Thelema Lodge
Ordo Templi Orientis
P.O.Box 2303
Berkeley, CA 94702 USA
January 1997 e.v. at Thelema Lodge
Announcements from
Lodge Members and Officers
The Hanged Man, pertaining to inversion and enlightenment, will be one of
our two featured images this month for the illustrated portion of the tenth
meeting of the Tarot series being offered by Bill Heidrick for Thelema Lodge.
The following card, Death, thirteenth of the Major Trumps in Tarot, the card
of passage and transformation, will also be explored in the same manner. Then
Bill will lead the group, which meets in his home in San Anselmo on Wednesday
evening 22nd January at 7:30, as we shuffle up an actual deck and work step-
by-step through a complete reading or two, responding to queries from those in
attendance. For information or directions, call ahead at (415) 454-5176.
The Thelema Lodge Astrological Study Group continues its series on the
astrological houses in the horoscope as Grace leads a discussion of the eighth
house, which will be held at the Temple of Astrology in Berkeley on Friday
evening 31st January. With the eighth house we face issues of the limits of
personality; in particular, death and the erotic impulse are both related to
this area. In earlier ages when predictions of the time, manner, and place of
death were more common in horoscope interpretations, elaborate planetary
schemes were developed in the eighth house to render these details.
Relationships also establish the boundaries of personality, and it is this
aspect of sexuality (the potential for magical rather than biological
fertility), along with the whole texture of ordinary cooperations and
exchanges we conduct with others, which the eighth house rules. All are
welcome at this workshop, but to be included please call Grace ahead of time
at (510) 843-7827. She will provide directions, and take your birth-time data
for charts with which we can illustrate our ideas together.
"A magnificent magical allegory" is Crowley's recommendation of Balzac's
novel Le Peau de Chagrin, the title of which is variously rendered in English
as The Magic Skin, The Wild Ass's Skin, The Deadly Skin etc., and perhaps
literally means "the sorry pelt." We will be reading and discussing this very
enjoyable supernatural tragedy when Caitlin hosts the Section Two Reading
Group meeting at Oz House on Monday evening 20th January at 8:00.
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), author of the grand series of nearly fifty
novels and many short and long stories, collectively known as The Human Comedy, was an almost scientific novelist, systematically recording the
complexities of sensibility and the developing styles and values of French
culture during his lifetime. Although especially concerned with the
psychology of social manners, the Balzac oeuvre also contains precisely
formulated studies of mystical and philosophical problems, with the story of
the magic skin (a beautiful piece of onager hide which has been charged as a
talisman) outstanding among the latter category. The novel was first
published in 1831, but Balzac loved to go back and revise his work, and issued
seven new versions of this book through 1845. The story explores the human
faculty of will, about which Balzac enjoyed speaking in grandious, confidant,
and progressive nineteenth-century terms as a potential "material force similar to steam-power." It would become capable of powerful new achievements
when refined by the development of subtle techniques in new directions of
research involving etherial mechanics, animal magnetism, mental electricity,
and other marvels of the day. In another story a Balzac character claims of
the human will that "nothing in the moral world could resist it when a man
trained himself to concentrate it, to control the sum of it, and constantly to
direct upon other men's minds the projection . . ." of his will ("Louis
Lambert" in Le Livre mystique, 1835).
Thelema Lodge library nights this month will be held on Wednesday 15th
January and Tuesday 28th January, with all attending requested to call ahead
for confirmation. The monthly luncheon meeting for lodge business, which also
requires advance arrangements, is scheduled for Sunday afternoon 12th January.
