Ordo Templi Orientis
Order System
Synopsis of Grades 1914
Aleister Crowley's 1914 O.T.O. system with 12 degrees / gradesThe Minerval Degree represents the attraction of a wandering God, or ‘Ego’, within the Solar System — that the Fourth Degree, of which the Ritual is not yet complete, represents the glorified state of the initiated Man — and the Degree of Perfect Initiate, which closes the series, His ultimate Perfection. The Degrees from the Fifth to the Ninth are comments upon the Second, a progressive instruction in how to live. It has been suggested that the XI° may not be considered in sequence between X° and Crowley's expanded XII° of 1914 but as the position held by the Inner Head of the Order who works privately with the O.H.O. XII°. The title of the XI° is Baphomet. (XII° being similar to the X° National Heads i.e. an administrative degree.) In these circumstances the holder of the XI° would be Spiritual Head of the Order — the identity of XI° being known only to the XII° and X°'s. Prior membership of O.T.O. is not a requirement for the XI° but presumably a 0° initiation would be conducted first. |
[From 'How To Make Your Own McOTO']
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M. M. M. |
Freemasonry |
Memphis |
Mizraim |
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0° Minerval |
— |
— |
— |
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I° Man |
Entered Apprentice |
E.A. |
E.A. |
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II° Magician |
Fellow Craft, F.M. |
F.C. |
F.C. |
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III° Master Magician |
Master Mason |
M.M. |
M.M. |
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IV° Perfect Magician |
R.A. Mason |
— |
— |
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Lodge of Perfection |
4°-14° |
4°-7° |
4°- |
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C. P. I. Perfect Initiate |
15°-16° |
8°-9° |
— |
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Lodge of K.E.W Kt of E. & W. |
17° |
10° |
|
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V° S.P. Rose |
18° |
11° |
44° |
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VI° Kt Kadosch, Comp of H.G. |
30° |
— |
65° |
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Holy Illus Gd Inq Command |
31° |
— |
66° |
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Kt of Royal Secret |
32° |
— |
— |
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VII° |
33° |
20° |
— |
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VIII° |
— |
— |
— |
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IX° Perfect Illuminate |
— |
33° (95°) |
90° |
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X° S. G. M. G. |
— |
96° |
— |
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XI° |
— |
— |
— |
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XII° O.H.O. |
— |
97° |
— |
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In 1917 Theodor Reuss altered the O.T.O. system again. He dropped Crowley’s invention of a XII° (= OHO) and the mention of an XI°, also dropping his own VI° subdegrees, but added several subtitles to the VII° while the old VII° titles were added to the VIII° (Crowley mentioned two other subtitles giving a total of four subdegrees for the VIII°). From 1917 on, Reuss openly equated his O.T.O. with the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light.
English version: Synopsis of Degrees. Traduction française: Synopsis des Degrés. English: Theodor Reuss and the Brothers of Light in the Seven Churches of Asia. The origins of Brotherhood of Light of Theodor Reuss. Deutsch: Die Brueder des Lichtes der sieben Gemeinden in Asien. Theodor Reuss' Hermetische Bruderschaft des Lichtes. Français: Les Frères de Lumière dans les Sept Églises d'Asie. Les origines de la Fraternité de Lumière de Theodor Reuss. National Grandmasters and OHOs of the O.T.O. |
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