Ordo Templi Orientis
Theodor Reuss

  
Mysteries of the Mithras cult.
Introduction

The East is violet with S.S. vide: Alpha Aesch Majm - Omega

On the  violet hung  altar lies  a golden  staff, sword, imperial orb,
 Bible, Constitution  - fumigations - clock - sandlewood, myrrh, salt.

 In the  middle of  the Temple  the cubical  altar  with  fire  (great
 spiritual lamp  [sic] and  redfire) and a lid for the covering of the
 fire. World-egg on pillar.

Throne on platform behind altar.

Stools surrounding ovally the fire.

Two pillars  in the  east with  N and  Hod. X  encircled by a serpent.


Small table with clothing of the Candidate.
Time: - Only Saturday or Sunday




Officers: -
Wisest Master [WM] and High-Priest: white air (purple)
Wise Cancellarius: red fire (yellow)
Wisest High-Priestess [HP]: blue water (white)
Wise Mystagoge (Initiator): green earth (violet [sic])
Marshall: black (white)
Clothing of the Knights: -
Whole robe  in the  colours above  or a white long robe with the above
 coloured  over-coat,   violet  cord   (lion-belt)  Violet  belt  with
 [Salomons sign] Violet head-band.
Opening
WM: (Enters  the Temple  with Knights  and the  Knights sit around the
 fire): Knight Marshal make sure that our work will not be disturbed.
M. (Goes  out and  looks, closes  the door  from  the  inside,  places
 himself across  from the  priestess by  the door  and  says):  Wisest
 Master we are undisturbed.
WM: Then  help me,  wise Brothers  of the  Light, to kindle the sacred
 fire. (The  spiritual  fire  with  Magnesium  and  Strontium  becomes
 enkindled red whereby all brothers heave their hands high and when it
 burns lay both hands crossed over their eyes, whereby WM says): Great
 Javeh O  Lord our  God, we thank you that you have placed your sacred
 fire in  us. May  it never  be extinguished  in us.  Now and forever.
 Amen!
All: Amen!  - (long  drawnout)  -  thereby  all  arms  and  hands  are
 released.
WM:. What was in the beginning?
Canc: - the Word
WM: Where was the word?
Canc.: with God
WM: And What is the Word?
Canc: God the Lord
WM: What was in the word?
Canc: The life.
WM: So what is God the Lord?
Canc: The beginning, the word and the life.
WM: And the beginning, the word and the life are what?
Canc: They are one.
WM: Who gives proof of this Truth?
Wisest High-Priestess: High Priest John and the seven congregations in
 Asia, which are called the Brothers of the Light.
WM: Dearest  and wisest  High Priestess remind our wise brothers, what
 the spirit of the seven congragations said.
HP: Who  has ears to hear, let him hear: Who conquers, to him shall no
 harm be done from other death.
WM: And what else?
HP: Be ye innocent like the dove and smart as the serpent.
WM: And finally what command must all wise brothers strickly follow?
HP: Hear ye! Obey and be silent!
WM: Amen, so be it forevermore. (sit themselves around the fire)
WM: Our task for today is to initiate a Knight Kadosh into our circle.
 Br. Initiator  proceed to  the Candidate  and then  lead him  in  the
 proscribed art and manner into the Temple.
C: (Bows  himself with  both hands  over his  eyes to his forehead and
 goes out  and leads him thusly into the Temple to the West before the
 fire, after he seeks entrance by scraping.)
WM: Br.  Candidate and  Knight Kadosh!  Since unfathomable time worthy
 Brother, there  were  people  who,  bound  by  secrecy,  worked  with
 unbreakable bonds  and united  powers to  learn the  secret forces of
 Nature and  to fathom  them. These  Societies have in the run of time
 taken on  various names  to escape  impending doom.  They cloaked and
 concealed their  special teachings,  their special  wisdom, and their
 secrets under  hieroglyphs and  symbols, so that never an uninitiate,
 or profane  person could  understand,  but  only  the  initiates  and
 trusted students.  And they  did this with serious and good intention
 and fore-thought  to the  point that they made it inaccessable to the
 profane but  not vulgar. It would also have been dangerous, and it is
 in a  certain degree  and manner  still so  today, to  have truths be
 known to  the vulgar  world, which  must for  the good  of the common
 people themselves  always  remain  secrets.  These  Societies,  as  I
 already said,  were known  under various  names to the public and the
 names replaced  each other  in turn,  the  forms  under  which  these
 fraternities appeared  in public  replaced each  other, and  only the
 kernel of  secret teachings  of the [Hermetic] Brothers of the Light,
 that illumines  in the  East remained the same since the most ancient
 times.  This   secret  teaching,  this  secret  wisdom,  this  secret
 knowledge has  been proved and tested as the rock on which the storm-
 weathered life could find new footings in the most turbulent times of
 this world,  on which  the highest spiritual knowledge could be saved
 from extinction  for a  new life,  which would  make  MontSalvat  the
 salvation rock  of life.  Hatred, Envy, Slander, Heresy, Greed, False
 witness,  Persecution,   Obscurantism,  Intolerance,   False   piety,
 Hypocrisy, False  civil and  religious morality,  and corporeal death
 lie in  wait in  all directions  for the  adherents  of  this  secret
 teaching, this  secret wisdom, this secret knowledge, this our secret
 Order teaching.  Only today  we suffer  more the civil death. Are you
 prepared to  take onto  yourself this  danger and  gladly suffer this
 civil death,  for the  secret knowledge which will be made accessable
 to you in our Order. If so, may you answer me with Yes.
Candidate. Yes.
WM: Wisest  High Priestess  and Brother  Cancellarius, lead the Knight
 Kadosh to the Altar so that he may take an oath.
H. and Canc. lead the C. to the east with crossed swords. There the C.
 kneels down  on both  knees, the  crossed swords on his head, hand on
 staff with terrestial globe.
(Marshall rings softly)
All raise themselves and hands high.
WM: Brother Kadosh, speak the following words after me: - I Brother NN
 Knight Kadosh  and Knight  of the Rosy-Cross swear by the unknown and
 only valid law of nature to strictly hold secret all the mysteries of
 the OTO  and the Brothers of the Light and all practical teachings of
 the same.  I promise  thru my  whole life  to remain  true to all the
 duties of  the Knights  and Brothers  of the Light. Should I break my
 oath or act against my Brothers, may the head of the Order publically
 brand me as a traitor
and expel  me from  the Order.  Let all terrors of the darkness gather
 themselves around  me and all Light drain out of my spirit, out of my
 soul, out of my body, and the primal essence, which is 1,2,3, shut me
 off eternally from Grace and Love and Mercy. Amen.
All vibrate A-m-e-n. (They let their hands fall)
WM: (With  the command-staff  he taps  the left  shoulder): May Jehova
 hear your  oath, may  he himself  graciously accept  you and make you