Sirius Oasis will be meeting as always on the final Monday evening of the
month in northern Berkeley. Call the lodge at (510) 652-3171, Oz House at
(510) 654-3580, or Sirius Oasis at (510) 527-2855 for information and
directions.
by Aleister Crowley
Derived from a lecture series in 1977 e.v. by Bill Heidrick
Copyright © Bill Heidrick
Here's a different sort of image:
In Violet Russell's book Heroes of the Dawn, there's a color plate on page
32. To the right, filling the frame from top to bottom, is a shadowy figure.
It shows only outline, eyes and mouth. To the left is a warrior in the
artist's idea of the garb of ancient Ireland, with spear and shield. Fire
streams forth from the mouth of the great shadow, as the text goes: "Through
the Darkness came a shaft of flame. Finn raised his shield to catch it."
This is the image of a great, frightening, fire belching figure and a warrior
defending himself against the fire. Qabalah uses a similar image in the
formation of the Sephirot. There is a realization of something flowing,
something appearing between you and the other, between the two poles. This is
not an understood thing. It is merely a thing that you know exists. You may
have dim knowledge as to its nature. Here it is like a torrent of fire. On
the Tree of Life this is described as a lightning bolt or a sword twisting
every which way, creating points of reference. In this Celtic picture, those
points of reference are danger, direction, light, heat, ideas of defense,
ideas of cause and steps to take. All those ideas are emitted by this ray or
beam of fire, just as though they were physically part of it. This is
interaction between two polarities, between a Malkut and a Keter. For the man
on the ground, that's a very dangerous Keter. It may be an upside down Tree,
a Tree of negativity in which he is the Malkut, the thing that must ground it,
else he will fail. The great shadow figure is as a Keter or a Malkut from a
different perspective. The torrent of fire is as different for the shadow
figure as the spear is for the man. The shadow figure fears the spear as the
man does the flame. Fear of harm or other perception of significance on
either side generates all manner of ideas connecting back the other way. This
is like the emergence of the Tree of Life in a situation. You see something
in the window, and you want to buy it or possess it. All sorts of thoughts
leap between it and yourself: How can you get the money to buy it? When will
the store be open? How to get to it? These are the Sephirot appearing, but
they are not connected. They are merely "there" as islets or fragments like
stars of thought that don't shed light on one another. It's simply a torrent
of imagery formed by a blast of energy.
Ordering such thought is the purpose of the Tree of Life diagram. The
circles, the Sephirot, are the states of consciousness. They may not be
ordered as they are in the diagram. They may be jumbled: desire in the wrong
place, thinking confused, morality confounded with love. When these states
get ordered, one becomes aware of interconnecting things, ways of going from
one to another of the stages or partial steps that lay between the two
polarities of one and ten, of Keter and Malkut. This kind of construction is
a pulling together of the Tree of Life, so that what was made separate, the
one and the ten, can be reunited. Theoretically, the unification can be done
in any of the intermediate Sephirot. This is like looking at your own right
hand. You see your hand as separate in the field of your attention; but a
moment later it is a part of yourself, undistinguished from the rest. All of
these kinds of things can be applied to almost anything in human life that has
an element of polarity in it, be it yourself and other or two separate things
which you chance to observe at the same time. This is a functional way to use
the Tree of Life. Generally one would not need to use every path on the Tree
to do such a thing. For this you have to get some knowledge of the thing and
see how you are applying it unconsciously, look it up, get more aware of it. It's a matter of experiment, this sort of use of the Tree of Life. But it
leads to something a little more important.
Consider now Fr. Achad's "Macrocosmic Snowflake", from his The Anatomy of the Body of God:
This is formed by laying Tree of Life diagrams around in a circle of six
trees, with one central point as a common Malkut and adjacent trees
overlapping Netzach and Hod, one tree to the next. In addition, each of the
individual six trees that form this circular pattern have other trees of
successively larger size going out in the six radial directions, such that the
central point remains the Malkut of all, but each successive ring of trees
overlaps the next larger, Tipheret on Yesod, Keter on Tipheret. Taken all
together, a sort of snowflake is formed of Trees of Life.
