The 93 Current - Updates

David Cherubim

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:54:56 +0100

Personal homepage od the co-founder of the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn. Basically a collection of links to his other sites, along with some of his writings and music.

Jerry Cornelius

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:10:32 +0100

Direct URL: Jerry Cornelius

Personal blog of Jerry Cornelius, who is probably best know for his thelemic research journal called Red Flame and now Cornelia. Initiated by McMurtry he used to be a long time member of the OTO. He is known to be behind one AA lineage. A click on the contents page will also show you many of Grady McMurtry's writings.

Society O.T.O. (SOTO)

Carsten — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:35:02 +0100

Direct URL: Society O.T.O. (SOTO)

This is the homepage of the David Bersson's SOTO. Society Ordo Templi Orientis was founded by Marcelo Ramos Motta, an A.'.A.'. member, who claimed to be OHO (Outer Head of Order) of OTO after Karl Germer's death even though he never was a member of the OTO. All based on statement made after Karl Germer's death by his Sascha, who had no authority in this matter and by the way soon changed her preference to Metzger. Motta lost (as defendant) in a lawsuit against the often OTO and died in 1987ev. In his last will and testament he named a triumvirate to be responsible for SOTO. After his death this triumvirate (Claudia Canuto de Menezes, William Robert Barden and David Ben Stone) failed to determine Motta's successor. The result was a schism: Bersson (aka Frater Sphinx, de Menezes' lover and highest ranking officers of SOTO at the time of Motta's death) claimed to be head of SOTO after de Menezes distanced herself from Barden, who then ran his own SOTO, and Stone. As for David Bersson and his SOTO, my only recommendation is to be very careful and that is as impartial as it gets.

93beast.fea.st

Carsten — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:48:06 +0100

Direct URL: 93beast.fea.st

If you are looking for decent PDF copies of many libri and other writings, then this is the place for you. The site has a basic FTP look and feel, but don't be put off by that. It actually works quite well with download managers. Also worth to point out that this seems to be run by or at least holds contact information for the UR-OTO, a group I have no first hand experience with.

The Equinox

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:00:24 +0100

Direct URL: The Equinox

Includes an electronic edition of the magazine published by the A.'.A.'. from 1905 onwards. The volumes of this magazine are actually more like very comprehensive books and include all the major texts used in the A.'.A.'., many of general relevance to the O.T.O. or any other student of Thelema. Besides rituals, class A-D documents, these often also contain poetry, fiction, plays, artwork, and biographies written by Crowley, Fuller, Neuburg and many others: "The Method of Science - The Aim of Religion".

The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:11:03 +0100

Direct URL: The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley

The three volumes(1905-1907), as well as other literary books and pamphlets that first appeared between 1898 and 1946. Generously Made available to the public, for free, unrestricted download by the OTO. Taken together, these additional works constitute most of a fourth volume of the Collected Works series. Some in ASCII text and some in PDF format:

Ambergris (1910). Amphora (1908), reissued as Hail Mary (1912). Chicago May. A Love Poem (1914). The City of God. A Rhapsody (1943). Clouds without Water (1909). The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley. Volume I (1905). The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley. Volume II (1906). The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley. Volume III (1907). The Fun of the Fair (1942). La Gauloise, The Song of the Free French (1942). Household Gods (1912). Mortadello, or the Angel of Venice (1912). Olla, an Anthology of Sixty Years of Song (1946). The Rites of Eleusis (1910), program booklet. Rosa Mundi (1905); Rosa Coeli (1907); Rosa Inferni (1907). The Rosicrucian Scandal (c. 1910). The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of Shiraz (Bagh-i-muattar) (1910). Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden (1904). Songs for Italy (1923). Temperance. A Tract for the Times (1939). Thumbs Up: A Pentagram -- A Pantacle to Win the War (1941). White Stains (1898). The Winged Beetle (1910). The World’s Tragedy (1910)

The Ordo Templi Orientis Phenomenon

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:21:58 +0100

Direct URL: The Ordo Templi Orientis Phenomenon

Peter R. König's popular and controversial research on the O.T.O. and other oranisations such as Fraternitas Saturni is mainly concerning the history and legitimacy of the OTO, but he is generally known to collect as much information as possible and probably has one of the best archives in the world by now. Having said that, when it comes to interpretation of the data, his work (in my humble opinion) is to be taken with many, many grains of salt. Speculations and conclusions are fuelled by a negative attitude towards the main protégés and particularly towards the Caliphate OTO. But this is without any doubt still a very good source of information that you won't find anywhere else and I believe anybody interested or involved in the OTO is actually well advised to also at least listen to opinions of critics to then make up their own mind rather than blindly believing anything. That, and imho only that, is the thelemic way as opposed to old aeonic faith.