 strong to serve him faithfully.
 (right  shoulder) May  Jehova receive  you graciously as a Knight and
 Brother of the Light of the Order OTO.
 (Head  tap) May Jehova bless you as a new Brother of the Light of the
 Order OTO  of the  seven  Congregations  and  churches  in  Asia  and
 liberate you from the second death.
All. A-U-M (incense smoke)
WM: (Raise  up C.  and kisses  him seven times on the mouth) I embrace
 you and  greet you  as a new Brother of the Light. Receive your Order
 vestments. (white  tunic  with  violet  loin-belt,  violet  band  and
 hexagon) The  particular secret  signs of recognition of the Brothers
 of the  Light and the VII degree of the system of our Order are signs
 and words. The sign is of a question: - The questioner lies his right
 hand on the left hip of the other. There is an answer. the other does
 the same,  then both lay their left hands flat on their forehead over
 their eyes and bow their head slightly to the right. When standing in
 order in  the Temple  both hands are folded over eyes. The words are:
 Nezach and  Hod which are spoken in turn as the above contact motions
 are carried  out. They  are  the  two  pillars  on  which  rests  the
 Universal Temple and signify here Victory and Splendour (positive and
 negative). The  password is  Komiel, it is the name of the angel that
 stands before the Hermetic wisdom. The sacred word is Shemhamphorash.
 Now  let   yourself  be   tested  by  the  wise  High  Prietess,  the
 Cancellarius, and the Marshal.  (It is done)
Marshal: Wisest Master, the new Brother has proven himself a member of
 the fraternity of the Hermetic Brothers of the Light.
WM: So let him take his place between the pillars Netzach and Hod.
Speech.
 Beloved  Brother of  the Light!  In this degree you are finished with
 being just  a Mason.  Now begins  your path  and  your  study  as  an
 esoteric Rosicrucian.  You are  a Comrade  of the Graal, Magus of the
 Light and  you have  received ([as a] Mithras-servant) the first hint
 of the  true meaning  of  the  Rosicrucian  and  mystic  symbols  and
 hieroglyphs. As  a Freemason  one calls  the  teachings  and  meaning
 Building-stones that  you must  hew with  your spirit and work into a
 structure, to  be able to erect the Temple of Truth. You will need to
 use your  own power,  craft, and  knowledge to  bring all  the pieces
 together. We  offer you  only  the  raw,  unworked  material  that  a
 suitable stone  contains. From  the explanation  of the Catechism you
 must prove  what you  require to  make the  material into  a suitable
 stone. It  will depend on the success of your work whether you can be
 received later  into the  degree of the order in which a test is made
 of the  example and  correctness of  your work  is  demonstrated.  If
 Success fails you in your work, you can not ask the solution from the
 order.
Closing of the Temple
WM: Does  a Brother  yet wish  to speak  out for  the welfare  of  the
 Brotherhood or of the OTO ? (questions around and settled)
WM: Because  none has  come forth,  I proceed  to the  closing of this
 Chapter of  the Brotherhood  of Light. Dearest Brother, Master of the
 Ceremony, who is the End?
C: The Beginning.
WM: Who is the Beginning ?
C:God the Lord
WM: Then who is God the Lord?
C: The Beginning and the End.
WM: And what is the Beginning, the End and God?
C: One.
WM: Who gives proof of this Truth?
H: High Priest John and the seven congregations in Asia.
WM: Inform  the worthy  Brother of  this proof  in words  of our  wise
 Brothers of the Light.
H: I  am the  Alpha and  the Omega, the beginning and the End, so said
 the Lord, who is and was and will be. I am the First and the Last.
WM: The  Lord will  remain, but  we close  this assembly and cover the
 sacred fire  in the world-egg that we will find it again when we come
 together again to serve the Lord. Amen.
All: Amen.
Catechism
Q: How much is one?
A: 2 and 3 and 1
Q: What does the seal of Solomon signify?
A: Nine
Q: Why?
A: Because it is the same as the sign of Jehova.
Q: What is the number of completion?
A: Four
Q: Why?
A: Because it is the same as ten.
Q: What is the number X?A: The great Rihe-number [?] or the
  indestructable Unity.
Q: What does One signify?
A: The power of light (Phi)
Q: What does 2 signify?
A: The solar, lunar property
Q: What does three signify?
A: The component [alchemical symbol] or the trinity
Q: What does four signify?
A: The great divisions- or the Quanternary [Element symbol]
Q: What does five signify?
A: The essence of light (Angel)
Q: What does six signify?
A: The  revelation of  the main  colours, blue,  green,  red,  violet,
 yellow, orange.
Q: What does seven signify?
A: The  Quanternary and  Trinity (as above) and also the orbits of the
 lights of the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Mercury, Neptune
Q: What does eight signify?
A: The  eight periods  of the  days of creation and their significance
 for the  racial development,  i.e. Saturn,  Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury,
 Jupiter, Venus and Vulcan is the whole week.
Q: What does nine signify?
A: Threefold completion.
Q: What is ten and what does it signify?
A: The number of completion.
Q: What does 0 signify?
A: The end and the beginning in the end.
Q: What was there then?
A: Light on the command of Elohim (I)
Q: And then?
A: Evening and Morning or the first day.
Q: When?
A: After the division of the light from the darkness
Q: When does the pure virgin without flaw reveal herself and when does
 she conceal herself?
A: She reveals herself in the morning and conceals herself at noon.
Q: And on what is the whole world founded and composed?
A: On the two pillars that are Netzach and Hod (I-)
Q: What is the completion?
A: 1,2,3, and 4.
Q: How do you explain it?
A: The  explanation can  on by  the  Value  of  the  numbers  only  be
 suspected, though not declared.
Q: What is the most perfect fire?
A: The fire that blazes and is not consumed.
Q:How do you explain it?
A: One does not explain it, one only experiences it.
Q: What must one not say when one comes to the stone (I) in the Temple
 of Solomon?
A: Not Majim (-)
Q: What is Elohim (Lord)
A: Light without colour and Light with colour.
Q: What is colour?
A: The Will
Q: How much are they together?
A: Perfectly One.
Q: What does the serpent signify?
A: The eternal life.
Q: How long did Moses fast on the Seha Majim?A: 40 days.
Q: What did he bring with him?
A: The extract of Nature and the eternal law.
Q: Do you know Christ?
A: Yes, and all brothers of the light must know him.
Q: Who was he?
A: The means.
Q: What is the means?
A: He taught and made public, that the beginning and the end make One.
Q: How was it when he died?
A: Dark.
Q: What did he say as he died?
A: It is finished.
Q: How does one know the Light?
A: Through the darkness.
Q: Why did Daniel praise Jehovah?
A: He knows what is in the darkness and with him is the Light.


