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Celebrating Our Centennial Year Agapé Vol THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE U.S. GRAND LODGE OF ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS VOLUME XIII A IN f UMBER B IN c N 2 ANNO IV:XX SUMMER, 2012 EV CELEBRATING OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR AGAPÉ VOL. XIII • No. 2 AGAPÉ VOL. XIII • No. 2 FROM THE EDITOR Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Care Fratres et Sorores, Most magical orders don’t last very long. For one rea- The Official Organ of the son or another they either blow up like over-pressurized United States Grand Lodge of water heaters or split apart like so many amœba. Yet here Ordo Templi Orientis we are: celebrating one hundred years of the M∴M∴M∴ (the modern O.T.O.) Despite assorted crises and near-death experiences our order has not only survived but grown into a worldwide organization that actually seems capable of fulfill- CONTENTS ing even the more grandiose dreams of our founders. This is From the Editor 2 all the more remarkable when you consider that we are The- From the Grand Master 3 lemites: notoriously cantankerous and anarchistic as a litter From the Electoral College 4 of kittens. How did we manage it? Could we really be doing A Note to the Clergy 6 something right? O.T.O. Centennial at W.B.L. 8 Maybe there is something to this New Æon business after NOTOCON Update 10 all. Centennial Interviews 11 So, for our next issue we are planning a special feature: a Publication Announcements 13 timeline of O.T.O. history, and we’d like you to help. We al- “Get Something Started!” 14 ready have the obvious milestones like the founding of grand Book Review 17 lodges and the transitions of grand masters. What we’re after Brother Richard Ravish, 1952-2012 EV 18 now are the events that are less obvious. What do you think U.S. Grand Lodge Officers Directory 19 are the significant milestones in the history of our most holy order? The publication of certain books? The establishment of such-and-such a governing body? The chartering of a new Executive Editor: Sabazius X° lodge where none had existed before? Please log on to the Editor: Frater Julianus Agapé Facebook page and tell us! Our editorial team will sift Assitant Editor: Terry Murdock through your suggestions and you will see the results in our Fall issue. Proofreading: Julia Sonka Production & Distribution: Sister Marlene Love is the law, love under will. Editorial Address: P.O. Box 4123 Fraternally, Pittsburgh, PA 15202 Frater Julianus [email protected] Editor, Agapé Cover: Sarah Mooshian dances at the centennial celebrations at William Blake Lodge. Photo by Terry Murdock SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR AGAPÉ VOLUME XIII, NUMBER 3: Agapé is published quarterly by Ordo Templi Orientis, U.S.A., IN • IN • • XX a California not-for-profit religious corporation with business A h B c Dies C Anno IV: offices at P.O. Box 32, Riverside, CA 92502-0032. • O.T.O. U.S.A. (Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 EV) is a duly recognized Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis, an international religious organization with business offices at JAF We want: news and articles, original rituals and Box 7666, New York, NY 10116, and corporate headquarters artwork, temple photos, reviews of all kinds, lo- at 24881 Alicia Parkway E-529, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. • Donations, legacies, and bequests made to Ordo Templi cal body reports, local body publication reports, Orientis U.S.A. are tax-deductable to the extent permitted publication announcements, and anything else by law. • Agapé is distributed to all O.T.O. members in good pertinent to Thelema, Ordo Templi Orientis, and standing in the U.S.A., and is available for download in PDF the activities of our members. format at the U.S. Grand Lodge website: www.oto-usa.org/ agape.html • Copyright © 2012 EV Ordo Templi Orientis U.S.A. See our submission guidelines at www.oto- All rights reserved and assigned to the respective authors. The usa.org/agape.html. Contact [email protected] viewpoints and opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributing authors. for more information. SUMMER • 2012 EV 2 SUMMER • 2012 EV 3 A IN f • IV:XX A IN f • IV:XX AGAPÉ VOL. XIII • No. 2 AGAPÉ VOL. XIII • No. 2 FROM THE GRAND MASTER Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 2012 ANNUAL MEETINGS program. The form letter received by all Corresponding As- sociates from I.H.Q. makes it quite clear that they have no Many thanks to Soror Lutea and Golden Lotus Oasis for special status or privileges in O.T.O., and are not to consider hosting our annual United States Grand Lodge joint govern- themselves O.T.O. “members” in any sense. ing body meetings over the weekend of July 14-15th. All