You are in the center, the common Malkut point, and all the radial lines
crossing overlapped Keters, Tipherets in this illustration, six classes of
them. As the center is approached these goals or objects get closer and
closer to the origin. This is yourself and the things that you need, feel and
perceive. One can cast out from the center toward a distant objective along
one of these radiants or points of view, but the energy may be insufficient to
reach so far. Instead, a lesser goal is pursued in the same direction. Once
that is reached, another is pursued further on, and then further ... We do
these things automatically. The function of the Tree of Life in this is to
help work the process in a more systematic way, a way that leaves fewer gaps
and promotes coordination. These Trees not only overlap and align radially,
but they also overlap side to side. From one success you can gain help in
another effort, even if it is not in the same "line" or direct point of view.
This is a way strength, order, and vitality grow in a human life.
In Jungian psychology, a pattern like this is called a constellation. A
thought in the center relates to other thoughts by more or less complete
intervening steps. Word association shows this simply: Somebody says "dog".
You say "cat". Then, "rat". Then, "furry".... All these things are
associated in your mind. The complex starts with one concept, and the others
emerge to interrelate around it.
This is the way the Tree of Life actually works in human consciousness.
It's a system of building patterns and recognizing the inner structure of those patterns. You don't have to be conscious of everything involved to
benefit from such insight; but once the basic ground plan of the Tree of Life
is set in mind, you can look at an evolved complex and repair or strengthen
where necessary. The Tree of Life is like a trellis for a vine growing in
garden. The difference between this view and what we have discussed up to
this point is one of complexity. No longer a single trellis for a single
vine, now the Tree becomes a pattern for design of an entire garden of many
plants, and, by extension, of the human mind.
Frater P, known to the world as John P. McClimans, 1947-1996 e.v., II° OTO, of Sirius Oasis, died in his sleep in the evening of 10th November of complications of diabetes and a heart ailment after a stroke on 24th September. Frater P was a founder of CAW (the Church of All Worlds), and a Gardnerian of the Proteus Coven of New York City; had worked in the Chicago Temple of the Pagan Way; and had COG and Spiral ministerial credentials.
This poem corresponds with the Sun trump in Tarot, one a cycle of Grady's
lyrics which he entitled The Angel and the Abyss. Published first as a
fragmentary quotation in The Magickal Link 3:10 (Berkeley: O.T.O., October
1983), it was first printed in complete form in McMurtry: Poems (London &
Bergen: O.T.O., 1989), then in The Grady Project (Berkeley: O.T.O., December 1988).
June 30, 1954
Copy of Cameron's last letter to me is enclosed. Reference to I Ching: She
asked me to throw the sticks for her -- this over the phone. I do not permit
an inquirer to tell me the question -- I feel much freerer. There seemed to be
an urgency, so I typed it immediately, and posted it to her. I learned
afterward that it had to do with her new art unfoldment, done on parchment,
and which seems to have put her over -- to some extent at least. She is being
talked about, etc., but I have not yet seen these paintings, which is rather
annoying and disappointing.
She gave me good news: "Jane, my Messianic Drive is over -- finished!"
About two years ago, at Cameron's request, Estai endorsed a copy of Liber AL
to Renee Loomer, and one to LeRoy ...... I now learn that LeRoy has organised
Voo Doo Ceremonies in Pasadena and Los Angeles. His photograph shows a fine
upstanding negro, with power and personality. Did A.C. ever do anything about
"the obeah and the wanga"? Those are Voo Doo terms. But LeRoy would never
come to see me. Cameron Renee and Paul Andre (her partner) have a growing
group, so Paul told me. I was so stupid I did not ask about it; but I shall
have a chance later on.
Cameron again. I have let her alone, for the most part, as she always phones
or calls when in deep trouble, or in need of talking it out with some one.
When here two weeks ago she told me the past year has been hideous -- that her
two selves were in conflict -- that she was insane for a time -- she always
carried the means of suicide -- but now thinks she has faced the lurking fears.
Out of this chaos came an art expression which she has sought for years, and
it is in art she is to express herself.
