Theodor Reuss' Ordo Templi Orientis Rituals Carl Kellner Franz Hartmann
Theodor Reuss' O.T.O. Rituals Sexmagical Instructions Scottish Rite Cerneau Royal Arch Rose Croix Memphis-Mizraim Hermetic Brotherhood of Light Rudolf Steiner A.M.O.R.C. Illuminati Chevalier Le Clément de St.-Marcq
Edited by Peter-R. Koenig
The researcher will find a choice of Reuss' original OTO
initiation rituals (Scottish Rite, Cerneau, Royal Arch, Rose Croix, Albert Pike and Laffon de Ladebat
and Memphis-Mizraim derivations) that have been altered
by Aleister Crowley for his English branch. Reuss
never used Crowley's rituals (re-modelled between 1912 and 1918) and
wanted the Ordo Templi Orientis and Crowley's concept of
Thelema to be kept strictly separated: there is evidence that
Crowley was expelled from the OTO in 1921.
At considerable cost Laban de Laban had O.T.O. contracts ratified on November 20th 1917. He was granted permission to open his own Masonic lodges in accordance with the O.T.O. statutes.
On November 3rd 1917 at its inaugural meeting, Laban became the first Grand Master of his 'Mystic Temple'.
Chevalier Le Clément de St.-Marcq: "L'Eucharistie"
(About the Sacred Spermatophagy. Reuss said that this book of 1906
contained the ultimate secret of the OTO: the more sperm you eat, the
more the manifestation of the Christ takes place within you: no women
necessary for that) fascimile re-printed in: P.R. Koenig: "Der Grosse Theodor Reuss Reader", ARW, Muenchen 1997; Reuss called this pamphlet a
revealing of the central secret of the OTO: only sperm contains the Logos: no women needed. Reuss wrote to Le Clément the following meaningful lines (we
carefully reproduce his jargon): "I enclose two numbers of the "Oriflamme"
which will show you that the Order of the Oriental Templars is in possesion
of that same knowledge contained in your "L'Eucharistie"". In effect, we
find in the "Oriflamme", published in 1912, this, which clears the matter:
"Our Order is in possesion of the key which opens all the masonic and
hermetic secrets: it is the doctrine of sexual magic, and this doctrine
explains, leaving nothing in the dark, all masonic symbolism, every
religious system". The quote is in chapter X (La question du satanisme) of René Guénon's "L'Erreur Spirite", originally published 1923
Jubliäumsausgabe der Oriflamme 1912. Leopold Engel, Carl Kellner, Theodor Reuss, Franz Hartmann,
Illuminaten Orden, Mysteria Mystica Maxima, Sexualmagie
Constitution 2 January 1917
1917 Synopsis of the O.T.O. Degrees
German translation: Konstitution vom Januar 1917 The English 1917 Constitution is almost identical with the
English 1906 Constitution while the German 1906 Constitution is
different to the other ones
Occulte Politik (a German text of October 1919,
published in the author's "Der OTOA-Reader"). English preface: Occult Politics about Reuss' alleged "homosexual attacks" and the "touching of the mutual phalli"
Letter from Engelhard Pargaetzi to Hans-Rudolf Hilfiker, April 4, 1920: Quarrell in Theodor Reuss' Swiss O.T.O. lodge Declaration that the relations between the Grand Orient and Theodor Reuss were definitely past history
After Aleister Crowley was expelled from the O.T.O., the rituals
were completely purged of any thelemic references
The I° Degree (version ca. 1918,
referring to parts of Rudolf Steiner's rituals of the
"Mizraim-Dienst"; this does not appear in earlier
or later versions. This version still is used by the Swiss OTO: Lodge "Orient Thuricensium")
Tradução Portuguesa: I° Grau
Ansprache an die neuen General Gross-Inspektoren des 33° A & A.
Schottischen Ritus des Obersten Rates. Facsimile of four pages: page
1 , page
2 , page
3 , page
4 ,
(comparison of degrees, ca. 1920)
After Theodor Reuss had expelled Crowley from the O.T.O., he planned
several new enterprises. Regarding the Hermetic Brotherhood of
Light, the FRA, AAORRAC, the Societas Rosicruciana in Germania et
Austria and T.A.W.U.C. (the collaboration with A.M.O.R.C.) in December 1921,
Reuss wrote his
Einladung for 1922
Materialien zum OTO (facsimiles of
documents: the Order Degree System, Reuss' charters)
Ein Leben fuer die Rose (the biography of
Arnoldo Krumm-Heller, plus a description of Reuss', Crowley's and
Krumm-Heller's sexmagick: a comparison with the Fraternitas Saturni.
This book also mentions the A.M.O.R.C., once close to Theodor
Reuss' OTO and which also once used parts of Reuss' Vth degree ritual in their 3rd
degree initiation.)