Colin Low's Hermetic Kabbalah Page

Carsten — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:35:57 +0100

Direct URL: Colin Low's Hermetic Kabbalah Page

Colin's page, started in the early/mid 90's, is still one the leading resources on Hermetic Kabbalah with many, many texts from prolific writers such as Bill Heidrick, Don Karr, Jeff Spiegel and others as well as last but certainly not least his own writings. To highlight just a few gems from the content, it hosts an excellent FAQ from the usenet days, an excellent collection of links, his Notes on Kabbalah document and so much more that it's impossible to list everything here. Despite the name it alsao covers basic information on the more traditional jewish Kabbalah.

The Enochian Magic Page

Carsten — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:32:15 +0100

Direct URL: The Enochian Magic Page

Enochian home pages of Gerald J. Schueler. Another site that has been around for many years by now. You will find a lot of information and useful tools, such as dictionaries, many tables of corresponding values and pretty every basic to get you started is covered. For the best viewing experience, you should download the True Type fonts from the website, which are of general value anyway.

Amado Crowley

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:21:53 +0100

Direct URL: Amado Crowley

Claims to be illegitimate son of Aleister Crowley and even more suprisingly to have been trained by his father. The site contains a free download of his Liber Alba, effectively an FAQ.

Timeline

Carsten — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:21:44 +0100

Direct URL: Crowley Timeline

A basic, straight forward Aleister Crowley timeline taken from LAShTAL's Encyclopedia Thelemica.

Tau Allen Greenfield

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:03:04 +0100

Direct URL: Tau Allen Greenfield

Among other things he is a Gnostic Catholic bishop through O.T.O.'s E.G.C. and Bertiaux's lineage, but is no longer a member of the OTO or EGC since 2006. His website contains a statement outlining his version, but more importantly some of his other writings. He is now a bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis.

OTO Clandestine Masonry ?

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:53:20 +0100

Direct URL: OTO Clandestine Masonry ?

Basically an article from am OTO critic, in which he basically claims that the OTO is clandestine (i.e. fake) masonry. I don't share his point of view, not least because OTO doesn't claim to be true Masonry in our days and the article is relatively old and further research has corrected some of its claims, but it's still and interesting read.

Soror Estai Lineage

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:41:23 +0100

Direct URL: A.’.A.’. - Soror Estai Lineage

An A.’.A.’. lineage, linked with the College of Thelema, that descends from Aleister Crowley to Jane Wolfe (Soror Estai) to Phyllis Seckler (Soror Meral) and the current leadership. Apart from the College of Thelema, Silver Star links etc, this is a basic contact page.

Technicians of the Sacred

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:44:19 +0100

Direct URL: Technicians of the Sacred

Official website for Michael Bertiaux / Courtney Willis, La Couleuvre Noire, Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua, Monastery of the Seven Rays, Technicians of the Sacred. Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua is a gnostic-magical order founded in 1921 in Haiti by Lucien-Francois Jean-Maine in the tradition of gnostic voudon, a synthesis of western hermetic tradition with Haitian magic. The Monastery of the Seven Rays works within the OTOA and both are linked to the Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis. La Couleuvre Noire (founded in 1922) is an independent, but linked order dedicated to the practice of advanced techniques of gnostic voudon.

The head or so-called Hierophant of the O.T.O.A. & L.C.N. is Tau Ogdoade-Orfeo IV - Michael Bertiaux, patriarch of the Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis. Today O.T.O.A. and L.C.N. work under the care of Sovereign Grand Master Absolute (SGMA) Courtney Willis and Sovereign Grand Master (SGM) David Beth.

The Ape of Thoth

Carsten — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:54:11 +0100

Direct URL: The Ape of Thoth

The 'Ape of Thoth' is a general-purpose text search engine whose database consists of Thelemic Holy Books and other verse-based works by Aleister Crowley. The search methods provide instant access to the documents or just particular verses or a full-text search.

The Stélé is still ok ;-)

Carsten — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:37:20 +0100

Just wanted to share a picture with you that I took last Saturday, 28th Feb 2009 e.v. in Cairo. As you can see, the stélé (Translation) is still in great condition. For the few of you, who may not know it yet, it is located in room 22 of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. That particular room has funerary objects from the valley of the kings, including a good dozen or so different stelae of which the Stélé of Revealing really stands out in terms of beauty, size and condition of the colours. "Get the stélé of revealing itself; set it in thy secret temple - and that temple is already aright disposed - & it shall be your Kiblah for ever." - AL, III:10

Ordo Templi Orientis

Carsten — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:36:48 +0100

Direct URL: Ordo Templi Orientis

Basic OTO International Headquarters website that provides the links to the different Grand Lodges and national OTO websites.