Phyllis. You gave me a Commentary on Liber VII some years ago, asking me not
to show it to anyone. Is Phyllis now entitled to read it?
Monty is not in any position to work on Qabalah, etc., at present. Desperate
about money, some of his Mexican friends plotted out a section of L.A. (East)
through which to canvas for insurance (Life). This he will do every evening.
It is thought he can make $50 a week after he learns the techniques. His
debts are troubling him mightily -- money his sister loaned him, a Bank in
Beverly Hills, his daughter's support -- the wife maintains herself.
Louis had supper with us two nights ago, he was full of talk about this and
that, but after he had gone I realized I had not heard anything about the
remaining books!! The fool's cap and corner for me.
July 1, 1955
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
A.C.'s letter to Jack. My recollection -- which I feel is correct -- is that
Jack was to work in secret. Also that the Working, and the Result, were not
to be told anyone -- Jack himself to put it out of his mind when finished.
Whether Jack followed the instructions at first, Ron Hubbard later became an
assistant. Hence my shock on receiving Jack's report. I do hope that Report
turns up!
You have seen Jack's pencilled Liber 49 (now in your possession). Did Ron
Hubbard have aught to do with the typed Liber 49, Ron eliminating many
superfluous words?
Did A.C. think Jack capable of such work? Or was Jack capable but being
tested for the Four Powers of the Sphinx.
By the way, I was told (by whom? Culling?) that Ron Hubbard had some powers.
For instance. That he nailed W.T.S. to a board? a cross? There he stayed
till Jack could no longer tolerate Smith's pleadings to be released. Ron then
let him loose.
Hubbard was a successful contributor to "Weird Stories" Magazine.
Ero, Jean and I leave early Saturday a.m. for L.A. They return the 4th.
August 13th, 1955.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Cameron will not get to Mexico at the time she stated, July 26. She came to
the Burlingames to see me the 3rd of August, and then stated she was to go the
following Tuesday. She also told me somewhat of Muir. He is divorced and has
with him 3 children of that marriage. In the group destined for Mexico are
Muir, a second wife(?) and their three children, Cameron and the three
children above mentioned. These three Cameron cares for; she also keeps
conversation going, when needed. This discipline is a strain, but she feels
there is something waiting for her in Mexico -- possibly a thought to keep up
her spirits?? -- something she wants but fears. Also, she is without a home
and has worn out her welcome now here, now there. No letter from Mexico as
yet.
This from Cameron. Anger is in Majorica, for 3 years; no pictures during this
period; no people other than those of his present line of thought, one of
which is a group of people named "The Circle of Saturn", of Germany. Anger
wrote C. at the time of the "Pleasure Dome" experiments in London, but she did
not answer him. But told me she now will write him. At no time did she write
Kenneth Grant -- her "instinct" prevented it.
I feel Cameron will go ahead or fall off her perch. She is hard pressed and looked worn and thin when I saw her.
Jean has written re Meeka and Louis, so I add the remark of Phyllis. "Saw
Mica and Louis and was amused and annoyed. Louis still dangerous to our best
interests. He is always the monkey on the lookout for the cat's paw, and
unprincipled."
Cameron is pressed for money, yet refused the program. Meeka bragged about
the money one could get on T.V. Smith refused. She and Louis were quite
melodramatic -- especially Meeka -- who stood out front watching the actress
rant and rave, preening herself on her ability and beauty. But then,
sincerity is not in either one. I was glad to hear Coates, the Confidential
columnist, tell the audience, the Ritual was a hodge-podge, but even so could
do some damage to some people. I was surprised to hear him say there are 40
groups in L.A. who practice witchcraft and sorcery. But on thought, there are
Mexicans interested in some such thing, and the negro vodoo. Cameron says
that is practised in L.A.
