Bhakti Yoga & Western Esoteric Traditions
A Convergence of Love and Devotion Gerard Kraay Bhakti Yoga, originating in ancient India, and Western Esoteric traditions, with roots in...
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Frater T
- Apr 19
- 4 min
Happy Holy Days!
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Happy New Year Anno Vix! “Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy & beauty! There...
Mary MacGregor-Reid
- Mar 1
- 3 min
That of ye we claim heirship
Mary MacGregor-Reid (Soror Ashlar) “Hear ye all, saints of the true church of old time now essentially present, that of ye we claim...
Cynthia Crosse
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
Abundant Joy
Did you know the word “Joy” appears 11 times in the Gnostic Mass...
Heather Jennings
- Nov 21, 2021
- 15 min
OTO's touchdown in New Zealand. Soror Egeria's recollections of how we began.
Extracted from https://oceanialodgeoto.wordpress.com/ I was living in Brisbane Australia in 1978, with 5 other New Zealand women who were...
Cynthia Crosse
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
A Chat with Frater Asharath
Frater Asharath's OTO journey began when he contacted Sr Egeria - a kiwi girl working for Hymenaeus Alpha in the US. After a short...
Tim Paling
- Feb 1, 2019
- 1 min
Tight Lips
Silence lingers, waiting. Patient. Unperturbed by our distractions. Empty thoughts beget empty words. Little theories govern Little men....
Cynthia Crosse
- Feb 1, 2019
- 4 min
Pleasure vs Happiness
Cynthia Crosse If your life seems short of zing, rest assured, you are not alone. The World Health Organisation has declared depression a...
Cynthia Crosse
- Jun 2, 2018
- 11 min
Bernard F. Page
In March 1913, The Tango Song was published in the Equinox Vol I, No 9 within a sketch by Aleister Crowley called, "The Tango." The music...
Cynthia Crosse
- Sep 1, 2017
- 3 min
Pause for thought
It was mortifying the first time I bled – a most unwelcome occurrence; something about it felt deathly - and those unthinkable sanitary...
Tim Paling
- Sep 1, 2017
- 5 min
Springtime Folly
As Winter fades and Nature stirs, it seems an appropriate time to muse on the Fool, for “The Fool stirs within all of us at the return of...
Cynthia Crosse
- May 1, 2016
- 7 min
Meditation & Madness
"Go to a 10 day Vipassana retreat," they told me, "it will be wonderful!" I did. It was the worst 10 days of my life. Vipassana retreats...
Cynthia Crosse
- Nov 1, 2015
- 1 min
God names used in the Holy Books of Thelema
An extracted list by Sr OSIS, from "A Concordance to the Holy Books of Thelema" by Colin Campbell.
Simon Willis
- Aug 1, 2014
- 3 min
First steps...
One of my favourite parts of the Gnostic Mass as a Priest is the first step. This part for me is one of the most profound. First steps...
Tim Paling
- Oct 1, 2013
- 5 min
On The Priesthood
The structure of our Order is governmental. Through its initiations we progressively learn to better govern ourselves in accordance with...
Sr Mistra
- Oct 1, 2013
- 3 min
A Magical Pilgrimage
Sites Tour through the West Country of England, and Northern Ireland and Eire, on a journey of discovery encompassing many historical...
Tim Paling
- Aug 1, 2013
- 4 min
Promulgation and Initiation
As part of a recent lecture on “The Direction of O.T.O. in New Zealand”, I explained how promulgation and initiation are key elements in...
Cynthia Crosse
- Aug 1, 2013
- 2 min
Te Wheiao
“Te Wheiao” is a Maori term that describes “a space between the world of darkness and world of light... a transitional or liminal space”...
Cynthia Crosse
- Jun 1, 2013
- 2 min
George Bernard Shaw in New Zealand
I was reading a beautifully written wee book recently, published in 1944, “Here’s to Life: The Impressions, Confessions and Garnered...
Tim Paling
- Jun 1, 2013
- 2 min
Isopsephy App
Isopsephy is the Greek equivalent of gematria. It is the numerating of words so they can be grouped by value; words that have the same...
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