<p>With Tell Me Why I'm Still in the OTO, J. Edward Cornelius continues his much-needed memoir series about being a member of Aleister Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO). Rather than leaving Thelemic history to be told by propagandists who obfuscate facts and mutate their stories as needed, Cornelius writes as one of the few movers-and-shakers in OTO who also kept good records! These Memoirs cover the period from 1993 to 1996, the years directly following the period of 1989 to 1993 which are detailed in his previous volume, The Changing of the Guard. The volume discloses that the Bay Area problems are not rooted in the man of Earth degrees as it seemed during the time period covered in the previous volume. Rather, it is coming from within the Fifth Degree ranks, most of whom Bill Breeze has appointed. In so many ways, Breeze gutted Grady's OTO after he took over and he rapidly appointed Fifths to make up the newly formed Electoral College. Breeze handed out Rose Croix charters regardless whether the recipients had demonstrated that they understood the secrets of the degree.All in all, Tell Me Why I'm Still in the OTO is J. Edward remembering a time in the Order's history in which the new leadership was working hard to project a squeaky-clean, Masonic image and to establish worldwide domination of Thelema (both OTO and A.'.A.'.). The bulk of the Order's efforts were spent on the façade, little on the quality of the interactions, rituals, and relationships of its members. It was a time when, if you didn't conform, you were expelled or pushed out of the Order. Finally, J. Edward also learned that Bill Breeze and others did not know the truth behind the Caliphate and why Aleister Crowley created it, nor did they know that Grady Louis McMurtry had signed the original OTO Charter as a Magus 9=2 and so they discarded the title of Caliph from the OTO. At this point J. Edward began examining Scriven's leadership under microscope, and the image wasn't good.</p>

Tell Me Why I'm Still in the OTO: My Memoirs of Being in Ordo Templi Orientis Between 1993 and 1996

J. Edward Cornelius

Cornelius Publications

<p>This is NOT the re-release of my earlier book with the similar name! This new book tells my personal story taken from my private diaries and magickal records from around 1966 of an Enochian ritual done through the Ouija board! I initially began writing this one around 1995 but when it was later released through Feral House in November of 2005 and titled Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board, it was greatly edited, reformatted and it suffered at the hands of an editor who wanted the book to have more of a Spiritualistic approach rather than a magickal discourse rooted in my own life’s story. This new book begins with the history of the board, what my spiritual teacher taught me and then quickly discusses the truth behind the use of the board as a magickal implement. It graphically tells the story of how I haunted my grandparent’s house--which was omitted from the earlier version published by Feral House. Aleister Crowley himself not only wrote about the Ouija board, but he advocated its use! If it were only a parlor game, would the likes of the Great Beast have given this implement any consideration at all? This new release has restored the Ouija book to its original intent by using my original pages and notes with some new added material.</p>

Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board, Or How I Haunted My House

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Tell Me Why I'm Still in the OTO: My Memoirs of Being in Ordo Templi Orientis Between 1993 and 1996

Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board, Or How I Haunted My House

The Secret Sexual Teachings of Aleister Crowley, the Beast 666