© P.R. Koenig 1993/2000

[Copy of the German original in the paper version of: P.R. Koenig: "How to make your own McOTO".]

Russian translation of Reuss' VII° ritual: ТЕОДОР РОЙСС — РИТУАЛ VII° O.T.O. English: VII° See also: 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. English version: O.T.O. — Early Years and Development. Deutsche Version: Zur Geschichte des Ordo Templi Orientis. Versione italiano: Ordo Templi Orientis — I primi anni e la sua evoluzione. Traduction française: L’ancien O.T.O. et son évolution. Traduccion castellano: O.T.O. — Original y su Desarrollo. Theodor Reuss' O.T.O. rituals. More on Memphis Misraim. More about all this in: Andreas Huettl and Peter-R. Koenig: Satan - Jünger, Jäger und Justiz. Search Parareligion Website O.T.O. Phenomenon   navigation page   |    main page    |    mail              What's New ?    Introduction    The early O.T.O.    Carl Kellner    Memphis Misraim    O.T.O. Rituale    Fraternitas Saturni    Typhonian O.T.O.    Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica    The "Caliphate"    Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua   Spermo-Gnostics   Illuminati   Deutsche Seiten    David Bowie    Charles Manson    Anal Intercourse and the O.T.O.    Pictures + Documents    Voices of the O.T.O.    Books on the O.T.O.