Crowley.

498 pages — many photographs and documents

ISBN 1-872189-93-8
£ 29.99    US$ 49.95

Essex House, Thame, England. OX9 3LS.
Date: 1999

Aleister Crowley, Theodor Reuss, O.T.O. Rituals and Sex Magick, Liber LII, CLXI, CI, CXCIV, Gnostic Neo-Christians, IV° Lodge of Perfection, Perfect Magician, Council of Princes of Jerusalem, V° Sovereign Prince of the Rose-Croix, VI° Knights Templar of the Order of Kadosch, VII° Grand Councillor of the Mystical Templars, De Natura Deorum, VIII° Knight of the Rose and the Cross, De Nuptiis Secretis Deorum Cum Hominibus, IX° Parsifal and the Secret of the Graal Unveiled, Agape vel Liber C vel Azoth, Amrita, Emblems and Mode of Use, Grimorium Sanctissimum, Star Sapphire, Eucharist by Clément de Saint-Marcq, Gnosticorum Missa Minor, X° De Homunculo Epistola, Hermetic Brotherhood of Light
01

Contents

Part I: Introduction

  • Birth and Development of the O.T.O.
  • Amazing Maze
  • Structure and Practises of the O.T.O. Groups
  • A note to the Constitutions, the Rituals and the Instructions

Part II: Constitutions & Guiding Principles

  • Ancient Order of Templars Constitution, 1906
  • Hermetic Science College, 1906
  • Manifesto of the Mysteria Mystica Maxima, 1912
  • Mysteria Mystica Maxima, Constitution, 1913
  • Preface to Revised Rituals and Synopsis of the Grades, 1914
  • Ancient Order of Templars Constitution, 1917
  • Liber LII, Manifesto of the O.T.O., 1919
  • Liber CLXI, Concerning the Law of Thelema, 1919
  • Liber CI, An Open Letter to Those Wishing to Join the Order, 1919
  • Liber CXCIV, An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order, 1919
  • Programme of Construction and the Guiding Principles of the Gnostic Neo-Christians, O.T.O., 1920
  • System of the O.T.O. (Magick Without Tears, 1944, published 1954)
  • What is Freemasonry (Confessions, 1929)

Part III: Rituals & Instructions

  • Mysteria Mystica Maxima, 1906, Initiation into the First Degree
  • Reuss-O.T.O. 1918, 1°
  • Crowley-O.T.O. 1° (very early, in masonic style and non-thelemic)
  • Crowley-O.T.O. O° Minerval
  • I° Man
  • II° Magician
  • III° Master Magician and Devotion
  • IV° Lodge of Perfection, Perfect Magician
  • Council of Princes of Jerusalem
  • V° Sovereign Prince of the Rose-Croix
  • VI° Knights Templar of the Order of Kadosch
  • Liber LXX, 1916
  • Reuss-O.T.O. VII° Grand Councillor of the Mystical Templars
  • Crowley-O.T.O. VII° Instruction, De Natura Deorum
  • Reuss-O.T.O. VIII° Knight of the Rose and the Cross
  • Crowley-O.T.O. VIII° De Nuptiis Secretis Deorum Cum Hominibus
  • Reuss-O.T.O. IX° Parsifal and the Secret of the Graal Unveiled
  • Crowley-O.T.O. IX°: Energized Enthusiasm; The Ship; Two Fragments of a Ritual; The Supreme Ritual; A Ritual to Invoke HICE; The Ritual of Passing through the Waters; The Ritual of Passing through the Earth; Secrets of the IX°; Agape vel Liber C vel Azoth; Liber CDXIV: De Arte Magica; Liber CCCXLIII: Amrita; Emblems and Mode of Use, 1942; Grimorium Sanctissimum; Liber XXVI: Star Sapphire; The Eucharist by Clément de Saint-Marcq (1906); Of the Eucharist and of the Art of Alchemy, 1929; Patriarch of the Gnostic Catholic Church, 1944; Manifesto of the Gnostic Catholic Church, 1944; Liber XV: Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae — Canon Missae; Liber CLXXXVI: Gnosticorum Missa Minor.
  • Reuss-O.T.O. X°, ca. 1920
  • Crowley-O.T.O. X° De Homunculo Epistola, 1914
  • Crowley-O.T.O. XI°
  • Crowley-O.T.O. XII°: William Bernard Crow, 1948
  • Reuss-O.T.O. Instructions: An Insight into Yoga: Mystic Anatomy, 1913; Hermetic Brotherhood of Light, 1917; Gnostic Neo-Christians, 1917.
02

Additional visual material

O.T.O. Rituals and Sex Magick Theodor Reuss Aleister Crowley
Lettre du Crocodile Theodor Reuss Aleister Crowley Peter Robert Koenig Anthony Naylor O.T.O. Rituals and Sex Magick
03

Overlap with Francis King’s Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.

Is the content overlapping with Francis King’s Secret Rituals of the O.T.O. (London 1973) and, if so, to what extent?

There is some overlap. Aside from King’s introduction, everything in Secret Rituals is here, with the addition of the following: some extra details to rituals; Of Secret Marriages of Gods & Men has additional Latin titles and an extra section not previously published; Liber Agape has illustrations.

Aside from that there is also: an early Crowley (pre-Thelemic) O.T.O. initiation ritual; De Arte Magica; Emblems & their Mode of Use; Amrita; and various details from the VIIIth, IXth & Xth degrees not in King’s book.

It has a 60-page introduction which discusses the birth of the Order, its operation in various countries and the history of the various claimants of the O.T.O. crown. The use of the O.T.O. lamen is traced back to France in 1893.

There is considerable Reuss material, initiation rituals and instructional texts. Many articles by Crowley considered to be illuminating concerning O.T.O. mysteries and sex magick are presented.

XIIth degree material derives from W. B. Crow. It publishes the documents by which Crowley made Crow head of the Gnostic Catholic Church, and head of the Scottish, Memphis & Mizraim rites, and by which Crow declared himself to be Rex Summus Sanctissimus XIIth degree O.T.O. in 1948.

It is dedicated to literary executors of Aleister Crowley’s will, recognising both Louis Wilkinson and John Symonds as being IXth degree O.T.O. It was a surprise to realise that John Symonds is the one and only surviving member of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Gnosis of the O.T.O. as acknowledged directly by Aleister Crowley.

Do please note. There is material concerning O.T.O. initiations. Those working these initiations may wish to avoid reading them, preferring to experience the ritual before reading it. However, it has a good contents page, so these pages can be easily sealed if desired. I am sure you are all well able to make your own decisions in this matter.

04

Scanned material

O.T.O. Rituals and Sex Magick Theodor Reuss and Aleister Crowley Anthony R Naylor Peter-R Koenig O.T.O. Rituals and Sex Magick Theodor Reuss and Aleister Crowley Anthony R Naylor Peter-R Koenig O.T.O. Rituals and Sex Magick Theodor Reuss and Aleister Crowley Anthony R Naylor Peter-R Koenig
06

Site portals

↑ Top of page Return to previous page