Aloha,
On 5/8/2006 at 6:54 PM Caroline Tully wrote:
>Mmmm. Firstly its personally motivated, and secondly I've also been
>inspired by anthopologists studying modern magickal groups - although
I am not an anthropologist, I'm a Classics and Archaeology type - so I've
got that
>(ethnography) in the back of my mind there as well, although I may not
>ever do anything formal with that.
What I'd suggest, in general, is that you just follow your interest in the
OTO
for a while, and figure out whether the strictly personal participation or
the ethnographic observation turns out to be more compelling. Take part
and see what happens.
Even though I know not too much about the OTO, I've found that OTO
members may talk about magical topics and themes at some length. Certainly
there are plenty of essays and articles floating around the internet. But
I've also found that OTO members whom I know tend to be close-mouthed
about the inner workings of the Lodge and the Order. That old *secrecy*
thing.
I suppose, like lots of magical orders and movements, they take oaths and
such.
My reliable source for things Crowleyan and OTO was--and continues to be,
thanks to his writings remaining available on the internet--my friend Tim
Maroney, a keen-edged and insightful thinker who delved into all sorts of
magic-related topics. Tim, sadly, crossed over a few years ago, at a young
age,
before he could finish a couple more books. Tim had a somewhat checkered
relationship with the OTO, I've been told, but the Northern California OTO
performed a deeply magical crossing over ceremony for him.
http://tim.maroney.org/
Musing Follow The Magic & Something Will Happen! Rose,
Pitch
(A search on for *Tim Maroney* on Google turns up more.)
Chaos is the score upon which reality is written."
-- Henry Miller
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