The 93 Current - Updates

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

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

Getting started ...

Carsten — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:19:40 +0100

Ok, the days are getting shorter and it's getting cold outside, so no more excuse for not finally moving ahead with the revival of this website. I'm still sorting out some technical details, but already started to add the first links to the collection. With my professional life being insanely busy, it will surely take me another few weeks, before you will find a reasonable number of links, so I would recommend to come back early january, but feel free to already have a look around. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Further Updates / Changes

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:18:43 +0100

Just a quick note that I move forward with adding new categories and links. As I go along I may have to update entries a few times, move things around a bit and I'm still not fully happy with the layout of the site. Long story short, apologies if the current work messes up the RSS feed a bit and that there still is not alot of content on this site with less than 50 links to mostly sites every knows anyway. Please bear with me for now. Once I have added a decent numbers of sites and feeds, I will announce the official relaunch of the site. Cheers, Carsten

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

Aleister Crowley's "The Tango Song" performed live by Marc Almond and OTHON 01 Nov 2009ev

Carsten — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:07:22 +0100

I just felt like sharing this small video I recorded at yesterdays Marc Almond show at the Roundhouse in Camden, London. "The Tango Song" was written by Aleister Crowley with music by Bernard Page; based on the sketch called "The Tango" published in Equinox Vol I, No 9 in March 1913. Pay special attention to 2:30 ;-) "What is money to the bliss Of the honey of a kiss? What are rank and fame and fashion To the ecstasy of passion? "Chorus." Give me dancing! Give me wine! Bright eyes glancing --- Yours in mine! Kisses sucking Up my breath --- Give me passion!

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.

Journal of Thelemic Studies

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:44:40 +0100

Direct URL: Journal of Thelemic Studies

According to IAO131 the "first academic, non-partisan journal dedicated to Thelema, the psycho-spiritual religious tradition of Aleister Crowley". At the time of this entry there have been three editions so far, but already an impressive list of authors and the website also hosts a small forum and a news sections as well as the Thelema Talk, basically virtual interviews with some Thelemites that got some attention on YouTube.

AA Clerk Houses - "Grady Louis McMurtry" lineage

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:51:20 +0100

Direct URL: AA Clerk Houses - "Grady Louis McMurtry" lineage

Jerry Cornelius' A.'.A.'. branch that refers to itself as the "Grady Louis McMurtry branch" and is restricted to the Berkeley area and does not accept any membership requests from elsewhere. Effectively this is another Jane Wolfe and Phyllis Seckler lineage.

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.

Motta via David Bersson lineage

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:07:32 +0100

Direct URL: Motta via David Bersson lineage

Motta via David Bersson lineage. Unlikely the SOTO claim, which can be ignored for the simple fact that Motta never even was a member of the OTO, it is undisputed that Motta was a member of the A.'.A.'. as a student of Karl Germer. This represents one of the various Motta lineages.

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.

David Cherubim

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

Direct URL: David Cherubim

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.

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.

Internet Sacred Text Archive

Carsten — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:39:06 +0100

Direct URL: Internet Sacred Text Archive

Freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Most documents have a basic HTML format, but are searchable, put into categories and if you wish you can buy the whole archive on DVD.

The Libri of Aleister Crowley

Carsten — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:24:13 +0100

Direct URL: The Libri of Aleister Crowley

Excellent collection of Libri and some other writing of Uncle Al. Hosted on the excellent hermetic.com archive. Alternatively, and in some ways often in superior quality, you may also visit the OTO libri archive.

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.

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)

Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn ( T.·.G.·.D.·. )

Carsten — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:31:27 +0100

Direct URL: Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn ( T.·.G.·.D.·. )

The Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn (Order of the T.·.G.·.D.·.) is dedicated to the teachings of Aleister Crowley, Thelema and the Golden Dawn. It was founded by Dr. Christopher S. Hyatt (Frater Adonai Achad) and David Cherubim (aka Frater Aurora Aureae). The website gives a version of the history of this order, but in a nutshell Hyatt was initiated into the Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie and in 1990 he initiated Cherubim and shortly after they founded the T.'G.'.D.'. together. In 1994 ev they parted company, Cherubim left the 'Hermetic Temple and Order of the Golden Dawn' and OTO, which he had joined in 1985, and coninued to run the TGD.

TGD is based on a system of self initiation and correspondence and the website provides all the details as well as other documents and links, such as David's personal website, the Myspace Aleister Crowley Foundation etc.

Thelema 101

Carsten — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:59:46 +0100

Direct URL: Thelema 101

This site by Vere Chappell offers a great introduction into Thelema and covers all the basics a newcomer would want to know on Crowley, Liber Al, the Stele of Revealing, Magick, thelemic calendar and some of the main organisations in order to get a rough idea on what it's all about. It launched in the very early hours of the WWW and was back then as popular as it still is, I hope.

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.

A.'.A.'. - OuterCol - Outer College

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:15:40 +0100

Direct URL: A.'.A.'. - OuterCol - Outer College

This is the A.'A.'. accepted by and "linked" with the OTO in the sense of membership overlap and contact information publication. In the past this was often stated to be a lineage through Soror Grimaud (Helen Parsons Smith), though I technically it is actually ironically a Motta via J. Daniel Gunther lineage. Clarification would be welcome.

Student Reading List, link to the Equinox, The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley (Tannhäuser, Time, Sword of Song, Eleusis), Shiva Sanhita, Hatha Yoga, The Spiritual Guide of Miguel de Molinos (offsite) , Student Task and Oath

Ordo AA

Carsten — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:22:43 +0100

Direct URL: Another Soror Estai

Yet another Jane Wolfe lineage.

The Great Beast Speaks

Carsten — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:16:01 +0100

Direct URL: The Great Beast Speaks

In late 1936 Aleister Crowley recorded a few tracks on 78 rpm. On this site you can download a zip file with the following 11 of those recordings in mp3 audio format:

The Call of the First Aethyr (Enochian version), The Call of the Second Aethyr (Enochian version), The Call of the Second Aethyr (English version), La Gitana, The Pentagram, The Poet, At Sea, The Titanic, Hymn to the American People, Excerpts from the Gnostic Mass, Vive La French Republic