Love,
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from the Grady Project:
Phantom walls and phantom halls The universe exploding Desiccation in the soul A phantom wind eroding Imago and Jericho Our tiger blood is urgent Son of Midnight and the Sun A winged splendor emergent (10-16-61) Ram's horn and Unicorn The star-track waves are twinkling Disassociated sense A sieving Siva's inkling (10-20-61) Remembrance
Richard Christopher Legener, better known to most of you as Criss Piss,
was born on December 11, 1954 under the sign of Sagittarius. His tarot card
was Art and that was truly his outlook on life. Everything he accomplished
was tied in with this. His greatest satisfaction was derived from creating
Art from whatever he found in his travels.
I'd never known him to spend much money on his creations. He would
'dumpster-dive" for old photographs behind photography labs and make collages. If he needed spray paint or T-shirts or just about anything for his projects
he knew where he could get them for free, or they would just come to him. Not
to make it seem easy; he was out there walking and working for them in his own
way.
He had a particular spot where he would get boxes of blank cassettes
which he would never tape other peoples music on -- he would only make his own.
He would collect T-shirts out of the free bin, print them and them give away
all of them -- usually with his band or Crowley/ Thelema designs on them.
He called his son, Alex, his greatest creation. Chris taught me the Art
of beautiful Love.
There were times when Chris would feel as if he wasn't as successful with
his Art as he would like to be, but he never changed his style to be more
palatable to anyone. He was true to himself, to his heart, and that's where
his Art came from.
Chris was one of the strongest propagators of Thelema I have ever met.
He introduced me to the Book of the Law and when I heard him speak of it
shivers would run up my spine. Yes, I know I'm biased, but my point is that
he was so strong in his certainty it was inspiring. He really appreciated the
way Crowley made his entire life a work of art.
I've seen Chris enlighten many people over the years with his particular
form of Art -- in your face. He was studying Qabbalah and Liber Al when he was
a teenager. He had a band called "Creeping Things" when he was in his 20's.
One of their songs was the Enochian First Key set to punk rock.
Later, when he was 30, he had another punk band with his friends Cheryle,
Charles, and Crum, called Circle Kaos. He was the singer and lyricist. The
content of the lyrics were very political and, at times, very sarcastic. For
example, "I hate war and Ronald Reagan, I hate all authority. I hate
organized religion, pseudo-Christianity. Jerry Falwell, big False Prophet,
preaching his hypocrisy. I wish Jesus was here to witness all this mockery."
Circle Kaos played around Texas, then went to New York City. They were well
received by the underground street kids.
When he returned to Texas and one of the members remained in New York,
Chris and Charles formed another band, Ex Pistos. This band was more hardcore
and the lyrics were different. They still remained political, always; but he
incorporated much more magick into them.
"Scorpions and creeping things, having power in their stings. Beetle
lurking, gathering, sacrificial offerings. Satan laughing with delight,
brandishing a bloody knife. Lennon was the sacrifice, Victim of the
Antichrist."
With songs like The Ancient of Days, Braineater, Make your Peace with
Death, and Now It's Boiling (the lyrics are instructions on how to shrink a
head), Chris was able to teach people esoteric ideas. The Rant, a long
tongue-in-cheek "expose" on the stupidity of Christian tele-evangelists, was a
favorite.
While on tour with our bands in California, we found the OTO and attended
Gnostic Mass. We decided to move to Berkeley. Chris had previously visited
Berkeley when in his 20's and met Grady McMurtry. We received our Minerval
initiations at Thelema Lodge.
Ex Pistos remained together for about a year, but the OTO really became
Chris' main focus. He organized several classes, a Yezidi mass and a Voudoun
bembe. One of the events that he was most proud of was the Thelemic Arts
Fest, held at Gilman Street Theater, which he and Terri Compost put together.
It featured only art created by Thelemites, but was a success with non-
Thelemites also.
While in California Chris advanced to Second degree OTO, was made a
Gnostic bishop and joined the A
A.
