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The Ordo Templi Orientis Phenomenon
English online version of the 1994 German book Das O.T.O. Phänomen . The chapter links below lead to the online texts; the printed book itself is out of print.
A research project by Peter-R. Koenig.
This page is the chapter entrance to the English online version of the 1994 German Das O.T.O. Phänomen .
The paper version with many pictures is out of print .
Definition, Concept, Legal Situation
Basic framing of the O.T.O. problem: definitions, claims, legal weather.
Introduction
Opening orientation for the O.T.O. Phenomenon research project.
Once Upon A Time On The Dark Side Of The Moon
Theodor Reuss, origins, claims, and the shadow theatre of succession.
Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis Misraim: Historical Notes
Historical notes on Memphis-Misraim and its neighbouring ritual traffic.
Veritas Mystica Maxima
A central historical-critical strand within the O.T.O. Phenomenon.
Of Booksellers And Other Grand Masters of the O.T.O.
Printed matter, authority, and the little monarchy of occult paperwork.
Carl William Hansen — Denmark
Supplement to the grand-master and bookseller chapter.
In Nomine Demiurgi Saturni
Fraternitas Saturni material within the wider O.T.O. field.
Dreamland Thelem Chassidim
Martha Küntzel, Friedrich Lekve, and related Thelemic afterlives.
Gnosis on Stage
Friedrich Mellinger and public forms of esoteric performance.
Thelema in Appenzell?
Swiss Thelema and the institutional humour of local occult administration.
The Psychosophical Publishing Company
Publishing, psychosophy, and the Swiss continuation machinery.
Templars, Illuminati + the Fraternitas Saturni
Illuminist and Templar motifs as institutional costume and claim.
Baphomet and Rosycross
Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua and the Huiracocha current.
Mysteria Mystica Maxima
Crowleyan ritual material and the subsequent jurisdictional fog machine.
Did you know Oscar R. Schlag?
Oscar R. Schlag and the Swiss occult constellation.
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
Gnostic churches, wandering bishops, and consecrated paperwork.
Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua
O.T.O.A., Haitian gnosis, Bertiaux, and the neighbouring currents.
Selling out O.T.O. groups in Italy
Italian groups, claims, exchanges, and post-war manoeuvres.
“Anal intercourse and the O.T.O.”
The XI° question in the blunt phrasing it usually deserves.
1994 · Das O.T.O. Phänomen
The original German paper version with many pictures is out of print.
Book note
2001 · Der O.T.O. Phaenomen REMIX
Expanded, revised, updated, and also out of print.
REMIX note
2011 · Der O.T.O.-Phänomen RELOAD
The ultimate later version of the book project.
Open RELOAD
Serbian version
Cover material for the Serbian version.
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