10/24/2024
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
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Please Note:
The temple will be needing volunteers for decorating on Oct. 31st. If you intend on helping out and need to be let in, please message me beforehand.
The wedding party and mass team will be doing the last rehearsal before the big day as well!
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See Upcoming Events below...
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THELEMIC WEDDING
(private members only)
Fri., Nov. 1st
4:18 pm - 8:18 pm
Brother Hunter McFarland and Sister Elle West will be having a Thelemic Wedding at Sekhet Bast Ra Oasis!
The Rite of Marriage has, as a part of the ceremony, a celebration of the Gnostic Mass.
*Please note that only the Bride & Groom will be communicating.
This is an open invitation event to O.T.O. and E.G.C. members only.
If it is within your will to help in any way with setting up decorations, bringing folding chairs, tables, food, etc.
Please message the soon to be bride and groom at [email protected] or message them on FB, link is in the description, on the SBR FB page. Scroll down to their announcement.
Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty!
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MINERVAL APPS & FEES DUE
Sat., Nov. 2nd
By Midnight
Minerval Degree applications and fees due by midnight at Sekhet Bast Ra Oasis
Those desiring Minerval initiation in O.T.O. should have completed applications and fees received by us no later than midnight today. Please obtain your sponsor's signatures, on the app, prior to submission.
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LORD MOST SECRET: INVOCATION IN LIBER XV
Sat., Nov. 2nd
7:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
We're excited to announce that our Brother Paul, from Golden Lotus Lodge, will be gracing our presence and giving a lecture on Liber XV!
Drawing from both careful study and practical experience, Lord Most Secret: Invocation in Liber XV will look at structures, methods, and formulas of invocation both implicit and explicit in Liber XV, the text of the Gnostic Mass.
Paul Durso is a composer, musician, and creative engineer for theatre, music, and themed entertainment. With a particular interest in holistic learning and devout skepticism, he has written and taught on aesthetics, themed design, audio engineering, architecture, and meditation. He has been a long-time student and practitioner of several spiritual lineages, most fervently with the works of Aleister Crowley. He is an Aspirant to A∴A∴, and serves as Deputy Master of Golden Lotus Lodge, O.T.O.
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GNOSTIC MASS
Sat., Nov. 2nd
8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Come join us in the celebration of the Gnostic Mass!
Please arrive 15 minutes early.
For details about Liber XV, our Gnostic Mass, you can visit our Primate's blog at https://sabazius.oto-usa.org/gnostic-mass/
And for further questions, email us at [email protected]
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EXPERIMENTS IN CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE
SUN., Nov. 10TH
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Come join us for theoretical discussion and practical application of a variety of meditation techniques both ancient and contemporary. We will approach contemplative practice in an experimental and pragmatic way in the spirit of Scientific Illuminism. Come learn how meditation can be used to deepen concentration and inner calm, heal inner wounds, support one's magickal practice, and potentially result in significant transformation of one's moment-to-moment experience.
Please bring your favorite cushions, meditation benches, or other preferred seating for meditation.
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DONATIONS ARE VERY WELCOME!
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: OTO-SBR
Cash App: $sekhetbastraoasis
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Love is the law, love under will.
This version of the Gnostic Mass is based on the text as presented in Appendix VI of Magick: Book IV, Parts I-IV by Aleister Crowley; edited, notes and introduced by Hymenaeus Beta; Second Revised Edition, Samuel Weiser, York Beach, Maine 1997.