Chris would argue vehemently with the Christian propagandists on the
University of California campus. That was definitely one of his favorite
things to do. He knew the Bible inside out and could quote passages that most
of the supposed Christians had never heard of. He could really piss them off with the truth. It was hilarious to watch them get flustered -- he would bring
along friends to enjoy it also. But he was very serious about what he was
saying.
When he returned to Austin, he continued to "debate" with Christians on
the UT campus. He also would call the radio/TV talk shows and some of the
hosts would become so upset that they would screen calls and recognized him
even when he used different names. A group called the Crystal Methodists
heard Chris on some of the shows and taped him. They will be releasing a CD
with some of Chris' better conversations included.
While Chris worked at a tele-marketing firm, he still found ways to help
people. He would turn them onto jobs there, or call his friends to sign them
up for "beer-drinking" studies and others.
During the seven months after he was diagnosed with lung cancer he was
blessed with the support of many friends and family. Throughout the summer
people visited and it really meant a lot to him. Special thanks to James and
Caitlin from California, to Content and Cammi from Austin, to Cheryle who
never failed to cheer him up and to Carole Dixon, his sister, who was really
there for him when he needed it most.
Thank you to everyone else (yes, you Charles, John, Shaun and Theta). As
I said at his memorial service, Chris really believed Love is the Law, Love
under Will, and he was shown that Love again and again throughout his illness.
Chris will remain with us always.
--- Ariadne Poetry
contributed by Frater Pwdre Ser 0°
(best recited aloud)
I was just beginning. Yes, Aiwaz. I wanted it all. I was determined to succeed. Yes, Aiwaz. Nothing could stop me. I made my first move, And I was victorious. Yes, Aiwaz. I sat bathing in my glory. Aiwaz, I was. The next move was to be difficult, But I was determined to succeed. Yes, Aiwaz. I gathered my resources. I was plotting my coming victory. Yes, Aiwaz. My preparations piled high, I was fighting to the Death. Yes, Aiwaz. Aiwaz, I only knew victory, And I was granted it. My crowning glory shone forth. I was brighter than the Dog's star. Yes, Aiwaz. Victory was to be so easy now. I was to have it all. Yes Aiwaz. One veiled obstacle remained: A single figure clad in blue. I was determined. I swept aside the veil, And I was met by a flame of cold. Aiwaz? My defenses crumbled into dust. I lost all that I had, And I was defeated. But I worked so hard! I was to be victorious! Aiwaz, was I? Nothing lay around me, But abomination and desolation. Aiwaz. Were my victories all apparitions? What was I without victory? Aiwaz? I had nothing. I was nothing. Aiwaz! I had everything. I was everything. Aiwaz victorious! Aiwaz. I am. I Will. Primary Sources
Here are three letters from Jane Wolfe to Karl Germer, in 1954 and 1955 e.v.
Jane recounts various going's on, ranging from bits of history about Jack
Parson's Babalon Working, through the contemporary situation of Cameron
Parsons, and on to fantasies of Louis Culling about L. Ron Hubbard.
5169 1/4 Fountain Avenue,
Los Angeles, 29, California.Dear Karl:
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law!
Love is the law, love under will.
I visit H.Q., sit at table with Sascha and yourself,
tickle the kittens, and climb the hills. Golly!
1203 Inchon Avenue.
Barstow, CaliforniaDear Karl;
Love is the law, love under will.
{Love Jane}
1203 Inchon Ave.
Barstow, California.Dear Karl:
Love is the law, love under will.
{Jane} Poetry
Vortex spinning seeds of change Blinding light and icy rage Towers crackle in the fire Jump the wind whirling higher . . . From the Outbasket
BW asked about negative spirits and depression a friend experienced.
