hi Caroline
as I said the other day, there is not much at all
about the OTO in my published material, which is more about individual
magicians, simply because the multiple lines of claim, counter-claim and legal
action would make a fine phd, but much more of a legal historical one, and I'm
not a lawyer (nor, to be brutally honest, do I care much which magicians can
afford the best lawyers in order to bolster their claims)
I am not at home right now, but two sites I would
suggest for a wealth of info (and the former for lively forums) would
be www.lashtal.com and Peter Koenig's site
(searching google for Koenig and OTO should find him)
Peter is, I gather, an embittered ex-OTO member, so
his site is at times inimical to all forms of the Order, but it has a huge
storehouse of useful material nonetheless, which should be taken with a pinch of
salt always to hand
on a slightly different tack, there was (perhaps
still is) a new offshoot in the UK, the Albion OTO who claimed some apostolic
line of authority which I believe came from some circuitous route through either
WG Gray or WB Crow (again, that info is at home, where I am not!) and there was
a hefty slice of thelemic vodoun gnosticism which I believe they had from
someone in their order being a high initiate of Michael
Bertiaux
dave e
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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:36
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Who's
Who of the OTO
>>Is
there some sort of overview, perhaps, of the most common offshoots or
something to that effect?<<
What about Dave's books? I haven't read them
(yet). Dave?
Aleister Crowley and the 20th
Century Synthesis of Magick (Paperback)
by
Dave Evans (Author)