Partly to clarify some persistent misconceptions about went quite smoothly, and a great deal of good work was ac- U.S.G.L.’s Prison Ministry program (both inside and outside complished. the program), I published a brief article about it in the May 2006 EV issue of Agapé, which set forth the mission of the NEW SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS Prison Ministry, as I intended it, as follows: GENERAL/BISHOPS 1. To minister to the spiritual needs of Thelemites in On the evening of Friday, July 13th, three new Sovereign prison, through correspondence and, where pos- Grand Inspectors General and Bishops of the Ecclesia Gnos- sible, pastoral visits. tica Catholica were made: Brother David Shoemaker, Sister 2. To represent Thelema as a valid and positive form Genevieve Mikolajczak, and Sister Kerry K. Congratulations of religious expression to corrections officials. to all three. 3. To help prevent prisoners from misrepresenting Thelema to corrections officials and to other pris- MAN OF EARTH DELEGATE oners, through correction of prisoners’ own mis- SELECTION: UPDATE conceptions and through direct communications with prison officials. Regarding the revised process for selection of Man of Earth Delegates, 22 out of 48 local bodies have selected their From our perspective, recruitment has never been a goal representatives to the Man of Earth Delegate Nominating of the Prison Ministry. Upon their achieving their freedom, Panel as of the date of this writing, and two local bodies have former inmates become eligible to apply for initiation in declined the privilege. The Panel will commence operations O.T.O., just like anyone else—but any past participation in when two more representatives have been selected, which will the Prison Ministry program gives them no special privileges likely be the case by the time of this issue’s publication. in that regard. Over the years, we have noted that the rate of Prison Ministry correspondents pursuing further contact with MEDIATION TRAINING MODULES O.T.O. after their release is actually very low. A few do seek The Mediation Training Development Committee has out the fellowship of their fellow Thelemites after their re- completed a series of modules which provide guidance on lease, and of those, a still smaller number decide to apply for how to approach and conduct mediation among our brothers initiation. and sisters. These modules are currently available to local There is a special procedure that must be followed when body masters, members of R+C Chapters, and members of anyone who has been convicted of a felony applies for ini- the Senate; and may be obtained from the document control tiation in O.T.O., whether they have been involved with the officer. Prison Ministry or not. Around 1999 EV, I instructed the Ini- tiation Secretaries at the time that each Minerval application PRISON MINISTRY that came in with the “Have you ever been convicted of a felony?” blank filled in with anything other than “no” would The U.S. Grand Lodge Prison Ministry was established, require my personal review and approval before the initiation as such, in 1997 EV. Prior to that time, Brother Bill Heidrick could be scheduled. In such cases, the applicant is required had operated an informal correspondence program in which to provide a brief letter describing their case, and justifying he personally conducted most of the correspondence with why he or she should be admitted to our order. Each spon- prisoners, and delegated some of it to volunteers in different sor must individually provide a similar letter, indicating that parts of the country. At that time, prison inmates could request they are fully aware of the candidate’s history and deem him “A.D.V.” status at no charge, which stood for “Association worthy of initiation anyway—and why. In addition, for the in Durance Vile.” It was a form of Associate Membership last few years, the Initiation Secretaries have been performing in Ordo Templi Orientis, and offered a free subscription to background checks on all felony applicants using official data The Magical Link and correspondence with volunteer O.T.O. obtained from state websites and/or officials. If the applicant members. Associate Membership, including A.D.V. status, is found to have provided false information, their application was abolished by the Areopagus in 2003 EV and replaced is denied without any further consideration. by International Headquarters’ “Corresponding Associate” Continued on next page e SUMMER • 2012 EV 2 SUMMER • 2012 EV 3 A IN f • IV:XX A IN f • IV:XX AGAPÉ VOL. XIII • No. 2 AGAPÉ VOL. XIII • No. 2 Further, as will be shown in the next revision of the in prison facilities, and we discourage correspondents from C.O.L.M.H., it is our policy that any individual who has been forming them.
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