This sounds like a classic case of attracting things that feed on pain and
fear. Such spirits take the form of perceptions and mental states which tend
to produce that sort of food. Saturnian states of mind and emotion are very
powerful tools, but usually are poorly understood, badly aimed and
inadequately contained. They leak, and attract parasites. This is connected
with the Muladhara Chakra in eastern approaches. It is the same thing as the
"creative crisis" or massive depression that people have to endure to reach a
changed state of consciousness or to make some new thing. If it is not
understood in that way, it is the principal source of suffering in humanity.
These hungry spirits are always a hazard. Any major working attracts them, as
does any state of depression. One simply has to keep busy and learn due
proportion and balance in many aspects of living.
MP wanted to know if Magick was without limits, particularly in regard to time travel.
Magick is entirely dependent on limits. To work Magick, one changes the
limits in such a way that intended things happen. The act of perceiving the
physical body is a question of time. Abolish time and you have to leave aside
many of the perceptions that constitute a sense of the physical. As to the
limits changed to go back in time in the spirit, there are many ways to do
this. The simplest is by affinity, learning and sympathizing with people of
the past, including their environments, to the point that one accepts the
limits that define a bygone age and place. The senses and prejudices are very
important in that. One must "smell it" and be bound by the beliefs of the
age.
WJ remarked the similarity of sex and prayer.
This is something that often takes a while for a Westerner to accept, or at
least verbalize. Sex and Religion are essentially similar. Prayer and sexual
activity are the same thing in all but outer forms, if earnest and successful
as actions. Religion also includes aspects of parent-child and fear-safety,
but Sex pretty much deals with the rest. This is sometimes easier to
understand if one thinks of animal behavior, since the only correspondence in
animal behavior to prayer is sex and the tolerant behavior associated with
mating and courtship. In sexuality and prayer alike, the common point of
success is utter release, followed by a sense of calm and ecstasy. There are
passages in the Bible and other religious literature which describe the
relationship between the worshiper and the deity in sexual modes or roles, and
the Song of Solomon is only the most obvious. Most worship buildings and
rites are essentially sexual, even downright gynecological, in structure and
symbolism. Nearly all religions develop a rite of marriage or otherwise
dignify and sanctify sexuality. Sexual abstinence in clergy is found in some
religions, whereby the sexual matters are reserved for prayer directly with
the deity or a feminine counterpart. Other religions permit or require
marriage for clergy, commonly including a sympathetic mode between the married
couple and a similar divine activity, often requiring sexual congress on the
Sabbath.
Events Calendar for January 1997 e.v.
1/5/97 Gnostic Mass 7:30PM Horus Temple Thelema Ldg. 1/8/97 New Moon in Capricornus 8:26 PM Thelema Ldg. 1/12/97 Thelema Lodge Luncheon Meeting 12:30 Thelema Ldg. 1/12/97 Gnostic Mass 7:30PM Horus Temple Thelema Ldg. 1/13/97 The Law is for ALL reading and
discussion, Library, 7:30PMThelema Ldg. 1/15/97 Thelema Lodge Library night 8PM
(call to attend)Thelema Ldg. 1/18/97 OTO initiations. Call to attend Thelema Ldg. 1/19/97 Sol into Aquarius 4:43 PM Thelema Ldg. 1/19/97 Gnostic Mass 7:30PM Horus Temple Thelema Ldg. 1/20/97 Section 2 reading w/Caitlin at OZ
Balzac's The Magic Skin, 8PMThelema Ldg. 1/22/97 Tarot with Bill Heidrick, 7:30 PM
in San Anselmo at 5 Suffield Ave.Thelema Ldg. 1/23/97 Full Moon in Leo 7:11 AM Thelema Ldg. 1/26/97 Gnostic Mass 7:30PM Horus Temple Thelema Ldg. 1/27/97 Sirius Oasis meeting 8PM Berkeley Sirius Oasis 1/28/97 Thelema Lodge Library night 8PM
(call to attend)Thelema Ldg. 1/31/97 "The Houses in Astrology" workshop
with Grace in Berkeley 7 PMThelema Ldg.
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officers.
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