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A Convergence of Love and Devotion Gerard Kraay Bhakti Yoga, originating in ancient India, and Western Esoteric traditions, with roots in...

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 (Soror Ashlar) “Hear ye all, saints of the true church of old time now essentially present, that of ye we claim...

Did you know the word “Joy” appears 11 times in the Gnostic Mass...

Extracted from https://oceanialodgeoto.wordpress.com/ I was living in Brisbane Australia in 1978, with 5 other New Zealand women who were...

Silence lingers, waiting. Patient. Unperturbed by our distractions. Empty thoughts beget empty words. Little theories govern Little men....

Cynthia Crosse If your life seems short of zing, rest assured, you are not alone. The World Health Organisation has declared depression a...

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...

It was mortifying the first time I bled – a most unwelcome occurrence; something about it felt deathly - and those unthinkable sanitary...

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...

"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...

An extracted list by Sr OSIS, from "A Concordance to the Holy Books of Thelema" by Colin Campbell.

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...

The structure of our Order is governmental. Through its initiations we progressively learn to better govern ourselves in accordance with...

Sites Tour through the West Country of England, and Northern Ireland and Eire, on a journey of discovery encompassing many historical...

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...

“Te Wheiao” is a Maori term that describes “a space between the world of darkness and world of light... a transitional or liminal space”...

I was reading a beautifully written wee book recently, published in 1944, “Here’s to Life: The Impressions, Confessions and Garnered...

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...