Ordo Templi Orientis
"Caliphate"
compiled by Peter-R. Koenig
In 1977 the "Caliphate" selfstyled itself to be the
worldwide "Grand Lodge" when Grady McMurtry signed a paper: "Let all
Thelemites know that I, Hymenaeus Alpha, 777 IX° O.T.O., 9=2,
Caliph of the Ordo Templi Orientis of Aleister Crowley, Baphomet, 666,
do hereby Charter Thelema Lodge as Grand Lodge of O.T.O.". Its
History is a Song of the Whitewash.
The "Caliphate" of Grady McMurtry died with McMurtry's death in 1985, which
turned this O.T.O. version into a completely mundane
organisation without magick or gnostic connotation.
Regarding Crowley's antidemocratic, racist and mysanthropic writings, this O.T.O. points out: "The reason [...] aspects of Thelema are omitted [in public discussion] indicates the actual problem with presenting Thelema as a religion and attempting to get Thelema sanctioned by the government or approved by the public: Thelema is ultimately in contrast to and transgressive of normative society. Thelema rejects the morals and values of normative society and acts to transgress and violate these norms. From the inclusion of intoxicants in ritual, to the positive view of sexuality, which frequently is seen as promoting promiscuity, to the pro–authoritarian and Nietzschian aspects of Thelema, normative society has much to reject in Thelema and conversely, Thelema encourages its adherents to reject most aspects of normative society." See The Templar's Reich.
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An e-mail correspondence between P.-R. Koenig, Tyagi Nagasiva
(known as Fr. Nigris) and William Heidrick, Grand Treasurer General of
the "Caliphate", on the subject of O.T.O. disputes
The correspondence
Preview of initiations
Constitution and later revisions/amendments
The E.G.U.
The "Caliphate" E.G.C,
The office of the "Caliph"
The McMurtry "succession"
The "Caliphate" letters
Crowley's pun
This three-way exchange which took place between August 19 and September 17, 1996 is valuable
because it involves William Heidrick, who in seniority may be reckoned third in the "Caliphate"
hierarchy after William Breeze (Hymenaeus Beta) and David Scriven (otherwise known as Frater
Sabazius X°). Heidrick is regarded as the "Caliphate" press secretary. Some say his job is to
'spin' the facts in way that is favorable to the interests of Breeze and his "O.T.O.".
An e-mail correspondence between P.-R. Koenig and
David Scriven, the U.S. Grand Master of the new "Caliphate"
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Early days of the O.T.O., Theodor Reuss, Arnoldo Krumm-Heller
The 1925 "election"
The "Emergency"
Powers of the IXth degrees
Kingdoms and Nationhood
Church of Thelema
"Bishop" Aleister Crowley
EGC: old expressions for a new religion?
The "Caliphate" as anti-Crowley?
The Solar Lodge
O.T.O., "Caliphate" and Freemasonry
Disabled members
Loudness and the "secret society"
Historical methods of archivists
Critical theory
Protofascistic elements
The "thought" argument
Mr Heidrick and his "facts"
Wills and Testaments, Lawsuits
The electoral legacy of Grady McMurtry
The "New Caliphate"
Double standards
Argenteum Astrum
This correspondence, September 01, 1996 - November 29, 1996, was prompted by the posting of an earlier official history of the founding of the "Caliphate O.T.O." by David
Scriven, "Sabazius", their Grand Master for North America - who as William Breeze [Hymenaeus Beta]'s
"X°" is effectively second in command in the hierarchy. This differed significantly in some
respects from P.-R. Koenig's chronology "Song of the Whitewash".
Heidrick about the Koenig-Scriven-correspondence; "In particular, I will not read or discuss
material stolen by Koenig in the case of letters of the US Xth degree, made public in violation of
copyright."
| An objective researcher will benefit from
these Court conclusions |
The Maine Decision, the California decision, The New Court of Last Resort Contents, Austrian rulings on Copyrights, German rulings on Copyrights, the
International Copyright Situation, X versus the 'Caliphate', 'Caliphate' vs Anthony Naylor, Phaenomen Verlag, Starfire Ltd, P.R. Koenig ...
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Discussion about the instrument of
succession.
An introduction to the background, followed by a
transcript of such discussion and a MP3 version of the audiotape containing this discussion.
Sabazius' "improved" History Version which is now very similar to my findings
An ex-IXth degree's re-collections
-- See also the Collection
of 36 Re-Collections
"Ljuben je zakon" or "ljubav pod voljom"? -- The O.T.O. in
ex-'Yugoslavia'. An example of member activities
Moosebump: the 'Caliphate' in Canada
Maps and Magick: Mapping the 'Caliphate' 1977-1994
Facsimiles of a lot of related material: Pictures + Documents
The Gnostic Catholic Church Boast or How William Breeze lost his Apostolic Succession
Playgame of an O.T.O.-Fata Morgana, Statistics, Censorship, Name Dropping
Fetish, Self-Induction, Stigma and Rôleplay
Das Milieu des Templer Reichs - Die Sklaven Sollen Dienen. Hanns Heinz Ewers - Lanz von Liebenfels - Karl Germer, Arnoldo Krumm-Heller - Martha Kuentzel - Friedrich Lekve - Hermann Joseph Metzger - Christian Bouchet - Paolo Fogagnolo - James Wasserman. Unbequeme Aspekte in der Geschichte des O.T.O. und Thelema
English Version The Templar's Reich
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