Ordo Templi Orientis Phenomenon

WHAT THE CALIPHATE-O.T.O.
DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW
As Trustees of the OTO, the IX°’s all have rights to be kept fully informed, but Breeze doesn’t trust his trustees ... and it also appears from the looks of things, that they don’t even trust each other.
If Symonds/Naylor/Mandrake Press do indeed win the copyright case in the UK, the 'Caliphate' will lose the Archive forever.
Breeze forgot to tell Jungkurth that as a financial backer of the Caliphate-O.T.O. Case (which he now is) that when Symonds/Naylor win he (Jungkurth) is now personally liable under English and European Law for all costs that the Caliphate-O.T.O. are unable to pay.
Hence Jungkurth's liability as a supporter of the 'Caliphate' is now effectively unlimited. Anyone else making donations to the 'Caliphate's legal fund is also subject to the same open-ended liability. So if you've already contributed to the Legal Fund, you will be personally liable if the 'Caliphate' defaults on the legal costs.
This is the exact OPPOSITE of their plea (and sworn evidence) in the 9th Circuit Court case in the USA (1985).
A review of the correspondence between Symonds/Naylor/Mandrake Press and the 'Caliphate' lawyers quite clearly shows that :-
- it is the 'Caliphate' who are intransigent, uncommunicative, unco-operative and who appear anxious, to the point of desperation, to issue legal proceedings
- The 'Caliphate' lawyers have apparently failed to fulfil their obligations under the Civil Procedure Rules (April 1999) :-
"Clients and their legal advisors will be expected to have considered fully Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and be ready to explain to the court why it has not been used or has not succeeded.
Pre-action conduct. More work will have to be done before proceedings are issued. More notice will need to be given to the other party, and more details of the claimant’s case will need to be given in the "letter before action". The court will be looking for evidence that ADR has been considered, and an explanation as to why it has not been utilized, or has failed. Pre-action conduct, including the approach taken to ADR, is likely to be reflected in cost penalties.
Summary judgment. There will be an increased ability to determine proceedings by way of summary judgment, a "fast track" procedure.
Costs. The court will now have a wide discretion when awarding costs at the conclusion of a case. While the "loser pays costs" principle remains the general rule, the court will take into account the conduct of the parties, both before and after proceedings are issued, when considering costs. At all times, the court will be looking for "reasonable" conduct.
Summary assessment of costs. Costs will also be summarily assessed and ordered (payable immediately) at the conclusion of interim or "interlocutory" hearings. This is aimed at reducing the number of interlocutory hearings which are the result of unreasonable conduct and/or employed for tactical advantage only."
The 'Caliphate' is going to lose by default because the 'Caliphate' Officials involved have refused to accept service of the Court Papers!
Date of this posting: End of May 2000. Naylor lost his case against the 'Caliphate'; for the wider context, return to the Justice main page.
Justice archive register
Items of Historical Interest
- In 1930, Karl Germer sent a description of the Aleister Crowley LTD. to Fernando Pessoa.
- Aleister Crowley: This is the Last Will.
- Karl Germer, Louis Wilkinson and Lady Frieda Harris.
- National Grandmasters and OHOs of the O.T.O.
Some background information
- Lawyers and Historians: The 'Caliphate' versus the Truth? — Introduction.
- The Maine Decision 1984 [to the disfavour of the 'Caliphate'] | The California Decision 1985 [to the favour of the 'Caliphate'].
- Purchase of the copyrights on Aleister Crowley from the Official Receiver (OR).
- The 1999 Particulars of Claim ['Caliphate'].
- Financial Reports 1996-1999 of the 'Caliphate'.
- erraneous opinion on the International Copyright Situation. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000.
- What the 'Caliphate' does not want you to know. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000.
- Crowley's Probate. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000.
- 'Caliphate' Capers. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000. Based upon a draft by James Graeb.
- Structure, Constitutions and Money. Partly written by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000.
- Anonymous: Burning Down The House. 'Caliphate', Argenteum Astrum, James Wasserman, Donald Trump — Written in 2021.
- Library of Congress, letter dated September 6, 2000.
- 2000, July: An analysis of the Bylaws of the 'Caliphate' and its Board of Directors. By James Graeb.
- 2000, July: Incorporation of O.T.O., Argentum Astrum and E.G.C..
- 2000: "Caliphate-O.T.O. Win" and the The Writing on the Wall. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000.
- Court Order of October 2000.
- James T. Graeb, co-founder and IX° of the 'Caliphate', a lawyer, calls the 'Caliphate' a "Puppet Show Piece" and files suit vs William Breeze, William Heidrick, Marcus Jungkurth et alii in 2001.
- The 2002 Ruling.
- The Summary so far.
- Ordo Templi Orientis - Trade Mark - Starfire Publishing Limited.
Some Things
- Court Case Hermann Joseph Metzger vs Walter Englert in the 1970s.
- 1991 Opinion of a German prosecuting attorney's office on the body of the 'Caliphate'.
- Erfahrungsbericht eines O.T.O.-Mitglieds im Zusammenhang mit dem Gerichtsprozess 'Caliphat' gegen Hänssler-Verlag, 1990.
- Unsuccessfull attempt in Yugoslavia.
- Censorship in the UK.
- The 'Caliphate' Book Patrol: Fahrenheit 418.
- Paul Joseph Rovelli versus the 'Caliphate', New York January 2000.
- 1998, July 17 - 2000 October Austrian situation on Copyrights [German and English].
- Trademark O.T.O.. By Leslie Anne Childress.
- 2007 'Caliphat' Kasino in Deutschland.
- English translation: 2007 'Caliphate' Casino.
- 2008: Honesty is the best Policy: 'Caliphate' O.T.O. / William Breeze lost in a legal case.
- Deutsche Version: Ehrlich währt am Längsten: Warum der O.T.O. gegen P.R. Koenig verlor.
Other Background
- The 'Caliphate'.
- Discussion about the instrument of succession. An introduction to the background, followed by a transcript of this discussion.
- Minutes of the 11 IX°s 'Caliphate' election in 1985 where it was clearly said that the 'Caliph' is not the juro OHO.
- Playgame of an O.T.O.-Fatamorgana — Statistics, Censorship, Name Dropping. 2011.
- Traduction française: Jeu de rôle d'une O.T.O.-Fatamorgana.
- Traduzione italiana: La versione play-game di un O.T.O.-Fatamorgana.
- Gaps in the Script of Esotericism: Hypocrisy and Hypercrisis – Oscar Wilde: Ambition is the last resort of failure.
- Fetish, Self-Induction, Stigma and Rôleplay. 2011.
- Traduction française: Fétiche, auto-induction, stigmatisation et jeu de rôle.
- Traduzione italiana: Il feticcio, l’auto-induzione, lo stigma, il gioco di ruolo.
- Tlumaczenie polskie: Fetysz. Rytualy. Resocjalizacja: Tozsamosc przez stygmat. Autoindukowana schizofrenia. Odgrywanie ról.
- По русски: Фетиш, самоиндукция, стигма и ролевая игра.