I may work on a revival of the site again.

Carsten — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:25:49 +0100

93, Thanks for visiting 'The 93 Current' website. Some may remember this site as a hopefully useful source of information on all the different thelemic currents out there. Well, until I stopped updating the site about 5 years ago and took it off-line some months ago. I commented on the various reasons in the past. For the moment let it be known that I am currently thinking about a revival of the site and am working on a concept and the required technical details. If I will actually kick off this project again, I can already tell you that it will be kinda small. Core item of the site will be the URL collection again, like it used to be. I have no intention whatsoever to turn this into a larger project in competion with the great quality websites like LAShTAL.com. Anyway, for now there is nothing more to say and alot of work to be done, so stay tuned. I don't expect a launch until later in 2008 e.v. Cheers, 93 93/93 Carsten

Rodney Orpheus

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:45:31 +0100

Direct URL: Rodney Orpheus

Musician, media evangelist and author Bro. Rodney Orpheus is probably one of the few, if not the only OTO member, that probably knows more than 90% of its members personally. Those interested in Thelema probably know him best through his excellent beginners guide Abrahadabra. He also runs an occult blog of the name abrahadabra. From his musical work, although he is probably best known for his Cassandra Complex work, I'd rather like to recomment the excellent Sun God album, a conceptual record inspired by Voodoo and the movies of Maya Deren in particular.

Cor Lucis

Carsten — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:20:39 +0100

Direct URL: Cor Lucis

Cor Lucis was founded by Anna-Kria King, who also co-founded the College of Thelema. It is an initiatory and teaching order based in Los Angeles, with a strong emphasis on “Know Thyself.” A graded, step by step process inspired by the Golden Dawn framework and Thelema of course that combines group and private ritual, study, and meditation comprises the program of this modern, ceremonial Thelemic group. Usually, according to its own statement by invitation only and restricted to members within travel distance to LA.

Typhonian OTO

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:45:33 +0100

Direct URL: Typhonian OTO

"Typhonian" Ordo Templi Orientis - this is not an official TOTO site, but a subsite of P.R. Koenig's OTO Phenomenon site (see my comment on the OTO subsite). Nevertheless it contains various texts by TOTO (Michael Staley, Simon Hinton & others). TOTO was founded, re-activated or however you prefer to put it by Kenneth Grant, who claimed since 1962 e.v. to be OHO (Outer Head of Order) of OTO, but was expelled by Karl Germer, Crowley's successor, in 1955 e.v. On this site you will also find a disputed document, said to be written by Crowley, making Kenneth Grant OHO of OTO along with Michael Staley's official response to this document and some of their account of OTO history, e.g. the point that Germer might have claimed to have expelled Grant, but by his own refusal to accept the OHO position, had no authority to do so. This is however surprising as Grant seems to have accepted and referred to Germer's authority before.

Regardless of this and the court decision in the UK Trademark Case it is an undisputed fact that Grant and the others transformed this order into something very different from the Crowley OTO with their higher focus on the Typhonian tradition, extra terrestial intelligence, LAM, Horus/Maat Double Current and darker aspects of the occult existence. Far less focus on group rituals or ceremonial initiations replaced by some small set of grade work and effectively self initiation that together with Grant's books surely is of interest to some.

Warburg Institute Archive

Carsten — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:49:14 +0100

Direct URL: Warburg Institute Archive

The Warburg Institute owns a huge Aleister Crowley collection, many or actually most of the items originally collected by Gerald Yorke. The links takes you directly to the search results.

Order of Thelemic Knights

Carsten — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:50:16 +0100

Direct URL: Order of Thelemic Knights

Gerald del Campo founded this order which tries to combine (idealistic) virtues of a knight with the thelemic/gnostic tradition with a strong emphasis on a code of conduct, charitable work.

Progress Update

Carsten — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:57:36 +0100

93 Folks, the server is configured. I have an idea on how to implement the url database and now it's just about digging through my bookmarks and putting the links onto the side one by one. I'll probably work on the layout and content for a few more weeks before I open it up to the public, but you can already spread the message that 'The 93 Current' will definitely come back soon. Until then I recommend to buy a copy of Richard T Cole's Thelema Revisited. I myself missed to order the hardcover in time, but the softback is very good as well and while stock lasts you also get guided tour on CD-ROM. 93 93/93 Carsten